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Jim Delahunt’s top betting tips on Rangers vs Hibs, Celtic’s trip to St Johnstone, all the weekend action plus his acca
This week's tasty five-fold acca pays out a whopping £370 from a tenner bet.
HREE second-half goals gave NOTTS COUNTY a massive win at home to MK Dons on Wednesday and The Magpies can push themselves right into the League Two title race with a 7/5 win at Colchester.
Stuart Maynard's side moved up from 6th to 4th midweek and tomorrow's lunchtime match-up between leaders Wallsall and third-top Port Vale means something has to give in what's turning out to be a hectic race for automatic promotion.
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County take on a Colchester side without a win in their last 3 games and Maynard looks to have his players peaking at just the right time with 2 of their next 3 games at home and the other against current second-top side Bradford at Valley Parade.
Wallsall are uneasy favourites at 6/5 to stay top with a win in that massive showdown against PORT VALE but Darren Moore's side made a big noise with their midweek win over Bradford and they merit tmorrow's Saturday Single at an average 5/2.
READING landed last Saturday's headline bet at 6/4 after a 3-1 win over Peterborough but the Royals may find themselves happy with a point at 5/2 after tomorrow's lunchtime visit of League One's third-placed road wizards Wycombe.
The Chairboys played their part alongside Reading and Wrexham in our winning League One treble at 17/2 last week and my best bet in the third tier tomorrow is BLACKPOOL with the Seasiders at 13/8 away to Rotherham.
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The Millers players shook off a poor spell under the now sacked Steve Evans to win their first game under caretaker Matt Hamshaw at Northampton midweek but high-flying 'Pool look different gravy under Steve Bruce and 3 straight wins and 5 in their last 6 games have put them right in the play-off equation.
CHARLTON look good for a 4/5 win at home to Lincoln City despite a goalless draw in December's reverse fixture while PETERBOROUGH can build on their midweek win at Crawley by taking all 3 points at home to Northampton at a general 17/20.
Tomorrow's visitors to the Weston Homes Stadium have failed to win any of their last 4 games and Darren Ferguson's Posh can make it 4 wins in 5 games to give us another League One treble at just over 7/1.
Neil Lennon banked his first 3 points as DUNFERMLINE boss with a 1-0 win over Livingston midweek and the Pars have a golden chance to put distance between themselves and Hamilton with a 19/20 home win over the Accies tomorrow.
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The visitors have two outstanding results in their recent record with draws against Ayr and Falkirk but their road record still reads 2-3-10 and Lennon must have pencilled this game in as a must win long before last week's defeat in his first game in charge at Ayr.
Scott Brown's side might have to settle for a point at in-form Raith Rovers tomorrow with the draw priced at a reasonable 7/4 but John McGlynn's LIVINGSTON can go back into second with a surely must-win 4/9 at home to toiling Queens Park.
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Montrose against leaders Arbroath looks another possible draw at 23/10 in League One while my third Scottish club in this week's top 5 is League Two leaders PETERHEAD at what I'm hoping is a rock-solid banker at 4/9 at home to bottom club Bonnyrigg Rose.
ST MIRREN were superb in their 5-1 win over Kilmarnock last Saturday and the Buddies could be well worth siding with to win at 6/4 away to Dundee at Dens Park.
The Dark Blues looked like getting a draw at the very least before Rangers won 4-3 last week but St Mirren were a wrongly disallowed penalty away from being 3-3 at home to Celtic a few weeks ago and they were miles better than Killie 7 days ago.
MANCHESTER UNITED can beat City at better than 2/1 in most places on Sunday while Everton can take a point from Arsenal at 13/5 as the games run out at Goodison Park.
Saturday SINGLE
It's a huge day in the League Two title/promotion race and I'm backing PORT VALE to win their lunchtime match at leaders Walsall at a healthy 5/2 and better.
Weekend ACCA
Last week's top 5 combined for a 24/1 winning Acca and this week's bet pays out at a whopping 36/1 for all 5 teams winning.
Notts County 7/5
Blackpool 6/4
Aberdeen 6/5
Dunfermline 19/20
Peterhead 4/9
RANGERS V HIBERNIAN
HIBS helped us land the Acca last Saturday with a 7/10 home win over St Johnstone and David Gray's high-flyers are ridiculously under-rated for tomorrow's trip to a less than fortress-Ibrox.
Rangers' defeat to Fenerbahce was a 4th straight loss at Ibrox for the first time in the club's history with 2 of them coming under Barry Ferguson but 3-2 and 4-3 wins at Celtic and Dundee have Gers at 4/9 to win and prevent the record going to 5.
Third placed Hibs' unbeaten league run is now 15 matches and the club with the most draws in the Premiership (11) can make it 12 stalemates at a general 7/2.
ST JOHNSTONE V CELTIC Sunday 12 noon Sky Sports
Saints were no match for 3-0 winners Hibs at Easter Road last week and a stadium full of away supporters should witness Celtic taking another step towards landing the second leg of a possible Treble.
The rock-bottom Perth side are as big as 18/1 to spring a shock result on Sunday and 13/2 for the draw but Celtic are a top-priced 2/13 top-up for multiples backers and punters will be looking at other angles.
Celtic are 10-0 on aggregate against their hosts this season and while Celtic to win to nil at 4/5 will be popular, I'm happier to take a chance with free-scoring Celtic at -2 on the handicap at a general 6/5.
ROSS COUNTY V ABERDEEN
The Dons gave their fans 4 goals for a tenner against Motherwell last Saturday and Jimmy Thelin's players can extend their current 4-match unbeaten league and cup run with another win in Dingwall.
Millwall may want Kevin Nisbet back for pre-season training but the Scotland squad player is proving a good fit for the Dons and 2 well take goals last week made it 7 in 8 games.
The 23/10 Staggies are looking to avoid 3 straight defeats with the draw here at 9/4 but the Dons are 6/5 and better for the win with 3 points looking a massive prize on a day Hibs travel to Ibrox.
HEARTS V DUNDEE UTD Sunday 2.30pm Premier Sports
Hearts were rolled over by Celtic last weekend but Sunday's game looks more relevant to their top 6 prospects and defeat to the 7/2 visiting Terrors would be a major blow.
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Ross Graham's headed winner at Ross County confirmed their top 6 status and pushed them right into the race for third and I can see Jim Goodwin's side proving stuffy enough in Gorgie to take a point at 14/5.
4/6 Hearts have won all 3 home games since losing 3-1 to Rangers but United's road form has picked up again and a point would sit nicely ahead of next week's home game against St Johnstone.
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