Friday Football Tips: Play your cards right on TV tonight

Oxford v Lincoln
Friday 26 March, 19:45
Live on Sky Sports Football

There aren't too many games to choose from on Friday when it comes to the props markets but there looks to be an opportunity in the televised EFL fixture.

That opportunity is brought to us by referee Scott Oldham, one of the most lenient in the competition.

Pretty remarkably in this day and age, 18 of his 27 games this season have seen under 30 booking points - it's 10 points for a yellow and 25 for a red for those not used to this market.

Even when you take out cup games, which are well known for their lower card count, under 30 has still landed in 12 of Oldham's 20 appointments. In League One, the official has shown just 14 yellow cards in nine matches in 2020/21.

Despite these statistics, under 30 points is offered at 13/8 in this fixture which looks a spot of value.

The downside to the bet, and partial reason for the price, is that both teams are in the bottom half of the fair play table.

However, I'm not letting that put me off.

Oldham has proved he can keep his cards in his pocket when faced with some of the more ill-disciplined teams - earlier this season a game featuring League Two's dirtiest, Leyton Orient, came in under the line, while a League One match involving MK Dons produced no cards at all.