Betting Tips for Saturday 24th April

Firstly, Shifty and Graeme would like to apologise for the lack of activity on here this last week: this is mainly due to the after effects of consuming gallons of champagne, in celebration of the astonishing achievements of Ross County FC in getting to the Scottish Chup Final- apologies also for getting the preview of that game totally wrong. I said it would be close, but the small loss anyone following the blog may have suffered on that will have been more than offset by Don't Push It triumphing in the Grand National.

Onto this weekend:

• Wolves v Blackburn has the look of being a particularly dreadful game of football. Wolves have drawn 3 of their last 4 games 0-0, and have managed just 10 goals at Molineux all season, with most of their better results coming away from home- witness their 3-1 win last month away at West Ham. While Mick McCarthy's men have struggled at home, Blackburn have been pretty dreadful away, with a 2-4-11 record, managing just 11 goals on the road, shipping 36. Although with Rovers safe, and Wolves nearly there, there is a chance both of these managers may take the shackles off their sides and go out to try and entertain, neither McCarthy or Sam Allardyce are known for being anything other than hoof-it merchants, and one suspects both would be quite happy with another 0-0 draw. Also, given their lack of potency (and both sides' improving defensive records), under 2.5 goals is certainly worth a shout
• A regular favourite bet of this blog is Darren Bent 1st Goalscorer, and it's well worth backing again when Sunderland visit Hull. Iain Dowie's side are in dire straits, and not just because they're Iain Dowie's side- 3 points from safety (effectively 4 considering their wretched goal difference) with only 3 games to play, Hull need a drastic change in fortune in order to stay up, and it just does not look like it's coming- indeed, safe in mid-table, Sunderland are worth backing to pick up only their 2nd away win of the season
• Down at the bottom of the SPL, St Mirren meet Kilmarnock in a relegation dogfight, and expect it to be exactly that- neither side score many goals (Kilmarnock's total in the SPL away from home this season: 4. That's 0.23 per game) and neither side are playing the most stylish stuff at the moment. Have a think about under 2.5 goals in this one as well