Welcome to our Saturday football predictions and value bets blog. Here we analyse all the football matches being played on Saturday 24th May to find value across the betting markets.
The main focus for consistency purposes will be on the outright markets, but we will of course highlight any value we spot in the alternative markets, for example, both teams to score, anytime goal scorer etc. We like to normally build our own bets for the televised matches we plan on watching. Early bet builders will also be included in this blog.
We look at all the popular leagues and cups across Europe including the lower leagues to create a variety of multiple and single bets.
Check out our routine Saturday football tips below.
Bet Of The Day 🤓
This bet contains one selection that usually holds favourite status in the outright market, but in my opinion, still has value in the odds being offered.
Here are my selections for this Saturday:
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Sheffield United to beat Sunderland (Wembley) 3pm
ODDS = 7/5*
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*All odds shown in our Saturday football predictions are taken from William Hill and were correct at time of writing. Odds are subject to change at any time.
The link above will direct you straight to the William Hill mobile site with the selection handily placed in to your bet-slip.
Regular readers of this page may well visit early on in the week before the blog post has been updated for the coming weekend. For those looking for a sneak peak at our pick, it is worthwhile checking the bet-slip links for each bet on this page. These regularly get updated before the justifications and content gets written.
Justifications
Sheffield United v Sunderland
🏴 Championship Playoff Final 🏴
It’s third v fourth in the Championship Playoff final and based on current form, it’s third place Sheffield United who are most likely to claim the third Premier League promotion spot.
Sunderland reached the final by the skin of their teeth, edging through with a 122 minute winner from Daniel Ballard. They were arguably the second best team over the two legs, lacking creativity up top.
In their last six games of the season Sunderland managed just one goal and lost their last five on the bounce.
Compare that to Sheffield United, who breezed their way through to the final winning 6-0 on aggregate, scoring three times in each leg. They also finished the season gaining four points from their last two games. The blades look like they have found their form at the right time and if they can hold back any Wembley nerves, they are highly likely to be playing Premier League football next season, in my opinion.
long Shot Single 🤞
This bet is high risk and comes with high odds when taking in to account it is just a single bet. It will include a big underdog that I believe has the ability to produce a giant killing. Let’s face it these upsets happen all the time. How many times has your acca been busted because a sure fire selection turned sour? Well here I’m searching to find the acca buster and bet against the favourite.
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Real Sociedad to beat Real Madrid (away) 3:15pm
ODDS = 11/2*
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*All odds shown in our Saturday football predictions are taken from William Hill and were correct at time of writing. Odds are subject to change at any time.
Justification
Real Madrid v Real Sociedad
🇪🇸 La Liga 🇪🇸
With Barcelona wrapping up the La Liga title against Espanyol last week, Real Madrid find themselves cemented in second place as they enter their final fixture.
Therefore, I can’t see the home side here coming out full steam ahead. The big guns may well be rested and even if they are fielded are likely to be tentative, wanting to be fully fit heading in to pre-season.
There’s not much to be played for here as far as Real Sociedad as far as European aspirations are concerned. However, a win here could potentially see them leap frog Mallorca in to tenth place.
Real Sociedad last visited the Bernabeu at the beginning of April in the Copa Del Ray semi final. Although they were knocked out over two legs they won the away leg 3-4 over 90 minutes.
Therefore I see this game NOT being as one sided as the odds may well suggest. Good value here on the away win, in my opinion.
Get In Touch
Would you like further justifications to our Saturday football predictions? Disagree with any of my selections featured in our Saturday football predictions or want my opinion on a game that hasn’t been mentioned? Feel free to get in touch via Twitter and I’ll be sure to get back to you. Feel free to also check out our Sunday predictions blog, where you’ll find the same bets, but with different selections.
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