WEEKEND SOCCER HIGHLIGHTS: 23 - 25 August
WHAT A SATURDAY TO BET SOCCER WITH TAB!
MEGA SOCCER 13 POOL SET TO GENERATE BUMPER PAYOUT Saturday’s guaranteed R26-million Soccer 13 pool gives TAB customers a grand chance to win a mega mountain of cash and the good news is that there appear to be several banker bets. There’s also good money to be won on TAB’s other soccer bets, notably tonight’s Soccer 10 and tomorrow’s second Soccer 10 pool, which starts with R200,000 added cash from TAB. TOUGH FOR CITY BUT BANK ON THEM TO WIN The bumper Soccer 13 pool is a combination of English Premiership and Championship matches and kicks off with the West Ham-Manchester City clash in London. Make no mistake West Ham are a structured and competent outfit that City will find difficult to break down. But Pep Guardiola’s men showed they are getting into top gear against Ipswich last weekend and could be strengthened by the return of both Rodri and Phil Foden, who missed the Ipswich game because of illness. Plus they have been handed an unexpected bonus in the return of Ilkay Gundogan and it’s hard to visualise them not going home with all three points. Brentford to beat Southampton at home and Aston Villa to win away in Leicester also look banker bets. Leicester and Southampton both won promotion from the English Championship last season, but neither appears to have sufficient quality to survive in the Premiership. There are seven English Championship matches in the pool and fortunately two of them look straightforward - West Brom and Leeds drew this month and now find themselves at home to Swansea and Hull City respectively. Both should win comfortably. Tomorrow’s cash-added Soccer 10, which is set to total some R2 million, is headlined by the second-leg MTN8 semi-final clash between Pirates and Cape Town City. Best advice is to bank on Pirates to win. They have a solid record against City and held them to a 1-1 draw in the first leg in Cape Town this week.
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