30.05.13 Thursday Morning

During a Belgian Pro League match between Lokeren and Club Brugge, a Club Brugge player looks for a shot on goal. But what happened next? Click the play button below to see for yourself!

All eyes are on Wembley this bank holiday weekend for Bayern v Dortmund in the Champions League final on Saturday night and Palace v Watford for the Championship Play-Off Final on Monday. We have an extended in-play service for the all-German showpiece, including Player Card Minutes and a range of Specials.

Our fixed odds Match Odds have Bayern favourites at 8/11, Dortmund at 7/2 and the draw 11/4 with our Supremacy price Bayern/Dortmund 0.6-0.8.

Our traders have Watford as favourites in the Championship Play-Off Final with the Hornets 5/4, Palace 9/4 and the draw 9/4 with our Supremacy price Watford/Palace 0.15-0.35.

There’s also a full group of fixtures in the Spanish La Liga on Sunday night with Barca at Espanyol and Real Madrid at Sociedad.

After Stuart Broad’s 7 for 44 skittled New Zealand for a second-innings 68 and handed England a 170-run win in the first Test, attentions turn to the second and final Test at Headingley tomorrow (Friday).  We have England 4/7, New Zealand 8/1 and the draw 2/1.

Our long-term Ashes spread betting and fixed odds betting prices are now also live with England 1/2 to win the series, Australia 10/3 and a drawn series at 5/1.

England are 1/5 to retain the Ashes and 10/3 not to retain the Ashes. We also have long-term Ashes spread betting prices available including our Series 25:10s, Number of England Wins and Correct Score Index.

We’ll also be covering the Indian Premier League final on Sunday as Rajasthan Royals take on Mumbai Indians.

Click here to see our Cricket spread betting and cricket fixed odds betting prices.

Rugby

After high drama in the Heineken Cup Final and Challenge Cup Finals last weekend, this week attentions turn to the Aviva Premiership Final between Northampton Saints and Leicester Tigers and the Rabo Pro 12 Direct Final between Leinster and Ulster.

Leicester have beaten Northampton twice already this season 36-8 at Franklin’s Gardens and 16-12 at Welford Road.

They are 2/5 to win again, Northampton are 9/4 and the draw is 16/1. Our Supremacy price is Leicester/Northampton 5-8.

Ulster have beaten Leinster 22-18 and 27-19 already this season but are underdogs for the final at 13/8 with Leinster 1/2 and the draw 20/1. Our Supremacy price is Leinster/Ulster 3-6.

Looking at rugby league, we’ll have coverage of the weekend’s Super League and NRL fixtures.

Click here to see all our latest rugby spread betting and rugby fixed odds prices. 

Golf

Some of the biggest names in golf are in action at Wentworth for the BMW PGA Championship.

Luke Donald is looking to make it a hat-trick of wins after securing back-to-back victories with success last year, when Justin Rose and Paul Lawrie tied for second place.

Sergio Garcia plays despite his controversial comments over Tiger Woods while Rory McIlroy, Graeme McDowell and Miguel Angel Jimenez are also among the field.

We’re also covering the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial where Zach Johnson will be aiming to defend his title.

The Oaks and Derby are just over a week away and we have Ante-post prices available on both.

2000 Guineas winner Dawn Approach leads the betting for the Derby at 10/11 with Battle of Marengo 5/1, Ocovango 6/1 and Ruler of the World and Chopin both 10/1 shots.

For the Oaks, Secret Gesture is the 5/2 favourite with Moth 3/1 and Liber Nauticus 7/2.

Of course we will also be offering our usual range of fixed odds and spread betting prices on all the afternoon and evening racing from the UK and Ireland.

It’s the inaugural Dubai Duty Free Darts Masters tournament tonight (Thursday) and tomorrow (Friday) at the The Dubai Tennis Stadium.

The quarter final draw sees Phil Taylor play Andy Hamilton, Michael van Gerwen face Wes Newton, Adrian Lewis tackle Raymond van Barneveld and James Wade clash with Simon Whitlock.

Fernando Alonso cruised to victory in the Spanish Grand Prix last time out to move up to third in the drivers table behind Kimi Raikkonen in second and Sebastian Vettel at the top of the pile.

But who will come out on top in the winding streets of Monaco?

Mark Webber triumphed last year but will he be able to repeat his feat and make ground on his Red Bull team mate?

As usual we will have a range of markets available including our Qualifying Index, Race Index and Live Index.

Carl Froch takes on Mikel Kessler in an eagerly anticipated rematch at the 02 Arena on Saturday.

Kessler won a unanimous points decision when the two met in Denmark in 2010. But who will prevail in this super-middleweight unification bout?

We have Froch 40/85 favourite, Kessler 15/8 and the draw 20/1. Our traders have got Fight Minutes at 29-30.5.
 

Elsewhere, there will also be prices on the Giro d'Italia, Basketball NBA Playoffs, Super Bowl Long Term as well as Ice Hockey and Baseball