Brentford 5/4 Ipswich 11/5 Draw 23/10
Both teams go into this Championship clash on the back of disappointing midweek cup exits, with The Bees going down at Exeter and Ipswich suffering a 1-0 home reverse to Stevenage, which left boss Mick McCarthy ‘fuming’.
The Tractor Boys, 10/1 promotion hopefuls, had kicked off their league campaign with a 4-2 win over Barnsley, with new signing Grant Ward becoming an instant hero after bagging a debut hat-trick.
The Bees, meanwhile, lost 2-1 at Huddersfield, suffering a suckerpunch in the 79th minute just two minutes after equalising, but there were plenty of positive signs, not least in the shape of lively goalscorer Nico Yennaris.
And they’ll be buoyed by last season’s clashes against the Suffolk club, which saw them earn a hard-fought, early season 2-2 draw at Griffin Park followed by a 3-1 victory in the away feature against hosts who had been reduced to ten men on the stroke of half-time.
Yennaris, if passed fit to start following toe trouble, is a massive 29/1 to score first and 13/1 to net at any time, while last season’s top scorer Scott Hogan can be backed at 22/5 to bag the opener and 33/20 any time.
For the visitors, Ward is 13/2 to continue his dream start to the season with the first goal, while Daryl Murphy and Brett Pitman, joint top scorers last year with ten apiece, are 23/4 and 6/1 respectively.
Both teams to score is odds-on 18/25, while, in what could be a tight game, a draw at HT/FT is 23/4 and under 2.5 goals in the match is a 9/10 shot.
Prediction: 1-1 22/4
Bet of the night: Score draw 17/5
Outside punt: Grant Ward to score first and match drawn 28/1
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