The Betfair Football £10 Bet of the Day

Day Eight: We're backing Ross County to beat St Mirren at [2.86]

While our Champions League form has been Inter Milan-esque recently, after backing Sampdoria to beat Werder Bremen in yesterday's Bet of the Day and predicting that Sporting Braga would dump out Sevilla, we're approaching the slightly less glamorous Scottish League Cup for tonight's punt.

There is an intriguing clash of the cup final losers to at Victoria Park as Scottish Cup finalists Ross County host St Mirren, who were runners-up in this competition last year, with the First Division side available at the tempting price of [2.86].

The Staggies got past Hibernian and Celtic on their last heroic cup run and have already negotiated their way through a potentially dangerous tie against Livingston, while St Mirren's recent away record is enough to give any opponent encouragement.

The Buddies haven't won on their travels in over ten months, with 13 of their 17 matches on the road during that miserable period ending in defeat. The ridiculous decision to sack Gus MacPherson in May doesn't appear to have remedied the problem either, judging by the 4-0 hammering they took at Celtic on Sunday.

Our bet: We're backing Ross County to defeat St Mirren at [2.86] so - before commission is considered - we stand to win £18.60. The same bet pays only £12.50 with Paddy Power and Ladbrokes. Get a free bet and back this now!

Profit so far: £55.80

Published: 25 Aug 2010