The Joker's Bet Of The Day: Tuesday April 28

The Joker's bet of the day / The Joker / 28 April 2009 / Leave a Comment

A tip from the Joker to get your betting day under way...

It's difficult to avoid a name like Zalaegerszeg in the list of games being played today. But that's no bad thing, because the name comes with memories of an enjoyable 1-0 defeat for Manchester United in Budapest seven years ago.

Alex Ferguson's excuse that night: 'The pitch was very bumpy, which was possibly the reason for the lack of smoothness of our passing.'

Plus ça change. Most delightful of all of his excuses was the one he used for driving on the hard shoulder of a motorway in 1999: he was cleared after telling the court he had 'severe diarrhoea'.

Must be all the gum he chews. Zalaegerszeg are unbeaten at home in the league this season, and have won five of their last six games at the ZTE Arena. Today's visitors, Gyori, have lost four of seven matches away to top-half teams. There can be no excuse for third-placed Zalaegerszeg not winning at [1.81].

Recommendation: Back Zalaegerszeg @ [1.81] to beat Gyori