Football Bet of the Day: Defences to go missing in Norway

Tobias Gourlay’s hoping to back up Wednesday’s good result with a winner from the Norwegian second tier

Jerv v Grorud IL
Thursday 17:00

In Spain last night, Leganes took the lead in the fourth minute against Rayo Vallecano and held on all the way through to the final whistle for a 1-0 win that brings us a much-needed odds-against success. We’re hoping to move into profit for the week with a trip to Norway today.

In Norway’s 16-team 1st Division, Jerv are 13th, despite having the league’s seventh-best home record (W6-D3-L3). Those 12 matches have produced 43 goals almost evenly split between hosts and visitors (21-22). We fancy both Jerv and Grorud IL to be among the goals this evening.

With the hosts scoring at least once in 10/12 and conceding in 10/12, BTTS has been the right bet in 8/12 of those league games at Levermyr Stadium.

More compellingly, it has also been the right bet on 12 of Grorud’s 13 road trips. They might be a place below their hosts in 14th, but promoted Grorud have scored in all 13 of their away games so far this term. We fancy them to maintain that perfect record this evening and help make BTTS the right bet once more.

Source: BetFair Tips