Eight months ago Aberdeen travelled to deepest darkest Ayshire for a Scottish Cup tie against sixth tier Darvel. A shock 1-0 defeat was sandwiched in between two heavy defeats in Edinburgh which ultimately cost Jim Goodwin his job.
Since then Barry Robson has turned things around but tonight he faces a similarly tricky cup match, away to Stirling Albion – one of the form teams in Scotland.
Albion gained promotion to League One with a brilliant end to the season which they’ve carried in to this one, a run which has seen them beaten just twice in 26 matches. The first of those defeats was in their final match of the season when their race had been run, the second in midweek when Darren Young opted to rest several first-teamers in a 3-0 loss to East Kilbride.
An eye-catching 4-0 win at St Johnstone for Young’s men in the group stages of this competition is all the warning Robson needs that this won’t be a walk in the park.
The Binos are 11/2 to pull off the win but with two full divisions separating the sides you’d want bigger than that to get involved.
They should make things tough for the Dons but the Premiership side’s quality should prevail. It could be a tight one so the 13/5 on Aberdeen winning with there being Under 2.5 goals appeals. Alternatively you can have the Dons to win and Under 3.5 goals at 6/5.
The Friday night match in the Premiership is at the City Ground where Nottingham Forest welcome Sheffield United.
Most pundits think it’ll be a long season for the Blades and they’re second favourites to go down.
Both sides started with opening day defeats but Forest will be feeling more positive about their performance at the Emirates than United will about their 1-0 defeat at home to Crystal Palace.
Forest’s home form was good enough to keep them up last season and they should get their first three points on the board tonight at 10/11.
Super Singles
- Aberdeen to win & Under 3.5 Goals 6/5 Bet365
- Nottingham Forest to win 10/11 SBK
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Horse Racing Tips
Thursday was a frustrating day with a dead-heat winner combined with a rule 4, but Rizzel is back with two more selections for Friday which are running at Cork and Newbury.
As ever, please share your tips in for today in the comments section below.
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BTTS acca in Germany regionaals tonight,was looking through the fixtures and spotted that FC Gütersloh won 32-0 in a cup game 10 days 😂 22 goals in the 2nd half
Germany Regional BTTS
Wurzburger Kickers v Aubstadt 4/6
Altglienicke v Hertha Berlin B 4/9
Gutersloh v Lippstadt 8/15
Oberhausen v Aachen 6/10
19/4 acca
Great stuff 👌
Cheers
Paddy Power
9/2
Kane to score a header
Kane to score a header 13/2 on bet365
I am definitely not an expert in Saudi Arabian football but with all the big signings I am taking a close look at things and Happy to take this on as my first bet and definitely a bit of value
Al-hilal Vs Al-feiha sat 7pm KO
Neymar is arguably the biggest signing to make the move and cannot believe the odds of 4/5 for him to score on debut Infront of home supporters
Not a fan of goalscorer bets at what I would consider relatively low odds for this market but this still can’t be ignored
Especially as bet 365 are 4/11 and anyone else offering this market is 1/2
Neymar to score 4/5 5pts
A brace 4/1 1pt
Hat trick 17/1 0.25pts
All with Betfair
Good luck
All the long shots failed yesterday unfortunately. Thankfully the later NAP won so it was only a small loss on the day.
Only small plays for me today.
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 ❌
Pigossi v Schmiedlova
Schmiedlova Over 4.5 Breaks of Serve 1.90, Bet365 (NAP) ✅
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) ✅
Match ended 3:1 to Al Ahli without Robbie Firmino even playing, which shows what a strong team Al Ahli have. I expect bookies to get wise to these saudi teams, but there could still be value – especially if you lock in early prices 👍
Nice one mate.
Yeah can’t see it being very long before the bookies start shortening these odds massively. Even goalscorers will end up being way too short I imagine.
Nice pick Chris…
Hey all!
Korean League
Both games btts
Gl
19 hours ago
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
WINNER Brann won 3-1 and 7-5 on corners
Nice work mate…
Good afternoon, guys,
Todays punt.
Bulgarian Div. 1 – Kick off 17:00
Lokomotiv Sofia vs Hebar Pazardzhik
Both teams to score – YES – ( available @ EVENS with Bet365)
German Bundesliga 2 – Kick off 17:30
Kaiserslautern vs SV Elversberg
Kaiserslautern over 1.5 team goals – ( available @ EVENS with W/hills)
I am doing it as a double, prices for anyone fancying either as singles.
Double @ 281/100 with Bet365
Good luck with all bets today!!!!
LOST!!!!
Bayern win btts. 11/10 .
13/8 with bet365
Yesterday’s bet lost
Today’s bet
Bulgaria parva liga
Lok sofia v hebar
Both teams to score
Ladbroke. 21/20
NAP
I got 17/10 on btts&over 2.5mgl in last weeks game played on Saturday evening involving Sporting Lisbon,so will be on that again tonight
Casa Pia btts&over 2.5mgl@11/8
Few for today ,
Utsikten
Kaiserslautern,
over 2.5 mg’s double touch over 2/1 ,
Kolding
Hvidovre
Werder bremen
Over 2.5 mg’s treble 2.66/1 ,
HIFK
Floridsdorfer
Pitea
Forest
Leeds
Over 1.5 mg’s 5 fold 2.54/1 ,
Goodluck with the bets today all 👍
Few for today ,
Utsikten
Kaiserslautern,
over 2.5 mg’s double touch over 2/1 ,
Kolding
Hvidovre
Werder bremen
Over 2.5 mg’s treble 2.66/1 ,
HIFK
Floridsdorfer
Pitea
Forest
Leeds
Over 1.5 mg’s 5 fold 2.54/1 ,
Goodluck with the bets today all 👍
No idea what just happened above. Typed my Tennis plays out and then clicked submit and it appears to have copied the post above from Deano86.
Please ignore and I will try posting again now.
In case anyone wants to see Chopper Kane’s first match, the Werder Bremen v Bayern Munich match is free to watch on Sky Sports Football YouTube channel tonight at 7.30pm👍
My tennis plays today:
ATP Cincinnati + WTA Cincinnati
Treble 1.95, William Hill (NAP)
Djokovic to beat Fritz
Alcaraz to beat Purcell
Gauff 2-0 v Paolini
ATP Cincinnati
Over 23 Games 1.96, Pinnacle
Over 1.5 Tie Breaks 8.0, Skybet
Good luck all
The match at the end is for Hurkacz v Popyrin. The over 1.5 tie breaks is just a long shot but it worked at the start of the week so worth a small play.
Also adding:
Double 2.08, Pinnacle (NB)
Alcaraz 2-0 v Purcell x Gauff 2-0 v Paolini
John Egan to score anytime for Sheffield United at 20/1 Skybet
john Egan to be carded at 10/3.
Best of luck
Leeds v West Brom
Pen taken 3/1 Bet365
Inplay
Leeds v West brom
Leeds over 1.5 team goals @13/8