Betting Preview – Wednesday 27th August

Wednesday’s sport includes the Champions League qualifier between Arsenal & Besiktas, six meetings from the UK & Ireland, US Open tennis and more.

FOOTBALL
Five more Champions League play-off second-leg ties take place:
Arsenal v Besiktas (7.45pm, RTE 2 & Sky Sports 5)
Athletic Bilbao v Napoli (7.45pm, Setanta Ireland)
Bayer Leverkusen v FC Copenhagen (7.45pm)
Ludogorets Razgrad v Steaua Bucharest (7.45pm)
Malmo v Salzburg (7.45pm)

Five games are staged in the Capital One Cup second round – the live game is Bradford v Leeds (7.45pm, Sky Sports 1)

HORSERACING
There are six meetings from Ireland and the UK. They are:
Carlisle (2.00pm, Flat)
Catterick (2.10pm, Flat)
Lingfield (2.20pm, Flat)
Bellewstown (4.10pm, Flat)
Worcester (4.35pm, National Hunt)
Kempton (5.55pm, Flat)

They also race in South Africa at Kenilworth (12.10pm, Flat)

BASEBALL
The live Major League games are:
Pittsburgh Pirates v St Louis Cardinals (5.35pm, ESPN)
Seattle Mariners v Texas Rangers (8.40pm, ESPN)

CRICKET
England play India in the second fixture of the five-match series in Cardiff.
Live coverage from 10.00am on Sky Sports 2.

CYCLING
Stage five of the Vuelta a Espana take place – a 180km journey from Priego de Cordoba to Ronda.
Live coverage from 3.00pm on Eurosport 2.

GREYHOUNDS
There are seven BAGS cards across the course of the day. They are:
Hall Green (11.03am)
Newcastle (11.11am)
Hove (2.08pm)
Belle Vue (2.18pm)
Swindon (6.28pm)
Sunderland (6.33pm)
Yarmouth (6.39pm)

TENNIS
It’s day three from the US Open at Flushing Meadows with the second rounds getting underway.
Live coverage from 4.00pm on Sky Sports 3 & Eurosport