Fridays top tips 2

There's big play-off ties in England and Scotland tonight, with Sunderland's trip to Coventry City taking top billing.

Few Coventry fans would have expected to be in the play-offs when Frank Lampard took over with City fighting against relegation.

But the former Chelsea star has done a tremendous job and they now stand tantalisingly close to a return to the Premier League for the first time since 2001.

Sunderland represent a tricky hurdle in the play-off semis though, with Regis Le Bris' men finishing seven points above them in the table.

Coventry City vs Sunderland top betting tips

Sunderland had their play-off spot booked weeks ago and the problem for them is the players seem to have taken their foot off the gas.

They ended the regular season in terrible form, losing five in a row, so desperately need to spark back into life to keep their promotion hopes alive.

The Black Cats have scored just once in their last six as well so Coventry look decent value at 23/20 for a first-leg win tonight, given six of their last seven at home have ended in victories.

With Sunderland struggling for goals, betting against a thriller could also play off, with first legs often cagey in these play-off matches.

Under 2.5 goals is just 8/15 at BoyleSports though and betting against BTTS isn't much better at 8/11. Adding those two bets together boosts the price to 20/21 in a bet builder.

Ayr United vs Partick Thistle top betting tips

In the SPFL Championship play-offs, Ayr United have one foot in the semi-finals after beating Partick Thistle 1-0 at Firhill on Tuesday night.

I thought the Jags would edge that first leg after beating the top two, Falkirk and Livingston, in their final two games but it was the Honest Men who came out on top in a dismal game.

BoyleSports now make them 10/11 favourites for another win at Somerset Park, with Thistle 23/10 to get back into it.

This should be a better spectacle than the first leg with Partick needing to go for it and combining BTTS with over 2.5 goals pays 14/5 at BoyleSports.

It was fiery on Tuesday night, with nine yellows dished out, so the best move could be backing another busy night for the officials.

I can't see any markets for total cards but McBookie do have prices for players going into the book.

Partick midfielder Stuart Bannigan looks good at 7/4 after amassing 14 yellows and one red this season while Ayr's Lenny Agbaire is 3/1 after collecting two yellows in his last four games.

AC Milan vs Bologna

There's a dress rehearsal for the Coppa Italia Final tonight as AC Milan and Bologna face off with precious Serie A points on the line.

These sides will do it all again next Wednesday in the cup showpiece but this match is equally important in the race for European places.

Bologna sit just a point behind fourth-placed Juventus in the Champions League chase while Milan are six points off the pace with just three games to go.

That means both teams should be going for a win tonight so it should be a decent spectacle. Bologna have lost just one of their last 12 games while Milan's form is also good, with four wins in their last five.

That points towards a close game and the half-time draw appeals at 21/20 with BoyleSports.

Rafael Leao scored for Milan last time out in their win over Genoa but is suspended for this one. Christian Pulisic has netted 17 times this season so boss Sergio Conceicao will look to the American for inspiration and he's 5/2 at BoyleSports for anytime scorer.

Friday's Super Singles

  • Coventry to win 23/20 BoyleSports
  • Partick's Stuart Bannigan to be carded 7/4 McBookie
  • Christian Pulisic anytime scorer 5/2 BoyleSports

Upcoming match previews and betting tips

Racing tips

Rizzel is concentrating on the meeting at Chester today and hopes to outfox the bookies with his two picks.

As always, leave your own comments and tips below.

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14 Comments
  1. Avatar of nilesh3220
    nilesh3220 16 hours ago

    Wolfsburg vs Hoffenheim

    It’s never easy to predict 2 underperforming team. Wolfsburg has been very shy of goals and Hoffenheim has been horrible. The latter, however deserves some merit for being very poise in attack. They lost 4 points in last 2 games in stoppage time, showing they are running out of luck. Bookies favors Wolfsburg at 2.30 and in my opinion it’s their best chance to grab three points after a while.
    Combining Wolfsburg with over 2.5 goals boost the odds to 3.00 and this also worth a shot.

    I like also Coventry win or draw and under 3.5 goals at 1.67

    Good luck

  2. Avatar of PD50
    PD50 13 hours ago

    Western United v Adelaide 10:35
    Over 11 corners 6/5
    Over 3.5 cards 5/4
    Both Bet365

    Six of the last seven H2Hs have seen 12 corners or more. There were 15 in the previous game in February.

    There were four cards in the last H2H. Western Utd’s last three have all seen at least four cards and two of Adelaide’s last three have seen four bookings or more. The referee for tonight’s match has awarded five yellow cards or more in all of his past four games GL.

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  3. Avatar of Deano86
    Deano86 13 hours ago

    Small stakes effort in Australia 🇦🇺 at 10.35am

    Over 3.5 goals
    14 + corners

    Pays 6/1 at paddy Power 👍

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  4. Avatar of Wee Joe
    Wee Joe 5 hours ago

    Wee treble effort tonight, 🇩🇪Bundesloga 2(5:30pm) and 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿Championship playoff(7:45pm)

    P. Munster v H. Berlin over 10 corners Evens
    Nurnberg v Koln BTTS & o2.5gls 17/20
    Ayr v Partick BTTS & 2+ cards each 2/1

    10/1 treble

    Best of luck all 👍🏻

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  5. Avatar of Damian7
    Damian7 5 hours ago

    Basaksehir v Fenerbache both teams to score and over 2.5match goals@5/6

  6. Avatar of Fausto
    Fausto 4 hours ago

    Double for this evenin
    Sassuolo Over 1,5 tgls Charleroi win or draw and over2,5mgls.
    Italian second league and belgium Premier league
    Good luck

    • Avatar of Fausto
      Fausto 4 hours ago

      @2,78

  7. Avatar of Fausto
    Fausto 4 hours ago

    Also on klaskvik win as a single@2,20
    Faroe islands league

  8. Avatar of bigwigg
    bigwigg 3 hours ago

    Hinna vs Vag

    Over 4.5mgs @ 43/40 (bet365) Nap

    Small stake

    Over 5.5mgs @ 21/10 (Whill)

    This one tomorrow looks good for goals. Vag games are worth keeping an eye on at the moment whenever listed.

    Good luck 🤞

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    • Avatar of bigwigg
      bigwigg 3 hours ago

      Crusaders Women vs Derry Women

      Small stake
      Over 4.5mgs @ 7/4 (bet365)

      One of hullshakers old favourites this league and have followed it for years due to that. Can be great for goals, and happy to back most games in it for this price 🤞

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  9. Avatar of Damian7
    Damian7 2 hours ago

    Sometimes going with your instinct pays off
    Basaksehir v Fenerbache both teams to score and over 2.5match goals@5/6 won

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    • Avatar of mac mumot
      mmac 2 hours ago

      Thanks, any NB for today?

    • Avatar of Damian7
      Damian7 52 minutes ago

      Nah,will have a look at what takes my fancy tomorrow,fortunately haven’t suffered from gut rot yet🤣

  10. Avatar of AC1987
    AC1987 2 hours ago

    George Oakley to score for Ayr United in play. 16/5 Hills 👍

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