Football Bet of the Day: Red Dogs to put on a show

Astra Giurgiu v Dinamo Bucharest
Thursday 18:00

In Scotland last night, Celtic cruised past Motherwell 3-0 to land our handicap bet. Today, as world football braces - or breaks up - for Christmas, there's very little in the calendar.

It's the Romanian top-flight that has come to our rescue. In one of tonight's two Liga I games, sixth-placed Astra Giurgiu entertain struggling Dinamo Bucharest and we like the price on both teams to score - just as they have done in 9/10 head-to-head league meetings.

The hosts are five games without a clean sheet at the Marin Anastasovici. Despite an undistinguished overall home record (W3-D4-L3), the Black Devils have scored themselves in 5/6. Only third-placed CSU Craiova have stopped them.

Tonight's visitors have conceded at least three times in half of their 10 away games this season (W1-D3-L6). The Red Dogs have found the back of the net themselves in 6/10, including each of the most recent three. At close to even money, with two shaky defences on display, we're backing BTTS as our bet of our today.