Due to the first ever Premier League winter break there’s a lack of top tier English football this weekend but there’s still fixtures from the three other major English leagues.
Brentford have been a promising team for a few years but haven’t quite seemed to live up to expectation but they are currently on the rise up the Championship and sit 6 points away from top position, West Brom. Ollie Watkins since arriving from Exeter in 2017 has managed to reach double digits every season but this year is looking like his breakout year, he’s scored 19 goals in 30 games so far and is a real driving force behind this dangerous offensive side. Middlesbrough, today’s opponents, have had a very rocky season in which they’ve managed to win 2 of their 14 away games and have lacked any form of consistency. Brentford at 1/2 could even be considered generous.
Stoke have had a shocking season and are sitting just above the relegation zone but their performances do not reflect their league position correctly. The bet365 stadium, (formerly the Britannia), has been a tough place to go to and even teams that are having good seasons have still come away with defeat. Stoke’s rough year has lowered their usual home form but they’re still pulling results out which should be enough against a currently weak, Charlton. In the Addicks last 11 away games they’ve picked up 3 points and conceded 2 or more in 9 of those games. Stoke should have enough.
Coventry have only lost 3 games in League One this season, which is the second least losses out of all the top 4 English leagues with the least being Liverpool. They’re against Bolton today, a team that have had their fair share of problems this season but even now they’ve got their usual squad available, they’re still having issues picking up points, especially away from home. The Trotters have scored 5 goals away from home in 11 games and conceded 34, an average of 3.1 a game. Coventry should be winning if they’re expecting to continue contending with the title front runners.
Portsmouth have recently embarked on a exceptional run of form, they’ve won 8 of their last 8 in all competitions and have steadily risen back into the top 6 of League One where they should be. Tranmere have the second worst home form in the league and with Portsmouth on a drastic upward curve it’s going to be a tough game for a team that’ve claimed 5 points out of their last 30, scoring only 6 goals in the process. Portsmouth would be considered my best bet of the day, the price of 8/13 is great but the 7/4 for Portsmouth -1 handicap is a mortgage job.
Newport are not an exception in what seems a reoccurring theme in this accumulator, they’re a team with a brilliant home record against Cambridge, a team that has a lot of trouble on the road. Newport a couple of weeks ago picked up a 2-0 win against current league leaders, Swindon and have only lost 2 of their 15 home games this year. Cambridge on the other hand are currently 12 games without an away win and do not look like having a reversal of fortune.
Today’s accumulator prices up at just below 10/1 and could be a nice way to earn £55 off of only a fiver.
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