Juventus can extend their lead at the top of Serie A to 14 points on Friday night (kick-off: 19:30) as they entertain relegation threatened Frosinone in Turin. The visitors sit second bottom in the Italian top flight after winning just three league matches all season. It looks a home banker for the Old Lady, then, and they are long odds-on betting favourites for victory. Finding a val...
Read moreA cracking renewal of the UK's official Grand National Trial is the feature race at Haydock this Saturday (15:35), and several horses will fancy their chances. This Grade 3 handicap chase is around three-quarters of a mile short of the distance of the big one at Aintree across Merseyside, but always targeted by useful stayers. Ramses De Teillee heads the betting at 13/2 with William H...
Read moreRed Mills Chase day at Gowran Park is another chance to see Cheltenham Gold Cup favourite Presenting Percy in action. He goes in the feature race there on Saturday (15:05) over what is in truth an inadequate trip. Pat Kelly's stable star finally made his belated return to action when defending his Galmoy Hurdle crown at this venue last month. Presenting Percy ran in this Grade 2 horse ra...
Read moreEuropa League football is back from its winter break and one of the last 32 ties of the round pits Scottish Premiership champions Celtic against Spanish La Liga side Valencia this Thursday (kick-off 20:00 GMT). Brendan Rodgers' Bhoys entertain Los Che at Parkhead in the first leg and bring a 100 per cent football record across all competitions in 2019 after a perfect seven wins. These...
Read moreAfter an exceptional performance in the group stages of last season’s Champions League, Tottenham entered this round of the competition with a sense that they could go a long way. They had a tough fixture against Juventus in the last 16, which looked all the tougher when the Serie A took an early 2-0 lead in the first leg, but away goals from Harry Kane and Christian Eriksen meant...
Read moreWhen the draw was made, back in December, this Champions League tie looked like extremely bad news for Manchester United and like a chance for PSG to finally knock a big name out of the competition. Jose Mourinho’s shiftless, clueless Red Devils against a Parisian side which was, at that point, still nursing an unbeaten record in Ligue 1 and had just come through a group featuring...
Read moreWelcome back to the OpenOdds Darts Round-Up, giving you the lowdown and the smart bets from the world of professional darts. We’ll look back over the last week and give you pointers for the upcoming fixtures this week. Who’s going to win big, and who’s going to lose to Michael van Gerwen? Keep reading, and you’ll find out. The big news is, of course, that the Premier League of ...
Read moreWith British horse racing suspended while an equine flu outbreak is contained, punters' focus switches to the Emerald Isle. The big betting race in Ireland on Sunday is the Grade B Irish Grand National Trial at Punchestown (16:10), and the extended 3m 4f handicap chase looks a tricky puzzle. While Gigginstown House Stud launch a seven-pronged attack, fellow major Irish owner JP McManu...
Read moreIf Aston Villa are to maintain their outside hopes of promotion to the Premier League, they are going to need to win the vast majority of their home games between now and the end of the season. That’s an incredibly tough ask - they have West Brom, Middlesbrough, Derby and Norwich to come at Villa Park between now and the end of the season - but they can take a major step on that r...
Read moreNew Zealand’s cricketers have the chance to secure an impressive series win as they face India in Auckland. Having been hammered 4-1 in the preceding one-day series, the Black Caps will be keen for a measure of revenge in the shorter version of the sport, and their 80-run win in Wellington has home fans holding out some hope. Nothing will come easy here for Gary Stead’s men - Indi...
Read moreManchester City have a midweek Premier League fixture at Everton on Wednesday (kick-off 19:45 GMT) knowing victory will take them back to the top of the table on goal difference. Pep Guardiola's Citizens are the reigning football champions of England and now tackle a Toffees team that are struggling to defend set pieces. Despite that defensive frailty, Merseyside outfit Everton haven'...
Read moreWelcome back to OpenOdds’ round-up of everything going on in the world of darts. After a couple of fallow weeks between the end of the 2018 season and the beginning of the 2019 campaign, darts is back in a big way. The last week has seen plenty happening - a lot of it controversial, unsurprisingly - so let’s waste no time in diving back in, getting the lowdown on the latest, and f...
Read moreThe FA Cup fourth round replays are on this midweek, and Championship promotion contenders Middlesbrough are picked up for TV coverage away at League Two side Newport County on Tuesday (kick-off 19:45). Boro boss Tony Pulis is back in his native Wales for an away tie which sets up a home game with outright FA Cup favourites Manchester City in the next round. Teesside team Middlesbroug...
Read moreWith roughly one-third of the season left to play, one could argue that we are into the “run-in” phase of the Premier League, and that realisation won’t be lost on Liverpool as they make the trip south to face West Ham this evening. Jurgen Klopp’s title hopefuls will not be ignorant of the fact that the mirror fixture to this game saw them take first place in the league after the ...
Read moreDay Three of the third West Indies vs England Test gets underway with the tourists in prime position to win at least some measure of consolation in a series that has been an overall disappointment. After two comfortable test wins for the Windies, the home side - stripped of suspended captain Jason Holder - have struggled with the bat and at times in the field, and Joe Root’s side ...
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