Betting Preview – Thursday 9th October 2014

Thursday’s sport includes live Euro 2016 qualifiers, the remaining round 2 World Grand Prix darts fixtures, day 1 from both the Frys.com Open and the Portugal Masters.

HORSE RACING
There are five meetings in the UK and Ireland on Thursday – they are:

Worcester (2:00pm, National Hunt)
Ayr (2:10pm, Flat)
Exeter (2:20pm, National Hunt)
Tramore (2:45pm, National Hunt)
Wolverhampton (5:20pm, Flat)

They also race at the Vaal in South Africa from 12:10pm.

FOOTBALL
The Euro 2016 qualifiers continue on Thursday evening – the live on TV are:
UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifying – England v San Marino (7:45pm kick-off, live on ITV)
UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifying – Belarus v Ukraine (7:45pm kick-off, live on Sky Sports Red Button)
UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifying – Liechtenstein v Montenegro (7:45pm kick-off, live on Sky Sports RB)
UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifying – Lithuania v Estonia (7:45pm kick-off, live on Sky Sports RB)
UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifying – Macedonia v Luxemburg (7:45pm kick-off, live on Sky Sports RB)
UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifying – Moldova v Austria (7:45pm kick-off, live on Sky Sports Red Button)
UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifying – Slovakia v Spain (7:45pm kick-off, live on Sky Sports 5)
UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifying – Slovenia v Switzerland (7:45pm kick-off, live on Sky Sports Red Button)
UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifying – Sweden v Russia (7:45pm kick-off, live on Sky Sports Red Button)
Elsewhere, Brescia face Lyon in a last-32 match in the UEFA Women’s Champions League (live on Eurosport 2 from 7:15pm).

DARTS
Day four of the World Grand Prix in Dublin featuring the concluding four matches from the second-round of the competition (live on Sky Sports 1 from 7:00pm) – those matches are:

7:15pm – Peter Wright v Stephen Bunting
8:10pm – Terry Jenkins v Richie Burnett
9:05pm – Michael van Gerwen v Dean Winstanley
10:00pm – Raymond van Barneveld v Mervyn King

GOLF
The opening day of the Portugal Masters gets underway on Thursday from the Oceanico Victoria Golf Club in Vilamoura (live on Sky Sports 4 from 11:30am & 3:00pm). Elsewhere, the first-round of the Frys.com Open takes place in America at the Silverado Resort and Spa in Napa, California (live on Sky Sports 4 from 10:00pm).

GREYHOUNDS
There are seven BAGS cards on Thursday – they are:

Sunderland (11:03am)
Sheffield (11:11am)
Romford (2:08pm)
Crayford (2:18pm)
Doncaster (6:28pm)
Sittingbourne (6:33pm)
Monmore (6:39pm)

TENNIS
Day five of the Shanghai Masters in China on Thursday with matches in the third round of the singles competition (live on Sky Sports 3 from 6:00pm). Elsewhere, the Generali Ladies Linz continues in Austria on Thursday (live on Eurosport from 11:30am & 1:00pm).