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.
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Back Both Teams to Score @ 1.981/1 in Astra Giurgiu v Dinamo Bucharest
2018 P/L (1pt per bet)
Staked: 166pts
Returned: 183.41pts
P/L: +17.41pts