FRANCE were favourites for Olympic gold before a ball was kicked this summer in the men's tournament and take on Spain tonight in what should be a thrilling final.
The Spanish are looking to make amends for a painful end to the Tokyo Games where they had to settle for silver after losing to Brazil in the showpiece.
But they will have to defeat the hosts in front of a partisan crowd and France boast the most fearsome attack at the Olympics.
Theirry Henry used two of his overage slots to bring in Jean-Philippe Mateta and Alexandre Lacazette, with both players playing key roles in the run to the final along with Bayern Munich new boy Michael Olise.
Spain were robbed of some of their best Under-23 players due to Lamine Yamal, Nico Williams and Pedri being rested after playing starring roles at Euro 2024. But they have still managed to reach the final and now stand on the verge of making it a memorable summer with another tournament win.
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France v Spain top betting tips
France are the 4/6 favourites to get their hands on the trophy but the odds increase to 13/10 at Betfred if you back them to win inside 90 minutes. That looks decent value with home advantage, even though they needed extra time to see off Egypt in the semi-finals.
Spain were also made to sweat in their last-four clash, with Juanlu Sanchez's winner coming four minutes from time. Most of the action came after the break in both semis so the half-time draw appeals tonight at evens, while backing most goals to come in the second period pays 23/20.
These sides possess plenty of firepower so it could also pay to combine BTTS with over 2.5 goals, which pays 3/2 in a bet builder.
Blackburn Rovers v Derby County top tips
The EFL Championship kicks off tonight and Derby County will be fired up for their clash with Blackburn Rovers after winning promotion from League One.
The Rams will fancy their chances at Ewood Park after Blackburn only just dodged the drop last term under John Eustace. The goals of Sammie Szmodics played a key role in keeping them up but it looks like he will move on with Ipswich and Galatasaray among his suitors.
Szmodics could miss the game and that makes Derby County look worth a punt at generous odds of 21/10. It should be a tight game and under 2.5 goals pays 5/6 while the half-time draw is 23/20.
Both teams will be fired up for the Championship opener so I also like the look of over 42.5 booking points at evens.
Ayr United v Airdrieonians top tips
There's a couple of games in the SPFL Championship too and the clash between Ayr United and Airdrieonians has the potential to be a cracker.
Both sides kicked off with wins last weekend and they are considered as dark horses for the title in what should be a wide-open league.
Rhys McCabe always sets his Airdrie side up to attack and Scott Brown is another boss who likes to play on the front foot so it bodes well for goals.
Over 2.5 strikes looks good value at 10/11 with Betfred while combining that with BTTS boosts the odds to 5/4 with Bet365.
Ben Wilson looks like a great signing for the Diamonds and he's on six for the season already from five outings. He's 5/2 at Bet365 to score tonight and that seems overpriced.
Friday's Football Tips: Super singles
- France win in 90 mins 13/10 Betfred
- Over 42.5 booking points in Blackburn Rovers v Derby County 13/8 Betfred
- Ben Wilson anytime scorer 5/2 Bet365
Upcoming match previews & tips
- Fri 14:00 Spain Women v Germany Women
- Fri 17:00 France v Spain
- Fri 20:00 Blackburn Rovers v Derby County
- Fri 20:00 Preston North End v Sheffield United
- Football Bet of the Day: Back both to oblige at Bray on Friday
- SlipsTips Tips: Ayr United vs Airdrieonians
Racing tips
Cairnzy is flying solo on the racing desk today and picks out some horses to watch at Haydock Park and Newmarket
As always, post your betting tips for today in the comments section below.
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One for tonight.
Inter Miami-Toronto btts+o2.5@5/6✅
Expecting Miami to win this but without Messi they aren’t the same team. Toronto should be able to net at least once.
Expecting 2-1/3-1
WINNER. 2-1 after 16 minutes
Bet your finger nails are relieved after that😆,well done
🇫🇮 Lahti v EIF (16:00)
🇸🇪 Friska Viljo v Umeå (18:00)
▪️O2.5 Match Goals Double
▫️1.4/1, bet365
Well in mate 👍
Cheers audioban 👍
✅️
4-1 in 🇫🇮 and 1-5 in 🇸🇪
No luck with mine yesterday the later game in Bolivia letting the double down , today and fancy a few games for goals ,
FC Lahti 🇫🇮 4.00pm
Kaiserslautern 🇩🇪 5.30pm
St. Liege 🇧🇪 7.45pm
Over 2.5 match goals treble 3.55/1 ,
Goodluck 👍
Yeah Deano going along the same lines with this 7/1 insured acca @ Boylesports:
Lahti – Over 2.5 goals
Friska Viljo – Over 2.5 goals
Groningen – Over 2.5 goals
Miditylland – Win
Kaiserkautern 0ver 2.5 goals
should have posted this double but didnt
german under 19 league
hills stuttgart over 3.5 10/11 4.30 kickoff
im on hamburg over 3.5 + stuttgart over 3.5
Clarify
Team goals
OR
overal in general goals
general goals
i hate posting on here always goes tats up
but looking at form and history of stuttgart and frieburg good chance of over 3.5
frieburg won 5-1 on saturday
stuttgart 4-1 also saturday
if you look at stuttgarts history has came up 5 out of last 6
frieburg 4 of last 6
good luck all
Hurrah. A winner that nobody else was on.
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Going for a few skyspecials in the 4 English league games played tonight
30 + booking points in each match 13/8
40 + booking points in each match 11/2
Longshot . 20 + booking points each team in each game 18/1
Ayr btts
Queen’s Park over 0.5tgs
Double 6/5
Sheffield Utd over 0.5tgs
Genoa over 1.5tgs
Sporting Lisbon 1.5tgs
Standard liege 0.5tgs
4 fold 6/4
6 fold 9/2
Good luck
One for tomorrow
Southport
V
Alfreton
15:00
English National League North 🏴
Southport win 9-5 SKYBET
With the tragic recent event in Southport I can’t help but think a larger than normal crowd will be in attendance and an inspired home team will put in a shift here!!
Yesterday’s bet lost
Today’s bet
Costa Rica
Liberia v Santos
Both teams to score + over 2.5 goals
Ladbrokes 11/10
NAP
Belgrano v Union Santa Fe 23.00 KO
Belgrano last games seen 14, 11, 14, 9 & 8 corners.
Santa Fe last games not the greatest but probably why corner line set low at 9.0…. 9, 5, 10, 8 & 9 corners.
Last H2H in April finished 10-3 to Santa Fe.
This shouldn’t be far away and with corner set so low could be an ‘easy’ double yer dough.
Over 9.0 asian corners 2.00 Bet 365