Betting Preview – Saturday 23rd August 2014

Saturday’s sport includes three live Premier League matches, Round 3 of the Boylesports Irish Greyhound Derby, Rugby Championship action and more.

FOOTBALL
There are six games in the Premier League this Saturday. Three of those live on TV are:

Aston Villa V Newcastle (12:45pm, BT Sport 1)
Chelsea V Leicester City (3pm, Setanta Sports 1)
Everton V Arsenal (5:30pm, Sky Sports 1)

A list of Saturday’s live games from the various other leagues:

English Championship: Ipswich Town V Norwich City (12noon, Sky Sports 1)
Scottish League: Inverness CT V Celtic (12:30pm, BT Sport 2)
French Ligue 1: Guingamp V Marseille (4pm, Setanta Ireland)
Germany Bundesliga: Borussia Dortmund V Bayer Leverkusen (5:30pm, BT Sport 1)
Portuguese Primeira Liga: Pacos de Ferreira V FC Porto (6pm, BT Sport 2)
Belgian Pro League: Genk V Gent (6:30pm, Setanta Sports 1)
French Ligue 1: Nice V Bordeaux (7pm, ESPN)

HORSE RACING
Killarney (1:45, NH)
Curragh (2:00, Flat)
York (2:05, Flat)
Newmarket (2:10, Flat)
Goodwood (2:20, Flat)
Cartmel (2:30, NH)
Windsor (5:10, Flat)
Redcar (5:30, Flat)

Two cards in South Africa coming from Turffontein (11:30am) and Kenilworth (12:25pm).

GREYHOUNDS
Five of the regular BAGS cards on Saturday.
Romford (10:31)
Crayford (10:38)
Newcastle (2:24)
Sittingbourne (6:28)
Monmore (6:38)

There will also be action from a couple of meetings on RPGTV in the evening after 7pm.

The Third Round of the Boylesports Irish Greyhound Derby at Shelbourne Park. First of those Derby Heats is up at 8:10pm.

AUSSIE RULES
Hawthorn V Geelong in the AFL is live on ESPN, bounce up at 10:40am.

BASEBALL
Live MLB games:

Washington Nationals V San Francisco Giants (9:05pm, ESPN)
Milwaukee Brewers V Pittsburgh Pirates (12:10am[SUN], BT Sport 2)

CRICKET
Live T20 Blast Finals Day is live on Sky Sports 2 and it sees
Birmingham V Surrey (11am)
Hampshire V Lancashire (2pm)

With the winners of those semi-finals meeting in the final also live on Sky Sports 2 from 6:30pm.

CYCLING
The Vuelta a Espana gets underway and there will be live coverage of the opening stage on Eurosport from 6pm.

GAA
The All-Ireland U21 semi-finals from Semple Stadium, Thurles.
Both will be live on TG4.

Clare V Antrim (4pm)
Galway V Wexford (6pm)

The Ladies All Ireland Senior Championship Quarter Finals are live on TG4 on Saturday.
Dublin V Kerry (12:30pm)
Galway V Wexford (6pm)

GOLF
The third round of the Czech Masters on the European Tour will be live on Sky Sports 4 from 12noon.
While on the PGA Tour, the first of the FedEx Cup Play-offs, The Barclays, has its third round and will be live on Sky Sports 4 from 6pm.

MOTORSPORT
The Formula 1 returns after a few weeks break.
The Belgian Grand Prix is this week’s race. Qualifying starts at 1pm and is live on BBC1 and Setanta Ireland.

RUGBY LEAGUE
The Challenge Cup Final between Castleford Tigers and Leeds Rhinos. Kick-off is at 3pm and it is live on BBC1.

RUGBY UNION
The Rugby Championship between the four southern hemisphere big hitters gets into full flow.

New Zealand V Australia (8:35am, Sky Sports 3)
Argentina V South Africa (8:40pm, Sky Sport 3)

In the French Top 14 there are a couple of live games.
Brive V Clermont Auvergne (1:45pm, Sky Sports 3)

While in the Currie Cup there are a pair of live games
Western Province V Golden Lions (4:05pm, Sky Sports 3)
Sharks V Free State Cheetahs (6:10pm, Sky Sports 3)

SNOOKER
The Paul Hunter Classic is into its second day in Germany.
Eurosport has live coverage of the games from 10:15am.

TENNIS
Live WTA Tennis from the Connecticut Open. The Final will be live on BT Sport 2 from 8pm.