Bill Edgar: Why Ronaldo can net first and Spurs can win with room to spare

Bill Edgar
25 April 2019

Bill believes Ronaldo can open the scoring against Inter but Juve might have to settle for a draw

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Stats guru Bill Edgar is going for a big-price tip in Serie A this week, while he also has selections in the games featuring Tottenham in the Premier League and Celtic in the Scottish Premiership...

"In their final season at the old White Hart Lane ground, including domestic cup ties, they won 21 times and drew the other two matches."

Invincible Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo may have forgotten how it feels to lose a league match - he has not played for a losing side in his past 40 appearances. Real Madrid remained unbeaten in his final 13 La Liga games for the club last season, and Juventus have yet to be defeated in the 27 fixtures he has played for them in Serie A since arriving from Spain last summer. The Portuguese is winning 80% of his fixtures, with victories in 32 of those 40 games, and draws in the remaining eight. There may be another draw on Saturday: Juventus are 20 points clear of second-place Napoli but, having clinched the title last weekend, they may not be at full throttle away to third-placed Inter Milan. The Betfair Sportsbook offers odds of 21.5 (Same Game Multi) about Ronaldo scoring the first goal in a drawn match.

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Home comfort for Spurs

Tottenham Hotspur have won all four matches without conceding at their new stadium against Crystal Palace, Manchester City, Huddersfield and Brighton, and that continues their fine form in their own neighbourhood. In their final season at the old White Hart Lane ground, including domestic cup ties, they won 21 times and drew the other two matches. In that 2016-17 campaign they played home European matches at Wembley and then staged all their home games at that venue for more than a year-and-a-half - and they suffered plenty of defeats at the national stadium. But back in Tottenham they have resumed their dominance over all-comers, and they will expect that to continue at home to West Ham United on Saturday. Tottenham can be backed at 2.35/4 to win by two goals or more on the Betfair Exchange via the one-goal handicap bet.

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Celtic on the brink

Celtic will clinch their eighth consecutive Scottish league title with three games to spare this weekend if they gain more points at home to Kilmarnock than Rangers manage at home to Aberdeen. The fact that Celtic have lost only one of their past 67 home league games points to a probable victory, but their recent record against Kilmarnock is unimpressive: two wins, two draws and two defeats in their past six league meetings. Both teams to score is 13-10 with the Betfair Sportsbook.

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