Bet of the Day - Porto to dominate in final
Day 189: We're backing Porto to lead Braga at half-time and full-time at [2.42]
Our latest £10 daily wager is an example of going for something that offers no guarantee of proving successful but where the price offered is so much bigger than the statistics suggest it should be that it's well worth taking a chance on.
Porto are [2.42] to lead Braga in the Europa League Final and while history shows that the majority of deciders in the competition are level until the interval, the treble chasers' record against their compatriots is so strong and their performances this season so spectacular that it's highly probable.
Historically, this is a fixture that Porto absolutely dominate with 92 victories in 131 meetings, and they have been just as convincing against last year's Portuguese runners-up in recent years, triumphing in seven of their last nine encounters, losing only once over the course of that period.
On six of those seven occasions in which they were victorious, they were already ahead by the interval, including in the last collision between the two in Braga in February, and they have struck ten times in the last three clashes, with half of those goals coming before the break.
Equally encouraging for those planning to follow us in backing the half-time/full-time double is the fact that Braga have been behind by half-time in six of the last eight matches in which they have suffered defeat.
Our bet: We're backing Porto to lead Braga at half-time and full-time at [2.42], meaning that - before factoring in commission - we stand to win £14.20. The same punt pays only £10 with SkyBet. Sign up for a new account now and have your first bet of up to £25 refunded if it loses.
Published: 18 May 2011
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