Tuesday 6th February 2024

In Across the Leagues today:

• Roma on a roll - but Romelu draws a blank…
• Goals galore…
• Win & Both Teams to Score picks…

Tonight: Back the Entertainers at 100/1…

Don’t ask me how Romelu Lukaku didn’t score last night…

We were denied a hat-trick of winning selections on Monday evening. With Lukaku having a stack of chances to score, including one ruled out for offside by VAR, a couple of misses, and a good save from the Cagliari goalie.

Of course, Sod’s Law, the other Roma forward I mentioned, penalty-taker Paulo Dybala, helped himself to two goals (one pen).

Roma won the game with ease, 4-0. That’s 3 wins out of 3 since they sacked Jose Mourinho.

Man City came from behind to win 3-1 at Brentford, racking up a hefty corners score of 13-8, to cover the -3 Corner Handicap. As well as landing our match-win double on Roma & City at Even Money.

• Last weekend’s tally of 45 goals makes it the highest-ever total goals result for a round of 10 Premier League games. From a betting point of view, 9 out of 10 games went Over 2.5 Goals. And 8 out of 10 paid out on the higher, Over 3.5 line

We won’t be booking any five-star holidays after last night’s pair of Even Money winners, but nevertheless it was good to stick a few green W’s in the bet column.

For much bigger odds tonight, I’ve got three more Win & Both Teams to Score selections for you in the English Football League…

I’ve been following the form and numbers for these stats and markets for some time now. And with February seeing us right in the thick of the season, we should continue to follow teams with proven 2023/24 track records in the Match Result/ BTTS departments…

Win & BTTS combo @ 100/1…

Our weekend attempt saw all 3 games tick the box for Both Teams to Score, but no Match Result glory to add to goalmouth action this time. Here are my three ‘entertainer’ selections for this evening…

BRISTOL ROVERS v Fleetwood
League One, 7.45pm

• Bristol Rovers are the no.1 team in League One for Both Teams to Score, including an 86% home strike-rate. Fleetwood are a noteworthy 71% away for goals at both ends. When it comes to Win & BTTS, the hosts are the pick here, sitting in the top half of the table, compared to relegation-threatened Fleetwood. Rovers have produced 5 x Win & BTTS results at home this season; no team in the division has more

Exeter v PETERBOROUGH
League One, 7.45pm

• Peterborough have landed 6 x Win & Both Teams to Score payouts in 2023/24, and 5 of them have come on the road. The Posh are 4th in the league, and we can expect them to bring the superior attacking intent for this trip to 16th place Exeter. Both teams have scored in 7 of Peterborough’s last 8 league games, and each of their last 4 victories have delivered for Win & BTTS backers. Last season the meetings between these sides ended 3-1 and 3-2

Walsall v MORECAMBE
League Two, 7.45pm

• Morecambe at 7/1 looks a big price for the Win & BTTS outcome here. They’ve already done it 5 times on their travels this season, an away figure only topped by league leaders Stockport. The Shrimps sit 2 pts above Walsall in the league standings, and appear a little underrated in the betting today. Morecambe have won their last 2 away games, both by a 2-1 score-line. They won the reverse fixture v Walsall, 2-1. The Saddlers are on a 5-game run for Both Teams to Score, and are ranked 3rd in League Two for that bet. While Morecambe have seen goals at both ends in 4 of their last 5, and 6 of their last 8

Both Teams to Score in all 3 games pays 4/1…

The Win & Both Teams to Score treble on Bristol Rovers, Peterborough & Morecambe pays a standout 100/1…

We’ll take the 4/1 treble. And also cover the big prices with a Trixie for Win & BTTS (splitting a stake 4 ways: 3 doubles and the 100/1 treble).

League One - Both Teams to Score stats:

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TODAY’S PICKS

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EFL games tonight, 7.45pm:
Bristol Rovers v Fleetwood
Exeter v Peterborough
Walsall v Morecambe

• TREBLE. Both Teams to Score @ 4/1 William Hill, Bet365, Betfred 
• TRIXIE. Win & Both Teams to Score: Bristol Rovers, Peterborough & Morecambe - best odds William Hill, Bet365 (100/1 the treble)

I’ll be back later this week with more standout stats and advice for you. Including our latest Premier League Predictor acca on Friday - where we’ve hit 7 out of 8, twice in a row…

P.S
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Enjoy the football…

Best wishes,

Oliver Upstone

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