Friday’s sports betting highlights include Mitre10 Cup and Pro 14 Rugby as well as EPL and PSL action and we take a closer look in our Daily Diary.

FOOTBALL

English Premier League football is back on Friday night with Southampton hosting Leicester. Southampton are currently 17^th on the table hovering just outside the relegation zone, only having taken 1 point from the last 12 they have played for. They face a Leicester side that is currently sitting 3^rd on the table with 3 wins and a loss in their last 4 matches.

Leicester won this fixture 2-1 last season. Southampton are 43/20 to win the match with the draw 12/5 and Leicester are favourites at 27/20.

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PSL action returns on Friday night with 2 matches, Cape Town City at home to Maritzburg United and SuperSport United at home to Black Leopards.

Cape Town City are currently 10^th on the table, 1 position ahead of Maritzburg United who are 11^th, but have won their last 2 games whereas Cape Town City are without a win in their last 5.

Cape Town City are firm favourites though at 5/4, the draw 37/20 and Maritzburg United 27/10.

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SuperSport United are 5^th on the table and won their last match 1-0 at home to AmaZulu. They face Black Leopards who are currently 13^th on the log just 2 positions outside the relegation zone.

The home team are expected to win here and are 15/20 with the draw 23/10 and Leopards the rank outsiders at 17/4.

Click here to bet on SuperSport v Leopards and remember there are a host of other markets including over and under 2.5 goals, both teams to score and halftime/fulltime on each match.

RUGBY

The Mitre10 Cup Championship Final takes place on Friday morning with Bay Of Plenty 1/3 to see off challengers Hawkes Bay, that relates to a handicap of Bay of Plenty (-8.5).

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There is also live rugby action from Europe on Friday night with Ulster v Cardiff in the Pro 14 where Ulster are firm favourites at (-9.5) handicap and in the English Premiership we have Bath v Exeter with Exeter 4/10 favourites on the road and on the handicap that relates to (-6.5) points.

Click here to bet on all of the weekends Rugby Union fixtures including, of course, the Rugby World Cup semi-finals which we will focus on more closely in our Weekend Betting Diary.

There are a number of ongoing events to attract your punting rand including the Portugal Masters and the ZOZO Championship.

Click here to bet on the ZOZO Championship where Tiger Woods got off to a great star

Click here to bet on the Portugal Masters

There is also plenty of Tennis action around the world with the ATP Vienna and the ATP Basel, Switzerland been televised and you can click here for odds on both of those Tournaments.

HORSE RACING

Local horse racing takes place at the Fairview Turftrack on Friday with an 8 race card getting going at 12:35 and scheduled to finish at 16:45.

Punters will be looking to get off to a strong start with Keeper Of The Keys in the 1^st Race with the favourite currently trading at 1/1 for a win. Further down the card, Horse No. 2, Hard Core, in the 4^th is currently 11/10 and should rate a popular Pick 6 banker and we like the chances of Horse No. 2 in the 7^th Race, Hooves Of Troy, currently on offer at 9/2 a win and 9/10 for a Top 3 finish.

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Note, all odds quoted are subject to change.

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