Celtic got the week off to a winning start for Scottish clubs in Europe with a hard-earned 2-0 win over AZ Alkmaar at Celtic Park last night.
That landed our 13/10 Super Single and well done to anyone who took the 15/8 we suggested on the Hoops to be winning at the break too.
Things are about to get a whole lot tougher for some of the Scottish clubs in action on Thursday.
Aberdeen have made the arduous journey to Baku for their first leg match against Qarabag. Boss Stephen Glass paid the price for prioritising this match ahead of Scottish League Cup at the weekend when his much-changed side were dumped out the cup by Raith Rovers. That's piled a bit of pressure on the Dons who are 2/1 to record an away win.
Aberdeen aren't best pleased about the quality of the pitch they'll play on and it doesn't look condusive to free-flowing football so it could be a scrappy affair in Azerbaijan. It's no surprise to see under 2.5 Goals at 8/13 and the Dons will be happy to get back on the long-flight home still in tie ahead of the return leg at Pittodrie.
Aberdeen fan Mark Walker is in the hotseat for our match preview and he reckons there's something in this game for his team.
St Johnstone acquited themselves well in the first leg of their last round tie with Galatasaray but were outclassed in the end by the Turkish giants. They face another tricky proposition in the shape of an LASK Linz side who have held their own in the Europa League group stages the last couple of seasons.
The Saints will look to keep things tight again in the first leg but after rattling six past Vojvodina the Austrians will be difficult to keep at bay. KevMac finds three potential betting angles for us in his match preview.
At Ibrox Rangers shouldn't have too much trouble from Armenian side Alashkert as they bid to make it to the group stages of the Europa League after crashing out of the Champions League last week. That was a major blow for the Scottish Champions and it'd be a major surprise if the Gers failed to qualify for a second time.
The Bookies aren't taking any chances and have Steven Gerrard's side at just 1/8 to win on Thursday so we'll dip in to one our favourite BetBuilders and take Rangers to score Over 1 goal and Alashkert to score Under 1 Goal at even money with Bet365.
The Gers enjoyed a brilliant defensive record last season, especially at Ibrox and with one eye on their meeting with Celtic a week on Sunday they'll be keen to put this tie to bed as best they can tonight.
Super Single
- Rangers to score Over 1 goal & Alashkert to score Under 1 Goal 1/1 (Bet365 BetBuider)
Upcoming Matches & Tips
- Thu 5.00pm Qarabag v Aberdeen Match Preview & Tips
- Thu 6.00pm LASK Linz v St Johnstone Match Preview & Tips
- Thu 6.30pm Trabzonspor v Roma Match Preview & Tips
- Thu 7.00pm Feyenoord v IF Elfsborg Match Preview & Tips
- Thu 7.00pm Rennes v Rosenborg Match Preview & Tips
- Thu 7.30pm Pacos de Ferreira v Tottenham Hotspur Match Preview & Tips
- Thu 8.00pm Rangers v Alashkert Match Preview & Tips
Thursday's Racing Tips
Rizzel has opted for three selections in the 2yo races at York for Day 2 of their Ebor Festival.
Golf Tips
The Caddy nailed yet another big winner for us last week as Calum Hill won on the European Tour at 28/1. The FedEx play-offs begin this week with the Northern Trust at Liberty National Golf Club, New Jersey and The Caddy has earmarked his customary three best bets plus his ever-dependable NAP bet for the weekend.
In addition The Caddy has also penned a preview for this week's European Tour event in Prague.
- Golf Tips: Northern Trust Preview & Predictions
- Golf Tips: Real Czech Masters Preview & Predictions
As always, let us know your tips and predictions for Thursday in the comment section below and good luck with all your bets!
Quick post, off in 10 minutes.
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Cruz Azul
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CF Monterrey
01:00
Mexican Liga MX
BTTS EVENS (HILLS)
Cruz scored in 14 of last 15 home games.
Monterrey scored in their last 15 games.
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Bada Bing Bada Boom Injury Time Equaliser 💪 Got 4/1 Inplay cheers 👍
First tips posted on Monday but glad to see all three go in
West Brom Win @ 6/5 Betway ✅
Sheffield Wed Win @ 19/20 Betway✅
Small stake double of the above @ 3.29/1 (Betway)✅
Another shocking game for United. Outclassed from start to finish. Deja vu of last season.
Just waiting on cards prices for this weekend and I’ll post another write up.
Superb start Stanny 👏
Rangers vs Alashkert
Bet builder @ 6/4 (bet365)
Rangers over 2.5tgs
Rangers over 4 corners
Morelos to score a brace @ 11/2 (skybet)
Over 2.5mgs 4 fold @ 3.9/1 (bet365)
Trabzonspor vs Roma
Jablonec vs Zilina
Taby vs Sirius
Tammeka U21 vs Paide U21
Good luck all 🤞🤞
Karolina kliskova win (tennis)
Malmo dnb
9/10 @ paddy
*won*
Rangers win, rangers most corners, alashkert most cards
6/5 @ paddy
Poor show from me yesterday with 3 losers not even going close.
Trying to keep it simple today.
Rangers v Alashkert
Don’t think there is much to add to the preview. Agree Rangers will have too much for the away side and they’ll want this tie put to bed.
Rangers to score 3+ 5/6
Rangers to score 4+ 9/4
No joy with McGregor from outside the box LOSER
. Well done all winners
Full house of losers yesterday 3 for 3, well done to all the winners last night there were some good ones👌
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Cruz Azul
V
CF Monterrey
01:00
Mexican Liga MX
BTTS EVENS (HILLS)
Cruz scored in 14 of last 15 home games.
Monterrey scored in their last 15 games.
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Finished 1-1 thanks to a late goal and red card 🇲🇽⚽
Late is great!
Big scoreline in the NILF game yesterday – only needed 7 for the Nap but ended up with 12!
Olimpia managed to net against Flamengo to bring in the Nb and was 1 corner short for the 4/1 longshot
BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE
(21/20, 10bet) ⭐⭐⭐ ✅
BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE
4+ CORNERS EACH SIDE
(4/1, skybet) ⭐⭐ 🙈
The 16/1 and 250/1 penalty shouts didn’t come close but no worries there.
Fancy a crack at this Chinese FA Cup game and, whilst I know sod all about the Asian game, I do always not that odds against teams do tend to notch in games.
MEIZHOU HAKKA VS. BEIJING BSU (10.00am)
A little look at the stats backs the mini-theory up here with the hosts winning a lot but conceding and the visitors losing or drawing but scoring fairly regularly.
H2Hs indicate a regular preponderance of recent games that have been close encounters with both scoring so the price looks worth a punt:
MEIZHOU HAKKA WIN & BTTS
(17/10, paddypower) ⭐⭐
Best of luck today!
KO now down as 12.30 – prices have come right in on 365 and Paddypower have theirs temporarily locked. Interesting to see what they go off like!
Off to China this morning for a bit of interest, before I go to work..
CHINESE FA CUP
NANTONG ZHIYUN v HEILONGJIANG CITY 10.00
BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE.. EVS NAP
BTTS AND OVER 2.5 GOALS.. 6/4 NB
NANTONG ZHIYUN 2+ GOALS.. 9/4 🤞
SKYBET……
Nah, all bets down. No home goal and finished 6-0….😮 👎
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Nantong Zhiyun F.C
Today
Heilongjiang Lava Spring
10:00
Chinese FA Cup
BTTS 11-10 (UNIBET)
Nantong scored in 12 of last 13 homes.
Heilongijang scored in last 14 aways.
Finished 4-3 in the league here last month 😁.
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It’s looking grim at the moment Elvis, 6-0 on 81 mins. ☹️
0-6 😝🙃☹️
Fenerbache
Olympiakos
Spurs
All to win at 2.5/1
🇪🇺LASK LINZ v ST JOHNSTONE
🇪🇺RANGERS v ALASHKERT
🇮🇸GRINDAVIK v THROTTUR REYKJAVIK
◾A Goal in Both Halves Treble
▪️3.03/1, Ladbrokes
🤞🤞🤞
IN PLAY
2 MINUTES GONE
Balestier Khalsa
V
Tampines Rovers
12:45
Singaporean S League
BTTS and over 2.5 goals 5-6.
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Well that was short and sweet
2-1 after 16 minutes
⚽ Winner ⚽
Can see this ending 6 or more goals.
5-2 😆
Qarabag v Aberdeen .
Aberdeen have a few players more than capable of scoring headers
Header scored 11/8
Longshot btts a header 14/1
Hills
Chinese burn it is then 😂 got the hard part right with a BSU goal but the odds on hosts didn’t even score the miserable sods!
MEIZHOU HAKKA WIN & BTTS
(17/10, paddypower) ⭐⭐ 👎
Have mulled over the main bets this evening and decided on a two pronged approach with games from Iceland and Peru:
ÁLFTANES VS. ÁLAFOSS (9.00pm)
Well, if Carlsberg did stats and recent form, this would be about right but then Carlsberg does taste like witch’s p*ss and stats are only as good as the last game!
It does look like a hefty hiding could be on the cards though and I’ve just got to side with goals here – christ, even Midas beat this lot 4-2 and they really are poor:
Alftanes will be go top with a win and I can’t see anything other than a comprehensive battering on the cards:
OVER 7.5 GOALS
(6/4, bet365) NAP ⭐⭐⭐⭐
UNIVERSIDAD SAN MARTÍN VS. ACADEMIA CANTOLAO (9.30pm)
Two teams in poor form and every point and goal will count here – 90% of the last 10 H2H’s have seen both sides scoring and 3+ goals so prices look tempting despite the poor current form:
BTTS & OVER 2.5 GOALS
(7/5, bet365) ⭐⭐⭐
i’m also doubling up the above for a longer shot:
OVER 7.5 GOALS
BTTS & OVER 2 5 GOALS
(5/1, bet365) LONGSHOT ⭐
Best of luck!
UEFA COMPETITIONS
SPURS OVER TO SCORE 2+ 5/6 NAP (SKY)⭐⭐⭐
ELFSBORG / NS MURA BOTH TO SCORE 1+ 8/5 NB (SKY) ⭐
WDW ACCA 10.5/1 LONGSHOT (WH)
*SPURS
*SLAVIA PRAGUE
*ANDERLECHT
*STURM GRAZ
*RAPID VIENNA
GL all today👍
To score 2+ (correction) not over
Europa League
LASK Linz vs St Johnstone
1+ Corner Each Team Each Half
4/5 @ Skybet *NAP*
Can’t see past Rangers -3 corners at 11/10 with Slybet. Can only see this being one way traffic and a lorry load of corners for Rangers. Pretty confident here!
totally agree with you on the corners, i took the 1.950 with Bet365 this morning on the -3 corners on the Asian Handicap.. only bet on corners as the goals market are shocking prices in general..
Skybet now shifted line to minus -4 😡
Fola
Antwerp
Over 0.5tgs double 11/10
Add cska Sofia over 0.5tgs treble 2/1
Good luck
Aberdeen getting kicked around the park by Quarabag , ref not interested
No joy with my headers in Baku LOSERS
Lundstram Ags 11/4
Lost sent off
EUROPA LEAGUE
RAPID VIENNA v ZORYA 20.00
RAPID VIENNA 2+ GOALS.. 8/11 NAP
OVER 2.5 MATCH GOALS.. 4/6 NB
RAPID VIENNA 3+ GOALS.. 9/4 🤞
OVER 3.5 MATCH GOALS.. 7/4 🤞
SKYBET…… Good Luck……
Got to fancy Chelsea sunday
Asian hcap -1
2.375 b365
Arsenal looked awful against newly promoted brentford.
Chelsea made the win against crystal palace look easy.
Lukaku available sunday.
Lacazzett unavailable again, aubameyang available but not match fit, and look rubbish last season.
Think this looks good and even more so under the circumstances.
Cheers
I would be a bit wary mate taking Chelsea on the handicap,Arsenal are Chelsea’s Kryptonite i have seen good Chelsea sides lose to poor Arsenal sides.The 3/4 on Chelsea to win should tell you all you need to know.I ill be on Chelsea as the price is good enough but certainly won’t take them on a handicap.
Yeah they haven’t got the best record against the gunners, but the form and quality are miles apart.
money back if only 1-0
cheers
Best of luck one off hope it lands
Fola
Antwerp
Over 0.5tgs double 11/10**WON**
Add cska Sofia over 0.5tgs treble 2/1**LOST**
Well done all winners
tonite………….
fram & fenerbache o1.5tgs, grotta 1.5mgs 17/10
Europa League
LASK Linz vs St Johnstone
1+ Corner Each Team Each Half
4/5 @ Skybet *NAP*
**WON** – Better! Another superb result on the road for St Johnstone in Europe 😮
Late on again tonight so just on Paddy Power Power Price (that’s a mouthful!)
Rangers, Spurs & Olympiakos to win @ 13/8
Spurs letting this down is disappointing ❌
Well done all winners
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Iceland division 4
Vatnaliljur v Vaengir Jupiters
19 Aug 21:00
Vatnallijur to score 11-8 🇮🇸
Stats and odds suggest veangir should win easily.
It’s bottom v top.
Vatnallijur have scored against the 2nd and 3rd place teams recently in heavy defeats of course.
More of interest is the reverse fixture at the end of June which ended
*** Veangir 2 vatnallijur 1 ***
Price sticks out like a sore thumb if vatnallijur score or just a LONGSHOT the bookies got right if they don’t score.
They’re at home and they scored away so worth a DABBLE.
Prediction 1-4
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🇪🇺LASK LINZ v ST JOHNSTONE
🇪🇺RANGERS v ALASHKERT
🇮🇸GRINDAVIK v THROTTUR REYKJAVIK
◾A Goal in Both Halves Treble
▪️3.03/1, Ladbrokes
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No 1st half goal at Ibrox
Spurs thinking their a big club who can make 11 changes cos they got ask to that super shi.e league haha
Spurs let my treble down.
Well done all winners
yeah had them in an acca too awful
Ditto. Was already on when I saw that joke of a line up. Pathetic from them.
Can’t see past Rangers -3 corners at 11/10 with Slybet. Can only see this being one way traffic and a lorry load of corners for Rangers. Pretty confident here!
Winner. Was never losing this 😝
Nice one! Alashkert didn’t pick up a single corner after Rangers went down to 10, as easy as you like 👍
Rangers win, rangers most corners, alashkert most cards
6/5 @ paddy
*lost* rangers most cards
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
RAPID VIENNA V ZORYA 20.00
RAPID VIENNA 2+ GOALS.. 8/11 NAP ✔️
OVER 2.5 MATCH GOALS.. 4/6 NB ✔️
RAPID VIENNA 3+ GOALS.. 9/4 🤞 ✔️
OVER 3.5 MATCH GOALS.. 7/4 🤞 ❌
SKYBET…… Good Luck……
Not too bad, finished 3-0……😊 👍
EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE
SANTA CLARA v PARTIZAN BELGRADE 21.30
OVER 2.5 MATCH GOALS.. 9/5
Currently Half Time at the moment with the score 1-0 to SANTA CLARA..
Bloody Hell, that didn’t take long. 2-1 on 54 mins.. 👍
Well played Bagsy 🤑
EUROPA CONFERENCE LEAGUE
SANTA CLARA v PARTIZAN BELGRADE 21.30
OVER 2.5 MATCH GOALS.. 9/5 ✔️
Currently Half Time at the moment with the score 1-0 to SANTA CLARA.. 👍
Rangers vs Alashkert
Bet builder @ 6/4 (bet365)❌
Rangers over 2.5tgs❌
Rangers over 4 corners✅
Morelos to score a brace @ 11/2 (skybet)❌
Over 2.5mgs 4 fold @ 3.9/1 (bet365)✅
Trabzonspor vs Roma✅
Jablonec vs Zilina✅
Taby vs Sirius✅
Tammeka U21 vs Paide U21✅
Sure the bookies will have enjoyed that result, poor show from rangers but little surprise it was Morelos who found the net. Goals acca means no damage done.
Well done winners 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Spot on Biggy
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CD Tapatio
V
Club Atletico Morelia
23:00
Mexican Ascenso MX
BTTS 10-11 (HILLS) NAP 🇲🇽
Side bet BTTS and over 2.5 goals 17-10 (HILLS)
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BOLIVIAN PREM
WILSTERMANN V SANTA CRUZ
SANTA CRUZ OVER 0.5 TEAM GOALS 7/10 NAP (WH)
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Sure this is overpriced willhill not caught up.. they pegged two away at the strongest the other day and defied odds of 20/1
Full house of losers again worst NAP ever advised sorry about the team. Did not realise it would be quite that bad when tipped… Cost me a 6 fold 2+ 28/1 if thats any consellation