The Betfair Football £10 Bet of the Day
Day 159: We're backing Estoril to beat Trofense at [2.54]
Thursday marks the final day of the domestic football famine, with all the major European leagues returning to action from Friday onwards, though bizarrely despite the lack of action, we were torn between two choices for our latest £10 wager.
The alternative was both teams to score at [1.9] in the Copa Libertadores clash between Penarol and Godoy Cruz, however we decided to chase the heftier price of [2.54] available on Estoril conquering Trofense in the Portuguese second-tier. Betfair customers can watch both matches on Betfair Live Video.
This evening's Liga de Honra encounter pits ninth against second and Estoril have to target three points to keep alive their promotion chances, given that only the top two go up and they currently trail Trofense by six points with eight games to play.
The visitors were top of the table not long ago but a run of just one win in four, during which they have lost twice, has served to both harm their title bid and create an opening for the likes of their opponents tonight to pounce, and with a record of seven victories in 11 as hosts, they should seize it.
Estoril have won four in a row at the Estadio Antonio Coimbra da Mota, even seeing off top tier giants Sporting Lisbon in the League Cup in that time, while their last three league fixtures there have all ended in comfortable 2-0 triumphs.
Trofense meanwhile have suffered successive away defeats without scoring against other promotion Feirense and Oliveirense, which is enough to convince us that Estoril can make it a hat-trick.
Our bet: We're backing Estoril to defeat Trofense at [2.54], meaning that - before factoring in commission - we stand to win £15.40. The same punt pays only £12 with Ladbrokes. Sign up for a new account now and have your first bet of up to £25 refunded if it loses.
Published: 31 Mar 2011
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