SCOTTISH football is back with a bang this weekend as the League Cup group stage gets underway.
There’s usually a few shocks with Premiership teams going in undercooked and St Mirren, St Johnstone and Hibs all failed to make it through their group last term.
The last thing you want on day one is a road trip to an SPFL outpost and there’s a few big clubs facing those kind of fixtures this afternoon.
Both the Saints are on the road against lower-league opposition while Motherwell, Livingston and Ross County also have long treks.
St Johnstone fans are upset at the lack of new signings this summer but having a settled side could help them in the group stage.
They begin at Stenhousemuir and I fancy them to be winning at half-time and full-time (6/5, BoyleSports).
St Mirren have a tougher game at League One Montrose, a team that is usually good value for goals.
Buddies skipper Mark O’Hara was a regular scorer last term and is 6/4 with McBookie to open his account.
Livi head to Brechin and BTTS stands a chance (6/5, Paddy Power) as City smashed 101 goals on their march to the Highland title last term.
Ross County have one of the longest trips in Scotland as they travel to Stranraer. It could take the Staggies time to get up to speed so I’m betting on most goals in the second half (7/6, VBet).
Motherwell also need to put in the miles with a trip to Elgin and the same bet appeals, with VBet offering 7/6 once more.
It’s women’s final day at Wimbledon with Ons Jabeur the odds-on favourite after beating the second and third seeds in her last two games.
Marketa Vondrousova is a 12/5 outsider, having only won one game at Wimbledon before this year’s tournament.
But the Czech has been in fine form so I fancy over 22.5 games at 11/10 with William Hill.
Under 5.5 breaks of serve also appeals and that bet pays 11/10 with Bet365.
Super Singles
- Most goals second half in Stranraer (7/6, VBet)
- Under 5.5 breaks of serve in women’s final (11/10, Bet365)
Match Previews & Tips
- Football Bet of the Day: Finnish Fancy for Goals at Both Ends on Saturday
- Weekend Football Tips: Title Chasers and Underdogs Clash in Global Football
- Sat 15:00 Elgin City vs Motherwell
- Sat 15:00 The Spartans vs Dundee United
- Sat 17:15 Raith Rovers vs Dunfermline
Racing Tips
Popmaster was a 10/3 winner on Friday for Rizzel, he is back with a further five selections on Saturday, all coming at Newmarket for July Cup day.
Golf Betting Tips
The caddy also makes a return this week with his best bets from the Scottish Open.
As always, let us know your best betting tips and predictions for today in the comments section below and good luck with all your bets!
INPLAY
🇮🇸 Fram 0-1 Breidablik 🇮🇸 (60 minutes played)
▪️Over 2.5 Match Goals (11/10, bet365)
Ends 0-1 👎
🇨🇦 Cavalry FC v HFX Wanderers FC 🇨🇦
🇨🇱 Deportes Temuco v Rangers de Talca 🇨🇱
▪️Over 2.5 Match Goals Double (2.8/1, bet365)
🇫🇮 KPV Kokkola v HiFK 🇫🇮
▪️Over 2.5 Match Goals (6/5, william hill)
🇺🇾 Cerro Largo v Racing Club de Montevideo 🇺🇾
▪️Over 2.5 Match Goals (11/10, bet365)
No joy last night, Palmeiras 2nd half gl away from 3/1 & 2/4 on 4fold, 1 corner away from free bet.
Game tonight has potential for corners galore but bookies have got wise.
Atletico GO v Recife 01.30
Over 14 corners – 10/3 Bet365
Lose
🇦🇷 Godoy Cruz v Defensa Y Justicia
▪️Over 2.5 Match Goals (5/4, ladbrokes)
✅️
Ends 2-2. Still down on the day so here’s hoping for a better Saturday 🤞
Goals acca to run through the day for some interest ,
Ilves 🇫🇮
KPV Kokkola 🇫🇮
Halmstads 🇸🇪
MC Alger 🇪🇬
Colo-Colo 🇨🇱
Guabira 🇧🇴
Over 1.5 mg’s 6 fold 6.43/1
Goodluck with the bets all 👍
❌️
Spartans v Dundee utd
Spartans on the exchange around 10/1. Utd just relegated,lost some players. Worth 2£.
Cashed this bet out. 5 mins to go. 1-0 Spartans
Brilliant 👌
Morning all, as everyone was so good with advice and well wishes, just popping in for a few winning tips and to give a wee update. All tests complete and it looks like my cancer is contained in the colon as a 6cm tumour. Prognosis seems to be pretty good due to my age and the plan is to whip me in a cut it out then blast me with intensive chemo. They hope that might be enough for cure and not treatment, so a rough few months lie ahead but positive outlook and keeping spirits up. I realise I’m one of the lucky ones hopefully, so again gents, if there is anything that doesn’t look or feel right, go and get checked. It’s likely nothing, but that visit to the docs might just save your life.
All the best bud
Some positive news mate 💪
That’s very positive news mate.
Once you have the diagnosis and are allocated a Consultant, that’s 90% of the battle already won – so great news! 👍
Good news mate. All the best & keep ur head up
Best wishes to you Master 🤞🏻
Very good news indeed
Elgin
Clyde
Montrose
Over 2.5mgs treble 3/1
Good luck
Lost crap
Yesterday’s bet lost
Today’s bet
Manaus v Sao Bernardo
Both teams to score
William hill. Evens
NAP
Anything for the women’s match, MJT ?
Sorry Chris was hoping to get my plays for the final up earlier but been a manic day. Will make sure I get my plays up for the men’s final nice and early just in case anyone decides to follow.
Vondrousova – Jabeur
It’ll be a first-time Grand Slam champion no matter who wins here. Jabeur who lost narrowly in last years final has made it to two previous grand slam finals losing on both occasions. Vondrousova has only made it past the quarter finals once before when runner up at the 2019 French Open winning just 4 games to Barty. The head to head record stands at 3-3 with both matches this year going the way of Vondrousova. The only previous match on grass was won by Jabeur 6-3 7-6 back in 2021. I have written a fair bit about these two players over the past week and I lot of that can be repeated again here. The first serve percentage of Jabeur will be crucial in this match. If like the semi final she can serve close to 62% again then she has a very strong chance of claiming her maiden grand slam. So far this tournament Jabeur has 48% unreturned first serves compared to 36% for Vondrousova, that’s a significant difference and an awful lot of quick easy points won by Jabeur. She is also winning 80% of her 1st serves in comparison to 70% for Vondrousova. However, the issue here for Jabeur is that her 1st serve percentage is 53% a full 10% less than Vondrousova. The backend performance of both players is very close in terms of winners to unforced errors. There is though a big advantage for Jabeur when it comes to the forehand. She has hit 14 more winners and 23 less errors compared to Vondrousova, so clearly performs much better when out wide. As well as having a higher service hold percentage, Jabeur is also ahead slightly in the stats for break points, net points and baseline points won. So as you can see all of the stats certainly favour Jabeur in this match up and will be significantly more in her favour the higher the 1st serve percentage she can achieve. With the variety and drop shot skills of both players this will be an interesting one to watch and I am really looking forward to it. Something to note is that it does appear that the final will be played under the roof. How this effects both players is difficult to predict. My feel on this one is that I have more confidence in the Jabeur serve & I also believe that she could deal with the occasion slightly better due to being in the same position just last year. So I will be going with Jabeur win here and will be taking the –3.5 game handicap to add a little value. Another area I will be focussing on is the ace and double fault market. This is a market I have had decent success with so far this tournament and in particular with Vondrousova. She committed 6 doubles in her last match and I feel that the nerves could certainly be a factor here again. She also committed considerably more than Jabeur over their 6 head to head matches.
Jabeur –3.5 games 1.5 units 2.0 Betway
Vondrousova over 3.5 double faults 2 units 2.1 SkyBet
Jabeur over 2.5 aces and Vondrousova over 3.5 double faults 1 unit 3.25 SkyBet
Jabeur to win, Jabeur over 2.5 aces and Vondrousova over 3.5 double faults 0.5 units 4.33 SkyBet
Jabeur To Win Match, Serve Most Aces And Least Double Faults 0.5 units 3.60 Betway
One more for today ,
UNAM-Pumas women 🇲🇽
Libertad 🇧🇴
Over 2.5 mg’s double 2/1 ………..
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🇫🇮 KPV Kokkola v HiFK 🇫🇮
▪️Over 2.5 Match Goals (6/5, william hill)
✅️
3-0 HiFK on 85 minutes 👍
A truly terrible performance from Jabeur, not helped by such a poor serving display. Not quite sure how she managed to lose in straight sets having been 4-2 up in the 1st and 3-1 in the 2nd. Credit to Vondrousova for keeping the errors low & allowing the Jabeur mistakes rack up. Bit of a let down that match as it was pretty poor to watch. Thankfully Vondrousova hit her 4th double when serving for the match to at least reduce the loss today as it could have been a lot worse.
Jabeur –3.5 games 1.5 units 2.0 Betway ❌
Vondrousova over 3.5 double faults 2 units 2.1 SkyBet ✅
Jabeur over 2.5 aces and Vondrousova over 3.5 double faults 1 unit 3.25 SkyBet ❌
Jabeur to win, Jabeur over 2.5 aces and Vondrousova over 3.5 double faults 0.5 units 4.33 SkyBet ❌
Jabeur To Win Match, Serve Most Aces And Least Double Faults 0.5 units 3.60 Betway ❌
Ladies Finals recap:
Bet placed: 5
Won: 1 ✅
Lost: 4 ❌
Stakes: 5.5 units
Returns: 4.2 units
Profit/Loss: -1.3 units
ROI: -23.6%
Wimbledon record after Ladies Final:
Bets Placed: 83
Wins: 44 ✅
Loss: 39 ❌
Stakes: 134.5 units
Returns: 156.97 units
Profit/Loss: +22.47 units
ROI: 16.71%
Well done all winners today & good luck with your bets for the rest of the day.
aLCARAZ is far too big at 13/8 tomorrow .
What betting site has Elvis’ wheelchair doubles tennis tip ? 🎾
SKYBET.
Hewitt is in the singles v one of the Japs they beat today.
Just 4-9 to win.
2-1 in sets possible for Hewitt 11-4 maybe a shout if your desperate to bet on wheelchair tennis 🎾.
I’m sure mjt would point you in the right direction if so
Afraid I can’t say I follow much wheelchair tennis Elvis.
Raith rovers
Molde
Btts double 2/1
Good luck
Lost no home goal in Norway
Mjt why write all the stakes and etc for. Today your stakes were 6 units not 5.5. You have been doing that near enough every day. I wasnt going to mention it but I thought I’d point it out to you. If everyday you are skimming a half point here and there ,all your figures are wrong .
My units today were 5.5.
I have also not been “skimming” any records by half a point, yet alone every day. If you could point me to where I have done this then I will gladly accept the criticism.
If people don’t want me to list my units down then that is not a problem. I would have assumed people would have liked to have seen this.
Stake units are simply a reflection of how confident a person feels about a particular bet. Some people use stars, others NAPs, NB etc.
If you don’t understand how it works, just say so KALSINGH1977.
We are a friendly bunch here & are happy to explain these simple betting concepts to beginners such as yourself 👍😄
Double
River Plate(Argentina)
Nacional(Uruguay)
Both to Win@6/5 bet365
9 o’clock bet
Ecuador women
Over 1.5 first half gls
Over 3.5 match gls
+
Annapolis go
Over 2.5 match gls
3.52/1
Bfair
Gubbed
Náutico v Figueirense FC
20:30
Brazilian Serie C 🇧🇷
Figueiriense to score 10-11 NAP (HILLS)
BTTS 7-5 NB (UNIBET)
Prediction 1-1
Finished 2-1 👍🇧🇷
Goalless at the break in 🇺🇾 but jumping on Over 1.5 Match Goals at a cracking price!
INPLAY
🇺🇾 Cerro Largo 0-0 Racing 🇺🇾
▪️Over 1.5 Match Goals (9/4, bet365)
Cheers. Went for over 1.5. Then went for over 0.5. 👍
🇺🇾 Cerro Largo 2-0 Racing 🇺🇾
Goal short on the Over 2.5 Match Goals but more than happy with the two 2nd half goals bringing in the Inplay 👍
Double cheers. 👍👍
Sunday’s double, taking part in the early hours.
Posted on Thursday and price has came in to around 1.5/1.
🇺🇸 New England Revolution v DC United 🇺🇸
🇺🇸 Austin FC v Sporting Kansas City 🇺🇸
▪️Over 2.5 Match Goals Double (2.02/1, bet365)
Only the one goal in 🇨🇦 downs Saturday’s double 👎
Look at your bets today and you will see that it is 6 units and not 5.5 ok.
KALSINGH1977 my unit bets today were as follows:
2 units
1.5 units
1 unit
0.5 units
0.5 units
That is 5.5 units and not 6 units as you keep saying.