Goals will flow when English sides meet in Shanghai
Tottenham [2.6] v Manchester United [2.88]; The Draw [3.6]
Thursday 25 July, 12:30
Live on MUTV
Both Spurs and United won their opening ICC games, with the Londoners defeating Juventus 3-2 and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side beating Inter 1-0. Of the two Premier League rivals, it is Manchester United that are further along in their pre-season preparations, with their match against Inter being their third of the summer.
United have won all three of their games without conceding a goal, but on the evidence of Tottenham’s thrilling match with Juventus, that record looks likely to be broken. Spurs could have scored more than the three goals they eventually managed and with Manchester United having battered Inter for much of their match, goals seem like an inevitability.
Defensive consistency is difficult to achieve when managers are constantly making changes. Manchester United rotated their entire team against Inter, while Tottenham made ten substitutions. Both teams to score is priced at [1.61] and will almost certainly land, yet it’s worth taking a chance on the 2.5 goals barrier being broken, at the slightly bigger price of [1.72].
Rivals a big price to end square after draws
Real Madrid [2.2] v Atletico Madrid [3.1]; The Draw [3.7]
Saturday 27 July, 00:30
Live on Premier Sports 1
The Madrid derby comes to New Jersey on Saturday when Real take on Atletico in the MetLife Stadium. Both sides won their first matches in the ICC on Wednesday morning, but needed penalties to claim victory.
After losing 3-1 to Bayern Munich in their first game of pre-season, Real looked to be heading for another defeat when they went 2-0 down to Arsenal. They were able to make a comeback and draw 2-2, before eventually winning on penalties in a incident packed game in which Marco Asensio suffered a serious injury and Gareth Bale scored, just days after manager Zinedine Zidane claimed that the Welsh international was leaving the club.
Atletico also won a penalty shootout after a 0-0 draw with Chivas. Diego Simeone‘s side were a man down for much of the game after Marcos Llorente was sent off, until the Chivas defender Carlos Villanueva received a red card in the 61st minute, to level things up. With Real Madrid having failed to win either of their two ICC matches (D1 L1) the draw looks a big price at [3.7], while Atletico are [1.61] to avoid defeat in the Double Chance market.
Source: BetFair Tips
