The Betfair Football £10 Bet of the Day
Day 181: We're backing Ruch Chorzow to beat Zaglebie Lubin at [2.22]
We're turning to the Polish Ekstraklasa for our final £10 wager of the week, reasoning that [2.22] on eighth-placed Ruch Chorzow getting the better of 11th-placed Zaglebie Lubin in front of their fans is so hefty a price to ignore.
The 14-time champions have won three of their last four home games, only dropping points against a Polonia Bytom side scrapping desperately for survival, while they have tasted defeat as hosts on only two occasions all season.
Their visitors Zaglebie Lubin meanwhile have the joint-third worst away record in the division and have triumphed just once on the road in 2010-11, against underperforming Manchester City celebration-inspiring Lech Poznan.
Six of their 11 outings to date have ended with them losing and while there has been a minor improvement of late, with each of their last three on the road finishing level, it should be noted that two of those came against the worst two clubs in the league Arka Gdynia and Cracovia Krakow.
Zaglebie Lubin have benefitted from coming up against leaky defences on recent trips across the country though, negating their own shortcomings at the back - they've managed one clean sheet on their travels all season - but they won't have that in their favour this afternoon.
Ruch Chorzow have conceded just three goals in their last eight matches at the Stadion Miejski, shutting out the opposition in six of those encounters, and that resilience should be the deciding factor in another victory as hosts.
Our bet: We're backing Ruch Chorzow to defeat Zaglebie Lubin at [2.22], meaning that - before factoring in commission - we stand to win £12.20. The same punt pays only £10 with Boylesports. Sign up for a new account now and have your first bet of up to £25 refunded if it loses.
Published: 6 May 2011
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