All four Scottish sides failed to win on Thursday but a 0-0 draw for Rangers and a 1-2 defeat for Celtic were enough for them both to sneak through to the group stages on Europa League.
St Johnstone and Aberdeen bowed out of the Europa Conference League but Harry Kane – who else? – helped Spurs ease in to the group stages and all three British clubs will learn their group stage opponents at the draws on Friday.
The Champions League draw took place on Thursday and threw up some cracking looking contests. Man City were paired with PSG, Liverpool will face La Liga champions Atletico Madrid in a group that also include FC Porto and AC Milan, European champions Chelsea will meet Juventus, while Manchester United will battle with Europa League winners Villarreal again after the Spanish side beat the Red Devils in the final in May.
Both PSG (22/5) and Man City (9/2) head the outright betting with Bayern (8/1), Chelsea (42/5) and Liverpool (10/1) next in line.
On to the weekend and Desmond is ahead of the game with his Goals bet for Saturday which includes his usual Over 2.5 Goals, Team to Score 2+ Goals, BTTS and this week's 7-fold pays 92/1.
Greg gets us under way with his Bet of the Day Double which takes in Dortmund's match v Hoffenheim and Nantes v Lyon and pays 6/4.
Clean sheets are as rare as hens' teeth in Borussia Dortmund's games and there could be goals tonight in Sky sports' live Bundesliga match. Visitors Hoffenheim have knocked in six goals in their opening two league matches, matching Dortmund's tally.
Both teams have scored in eight of the last ten meetings and Over 3.5 goals has landed in the last meetings in Dortmund. Friday night, under the lights at Signal Iduna Park, a Dormund side that can't keep a clean sheet, a visiting team in goal scoring form, and one Erling Braut Haaland? What's not to like? Over 2.5 Goals is just 1/3 but add an extra goal to the tally and you can get 5/6 on there being Over 3.5.
Super Single
- Dortmund v Hoffenheim – Over 3.5 Goals 5/6 888Sport
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Friday's Racing Tips
Thommo has his eye on three fancies at local track Hamilton on Friday.
Golf Tips
The Caddy's 50/1 tip for this week's BMW Championship is off to a flier. Sam Burns leads the way, tied in first place on -8 alongside Jon Rahm and Rory McIlroy. The pre-tournament value might be gone but check out what The Caddy had to say about this week's events.
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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 
Burton v Cheltenham
Burton have managed to win in both home league games this season against the might of Sunderland and Ipswich town. Cheltenham have managed a goal in each League 1 game since being promoted. In terms of a result it could go either way, but I I think there is value in goals.
Over 2.5 Goals 11/10
Over 2.5 & BTTS YES 6/4
Some youth games over the morning that should see goals
Karvina u19s (9am)
Hradec kralove u19s (10am)
Dynamo Moscow u19s (11am)
Zenit u19s (12pm)
All 4 games over 2.5mgs 2/1
Good luck
Well that was a lot of crap…downed at 1st leg as finished 1-0
Corners the right shout in Argentina!
It’s a South American game I’m looking at for the main bets and all roads lead to a rare trip to the Argentinian top-flight 🇦🇷
ESTUDIANTES VS. SAN LORENZO (10.45pm)
Looks like the hosts are favourites for a reason and whilst the most recent form is usually the most important, it’s good counsel to look at patterns within previous meetings – particularly if they are teams that meet regularly season in season out.
On that note, it may be worth noting that San Lorenzo have either beaten or held the hosts to a stalemate in every one of the last 8 H2H’s – that’s quite some stat for the Argentinian top tier!
It doesn’t look like a high scorer and it does look like a possible 0-0 or 1-0 scoreline but I’d sooner stick pins in my eyes than bet on a low scoring outcome – instead, I’ll take on the corner angle with a longer shot on a f/t draw result:
OVER 9.5 CORNERS
8/11, bet365) NAP ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ✅
OVER 10.5 CORNERS
(6/5, bet365) NB ⭐⭐⭐ ✅
FULL TIME RESULT = DRAW
(5/2, 10bet) LONGSHOT ⭐⭐ 👎
Put up a later bet in Paraguay for corners but fell way short – well done all winners!
BANGLADESH PREMIER LEAGUE
MOHAMMEDAN DHAKA v SHEIKH JAMAL 11.15
OVER 2.5 MATCH GOALS.. 4/6 NAP
☀️ ☀️ ☀️ ☀️ ☀️
OVER 3.5 MATCH GOALS.. 13/8 NB
☀️ ☀️ ☀️
SKYBET…… Good Luck…… 🤞
Verona vs Inter Milan
Inter to win, over 1 match goal and over 1 card 1/1
In play 🇦🇺
Gravatt vs Acacia Ridge
Over 3.5 MGS 5/6
WON
Saturday Premier League
Man City v Arsenal
Man City to win at 1/4
West Ham v Crystal Palace
West Ham to win at 11/20
Double at 0.93/1 (NAP)
Man City
Brighton
Newcastle
Norwich
All four games over 2.5 goals at 10/1
Best of luck
1st September World cup Qualifiers
Portugal v Rep of Ireland
Portugal to win -1.5 Asian handicap at 1.870
Ronaldo 4/7 to go to City on betfair, he’s going somewhere never would have thought City, would you pull the trigger with the odds?
They need a striker otherwise they can forget the Champions league,Kane isn’t going now so it is a possibility.
United it is then, thought the city move would have been a bit odd.
LUNCHTIME DABBLE
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Brothers Union
V
Saif Sporting Club
13:15
Bangladesh Premier
brothers union to score 10-11 (HILLS)
The bruvvers are pretty shite, make that very shite, but this is the last match of the campaign and both teams have nothing to play for except to entertain the hordes of fans baying for excitement
Saif have seen BTTS and overs in 8 of their last 9 games and hoping their generosity continues against the bruvvers today .
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Roda
Volendam
Btts double 7/5
Good luck
Do Skybet still do the corners after full time offer? One to linz at the death was worth £350 to me but settled as a loser. Thought ref definitely gave it…
So after an hour arguing with Skybet they claim the ref never awarded the corner. Does anyone remember if he did or not? Greg Browning was probably at it!!? Any help folks would be grand, would love to prove them wrong.
You should be able to get it on catch up on BBC Scotland as it was live in tv
Doesn’t seem to be there Alves 😕
And the ref could walk into their office and say he awarded it and they still wouldn’t pay out. They really are a shower of…
If you have virgin you can scroll back to Thursday on ch 108 and click on it, it let’s you watch it from catch up
Nah the ref looked at his watch and walked back and blew his whistle for FT after it, never pointed to corner flag unfortunately
Thanks very much for checking. Appreciate that. Talk about small margins.
West Ham (-1.0)
Both Teams To Score – Ipswich v AFC Wimbledon
Psv To Win Both Halves – PSV Eindhoven v Groningen
Both Teams To Score – Cardiff v Bristol City
Hibs To Win Both Halves – Hibernian v Livingston
Man City Goal Handicap (-2) – Manchester City v Arsenal
Small stakes long shot 400/1
Dortmund v Hoffenheim
Pre Match Combo@PaddyPower
Each team to have 2+corners in each half 9/2
Ronaldo was 20/1 now 6/5 to go to UTD is he coming home????
He’s 1/6 to go to Man Utd on skybet so looking likely,United are renowned for hiring mercenaries ok in the short term but wont bring long term success.#poorly ran football club
🇩🇪BORUSSIA DORTMUND v HOFFENHEIM
🇮🇪DUNDALK v ST MOCHTAS
🇮🇪WATERFORD v KILNAMANAGH
◾A Goal in Both Halves Treble
▪️1.83/1, Hills
In play 🇧🇾
Torpedo Zhodino reserves vs FK Gomel Reserves
Over 4.5 MGS 10/11
Finished 0-4 LOST
Afternoon gents,
Quick post – nitty gritty stages of the various regional 4 Deild divisions and this one looks a mote than fair price:
ÝMIR VS. KH (9.00pm)
OVER 3.5 GOALS
(5/6, bet365) NAP ⭐⭐⭐
OVER 4.5 GOALS
(15/8, bet365) NB ⭐⭐
FULL TIME RESULT = DRAW
(16/5, bet365) LONGSHOT ⭐
Best of luck!
All 3 bets down yesterday ❌❌❌
Eyes are repaired after trying to gouge them out watching the rangers game which was dire and downed two bets early on, a goal short in the Basel game for the acca.
Goals acca @ 6/5 (WHill boost)
B36 Torshavn vs HB Torshavn over 1.5mgs
Club Brugge U21 vs Mechelen U21 over 2.5mgs
Genk U21 vs Antwerp U21 over 2.5mgs
Goals treble @ 7/5 (WHill)
B36 vs HB Torshavn BTTS
Vikingur over 1.5tgs
Worgl vs Tirol ii over 2.5mgs
Good luck all 🤞
Valencia v alaves
Pen taken 2/1 hills
Valencia been awarded pen in there first to games
Alaves 1 in 2 games
Gl
Rangers v Celtic
David Turnbull score from outside the box 40/1 skyboost . That is an absolute crazy price imo
Hasn’t kicked a ball against Rangers as playing against better player
He is due a goal then harry .
Roda v Almere
Over 2.5 goals @ 1.70 with BV
Today I’m going for kramaric to net for hoffenheim vs Dortmund at 3.75 on betfair exchange. I’m expecting goals in this game from both sides. Kramaric has 8 goals in 7 apps vs Dortmund although 4 came in 1 game! Good luck with your bets tonight
Fortuna Sittard v RKC
Over 2.5 goals @ 1.70 with Unibet
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Valencia
V
Deportivo Alaves
21:15
Spanish La Liga
Alaves to score 8-11 🇪🇸 NAP 🇪🇸.
BTTS 21-20 🇪🇸 NB 🇪🇸.
Side bet
BTTS and over 2.5 goals 7-4.
All prices at BETFAIR SPORTSBOOK.
at first glance this looks like a 1-0 home win.
These bets are based on the head to head record.
*** Last 12 home and away seen BTTS with 10 BTTS and overs ***
***Last 6 here seen BTTS with 5 BTTS and overs ***
Prediction 1-1 or 2-1
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My punt for tonight with 365 – Early payout on all 3 games….
Dortmund, Inter & Lyon all to win
Over 1.5 goals
Each team 1+ cards
Fiver pays £77+
GERMAN BUNDESLIGA
DORTMUND v HOFFENHEIM 19.30
BTTS AND OVER 2.5 GOALS.. 8/13 NAP
☀️ ☀️ ☀️ ☀️ ☀️
BTTS AND OVER 3.5 GOALS.. 11/10 NB
☀️ ☀️ ☀️ ☀️
BTTS IN BOTH HALVES.. 7/1
☀️
SKYBET…… Good Luck…… 🤞
Can’t see anything, but goals in this game..
Prediction : 2-2
Ireland fai cup Ucd dublin v Longford 7.45
Ucd sit a league below longford and could make it back to premier via the playoffs. Longford are heading down to league 1 no matter what happens they sit bottom of the prem with 11 points after 25 games, 2nd bottom has 27 with two games in hand. Shows u how pish they are. Longford have been hit for 7 in their last two games by teams in the lower half, UCD has scored 8.
UCD score 2+ tgls 11/10 BET365
UCD score 3+ tgls 10/3
Good Luck
Nantes v Lyon 20:00
50+ booking points @ 10/11 – Skybet
good luck all
Any reasoning on this, very little suggests there will be a good amount of cards in this game.
Ligue 1 – Nantes v Lyon
NI Premier – Portadown v Glenavon
Btts & over 2.5gls double
@ 2.62/1 with Bet365
Nantes v Lyon
Penalty taken @ 6/4 with WH
Wrong games tonight ❌❌
tonite……………
dortmund btts & o3.5mgs, halland atgs 6/4
btts & overs, halland brace 12/5
nantes, verona & aarau overs, edinburgh u3.5mgs 11/2
GL all with a bet on………………
Bundesliga
Dortmund vs Hoffenheim
BTTS & Over 3.5 Goals
11/10 @ Skybet *NAP*
Bundesliga
Dortmund vs Hoffenheim
BTTS & Over 3.5 Goals
11/10 @ Skybet *NAP*
Old Firm – over 1 goal and over 4 corners 1st half .13/10 Bway . NAP*****
Sorry that should be at least 1 goal.
HT in Dortmund.Been 4 Yellows and its a nice physical game.
Red Card Inplay 4/1 @ Hills.
Kyogo Furuhashi score 2 or more 10/1 @ Hills
Fancy that myself brother
oooooft nae chance……………….. keep yer money in the bank acc use are up against quality on sunday no wee diddy provincial pish
Fortuna Sittard v RKC
Over 2.5 goals @ 1.70 with Unibet WON
Roda v Almere
Over 2.5 goals @ 1.70 with BV WON
Nice and easy :)
Nice one
Well done
Roda
Volendam
Btts double 7/5**Lost** Maastricht humped 5-0 by volendam
Needing Inter to get their finger oot this 2nd half….and get a card that should be a gimme
Goals acca @ 6/5 (WHill boost)✅
B36 Torshavn vs HB Torshavn over 1.5mgs✅
Club Brugge U21 vs Mechelen U21 over 2.5mgs✅
Genk U21 vs Antwerp U21 over 2.5mgs✅
Goals treble @ 7/5 (WHill)❌
B36 vs HB Torshavn BTTS✅
Vikingur over 1.5tgs❌
Worgl vs Tirol ii over 2.5mgs❌
Well done winners 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Kramaric hit the post early on but that was as close as he got ❌ crazy end to the game there. Goal fest eventually materialised
Bundesliga
Dortmund vs Hoffenheim
BTTS & Over 3.5 Goals
11/10 @ Skybet *NAP*
**WON** – Had written this off with it goalless at HT. Got Lucky in the end with a frantic & entertaining finish to the game 😁
Well done mate.. 👍
And you Bagsy! Don’t really like goal bets these days with VAR but this was a standout exception.
GERMAN BUNDESLIGA
DORTMUND v HOFFENHEIM 19.30
BTTS AND OVER 2.5 GOALS.. 8/13 NAP
☀️ ☀️ ☀️ ☀️ ☀️ ✔️
BTTS AND OVER 3.5 GOALS.. 11/10 NB
☀️ ☀️ ☀️ ✔️
BTTS IN BOTH HALVES.. 6/1
☀️ ❌
SKYBET…… Good Luck…… 🤞
Finished 3-2.. with no 1st Half goals.. 🤔
Red card for Lyon killing my treble bar a miracle now…
Verona vs Inter Milan
Inter to win, over 1 match goal and over 1 card 1/1 ✅
Nantes v Lyon 20:00
50+ booking points @ 10/11 – Skybet – Winner ✅
good luck all
2nd Lyon red card in 3 games plays a big part in this landing. Nice start to the weekend
Glad it came in for you AFC 👍
nice one Kyle! well done on your win…lets hope the wins continue this weekend!
Lovely Jubbly.. 👍 🎉
onite……………
dortmund btts & o3.5mgs, halland atgs 6/4 WON
btts & overs, halland brace 12/5 LOST
nantes, verona & aarau overs, edinburgh u3.5mgs 11/2 LOST
sees profit but……………… WD all with a winner
They all count mate, nice one.. 👍
Mexico Apertura
01:00 Mazatlan v San Luis
Btts 21/20 Nap. Bet365
Btts and over 15/8 n/b Bet365
Mazatlan and Sam luis have both seen 3 games from there last 5 btts.
Mazatlan last 5 games have seen over 2.5 4 times.
San Luis last 5 games have seen 2.5 2 times.
Good luck with what u choose.
SPANISH LA LIGA
VALENCIA v DEPORTIVO ALAVES 21.15
BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE.. 6/4 NAP
☀️ ☀️ ☀️ ☀️ ☀️
SKYBET…… Good Luck…… 🤞
Currently Half Time with the score 2-0 to VALENCIA. You have to go back to 2006 when VALENCIA won 3-0. Both Teams have scored in the last 12 meetings since..
Crap, sods law it finished 3-0.. 🤔 😔 😡😠
Valencia v alaves
Pen taken 2/1 hills
Valencia been awarded pen in there first to games
Alaves 1 in 2 games
Gl ❌
Well done all winners
Ireland fai cup Ucd dublin v Longford 7.45
Ucd sit a league below longford and could make it back to premier via the playoffs. Longford are heading down to league 1 no matter what happens they sit bottom of the prem with 11 points after 25 games, 2nd bottom has 27 with two games in hand. Shows u how pish they are. Longford have been hit for 7 in their last two games by teams in the lower half, UCD has scored 8.
UCD score 2+ tgls 11/10 BET365 👍👍👍👍
UCD score 3+ tgls 10/3👎👎👎👎
Good Luck
No alaves goal in Spain 🇪🇸
Lost bets ☹️
Night owl 🦉
Emelec
V
Olmedo
01:00
Ecuadorian Serie a
Olmedo to score 9-4 (SKYBET)
This is a very LONGSHOT based on recent form, last 4 meetings seen BTTS though so maybe olmedo can carry on this run against emelec in a routine defeat
Prediction 4-1
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*NAP*
Manchester City v Arsenal 12:30
Arsenal goal before 79:00 Minutes 11/10 – Bet 365
A NAP that may surprise people but after beating west brom 6-0 with the return of aubameyang and lacazette i can see Arsenal finally getting their first PL goal this season.
Good luck guys