Aaaand finally onto the Southern Prem...
BEDFORD 2 bt Merthyr @ 6/4 (StanJames)
Suitably chunky price about Bedford here which im liking. A very good attacking outfit with Dillon and Howe upfront you always fancy them for a goal or 2. Theyve a 5-1-4 away record. Theyve won their last 2 aways including a very nice win at previously 100% home record Chippenham. They can be a bit erratic but they do like scoring.
Not sure whats going on with Merthyr really. A usually strong team but have been rank rotten lately. Look at these last 4 results...
| Sat 26th Nov | A | Rugby Town | Southern Premier | (0) | 0 | - | 1 | (0) | 295 |
| Sat 3rd Dec | H | Northwood | Southern Premier | (0) | 0 | - | 1 | (0) | 405 |
| Sat 10th Dec | A | Cirencester Town | Southern Premier | (0) | 1 | - | 1 | (0) | 202 |
| Tue 13th Dec | H | Salisbury City | Southern Premier | (0) | 0 | - | 1 | (1) | 394 |
Make no mistake thats a real load of crap and only scoring 1 goal too. As previously mentioned Bedford are one of the highest scoring sides in the division. Losing at home to Northwood is an awful result and Rubgy and Cirencester are strugglers.
GLOUCESTER 2 bt Chesham @ 9/5 (StanJames)
Two poor sides generally but Chesham have been shocking lately. Lost 5 on the bounce conceding a massive 18 goals. Granted theyve played some very good sides but also included in that was a 2-0 home defeat to Evesham who are very poor too and in the relegation spots.
Now of course just because you have a team in bad form you have to have a team capable of beating them and who can take advantage. And thankfully Gloucester have actually been performing well lately winning 3 from their last 5 games. Crucially 2 of these wins were 1-0 away wins against Rugby and Cirencester, 2 of the struggling sides. This shows Gloucester are up for the fight and can bag the wins.
How they can be 9/5 is beyond me as theres no way Chesham are favourites in my book, id make Gloucester favourites and
Bet365 go 11/8 which is more realistic.