Monday saw a very quiet day without much in the way of decent betting opportunities. The AFCON finally decided to come to life and I did fancy goals in the Senegal v Algeria game, but a goal came very early on and I missed the kick off.
Although slightly tempted by games in Portugal's Primera Liga (Chaves v Nacional) and French Ligue 2 (Brest v Red Star), neither filled me with confidence and I would've been betting for the sake of it. I decided to hold off. After the weekend we had just had, I could afford to go without for a day.
Tuesday looked much more promising. Napoli v Fiorentina was my preferred choice in the Coppa Italia, but the odds for over 0.5 goals was way high even after 20 minutes.
Instead I went for the same bet in the championship game between Brighton and Cardiff. Brighton's home record is outstanding and despite top socrer Glenn Murray being unavilable, the Seagulls still looked too strong on paper against an in-form Cardiff side.
It was a great chance for Brighton to take top spot if they could win, and that swung it for me. On 19 minutes odds were down to 1/8 and I took it, mindful of having missed out on several opportunities lately. Hopefully a quick goal here would still allow me a chance to get on Napoli.
A bit of further digging showed that games between these two do not produce many goals. In fact, the return fixture earlier in the season finished 0-0! I also discovered that most goals in this fixture come after the 70th minute, so we were likely to have a nervy wait. Never mind.
Brighton were on top though, no doubt and had several close calls. It was only a matter of time. And true to form, just as I was beginning to panic, Tomer Hemed scored for Brighton on 73 minutes.
We were in, safe for another day. And although the Napoli ship had sailed (in fact, they only scored a couple of minutes beforehand) I was happy to just have the one bet. Out pot was now up to £51.14 and good strides were being made!
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