The Betfair Football £10 Bet of the Day
Day 133: We're backing both teams not to score when Motherwell host St Mirren at [1.82]
Isn't it peculiar how during a losing streak nothing goes your way, but once you start winning, the reverse is true? When Sheffield United stormed into a 2-0 lead after seven minutes away to Scunthorpe last night, our home win wager looked ill-advised, but the Iron fought back to triumph 3-2.
That was our third successive triumph and we're bidding to maintain our momentum by heading up north to the mighty SPL, where close, high-scoring encounters have been hard to come by recently. Of the last eight fixtures, only one has seen both teams on the scoresheet, with the visitors failing to fire in six.
So even before analysing the statistics specific to Motherwell and St Mirren, the two sides colliding this evening, odds of [1.82] on one or neither of the duo finding the net is rather tempting.
Factor into the equation that Motherwell have kept clean sheets in three of their last four home games, with just one of the clubs involved beating the goalkeeper in each match, and the fact that St Mirren have been shut out in five of their last seven on their travels, including the last three, and there's even more reason to fancy the bet.
The Buddies have failed to score in over half of their SPL away outings this term and Motherwell have the fifth best defensive record as hosts, while three of their last five clashes, and two of the last three at Fir Park have featured only one team at most grabbing a goal.
Our bet: We're backing both teams NOT to score when Motherwell host St Mirren at [1.82], meaning that - before factoring in commission - we stand to win £8.20. The same punt pays only £6.67 with William Hill. Sign up for a new account now and have losing bets up to a total of £30 refunded for a week.
Published: 23 Feb 2011
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