Mr Fixit's Tips
1878 articles
Mr Fixit launched this website as a small project in 2010 to give him a platform to provide daily football tips to punters on the internet. The site has grown massively since, and while he is no longer with us, our aim is to continue his good work and provide our readers with solid tips every day to consider placing their bets on.
1878 Tips by Mr Fixit's Tips:
Posted on: 18 Dec 2022
After 28 days, 63 matches and 166 goals it all comes down to this, 90 minutes (plus extra-time and pens?) in Lusail, Qatar to determine the champions of the world. It’s not been a vintage edition of the World Cup but the final chapter could provide a faiytale ending. Will the football gods shine on Lionel Messi and see him finally […]
Posted on: 17 Dec 2022
After a four week lay-off the Scottish Premiership resumes this afternoon but the weather might delay a few team’s return to action. Motherwell v St Mirren has already fallen foul to the weather as has a number of other matches north and south of the border, so check the fixtures before getting your coupon on today. Celtic travel up north […]
Posted on: 16 Dec 2022
Ahead of Sunday’s World Cup Final the bookies can’t separate Argentina and France who are both 9/5 to win inside 90 minutes and 10/11 to lift the trophy. Three of the last seven finals have finished 0-0 and four of the last seven have gone to extra-time so a draw can’t be ruled out at 2/1. The Messi factor means […]
Posted on: 14 Dec 2022
33 days since the last ball was kicked, the Cinch Premiership is back tonight! It’s Rangers v Hibs live on Sky Sports and it’s been all change at Ibrox during the break. Giovanni van Bronckhorst has been replaced by QPR’s Michael Beale as the Rangers board rolled the dice in an attempt to claw back a 9-point deficit to rivals […]
Posted on: 14 Dec 2022
Lionel Messi lit up the World Cup last night with another inspirational display that guided Argentina to the final. It’s over to PSG teammate, Kylian Mbappe to respond this evening as France aim to take another step closer to defending their World Cup crown. Incredibly it’s Morocco who are the semi-final opponents for the French. As big as 200/1 ante-post […]
Posted on: 13 Dec 2022
There can be very few football fans who would want to deny Lionel Messi a fairytale ending to a magical career, but that’s the task at hand for Croatia in tonight’s World Cup semi-final. The Croats have been here before however. Four years ago they ended England’s dream of World Cup glory at this stage to reach their first final […]
Posted on: 11 Dec 2022
Monday Night Football sees the Sky Sports cameras at the Stadium of Light for the Championship contest between Sunderland and West Brom. The break for the World Cup came at the wrong time for the Baggies who had put together their best run of form of the season. Three wins without conceding have lifted them off the foot of the […]
Posted on: 11 Dec 2022
Qatar 2022 was never going to go to script but few could have predicted the final four at this year’s edition of the World Cup. Croatia, Argentina, Morocco and France are the quartet who’ll compete for a place in the final this year and it’s the French who are clear favourites to lift the famous old trophy on Sunday after […]
Posted on: 09 Dec 2022
Brazil’s shock exit from the tournament has opened the door for the rest of the teams in the competition, most significantly Argentina who have avoided a clash with their old adversaries. It’s Croatia who stand in the way of Lionel Messi and a place in the final after the magic man helped Argentina past the Netherlands in a nailbiter. With […]
Posted on: 09 Dec 2022
Here we go! We’ve reached the business end of the 2022 World Cup and we’ve some cracking ties to look forward to over the next 48 hours. First up we’ve got the 2018 runners-up, Croatia, versus the most succesful nation in the competition’s history, Brazil. The Brazilians looked on another level when racing in to a four-goal first half lead […]
Posted on: 07 Dec 2022
It was a long day yesterday without any live football from Qatar and there’s one more to get through before we can get stuck in to the quarter finals. Mark Walker is ahead of the game however and has penned his thoughts on who’ll emerge from the last 8. He’s come up with a near 44/1 four-fold Quarter Finals Acca […]
Posted on: 07 Dec 2022
So we now know the final eight teams at World Cup 22 and for all the apparent upsets we saw in the group stages there’s a largely familiar look to quarter-finals. Arguably, Germany’s exit in the first round was the biggest shock of the tournament, but Morocco’s penalty shoot-out victory over Spain yesterday was right up there. In doing so […]
Posted on: 05 Dec 2022
An Iberian Derby on Saturday afternoon looks the most likely outcome from today’s two matches in Qatar but both Spain and Portugal have some work to do to set-up a 41st meeting between the two neighbours. On paper it looks like Spain sould cruise past Morocco but the North Africans proved in the group stages they’ll be no pushovers. Wins […]
Posted on: 05 Dec 2022
SO far the Last-16 ties have all gone to script with the Netherlands, Argentina, France and England all safely through to the quarter-finals, largely untroubled. Today’s early kick-off looks the closest match of the round and Japan squad will be aiming to write their own page in the history books by claiming a place in the last-8 of the World […]
Posted on: 03 Dec 2022
Day 15 in Qatar and we’re well under way at the last-16 stage. Favourites Argentina and the Netherlands booked their place in the quarter finals and it could be a similar story for the fancied sides today. But before all that we take moment today to remember our good friend, the one and only Mr Fixit, Paul Jain, who we […]
Posted on: 03 Dec 2022
At 14/1 Australia must be one of the biggest prices to win in the last 16 of the World Cup ever. The Aussies were on of several nations to upset the odds by qualifying from the group stages, send much better-fancied countries home. Argentina lie in wait for the Socceroos and the way this World Cup has gone so far […]
Posted on: 02 Dec 2022
The bookies continue to laugh all the way to the bank at the World Cup after another day of surprise results Defeat for Spain and elimation for Germany would’ve been disasterous results for punters yesterday in an already unpredictable tournament. Add in Morocco taking top spot in Group F and this was like Black Thursday, nevermind Black Friday. Friday presents […]
Posted on: 30 Nov 2022
Few would have predicted Germany would be bottom of Group E after two games, but here we are and it’s a case of all or nothing for Die Mannschaft against Costa Rica tonight. Defeat to Japan wasn’t in the script for Hansi Flick’s side, nor would be needing a late equaliser against Spain to salvage a point. That leaves Germany […]
Posted on: 30 Nov 2022
The last-16 is starting to shape following the conclusion of Groups A and B yesterday, today we’ll learn another four teams that’ll take their place in the knock-out stages of the World Cup. Argentina gave themselves a mountain to climb when they lost their first match of the tournament but they’re halfway there after a win over Mexico and could […]
Posted on: 29 Nov 2022
We’re half-way through Qatar 22 and it’s been a mixed bag for punters so far. Very few teams have lit up the World Cup so far but France, Brazil and Portugal are sitting pretty, the only three nations to have booked their place in the last 16 after two matches. Check out our stats and trends summary for the World […]
Posted on: 28 Nov 2022
Half way through the tournament, let’s take a look at some of the stats that make up the 32 games played in Qatar so far. Goals Stats would suggest it’s been an entertaining tournament so far with matches averaging 2.53 goals per game but just over a third (11 of 32) of matches have actually finished Over 2.5 goals. Those […]
Posted on: 28 Nov 2022
Only France have a 100% record at the World Cup so far but Brazil have the chance to match them and book their place in the last 16 when they square up with Switzerland this afternoon. Neymar will miss out through injury but Seleção Canarinho will be out to lay down a market to the rest of the nations in […]
Posted on: 26 Nov 2022
Lionel Messi delivered when his country needed it most last night and Argentina live to fight another day in Qatar. The PSG star bailed his nation out after an underwhelming display against Mexico and now just Poland stand between them and a place in the last-16. It was Messi’s Parisien team-mate that grabbed the headlines earlier in the day when […]
Posted on: 26 Nov 2022
Benjamin Disraeli is credited with delivering the line “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” He could’ve been talking about the World Cup in Qatar so far. 49 goals scored in the opening 20 matches would suggest an entertaining enough start to the tournament but the true picture is that 13 of those 20 have gone under […]
Posted on: 24 Nov 2022
We’ve now seen every nation at the World Cup and it’s been a mixed bag for some of the teams that were at the top of the betting pre-tournament. Spain, France and England have all impressed with comfortable wins but it’s been a very different story for Argentina and Germany. Brazil, who looked good last night, still lead the market […]