IT'S rare that football takes a back seat on the site but the first day of the Cheltenham Festival is always a bit special.
This year is no different, despite the lack of punters at the racecourse, and we've got the Festival covered in detail thanks to Alan Thomson and the Voice of Value who have the whole week covered in tremendous detail. Check out all our Day 1 coverage at the foot of this post.
On the football front we've got two second leg ties in the Champions League last 16. Both ties look relatively foregone conclusions.
Man City have a commanding two-goal lead from their ‘away' first leg against Borussia Monchengladbach and bookies are taking no chances, pricing them up at 2/9 to record another ‘home' win in Budapest. Pep Guardiola's men are 9/4 to lift the trophy and that price is only going to shorter after they qualify.
Despite being 1-0 down from the first leg in Italy the bookies still give Atalanta a fighting chance of knocking out Real Madrid in the Spanish capital. Gian Piero Gasperini's side are 5/2 to qualify. They'll need to find their scoring touch that has served them well over the past few seasons, while keeping things tight at the back. Madrid of course don't need to win but will tempt a few in at 21/20.
SlipsTips has zeroed in on the match for his feature Champions League BetBuilder.
There's almost a full card in the English lower league and Jamie Kennedy has added a few of those to his Goals Acca for Tuesday night which also includes matches in Serie B and Northern Ireland.
Tips and Previews
Check out our match previews and tips for Monday as well as a start on this week's European action with
- Tuesday's Goals Accumulator Tips: Tonight's 15/1 BTTS & Total Goals Acca
- SlipsTips Tips: Real Madrid vs Atalanta Bet Builder
- Tues 7.00pm – Derby County v Brentford (Sky Sports Red Button)
- Tues 7.00pm – Cardiff City v Stoke City (Sky Sports Red Button)
- Tues 7.45pm – Bournemouth v Swansea City (Sky Sports Main Event)
- Tue 8.00pm – Real Madrid v Atalanta (BT Sport 3)
- Tues 8.00pm – Man City v Borussia Monchengladbach (BT Sport 2)
- Wed 4.00pm – Torino v Sassuolo (Premier Sports 1)
- Wed 6.00pm – Sevilla v Eche (Premier Sports 1)
- Wed 7.00pm – Notingham Forest v Norwich City (Sky Sports Red Button)
- Wed 7.00pm – QPR v Millwall (Sky Sports Red Button)
- Wed 7.45pm – Birmingham City v Reading (Sky Sports Main Event)
- Wed 8.00pm – Bayern Munich v Lazio (BT Sport 3)
Cheltenham Day 1 Tips
It's finally here. Cheltenham Festival 2021 starts today and we're more than ready for it. Follow our deadly duo of Alan Thomson and Voice of Value as they bring you tips and previews for every race of the Festival.
- Cheltenham Festival Day 1 Tips & Overview
- 1.20 Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle
- 1.55 Sporting Life Arkle Challenge Trophy
- 2.30 Ultima Handicap Steeple Chase
- 3.05 Unibet Champion Hurdle
- 3.40 Close Brothers Mares’ Hurdle
- 4.15 Boodles Juvenile Handicap Hurdle
- 4.50 National Hunt Novices’ Chase
In December 2020 we sadly 
Dundee: Over 1.5tg.
Crawley V Walsall: U2.5g
I bet on Jeonbuk Motors to win yesterday, the odds have shrunk now but….. Maybe just maybe worth keeping an eye on in play.
Glgl all.
NBA ACCA
Hornets ML, Pacers+9, Clippers 1st Half+0, Spurs+3.5
6.44/1 Marathonbet 5Points
Ricer Plate women inplay – 0-1 after 60 mins
Over 1.5 gl line 1.90
Tonight’s double consists of 2 games in rather different surroundings. First to Huish Park in a game involving 2 sides scoring and conceding a fair few goals and then to Madrid in another game in which 2 sides score plenty.
Yeovil Town vs Bromley
Both teams to score
Real Madrid vs Atalanta
Both teams to score
Double pays
1.91/1 (William Hill)
Reasoning on both games below 👇🏻
Yeovil Town vs Bromley
National League 🏴
Tuesday 16th March, 19:45 ⏰
Yeovil have scored in 11 of their 13 home games including their last 9 in a row.
Yeovil have conceded in 10 of their 13 home games.
Both sides have scored in 8 of Yeovil’s 13 home games.
Bromley have scored in 9 of their 11 away games including their last 3 in a row.
Bromley have conceded in 8 of their 11 away games.
Both sides have scored in 7 of Bromley’s 11 away games including their last 3 in a row.
Looking through the stats this game jumped out for goals. Both of these sides have scored 23 goals and conceded 18 goals in their last 6 games combined. The last meeting resulted in a 2-1 Yeovil win and a similar score line here would do.
Real Madrid vs Atalanta
Champions League 🇪🇺
Tuesday 16th March, 20:00 ⏰
Real have scored in 15 of their 16 La Liga and Champions League home games.
Real have conceded in 9 of their 16 La Liga and Champions League home games.
Real have already conceded 5 goals in their 3 champions league home games.
Atalanta have scored in 14 of their 16 Serie A and Champions League away games.
Atalanta have conceded in 9 of their 16 Serie A and Champions League away games.
Atalanta have scored in all 3 Champions League away games scoring 7.
With Atalanta down 1-0 from the first leg, they’ll know they need to score at least once to qualify here. However they have scored 32 goals in their 16 away games this season and with the likelihood they’ll score at least once, Real will know they’ll need to score also and with them almost always scoring at home, I can see both sides scoring in what I think could be an open affair.
Pish
Last night.
All 3 bets on Leon women lost 😬.
Rosario central 2+ goals 5-4 won.
= overall loss.
Well done all winners…..
🦉🦉 NIGHT OWL 🦉🦉
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COLOMBIA 1 AM.
BUCURAMANGA V ONCE CALDAS.
BTTS 17-10 (UNIBET)
5 of last 6 h2h here seen BTTS.
Prediction 1-1
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Lets win this mate
In finally finish the day 😁😁
🦉 winner 🦉
In by half time apparently 😁.
Keletan Utd (Malaysia)
Prachuap (Thailand)
Over 2.5mgs double 7/5
Good luck
Lost crap
🚴♂️ Ciclism 🚴♂️
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Tirreno-Adriatico – Stage 7 – ITT – San Benedetto del Tronto 10.1 km
Top 10
⚫ Edoardo Affini @ 1.70 ⭐⭐⭐
⚫ John Archibald @ 1.75 ⭐⭐
⚽ ECL ⚽
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Man. City – Borussia M’Gladbach
⚫ 2nd half over 1.5 goals @ 1.77 ⭐⭐⭐
Real Madrid – Atalanta
⚫ 1st half or 2nd half – btts @ 1.85 ⭐⭐⭐
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⚽ Liga 1 ⚽
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Craiova – UTA
⚫ 2nd half – X2 @ 1.82 ⭐⭐
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⚽ Championship ⚽
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Luton – Coventry
⚫ HT – draw @ 2.00 ⭐⭐
Middlesbrough – Preston
⚫ 2-3 goals @ 1.97 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Bournemouth – Swansea
⚫ X2 @ 1.72 ⭐⭐
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⚽ League One ⚽
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Wimbledon – Wigan
⚫ Wigan DNB @ 2.20 ⭐⭐
Charlton – Bristol Rovers
⚫ 1st half over 1 goal @ 1.87 ⭐⭐⭐
⚫ 1st half – btts @ 5.00 ⭐
Peterborough – Portsmouth
⚫ Peterborough over 1.5 goals @ 2.23 ⭐⭐
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⚽ League Two ⚽
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Cheltenham – Barrow
⚫ goal in both halves – yes @ 1.98 ⭐⭐
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⚽ 3.Liga ⚽
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Halescher – Duisburg
⚫ 2-3 goal @ 2.00 ⭐⭐⭐
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Morning chaos!
Keep stakes small here but in quietly confident about this one.
Uslan match u 2.5mgs
Jeonbuk motors game u 2.5mgs
Perth women game u3.5 mgs
Chiangrai game over 2.5 mgs
Prachaup game over 2.5 mgs
Sudeva Delhi game u 3.5 mgs
20/1 Unibet
Good luck all 👌🤞
Free bet punts –
1.20 Soaring Glory & Blue Lord wins – PP & Skybet
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1.20 – Appreciate It
1.55 – Shishkin
Luton v Coventry – 3+ gls, 4+ cards & 11+ corners
WH treble
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14.30 – Milan Native
15.30 – Shariah
16.50 – Remastered
EW treble Ladbrokes
City – 1AH, Real Madrid DC, Brentford DC, Watford to Score 17/10 – quarter stake
GL all!
PP really are spoiling us….£5 risk free fiver betbuilder tomorrow at Chelsea Atletico games. You’ll at least 2 free fiver bets for horses tomorrow and Thursday plus if you’ve not already done it, get free fiver for todays1st race at Cheltenham. Same with Ladbrokes, £5 on any race/multiple
Paddy power also doing Finder Keepers promo.
Log in to account and at 14:00, 14:20 and at 14:40
they are depositing E/£ 5000 randomly into 5 accounts
either withdraw some/all to claim or place a bet to claim!
forgot to mention, must claim in 20 min section, if not they will leave
E/£500 as consolation.
I think they’re at it like, always someone from Dublin wins it 👍
Are they doing this all week willie?….
Sorry KF, just seen this, I think it was just today, as I don’t see it on their promotion page now.
LUNCHTIME DABBLE.
to pass the time before the racing.
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MS Tzeirey Taibe
V
Maccabi Bnei Raina
12:00
Israeli Alef North
BTTS EVENS (skybet).
Taibe drawn all 5 home games with 4 BTTS.
Bnei Raina played 5 away, last 3 saw BTTS.
Reverse fixture in December.
Bnei Raina 4 taibe 2
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Off to Cheltenham now (on ITV ☹️) , good luck with your bets today ➡️➡️➡️➡️🏇🏇🏇🏇
Skybet doing money back as cash if you lose again tomorrow, only top 4 places on Thursday though but 8 horse race
Not a fan of the English lower leagues so going easy on a couple of simple ones which I feel got a chance
Cardiff
Brentford
Boro
Over 0.5tgs
23/20
Over 1.5mgs
193/100
Linfield over 2.5tgs
Glenavon btts
Double 7/5
Good Luck
Hello everyone teams to score man city Atlanta Cardiff and dundee 1/1 even’s William hill price’s Good luck everyone today and stay safe
Chez/ Sutton
btts
evens
Pen scored in each of the CL games tonight
15/2 for the double Hills
hiya everyone
Manchester City – BTTS
Real Madrid – BTTS
B’Mouth – Swansea – DRAW
good lucks
Afternoon gents,
Dreadful few days since Friday for me – can’t pick my nose! Still, there’s always a chance at redemption and when all else fails…try Wales!
THE NEW SAINTS VS. CEFN DRUIDS
(7.45pm)
The obvious choice here is goals for the hosts but TNS aren’t looking the all-powerful force they once were and, interestingly, bottom side Cefn Druids have actually scored in each of their last 8 away games.
It’s certainly a gamble and won’t be a popular choice but it’s a big price and one I’m willing to take on with a few corners thrown into the mix for the Nb and Longshot:
BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE
(7/4, bet365) NAP ⭐⭐
BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE
OVER 7.5 MATCH CORNERS
(9/4, bet365) NB ⭐
BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE
OVER 4.5 MATCH GOALS
OVER 7.5 MATCH CORNERS
(6/1, bet365) LONGSHOT ⭐
Best of luck!
Didnt score 😔😔😔
both teams to score treble
middlesboro v preston
lincoln v gillingham
peterboro v portsmouth
william hill 6.62/1
English League Two
Blackpool – Burton Albion
After the arrival of Hasselbaink on the Burtons bench, the guests have a series of 7 consecutive victories, and in the last match, they defeated the excellent Crewe with 0:3.
Bet to Consider – Double chance Burton Albion
English National League
Kings Lynn Town – Hartlepool
bet to consider- Hartlepool to win
Deportivo Espanol vs Sportivo Italiano 🇦🇷
BTTS 11/10
WON
Dundee v Ayr
Over 5 1st half corners 8/5. bet365
LOSER
Champions League:
Real Madrid v Atalanta
Penalty taken @ 13/8
Penalty bets – score / miss
Penalty taken double with the City game @ 5.89/1
All with Bet365
WH special – Gundogan to have over 1 shot on target @ 3/1
Joining you on this Andymac.
🤞
Mahrez to score 1st 7/2
1 point
Mahrez anytime 6/5
2points
Been lively lately, fancy him to net
KDB 🍑
8/1 to score outside the area he was due one,
both teams to score treble
middlesboro v preston
lincoln v gillingham
peterboro v portsmouth
william hill 6.62/1
lost
Dundee: Over 1.5tg. ❌
Crawley V Walsall: U2.5g ✅
I bet on Jeonbuk Motors to win yesterday, the odds have shrunk now but….. Maybe just maybe worth keeping an eye on in play ✅
de Roon to be booked
4/1 bet365
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Club Bolívar
V
Montevideo Wanderers
22:15
Copa Libertadores
Montevideo wanderers to score 6-5 (SKYBET) NAP
Side bet BTTS and over 2.5 Goals 13-8.
Bookies go 8-13 bolivar to score 3+ so they maybe should score at least 2 ?
Wanderers won the 1st leg 1-0 but this is played at altitude which is a huge advantage to Bolivar and is a great leveller as talent wise I suspect if they played in a neutral country wanderers would win.
Best chance of an away goal would be in the 1st hour before their oxygen levels deteriorate and the ventilators are brought on 😁.
Bolivar are not as powerful at home as they were a couple of years but still beat the dross in their league comfortably.
Wanderers lost 8-2 and 3-0 either side of the 1st leg but I have gone through the line ups and they made at least 8 changes for those games so obviously had an eye on this tie.
Prediction 3-1, maybe 2-1
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Worth a shot in Wales but no joy – got the corners and goals but none for the Druids 👎
Linfield over 2.5tgs
Glenavon btts
Double 7/5**LOST** ffs can’t buy a winner at moment…no 3rd for Linfield despite a dominant display & scoring 2nd after 52mins so had plenty time
Well done all winners
Tonight’s double consists of 2 games in rather different surroundings. First to Huish Park in a game involving 2 sides scoring and conceding a fair few goals and then to Madrid in another game in which 2 sides score plenty.
Yeovil Town vs Bromley
Both teams to score ✅
Real Madrid vs Atalanta
Both teams to score ✅
Double pays ✅✅
1.91/1 (William Hill)
Must admit I thought this bet was down with the Yeovil game 0-0 at half time and Atalanta playing rather poor. However after 64 minutes the Yeovil game was 1-1 and that Luis Muriel Greek kick brought up the double. Will post my selections on the J League very shortly, both games start at 10am tomorrow morning 👍🏼
Well in Greg lad👍
Well in Greg lad👍
Nice one Greg 👏
Cracking mate thanks! 💥
Got to admit i thought it was down, very good free kick for Atalanta! Don’t mind how they go in aslong as they do 😁😁
Good work again Greg cheers
Cheers lads 👍🏼
Pen scored in each of the CL games LOSER .Well done all winners
I never wrote that 👆🏼no that big headed 😂 cheers Macca 👍🏼
City – 1AH, Real Madrid DC, Brentford DC, Watford to Score 17/10 WON:) :) 👍
WD the winners!!
Nice one Wasclueless 👏
last nites nite owl LOST………….. only 2 goals in boliva
tonite
murici btts 6/4
add pereira btts & ind del valle overs just over 7/1
Decent night with the penalty @ 13/8 ✅ scored by Real Madrid @ 9/2 ✅ Could have been better had Mahrez squaring to a wide open Gundogan for a tap in and 2nd shot on target but I’ll take it!
Well done all winners.
Champions League:
Real Madrid v Atalanta
Penalty taken @ 13/8 ✅
Penalty bets – score / miss
Penalty taken double with the City game @ 5.89/1 ❌
All with Bet365
WH special – Gundogan to have over 1 shot on target @ 3/1 ❌
1st Half red card ends any chance my nap had.
Finished 5-0 to the altituders ☹️
One of your worst Elvis even before the red card the home team completely dominated the game.
Must try harder 😉😉😉
Only kidding pal 😁