Football Bet of the Day: Gunners to hold their fire

Tobias Gourlay
Published on 03 Jan 2016 at 12:15

Ruben Castro's applause for his Real Betis team mates has recently become ironic

"Six of Betis' last seven games have finished with Under 2.5 Goals, and the exception was a thrashing by Barcelona"

Back Under 2.5 Goals @ 1.758/11 in Real Betis v Eibar

Tobias Gourlay expects a cold war as Real Betis go into battle with Eibar this afternoon

Real Betis v Eibar
Sunday 15:00 (Live on Sky Sports Interactive)

Guimaraes 0 Benfica 1 in Portugal yesterday. But the Iberian Peninsula gets a chance to make it up to us today.

Thirteenth in Spain's La Liga, Real Betis have recently fallen into a rut. Pepe Mel's have failed to score in any of their last three league outings. Six of their last seven games have finished with Under 2.5 Goals in total, and the exception was a thrashing by Barcelona.

At the Benito Villamarin, the Andalusians have struck just six times in eight matches this season - and never more than once in a single game.

Eibar arrive from the Basque Country with a solid defence. Only Barcelona at the Camp Nou have scored more than twice against them this term.

Jose Luis Mendilibar has watched 5/6 Liga matches stay below the goals line recently, with the Gunners themselves scoring just three times in their last four road games.

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2016 P/L (1pt per bet)

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Returned: 4.32pts
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