A tantalising Battle of Britain against Aston Villa awaits Hibs if they can safely negotiate a route past Luzern this evening.
The Hibees have produced a series of Jekyll and Hyde performances so far this season, winning two and losing three so far. Crucially though they hold a 3-1 advantage going in to tonight’s match in Switzerland.
But Lee Johnson will be concerned with his team’s inability to keep a clean sheet ahead of a game where a strong defensive performance is required.
21 goals have been scored in Hibs’ five games so far (12-9) and it’s hard to see anything other than goals at the Swissporarena.
Luzern rested a number of players for their weekend 1-1 draw with Young Boys and they’ll need to go for it tonight, needing at least two just to stay in the tie.
It’s difficult to see Hibs keeping a clean sheet, they’ve not managed one yet and lost two goals in Andorra in the previous round. Luzern to score is 1/7 but to score two or more looks very big at 9/4 in what should be an attacking display from the Swiss against a porous Hibs defence.
*UPDATE – Looks like that 9/4 might have been error. Price now 8/15!
Back home in Edinburgh, Tynecastle will be bouncing for the visit of Rosenborg where Hearts need to turn around a 2-1 deficit from the first leg.
The Jambos were too tentative in the opening stages of the match in Trondheim but a 78th minute header by Lawrence Shankland puts different complexion on the tonight’s match.
Head coach Frank McAvoy has warned that fans might need to be patient and it could be a late night for supporters if Hearts are to progress, hinting at another pragmatic approach.
Only a win will do for the Jam Tarts and that’s 19/20 but Rosenborg are dangerous opponents that could pick them off on the break so Hearts may need to score two just to stay in the tie. That’s something they’re more than capable of at even money.
AZ Alkmaar should have a field day against Santa Coloma, who finished 3rd in Andorra last season. They only managed a 1-0 win away last week but should have more joy in front of their own fans tonight. Odds are generally short but scoring Over 3.5 shouldn’t be beyond them at 4/5.
In the Europa League Sheriff Tiraspol put five past BATE Boris last week and look good value at 20/21 to win again in neutral Hungary against the Belarusians.
Super Singles
- Luzern to score 2+ Goals 9/4 Bet365 (*see update above)
- Hearts to score 2+ Goals 1/1 Bet365
- AZ Alkmaar to score 3.5 Goals 4/5 Bet365
- Sheriff Tiraspol to win 20/21 SBK
Upcoming Match Previews & Tips
- Football Bet of the Day: Hibs Hope It’s SwissBliss at the Swissporarena on Thursday
- Thursday's Goals Accumulator Tips: Today’s 15/2 Both Teams to Score & Total Team Goals Acca
- Thu 19:00 KRC Genk vs Olympiakos
- Thu 19:45 Luzern vs Hibernian
- Thu 19:45 Heart of Midlothian vs Rosenborg
- Fri 19:45 Stirling Albion vs Aberdeen
- Sat 12:30 Rangers vs Morton
- Sat 15:00 St Mirren vs Motherwell
- Sat 15:00 Liverpool vs AFC Bournemouth
- Sat 17:30 Tottenham Hotspur vs Manchester United
- Sun 14:00 Aston Villa vs Everton
Golf Tips
There's DP World Tour action this week so that means The Caddy is here to preview the ISPS Handa Invitational in Ballymena, Northern Ireland.
Horse Racing Tips
Three selections have been picked out for Thursday's racing, including two 2pt fancies.
As ever, please share your tips in for today in the comments section below.
Zverev 2-0 v Nishioka + Medvedev to beat Musetti 1.92, William Hill (NAP) ✅
Paul Over 12.5 Games v Humbert 1.78, Pinnacle ✅
Humbert v Paul Over 21.5 Games + Tiafoe v Wawrinka Over 21.5 Games 2.29, Unibet ❌
Mertens v Bouzkova Over 7.5 Breaks of Serve 1.83, Bet365 ✅
Gracheva Over 2.5 Breaks of Serve + Paolini Over 4.5 Breaks of Serve 2.77, Bet365 ❌
Paolini -2.5 Games v Bucsa 1.88, Pinnacle ✅
Kvitova to beat Noskova + Sabalenka 2-0 v Ann Li ❌
Stefanos Tsitsipas v Ben Shelton Over 23 Games 1.98 Pinnacle ✅
Well done all winners
Al-Khaleej Saihat v Al Ahli Jeddah – 7.00pm (Saudi Professional League)
Al-Ahli have recently been on a £123 million spending spree and purchased a lot of top-flight players. Their current squad includes: Riyad Mahrez, Roger Ibanez, Roberto Firmino, Allan Saint-Maximin, Franck Kessie and Edouard Mendy.
They are playing against Al Khaleej, who sit towards the bottom of the league and spent just £2 million on players. Al Khaleej’s squad consists of mainly domestic Saudi players.
As you would expect, Al Ahli are priced as 1.50 favourites to win (and the price is starting to slide). The only potential issue is Roberto Firmino may be out of tonight’s game due to a hamstring issue. Even without Robbie, there should still be enough class for Al Ahli to win this one.
Al Ahli Jeddah to win: 1.50, or for better value Al Ahli Jeddah to win + over 1.5 goals: 1.80 (Bet365)
Also, Al Ahli Jeddah -1.0 asian at 1.80 worth looking at (Al Ahli win by 2+ goals = you win, Al Ahli wins by 1 goal = stake refund)
Yesterday’s bet won at 5/4
Today’s bet
Brazil serie B
Londrina v atletico GO
Both teams to score
Bet365. 6/5
NAP
Good afternoon, guys,
Today’s punt,
Hacken to win- (Europa League, kick off 18:00)
Austria Vienna to win – (Conference League, kick off 18:00)
APOEL Nicosia to win- (Conference League, kick off 18:00)
Partizani Tirana to win- (Conference League, kick off 19:00)
4-Fold acca @ 763/100 with Bet365
Good luck with all bets tonight!!!!
LOST!!!
Iceland again tonight ,
KFG vs IR Reykjavik
Over 3.5 mg’s 1/1
Goodluck 👍
Admin, glad you corrected your odds. i remember looking at that particular bet last night and it was showing 8/11.. now 8/15 as you say…
Fancy Goals and corners in Norway tonight.
Brann v Arouca
Brann 2-1 down from the first leg, so need to attack at home.
Hitting good number of corners in their league games 15,11,8, in last 3 games.
0.2.5 mgls
Brann -1 corner Hcap
William Hill BB 2.20
Only small plays for me today.
ATP Cincinnati
Tsitsipas v Hurkacz
Over 12.5 Games 1st Set 3.25, Skybet
Hurkacz Win and Over 21.5 Games 3.20, William Hill
Over 1.5 Tie Breaks 4.50, Bet365
Djokovic win & Over 19.5 Games 2.10, Bet365
Tsitsipas v Hurkacz Over 22.5 Games + Sakkari v Muchova Over 19.5 Games 2.16 Unibet
Good luck all
Bate match over 2.5 goals, Lucerne-1 and over 2.5 goals in hearts game. Treble pays just over 5/1
at bet365. Good luck all
Loser. Never seen that hibs score coming in a million years.
Partizan Belgrade
Btts&over 2.5mgl
11/8@coral ssbt
Does anyone know if William hill still doing the acca insurance , not coming up for me ?
They stopped it at end of season, same wi BB insurance. Ladbrokes & PP still doing it though
Cheers pal
Does anybody know what’s going on at Maribor vs fernebache. Seems to have been stopped for some reason
Crowd trouble
Crowd trouble
Cheers guys
Just the one final play today for me.
WTA Barranquilla
Pigossi v Schmiedlova
Schmiedlova Over 4.5 Breaks of Serve 1.90, Bet365 (NAP)