The Big Wednesday Multiple: Profits to be had both north and south of the border

Paul Robinson
28 December 2016

We have three games from Scotland today

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It's that time of the week where Paul Robinson selects a home win, an away win, a match to go over 2.5 goals and a match to go under 2.5 goals. Here are his selections:

- Back Partick @ 2.0 (1/1)
- Back Tottenham @ 2.75 (7/4)
- Back Over 2.5 Goals in St Johnstone v Rangers @ 2.05 (21/20)
- Back Under 2.5 Goals in Inverness v Motherwell @ 2.0 (1/1)

The Multiple pays approximately 22.55 (22/1)

Bet 1: Partick (HOME) @ 2.0 (1/1)

This may come as a bit of a surprise selection as Partick haven't won at home since a 2-0 success over Inverness back in August. Since that win they've played eight times, losing five of them and drawing the other three.

The angle for this bet is that Thistle ended a run of seven without victory last Friday by beating Ross County 3-1 in Dingwall and that should hopefully boost the confidence of the players.

The other thing to consider is that their opponents, Dundee, have a pretty wretched away record as they have lost three on the bounce ahead of this evening's fixture. Their overall stats on the road this term are played nine, won two, drawn one and lost six and they're only two places and one point ahead of Partick in the Scottish Premiership.

It should also be noted that when these two last met, it was Partick who came out on top - 2-0 at Dens Park, back in October.

Bet 2: Tottenham (AWAY) @ 2.75 (7/4)

I'm not 100% convinced that Spurs are going to pick up all three points at St Mary's tonight, but I am pretty certain that they are a bigger price than what they should be.

Tottenham haven't won away from home since a 2-1 success at Middlesbrough back in September but in five games since then, they've played much better than the three draws and two defeats suggests.

Against both Arsenal and Chelsea they dominated long periods of the match and if they can build on that, they should be able to give Southampton a pretty stern test.

The Saints won 3-1 at Bournemouth when they were last in action and it's now seven points from nine in the league since a poor showing in a 3-0 loss at Crystal Palace.

I'm still not sold on them this year though and while they beat both Everton and Middlesbrough 1-0 here recently, it's highly likely that Mauricio Pochettino's side will give their defence a sterner test and I doubt that Southampton have the firepower to do the same to Tottenham's.

Bet 3: St Johnstone v Rangers (Over 2.5 goals) @ 2.05 (21/20)

Our quest for goals takes us to McDiarmid Park as St Johnstone host Rangers in what promises to be a relatively high-scoring affair.

Both of these teams come into the game in good form as the visitors have won four on the bounce while the hosts are four undefeated - two wins and two draws.

It's the goal-stats that interest us though and with 24 scored and 20 conceded so far this season, St Johnstone's matches are averaging 2.44 goals each time. While only eight of their 18 have seen this selection land, it shouldn't go unnoticed that four of those eight have come from their five latest outings on this ground.

Rangers have a slightly lower average at the 2.32 mark, but they too have had eight fixtures end with the ball in the net on at least three occasions. A couple of those came from their last three away matches and, in nine away games this year, they haven't failed to score, while keeping just the one clean sheet themselves.

Bet 4: Inverness v Motherwell (Under 2.5 goals) @ 2.0 (1/1)

We conclude with two struggling teams in the Scottish Premiership as it's bottom versus third bottom at the Tulloch Caledonian Stadium.

Despite the fact that both of these sides are leaking a fair amount of goals, I have my suspicions that neither attack will be able to take advantage of it.

Inverness haven't scored more than once in any of their last seven - firing three blanks - and even at home they've only netted more than once on one occasion during their last five appearances in front of their own fans.

Motherwell have an even poorer record if we concentrate solely on their away fixtures as they've scored just four goals in seven on the road and they failed to find the net at Celtic, Dundee and Hearts - all three of which came from their last four away games.

Recommended Multiple

Back Partick @ 2.0 (1/1)

Back Tottenham @ 2.75 (7/4)

Back Over 2.5 Goals in St Johnstone v Rangers @ 2.05 (21/20)

Back Under 2.5 Goals in Inverness v Motherwell @ 2.0 (1/1)

The Multiple pays approximately 22.55 (22/1)

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