Football Bet of the Day: A home win in Haugesund

Haugesund v Valerenga
Monday 18:00

NYC FC's 3-2 win at Toronto last night gave Kev an odds-against winner to round off a very successful week. He's set the bar high, but we don't carry this long flexible pole around for nothing.

Our week begins in Norway, where tonight's Eliteserien game pitches fifth-placed Haugesund at home to ninth-placed Valerenga.

Eirik Horneland's hosts have won 4/6 at Haugesund Stadium recently and the formbook says they can notch another win tonight. Hosting teams currently below them in the table, they are W4-D1-L0 this term. Last season, they finished 10th and went W4-D2-L0 against such teams.

Ronny Deila's Valerenga lost their last away game 5-1 at Molde (we remember it fondly) and face a battle to take anything away from Haugesund this evening.

The Pride of Oslo are W6-D4-L14 on their travels since the start of last season. Last term, they lost 5/7 winless games at top-half finishers. This season, they are W0-D2-L4 against teams currently above them in the table and we are very much against them today.