WEEKEND SOCCER HIGHLIGHTS: 13 -15 DECEMBER
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September 2024
TENS OF MILLIONS TO BE WON ON A MUST-PLAY WEEKEND
Top-level club soccer returns this weekend after the international window and there’s mega cash on the table for TAB soccer customers - two guaranteed Soccer 13 pools (R26 million Saturday; R10 million Sunday), carryover Soccer Any 13 Xtra and Mega 10 Jackpot pools, plus four bets with cash bonuses from TAB. R2 buys you a chance to win a mound of cash, be sure to play!
NEW-LOOK KAIZER CHIEFS COME UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT
For South African football fans, the highlight of the weekend is the start of the 2024-25 Premier Soccer League, now sponsored by Betway. The league kicks off with the clash between Royal AM and Cape Town City at 15:00 on Saturday and later in the afternoon we will get to see if a bunch of new faces improve the fortunes of Kaizer Chiefs, who take on Marumo Gallants in Bloemfontein. Both matches are included in a R200,000-added Soccer 10.
Chiefs didn’t qualify for this season's MTN8 so their new Tunisian head coach Nasreddine Nabi has had time to assess how best to maximise half a dozen new signings. Nabi’s no mug and has had much success, including guiding FAR Rabat to a second-place finish behind Raja Casablanca in last season’s top league in Morocco.
Nabi's reign at Chiefs will be helped by a good start and Chiefs should have enough quality to get past Gallants, who are in the PSL this season after buying the top-flight status of Moroka Swallows. They hired Dylan Kerr as head coach, but he walked out in July and has been replaced by another experienced PSL coach in Dan Malesela.
The match of the weekend is on Sunday, when arch-rivals Spurs and Arsenal face off in a North London derby. Spurs have not beaten Arsenal since August 2021, but there’s much in their favour this time. They’re at home and Arsenal will be missing two key players in midfield general Declan Rice (suspended) and captain and playmaker Martin Odegaard, expected to be out of action for some three weeks after suffering an ankle injury.
Spurs do have their own injury concerns - midfielder Yves Bissouma may not play after limping off while playing for Mali on Tuesday injured and defender Micky Van der Ven and new striker Dominic Solanke are not guaranteed to play.
SUGGESTED BANKER BETS FOR THE WEEKEND
Top-level club soccer returns this weekend after the international window and there’s mega cash on the table for TAB soccer customers - two guaranteed Soccer 13 pools (R26 million Saturday; R10 million Sunday), carryover Soccer Any 13 Saturday’s guaranteed Soccer 13 is the bet many football fans will aim at and the pool comprises a combination of EPL and English Championship matches. Four EPL games appear to offer bankers with all of Aston Villa, Brighton, Crystal Palace and Liverpool set to win at home. The Championship matches are tougher to call, but log-leaders Sunderland should win away at Plymouth and with home advantage it will be a shock if Middlesbrough don’t outgun Preston North End.
SOCCER 10 POOLS OF THE WEEKEND
Soccer 10 S10 V3 Friday 13 September
SOCCER 10 V3 SUGGESTED BET:
| M1: Stellenbosch vs Vita Club | TEAM A WINS | DRAW | TEAM B WINS |
| CAF Confederation Cup clash kicks off this R200,000-added Soccer 10, which should total nearly R2 million. Stellenbosch are on a five-game winning streak, while Vita are winless in their last four league games. The two have not met before. | |||
| M2: Borussia Dortmund vs Heidenheim | TEAM A WINS | DRAW | TEAM B WINS |
| Dortmund have won four of their last five and drawn the other, while Heidenheim are on an 11-game winning run. Last meeting between the two ended 0-0 in February when Heidenheim were at home. | |||
| M3: Cordoba vs Deportivo La Coruna | TEAM A WINS | DRAW | TEAM B WINS |
| Spanish Segunda Division. Córdoba winless in last five matches and Deportivo have won seven of their last 14. Last meeting ended in a 1-1 draw. | |||
| M4: Cesena vs Modena | TEAM A WINS | DRAW | TEAM B WINS |
| Serie B clash in Italy. Cesena have won 11 of their last 15 games, while Modena have lost three of their last five. Cesena are eighth with six points and Modena 14th with four points after four games. | |||
| M5: Shamrock Rovers vs Sligo Rovers | TEAM A WINS | DRAW | TEAM B WINS |
| Irish Premier League clash in which third-placed Sligo take on Shamrock Rovers, who have four points less but two games in hand. Both have lost three of their last five matches. | |||
| M6: Saint-Etienne vs Lille | TEAM A WINS | DRAW | TEAM B WINS |
| French Ligue 1. Saint-Etienne are on a four-game losing streak and Lille have won eight of their last 15. Their previous meeting two years ago ended 0-0. | |||
| M7: Waterford FC vs Dundalk | TEAM A WINS | DRAW | TEAM B WINS |
| Waterford are on a three-game losing streak while Dundalk are winless in their last six. Waterford won 2-0 in their last meeting in June and are currently fifth with 40 points, 16 more than Dundalk. | |||
| M8: Hull City vs Sheffield United | TEAM A WINS | DRAW | TEAM B WINS |
| Hull are winless in their last 13 games. Sheffield United have won seven of their last 11 and the last clash between the two 1-0. | |||
| M9: Real Betis vs Leganes | TEAM A WINS | DRAW | TEAM B WINS |
| LaLiga. Real Betis have avoided defeat in 10 of their last 14 games, while Leganes have lost only two of their last 13. In their previous six meetings, Real Betis have won three times and Leganes twice, but their last encounter was four years ago and ended 0-0. | |||
| M10: Arouca vs Sporting CP | TEAM A WINS | DRAW | TEAM B WINS |
| Arouca have lost seven of their last nine games, whereas Sporting are on a four-game winning streak in Portugal’s Primeira Liga. Sporting won the last meeting 0-3 and have won four of the last six encounters. Sporting top the table with 12 points, nine more than Arouca. | |||
Suggested R36 permutation: 1 x 1,2,3 x 1 x 1 x 1 x 2,3 x 1 x 3 x 1,2,3 x 3.
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Soccer 10 S10 V2 Saturday 14 September
SOCCER 10 V2 SUGGESTED BET:
| M1: Royal AM vs Cape Town City | TEAM A WINS | DRAW | TEAM B WINS |
| A R200,000 add-in from TAB to start the pool should ensure a bumper pot that could produce a big payout. The first PSL game of the 2024-25 season kicks the bet off. Royal AM have not played since May and have lost nine of their last 15 games, while Cape Town City have avoided defeat in 10 of their last 13. Royal AM won 2-0 in their last meeting in March, but Cape Town City had won three of the five clashes between the two before that. | |||
| M2: Como vs Bologna | TEAM A WINS | DRAW | TEAM B WINS |
| Serie A clash in Italy. Como are winless in their last six games, while Bologna have avoided defeat in 13 of their last 15. Bologna drew 1-1 in their previous match, whereas Como lost 1-0. | |||
| M3: Brighton vs Ipswich Town | TEAM A WINS | DRAW | TEAM B WINS |
| Premiership clash. Brighton unbeaten in eight and drew 1-1 with Arsenal last time. Newly-promoted Ipswich got their first points in the EPL this season when drawing with Fulham last time. | |||
| M4: Crystal Palace vs Leicester City | TEAM A WINS | DRAW | TEAM B WINS |
| Palace have won eight of their last 14 games, while Leicester are now back in the top flight and have a draw and two losses from their first three league matches of the season. They have a big task ahead of them in London. | |||
| M5: Fulham vs West Ham United | TEAM A WINS | DRAW | TEAM B WINS |
| London derby. Fulham have won five of their last eight games, while West Ham United have lost seven of their last 14. Fulham won the last meeting between them 2-0. Tough game to predict. | |||
| M6: Liverpool vs Nottingham Forest | TEAM A WINS | DRAW | TEAM B WINS |
| Liverpool are unbeaten in their last 12 games in all competitions and have started the new season in good style. Forest have avoided defeat in nine of their last 11 games, but will do well to get anything here. Liverpool won 1-0 when the teams last met in March and have won four of the last six meetings. | |||
| M7: Espanyol vs Deportivo Alaves | TEAM A WINS | DRAW | TEAM B WINS |
| Espanyol have avoided defeat in 11 of their last 15 games and Alaves have won eight of their last 14. Alaves won the last meeting between them 2-1 two years ago and are sixth in LaLiga with seven points after four games with Espanyol 14th with four points. | |||
| M8: Marumo Gallants vs Kaizer Chiefs | TEAM A WINS | DRAW | TEAM B WINS |
| Gallants have won five of their last six games, while Chiefs are winless in their last five. The last clash between the two ended 1-1. | |||
| M9: Aston Villa vs Everton | TEAM A WINS | DRAW | TEAM B WINS |
| Villa have two wins from their first three league games of the new season, whereas Everton have made a poor start, losing all three and conceding 10 goals in the process. Their last meeting ended in a 0-0 draw. | |||
| M10: Sevilla vs Getafe | TEAM A WINS | DRAW | TEAM B WINS |
| Sevilla are winless in their last five games, whereas Getafe are unbeaten in their last five. Sevilla lost 2-0 at home to Girona last time and Getafe drew 0-0 against Real Sociedad. In last six clashes Sevilla have won four and Getafe two. | |||
Suggested R162 permutation: 1,2,3 x 1,2,3 x 1 x 1 x 1,2,3 x 1 x 1,2,3 x 1 x 1 x 3.
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