Vincent Mulligan(@Makool) is the resident League Of Ireland betting advisor for http://www.scottishfootballtips.com.
Bray Wanderers v Shamrock Rovers.
This looks like a game that the bookies have priced up on reputation rather than reality. Shamrock Rovers at 1/3 for a game away from home against any team in this division is ridiculously short and not worthy of consideration. Anyone thinking of backing them on the handicaps should think twice because they have won only twice this season by more than the odd goal.
The home side are on a bit of a run at the moment too with two wins and a draw since they parted company with the management team that started the season. In the five games previous they hadn’t managed a single goal but then banged in seven in the first two games under new management with the next result a very creditable 0-0 draw away to Derry City. That, incidentally, was the same result Shamrock Rovers managed away to Derry just the week before.
At home Bray haven’t been beaten by more than one goal in four matches and it looks, to me at least, unlikely that they will suffer a greater defeat here tonight. You can back Bray +1 Asian handicap at 2.25(5/4) with bet365 and that has stake back insurance should the home team lose by one goal. Any better result is a win and it looks to have a great chance.
Elsewhere I wouldn’t put anyone off a treble of Dundalk, Cork and Saint Patricks Athletic that pays out at 2.23 with Ladbrokes.
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Bray Wanderers +1AH @ 2.25(5/4) with bet365 (1pt).
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