Betting Preview – Wednesday 29th April

Wednesday’s sports includes Day 2 of Punchestown, Leicester v Chelsea, more racing from the UK and much more.

HORSE RACING:
There are six meetings in the UK and Ireland on Wednesday – they are:

Wolverhampton (1:45pm, Flat)
Pontefract (2:00pm, Flat)
Ascot (2:25pm, Flat)
Punchestown (3:40pm, National Hunt)
Lingfield (4:40pm, Flat)
Cheltenham (4:50pm, National Hunt)

They also race at Fairview in South Africa from 12:05pm and Longchamp in France from 12:15pm.

FOOTBALL:
There are a number of live matches across Europe on Wednesday – they are:

Spanish La Liga – Real Madrid v Almeria (7:00pm kick-off, live on Sky Sports 5)
German Cup, Semi-Final – Arminia Bielefeld v Wolfsburg (7:30pm kick-off, live on ESPN)
Belgian Jupiler League, Play-Offs – Club Brugge v Sporting de Charleroi (7:30pm kick-off, live on Premier Sports)
English Premier League – Leicester City v Chelsea (7:45pm kick-off, live on Sky Sports 1)
English Football Conference, Play-Off, Semi-Final, First-Leg – Forest Green v Bristol Rovers (7:45pm kick-off, live on BT Sport 1)
Italian Serie A – Juventus v Fiorentina (7:45pm kick-off, live on BT Sport 2)
Spanish La Liga – Villarreal v Atletico Madrid (9:00pm kick-off, live on Sky Sports 5)

BASKETBALL:
There are two matches in the NBA in the early hours of Wednesday morning – they are:

NBA – Houston v Dallas (1:05am)
NBA – LA Clippers v San Antonio (3:35am)

CRICKET:
There is one match in the Indian Premier League on Wednesday as the Royal Challengers Bangalore take on the Rajasthan Royals at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium (live on Sky Sports 2) from 3:00pm.

GOLF:
The opening day of the 2015 WGC World Golf Match-Play Championship gets underway on Wednesday (live on Sky Sports 4 from 9:00pm) at TPC Harding Park in San Francisco. The event has a new format this year with the opening day featuring the first group matches, including Graeme McDowell against fellow Irishman Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy against Jason Dufner.

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

Hall Green (11:03am)
Newcastle (11:11am)
Hove (2:08pm)
Belle Vue (2:18pm)
Sunderland (6:28pm)
Yarmouth (6:33pm)
Swindon (6:38pm, live on Sky Sports 3 from 7:00pm)

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

SNOOKER:
Action continues in Sheffield on Wednesday at the 2015 World Snooker Championship (live across the day on BBC & Eurosport) – the schedule of play is:

Barry Hawkins v Neil Robertson (10:00am)
Bing Junhui v Judd Trump (10:00am)
Anthony McGill v Shaun Murphy (2:30pm)
Stuart Bingham v Ronnie O’Sullivan (2:30pm)
Barry Hawkins v Neil Robertson (7:00pm)
Stuart Bingham v Ronnie O’Sullivan (7:00pm)

TENNIS:
Day three of the Estroil Open takes place on Wednesday (live on Eurosport 2) from 3:00pm, featuring matches in the last 16 of the competition.