Those pesky All-Blacks let us down for more than €200 last weekend, but we’re confident we can collect nearly €300 with a tenner on these four nailed-on punts this time around.
By Conor Heneghan and Sean Nolan
Man City v Wolves, (Four or more goals @ evens)
When these two sides met on Wednesday, they shared seven between them. That was with a second-string City team and a Wolves team that had made nine changes themselves.
On Saturday, City will welcome back players like Sergio Aguero and David Silva while Wolves will welcome back Christophe Berra and Roger Johnson. Advantage Mancini if you ask us.
City have scored 33 goals, and conceded seven, in their nine league games this season, more than four a game, so they just need to hit that average again to make this bet happen. Sounds likely to us.
West Brom v Liverpool (Luis Suarez to score anytime @ 13/10)
The Uruguayan was the difference when Liverpool overcame Stoke during the week thanks to two goals (one of them a thing of beauty) having failed to score with 11, yes 11 attempts on goal against Norwich at the weekend, six of which were on target.
With ‘Woy’ in charge of West Brom, the game at the Hawthorns will be given added extra significance, but on this form, it will be hard to stop Suarez finding the net. Better than evens? We like those odds.
Inter Milan v Juventus (Juventus to win @ 9/5)
Yes, it is another football bet, but the alternatives this weekend are slim to say the least (unless you fancy Ulster to beat the Scarlets @ 8/11 in the rugby that is).
Antonio Conte’s Juventus side are top of the table and unbeaten in Serie A so far and even though they’ve drawn four of their eight games, they’re still doing a damn sight better than Inter Milan, who are mired in 16th in the table and still feeling the effects of the drastic start overseen by the now departed Gian Piero Gasperini
It might be in Inter’s backyard, but we expect things to get worse for the Nerazzurri before they get better.
New England Patriots v Pittsburgh Steelers (Patriots (-3) to win @ 11/10)
These are two of the best teams in the NFL and this could well be a preview of the AFC Championship game. But games in the Steel City between these two have been very one-sided of late.
The Pats are 4-1 against the Steelers at Heinz Field with Tom Brady playing and he just seems to be able to pick apart their defence at will. Last time he was there, in November, he threw for 350 yards, three touchdowns and got one himself in a 39-26 win.
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