Today’s Sports Betting Preview – By Rick Elliott

Wales Can Beat The French In Paris

In international football you would fancy a home win when world champions France met Wales in Paris. The first meeting in the rugby union Six Nations is that fixture but in this sport the relative ability is a different kettle of fish. The bookmakers cannot split the sides in match betting but France are three times the price of Wales to win the Six Nations. The visitors won all their four autumn internationals including victories over South and Australia. WALES are the bet at Evens with Betfair.

The live football tonight is Preston’s home match against Derby in the Championship. The travelling team have conceded at least one goal in 16 of their last 17 away fixtures in the league and keeping a clean sheet tonight looks beyond the Rams. Preston now look safe from relegation and they have a small chance of qualifying for the playoffs.  Derby are sixth in the league and in the fifth round of the FA Cup and have just bought Ashley Cole on a temporary contract. However, PRESTON are tipped to win this fixture and that outcome is 13/10 with Paddy Power. 

When Hull played Arsenal in the final of the FA Cup in 2014 the town came to a standstill because it was also derby day in rugby league.  Inter city sporting rivalries cab be intense but when Hull KR meet Hull in the Super League things are taken to a different level. The KR faction are the hosts tonight and they have not been their neighbours at home for five seasons. News of injury problems from the Hull camp has changed the dynamic and HULL KR are now the selection at Evens with Betfair. 

The freeze has taken hold so there is no turf jumps racing today but there are four fixtures on the All Weather. There is unlikely to be anything but AW racing in Britain tomorrow but Leopardstown are confident the first day of the Dublin Racing Festival will survive. They race on sand at Dundalk tonight and the most lucrative race is the handicap over one mile two and half furlongs at 6.00. THEOBALD has found his level so is the nap at 11/4 with Paddy Power.