Once more unto the breaching of the net

November 27th, 2009 by Kevin Egan

Last week, we advised a bet on over 1.5 goals in the meeting of Portlaoise and Clara, and we were on course for a payout with one goal scored by half way before the sadly necessary intervention of referee Joe Curley ensured that refunded stakes was the outcome.

That bet was advised last week on the basis that both of these teams are capable of scoring goals, and having been in attendance for the 35 minutes of football that was played, this bet should definitely be re-struck this week, as both sides demonstrated their ability to get in and create goal chances, even in atrocious conditions.

Clara’s goal was tinged with good fortune in that it came about as a result of a handling error, the kind of mistake that can happen to the best of goalkeepers in the weather that prevailed last Sunday afternoon. However Thomas Deehan proved that he will be a huge threat in this weekend’s refixture, and if he had the advantage of the type of early ball that tends to come about only when playing with the wind, he could very easily have caused Portlaoise real problems and scored a more traditional goal of his own. Graham Guilfoyle too looked to be mismatched down the left wing, and his pace could also easily create an overlap if he beats his own man and draws out a full back line player.

At the other end of the field, Portlaoise missed one penalty, had another goalbound effort blocked, and looked like they could cause problems every time a high ball was sent in. Bruno McCormack’s runs from midfield caused Clara plenty of difficulty also, and it’ll be a huge surprise if they don’t raise at least one green flag in this match. Overall, the goals expectancy here should be a lot closer to two than one, possibly as high as 1.8, meaning that odds of 10/11 about over 1.5 goals are offering great value.

We suggest increasing the stake, to a 3pt bet on over 1.5 goals at 10/11, and having the satisfaction of cheering on whichever team goes on the attack in O’Moore Park tomorrow!

Tags: Clara, Goals, Portlaoise