They say there can only be winners and losers in sport, but of course they’re wrong, there’s always the draw, and who doesn’t love a draw where everyone wins. Those winners include canny punters who look for value, and here to help is our Football Draws Tips of the Week – January 24-27.
Our resident draw expert Frankington Stanley runs his keen eye over the many football divisions around the world to find the best draws for you. He’s sort of like the John West of Football draws, he hates Dog Salmon and lop sided fixtures. Frankington spent the off season ignoring the Euros to continent-hop across dozens of countries to assess the best league and teams for draws.
Frankington Stanley is not fussy, no country or continent is out of bounds, and the more obscure the better. And some of them are quite obscure. They don’t even feature on the Who Scored website.
So get yourself ready for another weekly serving of the finest Football Draw tips from all over the world, where The Gurgler and Frankington Stanley take the stale out of stalemate.
It’s all you can eat draws. Grab a spoon.
DRAW OF THE WEEK
Here is the best of the best draw tips for the week. Grab the pen, and your wallet.
CHAMPIONSHIP – LUTON v MILLWALL
ODDS – DRAW $3.40
FORM / STATS – Four of the last six games between Luton and Millwall have ended in a draw, but even better, the last three games at Luton (v Millwall) have ended in a draw. A score draw in fact. Throw in Millwall have drawn four of their last six away and 7/12 away games this season so far, and Luton drew their last home game and you have a draw of the week. Plus, according to our stats, the Championship is the league with the highest % of draws.
VALUE DRAW OF THE WEEK
If $3.00-$3.50 isn’t long enough odds for you, here is Frankington Stanley’s value draw bet of the week.
LA LIGA – BARCELONA v VALENCIA
ODDS – DRAW $7.00
FORM / STATS – You’d think BArca are specials at home always, but no, they have lost three in a row, so may settle for a point. Or have to settle for a point. Valencia are yet to win on the road, so a draw might be a good result. It has been a good result in four of their last six away, including the last two.
UK FOOTBALL DRAW SPECIAL OF THE WEEK
With so many divisions, there should be so many draws to choose from. Frankington Stanley knows draws in the UK and serves up his finest.
EPL – BOURNEMOUTH v NOTTINGHAM FOREST
ODDS – DRAW $3.60
FORM / STATS – Three of the last four games between these sides has ended in a draw. Bournemouth have drawn two of their last three at home. Newcastle have won three in a row away, so in good enough form on the road to draw to a good top half side.
EURO DRAW SPECIAL OF THE WEEK
Some have accused us of picking easy leagues for our draws. First of all, how dare you, secondly we introduce our Euro Leagues draw of the week, where we scan the four biggest leagues in Europe for the finest draws. It could be Serie A, La Liga, Bundesliga, or Ligue 1, but what it will always be is a quality eye for a draw.
SERIE A – NAPOLI v JUVENTUS
ODDS – DRAW $3.00
FORM / STATS – Juventus have drawn close to every third game in Serie A this season, and have drawn four of their last five away games. Napoli are leading Serie A and don’t draw near as much, but the last game between these sides was 0-0.
OTHER DRAW SPECIALS
Not enough draws for you eh? Here’s the best of the rest.
LEAGUE ONE – EXETER v BLACKPOOL
ODDS – DRAW $3.25
FORM / STATS – Two of the last three games between these sides in the south west of England have ended in a draw. Blackpool have drawn five of their last six games and the last two away. Exeter’s recent form is patchy, which means there has been draws, and more draws are likely.
EPL – MAN CITY v CHELSEA
ODDS – DRAW $4.00
FORM / STATS – Both sides have average form against other big six clubs in the Premier League this season, so both of the teams cancel each other out.
DRAW STATS
In case you wish to ignore some or all of our advice, here is the draw stats for the top four tiers of English Football and the big four of European Football in Spain, Italy, France and Germany.
