We're at the business end of Euro 2020 now and eight teams put their European Championship ambitions on the line over the next two days.
Belgium v Italy
Belgium v Italy would be plenty of neutrals' idea of a final they'd like to see but one these nations will depart at the quarter-final stage after the two sides meet in Munich on Friday night.
Despite being ranked number one in the world bookies continue to underestimate the Belgians. Three of their four wins have come at odds of over even money and once more they're backable at a very tempting best price of 5/2 at Marathonbet.
But Italy look like they'll give Roberto Martinez's side their toughest examination to date. There's a club-feel about this Italian squad and that's translated on to the picth where they've barely put a foot wrong. Austria forced extra-time against the Azzurri in the last round and that might've been a timely reminder to the Italians that they need to be on it every game if they're to lift the Henri Delaunay trophy next Sunday.
There doesn't look to be too much between the two sides so Italy feel a little short at 11/8, therefore Belgium feel the value bet again. Mark Walker agrees in his match preview where he's also picked out a 14/1 Man of the Match tip.
Switzerland v Spain
After a stunning comeback and shoot-out win over France can Switzerland do it again and win against the odds gainst Spain? Well, they can draw inspiration from their last meeting at a major tournament between the two nations. That was back at the 2010 World Cup when Spain were easily the best team on the planet and the unfancied Swiss pulled off a shock 1-0 win.
Vicente Del Bosque's side recovered to lift the trophy in South Africa but there's no room for error this time round.
After just one goal in their opening two games the Spanish have struck 10 in the last last two with seven different players finding the net (plus an own goal).
That ability to score from all areas of the pitch must be a concern for the Swiss but the bookies have shown them a bit more respect after that shock win in the last round and they're a best priced 5/1 (William Hill) to win inside 90 minutes. But it's the Spanish who are hot favourites to progress; 8/13 to so in 90 minutes and 3/10 by any method.
KevMac reckons the goal-rush could continue in St Petersburg in his match preview and has two goal-related tips for the match.
Copa America
We're also at the quarter-final stage of the Copa America (live on BBC iPlayer) and a huge thanks to Tolu for his coverage of the tournament for us. Friday's late night match features Peru v Paraguay, while hosts Brazil face Chile at 1.00am on Saturday morning if you're still looking for some late night live football.
Upcoming Matches & Tips
- Fri 5.00pm – Switzerland v Spain Match Preview & Tips
- Fri 8.00pm – Belgium v Italy Match Preview & Tips
- Fri 10.00pm – Peru v Paraguay Match Prview & Tips
- Sat 1.00am – Brazil v Chile Match Preview & Tips
- Sat 11.00am – Kashiwa Reysol v Yokohama FM Match Preview & Tips
- Sat 5.00pm – Czech Republic v Denmark Match Preview & Tips
- Sat 8.00pm – Ukraine v England Match Preview & Tips
- Sat 10.30pm – DC United v Toronto FC Match Preview & Tips
- Sat 11.00pm – Uruguay v Colombia Match Preview & Tips
- Sun 0.30am – Orlando City v New York Red Bulls Match Preview & Tips
- Sun 2.00am – Argentina v Ecuador Match Preview & Tips
Friday's Racing Tips
Rizzel heads to Doncaster and Sandown for his three selections on Friday.
As always, let us know your tips and predictions for Friday in the comment section below and good luck with all your bets!
In December 2020 we sadly 
Inplay offer for tge Belgium Italy game with Bet365
Fredrikstad over 1.5tgs @ 1/1 (bet365) nap
As much as their form has been poor the last few games they still know where the net is having failed in 1 game out of 8 to hit 2+, and are playing a Ranheim side who have conceded 10 in their last 5 games. This was 5/6 earlier today so more than happy to take a shift in odds to evens.
Longshot
Fredrikstad over 3.5tgs @ 10/1 (bet365)
Good luck all 🤞
For anyone interested as well, bet365 are again being generous in the pricing for each team to have a card in comparison to elsewhere. For tomorrow it’s as low as 0.16/1 at skybet , yet evens with bet365.
The games on Saturday see bet365 go 1.1/1 for each team to get a card which I think is a good price for the teams involved. Also worth a go at those prices for all 8 teams to see a card @ 3.4/1.
Each team tomorrow to get a card @ 1/1 (bet365)
Each team on Saturday to get a card @ 1.1/1 (bet365)
All 8 teams to get a card @ 3.4/1 (bet365)
Personally just find this a nice bet to keep me interested in each game as well 😅
Good spot on the cards mate bet365 are way ahead of sky and hills in this market .
If you fancy all the teams to get over 1 card it is 24/1 at sky and just about 125/1 bet265
Not much of a difference .
Spot on Bigwigg – 365 are hugely more benevolent on card prices in this tournament!
What awful odds 0.16 for a card each in Spain game. How do they justify those odds? Should be closer to evens.
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Atlético Mineiro
Today
Atletico Goianiense
23:00
Brazilian Serie A
Goianese to score 4-5 (HILLS) ⚽ NAP ⚽
BTTS 5-4 (BETWAY) NB
**could call these both NAP really but you can only have one do obviously biggest stake on the 4-5* which is value for me
Side bet
BTTS and over 2.5 goals 2-1 (HILLS)
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9 out of 10 recorded h2h seen BTTS.
All 5 here BTTS and overs.
3-1. 3-2. 2-2. 2-2. 3-2.
The 3-1 in January 2021.
** Mineiro scored in 23 of last 25 home games
** Goianese scored in 23 of last 25 away games **
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3-1 half time.
🇧🇷 4-5,. 5-4, and 2-1 winners 🇧🇷
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Well done also to grifflar who also identified BTTS 🇧🇷👍
Cheers mate , took all 3, excellent 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Cheers elvis! The BTTS for sure looked like a banker in that game!
Well done Elvis 👌👍
8 hours ago
Is anyone else getting really pis@ed off with bet365? Was waiting on two corners in Icelandic game after five legs of nice acca in. My bets section disappears, along with your cash out. Cash out would’ve been about 85pc I reckon. Bet, of course, loses….and an hour later my bets returns. Gone totally downhill at a site and company in recent months.
happened to me champions league final , could not even see my bet. bet365
Pathum Utd btts 5/6
Derry city btts 6/5
2 singles & 3/1 double
Good luck
Afc champions league action for me today and I’m backing Japanese top dogs Kawasaki frontale to run riot and put one foot in the next round. Not much to go on in way of team news etc, the only bit of added info I can add to these is the results from the group so far that give an idea of where these sides are at
Kawasaki 3-2 daegu
Daegu 7-0 United city
United city 1-1 Beijing guoan
Kawasaki 7-0 Beijing guoan
As you can see United took a pasting from daegu, who Kawasaki beat, and drew with Beijing who Kawasaki took 7 off. I fancy something similar today.
Kawasaki frontale over 4.5tgs
5/6 bet 365 NAP
Kawasaki over 1.5tgs in both halves
21/20 bet 365 NB
Switzerland – Spain
⚽ 2nd Half over 1.5 goals @ 2.16 ⭐⭐
Belgium – Italy
⚽ X2 & under 2.5 goals @ 2.00 ⭐⭐
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Minsk – Smorgon
⚽ Minsk to win & over 1.5 goals @ 1.75 ⭐⭐
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Derry City – Waterford
⚽ 2-3 goals @ 1.97 ⭐⭐⭐
Drogheda – Finn Harps
⚽ 2-3 goals @ 1.98 ⭐⭐
Shamrock – Dundalk
⚽ btts @ 1.98 ⭐⭐
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Wexford – Athlone
⚽ 12 & under 3.5 goals @ 1.87 ⭐⭐
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Kairat Almaty – Atyrau
⚽ btts @ 1.96 ⭐⭐
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Banga – Suduva
⚽ Banga to score @ 1.68 ⭐⭐
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Aalesund – Asane
⚽ Ale to win by 1 goal @ 3.70 , by 2 goals@ 4.70 ⭐⭐
Bryne – Stjordals
⚽ 1st Half over 1.5 goals @ 2.05 ⭐⭐
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Le Tour – Stage 7
To win
🚴♂️ Mathieu van der Poel @ 7.50 ⭐⭐
🚴♂️ Julian Alaphilippe @ 13.00 ⭐
🚴♂️ Ivan Garcia Cortina @ 41.00 ⭐
🚴♂️ Tadej Pogacar @ 50.00 ⭐
The master.
They have been doing that for ages now.
How much money do they really need.!!!!
I ditched them half way into the euros because of the same thing they done to you. Pure greed on there behalf.
It’s crap. You need to write your bet down to remember what you have on now!
Morning gents,
A great 1st half of corners was followed by a rare barren 2nd half in Iceland to down my hopes.
I’m looking to get back on the betting bike with these for tonight’s Euro Quarter Finals:
SWITZERLAND VS. SPAIN (5.00pm)
SPAIN TO SCORE OVER 1.5 TEAM GOALS
SWISS OVER 1.5 CARDS
(11/8,bet365) NAP ⭐⭐⭐⭐
GOAL SCORED FROM OUTSIDE THE BOX
(17/10, williamhill) NB ⭐⭐
BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE FROM OUTSIDE THE BOX
(20/1, williamhill) LONGSHOT I⭐
BELGIUM VS. ITALY (8.00pm)
RESULT = DRAW
OVER 5.5 CORNERS
OVER 2.5 CARDS
(4/1, bet365) LONGSHOT II ⭐⭐
GAME DECIDED AFTER PENALTIES
(9/2, bet365) LONGSHOT III ⭐
Best of luck!
Didn’t have any bets yesterday but had a good 4-1 for day 2 and 9-5 for the tournament and all good odds
Men’s Singles
All Odds bet365
11:00
FRANCES TIAFOE to beat K. Khachanov and both players to win a set
7/4
Frances Tiafoe v Karen Khachanov
Match 5 sets
5/2
15:00
DAN EVANS to beat S. Korda and both players to win a set
15/8
Dan Evans v Sebastian Korda
Match 5 sets
12/5
Beijing 7-2 to score at Kawasaki and 40-1 to win was unthinkable until recently.
Checked their last couple of games against games they played at the turn of the year and the non Chinese names have gone.
Has the big money they were paying dried up making them this shite ?.
Is it covid restrictions ?.
If so it’s another boom and bust scenario.
They tried it in the USA years ago and it didn’t take off, their league is now a Jurassic park for washed up footballers and irrelevant cretins like Beckham.
Countries that have never been football countries can’t change their d.n.a.
The local players say in China will never become world class national side as they won’t have the mega buck imports there to guide them.
Usually it’s boom and bust and back to square one, same with clubs like anzhi Makhachkala (remember them) money ran out then they sink back to where they naturally belong).
I’m rabbiting on a bit I know while looking for a daytime to pass the time on my day off 😂😂
It’s Beijing At deagu not Kawasaki 😂
William hills has them at 100-1 to win.
What sort of team are they sending ?
Last December Beijing were 8-11 to win in Seoul in champions League.
Today they are 100-1 to win in deagu in champions League.
This shows the drop off the cliff in class terms 😳😳
Was hard to find any info about it but apparently they send their u21 squad.
21 day quarantine upon re-entry to China, so senior team (btw managed by Slaven Bilic) stayed.
The other chinese team Guangzhou FC also seems to have send a youth team.
Is the goal line on both tie worth a punt?
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Cheers LC Jensen 👍.
With match odds of 1-66 deagu win and your info on the under 21 team traveling will try a team goals bet
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Daegu FC
V
Beijing Guoan
15:00
AFC Champions League
Deagu to score 5+ goals (5 or more) EVENS (SKYBET).
Handicap -4 is EVENS also but they need to score 5 for that anyhow and if it ended 5-1 it would lose so the 5+ is the one.
Beijing lost 7-0 home to Kawasaki so sounds like their under 21 team played in that.
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There has been a fair few headers scored in the Euro games so far , with that in mind I`m on a Hail Mary in the four matches . Btts a header in each game .
Switzerland v Spain 20/1
Belgium v Italy 25/1
Ukraine v England 25/1
Czech Rep . v Denmark 22/1
4 x singles . 6 x doubles . 4 x trebles , 1 x acca
1 up shows a profit
Only the same line but header and goal outside the box in Belgium and Swiss games
Good luck
Today ,
Bryne
Ranheim
Over 2.5 mg’s double 1.17/1 (hills)
Goodluck all 👍
Also on ,
Bohemians vs St. Patricks
Over 3.5 mg’s 11/4 (hills)
Goodluck……..
⚽ Switzerland v Spain ⚽
BFSB BET BUILDER
Switzerland – Team To Have 3 Or More Shots On Target
Sergio Busquets – To Be Booked
Over 0.5 Goals – First Half Goals 0.5
Trebles (x1) @ 7.25
Busquets has tested positive for covid
Were do u get your info from macca 🤣
I read online an hour or so ago lol oviosly fake news but thats a game changer
Just gone back to have a look and its from a while ago didn’t look at the dates
❌ Nothing doing
Kawasaki frontale over 4.5tgs
5/6 bet 365 NAP✅✅
Kawasaki over 1.5tgs in both halves
21/20 bet 365 NB✅✅
Just went 8-0 as I post. Well done all winners enjoy the games tonight.
Excellent mate cheers 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Paired it with elvis Daegu 5+ which had me sweating 😅
Nice Sean 👍👍
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Daegu FC
V
Beijing Guoan
15:00
AFC Champions League
Deagu to score 5+ goals (5 or more) EVENS (SKYBET).
Handicap -4 is EVENS also but they need to score 5 for that anyhow and if it ended 5-1 it would lose so the 5+ is the one.
Beijing lost 7-0 home to Kawasaki so sounds like their under 21 team played in that.
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5-0 on 92 minutes 😂
⚽ Winner ⚽
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Well done Elvis!
Euros – Double
Spain win
Belgium v Italy draw
@ 4/1 with Bet365
Switzerland v Spain
Penalty taken @ 7/4 with Bet365
Spain win & Morata over 1 shot on target @ 7/4 with WH
Morata to score a header @ 8/1 with Paddy Power
Bets as brutal as Spain’s finishing ❌
Is that yet another own goal or Newcastle’s Geordie alba ??
Today ,
Bryne
Ranheim
Over 2.5 mg’s double 1.17/1 (hills) ❌
Goodluck all 👍
**LOST**
useless in Norway 👎👎 onto the Bohemians game to save the day………..
not been on for a bit, absolutely mental at work at present…………… least it looks things picking up a bit now after COVID past year or so and things return to normal again very soon…………..
apologies to those in scouseland and the welsh valleys for the use of the “W” word………………
tonite………….
belgium game unders, o1.5 cards, o7.5 corners, kdb shot on target 3/1
italy win, o1.5mgs, o2.5 cards, o6.5 corners, immobile to score 7/1
⚽ Belgium v Italy ⚽
BFSB BET BUILDER
Italy And Draw – Double Chance
No – Both teams to Score?
Italy – To Qualify
Trebles (x1) @ 2.8
❌ Still nothing doing
As well as the Derry btts
Derry
Bohemians
Galway
Over 1.5mgs treble 7/5
Btts treble 5/1
A macca you must be laughing your head off at us 😄
Though England looked good beating them Germans
Old softgate looked like he got it right
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Peru
V
Paraguay
22:00
Copa America
BTTS 7-5 (UNIBET) ⚽ NAP ⚽.
Knockout now and point to note is games have no extra time and go straight to penalties.
Early goal will be useful as the longer it’s scoreless the more likely teams will be looking towards penalties after the hour.
These are equally matched and have scored against similar stature teams here and failed against the likes of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay.
Most recent h2h in Paraguay last October finished in a ‘desmond’ do similar will be nice but unlikely.
Prediction draw, obviously 1-1 or 2-2 😁
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Amazing, missed out 😭
Great stuff 👍
Cheers 👍⚽
Surprise, surprise – all Bet365 bets have mysteriously vanished during the Belgium vs Italy game!
Fredrikstad over 1.5tgs @ 1/1 (bet365) nap❌
Longshot
Fredrikstad over 3.5tgs @ 10/1 (bet365)❌
Each team tomorrow to get a card @ 1/1 (bet365) ✅
Each team on Saturday to get a card @ 1.1/1 (bet365) pending
All 8 teams to get a card @ 3.4/1 (bet365) pending
Fredrikstad letting the nap down with a goal short, 4 cards tomorrow would do nicely though.
Well done all winners 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Also on ,
Bohemians vs St. Patricks
Over 3.5 mg’s 11/4 (hills) ✅
Goodluck……..
**WON**
That’s better 👍👍 Well done all winners tonight……..
As well as the Derry btts
Derry
Bohemians
Galway
Over 1.5mgs treble 7/5**WON**
Btts treble 5/1**LOST**
Pathum Utd btts 5/6
Derry city btts 6/5
2 singles & 3/1 double
Both lost as no away goals
Well done all winners
No luck on mine tonight – well done all with winners!
I said it not long ago,,,Italy will be hard to beat and should go all the way.
3 days ago
Italy at 4/1 have got to be the favourites for the euro’s now.Solid at the back,unbeaten in over 30 matches,and can score goals but putting Belgium to bed on Friday wont be easy,but i can see a penalty shoot-out with the azzuri triumphing
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I was wrong about pens,but still pretty clear.
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Peru
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Paraguay
22:00
Copa America
BTTS 7-5 (UNIBET) ⚽ NAP ⚽.
Knockout now and point to note is games have no extra time and go straight to penalties.
Early goal will be useful as the longer it’s scoreless the more likely teams will be looking towards penalties after the hour.
These are equally matched and have scored against similar stature teams here and failed against the likes of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay.
Most recent h2h in Paraguay last October finished in a ‘desmond’ do similar will be nice but unlikely.
Prediction draw, obviously 1-1 or 2-2 😁
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1-1 on 22 minutes.
Latest 2-2
⚽ Winner ⚽
Class stuff Elvis 🔥🔥
That game had just about everything in it Elvis. Great Tip.👍