Friday’s Betting Tips
15:45 Royal Ascot – Opera Singer
14:00 Slovakia v Ukraine
Both Teams to Score
17:00 Poland v Austria
Austria to Win
20:00 Netherlands v France
France to Win
Both Teams to Score
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It’s Friday, which normally means one thing, counting down the minutes until I can sign out of work.
But not this Friday, oh no. With three games of football and perhaps the best day of Royal Ascot ahead of us, I barely want the weekend to arrive full-stop.
14:00 Slovakia v Ukraine
Friday, June 21: 14:00 – Slovakia v Ukraine
Euro 2024 Group E match – Dusseldorf
TV: BBC/RTE2
Both Teams to Score
Slovakia provided perhaps the biggest shock of the tournament thus far with their 0-1 win over Belgium as Romelu Lukaku produced a peak display in failing to score with any of his 109 efforts on goal.
But they’re now boosted by the fact that they’re just one decent result away from qualifying from the group and this feels like a ripe opportunity to do so.
Ukraine were a travesty when we saw them last and so thanks to that loss against Romania, they’ll need to take at least four points from their last two games.
I’d expect a far more aggressive showing here.
15:45 Royal Ascot – Opera Singer to Win the Coronation Stakes
There were a few hot favourites I could have thrown in here, all things considered, but none of them are spoken about from an improvement perspective like Aidan O’Brien’s OPERA SINGER.
On bare form, it seems a strange stack of pricing to have the Irish 1,000 Guineas third favourites and almost half the price of the winner of the British equivalent, but the SPs tell you that the scope is more important here than the form.
Particularly when you factor in that it was her seasonal reappearance. Would I want to fan the flames of a Ballydoyle hotpot? Not one bit.
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17:00 Poland v Austria
Friday, June 21: 17:00 – Poland v Austria
Euro 2024 Group D match – Berlin
TV: ITV/RTE2
Austria to Win
It’s hard to explain just how much Poland have been being propped up by Robert Lewandowski all these years.
Yes, retrospect is a fine thing but when you dip deeper into that XI, it becomes immediately obvious that outside of Piotr Zielinski, they’re just lacking at the top level.
The Dutch found that out, winning a tad cosier than the scoreline suggested.
Austria were desperately unlucky not to claim a point against the French as they equalled their efforts on target and managed to keep more possession across the 90 minutes. They’re set up for long-term success, and I’d wager that starts now.
20:00 Netherlands v France
Friday, June 21: 20:00 – Netherlands v France
Euro 2024 Group D match – Leipzig
TV: BBC/RTE2
France to Win
France know how to win big games. It’s just what they do. There was a very brief moment when they were struggling to break down Austria, I thought they might be having another one of their major tournament breakdowns, but they overcame that and landed a clean sheet to boot.
They didn’t want the ball against Austria and I find that fascinating. They’re clearly setting themselves up for a run later in the tournament where they can capitalise on those situations and the Netherlands are very much the criteria of a team who’ll want to play on their terms.
That leaves the door wide open.
Both Teams to Score
Well, it does but the Dutch are unbelievable operators in their own right. Unlike either of these sides’ first contests, I suspect this game will open right up and be the match of the tournament.
They’re both in a fortunate position whereby they’re all but qualified now, one way or the other given the bizarre structure of this tournament, but this is a statement game.
Friday’s Betting Tips
15:45 Royal Ascot – Opera Singer
14:00 Slovakia v Ukraine
Both Teams to Score
17:00 Poland v Austria
Austria to Win
20:00 Netherlands v France
France to Win
Both Teams to Score
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