Austria have been in fine form over the course of the last year or so with eight victories in nine games and they can come away from Bosnia with a Nations League win this evening. Austria to win @ 17/10 Austria’s only defeat in their last nine fixtures has come at the hands of Brazil […]
World Cup Qualifiers – Wales and Ireland tipped to maintain form
Wales and the Republic of Ireland have made solid starts to their World Cup 2018 qualification campaigns and they should both be confident of picking up more valuable points on the road to Russia on Sunday. Wales (20/73) take on Georgia (10/1) in Cardiff, while the Republic go to Moldova and wins for Chris Coleman […]
World Cup Qualifying – The Early Signs
It may be too early to predict who will make the World Cup in 2018 but some familiar countries are already sitting pretty after making winning starts in qualifying. The first round of European qualifiers for the tournament in Russia in two years’ time have now been played and traditional heavyweights Germany, Italy and Spain […]
Brazil ready to make progress
World Cup Group E was expected to be something of a walk in the park for Brazil, but it has proved to be much tougher than expected for the Selecao. They top the pool with one game to play, but could still be eliminated from the tournament if they lose to Serbia in Moscow on […]
Don’t expect a Dublin goal frenzy
Goals may be at a premium at the Aviva Stadium on Sunday when it will be difficult to see anything but a narrow victory for Republic of Ireland against Austria. Both teams qualified for Euro 2016 but Austria do not appear to have got over their disappointing displays in France when they failed to win […]
More Belgrade misery for Coleman
Just 12 months ago, Wales were embarking on an unlikely run to the semi-finals at Euro 2016, but they now find themselves struggling to qualify for next summer’s World Cup finals in Russia. Chris Coleman’s team have drawn their last four qualifiers and would be happy to escape with a point from Sunday’s game in […]
Come On – Look Out! O’Brien and Moore on course for Ascot joy
It’s another cracking week of sport ahead with top-level horse racing, football, tennis, cricket and rugby union to look forward to. Warren Ashurst has been scouring the markets to find the best bets over the next seven days. Royal Ascot – Ryan Moore – Top Jockey @ 4/5 All of the big names in flat […]
Comfortable wins for Serbia and Brazil
Serbia meet Costa Rica in the first of today’s three World Cup games and the European outfit can kick off their campaign with a win. Serbia to win to zero at 8/5 Costa Rica were one of the surprise packages at the last World Cup in Brazil as they finished top of their group, ahead […]
World Cup Group E – Serbia to chase home Brazil
Group E: Brazil, Costa Rica, Switzerland, Serbia Brazil are the favourites (4/1) to lift the trophy on July 15 and are not expected to have too many concerns in qualifying from Group E. With Neymar (7/1 to win the Golden Ball) back to full fitness, the five-time winners will envisage winning the group and potentially […]
Senegal offer value in World Cup group betting
With the World Cup almost upon us, here we assess all the groups and look at who could spring a surprise early on in Russia. As is normally the case, plenty of the groups are expected to be dominated by the traditional international powerhouses, but there is value to be had and Senegal to win […]