Football Bet of the Day: Ponte cannot bridge gap between top and bottom

Tobias Gourlay
Published on 20 May 2015 at 14:29
Updated on 20 May 2015 at 15:39

Basel are ready to unload on bottom-of-the-league Aarau

"Home and away, Raimondo Ponte's rabble have recently lost three in a row and been behind at the break in all three"

Back Basel/Basel @ 2.3411/8 v Aarau

Tobias Gourlay expects Swiss champions Basel to cut Aarau adrift at the wrong end of the table

Aarau v FC Basel
Wednesday 19:30

Sport Huancayo 1 Uni Cesar Vallejo 1 in Primera Division last night.

No gold in Peru, then, but we've heard there might be a bit kicking around Switzerland...

With three rounds of the season to go, FC Basel have wrapped up a seventh straight Super League title, but are yet to show any signs of letting up.

On the road recently, Paulo Sousa's men have been ahead at half-time and full-time in 4/4. Since the start of term they've been leading at the break in 11/12 away wins.

Six points adrift at the bottom of the table, FC Aarau have only an outside chance of catching FC Vaduz and avoiding relegation to the Challenge League.

Recent form suggests they will do no such thing: home and away, Raimondo Ponte's rabble have recently lost three in a row and been behind at the break in all three.

They've lost 10/16 at Stade Brugglifeld this season and been down at half-time in 8/10 defeats.

Recommended Bet
Back Basel/Basel @ 2.3411/8 v Aarau

2015 P/L (1pt per bet)

Staked: 68pts
Returned: 75.24pts
P/L: +6.24pts

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