Betting Preview – Thursday 28th August

Thursday’s sport includes Europa League action, seven meetings from the UK & Ireland, opening round of the Open D’Italia and more.

FOOTBALL
Live TV Games this Thursday with a round of Europa League matches.
Europa League: Tottenham Hotspur v AEL Limassol (7.45pm, ITV4)
Brazilian Cup: Gremio v Santos (12.00midnight, Setanta Sports 1)

The Draw for the Group Stages of the Champions League also takes place. It is live on Eurosport 2 from 4:45pm.

HORSERACING
A busy day of racing with 7 meetings in the UK and Ireland.

Stratford (1:50, NH)
Ffos Las (2:00 Flat)
Fontwell (2:10, NH)
Bellewstown (4:15pm, NH)
Lingfield (4:40, Flat and AW)
Hamilton (4:45, Flat)
Tipperary (5:00, Flat)

South African racing comes from Vaal from 11:30am.

GREYHOUNDS
Six BAGS cards as per usual on Thursday.
Sunderland 11:03am
Sheffield 11:11am
Romford 2:08pm
Crayford 2:18pm
Sittingbourne 6:28pm
Newcastle 6:38pm

Also the RPGTV action has 2 meetings after 7pm, Hove and Monmore their Thursday meetings.

BASEBALL
A few live MLB games.
New York Mets v Atlanta Braves (Start-time 12.10am, BT Sport 1)
Detroit Tigers v New York Yankees (Start-time 6.08pm) and is live on BT Sport 2.
San Francisco Giants v Colorado Rockies (Start-time 8.45pm, ESPN)

CRICKET
Royal London One Day Cricket sees Essex Eagles face Warwickshire Bears at the County Ground. It is live on Sky Sports 2 from 1:55pm

CYCLING
The Vuelta a Espana continues onto its 6th Stage, it will be live on TG4 and Eurosport 2 from 3pm.

GOLF
The golf season is reaching the business end of the season and there are two more big tournaments this week.
The European Tour has the Italian Open and there will be coverage on Sky Sports 4 from 10:30am and again at 2:30pm.

Meanwhile the second playoff of the FedEx Cup is the Deutsche Bank Championship, note that this week it is a Friday start-Monday finish in the Boston.

RUGBY LEAGUE
A Super League match live on Thursday is Warrington Wolves v Huddersfield Giants (Kick-off 8.00pm), it will be live on Sky Sports 1.

TENNIS
The US Open is in full stride now and there is extended coverage on Sky Sports 3 and Eurosport, it is live from 4pm, and again at Midnight on SS3.