The boys are back to look ahead to the Friday night action at Ashton gate and value elsewhere in the weekend markets.

Brian Power

With this being a Friday night game I have written this earlier and getting some odds is difficult.

The trip to Bristol is live on Sky and a chance for the viewing public to see what all the fuss is about. I am sure that there will be more written elsewhere across the web about our poor form on live TV so I will save you all of that.

A couple of firms are 6/4 on Bristol not to score and us not to score at 3/1. I think it is more likely with the records this season in Bristol drawing a blank but will go for out Scotish Internaltional Jamie Mackie who is 13/2 to score first and we will have a bit of that. After 2 penalties against us in the last 2 games the law of averages would say the next one should be scored. Coral however have a special that Paddy Kenny will save a penalty against Bristol and have priced it at 22/1. For a bit of fun we will have a couple of quid on it.

On Saturday the Racing Post trophy takes place at Doncaster and Dunboyne Express at 7/2 is the selection. In the 3.25 at Aintree Tarak is the selection and we will have a couple of singles and a double.

There are some interesting games this weekend and Sunday has the Old Firm game, Man City and Arsenal, Crisis club Liverpool hosting Blackburn and Stoke against Man Utd without Rooney. I am going to have a Yankee on correct scores being 1-1 in all four games with a treble and 4/fold on the draws.

The normal footie bet on Saturday includes a inform Everton side who travel to Spurs after their midweek trip to Italy when playing for 80 odd minutes with 9 player and William Gallas and only making the score respectable late on thanks to Gareth Bale. The Toffeemen can get a result in North London at a decent 11/4.

For the weekend:

£10 Mackie to score 1st at 13/2

£2.50 Paddy Kenny to save a penalty 22/1

2.55 Doncaster Dunboyne Express 7/2

3.25 Aintree Tarak

£7.50 single and £2.00 double

£2 trebles and a £2 acca

Everton 11/4

Peterborough 11/8

Huddersfield 11/8

Bradford 2/1

£1 trebles and £1 acca

Celtic Draw 9/4

Liverpool Draw 13/5

Stoke Draw 13/5

Man City Draw 9/4

50p Yankee

Celtic to draw 1-1

Liverpool to draw 1-1

Stoke to draw 1-1

Man City to draw 1-1

Andy Hillman

QPR on the Telly? Check.

Top vs Bottom? Check.

Fans getting restless for no apparent reason because we've drawn a couple? Check.

Briatore sticking his oar in after a blissful period of prolonged silence? Check.

Stick everything you own on a Bristol City win? No Check.

Only at QPR could everything be going so well, and we find a way to stuff it up. having said that, i reckon it's business as usual tonight for QPR (and i mean back to winning, not failing to score you pessimistic bunch...)

As always, there is little value in backing a straight win, and you'll be lucky to get evens on a straight QPR win, but, if you get creative there is some value available. I'm going big on QPR to win to nil. £20 at 3.6 on Betfair yields a £72 return, and i think that's a great price bearing in mind that we don't concede, and Bristol City shorn of Maynard aren't that much of an attacking threat.

Mackie's due a goal as well, and is available at 11/5 as an anytime goalscorer with Coral. That's pretty generous, in fact, checking the markets, the next best price seems to be 6/4, which makes it VERY generous indeed.

Finally, i'll stick a fiver on QPR 2-0, available at 9's on Bwin.com

In the other markets, I think that Man Utd are very underpriced to beat a resilient and dogged Stoke side - they're 5/4 on to win. with this in mind, I'm going to lay them for £15 - that is I'm backing them to not win. because they are odds on, it means that if Man U do win, i only lose £11, but if Man U don't win, I double my stake, i.e. get £30 back.

Which leaves my weekend accumulator and i'm doing a very small one in the attempt to actually win one on here for a change - Birmingham and Chelsea to win, and Wigan vs Bolton draw - £10 is worth £56.70 on betfair.

For the Weekend:

QPR to win to nil - £20 @ 3.6 on Betfair

Mackie to Score at Anytime - £5 @ 11/5 with Coral

QPR to win 2-0 9/1 on Bwin.com

Man Utd to NOT beat Stoke - £15 laying the win - £30 if i'm right, only £11 liability if i'm wrong on Betfair

3 fold accumulator - Birmingham, Chelsea, Wigan vs Bolton draw - £10 @ 6.67 on Betfair

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