Football Bet of the Day: Squirrels to go nuts in Japan

FC Gifu v Omiya
Saturday 10:00

Beijing and Chongqing gave us a storming win in China yesterday. The hosts won 2-1 to deliver our BTTS bet. Storming's probably a bit strong, but 'narrow' didn't rhyme in the same way.

We're staying in the East today, ahead of Saturday morning's J League 2 clash between FC Gifu and Omiya Ardija.

Takeshi Oki's hosts are down in 18th, having conceded at least twice in each of their last six appearances at Gifu Nagaragawa Stadium. Four of those games delivered Over 2.5 Goals in total and, with some free-scoring visitors in town this weekend, we're backing another high scorer.

Relegated from the J League last term, Masatada Ishii's Omiya are the joint top scorers in this season's J League 2 (51 goals). The Squirrels won their last away game 5-1 and have scored at least once on all 14 of their road trips to date. At the other end, they've managed just three clean sheets. With 11/14 producing at least three match goals, we make Over 2.5 Goals a firm favourite for this one.