Stats Picks for the Boxing Day games...
Monday 23rd December 2019
In your Across the Leagues email today:
- Stats Picks…
- Boxing Day games...
- 50/1 for a festive full house...
Stats Picks…
Christmas is here and there’s plenty of action to tuck into on Boxing Day...
Amazon Prime Video are showing all 10 Premier League games this week. And there’s a full fixture list in the Football League, too.
You’ll find Head-2-Head home v away comparisons for every game on our website.
Here are our Stats Picks for Boxing Day. We’ve got six singles. And for a Christmas cracker, you can get 50/1 for the full house...
MATCH RESULTS
These three games match-up well with an in-form side taking on a struggling opponent:
Sheffield United v Watford – Sheff Utd to win
Premier League
Thursday 3pm
Sheffield United have won 3 games in a row – against Brighton, Aston Villa & Norwich – and Watford have lost 6 out of 9 on the road this season.
- Sheff Utd to win @ 17/20 (1.85) with 888 Sport, Unibet, Marathonbet, Sportingbet, 5/6 (1.83) in general
Stoke City v Sheffield Wednesday – Sheff Wed to win
Championship
Thursday 3pm
Sheffield Wednesday are in good form, too – winning 4 of their last 5 games in the Championship, climbing to 3rd in the table. Stoke are second-bottom and have lost 4 of their last 6.
- Sheff Wed to win @ 9/5 (2.80) with 888 Sport, Unibet, Marathonbet, Sportingbet, Boylesports, Skybet, Betway
Luton v Fulham – Fulham to win
Championship
Thursday 3pm
Promotion-chasing Fulham (4th) got back to winning ways at the weekend, beating 2nd place Leeds. Before that, Fulham had lost 3 in a row, but they were all against fellow Top 10 sides. Luton meanwhile are 21st and have lost 3 in a row, and 9 of their last 11.
- Fulham to win @ 17/20 (1.85) with 888 Sport, Unibet, Marathonbet, Skybet, 4/5+ (1.80+) in general
GOALS
On the Total Goals picks, we have one ‘Under’ and two ‘Overs’ this week...
Crystal Palace v West Ham – Under 2.5 Goals
Premier League
Thursday 3pm
Palace have the best home record in the Premier League for Under 2.5 Goals, with 8 out of 9 payouts at Selhurst Park (89%) – and in 7 of their last 8 games overall. Four of West Ham’s last 5 away have seen 2 or less Total Goals.
- Under 2.5 Goals @ Evens (2.00) with BetVictor, Marathonbet, 10/11 (1.91) in general
Rangers v Kilmarnock – Over 2.5 Goals
Scottish Premiership
Thursday 3pm
Rangers’ last 5 league games at Ibrox have all gone Over 2.5 Goals, and they have an 86% overall record at home for this bet. Four of Killie’s last 5 away games have seen 3+ Total Goals.
- Over 2.5 Goals @ 8/15 (1.53) with Bet365, Skybet, Marathonbet, NetBet, 10Bet, 1/2 (1.50) in general
Aberdeen v Livingston – Over 2.5 Goals
Scottish Premiership
Thursday 3pm
This is an 80% v 80% match-up on the home v away Head-2-Head on our site (see below), with 4 of Aberdeen’s last 5 at home going Over 2.5 Goals – and the same from Livingston’s last handful on the road.
For the season, Livingston have a 90% away strike-rate for this bet, with 9 of their 10 travelling games seeing 3+ Total Goals.
- Over 2.5 Goals @ Evens (2.00) with Bet365 and in general
50/1 for a festive full house...
To spice things up with a potential Christmas cracker, the acca on all six of those Boxing Day picks pays 50/1 and bigger...
- ACCA – 6-fold: the six picks listed above @ 60/1 (61.00) with Marathobet and approx. 50/1 (51.00) with Betway and in general
Stats Picks Summary
See above for full details. This week’s Stats Picks are:
- Sheff Utd to beat Watford @ 17/20
- Sheff Wed to beat Stoke @ 9/5
- Fulham to beat Luton @ 17/20
- Crystal Palace v West Ham – Under 2.5 Goals @ Evens
- Rangers v Kilmarnock – Over 2.5 Goals @ 8/15
- Aberdeen v Livingston – Over 2.5 Goals @ Evens
- ACCA – 6-fold: the six picks listed above @ 50/1+
I’ll be back on Friday (27th Dec) with Stats Picks for the weekend games…
Have a very Merry Christmas,
Best wishes,
Shaun Humphris
Across the Leagues |
