Football Preview 2nd Nov

Brighton take on Leeds in the Championship Friday evening in a match that pitches tenth against eleventh. Brighton are the 21/20 (ladbrokes) favourites for the game despite not having won any of their last six games. Three of the last five Brighton games have ended in a draw as have two of the last three meetings between these sides and the game to end all square is 28/11 (pinnacle). Leeds saw off Southampton in the League Cup on Tuesday night and will hope to carry forward this momentum into this game it is 124/41 (pinnacle) if you fancy the Yorkshire side to gain all three points. Both sides have been struggling for goals in the league with Brighton grabbing just two in their last six and Leeds grabbing just three in their last four league games. It is 7/8 (32red) that the game has under 2.5 goals and you can get 11/10 (paddy Power) on the no in the both teams to score market.

The First Goalscorer market is headed by Craig Mackail-Smith at 5/1 (general) who has failed to find the net in his last four after a strong scoring start to the season. Those looking for Leeds first scorers might be interested in Luciano Becchio who finally broke a bad run without goals against Southampton and is 7/1 (bet365/BetVictor) for the first goal while El Hadji Diouf is an 8/1 (general) chance. With both teams struggling for goals it might pay to side with the evens that BetVictor and paddy Power are offering on the time of the first goal to come after the 27th minute. None of the last five Leeds games have seen a goal scored before the 35th minute.

Also live on Friday night is an FA Cup First Round tie that has Cambridge City up against the MK Dons. Cambridge City currently play in the Southern League Premier Division while the MK Dons are in League One. The gap between the two sides is reflected in the prices. It is 4/11 (Coral) that MK Dons win, 9/1 (general) a Cambridge City win and 9/2 (BetVictor) the draw. It is hard to see an upset here as the visitors have lost just one of their last five away from home in the league and are up against a Cambridge City who are just 16th in their league and won just one of their last three. Take the MK Dons to showcase their superiority at 18/19 in the HT/FT market with BWin.

Those looking for a first goalscorer bet will see the market is headed by Charlie McDonald at 15/4 (bet365), Dean Bowditch is 4/1 (bet365/ladbrokes), Ryan Lowe is 4/1 (general), Daniel Powell 5/1 (bet365/BetVictor/ladbrokes), Alan Smith is 6/1 (Bet365/Coral) while Luke Chadwick who grabbed two against Scunthorpe last weekend is 7/1 (general).

In the Bundesliga Eintracht Frankfurt and Greuther Furth do battle in a game between two newly promoted sides. These two though have had radically different starts to the season with Frankfurt sitting in third place and Greuther at the bottom of the table. It is 8/11 (Coral/pinnacle) a Frankfurt victory which seems decent value on a side who have won four and draw one of their five Bundesliga home games this season. The visitors have not won any of their last eight and look vulnerable to defeat here. Over in France the Friday night fame sees Brest up against Lorient. Brest currently sit in 15th while Lorient are ninth. Neither side enters the game in great league form with Brest taking just one point from their last four games while Lorient have not won any of their last five (drawing four of these). Take the 9/4 (Pinnacle) are offering on the draw.

BEST OF THE BETS

GOLD: Eintracht Frankfurt to beat Greuther Furth, 8/11 (Coral/pinnacle)
SILVER: MK DONS to be ahead at HT/FT, 18/19 (BWin)
BRONZE: Take the draw in the game between Brest and Lorient, 9/4 (Pinnacle)

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