Thursday Football Tips: Back the 7/2 draw all the way in Chile derby game

• Nublense drawn three of last five home games

• Neither side has scored in last two games - Nublense for three

• Back a 7/2 Bet Builder on the draw

It's an all-Chile contest in the Copa Sudamericana as Nublense host Audax Italiano in the first leg of their last 32 tie.

They're closely matched sides with just a point between them in the middle of the Chilean Primera Division table and they're both in pretty poor form.

Audax have gone three games without a win but Nublense can double that with their six-game winless run, meaning that even though they're home favourites they have plenty of question marks about them.

Leg 1: Back the draw

Two sides not in great form in the first leg of a Copa Sudamericana derby tie has all the hallmarks of a draw to me - one that neither side will mind too much.

Nublense have drawn three of their last five and having gone three games without a goal they'll be wary of giving anything away.

Audax have also failed to score in their last two games, but they're a pretty solid away side so add all that up and 9/43.25 on the draw certainly appeals.

Leg 2: Back the HT draw

So what we're actually backing here is Draw/Draw in the HT/FT here which comes in at 7/24.50 and makes sense if we're backing a stalemate after 90 minutes.

For starters, with neither side troubling the scorers of late it's hardly set up to be a goalfest, and with stakes high and both in bad form then a cagey start is understandable.

Nublense's last three games have been 0-0 at half-time and if we had to that'd be the bet for the first-half scoreline here, but we'll just stick to the draw in case a couple of goals do come.