Tuesday’s football tips: Southampton 6/4 to see off Middlesbrough inside 90 minutes

Southampton can spy a place at Wembley as they bid to finish the job at home to Middlesbrough tonight in their EFL Championship play-off semi-final.

The build-up to a scoreless first leg was dominated by claims Saints had been snooping on Boro as they geared up in training.

Now Tonda Eckert's side have home advantage for the second leg as they look to line up a final with Hull City at England's national stadium.

Southampton vs Middlesbrough top betting tips

That stalemate at the Riverside Stadium made it just one defeat in 24 games for Southampton so it's no surprise to see them as 4/5 favourites with BOYLESports to reach the final.

Even though Middlesbrough had most of the chances in the first leg, I fancy Saints to edge this at home and backing them to win inside 90 minutes is a decent 6/4 with StarSports.

Any aggro over ‘spygate' didn't translate to the pitch in the first leg as we only saw two yellow cards, with both going to Southampton.

The referee could have a busier night in the return with so much at stake though and five yellows were flashed in Hull's win at Millwall on Monday night.

So over 4.5 cards looks good at 11/10 with Bet365 while backing Middlesbrough for most cards pays 5/4 with the same firm.

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Kilmarnock vs Dundee

Kilmarnock can guarantee SPFL Premiership survival tonight if they make it three wins in a row when Dundee come calling.

Neil McCann's men looked in trouble when they sat in the relegation play-off slot with just four games to play.

But they crushed Dundee United 3-0 at Rugby Park then followed it up by beating St Mirren by the same scoreline in Paisley at the weekend.

That moved them four points ahead of the Buddies, who now need to win in Aberdeen and hope Killie slip up at home to Dundee.

The Dark Blues secured their own safety at the weekend by beating Livingston so they have nothing to play for tonight.

That makes a Kilmarnock win appealing at evens with Paddy Power, while you can boost their odds to 23/20 at Bet365 by adding on over 1.5 goals.

Aberdeen vs St Mirren

St Mirren have been sinking like a stone in the SPFL Premiership and need a win away to Aberdeen tonight if they're to stand any chance of escaping a relegation play-off.

Saturday's dismal home defeat by Kilmarnock was their fifth in a row in all competitions and the Buddies board may now be regretting letting rookie boss Craig McLeish see out the season after Stephen Robinson's departure.

Robinson was tempted north to Aberdeen and is now starting to work his magic, with the Dons unbeaten in four.

They've won their last three at home so the 6/5 on offer at Bet365 for an Aberdeen victory tonight looks good, especially as Robinson knows the Saints squad inside out.

There's also a former Buddie leading the line for Aberdeen and Toyosi Olusanya netted his first Dons goal in their weekend win over Dundee United.

The powerful striker is 13/10 with Bet365 to score or assist tonight and that looks decent value.

Super singles

• Southampton to win in 90 minutes 6/4 StarSports
• Kilmarnock to win Evens Paddy Power
• Toyosi Olusanya to score or assist 13/10 Bet365

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