CELTIC strolled into the next round of Champions League qualifying but it was hardly the performance Brendan Rodgers was looking for.
I was watching Clydebank win 6-0 so didn't see any of the match from Rosenborg but reports suggest it was pretty dull affair with the Scottish champs doing just what was needed.
My Super Single was Odsonne Edouard to score and he went closest before being subbed late on as Celtic eased off – and they now face a tougher test against AEK Athens.
The Celtic game was one of two 0-0s on my both to score treble so it was a poor night.
Well done to all the winners including HullShaker with a cracker from Iceland.
Thursday's all about the Europa League and I've posted a separate preview featuring games between Burnley v Aberdeen, Asteras v Hibs and Rangers v Osijek.
My attention is now on the weekend league openers and further anteposts but I've picked out a Europa League treble and goals treble.
Start with RB Leipzig at Hacken. The Bundesliga giants won 4-0 at home and should add to their lead against a side that's lost four and drawn one of their last five.
Add AEK Larnaca at home to Dundalk. They were held 0-0 by the Irish last week but should finish them off in Cyprus where the heat will be on their side.
Complete the treble with Maribor who will face the winners of Rangers v Osijek. The Slovenians are tough campaigners at this level and should see off Chikhura after a 0-0 draw away.
For now I'm going with Aberdeen to score at Burnley at a decent price and over 2.5 goals at Asteras. Hibs' last four competitive games have totalled 32 goals and there could be plenty more in Greece.
Aberdeen are out of they don't score so will give it a go. Burnley have been rocked by injury to No.1 keeper Tom Pope and with Tom Heaton also injured it will Anders Lindegaard between the sticks.
2pts Daily Double
- Asteras v Hibs over 2.5 goals (7pm)
- Aberdeen to score
- (11-4, Paddy Power)
2pts Top Treble
- AEK Larnaca (4.30pm)
- RB Leipzig (5.30pm)
- Maribor (7.15pm)
- (21-10, McBookie)
1pt Both to Score Treble
- Vaduz v Vilnius (6pm)
- Atromitos v Dinamo Brest (6.15pm)
- Vitesse v Vitorul (7pm)
- (9-2, Paddy Power)
August Advised Super Singles: -2pts
August Advised Accas: -1pt
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+8.8 units to start the month.
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Burnley vs Aberdeen
My prediction for the Clarets tomorrow is a narrow 1-0 victory, I expect us to just about scrape through by the skin of our teeth. Anders Lindegaard should do an adequate job between the sticks. I would strongly recommend not taking the 4/11 available on the WIN though, no value and very risky given that two of our best creative outlets will be out with injury. We are unlikely to kill the game off if we take a desired lead early on, it is simply not the Burnley way, it will be to get bodies behind the ball and grind out a narrow victory.
Recommended bets:
Under 2.5 match goals 10/11
Burnley team corners ( Well worth a look at 365 inplay, expect us to manage 7)
In regards to the corners, I would expect to reach that total as long as we don’t get an early goal.
Vitesse – Viitorul
⚫ 2nd Half over 1.5 goals @ 1.91 ?
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FCSB – Rudar
⚫ FCSB to win by 1 goal @ 3.75 ??
⚫ FCSB to win by 2 goals @ 3.85 ??
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Leipzig look a great bet at 5/6. BV. to win away after 4-0 1st leg success.
Shit late goal
Double tonight : Hibs o 2.5 .Aberdeen u2.5.
I’m curious – your username – Simple Minds reference? I’m with you on the Europa League double.
its ma partners nickname she is big Chelsea fan !
£10 challenge bet 2
Copenhagen O1.5tg
£13.64 pays £18.60
Also on following double
Sevilla O1.5tg
Copenhagen v Stjarnan O2.5mg
1.08/1
Have a good day
Hibs btts & overs 11/8
Hoping Hibs stick to form & goals foe once more
Good luck
⚽ ?? ⚽
Beijing Guoan – Hebei
⚫ Hebei over 1.5 goals @ 3.15 ??
⚫ Xuesheng Dong (Hebei) to score @ 3.55 ?
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Tianjin Teda – Guangzhou Evergrande
⚫ 1X @ 3.25 ??
⚫ Tianjin over 1.5 goals @ 3.40 ??
⚫ Tianjin to win @ 8.00 ??
Hi @radu, I’m interested, what makes you think Tianjin will beat Guangzhou?
Tianjin have decent home form but in the past 5 meetings between these two it’s always seen Evergrande wins to nil both home & away; 3-0, 0-3, 2-0, 0-4, 0-2
just wondered if you have team info, as personally i’m backing Guangzhou team goals.
Guangzhou derby on Sunday??
yes it is. do you know if they’re resting players today?
Hello, Alex, it’s just a feeling, even if guests have to win this match and that’s normal, Tianjin did pretty good matches and the morale can be up after last round victory , who knows CS 2-2 , 3-3 , 2-5 , 3-6 … but as you can see the stakes is just for fun ?? GL with your bets ?
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WC – if they think of the derby, then they should close the match from the break , but i expect a surprise ?
Yeah they’re in very good form, best possible form going into this match. I know Evergrande have had a poor start to the season, by their standards, but they’ve very recently strengthened the squad with a couple of new signings and I think the 2 away losses were a blip, and can’t see past their excellent winning record against Tianjin. Have amended my picks to match goals in this game rather than team goals for a bit of coverage. I think both CSL games today will see 3+ goals.
Best of luck!
Cricket
1st innings England to score over 292.5 runs
Last wicket left and english just need to add 8more runs for the bet to land.. Bit difficult early morning against seam but hopefull
Premier League ante-post
Bournemouth,Cardiff,Newcastle all to be relegated at 80/1
Best of luck
Astromitos Athinon v Dinamo Brest BTTS & Overs 7/5
4-3 in the first leg and plenty of shots – hope for more of the same today
Beijing v Hebei BTTS & Overs 10/11
14 matches combined have seen just 3 clean sheets for these Chinese sides. 6/7 Beijing’s home games have seen “overs”. Couple of decent strikers in Lavezzi and Bakambu – hopefully Chris Coleman’s team can contribute.
Goulart / Bakambu ATGS Double 1.6/1 – small stake
GL all today
China Super League – 12.35pm
–Double–
Beijing Guoan v Hebei CFFC
Tianjin Teda v Guangzhou Evergrande
Over 2.5 mgls
1.10/1
Double for me tonight with two teams who are home after recording 2-0 victories away. Besiktas at home too Faroese B36 & Copenhagen at home too Icelandic team Stjarnan. Hoping both win comfortably
Besiktas – 2
Copenhagen – 1
6/4 double
Combo ⚽ ? @ 44.00 ??
⚫ Laci – Molde – Laci +1.5 goals handicap @ 1.44
⚫ Slavia Sofia – Hajduk Split – 1X @ 1.65
⚫ Besiktas – B36 – Besiktas to score in both halves @ 1.35
⚫ Lech Poznan – Soligorsk – Lech to win @ 1.42
⚫ Sarpsborg – St. Gallen – btts @ 1.62
⚫ Valur – Santa Coloma – over 2.5 goals @ 1.47
⚫ AIK – Nordsjaelland – Nord +1.5 goals handicap @ 1.40
⚫ FCSB – Rudar – goal in both halves @ 1.58
⚫ Klizan – Lajovic – Klizan +1.5 set handicap @ 1.40
⚫ Copil – Murray – Copil + 5.5 games handicap @ 1.35
Combo ⚽ ? @ 44.00 ❌
⚫ Laci – Molde – Laci +1.5 goals handicap @ 1.44 ❌
⚫ Slavia Sofia – Hajduk Split – 1X @ 1.65 ❌
⚫ Besiktas – B36 – Besiktas to score in both halves @ 1.35
⚫ Lech Poznan – Soligorsk – Lech to win @ 1.42 ❌
⚫ Sarpsborg – St. Gallen – btts @ 1.62 ❌
⚫ Valur – Santa Coloma – over 2.5 goals @ 1.47 ✅
⚫ AIK – Nordsjaelland – Nord +1.5 goals handicap @ 1.40 ✅
⚫ FCSB – Rudar – goal in both halves @ 1.58 ✅
⚫ Klizan – Lajovic – Klizan +1.5 set handicap @ 1.40 ✅
⚫ Copil – Murray – Copil + 5.5 games handicap @ 1.35 ✅
Morning gents,
It’s rare that I get involved in the Europa League qualifiers for no other reason than I don’t know enough about many of the teams and the leagues they come from.
I’ll make an exception tonight though as my old favourites FH welcome Israeli side Hapoel Haifa to Hafnarfjordur…
FH VS. HAPOEL HAIFA (2015 KO):
I was kicking myself when I missed the 1st leg as FH produced their usual party trick by scoring and conceding a goal; looks like the ‘FH Special’ is universally accepted and not just contained to the Urvalsdeild!
I raised the development (or defensive regression) of their inability to keep the sheets clean around 18 months ago, and they have never really got out of the rut and although this season has seen a slight improvement, out of their last 76 games in all competitions over a 2 year spell, they have conceded at least 1 goal in 60!
With the tie poised at 1-1, both teams can’t afford to sit back and play with apathy and I believe both will go for it; Haifa are no mugs and sit 453rd in the Continental rankings whilst FH are much further down the list at 928th so there’s a benchmark for the general ‘quality’ of each side in the wider footballing world.
Two selections to consider:
BTTS…EVENS
(Bet365)
???
BTTS & OVER 2.5 MGS…7/4
(Bet365)
??
Best of luck ?
ATP Washington: De Minaur to beat Johnson (started last night but suspended) and Minaur to win @ 1.96 – 6 units
ATP Kitzbuhel *12PM START*: Materer to win AND
WTA Washington: Bencic to win @ 2.04- 5 units
2 doubles there guys
Should be Minaur and Tsitsipas in the double. Apologies
Got on 2 of your baseball tips yesterday, and both landed comfortably, giving me a +16 units return.
Wasn’t much of a baseball fan, but sat up til the early hours this morning, watching the Angels v Rays, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. ???
Happy days! Thanks for following.
I thought it was boring until half way through my 2nd season! Would have rather the Angels got the runs but profit is profit.
Penalty trixie involving the British teams tonight. games at.
Burnley. Rangers. Asteras. all 3 up pays about 119/1. WilliamHill.
Dynamo Minsk, Red Imps and Asteras all to score. 1 pt @ 2.03.
August: – 2.3 pts
Also fancy goals in Virkia game which kicks off at 5pm. Will wait until nearer kick off and hope 3.5 is priced up somewhere.
Beijing v Hebei BTTS & Overs 10/11
27 mins 2-1 :) :) :) :)
Was on cheers WC
Congrats ?
Well done WC
MLB/Tennis crossover
ATP Washington.: Alexander Zverev to beat Mischa Zverev and Washington Nationals -1.5 runs vs Reds @ 2.08 – 7 units
L.A. Dodgers -1.5 runs vs Brewers @ 2.05- 5 units
Robredo to beat Dellien @ 2.25- 4 units
Nice one WC, very open game indeed. Hope you switched out Bakambu for Soriano in the Goalscorer double. Goulart should get chances in other game, well overdue a goal.
Backed goals in this tie last week and with Bratislava chasing the game, I expect to see goals again. Price is a little short though so I’m taking a corner risk to boost the price. Wouldn’t always recommend it but they should rack up if Slovan are searching for a goal.
Slovan Bratislava v Balzan
O2.5 Match Goals & 6+ Match Corners @ 8/11 (Bet365)
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Beijing Guoan – Hebei
⚫ Hebei over 1.5 goals @ 3.15 ? ?
⚫ Xuesheng Dong (Hebei) to score @ 3.55 ⚽✅
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cracking Radu :)
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Nice radu !
Just one bet for me today, and that’s Burnley to win and over 7 match corners @Evs
Good luck guys and gal…
Anyone watching this match in china? The most open game of football i have ever seen. 4-3 63 mins
Tianjin Teda – Guangzhou Evergrande
⚫ 1X @ 3.25 ❌
⚫ Tianjin over 1.5 goals @ 3.40 ❌
⚫ Tianjin to win @ 8.00 ❌
Guangzhou closed the game from the break – logically , happy enough with Hebei game ?
5 hours ago
China Super League – 12.35pm
–Double–
Beijing Guoan v Hebei CFFC (6-3 FT)
Tianjin Teda v Guangzhou Evergrande (0-3 FT)
Over 2.5 mgls
1.10/1
**WON** ✅ ✅
Good stuff all around , what a game in China , WD Alex ?
Good win. Went a touch greedy with BTTS and overs in both games. Teda scored a perfectly good goal which was about 3 yards onside and they have VAR too. What chance you got…
that’s tough going Sand, I thought Beijing game would be BTTS&Over, but felt the Evergrande game would be a win to nil game given the previous 5 H2Hs all being that result. Decided to keep it simple with the Overs double. But yeah sounds like Tianjin were robbed of a goal and you of your winner.
Small Stake:
AZ Alkmaar v Kairat Almaty
Asteras Tripolis v Hibernian
Sarpsborg v St Gallen
Sarajevo v Atalanta
Vitesse v Viitorul
O1.5 Match Goals 5-Fold @ 9/5 (Betfred)
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Just reading through thread and some cracking winners already -W/C, Alex, Radu, Tennis…great stuff lads ?
Yeah good to see – let’s hope there’s plenty more tonight.
Thanks @hullshaker keep smashing it mate!
Cheers Hull, kind words from an MFI legend
Aek larnaca out to 4/5 from 8/13 any ideas why anyone????
Afternoon gents
Huge number of games tonight in the Europa league but concerntrating my focus on the three scottish clubs involved:
Asteras Tripolis v Hibernian KO 7pm
In true Hibs fashion it was another case of “we’ll score more than you” as they came from 2-0 down at half time and i must admit i said at that point they were dead and burried but 3 second half goals gave them 3-2 lead to take to Greece and gives them a terrific chance of getting through to the next qualifying round. It was no suprise our man Kamberi scored again and he is a real threat going forward. really tough game to call but what you can bet on is Hibs will definitley concede
This will be a popular game for goals and its easy to see why given Hibs gung ho mentality – terrfic in attack but brutal defensively.
Back over 2.5 match goals 10/11 (Marathonbet) (NAP)
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Hibs / Aberdeen / Rangers gams – over 1.5 match goals 7/5 Bet365
L.A. Angels @ 2.25 – 6 units
L.A. Angels win and over 7.5 runs @ 4.00- 2 units
2am ATP Los Cabos: Mannarino to beat Norrie @ 2.00 – 6 units
ATP Washington: De Minaur to beat Johnson (started last night but suspended) and Minaur to win @ 1.96 – 6 units
ATP Washington.: Alexander Zverev to beat Mischa Zverev and Washington Nationals -1.5 runs vs Reds @ 2.08 – 7 units
L.A. Dodgers -1.5 runs vs Brewers @ 2.05- 5 units
Washington Nationals ML AND Over 7.5 runs in Yankees vs Red Sox @ 1.8-8 units
That’s everything. More on today than usual so apologies for that. Let’s go!
Which bookie sir?
Sorry, so I usually use Betfair, If I’m.doing alternatr run lines I will probably use William Hill
My Europa picks;
Overs;
–Double–
Lillestrom v LASK Linz
Sarpsborg v St Gallen
2.05/1
**NAP**
–Treble–
add Asteras Tripolis v Hibs
4.80/1
Team Goals;
–Treble–
Lincoln Red Imps O1.5 TGls
Sevilla O1.5 TGls
Besiktas O1.5 TGls
2.43/1
–4-Fold–
Add Olimpia Ljubljana O1.5 TGls
4.54/1
All Europa bets down.. poor one.
Well done all winners.
Virkia v KPS kicking off just now, over 1.5 first half goals. 1 pt @ 1.80.
Will be taking over 3.5 mgls if the price rises a few mins into the game.
2 pts on over 3.5 mgls @ 1.72 ??
2 pts on over 1.5 mgls @ 1.73. 59 played.
3 goals in the final half hour brings in the 1.5.
August: – 4.84 pts
Larnaca vs Dundalk. In running larnaca 3-0 up all over Dundalk next goal scored larnaca even money 365 max bet
tonite
hafnarfjdordur overs 13/10
add lech poznan & valur o1.5tgs, az alkmaar overs just over 13/2
GL………………
Vikingur Gota vs Torpedo Kutaisi
Over 2.5 MGS
5/6
*WON*
FC Ufa, btts no 1.7 (Betfair exchange). Can see this being cagey.
Also can’t see Maribor conceding, btts no 1.5, not great odds but not too bad (Betfair exchange).
Inplay
Sarajevo vs Atalanta
Currently 0-4 on 30mins
Over 6.5 mgs @ 21/20
William Hill
Good luck!
Alright
Can any of you lads up past the wall tell me is that rangers best team out?
Thanks
Pretty much! Declan John and Jamie Murphy only ones missing from 11
Thanks for the reply
Looks like there dominating
Cheers
3/3 ??
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Dynamo Minsk, Red Imps and Asteras all to score. 1 pt @ 2.03.
August: – 2.81
Won on 70mins ?? ??
58 mins ago
Inplay
Sarajevo vs Atalanta
Currently 0-4 on 30mins
Over 6.5 mgs @ 21/20
William Hill
Good luck!
Hibs btts & overs 11/8 **LOST** no 3rd goal
Surprise there were no more goals but well done to Hibs.
Yep think we all surprised. Cracking result for Hibs as greece a tough away game. Looking good for all Scottish teams atm
Burnley struggling here eh ???
Could go either way – good game.
The ‘nan could score up there’ brigade will be ready wi their excuses ? no watching it, just back fi a trek up Alicante castle wi the weans but sneaking away for a pint every time go for a fag. Hame the mora and ma bro offshore so taking wee boy tae flag day then back tae reality wi a big thud
Vitesse – Viitorul
⚫ 2nd Half over 1.5 goals @ 1.91 ✅
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FCSB – Rudar ❌
⚫ FCSB to win by 1 goal @ 3.75
⚫ FCSB to win by 2 goals @ 3.85
No joy on my pens, not even one.
Aberdeen 5/4 to Qualify….what d’ye think!
Looks 50-50 to me.
Ah well,some you win some you lose,
Only had a fiver on 6 games overs the fired 20 on team hibs were playing at ht and got a man sent aff 3 mins inti 2nd half, nae tine to post but surprised it won. Nearly makes up for 30 lost on optimistic bets on hoops last night ?
Ahh shoot – FH concede the obligatory goal but failed to score…LOST ?
Unlucky Hull, I watched last 15 minutes, FH striker missed a sitter with about 5 to go…3 yards out, middle of the goal and headed it into keepers hands…?
WD all winners today (cracking 9-2 treble Mr F)?
Cheers, was rooting for FH too.
I know…they had their chances and blew it…we move on! Like you say, loads of cracking winners on the site and a belter from the gaffer at 9/2.
No joy in Iceland but thete’s always a chance of redemption in SA – I’m Bolivia-bound for a small stakes goals punt…
SPORT BOYS VS. ROYAL PARI (2315 KO):
Quick post but both sides have been fast off the mark in the Clausara and sit 3rd and 2nd respectively after 3 games – Pari in particular have got off to a flyer with 3 wins on the bounce and both sides have been in the goals.
With a combined total of 17 team goal in their collective 3 openers, there’s real potential here and an early goal or two might just unlock the value with 9 of those goals coming in the opening 45.
Two selections:
GOAL BEFORE 29:00…5/6
(Bet365)
??
BTTS 1ST HALF…7/2
(Bet365)
?
Good luck!
B*llocks…goal on ’30 ??
Australia women btts & over evens
Small stake but fancy a few goals
Lost 2-0
Slovan Bratislava v Balzan
O2.5 Match Goals & 6+ Match Corners @ 8/11 (Bet365) ///WIN///
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Small Stake:
AZ Alkmaar v Kairat Almaty
Asteras Tripolis v Hibernian
Sarpsborg v St Gallen
Sarajevo v Atalanta
Vitesse v Viitorul
O1.5 Match Goals 5-Fold @ 9/5 (Betfred) ///LOST///
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ONE SHORT in Sarpsborg! Little gutting but a confident stake on the main bet sees good profit on the day again.
Well done all winners! :)
Well done Leroy
Cheers Alex!
Taking a chance in South America myself..
—Double—
Sport Boys v Royal Pari – O1.5 FHGls
Sao Paolo v Colon – O1.5 mgls
3/1
Lost. Good day, poor evening.