Mark Walker’s Scottish Football Tips: Elgin have the edge
ELGIN CITY look a solid shout to add to Stirling Albion's misery when they clash on Saturday. Allan Hale has been in charge of Elgin for just over a year and has done a fine job transforming a team battling against Scottish football's bottom-placed side to one that is...
Announcements, Football Tips, Scottish Football TipsMark Walker’s Scottish Tips: Can Aberdeen make it nine in a row?
Aberdeen can go top of the league on Saturday night if they make it nine-in-a-row under Jimmy Thelin. And punters should jump in quick to get the evens with McBookie.com before it goes. The Dons are flying after a terrific start to the season, and although only three of...
Announcements, Scottish Football TipsMark Walker’s Scottish Football Tips
ST JOHNSTONE are massive 12/1 underdogs when they travel to Hampden for the League Cup tie against Rangers. While winning it remains a big ask, they look huge value at 6/4 to win with a two-goal start in the handicaps. It's been a traumatic start for Rangers on and...
Scottish Football Tips, Football TipsScottish Premiership & League One tips: Pressure off Hibernian
It would be a very Hibernian thing to do to win all five games of their post-split season when it doesn't matter a job.
Scottish Football Tips, Football TipsScottish Premiership & Championship tips: Partick Thistle eye redemption
Partick Thistle fans probably still have nightmares about the play-offs last year, but they can take another step to a chance of redemption with a win against Ayr United.
Football Tips, Scottish Football TipsMark Walker’s Scottish Tips featuring Hearts, Raith Rovers & Queen’s Park
HEARTS at better than evens at home to anyone outside of the Old Firm is an unusual occurrence these days and they have to be backed to beat Kilmarnock on Saturday. Steven Naismith's men have had two weeks to kick themselves after their shock loss at Ross County before...
SPFL Tips: Best Bets at Alloa, Stenhousemuir & Kilmarnock
ALLOA look the best bet of the weekend to defeat Kelty Hearts at a very solid 10/11 in League One. The destination of Scottish football's third-tier title flag has not been in doubt for a long time with Falkirk set to finally get out after five miserable years. But...
SPFL Tips: Best Bets at St Mirren, Dundee Utd and Elgin City
ST MIRREN look excellent value at 13/10 to continue their challenge for fourth place when they welcome Aberdeen to Paisley. The Saints were miles below their best when they snatched a late leveller in Dingwall in midweek to claim a point against Ross County. But they are usually far better...
SPFL Tips: Super Singles and McBookie Bet Builder Tips
ROSS COUNTY boosted their survival hopes with a long overdue win at the weekend and can move out of the drop zone if they beat St Mirren tonight. A dramatic 3-2 win over rock-bottom Livingston moved the Staggies six clear of the Lions in the fight for survival. It...
SPFL Tips: Best Bets at Morton, Alloa and Kilmarnock
MORTON look a solid even money banker to see off Airdrie in a Championship clash in Greenock. Dougie Imrie's men's performances have been well documented. They are one of the form teams in the country just now after going unbeaten since the start of November – a run of...
SPFL Tips: Bets Bets Falkirk, Dundee and Alloa
FALKIRK are now in their fifth miserable season in the third tier of Scottish football, but a win today against nearest challengers Hamilton Accies will surely see them effectively seal promotion. The League One clash of the day sees the Bairns put their unbeaten league record on the line...
Scottish Cup Tips: Best Scottish Cup tips this Weekend
It’s hard to have a bad Ayr day when you’re rocking a shaved head and the bookies are banking on Philippe Clement avoiding a Scottish Cup shock at Ibrox. The Honest Men are as big as 45/1 with Coral to burst the Belgian’s bubble as Celtic legend Scott Brown...
Scottish Premiership: Best Bets in Scotland this Weekend
STEPPING into the breach as a caretaker manager is one of toughest tasks in football as you usually inherit a disconsolate group of players tainted by the foul stench of failure. The poor saps who step into the void often think they stand a chance of making the gig...
Scottish Tips: Best Bets at Inverness, Ross County and Stirling Albion
CALEY THISTLE produced a brilliant win last week against Raith Rovers and look a solid shout to beat Queen's Park this week in Inverness. Duncan Ferguson looks like he's had some shrewd dealings in the transfer window and loan signing Alex Samuel helped himself to a hat trick last...
Scottish Tips: Best Bets at Edinburgh City, Hearts and Motherwell
BACKING a team who have won just two games in 26 this season, lost 20 of them and have conceded 77 goals may not seem the best strategy at first glance. But look a little deeper and EDINBURGH CITY may be worth a go in the double chance of...
Scottish Tips: Best Bets at Airdrie, Stenhousemuir and Dumbarton
AIRDRIE have been in excellent form recently and they look far too big at 2/1 to win at an injury-depleted Dunfermline side on Saturday. The Diamonds have been something of a surprise package this season in the Championship and the promoted side are currently in the play-off positions, which...
SPFL Tips: Best Football Bets in Scotland this Weekend.
THE Premiership has gone into cold storage for a few weeks and it gives us all a welcome break from VAR controversies. With the big boys heading to sunnier climes for training, the only time replays will be pored over is to work out who tipped the gaffer from...
Scottish Football: Super Singles and McBookie Bet Builder
THERE’S plenty of Friday night football for punters this week with one Scottish game and three FA Cup ties. Going Dutch has proved expensive for Queen’s Park this season with the Spiders stuck at the bottom of the Championship. Director of football Marijn Beuker and coach Robin Veldman have...
Scottish Tips: Best Bets at Morton, Dumbarton & Stenhousemuir
MORTON have a difficult trip to face Dundee United on Saturday, but the in-form Greenock side have already escaped with a draw from Tannadice this season and emerge with at least a point again. Dougie Imrie's side have turned the corner recently with four wins from six in the...
SPFL Tips: Super Single and McBookie Bet Builder
CELTIC will be hoping there’s no derby hangover as they kick off 2024 with a tricky trip to St Mirren. The Hoops head to Paisley buoyed by a 2-1 win over Rangers but have found the Buddies a tough nut to crack. Maik Nawrocki will deputise in defence and...
SPFL Tips: Best Bets at Aberdeen, Peterhead & Dumbarton
ABERDEEN have not exactly been the punters' friend this season with inconsistent displays all term. But they can get the job done against a St Mirren side in freefall. Last season's third-place side have yet to put together any sort of run this campaign and appears to have been...
SPFL Tips: Super Singles and McBookie Bet Builder
THE Edinburgh derby takes top billing on a busy night of Premiership action and it’s a tough one to call. Hearts are in better form, with five wins from seven, but Hibs have home advantage and McBookie make them slight favourites at 6/4. The Jambos are 7/4 while plenty...
SPFL Tips: Best Bets in the Scottish Premiership this Weekend
IT has all gone a bit Christmas Carol at Celtic Park, even though there’s very little singing going on with the Green Brigade still being frozen out. One of the refrains that did ring out in last weekend’s defeat by Hearts was a ghost of Christmas past as “sack...
Scottish Tips: Best Bets at QoS, Hearts and Morton
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH look far too big to win at Stirling Albion at 19/10. The Dumfries side have been largely disappointing this season. A club of their size should really be in the Championship and they have no chance of catching Falkirk at the top of League One...
Scottish Tips: Best Bets at Morton, Kelty Hearts and St Mirren
MORTON climbed off the bottom of the Championship in midweek with a fine win over Duncan Ferguson's Caley Thistle. And they can get the better of struggling Queen's Park in Greenock. The former amateurs finally punted hapless Dutchman Robin Veldman after a 4-1 Hampden humbling from the same Inverness...
Scottish Football Tips: Best Bets at Montrose, Forfar and Raith Rovers
MONTROSE have been written off at 19/10 for a win at Stirling Albion and seem hugely overpriced at Forthbank. The Links Park side are going along steadily enough in League One where they are sit points better off than their hosts on Saturday. In midweek, they held leaders Falkirk...
SPFL Tips: Best Scottish Tips for this Weekend’s Football
It's Scottish Cup week, but it could be a familiar outcome when COVE RANGERS meet Stirling Albion at Forthbank. The sides should know each other well because they met last week in League One in Aberdeen and it was a comfortable stroll for Paul Hartley's team. And Cove should...
SPFL Tips: Top Tips in the Scottish Premiership this Weekend
PRESSURE is never far away for a Premiership manager even when things are going relatively well. And it clings to them tighter than Nadine Dorries grabbing on to Boris Johnson’s coattails once fans start talking about a change of leader. Patience is in short supply these days, with the...
SPFL Tips: Best Bets at Montrose, Dumbarton and Hearts
MONTROSE can justify odds of 10/11 by beating Annan Athletic in a League One clash this week. The Angus side are up to third in the table, although it looks like Falkirk and Hamilton Accies will be far too strong to catch to make it a title race. But...
Scottish Tips: Best Bets at Kelty Hearts, Hamilton & Peterhead
KELTY HEARTS may not be in the League One title race, but they have made steady progress up to third place and can win at Annan Athletic this week. The Fife side have crept under the radar this season, but have improved and are a team heading in the...
SPFL Tips: Super Singles and McBookie Bet Builder
IT’S the Day of the Dead but Rangers will be looking to breathe more life into the title race with a win at Dens tonight. Sunday’s dramatic comeback against Hearts has cut the gap on Celtic to five points but it will count for little if Gers drop points...
SPFL Betting Tip: Free Predictions for This Weekend’s Scottish Football
THE aggregate score was Glasgow 8 Edinburgh 1 in the Premiership last weekend so fans of Hearts and Hibs will be fearing more capital punishment in the second leg of an M8 double-header. The Hibees were hoping to ruin Philippe Clement’s Ibrox bow last weekend but ended up crashing...
Scottish Tips: best Bets at Raith Rovers, Ayr Utd and Edinburgh City
RAITH ROVERS can win the Fife derby on Saturday and take the bragging rights against Dunfermline. There's always a decent crowd and a big rivalry between these two teams with little love lost between them. And Raith look decent value at 17/20 to keep on the tails of Championship...
Scottish Tips: Top Scottish Football Tips this Weekend
HE looks like a villain from a Hollywood B movie but Rangers are hoping Philippe Clement can be the hero of an epic comeback story as the Premiership enters act two this weekend. Michael Beale’s big-budget summer production proved to be a box-office flop as Gers fans ended up...
Scottish Football Tips: Best Bets at Dundee Utd, Peterhead & St Mirren
DUNDEE UNITED lost to Partick Thistle in the Viaplay Cup and it seemed the Tannadice club were already in more turmoil at the start of the season. But since then, they've been a consistent unit and can gain revenge and maintain their Championship title charge by winning at Firhill...
SPFL Tips: Tops Tips in This Weekends Scottish Premiership
Some people call it the salt and sauce derby but the last clash between Hearts and Hibs was so spicy that someone must have sprinkled Scotch Bonnet chillies on the chips. It ended in a 1-1 draw at Tynecastle but the Jambos won by two falls and a submission...
Scottish Tips: Best Bets at Qos, Hearts and Peterhead
QUEEN OF THE SOUTH have been something of a disappointment this season, but they can kickstart their campaign with a win against Stirling Albion in Dumfries. Marvin Bartley's men were expected to challenge Falkirk and Hamilton Accies at the top of League One, but they've been below par lately...
SPFL Betting Tips: Celtic vs Motherwell, Rangers vs Aberdeen, and Weekend Goal Bets
IT always takes a jilted lover a bit of time to warm to the old flame after they turn up back on the doorstep with a rose between their teeth, vowing to rekindle the romance. A few Celtic fans wanted to slam the door shut on Brendan Rodgers the...
Scottish Tips: Weekend Bets at Arbroath, Peterhead, and LIvingston
GUSTY Gayfield is probably not the field of dreams Duncan Ferguson would have envisaged when he planned his managerial career and the new Caley Thistle boss could come a cropper in his first game at in-form ARBROATH. Inverness received a huge publicity boost this week when they revealed Big...
Scottish Football Tips: Cove Rangers, Raith Rovers and Montrose
IT'S looking like it will be a long, long season for Edinburgh City and COVE RANGERS can add to their gloom when they travel to the capital. The Meadowbank side sit bottom of League One after six games and this season has been an unmitigated disaster so far for...
Scottish Tips: Best Bets at Raith Rovers, ICT and Dumbarton
RAITH ROVERS are a club that looks like they are going places and they can smash a Highland hoodoo by beating Caley Thistle on Saturday. The Kirkcaldy side have lost just one game this season and that was at Hibs in the League Cup. They've won three games in...
Scottish Tips: Old Firm Showdown — A Crucial Test for Under-Fire Managers
YOU rarely see both managers under pressure heading into an Old Firm game but that’s the case tomorrow as Brendan Rodgers and Michael Beale bid to silence the snipers. Rodgers needed to hit the ground running in his second spell as Celtic gaffer with some fans welcoming him back...
Scottish Tips: Best Scottish Football Bets this Weekend
DUMBARTON completely blew the League Two title last season, but they've started like they are on a mission to make up for it and can beat East Fife at The Rock. Stevie Farrell's side have started the season with two draws and then two wins after last term's collapse...
Premiership Tips: Free Tips for Celtic vs St Johnstone, Rangers vs Ross County, and More
ST JOHNSTONE’S start to the new campaign has been so shambolic it’s conjuring images of Liz Truss wandering around Downing Street in a daze. The former Prime Minister was finally put out of her misery after 49 days and Saints’ season will reach the same mark next weekend with...
Scottish Tips: Best Betting Tips at Alloa, Patrick & Motherwell
FALKIRK are embarking on their fifth attempt to get out of League One and there are finally positive signs for long-suffering Bairns fans. And they can build on a decent start to the season with a derby win at Alloa. John McGlynn's men suffered a horrendous play-off defeat to...
Scottish Tips: Best Bets at Ross County, Arbroath & Clyde
ROSS COUNTY have got off to a decent start to the season and can ease through to the next round of the Viaplay Cup when they go to Airdrie. Malky Mackay's men gave Celtic a real run for their money on the opening day of the season and although...
Scottish Tips: This Weekends Best SPL Betting Tips
PATIENCE may be a virtue but it’s in short supply when you play for Celtic or Rangers. Like a family heading out on the long drive south to Alton Towers, talking about the wonders on offer at the end of the journey will only appease the kids for 30...
Scottish Tips: Best Bets at Forfar, Queens Park & Cove Rangers
FORFAR ATHLETIC almost lost manager Ray McKinnon to English football in the summer, but he's still at Station Park and can guide his side to a win over Elgin City on Saturday. The former Falkirk and Morton boss really improved the Loons last season, but seemed set to go...
Scotland Premiership Tips: Best Bets for the Scottish Premiership Opening Weekend
THE start of a new top-flight campaign used to offer gaffers a clean slate with the board and fans – for 90 minutes at least. But all that has changed with early European qualifiers and the League Cup group stage placing plenty of managers under pressure before a ball...
SPFL Tips: Best Bets at St Johnstone, Queen of the South & Stirling Albion
HAPPY new season and HEARTS can get their campaign off to a flyer with a win in Perth against St Johnstone at 5/4. The Jambos have had a bit of a strange summer – they have this confusing managerial structure with Frankie McAvoy and Steven Naismith in the hotseat,...
Scotland Championship: Super Singles & McBookie Bet Builder
THE SPFL roars back into life on Friday as the Championship gets underway with Dundee United making the short trek up the coast to Arbroath. The bookies reckon two divisions will separate these sides next season, with United favourites to go up and Arbroath right at the bottom of...
Scottish Cup: Best Bets for Today’s Cup Final
CELTIC fans will be hoping today’s Scottish Cup Final isn’t the last hurrah for Ange Postecoglou as he looks to lead them past Inverness to another Treble. The Hampden build-up has been dominated by Tottenham’s pursuit of the Hoops boss and there hasn’t been this much fuss about an...
Scottish Premiership: Super Single Tips for Scottish Football
SURVIVAL Sunday is looming in the Premiership but Dundee United’s chances of emerging unscathed look as gloomy as John Hurt’s when he starts complaining about chest pains in Alien. A horror 3-0 defeat by Kilmarnock in midweek led to tangerine screams at Tannadice and it has left Jim Goodwin’s...
SPFL Tips: Best Bets at Hearts, Motherwell and Kilmarnock
IT'S the last weekend of the Premiership and there's still plenty to be decided over the weekend. HEARTS can get the better of rivals Hibs in the last Edinburgh derby of the season and it could be enough to get Steven Naismith the job. The Scotland coach has installed...
Premiership Tips: Super Single and McBookie Bet Builder
ABERDEEN have third place within their grasp but will have to brave a Tynecastle storm today to seal the deal. Hearts had looked like dead certs to finish best of the rest for a second successive season but an alarming slump that saw them lose six Premiership games in...
Scottish Tips: Hearts vs Aberdeen, Albion Rovers vs Spartans & Hamilton vs Airdrie
Hearts can give themselves real hope in the battle for the best of the rest in the Premiership and narrow the gap on Aberdeen by beating them at Tynecastle. The capital side look they have picked up some momentum and, importantly, the fighting spirit that they were lacking towards...
Scottish Premiership Tips: Super Single and McBookie Bet Builder
If familiarity breeds contempt then Celtic and Rangers must feel like a couple of ageing lags who have shared a cell for 40 years and fly into a rage at every irritating mannerism. Today’s lunchtime meeting at Ibrox is the third time these sides have faced off in under...
Scottish Betting Tips: at Kilmarnock vs Livingston, Aberdeen vs Hibernian & Falkirk vs Airdrie
KILMARNOCK can give themselves hope in the battle to beat the drop by beating Livingston at Rugby Park. Derek McInnes' side are in a desperate three-way struggle with Dundee United and Ross County in the Premiership and this is a must-win encounter. Killie would probably be relegated already if...
SPFL play-offs: Super Single and McBookie Bet Builder
It’s a big night for punters, with SPFL play-offs and a Champions League semi-final to sink their teeth into. Queen’s Park head into their play-off quarter-final at Partick off the back of a devastating 5-3 loss to Dundee in their Championship title decider. Thistle only just edged into the...
Premiership Tips: This Weekends Super Singles
CELTIC fans have been in party mode since Hampden last Sunday but the celebrations will go up a gear if they win at Tynecastle tomorrow to seal the Premiership title. As they revelled in a Scottish Cup semi-final win over bitter rivals Rangers, Hoops fans made it clear exactly...
Scottish: Raith Rovers vs Partick Thistle, Cove Rangers vs Morton & St Johnstone vs Dundee Utd
It's a Friday night fight to the finish in the Championship and PARTICK THISTLE should ensure a playoff spot with a win at Raith Rovers. With just four points separating five teams from second place Queen's Park to sixth place Morton, it's an incredible end to the season. The...
Scottish Cup Tips: Falkirk vs Inverness & Rangers vs Celtic
MEMORIES of 2015 will come flooding back when Inverness and Falkirk lock horns at Hampden again today in the Scottish Cup semi-finals. The world was a kinder and more optimistic place when Caley Thistle beat the Bairns 2-1 in the showpiece to lift the trophy for the first time....
Scottish Tips: East Fife vs Albion Rovers, QOS vs Airdrie & Morton vs Queens Park
With the season coming to a climax in the lower leagues and two of the three already decided, it's slim pickings this week, but EAST FIFE look the best of the bunch. The Methil men are currently in the League Two play-off positions in fourth, but have Forfar Athletic...
Scottish Premiership: Top Tips for Saturdays Scottish Football
The final round of games before the Premiership split usually provides plenty of drama and this season should be no different with three teams battling it out for the last two places in the top six. St Mirren, Hibs and Livingston are the sides in the spotlight this afternoon,...
Scottish Premiership: Top Tops for Saturdays Scottish Football
IT’S derby day in the capital and the pressure is on Lee Johnson to deliver after nine games without a win in this fixture for Hibs. The Easter Road boss watched Hearts bring the axe down on Robbie Neilson last weekend after a run of five successive defeats. So...
Scottish Tips: Patrick Thistle vs Ayr, Cove Rangers vs Inverness & Hibernian vs Hearts
PARTICK THISTLE are coming with a late charge in the league no one wants to win and can take care of fellow promotion hopefuls Ayr United at Firhill. The Jags bizarrely binned Ian McCall the same night as a battling Scottish Cup defeat at Rangers, but what a job...
Scottish Tips: Best Bets at Albion Rovers, Aberdeen and Hamilton
THERE'S a huge game in Scotland on Saturday that's set to grab the attention of the nation in a bitter clash. Yes, it's ALBION ROVERS' attempts to get off the bottom of League Two in a basement battle clash with Elgin City of course! While this Coatbridge crunch may...
Scottish Tips: Best Bets at Elgin, St Johnstone and Kilmarnock
STIRLING ALBION haven't won a title for 13 years but can take a big step towards claiming the League Two flag when they travel north to face Elgin City on Saturday. Darren Young's Binos are battling it out with Dumbarton to win the league and they were held to...
Scottish Tips: Queen’s Park v Arbroath, Stirling v Dumbarton & Albion Rovers v Bonnyrigg
QUEEN'S PARK are on the brink of a return to top-flight football for the first time since 1958 and they can take a giant step there by beating Arbroath at home on Friday night. Owen Coyle's side have taken the Championship by storm and currently sit four points clear...
Scottish Tips: Scottish Premiership Super Single Tips
RANGERS face another tricky road trip at revitalised Motherwell today but they’ve saved their best performances for these fixtures since Michael Beale took charge. Performances have been a bit laboured at Ibrox of late but the same can’t be said for away games in the Premiership. Trips to the...
Scottish Tips: Aberdeen vs Hearts, kilmarnock vs St Johnstone & QoS vs Falkirk
ABERDEEN were thumped 5-0 by Hearts the last time they played them in January, but a lot has changed since then and they can gain a measure of revenge by beating the Jambos at Pittodrie on Saturday at 29/20. The Dons have had a rollercoaster of a season and...
Scottish Cup: Best Scottish Cup Betting Tips This Weekend
A trip to Tynecastle is one of the toughest draws you can get for a Scottish Cup quarter-final. So it says everything about Celtic’s relentless form that McBookie make the Hoops 1/8 hot favourites to see off the Jambos today and reach the last four. Those odds only shorten...
SPFL Lower Leagues: Super Single and McBookie Bet Builder
There’s only one game in the Championship this weekend with so many teams from the second tier involved in the Scottish Cup quarter-finals. And it gives both Morton and their visitors Partick Thistle a chance to move up the table in a fascinating battle for promotion. Thistle have roared...
Scottish Tips: Best Bets at Clyde, Annan Athletic and Stenhousemuir
IT'S a reduced card this week with the Scottish Cup taking centre stage, but there's still plenty of action to be found in the lower leagues. And QUEEN OF THE SOUTH look a solid shout to pile on the misery to Clyde in League One. It's been a car...
SPFL Tips: Super Single and McBookie Bet Builder
MICHAEL BEALE kicked off his Rangers reign with a five-goal thriller against Hibs and it promises to be another rollercoaster ride when the teams lock horns at Easter Road tonight. Gers came from behind to seal a 3-2 Ibrox win in the first game back after the international break...