Football betting tips: Tuesday best bets
1pt (Total stake) Over 5.5 goals Canadian in Grimsby vs Nottingham Forest U21, Stevenage vs Fulham U21, Huddersfield v Liverpool U21, Crawley Town v Brentford U21 and Colchester v Ipswich Town U21 at 2,240/1 (Betfair)
As the Jersey Mike’s Trophy’s thrilling group stage draws towards its conclusion, we edge a step closer to finding out who’ll be this season's competition winner.
Tuesday’s action provides another opportunity to back some goals with five games involving U21 sides and I’ll be backing an OVER 5.5 GOAL CANADIAN with the five-fold paying out at over 2,200/1 with Betfair.
This bet is a combination of doubles, trebles, four-folds and the five-fold with three required for a nice slice of profit - which isn’t as outrageous as it sounds in this sort of competition.
The games involved are listed below with the over 5.5 goals odds included.
- Grimsby vs Nottingham Forest U21 - 7/2 (19:00 kick-off)
- Stevenage vs Fulham U21 - 5/1 (19:00 kick-off)
- Huddersfield v Liverpool U21 - 7/2 (19:00 kick-off)
- Crawley Town v Brentford U21 - 7/2 (19:30 kick-off)
- Colchester v Ipswich Town U21 - 31/10 (19:45 kick-off)
Across the last two rounds of EFL Trophy fixtures, there’s been seven matches involving youth sides and all bar one have seen at least three goals. Of those to go overs, half had five goals or more.
In the round before those, there were six games involving the youth, all bar one had at least three goals and half had six goals or more. At the start of October, there were four U21’s games and they had 1-2-5-7 goals.
Odd correct at 17:00 GMT (09/11/26)
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