Live on Sky Sports 3: Sat 12.45: A 3/1 double at BetVictor is among Peter Sharkey’s three Scottish Premiership picks this weekend.
Following Wednesday’s 3-0 win at McDiarmid Park, Celtic start their home league campaign at lunchtime on Saturday with a comfortable-looking fixture against Dundee United, a side they’ve beaten on six of the pair’s last eight league meetings – the other two were drawn. No wonder William Hill installs the champions at 2/7 to secure maximum points.
Given these skinny odds, punters may prefer Stan James’s 11/10 for Celtic to win when kicking off with a one-goal deficit, or the 16/5 available at Ladbrokes for them to win 2-0.
Dundee and Partick have not met since 2012 when their four First Division contests yielded just five goals. Dundee managed only one of those, yet home advantage accounts for their status as BetVictor’s even money favourites to overhaul Partick in what could be another low-scoring affair.
Punters who concur can get 9/4 (bet365) against the duel producing fewer than 1.5 goals, while Skybet offer 8/1 against it finishing goalless. Betway mark the draw at 9/4.
The last dozen league meetings of Motherwell and Inverness have failed to produce a single draw and the chances are this sequence will continue at Fir Park where the home side start as Paddy Power’s 5/6 favourites to register another conclusive result.
Motherwell have won eight of their last twelve league matches against Thistle and Winner.com consider the chances of them doing so without conceding as a 5/2 shot. Inverness are 6/4 with BetVictor.com to end the season in the bottom six and are 3/1 (Stan James) to claim an unlikely victory on Saturday. More probable is a 2-0 home win, priced at 9/1 by bet365.
The likelihood of St Johnstone’s match against Hamilton at New Douglas Park finishing with honours even is rated at 9/4 by Stan James, while Ladbrokes post 3/1 against it ending as a score draw.
The Saints are 5/4 (Betway) to secure a second away win of the season – a 1-0 away success, priced at 8/1 by Paddy Power, is amongst the most popular results in the correct score markets.
Finally, Ross will thank the heavens that Kris Boyd is no longer a Kilmarnock player. He scored on all four occasions the pair met last term, although it’s County who start as BetVictor’s 5/4 jollies this time. Skybet offer 8/11 about both teams finding the net and bet365’s 8/1 for Ross to register a 2-1 success cannot be discounted.
Recommended Bets:
Celtic (-1) to beat Dundee Utd – 11/10 (Stan James)
Under 1.5 goals in Dundee v Partick – 9/4 (bet365)
Souble on Motherwell and Ross County – 3/1 (BetVictor)
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