THE WTA finals are under way in Singapore and there are two matches in the White Group today featuring top talent.
First up is Wimbledon finalist Garbine Muguruza against Lucie Safarova who comes into the tournament on the back of four straight defeats after being hospitalised with illness last month.
Safarova won the pair's only previous meeting – at this year's French Open – but is 11-4 at Ladbrokes to repeat the feat today while Muguruza is 4-11 at Stan James.
In the other match Petra Kvitova goes for a fourth win on the bounce against Angelique Kerber and is 42-41 at Marathonbet against the German priced up at 21-20 by Stan James. All but one of their six previous meetings have gone to three sets and same again today pays 7-5 at Betway.
On the men's tour Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka are on home soil at this week's Basel Open where Rafa Nadal takes on Lukas Rosol in the pick of today's first-round ties.
The Monday night NFL action sees Baltimore Ravens travel to Arizona Cardinals and there's also Test cricket with England facing a battle to avoid defeat to Pakistan on the final day.
Good luck with your bets and as always let's hear your sporting tips and thoughts.
Is Murray playing he is non existent.
My NAP (more penalties than tries) came in fairly comfortably after looking a bit dodgy early on. I see the early odds are up for the final and NZ are 6.5 point favourites which is way too much in my opinion. We’ll see how the week pans out with team news etc but having already beaten the Kiwi’s this year, Aus could well snatch this one.
Arizona Cardinals -3.5 – Tuesday Morning – 12:30AM
Carolina Panthers +3.5 – Monday Morning – 12:30AM – WON 27-16
0.98/1 @ 365 – 5.12 points (Now pays 19/20) **CAN COVER WITH THE RAVENS +4.5**
Jonathan Stewart (Panthers) Over 62.5 Rushing Yards @ 10/11 @ Skybet – 2.2 points **WIN** 125
I said week 7 looks to be the toughest so far and it turned out fairly true with the Colts and Chargers losing at home with the Jags pulling off the upset in London. Week 8 looks tough too with my undefeated Packers going to the Mile High in Denver to play Peyton ‘Pick’ Manning and one of the best defense in the league. Main double still going and might even get another prop up for the Cardinals game. Well done to the winners yesterday.
Somebody stop me for a second. The Patriots have just beaten one of if not the best defensive team in the NFL by a margin of -6 at home? Would have been by 10 if not for a late field goal. They now have a short week on Thursday night at home to the Dolphins who blew the Texans out 41-0 in the half, but only managed 3 points in the second half with the Texans scoring 26 points? Yes, Miami have a new coach, yes they are 2-0 under him, but this is the 6-0 Patriots at home, and they’re only giving Miami 7.5 points? Missing something here…
Kvitova – Kerber – Kerber to win @ 10/11
Muguruza – Safarova – Safarova(+4.5 games) 4/5
GL
Patriots-7.5 @ 1.90
How many points you thinking Jordan ?
Kvitova 2-0 v Kerber @ 21/10 general price
Rosol 2-0 v Nadal 11/1 Coral
Rosol to win a tight first set and then Nadal to wobble in the next and loose 7/6 6/3 – thats how I see it though at 1/8 in places Nadal is strong fav but 11/1 for the straight sets win for the power server despite Nadals mini revival tempts me in ;-)
looking good so far
NHL
Rangers (60mins) @ 2.1 (1pt) *won*
Skybet
Anytime scorer
Toffoli (Kings) @ 3.0 (0.5pt) *lost*
Stepan (Rangers) @ 3.5 (0.5pt) *lost*
Kvitova v Kerber to go 3 sets anyone? Previous meetings suggest this has a very good chance as their last 5 matches have all went the distance
Jordan great work again on a tough night last night. Hopefully the Cardinals finish it off for you. Good picking by JohnB again too. American sport i the way forward!
My Nap and NB won. 4 other bets at bigger odds lost miserably like my team. On to next week we go, hopefully with a new coach for the Chargers.
Muguruza – Safarova – Safarova(+4.5 games) 4/5
;)
I cannot believe Toto Wolff will be having a word to Hamilton about this so called “aggressive maneuver” in the US GP.
Anyone who has watched the replay can see that Lewis simply held his racing line, but Rosberg tried to squeeze back inside from out of a racing line.
What does Rosberg expect, that Hamilton will suddenly yield to him??
I think the most sickening thing about this is that Wolff is on Rosbergs side even though Hamilton done nothing wrong.
Rosberg showed his true colors as a sore loser by throwing the cap back at Hamilton.
Posted yesterday:
Tomorrow’s tips:
KHL – Nothing I like in this league
VHL – Sarov to beat Zvedza-VDV
MHL – Irbis to beat Ladya
I’ve took Sarov -1 for slightly better odds
Kvitova only knows one style of play hit the ball hard.
De Niro- it’s gotta be worth a few quid.
Rafa will no doubt come up with the goods and take my money but v a big game on indoor court it’s worth gambling his mini revival is a false dawn.
I’m liking the look of gulbis @ 9/5 d isner. Again just a small bet there as he’s a joker
Jordan no cover mate
Zona will kill them bro
Dazz I can’t bet on goal scores
My books don’t offer
Some times William hill has it but not a lot
Which sports book u use to play goal scores????
Ado I use betway. They tend to have better odds than William Hill as well.
Any player props for tonights NFL folks? I like the looks of Justin Forsett to rush for over 65.5 but i’ll leave it to the experts and follow whatever is put up by Jordan, The Chief etc.
Not sure if I’ll get a prop bet up Merv but I have a couple up the sleeve. Will only be a small bets if so. Might post late.
What are you thinking Jordan just so I know whats a maybe and whats a no?
Posted yesterday:
Tomorrow’s tips:
KHL – Nothing I like in this league
VHL – Sarov to beat Zvedza-VDV **-1 WIN**
MHL – Irbis to beat Ladya **WIN**
I’ve took Sarov -1 for slightly better odds
Kvitova – Kerber – Kerber to win @ 10/11 ;)
De Niro- I hope you were more on the ball than me. I forgot all about the tennis as I was busy shopping for a Halloween outfit….tuned in just after rosol got broken serving for 2-0 :(. Would’ve been chasing out and running away laughing had I not been away with the faries
Liking Carson Palmers pass yards or his longest completion.
Ad, it was basically 99% profit on cashout at 30-0 when Rosol was serving for it. Bit unlucky there but a good bet nonetheless
Ad/Felix
I cashed out but only got just over 6/1 but cant complain esp as a now losing bet makes some £’s
What a Bottler though !!!! ;-)
Gutted. I didn’t stake much to start with so not too much of a blow, but got on again at 25/1 only to watch him come all the way back and bottle it at the finish line again. Played some great stuff when down and out but that’s a lot easier than when you’ve got a big win in your sights and unfortunately he didn’t have the mettle
Thank u Dazz
I will see if I can get an account there too
I put 10 points on Cards to win and Fitzgerald to score. William Hill were giving Baltimore +9 which I was tempted by!
Purely an interest bet as I’ve got the main stake on the Cards -3.5 tonight.
The Ravens are terrible against the pass giving up an average of 8.2 yards per pass attempt. They concede the most points to opposing QB‘s in the league, with the second most points to opposition receivers. Tonight they’ll be facing a pass first side in the Cardinals with Carson Palmer averaging 8.9 yards per pass attempt and a receiving core who can hurt you outside the numbers or in the slot with veteran Larry Fitzgerald, John Brown, and Malcolm Floyd. Carson Palmer has already faced three of the four worst secondaries this season in the Saints, Niners, and the Lions, and has completed a pass of 40 yards or more in each game against them. Tonight he’ll face the 4th worst side against the pass in the Ravens who have given up plenty of big plays so far this season. Tied 3rd for the longest reception against them with 80 yards, Colin Kaepernick completed passes to Anquan Boldin, Torrey Smith and Bruce Miller for 51 yards or more (maximum 76) last week. Ravens have given up a pass play of 51 yards or more in 4 of their 6 games, with the maximum an 80 yard play from Andy Dalton to AJ Green. With Palmer averaging a league second best in pass yards per attempt and a high of 55 yards, I think he’ll be able to get a big play tonight against a team struggling deep down the field. Especially with the Cards receiving core in which 5 of their 6 top targets have a reception of 40 yards or more.
Carson Palmer (Cardinal) Longest Pass Completion Over 42.5 Yards @ 4/5 @ 365 – 2.5 points
I also think Chris Johnson can easily get over 60.5 rushing yards but I’m put off slightly by the fact that Andre Ellington was the lead back before being injured and is now healthy again. The Ravens are better against the run than the passing but if the Cards have a big lead they’ll keep it on the ground to chew the clock. Crockett Gilmore is back in the line up for the Ravens and is Flaccos go to target. Steve Smith will probably be covered by Pat Pete so I quite like the idea of Gilmore to get his total of a fairly low 36.5 yards at 365.
Jordan, what would you say is a likely win points wise? Would you be confident enough to back the cards minus say 10 points? Any opinions appreciated!
Oh yes 1 more sleep till the start of the NBA.
Hello lads Jordan, Huggy, Picsix, Attilia, Oriez..and others.
Hopefully the goldmine is here again.
Atlanta Hawks-4
GS Warriors-3
Double ..evens bet365.
GL all.
Wetveg you’ve basically stolen tomorrows bet hahaha, na haven’t overly looked at team news or anything yet so will have a bit of research tomorrow.
CartoonHead -10 is a lot for any team. Not for me. Which is the reason why I backed them in a double with last nights game.
Good Luck whatever your on Jordan I’ve read a little team news but it’s early days…I will take home court advantage as a rule in first few games.
Keep up the good NFL work bud your on fire..
GS Warriors over 102.5 team points worth a punt I believe, 20/23 @ Betway. Double also looks good wet lettuce. I only got into the NBA during the playoffs but I’m looking forward to your tips Jordan/wet lettuce/picksix etc.
Jordan/WetLettuce, any chance of a NBA betting preview for all us NBA newcomers? Are there a few dominant teams like the Packers and Patriots in the NFL? Who are the teams to look out for, be it because they are good or because they are awful? Cheers
Tomorrow’s ice hockey tips:
Russian KHL: Lokomotiv Yaroslavl
Swedish Elitserian: Frolunda
hey jordan, corckett starts @ 29.5 on PP
Crockett*
Evening gents
What a bunch of clowns those colts are
* IND Colts – 3.5 @ 10/11 **LOSE**
Not touching them all year now from that performance there now officially in the unreliable book. Andrew Luck has always been a bit wild and seriously needs to calm himself down , too many wild throws and losing at home to that terrible saints team is bad. There next 3 games are preety easy though ;) goodbye chuck
Evening Guys NFL MNF
This Ravens secondary are not shutting down any WRs. They have conceded 9tds to WRs already this season. They are also giving up 286yds through the air and now face the high powered offence of the Arizona Cardinals.
A couple of weeks ago I tipped Torrey Smith of the 49ers to cover his prop line against the Ravens. I said his speed would burn them and so it proved, so again I am going with the same reasoning. Larry Fitzgerald will draw all the attention and rightly so he is a major contender for comeback of the year award.
That leaves John Brown seeing a lot of one on one matchups, and like Smith he has the speed to burn this secondary. He as been passed fit to play and can cover his line set at 70.5yds at 10/11 Skybet. He as covered this line in his last 3 games. I am also making him my touchdown scorer at 7/5 Bwin.
Prop Bet
BROWN O70.5yds 10/11
Anytime Scorer
BROWN 7/5
Good luck if your having a bet
You can’t win them all I guess and its a lesson learned knowing they can’t be trusted from here on in this year
NBA tomorow anyway £££££
Merv you never really know who’s going to be the best but there are a lot more better teams than there are in the NFL. Much more competition to be fair. Out of the 30 teams I’d say there’s only 5 who will be bad but you never know which ones they’ll be from the off.
Tyler to be fair a few of us were slamming the Colts yesterday, but if games were 5 quarters they probably would have won. I was raging mainly because I had Luck at QB over Brady but eventually he turned it round and torched them in the second half. Just wasn’t enough.
Merv
Some of the other guys will have better info than me but..
GS Warriors
Cleveland Cavs
La Clippers
Houston Rockets
Washington Wizards
Atlanta Hawks
Chicago Bulls
Memphis Grizzlies
San Antonio Spurs
They are very decent especially at home as long as they have full strength team out.
A outsider this season could be New Orleans Pelicans..watch out for them.
Teams to leave alone for now are…
Philladelphia 76ers
Minnesota Timberwolves
GL it was very profitable last season.
Watch out for in play betting a team could be 20 points up with 5 mins to go..then end up winning by just 5 points or so..teams are just bothered about the Win not so much on how many points..so in play handicaps can be good.
NFL
Baltimore Ravens @ Arizona Cardinals
* Carson Palmer over 300.5 yards @ 10/11
This could get messy for the Ravens they have been in the shambles bracket this season and have a tough game on there hands here. Palmer is coming off a 400 yard game against the steelers and what was his 4th 300+ yard game this year. Only 2 out of Ravens 6 games has a QB also failed to go over 300 + and one of those was Michael Vick if you can class him as being a QB that is. The other was Peyton in the season opener but again would not take too much out of that one as it was a defensive masterclass from both teams that day and the Ravens are far far away from putting up a performance like that again up tonight.
GS Warriors over 102.5 team points worth a punt I believe, 20/23 @ Betway.
Knew this was too good to be true. I asked the betway advisers on live chat who assured me golden state were team B and there points total was 102.5 – asked for a third time now after placing the bet and they have admitted the first two advisers were wrong, now hoping they will void the bet.
Nfl Monday
Just one bet for me tonight can’t see baltimore secondary covering the threats arizona possess, arizona should bounce back tonight and they got a receiver having somewhat of a renaissance season in Larry Fitz.
Tip Larry Fitz anytime wincast 11/8 @ coral
Wetveg, Timberwolves won’t be as bad as last season. Had probably the best player in the draft too.
My dark horse is the Rockets. If Howard can stay healthy they will be right up there come the end of the season. Also, fear the beard. Always, fear, the beard.
Jordan I’ve not watched any NFL this weekend just came back from Dublin this morning , Amsterdam next week :) but looking by the stats it looked a shambles for them until the 4th with that comeback surprised they didn’t go on to win it as with momentum going there way teams usually go on to to snatch it
Chief, Jordan , lee , everyone good luck with youre bets
Lettuce I think it’s the Cavs year this time around , I would not touch them until a few games in though there missing players and are far from a fully fit team. I expect them to kick in midway through like last season. Personally I can’t go back as I backed them in July with some of the Warriors winnings regretting it a bit now as they will be a better price at some point in the season.
Might just get on a prop for the NBA tomorrow. Early days so teams won’t be in full flow. Might get on Chef Curry points if they’re not too high. Quite unlikely though.
Btw lettuce going old school with that pic I see haha
Jordan nothing wrong with a bit of pogonophobia the majority of the NBA has it haha
The Pelicans are my longshot pick too , the Brow at 21 is already a certain future hall of famer
AJ that would have been a good bet
Picksix – I thought so, I felt it was a mistake after their error on Saturday in the Rugby world cup where they paid out on NZ over 1.5 tries @ 6/5 but I’m glad I asked, luckily they voided the bet as their advisers misinformed me.
I got on Over 208 total points on Saturday @ 10/11 out to 214 in most places now.
Screw it. I have profit to burn so going to take the CJ2K rushing yards and hope he gets the majority of the carries. Averaging 4.8 yards per carry with 4 – 20+ yard runs and a high of 40 yards. He wasn’t too productive last week but the Cardinals were losing so Palmer was always going to be putting it through the air more. In 3 of the Cardinals 4 wins he has gone over this total.
Chris Johnson (Cardinals) Over 60.5 Rushing Yards @ 10/11 @ WillHill – 2.2 points
Tyler I just can’t get over the fact the Rockets are 20/1. Spurs second favourites are ageing but with Aldridge in that line up, probably the best free agent pick up in the off season.
Cheers picksix will look forward to waking up to some commentary to follow hoping one of you lads post td Fitz
Lee very nearly posted it myself mate but the Cardinals have so many players that can get a TD I wasn’t sure but giving how awful the Ravens are against receivers its surely a decent bet. Good luck mate.
Lets go Cards!
Jermaine Greshams total was 15.5 yards hahaha, 21 yard reception and he’s done.
CJ!! :D
Aaahh the frustration of the clock change I thought I was losing my mind I’ve just put it on and it was the 2nd quater haha
You fool hahaha
Christ, just seen the Packers are -3 favourites in Denver. Hate to say it but I think Denver could win outright. That mean defense against our hobbling offense could be bad. We don’t have a CB who can match up to Thomas. All short arses. Look what Keenan Allen did…
That big blonde in that advert has just reminded me off a very bad night out i had in Bristol before
Haha I know mate i forgot the yanks don’t theres until a week after us
Haha I know mate i forgot the yanks don’t theres until a week after us
Rarely see Rodgers vs Manning so will be a very exciting game. My tip is one team come away from it 6-1 ;)
Fell asleep during zenit game. Gutted I have missed a couple of props Jordan looking good so far
That should be the yards Jordan great stuff mate
Wondered what happened to you Danny. Great heads up play by Johnson. No chance this is losing haha
Chris Johnson (Cardinals) Over 60.5 Rushing Yards @ 10/11 @ WillHill – 2.2 points **WIN** 121 in the 3rd
Jordan woke up at start of second half so missed the prop bet damn my tiredness that would have been a great bet . Just need cardinals to keep turning the score board now like . How’s the reception prop bet doing I don’t know how to look for that
Longest only 35 yards mate. For future reference if you’re on the NFL website you’ll see on the end of the receivers there’s an ‘LG’ which shows the receivers longest reception.
Arr is that what that means nice one cheers mate . I am getting there slowly :-)
Yes brown . Well done the chief
Shit
Well this is tense. I can see Baltimore getting the TD, not converting the 2 point conversion and screwing me over.
Maybe not :D
Arizona Cardinals -3.5 – Tuesday Morning – 12:30AM
Carolina Panthers +3.5 – Monday Morning – 12:30AM – WON 27-16
0.98/1 @ 365 – 5.12 points (Now pays 19/20) **WIN**
Carson Palmer (Cardinal) Longest Pass Completion Over 42.5 Yards @ 4/5 @ 365 – 2.5 points **LOSE** 35
Cheers Danny will have to work out the totals over week 7 but I think I came out fairly unscathed.
Yeeeeeeessssss
Jordan great work mate . Interception :-)
Merv – thanks for your hockey tips. Following with small stakes.