💰 Punt: Mansfield Over 12.5 Shots
📗 Bookie: Bet365
🎲 Odds: 2.10 (11/10)
⚽️ Game: Wrexham vs. Mansfield

A rare League 2 televised game on Sky Football looks set to be a cracker with 3rd placed Wrexham hosting league leaders Mansfield. The sides played out a bore draw in the reverse with Mansfield winning the shot count 20-8. The two promotion hopefuls then met in the first round proper of the FA Cup with Wrexham progressing after a 2-1 victory. Mansfield again won the shot count 25-17.

Mansfield are averaging the most shots in the division with 18 per game. Wrexham concede 12.1 shots per game on average. When playing at home Wrexham concede 10.3 shots per game and when playing away, Mansfield’s totals drop to 15.5 efforts on the oppositions goal.

As Tommy Johnson famously said back in the Football Factory days:

“What else are you gonna do on a Good Friday? Sit in your fucking armchair wankin’ off to Pop Idols? Then try and avoid your wife’s gaze as you struggle to come to terms with your sexless marriage? Then go and spunk your wages on kebabs, fruit machines and brasses? Fuck that for a laugh! I know what I’d rather do. Get the lot on Mansfield team shots at Wrexham away, love it!”

Punt: Mansfield Over 12.5 Shots @ 2.10 (11/10) - Bet365

Have got the nephews Easter Egg money on Mansfield Over 15.5 Shots @ 4.33 (10/3) & Over 18.5 Shots @ 8.50 (15/2) as well.

💰 Punt: Joe Taylor To Score Anytime
📗 Bookie: SkyBet
🎲 Odds: 3.75 (11/4)
⚽️ Game: Lincoln vs. Leyton Orient

It feels like this shifty little buggers name popping up has been a weekly occurence on Soccer Saturday’s vidiprinter ever since he got benched the last time I wrote about him. He’s scored 8 goals in his last 7 games including a hat-trick last game vs Bristol Rovers. Not to mention the brace vs Cambridge before that!

The Luton loanee has spearheaded an incredible Lincoln attack that can’t stop scoring. Until now when we make them draw a blank, of course! The Imps have scored 16 goals in their last 3 games and are aiming to score 5+ for the fourth consecutive game in their late push for a play-off place.

Punts:

• Joe Taylor To Score Anytime @ 3.75 (11/4) - SkyBet

• Joe Taylor To Score Two Or More @ 23.00 (22/1) - SkyBet

• Joe Taylor To Score a Hat-Trick @ 181.00 (180/1) - SkyBet

💰 Punt: Each Team To Have 2+ Cards
📗 Bookie: Betfair/Paddy Power
🎲 Odds: 2.10 (11/10)
⚽️ Game: Lille vs. Lens

The Derby du Nord (Northern Derby) takes place on Friday night as Lille host RC Lens. The two Ligue 1 sides are neck and neck in the race for Champions League qualification and three points for either side would be massive in their hunt for automatic entry to the UCL. Lille currently sit 4th on 43 points with RC Lens occupying 6th position on 42 points.

Referee appointed for this fixture is Willy Delajod - what a name! Big Willy doesn’t exactly have the greatest track record for card bettors with plenty of games with few cards brandished, however, he has shown that he isn’t afraid to dish them out in large numbers when needs be. This season he’s dished out 9 yellows and a red card in Romania vs. Kosovo, 9 yellows in Lyon vs Clermont Foot, sent a player off for each team in Marseille vs Rennes and gave two Monaco players their marching orders vs Marseille as well.

Recent Ligue 1 head-to-heads dating back to 2020 in the Derby du Nord:

• 30 fouls - 6 yellow cards

• 32 fouls - 6 yellow cards

• 34 fouls - 8 yellow cards

• 21 fouls - 5 yellow cards

• 20 fouls - 4 yellow cards

• 24 fouls - 5 yellow cards, 1 red card

• 29 fouls - 3 yellow cards, 2 red cards

Each team have received 2+ cards each in the last 6 Ligue 1 meetings between the sides. 6/7 in league games since 2020.

Punt: Each Team To Have 2+ Cards @ 2.10 (11/10)* - Betfair/Paddy Power via Bet Builder. 

The bet is priced up in the #WhatOddsPaddy market as well, however it’s only 17/20 so place it through bet builder adding 2 or more home team cards with 2 or more away team cards. Exact same bet, just a better price.

*Bet365 are yet to price up team cards markets for Ligue 1, it may be added closer to kick-off. Cash out is available on Paddy Power’s Bet Builder if Bet365 have better odds.

In the 2 Ligue 1 games Delajod has officiated involving Lille there has been 42 fouls committed against them (Lorient 23 fouls committed & PSG, 19 fouls committed). When refereeing Lens this term, they have committed 14 fouls vs Strasbourg and 16 fouls vs Monaco.

#CheekyPunts

• Lille vs. Lens:
  Lille 16+ Fouls Committed & Lens 18+ Fouls Committed @ 28.00 (27/1) - SkyBet
  Lille 18+ Fouls Committed & Lens 20+ Fouls Committed @ 126.00 (125/1) - SkyBet

• Tigre vs Belgrano:
  Gian Nardelli To Score Anytime @ 34.00 (33/1) - SkyBet
  Gian Nardeilli To Score a Brace @ 1001.00 (1000/1) - SkyBet via Build A Bet