Two Rounds left of the regular season is there is still so much to play for.
Melbourne City have officially locked up the A-League premiership but I’m expecting to see a bit more reshuffling all across the board in these next two weeks.
As always, I’ve run my eyes over each game to see if I can find you punters a bit of value.
Here is my preview of Round 25 of the A-League.
WSW open as very short $1.77 favourites on Friday night against the $4.00 Wellington Phoenix and it’s hard to disagree.
The Phoenix only have one win in their last five games and will need to seriously show up if they want to pinch some points off the Wanderers.
Western Sydney has lost four of its last five A-League matches as a favourite following a win but I’m liking them to break that trend.
Back The Wanderers H2H @ $1.77
Not as big of a difference in prices that I expected for this matchup.
Newy are $3.05 to CCMs $2.05 and I found a very interesting stat for this F3 derby.
The underdog has won four of the last six A-League matches between Newcastle and Central Coast.
Am I crazy for backing Newcastle here?
I just might be but the value is there.
Back Newcastle Jets @ $3.05
I’m not mucking around in this fixture.
City are short favourites in this game for a reason, they’re already premiers for a reason and I’m backing them to wipe the floor with Western United.
Western United FC has lost three of its last four A-League home matches and while it’s an “away” game.
City are at home and will have a large number of supporters cheering them on.
Back City H2H @ $1.77
Bottom of the table clash! Will anyone actually be watching this?
At the time of writing, the Vuck are $1.50 favourites compared to Macarthur who are a jaw dropping $5.60
Macarthur FC has lost each of its last seven A-League away matches they have not travelled well this season and a loss here would see them on the bottom of the ladder.
Those odds are ridiculous, I’d stay away from this game but it’s my job to tip so I’m taking the Victory to win.
Back Victory H2H @ $1.50
Perth are at home but they haven’t got their late time slot so I don’t believe jet lag is going to be a factor.
$2.20 is a very good price for Adelaide if you ask me. Yes they lost last week but I think they’ll be better for it coming into this game.
Four of Adelaide’s last five A-League away matches following a loss have resulted in a draw but for me, I’m taking the Reds to win.
Back Adelaide H2H @ $2.20
Rounding out the round is our State of Origin clash!
The Roar will host Sydney FC on Monday night leading into the ANZAC Day public holiday
Even though they are favourites, Sydney only have one win in their last 5 games and a return to Suncorp + a public holiday the next day should attract a decent crowd for the Roar.
Sydney FC has lost three of its last four A-League matches as an away favourite following a win and I think I’ve just talked myself into backing a Roar win.
Back Brisbane H2H @ $2.80