It’s Saturday morning, so it must be time for the Saturday morning four-leg accumulator. This weekend: the Grand National, Premier League and FA Cup soccer and a hurling league relegation play-off. A tenner could* return €790.
Synchronised to run into a place (7/4)
He’s by far the best horse in the Grand National – none of the rest of them would win a Lexus, never mind a Gold Cup – so at 7/1 to win he represents plenty of value to win it outright. But for the purposes of this bet we’re looking at finishing in the first four. Barring accidents, Synchronised finishes in the places.
Everton to beat Liverpool (15/8)
What Liverpool have the bookmakers been looking at lately? Everton are almost 2/1 to get the better of their local rivals on the wide open spaces of Wembley in the FA Cup semi-final. Yes, Liverpool were too strong for the Toffees a few weeks ago, but Everton are unbeaten in their last five. It’s a toss-up if you ask us, so 15/8 is too big about David Moyes’s men.
Norwich to draw with Manchester City (3/1)
Carrow Road has been a tough place to go this season, and Manchester City have been stumbling around like a blind man with too much to drink lately. The Canaries could even take a win – it would be a much lesser shock than Wigan trumping Man Utd during the week – but 3/1 the draw looks the best bet.
Galway to beat Dublin in the hurling relegation play-off (6/4)
There are more foolish things than betting on Galway to win a hurling match, but possibly not many. Still, we reckon they’ll be chomping at the bit this weekend following that embarrassment against Kilkenny a couple of weeks ago. And we’re still feeling that Dublin of 2012 is a little bit inferior to Dublin of 2011.
* “could” probably means “won’t”
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