The Manchester Derby sets us up nicely for a cracking day of football in the lunchtime kick-off at Old Trafford.
United are a huge 4/1 to win – almost unheard of for the Red Devils at home. Despite Man City’s recent dominance of English football United have only lost one of the last five derbies (W3 D1 L1) and you have to ask if Pep Guardiola’s side are worthy of being 4/6 favourites away to their rivals?
A 2-0 defeat at home to Crystal Palace last week followed an unexpected exit from the Carabao Cup at the hands of West Ham has raised a few questions at the Etihad and they’d have wanted to have been in better shape for their trip across Manchester.
United can draw level on points with City if they win and with the irrepressible Cristiano Ronaldo in their ranks anything is possible. The Portuguese superstar bailed out Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side once more in midweek in Italy with two goals and he’s 21/10 (SBK) to find the net again. That took his tally to nine in 11 games since his return and he’s in such a rich vein of form that he’s hard to ignore when the stakes are so high, from a betting point of view.
Chelsea should take care of struggling Burnley at Stamford Bridge but with Lukaku, Werner, Kovacic and Alonso out it hard to get excited about short odds of 1/4. Absences didn’t deter them last weekend as they thumped Norwich 7-0 so they’ll be popular with punters on the handicap.
The Blues have the best defensive record in the league, conceding just three in 10 and another clean sheet in Malmo helped us to a winning Super Single on Wednesday. 10/11 on yet another Chelsea win without conceding looks a good angle to attack this match.
In Scotland, Aberdeen look like they’ve turned the corner. Two wins and a draw from their last three games has given boss Stephen Glass a reprieve but can they be trusted to beat Motherwell at 3/4? Well are five without a win but the topsy turvy nature of the Premiership this means it’s tough to have confidence in the Dons to get the job done.
Hearts v Dundee Utd is match of the day at Tynecastle. The Jambos lost their first league game of the season last week but it’s been on the cards after a series of draws and they’ve won just two in eight now. Dundee Utd are level with them on points and you couldn’t rule out a win for them at 9/2.
The day’s other Premiership match is a battle of the Saints but don’t expect a classic. Three of the last seven meetings between St Johnstone and St Mirren have finished 0-0 and five of those seven have been Under 1.5 Goals. No goalscorer pays 6/1 while Under 1.5 Goals is 7/4.
Super Singles
- Ronaldo to score 21/10 SBK
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Today’s Racing Tips
Rizzel likes the look of an EW chance in the Grand Sefton at Aintree for Saturday’s racing while Cairnzy is all in on one selection at Wincanton.
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