Betting Preview – Saturday 16th August 2014

Saturday’s sport includes the return of the Premier League, nine race meetings from Ireland and the UK, day 3 from the Wyndham Championship, Made In Denmark and more.

HORSE RACING
There are nine meetings in the UK and Ireland on Saturday – they are:

Newbury (1:00pm, Flat)
Newmarket (1:50pm, Flat)
Chester (2:00pm, Flat)
Ripon (2:15pm, Flat)
Doncaster (2:30pm, Flat)
Perth (3:00pm, Flat)
Tramore (4:10pm, Flat)
Lingfield (5:00pm, Flat)
Market Rasen (5:40pm, National Hunt)

They also race at Deauville in France from 11:30am and Turffontein in South Africa from 11:35pm, while a number of Irish horses trained by Aidan O’Brien will run in feature races at Arlington Park in the USA on Saturday night.

FOOTBALL
The new English Premier League season gets underway on Saturday, while there are a host matches across Europe – they live TV games are:

English Under-18 Premier League – Man United U-18 v Bolton U-18 (10:00am kick-off, live on MUTV)
English Championship – Leeds United v Middlesbrough (12:15pm kick-off, live on Sky Sports 1)
Scottish Premiership – Celtic v Dundee United (12:45pm kick-off, live on Sky Sports 3)
English Premier League – Man United v Swansea (12:45pm kick-off, live on BT Sport 1)
Dutch Eredivisie – PSV Eindhoven v NAC Breda (5:30pm kick-off, live on Sky Sports 5)
English Premier League – Arsenal v Crystal Palace (5:30pm kick-off, live on Sky Sports 1)
Portugal Primeira Liga – Academica v Sporting Lisbon (8:30pm kick-off, live on ESPN)
FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup – North Korea v USA (10:00pm kick-off, live on Eurosport)

ATHLETICS
The European Outdoor Championships continue on Saturday with the women’s marathon the highlight on day five of the games in Zurich (live on RTE, BBC & Eurosport) across the day.

DARTS
The second and concluding day of the Singapore Masters continues on Saturday with four semi-finals down for decision (live on Sky 2 from 12:00pm).

CRICKET
The second day of the Fifth and final Test between England and India continues at the Oval on Saturday (live on Sky Sports 2 from 10:30am). Elsewhere, the final of the T20 Caribbean Premier League takes place on Saturday night (live on BT Sport 1 from 8:50pm) at Warner Park in Basseteere, St Kitts.

GOLF
The third round of the Made In Denmark takes place on Saturday morning (live on Sky Sports 4 from 1:15pm), while day three of the Wyndam Championship and Wegmans LPGA Championship take place in the US (live on Sky Sports 4 from 6:00pm).

GREYHOUNDS
There are four BAGS cards on Saturday – they are:

Romford (10:31am)
Newcastle (2:24pm)
Sittingbourne (6:28pm)
Monmore (6:38pm)

They also race at Swindon (7:25pm) and Crayford (7:31pm) on Racing Post Greyhound TV.

RUGBY UNION
Top 14 action continues on Saturday night as Montpellier face Racing Metro in the competition (live on Sky Sports 2 from 7:30pm). Elsewhere, South Africa and Argentina do battle at the Loftus Versfield Stadium in Pretoria on Saturday (live on Sky Sports 3 from 3:30pm). Meanwhile, Australia and New Zealand also meet in the South Hemisphere in Sydney (live on Sky Sports 4 from 10:30am).

TENNIS
The Cincinnati Masters continues on Saturday (live on Sky Sports 3 from 8:00pm) featuring semi-final matches in the men’s singles.