Football Bet of the Day: Black and Blues to hold firm against Ilves

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"Hosting top-half sides like third-placed Ilves, it's 6/6 with Under 2.5 Goals"

Back Under 2.5 Goals @ 1.774/5 in Inter Turku v Ilves

After bagging a winner in NYC overnight, Tobias Gourlay's hoping for a quiet afternoon in Finland

Inter Turku v Ilves
Thursday 16:30


NYCFC beat Kansas City 1-0 in last night's MLS game. Crucially for us, Jack Harrison's winner didn't arrive until the 84th minute - which means the half-time draw bet was a good 'un.

This afternoon's game in Finland's top-level Veikkausliiga could be similarly tight. Since the start of last season, all five league meetings between Inter Turku and Ilves have finished with Under 2.5 Goals. We fancy today's clash could be another low scorer.

Ninth in the 12-team competition, Fabrizio Piccareta's Inter Turku have seen 7/11 games at Veritas Stadion stay below the goals line. Against top-half sides like third-placed Ilves, it's 6/6 with Under 2.5 Goals.

This season, two-thirds of all Ilves' league games have finished with two goals or fewer (16/24). On the road, that fraction rises to three-quarters (9/12). We fancy Jarkko Wiss's men to conspire with the Black and Blues once more to deliver another quiet afternoon.


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Back Under 2.5 Goals @ 1.774/5 in Inter Turku v Ilves

2017 P/L (1pt per bet)

Staked: 124pts
Returned: 106.08pts
P/L: -17.92pts

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Tobias Gourlay

A Betfair regular since Euro 2008, Tobias covers every blade of grass in every league of the world to find our Football Bet of the Day.

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