The never-ending quest to win the Setka Cup continues this afternoon as newcomers Mighty Maksym Shulepov and Master Mykhailo Zholubak meet to kick off today’s men’s singles action.
Maksym started his Setka Cup campaign in style with a huge 3-1 win over Anatoly Levshin earlier in the week but has since lost three of his next four, however, he does open the betting as favourite.
As for his opponent, Mykhailo Zholubak – he will go into this game the clear underdog and is yet to win a match in his Setka Cup campaign losing all four games he has participated in so far.
Questions are starting to be raised if Mykhailo Zholubak is Setka Cup worthy and if he doesn’t lift his game he is making a mockery of this prestigious tournament.
I expect Maksym Shulepov to chalk up another win in this afternoons match and do it easy.
The 3-1 correct score makes for great value at the $3.30 price.
Game gets underway at 3pm AEST.
The Belarusian Premier League has been good to us over this testing time both for the fact there’s been a football competition still being played and we’ve had some good wins on the punt with it.
We’re not going to drop the ball on it even if some more established competitions are getting back in the mix.
Week nine of the BPL kicks off overnight (3am AEST time) with third-placed Torpedo-Belaz playing host to 11th placed Gorodeya.
Torpedo-Belaz have proven to be difficult to beat this season but have found themselves splitting the points in three of their last five games.
All five goals of recent has come from their smashing of Minsk and the Torpedo boys have failed to get in the back of the net in their last three matches.
While they have struggled to get it in the back of the net in their last three games, Torpedo-Belaz has conceded just four goals this entire season making them a tough matchup.
Gorodeya have been unable to win in their past five games and have drawn their last two and a trip away to Torpedo is a daunting prospect.
Having said that, Torpedo’s inability to score and Gorodeya taking some confidence in being able to come back from being down in their last two matches means this is very likely to be a low-scoring affair.
Torpedo-Belaz will go into this match the hot favourite, but I wouldn’t be shocked if both teams took home a point in this encounter.
Take the Draw at $3.20