Sand, Drinks by the pool, caravans, sounds like holidays right? Wrong. Nothing says holidays like Midweek English Football League and Champions League. Throw in the Europa League and there’s 76 games to sloth to and have a small wager on while you take a deserved break from work.
An added bonus is that it is school holidays, and there’s nothing more kiddies like more than a midweek English Football League fixture, or one of the big Champions League clashes like PSG v Bayern Munich. Make it a family week.
Onto the highlights ahead, our best bets, some barely interesting statistics for the week ahead as we say nothing says holidays like Midweek English Football League and Champions League. And to a lesser degree Europa League.
WHAT’S ON TV?
FREE TO AIR – SBS
WEDNESDAY – MANCHESTER CITY v SHAKHTAR DONETSK 4:30AM
THE LIVE BEIN SPORTS TV GAMES
WEDNESDAY – 4:45AM KICK OFF
CH513 SPARTAK MOSCOW v LIVERPOOL
CH514 APOEL NICOSIA v SPURS
CH515 DORTMUND v REAL MADRID
THURSDAY – 4:45AM KICK OFF
CH513 ATLETICO MADRID v CHELSEA
CH514 PSG v BAYERN MUNICH
CH515 CSKA MOSCOW v MANCHESTER UNITED
FRIDAY – 3:00AM KICK OFF
CH513 BATE BORISOV v ARSENAL
CH514 ZENIT v REAL SOCIEDAD
CH515 OSTERSUN v HERTHA BERLIN
FRIDAY – 4:45AM KICK OFF
CH513 EVERTON v APOLLON
CH514 MILAN v RIJEKA
CH515 MACCABI v VILLAREAL
FOOTBALL LEAGUE?
Of course not. The EFL and Bein Sports/Foxtel are yet to work out the broadcast deal, jerks. Sort it out.
Jerks.
THE MIDWEEK ENGLISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE RUNDOWN
There are 36 games ahead across all three tiers of English Football, and as ever, nothing says Hoildays like a full card of English Football League. Here’s our rundown down the divisions.
CHAMPIONSHIP
QUICK LOOK: A good bunch of fixtures that sees the top 4 all play each other. Cardiff (1st) v Leeds Utd (3rd) and Sheffield Utd (4th) fresh from a win in the big Sheffield derby v big spending Wolves in 2nd.
BEST GAMES: Cardiff v Leeds Utd, Sheffield Utd v Wolves, Middlesbrough v Norwich
STRUGGLING: Bolton are last and haven’t won a game yet, Birmingham’s Harry Redknapp experiment sees them with 5 points and second last, Sunderland proved they can be equally inept a division lower and sit third last.
MILDLY INTERESTING FACTS:
Preston have conceded just three goals in 9 games.
Bolton have lost 6 in a row.
QPR are the division’s most mediocre side – 3 win, 3 losses, 3 draws, For and Against of 12 / 12
OUR QUALITY SELECTIONS
We’ve gone for quantity over quality by taking pissweak betting options cross all the games, so we could have a multi across all the games. Nothing says Holidays like scrambling between division’s scores on the BBC website. No on TV though. Jerks.
IPSWICH or DRAW v Sunderland.
OVER 2.5 GOALs – Boro v Norwich
MILLWALL or DRAW v Reading
UNDER 2.5 GOALS – Nottingham Forest v Fulham
BARNSLEY or DRAW v QPR
BRENTFORD or DRAW v Derby
BRISTOL CITY or DRAW v Bolton
ASTON VILLA or DRAW v Burton
LEEDS or DRAW v Cradiff
HULL or DRAW v Preston
$1 for $36
LEAGUE ONE
OUR QUALITY SELECTIONS
Once again we’ve gone for quantity over quality by taking pissweak betting options cross all the games, but we haven’t just saved our third best tips for the third division.
PETERBOROUGH to beat Oldham
PORTSMOUTH or DRAW v Bristol Rovers
UNDER 2.5 GOALS – Southend v AFC Wimbledon
BOTH SIDES SCORE – Walsall v Charlton
WIGAN to beat Plymouth
UNDER 2.5 GOALS – Blackburn v Rotherham
BLACKPOOL to beat Rochdale
BRADFORD to beat Fleetwood
OXFORD or DRAW v Bury
SCUNTHORPE or DRAW v Gillingham
MILTON KEYNES or DRAW v Northampton
SHREWSBURY or DRAW v Doncaster
$1 for $198
LEAGUE TWO
BEST GAMES: 1st v 2nd as Exeter take on Notts County.
MILDLY INTERESTING FACTS: Taking on QPR as the Football League’s most mediocre side is Lincoln City. 9 Games 3-3-3 with for and against on 11 – 11.
ADEBAYO AKINFENWA BEAST WATCH: 5 Goals so far this season for Wycombe.
OUR QUALITY SELECTIONS
Still reading? Why not follow our fourth tier selections.
WYCOMBE to beat Crewe
CAMBRIDGE UTD or DRAW v Forest Green Rovers
CARLISLE or DRAW v Stevenage
MANSFIELD or DRAW v Cheltenham
CRAWLEY to beat Newport
UNDER 2.5 GOALS – Exeter v Notts County
GRIMSBY to beat Colchester
UNDER 2.5 GOALS – Swindon v Coventry
ACCRINGTON STANLEY to beat Port Vale
DRAW – Lincoln v Barnet
OVER 2.5 GOALS – Morecambe v Luton
CHESTERFIELD to beat Yeovil
$1 for $2,357
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE & EUROPA LEAGUE BIT
There are plenty more games spread right across Europe, and so we feel the need to offload our tips here too. Just in case they win.
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
BEST GAMES:
Tuesday – BORUSSIA DORTMUND v REAL MADRID
Wednesday – PSG v BAYERN MUNICH
Wednesday –
OUR QUALITY SELECTIONS
TUESDAY
SEVILLA to beat Maribor
LIVERPOOL to beat Spartak Moscow
MANCHESTER CITY to beat Sh. Donetsk
NAPOLI to beat Feyenoord
SPURS to beat Apoel
OVER 2.5 GOALS – Dortmund v Real Madrid
$1 for $4.80
WEDNESDAY
MANCHESTER UTD to beat CSKA Moscow
PSG to beat Bayern Munich
DRAW – Atletico v Chelsea
BARCELONA to beat Sporting
JUVENTUS to beat Olympaikos
ROMA to beat Qarabag
$1 for $22
WATCH EARLY – WATCH OFTEN
Get up early to catch all the action (except for Football League on Bein Sports) and reclaim some of that early start lost sleep with a mid afternoon Andy Capp backwards facing lounge sloth.
Nothing say holidays more after a hearty week of English Football and European Cups matches.
