The latest Goodforthegame newsletter penned by @BrentGraham with best bets for the weekend of 18^th to 20^th December

Last week I decided to post a football bet as the headliner in the weekly newsletter.  I was battling with the rugby and figured I had found some betting value with Newcastle to beat West Brom in the EPL.  Recent form certainly suggested they should be odds on favourites. 

I put them up at just shy of 13/10 and a couple of hours later I logged on expecting to see some sort of shortening of the price, instead Newcastle had been pushed out to 15/10 and a quick google was all that was required to find out they were missing a number of key players. 

Thankfully the bet arrived anyway, but I think I will stick to a sport where I am a bit better at predicting those market movements.
 
HOLLYWOOD NOT BUDGING
That brings me on to this week’s Best Bet.  Two of the shrewder punters in the Goodforthegame Forum @CLRugby and @ThoughtsOnSports were both quickly on to the fact that the Cheetahs were fielding a fairly weak side away to the Pumas due to players leaving the franchise as well as illness and injuries. 

There was some (+12.5) Pumas, but by the time I got on and posted our Trademark Preview the best I could find was (+10.5) at Hollywood Bets.  What surprises me though is that this price is still available on Friday morning as I really did expect the money to come for the Pumas and I see the line has moved to 8.5 at many bookmakers. 

The Pumas are generally competitive at home and last week gave Western Province a real scare on the road.  I think they can push these Cheetahs all the way and aside from my handicap play I have also taken an interest in the 7/2 that they win the match outright.

I am pretty confident Hollywood will move this line in before kick off and in fact it comes with “Graham’s Guarantee” which at the moment means very little but I am planning something interesting around this next year.
 
BET:  6 Units, Pumas (+10.5) at 9/10 at Hollywood Bets
 
THE HANDICAP
Despite a number of cancelled games due to COVID, including the Griquas v Bulls match, there was plenty of rugby to talk about on last nights THE HANDICAP show where I was joined by @ThoughtsOnSports and @theCRowetips. 

We disagreed on the Lions v Sharks game (well they agreed with each other), but for me the real value was listening to their opinions on the European rugby where team selection plays a massive role.  Looking at the early handicaps and trying to line up some value ahead of team selections is the type of thing I really enjoy about Sports Betting. 
 
Click here if you missed the Show and if you prefer a Podcast click here
 
 
Highlights on Goodforthegame this week – Click on the link to view

• All of our Currie Cup Betting Previews (ok there are only 2) in one place

• Saturday’s featured DSTV Premiership match is between Golden Arrows and Mamelodi Sundowns

• Staying with the PSL,  tonight’s Maritzburg v Stellenbosch clash is previewed on the WSB Blog

• Couch Critic plies his trade on the BetOlimp Blog and previews some Big Bash matches 

• Chris Sturdy lines up another boosted European Football Treble boosted by BetoLimp

 
Time to hit another acca me thinks and the last time I took one at Playabets it arrived
 
0.5u on at 12/1
Pumas o22.5 at 5/6
Falcons beat Castres at 15/20
Munster +8.5 at 0.87/1
Quins +8.5 at 0.93/1
 
Enjoy your weekend
 
BG                       

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