Friday, 7.45pm, live on Sky Sports 1
AFTER Hearts v Hibs bored us tears for 80 minutes or so how will we cope with tonight's live TV offering from the Midlands.
The Edinburgh derby never lived up to its billing but at least the final 10 minutes was more interesting with both sides coming close to scoring.
This may be a League One encounter but this game will have to be a shocker to be any worse than the SPL fare we were given last night.
At first glance Walsall look a decent shout against a side without a win in 12 outings but in reality both are struggling sides.
Portsmouth only had 15 players available for the midweek trip to Swindon and it was no surprise when they crashed 5-0 but Guy Whittingham's men held out for an hour before conceding.
On-loan striker Paul Benson returns after being unavailable to face his parent club while midfielder Brian Howard and defenders Ricardo Rocha and Gabor Gyepes are fighting to be fit.
Experienced new signing David Connolly could make his full debut in attack and it's possible he could make a difference.
Walsall have moved away fron he drop zone with three wins in four so if they can continue in that vein they should edge this ine although 10-11 (various) is shorter than I'd like.
Skint Pompey are 10-3 at BetVictor and bet365 while the draw pays 11-4 with BetVictor.
If Pompey show the same resistance they did at the County Ground it could be worth looking at draw HT/Walsall FT at 4-1 with the likes of William Hill and Paddy Power.
Both teams have scored in the past four meetings and a repeat pays 8-11 at Coral.
Four of Walsall's last six and four of Pompey's last five have gone over 2.5 goals so that's worth a look at 4-5 with Ladbrokes even though last night's match puts me off slightly from backing the overs.
Recommendations
HT draw/FT Walsall
(4-1, various)
Over 2.5 goals
(4-5, Ladbrokes)
In December 2020 we sadly 
Will Grigg anytime and Walsall win @ 15/8
FRIDAY BTTS TREBLE
Newport-Wreaxham
Ballymena-Ballinamillard
Zaragoza-Betis
Danny, that will be Will Grigg the Walsall striker and penalty taker. No relation to Ryan Giggs.
that is correct
Completely random, bugger all on, highly unlikely, top (useless) tip of the day!
Newport – Wrexham – DRAW
Huracan – Badalona – DRAW
Walsall – Portsmouth – WALSALL WIN
Vitesse – Helmond – OVER 2.5
£10 returns – £249.07 :D
Don it doesnt look like a useless tip to me the picks arnt out of the ?
Cheers Danny. I’ve done a wee bit of research on it (Studied Soccerway for about 30m), but I’m not great at this betting lark!, so caution is advised! :)
I also have issues with rogue exclamation marks……
Hope your bet comes in for u don. Got a felling Walsall v pompy could be a draw
im going for the over 2.5 plus Betis win for a cheecky wee fiver double.
Thinking of going for over 1.5 again to recover a bit after yesterday. Would u recommend that or would u leave it? Cheers mate
Robbie, over 1.5 should come in but if you’re chasing wait until tomorrow when there is loads of choice.
@Don the Vitesse/Helmond game is not going ahead today as far as I’m aware, otherwise I’d be bang on that over 2.5 as a big single. Those Dutch teams do love scoring.
Was just about to post that. Just seen it myself.
That’s 1 out of four ‘in’ then! :D
Just a heads up guys, Boylesports are offering a good money back special for selected FA Cup games. Refund on losing first goalscorers if your player scores second. Top of my list would be Suarez @ 5/2. Next on my list would be RVP @ 3/1.
£100 on each player for me.
Buggerations…..
Away side equalized with about 5 min to go and then conceded again about a minute later….
Just my luck… :)
Thanks for the advice
Small stakes 4fold for me tonight just for interest.
Walsall win, ballinamallard win, Newport/Wrexham over 2.5 and zaragoza/betis btts
Doing better on tennis at the minute though. Good luck all
Low scoring draws always seem to be a favourite on a Friday evening. Here are my selections for tonight’s game.
£50 on 1-1 correct score @ 7/1 VC
£100 on Ht Draw Ft Draw @ 5/1 VC
£100 on under 2.5 Goals @ 11/10 Various
£240 on time of first card under 37 mins @ 5/6 Bet365
Hope I get something here!!
Good luck everyone.
what do you think about the zaragoaza betis game fixit?
Will, didn’t have time to look at it properly and kinda decided to leave it alone anyway. Never sure who is going to start better after a break. I’m quite happy to do my betting at the weekend.
any one think there will be lots of goals in the Newport v Wrexham game thinking 3.3
Paul, you’d think there would be goals but last three meetings have produced a total of just five. However, both have been scoring and conceding in recent games.
If anyone has a William hill account then check it! I had a £15 free bet for some reason! Happy days!
I’ve backed Jamie Paterson at 13/2 for a wee interest
Chris guy are you a millionaire seem to have deep pockets an not much success……
Does it look like it could be a lively game with goals?
Robbie, looks like another Hearts-Hibs at the moment.
Thats all I needed to know. Won’t bother with this one then. Thanks for ur honesty
And walsall take the lead :)
Craig, that was their first chance and have scored with their second one too.
Had Grigg anytime – Check and put on the over 2.5 goals plus wrexham win and Betis game btts…so far so good, could turn out a good wee night :-)
Who scored for walsall? I had Grigg anytime
Brandy & Grigg
Thanks bruce :-)
Not watching it but should be safe now 2 up, need btts in zara betis now
if anybody is up early doors on saturday morning and fancy a wee win on what I feel is a straight forward double
Melbourne Victory (8.45am)
Perth Glory (10.45am)
2 x HT/FT Lucky 15s for me
Walsall or Pompey HT Draw FT
Zaragoza or Betis HT Draw FT
Newport or Wrexham HT Draw FT
Newcastle Jets or Adelaide HT Draw FT
on average each pays 14/1 so a potentially profitable punt with small stakes.
Stuck a fiver at 5/6 celta clean sheet so a bit gutted but better btts than clean sheet, super single up too on tge overs. Waiting on Lazio Man utd Chelsea Cardiff for £111 fi a fiver