IT'S all about Serie A on Thursday after Liverpool's request to have their Carabao Cup semi-final against Arsenal postponed, granted.
The first leg of the tie will now be at Anfield next Thursday and the second leg at Emirates Stadium on 20 January as the fixtures pile up for both sides.
Over in Italy however, it's full steam ahead as Serie A returns from it's winter break with a full round of fixtures. Teams haven't played since December 22nd when Inter Milan cemented their lead at the top of the table with a 1-0 win over Torino.
It's Inter who kick-off a brilliant day of action which sees two games kick-off simultaneously at 11.30, 1.30, 3.30, 5.30 and 7.45 and they'll ALL live on BT Sport.
If you're tuning in for Bologna v Inter keep an eye out for Aaron Hickey. The young Scottish full-back scored a cracker in his last match to make it four for the season and he's 20/1 to break the deadlock in the early kick-off.
It'll be a tough ask for ANY Bologna player to score against an Inter side that's kept seven clean sheets in their last eight games – Real Madrid being the only side to score against them in that spell.
On current form an Inter win should be a safe bet at 4/9, while a win to nil for the champions looks inviting at 6/4.
An early double could be on the cards as the other 11.30 start sees Sampdoria host a Cagliari side that's one just once all season and picked up only three points from 27 on the road. Samp are unbeaten in four and backable at 17/20.
The best place for goals could be in Rome where Lazio and Empoli meet. There's been 27 goals scored in Lazio's last six league matches and they boast the highest goals per game ratio in Serie A with 3.84 goals scored per game. Empoli are joint second on that list with 3.37.
Match of the day could be in Milan where second-placed AC welcome in-form Roma to the San Siro (5.30pm). Milan suffered a few wobbles in December but they've a good record in this fixture, losing just one of the last seven meetings between the sides. Both teams are in decent goalscoring form and drew 3-3 when they last met at the San Siro. Over 2.5 pays 8/11.
In 190 Serie A games so far this season only 34 (less than 2%) have seen fewer than two goals. That makes Skybet's 13/2 on there being Over 1.5 Goals in each match worth a small punt.
Super Singles (Double)
- Inter to win & Over 2.5 goals in Lazio v Empoli 6/5 Bet365
- Over 1.5 Goals in each Serie A game 13/2 Skybet.
Upcoming Match Previews & Tips
- Thursday’s Goals Accumulator Tips: Today’s 5/1 Both Teams to Score, Over 2.5 Golas & Total Team Goals Acca
- Thu 11:30 Bologna v Inter Milan
- Thu 13:30 Lazio v Empoli
- Thu 15:30 Atalanta v Torino
- Thu 17:30 AC Milan v Roma
- Thu 19:45 Juventus v Napoli
- Fri 20:00 Swindon Town v Manchester City
Golf Tips
The first event of the year on the PGA Tour tees off in Hawaii at 9.40am and The Caddy shared his tips for the Sentry Tournament of Champions with us yesterday.
The Caddy enjoyed a phenomenal year in 2021, landing a massive 14 outright winners and an over 70% success rate on his NAPs. We've tallied up his returns which totalled over £3,000 in profit to a £10 stake and you can read about how he did it here.
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Today's Racing Tips
Rizzel has picked out three short priced selections from Chepstow for Thursday's racing.
As always, let us know your tips and predictions for today in the comments section below and good luck with all your bets!
In December 2020 we sadly 
Unfortunately it looks like the full card will be trimmed down to six matches with the four games below looking as if they will be postponed due to Covid. 😭😭
Bologna vs Inter ❌
Atalanta vs Torino ❌
Salernitana vs Venezia ❌
Fiorentina vs Udinese ❌
It’s getting increasingly frustrating putting time into researching and writing up matches only for them to be postponed due to Covid. 😤
As mentioned Serie A has been battered with Covid on it’s return, managed to pick out a double though which i’m happy to go with.
🇮🇹 LAZIO v EMPOLI – Both Teams to Score
🇮🇹 SASSUOLO v GENOA – Sassuolo Over 1.5 Team Goals
▪️ Double
▪️ 7/4, 10bet
🔸️ 1.5u
➖️➖️➖️
🔹️ January: -1u
Gijon vs Villarreal
Villarreal over 1.5tgs @ 1/1 (bet365) nap
Villarreal team goals – small stakes
Over 2.5 @ 10/3 (bet365)
Over 3.5 @ 10/1 (bet365)
Keep getting drawn back to the prices here for a Villarreal team in goal scoring form, although slightly wary of the fact they are missing players and play athletico at the weekend. Gijon games are pretty stingy for goals too. Even with missing players, Villarreal can still put out a pretty decent team, with in form Moreno available to play. Hoping there wont be too much rotation but with 25 goals from their last 6 games il take the chance on them finding the net at least twice, and hopefully a few more to go with it if they are up for it 😅
Good luck all 🤞🤞
Serie A
Sassuolo vs Genoa
Over 4.5 Cards (Red counts as 2)
10/11 @ 365 *NAP*
🙋♂️
Al Hilal – Al Faysaly
⚽ 2nd Half with most goals @ 1.99 ⭐⭐
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SIS Semarang – Persija Jakarta
⚽ Persija DNB @ 1.85 ⭐⭐
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Fuenlabrada – Cadiz
⚽ 1 or 2 & 2nd Half over 0.5 goals @ 1.70 ⭐⭐
Girona – Osasuna
⚽ HT draw @ 1.95 ⭐⭐
Zaragoza – Sevilla
⚽ X2 & under 2.5 goals @ 1.75 ⭐⭐
Almeria – Elche
⚽ Almeria to qualify @ 1.65 ⭐⭐
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Combo @ 6.73 ⭐⭐
⚽ Sampdoria/Cagliari – 1X & over 1.5 goals
⚽ Lazio/Empoli – Lazio over 1.5 goals
⚽ Sassuolo/Genoa – both teams to score or over 2.5 goals
⚽ Milan/Roma – 1X
⚽ Juventus/Napoli – Juve to win any half
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Ice Hockey
HIFK – Kalpa
🏒 both teams to score at least 2 goals @ 1.80 ⭐⭐
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Wow cadiz left it late
Sampdoria v Cagliari
Small Stake player cards
Both players booked in last 2 meetings.
Thorsby 2/1
Yoshida 7/2
12/1 double
Thorsby as a single if people looking to be a bit safer.
Will have NAP later on. Good luck all!
Italian Serie A 🇮🇹
Lazio vs Empoli
Both teams to receive a card
Both teams to score
Over 2 goals
23/20 bet365
Good Morning Guys,
Today’s NAP comes from the Saudi Arabian Super Cup game
Al Hilal Riyadh vs Al Faisaly which kicks off at 17:15
BTTS & over 2.5 match goals @ 11/10 with Bet365
N.B. punt will be another over 1.5 match goals 4 fold with P/Power
Sampdoria vs Cagliari – Italian Serie A – KICK OFF 11:30
Sassuolo vs Genoa – Italian Serie A – kick off 15:30
Sporting Gijon vs Villarreal – Spanish Cup – Kick off 17:00
Almeria vs Elche – Spanish Cup – Kick off 19:00
1.81/1 – Stake returned for 3out of 4 (better odds elsewhere)
Good Luck with all bets today !!!
Cover available on NAP , BTTS -No- 6/1 with P/Power
No cover required as NAP in by half -time.
Cover available on N.B. (14/5 with P/Power), but will let run as guaranteed
staked back for first 3 landing.
Lazio
Sassuolo
Over 2.5mgs
39/20
Add for a treb
Juventus o1.5mgs
143/50
🇮🇹 Lazio v Empoli
🇩🇪 Bayern v M’gladbach
🔘 Bet: o2.5 goal double
Lazio v Empoli kick off in half an hour and I’m in work so my research explanation will be shorter than usual.
I wanted to double up the Lazio game with Fiorentina o2.5 double but Covid put pay to that so I’ve put the Bayern game in instead. For those who don’t want to wait until tomorrow for the Bayern game, swap it with Sassuolo v Genoa o1.5 goals instead as a NB.
– lazio are scoring and conceding for fun. They’ve gone o2.5 in 8/9 league games and there’s been 27 goals in their last 6 games at an average of 4.5 a game.
– Empoli are also superb for goals. They’ve scored in 10/12 away games and regularly score 2+ so should contribute today.
– Bayern have gone over 2.5 in 15/17 games and face a gladbach team in a crisis but are still scoring.
Good luck everyone on another tricky card. 👍🏻
🇮🇹 Lazio v Empoli
🇮🇹 Sassuolo v Genoa
🔘 Bet: Lazio v Empoli o2.5 goals/Sassuolo v Genoa o1.5 goals double NB ✅✅
It’s down to Bayern v M’gladbach to go o2.5 to complete the NAP tomorrow evening.
Well done all winners 👍🏻
Hopefully the Bayern game gets called off. I’ve just seen Jamesylfc heads up about the Covid issues in the Bayern camp.
Probably worth cashing out of that bet with the winnings from the Lazio v Empoli game, or at least waiting to see the Bayern team if the game does go ahead. 👍🏻
No luck with player cards there, Yoshida and Thorsby both could have been booked on another day.
So far 2/2 NAP for 2022 looking to make it 3/3 with this
AC Milan v Roma
2.5/1
Over 2.5 MGS
Over 4.5 Total match Cards
Sassuolo over 1.5tgs
AC Milan btts
Double 6/4
Good luck
Lost
Italian Serie A 🇮🇹
Lazio vs Empoli
Both teams to receive a card ✅
Both teams to score✅
Over 2 goals✅
23/20 bet365✅✅
Well done, what a game!
Thanks mate
Ac Milan v Roma
Roma to win at 19/10 (NAP)
Hard to see how Milan can function properly as they are decimated by injuries and Afcon call ups.
Best of luck
🇮🇹 LAZIO v EMPOLI – Both Teams to Score (3-3)
🇮🇹 SASSUOLO v GENOA – Sassuolo Over 1.5 Team Goals (1-1)
▪️ Double
▪️ 7/4, 10bet
🔸️ 1.5u
✅❌
Lazio-Empoli provided the goods and a belter of a game to match, Sassuolo for all their domination (over 70% possession) were a goal short though to let the bet down.
Tricky start to the month!
🔹️January: -2.5u
Heads up for tomorrow, just reading Bayern Munich have asked for their game tomorrow to be postponed due to a COVID outbreak ripping through their squad during the winter break.
Neuer, Hernandez, Upamecano, Tolisso, Coman, Sane and Davies are some of the bigger names confirmed to be out with the virus whilst Sule and Goretzka are also out with injury.
Not sure what state Gladbach are in squadwise but if the game goes ahead they may be worth a shout, they do have a decent record against Bayern recently.
I have a NAP riding on this game. I didn’t know about the Covid issues. Great heads up. I think I’ll void that bet now. 👍🏻
Goals could still be on the cards, Lewandowski is free to play and we all know he can score 3+ on his own 😂
Sticking a unit on Gladback Double Chance just incase, win is a tempting price also but with my luck so far this month I’ll not test it 😂
🇩🇪 BAYERN MUNICH v BORUSSIA MONCHENGLADBACH – Gladbach Double Chance
▪️ 9/4, 10bet
🔸️ 1u
So far 2/2 NAP for 2022 looking to make it 3/3 with this
AC Milan v Roma
2.5/1
Over 2.5 MGS
Over 4.5 Total match Cards
✅✅✅✅ 3/3 Good start to the year
Well done Corbo 👍
Villarreal over 1.5tgs @ 1/1 (bet365) nap❌
Villarreal team goals – small stakes
Over 2.5 @ 10/3 (bet365)❌
Over 3.5 @ 10/1 (bet365)❌
Villarreal fail to show up today and crash out, disappointing
Well done winners today 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Serie A
Sassuolo vs Genoa
Over 4.5 Cards (Red counts as 2)
10/11 @ 365 *NAP*
**LOST** – Two short, shocking that Genoa didn’t contribute to the Card count!
Serie A – Juventus v Napoli
Penalty taken @ 15/8 (boosted) with Paddy Power
Rubbish just like the game ❌
Well done if anyone had btts in all games today!
Cuadrado booking 23/10
SAO PAULO YOUTH CUP 1030PM
CASTANHAL U20 TO SCORE 1+ 1/1 NAP (SKY) 🔥🔥🔥
CASTANHAL U20 TO SCORE 2+ 11/2 LONGSHOT (SKY)
Al Hilal – Al Faysaly
⚽ 2nd Half with most goals @ 1.99 ⭐⭐❌
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SIS Semarang – Persija Jakarta
⚽ Persija DNB @ 1.85 ⭐⭐✔️
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Fuenlabrada – Cadiz
⚽ 1 or 2 & 2nd Half over 0.5 goals @ 1.70 ⭐⭐✔️
Girona – Osasuna
⚽ HT draw @ 1.95 ⭐⭐❌
Zaragoza – Sevilla
⚽ X2 & under 2.5 goals @ 1.75 ⭐⭐✔️
Almeria – Elche
⚽ Almeria to qualify @ 1.65 ⭐⭐❌
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Combo @ 6.73 ⭐⭐
⚽ Sampdoria/Cagliari – 1X & over 1.5 goals❌😠
⚽ Lazio/Empoli – Lazio over 1.5 goals✔️
⚽ Sassuolo/Genoa – both teams to score or over 2.5 goals✔️
⚽ Milan/Roma – 1X✔️
⚽ Juventus/Napoli – Juve to win any half✔️
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Ice Hockey
HIFK – Kalpa
🏒 both teams to score at least 2 goals @ 1.80 ⭐⭐✔️
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