Manchester City's new-look team has been pretty impressive so far at the Club World Cup but they face a big step up in class tonight against Juventus.
Pep Guardiola tooled up for his side's defence of their global crown, splashing out big on stars such as Ryan Cherki, Tijjani Reijnders and Rayan Ait-Nouri.
City have strolled to wins over Wydad Clasabanca and Al Ain and now take on Juve in a game that will decide who tops Group G.
The Italians currently top the section because they've scored one more goal than the Premier League giants so it's a big test of Guardiola's City revamp.
Juventus vs Manchester City top betting tips
Both teams have been scoring lots of goals so far at the Club World Cup so this should be an entertaining game.
BoyleSports make Manchester City 7/10 favourites but their defence, which has looked shaky throughout the season, will be tested by a lively Juventus attack.
BTTS pays 4/6 for this one but adding on over 2.5 goals boosts the odds to 11/10 and that looks decent value.
Turkish striker Kenan Yildiz has been the standout so far for Juve, netting three times, and looks overpriced at 7/2 for anytime scorer with BoyleSports.
He's also 5/4 at Unibet just to have an effort on target and that looks well worth a punt based on his performances so far.
Wydad Casablanca vs Al Ain
The other game tonight in Group G is a dead rubber with Wydad Casablanca and Al Ain both already eliminated after losing their opening two games.
Al Ain have been one of the biggest disappointments so far at the Club World Cup, with the side from the UAE losing 5-0 to Juventus then 6-o against Chelsea.
Vladimir Ivic's men look a dispirited bunch so I wouldn't be too surprised if they suffered another defeat tonight.
Wydad have at least been competitive in their two losses to the European big guns so they would be worth a punt at 13/10 with BoyleSports.
With nothing to play for this match could easily fizzle out and that makes under 2.5 goals appealing at evens with the same firm.
Spain Under-19s v Netherlands Under-19s
The Under-19 European Championships come to a conclusion tonight as Spain battle the Netherlands for the trophy.
Armchair fans will be hoping for a repeat of Spain's semi-final, which saw them beat Germany 6-5 in a thriller.
This is a tournament that has been littered with goals and the Dutch beat Romania 3-1 in the other semi-final to book their place in the showpiece.
That's why BoyleSports price BTTS at a tiny 2/7 tonight while even over 3.5 goals is odds-on at 10/11. But finals can often be an anti-climax with so much at stake so it could actually pay to back a tighter game.
The half-time draw looks good at 13/10 with BoyleSports while betting against a goal in each half pays 17/10.
Thursday's Super Singles
- Kenan Yildiz over 0.5 shots on target 5/4 Unibet
- Under 2.5 goals in Wydad Casablanca v Al Ain Evens BoyleSports
- HT draw in Spain U19s v Netherlands U19s 13/10 BoyleSports
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Racing tips
Rizzel takes the reins back from Cairny today and he's off to Newmarket for his two picks.
As always, post your own comments and tips below
Inter Milan v River Plate
02:00
FIFA Club World Cup
BTTS 19-20 HILLS
(Yes HILLS are actually best price for a change).
A score draw means inter definitely qualify and river also qualify unless Monterrey beat urawa by 2 or more and then things get really complicated.
A win for either means the loser goes out if Monterrey win.
So river will likely need to score as a 0-0 would mean they are out of Monterrey win, 1-1 and it’s in the melting pot and apparently 2-2 would put both inter and river through whatever Monterrey do as results against urawa are expunged if all 3 ends up on 5 points.
That’s what I’ve read anyway, simple aye 😂😂.
Prediction score draw
Just seen on Sky Sports News Gareth Southgate knighted. There’s hope for us all yet
2 singles plus few smal BB’s for the late KO’s…
Urawa v Monterey
Stefan Medina to be carded 18/5 Unibet
Ricardo Chaves to be carded 5/1 Bet365
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Medina & Acuna cards 13/1+ Unibet
Chavez & Gustafson cards 20/1 Bet365
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Inter v River Plate
Acuna & Mkhitaryan cards
1+ cards
13.75 WH boosted
Ko noon women’s friendly int
Australia v Slovakia
First half goals
Over 2.5 3/1
Over 3.5 9/1
Inter Milan won 2-0 eventually
BTTS lost.
Goals seem to be drying up now games mean something.
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Think I’ll wait for cork city’s next game for a dabble tomorrow.
Cork City v St Patricks Athletic
19:45
Friday June 27th
Rep. Ireland Premier Division
BTTS 10-11 bet365 🇮🇪…NAP…..
Not going to roll out Cork’s goal stats yet again but suffice to say I’ve backed them BTTS many times this season and it’s only Bohemians they have problems scoring against despite being rock bottom.
St Patrick’s have a nice spread of scoring and conceding (27-27 in their 23 games) and the reverse fixture ended 3-2 to st Patrick’s
Skala IF 🇫🇴 (6.30pm)
Always Ready 🇧🇴 (8.00pm)
Over 3.5 goals double 2.63/1 , 👍
Juventus v Man City
1 + corner each team in each half & 10 + booking points each team 6/4 Bet365
2 + cards each team @ 3/1 is also worth a punt imo
Writing this off LOSER
Doku 1 Shot on Target
5/6 Skybet
Good luck all! 👍🏼
Winner inside 9 mins! 👍🏼
Wee treble for an interest
Juventus v City BTTS & o2.5gls 23/20
Wydad v Al-Ain BTTS & 1 card each Evens
Njardvik v Keflavik BTTS & o2.5gls 3/4
13/2 treble
Best of luck all 🫡