GAA Betting

Sir Vival

Now that a lot of our respective counties have been knocked out of the all-ireland, counties will be eager to get their club championships on the road again. In my opinion PP's odds on club games can be exploited easier than county games as there is no substitute for local knowledge.

Just looking at my own county's (roscommon) fixtures this week, there are two games that i think are wayyyy overpriced. I would see the following games as having a 90% chance of going the way of the teams in bold.

St. Brigids are at home and are @4/9 to beat Padraig Pearses . Bridgets are the kingpins of ros club football (havn't won the championship in 2 years though) but have won the last 8 div. 1 u-21 titles. Pearses are widely known as championship bottlers and have lost a few key players this year to emmigration. Brigids are also top of the league with a p.d. of +34 while pearses are fighting relegation. Both teams lost there opening game to castlerea (they have won championship the last two years) but brigids were unfortunate unlike pearses.

Verdict: Brigids by 4/5 pts.

Western Gaels are also at home (it's a **** pitch that everyone hates except themselves) and are 4/9 to beat roscommon gaels. Many tipped western gaels to win this years championship but they slipped on their day first out against elphin (my personal fav. for champ.) Western gaels have 3 county players including cathal cregg (great against sligo and good against cork) and last years captain seanie mcdermott (marked d.kelly out of it in con. final and kept colm o'neill quiet against cork. They also have a 4 or 5 lads who played county u-21 in the last 3/4 years.

Ros gaels rely totally on david o'gara (centre forward for ros) but he's not a scorer. They are also victims of emmigrations and are rock bottom of the league having only scored 82pts in 9 games. They somehow managed to beat elphin in the first round (0-7 to 0-5) on a day with 40mph winds and pissing rain. Although western gaels form in the league has been hit and miss, this is mainly due to having so many county players (both senior and u-21) who were ineligible to play in 4/5 of the games. Western Gaels need to win by 5 pts to progress to the next round so i expect for them to go out all guns blazing.

Verdict: Western gaels by 7/8 pts.

So come on, give your opinions on your own county's club games and how you believe they are going to go!!!

colly54

Why cant you bet on dublin clubs??

Sir Vival

colly54 wrote: »

Why cant you bet on dublin clubs??

Well i personally dont know anything about the gaa club scene in dublin and wasn't aware that they are playing club championship this weekend. I know that in roscommon no championship games are played while the senior county team are still involved so maybe dublin is different.

I was hoping each person from their respective county would give a tip or two on the club games happening in their own county. Just a thought... I suppose it's popularity over the next few days will decide it's fate.

okidoki987

Are there any Dublin club game son this weekend?

Royal Seahawk

Use the head lads, hardly going to be playing club championship in Dublin this weekend when they've an All-Ireland semi final to start preparing for.

Dan Chipowski

I find the key with local club betting is to get in early, as the obvious ricks are usually spotted and the price goes quickly.

I follow the club hurling in Kilkenny, and there have been a few tasty ones this season so far.

coughlan08

Royal Seahawk wrote: »

Use the head lads, hardly going to be playing club championship in Dublin this weekend when they've an All-Ireland semi final to start preparing for.

in cork they are playing all their club games...its retarded
that just shows how **** our county board are..:o

sonnky

Lay Mountbellew/Moylough to win the Galway SFC at 6/1

Sir Vival

Sir Vival wrote: »

Verdict: Brigids by 4/5 pts.

I was spot on with the Brigids result... It finished St. Brigids 0-15 Padraig Pearses 0-10

Sir Vival wrote: »

Verdict: Western gaels by 7/8 pts.

Was just a few points off it this game. It finished Western Gaels 1-14 Roscommon Gaels 2-7. Thats western gaels into relegation trouble. I will definately bet on them to win their relegation match, Way too good of a team to go down.

My bank is sitting a bit prettier tonight. I'll have another bet tomorrow on another club game in ros that is another sure winner if anyones interested. Be back later with details.

TheHopeful

Nice one Sir V, I won a few quid off Weatern Gaels. Lumped on at 4/9 based on your tip , cheers:)

colly54

Royal Seahawk wrote: »

Use the head lads, hardly going to be playing club championship in Dublin this weekend when they've an All-Ireland semi final to start preparing for.

Ye i thought that until i saw cork games were been played, ah well thats the reason so

Thanks..

Sir Vival

TheHopeful wrote: »

Nice one Sir V, I won a few quid off Weatern Gaels. Lumped on at 4/9 based on your tip , cheers:)

Glad i helped someone win a bit, it probably wasn't a fortune but their nice games to make up a double, treble, accy etc.

Right there's one really attractive game on tomorrow betting wise in the ros senior championship.

St. Faithleachas vs. St. Croans @4/9. The Faithleachas win on this is way over-priced and is fantastic value in my opinion, they should be more like 1/4 to win this game. Firstly Faithleachas are at home where they are rarely beaten (it's a big new pitch that suits them very well as they're full of pace and an extremely fit team). They're 2nd in the div. 1 league and generally dont conceed more than 9/10 pts. They have no real stand out stars, just a team of very good club players (including former county star and captain gary cox and current county corner back steven orsmby who limited daniel goulding to 1/2 pts from play against cork). They also had 4 or 5 players on the ros junior team (which is a team for players on the fringe of the county panel). In their first outing in the championship they were cruising away to kilbride (up by 5pts at one stage in 2nd half) but they took their foot of the pedal and lost by a single pt.

Meanwhile St. Croans were only promoted from intermediate level last year and still play in div. 2 league, they are doing quite well in that league but in all honesty the standard is red rotten with a lot of should be junior teams playing in it. Croans have no-one currently on the county panel. They're a team of grafters with a couple of nice footballers. Croans objective this year is to stay in the senior championship. Having beaten kilbride at home by 8 pts (croans' pitch is the worst pitch in the county with a massive hill running across it and weeds all over it so it was a big advantage to them. Kilbride were also missing their best player who basically carries them) they are pretty much safe from relegation so long as they avoid a 9 pt. defeat to Faithleachs. Whereas Faithleachs MUST win to progress, this means there will only be one winner.

Verdict: St. Faithleachs by 4/5 pts

Sir Vival

Sir Vival wrote: »

St. Faithleachas vs. St. Croans @4/9

Match was called off (bereavement). I'll definately be backing them again next week. I'll let ye know what day it's re-fixed for.

Sir Vival

The odds for the next round of the galway senior and intermediate championship matchs are up on PP. Nothing really stands out to me as being great value but i dont know a huge about the current form of the teams.

If any galwegian gaa fanatics are around, please give your opinions if any fixture stands out.

sonnky

Barna ,Killererin, Mountbellew/Moylough and Caherlistran in the Senior for me all immpressive last round although i didnt see Cherlistrane

sonnky

Galway SFC
Quarter Finals
14-08-10
Pearse Stadium-18.45
Barna Vs Annaghdown
In this game I fancy Barna.
They knocked out one of the favourites in Tuam Stars in the last round.
They did get a fortuitos goal but it looked liked they were just getting on top.
They have a Brian Dooher like wing forward Kieran Hanley who runs and runs and runs and kicks some great scores.
Annaghdown only beat a poor Kilkerrin-Clonberne side by 5 points in Tuam.
There best player is Frankie Burke but there often not able to get enough supply into him.
I would expect Barna to advance as i was very impressed with them in the last round.
5 Pts each way at 13/8

okidoki987

5 Pts each way

I assume that's the outright?

Sir Vival

sonnky wrote: »

Barna ,Killererin, Mountbellew/Moylough and Caherlistran in the Senior for me all immpressive last round although i didnt see Cherlistrane

Sonnky that kind of post is no good to no man. I'd like to read a sensible well thought out post on reasons why you believe a team will win like who's at home, what kind of pitch it is, league form, previous championshop result if applicable, any county players, injuries/emmigration of players, history between the two clubs playing etc etc.

Please dont post here again if your going to continue making what appear to be random selections...

EDIT: Just seen your post there, that's more like it!

Sir Vival

Doing a crazy accumulator this week.

(1) Clara v Tullamore @ 3/10 . 13th august(TODAY) at 19:15
(2) Calry/St. Josephs v St Johns @2/9. 14th august at 17:45
(3) Garrycastle v Mullingar Shamrocks @1/2. 14th august at 18:45
(4) Cooley v St. Marys @1/5. 14th august at 19:00
(5) St. Faithleachas v St. Croans @2/5. 14th august at 19:00
(6) Abbeylara v Rathcline @1/4. 14th august at 19:30
(7) Eastern harps v St. Molaise Gaels @3/10. 14th august at 19:30
(8) St. Malachys v Mattock Rangers @1/10. 15th august at 17:30
(9) Aghda v Duhallow @8/15. 24th august at 18:30
(10) Ballyhassig v Erins own @ 1/3. 13th august 19:00
(11) Clough/Ballacolla v St.Lazerians @1/33 14th august 19:00
(12) Tullaroan v James stephens @1/3. 15th august at 13:30
(13) Kilcotton v Portlaoise @ 2/9. 15th august at 18:00
(14) Graigue v Ballyhale Shamrocks @ 1/6. 15th august at 18:30
(15) Killeagh v Sarsfields @1/5. 15th august at 19:00
(16) Shamrock gaels v Geevagh @1/2. 15th august at 14:00

€2.50 returns €128.98

Doing the same accy with Shamrock gaels to win instead of geevagh as thats the only fixture im not 100% sure on...:pac:...

€1.25 returns € 123.61

My main bet to follow...

EDIT: 2 down 14 to go (Winners in RED)
Losers in Blue (well abbeylara drew, shouldn't have gone near garrycastle without the dolans

dotsflan

went for the treble of

Cloyne 4/9
Erins own 1/3
St Faithleachs 2/5

And this accum for small stakes

Garrycastle @ 1/2
Portlaoise @ 2/9
James Stephens @ 1/3
Erins Own (Kilkenny) @ 4/9
Abbeylara @ 1/4
Clara @ 3/10

Sir Vival

dotsflan wrote: »

went for the treble of

Cloyne 4/9
Erins own 1/3
St Faithleachs 2/5

I've gone for the same but included ballyhale shamrocks aswell. Erins own better do the business tonight!

gaatipstr

Offaly SFC Round 4

Walsh Island v Tubber - 4/7 - 7/1 - 13/8

Im putting my money on Tubber on this one. Walsh Island are the current Intermediate champions of Offaly and are doing well in there first season senior winning 2 and drawing 1. They have good forwards and a strong midfield but there backs arnt the strongest. Conceded 1-1 in injury time last weekend to the draw the match against one of the teams tipped for relegation. Tubber, altough were beaten well against Rhode last weekend, will be boosted by the return of there 2 u21 starts from america during the week. They have one of the fastest forwards in Offaly at the moment in Bernard Allen and i can see him posing real problems for D'Island defence if he gets the right ball in to him. This is a must win game for Tubber as a defeat will more or less leave them facing relegation so im tipping 3Pts win on Tubber at 13/8 and a 1Pt saver on the draw at 7/1

Sir Vival

gaatipstr wrote: »

Offaly SFC Round 4

Walsh Island v Tubber - 4/7 - 7/1 - 13/8

Im putting my money on Tubber on this one. Walsh Island are the current Intermediate champions of Offaly and are doing well in there first season senior winning 2 and drawing 1. They have good forwards and a strong midfield but there backs arnt the strongest. Conceded 1-1 in injury time last weekend to the draw the match against one of the teams tipped for relegation. Tubber, altough were beaten well against Rhode last weekend, will be boosted by the return of there 2 u21 starts from america during the week. They have one of the fastest forwards in Offaly at the moment in Bernard Allen and i can see him posing real problems for D'Island defence if he gets the right ball in to him. This is a must win game for Tubber as a defeat will more or less leave them facing relegation so im tipping 3Pts win on Tubber at 13/8 and a 1Pt saver on the draw at 7/1

Good post, would put something on it if i hadn't a biggish bet made already. Hope it comes through for you though.

dotsflan

i see erins own won by 3 points:)

clara beat tullamore easily too

matt1958

Gonna go with a wee double @ 2.02 stake €30

Cloyne @ 1.44
St Faithleachas @ 1.40

Thanks for the info here and in coughlans log

Clubmad

I stumbled over this thread looking for the result of the Ballyhassig v Erins Own game last night.....I have massive accum on myself, 17 teams in all, a lot of similatiry to yours Sir Vival.

A couple of bits of info i picked up during the week as regards this weekend are as follows:

St. Johns in Sligo, they were beaten narrowly last weekend and talked to 2 players who played against them, they reckon Johns could be the Dark horses for the champo, there full of young lads with no fear and full of running and energy and will be very hard to stop. At 2/9 this weekend against a poor team they seem a sure thing.

In Mayo, theres one game and this is my Nap of the weekend. Breaffy play a west Mayo amalgamtion team, they need to win by 8 to qualify so are all but out as this Breaffy team are hitting form. They were beaten earlier in the group stages by 1 point to last years champions also. The West Mayo team are also missing there influential captain. The passion in an amalgation team is never that of a club team and at 4/9 see this one been a one sided affair 8 points plus.

In Wexford, St.Annes hurling team are playing, there are 1/3 and when i asked my man in wexford about this he couldnt believe it. He compared it to Kilkenny playing Kerry hurlers and reckons his cars keys if not the house should be on it.

Back to the west and in Roscommon, i've got good word for St. Faith, a lot of the reasons been the same as whats mentioned in previous threads. 2/5 seems fairly reasonable to taking them.

In Galway, the word in the Camp is that they have picked up training in the last fornight after suffering a surprise defeat and that the minds and appitite is definetly back, given the derby nature of the game there's always risks but i'd be surprised that a well organised consistant team like Corofin with a great record over the last few years would not see this one out with a few to spare....4/11 is best on offer.

Thats my 2 pence, would love to see more lads on this, as local knowledge is the way forward.

Finally, I was warned off Garrycastle, top of table clash and 2 many ifs and buts for a 1/2 shot....Lomans at 4/5 could be the best price bet of the weekend, playinf poor all season they need to win to avoid the relegation battle.....Word is they have sorted a lot of troubles out and should see this out!

Sir Vival

matt1958 wrote: »

Gonna go with a wee double @ 2.02 stake €30

Cloyne @ 1.44
St Faithleachas @ 1.40

Thanks for the info here and in coughlans log

Hope it goes well for you. Dont know anything myself about cloyne but stuck them in my bet aswell. If both teams win, a lot of us here will be laughing.

Faithleachas have gone to 1/3 and cloyne have gone to 2/5 so there must be considerable interest in both teams (thanks to boards no doubt )

Sir Vival

Clubmad wrote: »

I stumbled over this thread looking for the result of the Ballyhassig v Erins Own game last night.....I have massive accum on myself, 17 teams in all, a lot of similatiry to yours Sir Vival.

A couple of bits of info i picked up during the week as regards this weekend are as follows:

Great post, welcome to boards. The more club fanatics we can get on board the better.

Was tempted with breaffy myself (i know they have 2 or 3 O'shea's and a few others) but that's really all i had to go on so i left them out. With your info would definately have added them to my accy at the very least, maybe you could post up certain fancies a bit earlier next week?

As for garrycastle, i know it's a risk but there's always a few of them in an accy that are there to beef up the odds. I personally would never bet against a team with dessie dolan, pure genius.

Best of luck with your bets.

Clubmad

If I'd known this thread was Here o defo would have been writing earlier in the week so next week I'm looking forward to already.

By the way, I hate to be the one to brung bad news but Dessie is on his honeymoon at the moment ans not playing

matt1958

Sir Vival wrote: »

Hope it goes well for you. Dont know anything myself about cloyne but stuck them in my bet aswell. If both teams win, a lot of us here will be laughing.

Faithleachas have gone to 1/3 and cloyne have gone to 2/5 so there must be considerable interest in both teams (thanks to boards no doubt )

I was thinking of putting another €20 this morning an seen the odds had shortened so left it alone.. I think 1.82 or something like that.. best of luck with your bets

Sir Vival

Cloyne 0-14 Blackrock 0-13. GET IN

dotsflan

Sir Vival wrote: »

Cloyne 0-14 Blackrock 0-13. GET IN

very close but il take it lol! are you heading to the st faithleachs game?

sonnky

Sir Vival wrote: »

Sonnky that kind of post is no good to no man. I'd like to read a sensible well thought out post on reasons why you believe a team will win like who's at home, what kind of pitch it is, league form, previous championshop result if applicable, any county players, injuries/emmigration of players, history between the two clubs playing etc etc.

Please dont post here again if your going to continue making what appear to be random selections...

EDIT: Just seen your post there, that's more like it!

get with the times haa

Sir Vival

dotsflan wrote: »

very close but il take it lol! are you heading to the st faithleachs game?

Hmmmm unsure yet, might go for the 2nd half, dont want to pay in . It all depends if i can get a lift, no car this weekend. Either way i'll get the result up on here straight away.

dotsflan

Sir Vival wrote: »

Hmmmm unsure yet, might go for the 2nd half, dont want to pay in . It all depends if i can get a lift, no car this weekend. Either way i'll get the result up on here straight away.

thats grand! fingers crossed:)

cmartymayo

Great thread boys, delighted I found this. Intend to use it a lot more over the coming weeks.

Update from Sligo games. St Johns won, I think it was 16-9. At half time in the other games tourlestrane were leading 8-4 and eastern harps were leading 1-9 to 0-0.

Anyone know the result from the abbeylara game?

dotsflan

cmartymayo wrote: »

Great thread boys, delighted I found this. Intend to use it a lot more over the coming weeks.

Update from Sligo games. St Johns won, I think it was 16-9. At half time in the other games tourlestrane were leading 8-4 and eastern harps were leading 1-9 to 0-0.

Anyone know the result from the abbeylara game?

abbeylara only drew:(

Sir Vival

Sorry lads for the delay, still waiting on the faithleachas result (have sent out texts) and the ros gaa website isn't updated yet.

Garrycastle lost by 5pts (no dolans playing :mad:)

Abbeylara only drew... so my accy is gone anyways

dotsflan

Sir Vival wrote: »

Sorry lads for the delay, still waiting on the faithleachas result (have sent out texts) and the ros gaa website isn't updated yet.

Garrycastle lost by 5pts (no dolans playing :mad:)

Abbeylara only drew... so my accy is gone anyways

i see faithleaches won:D

Sir Vival

Sir Vival wrote: »

Verdict: St. Faithleachs by 4/5 pts

Hooray for me . St. Faithleachas 2-7 St. Croans 0-8

Well done anyone who won on the treble that is floating about on this thread (all i need know is a shamrocks win tomorrow )

noelpat

anyone have the result of the Abbeylara vs Rathcline game?

dotsflan

noelpat wrote: »

anyone have the result of the Abbeylara vs Rathcline game?

1-8 apiece

noelpat

dotsflan wrote: »

1-8 apiece

Feck, thanks though

matt1958

matt1958 wrote: »

Gonna go with a wee double @ 2.02 stake €30

Cloyne @ 1.44
St Faithleachas @ 1.40

Thanks for the info here and in coughlans log

Sweet two bets with Mr P two wins thank you very much:p! Sir Vival and Glanman big thanks lads look forward to more of your write ups and hopefully more of the same as today.. The days when i take money off Mr P are tasting alot sweeter :pac:

Sir Vival

There's definately 2 (maybe 3) games on next week in ros that i'll be all over. Hopefully pp will again be kind with the odds. I'll write up a preview on tues/wed when the games are fixed.

Watch this space...:pac:

sonnky

Barna won:D

gaatipstr

gaatipstr wrote: »

Offaly SFC Round 4

Walsh Island v Tubber - 4/7 - 7/1 - 13/8

Im putting my money on Tubber on this one. Walsh Island are the current Intermediate champions of Offaly and are doing well in there first season senior winning 2 and drawing 1. They have good forwards and a strong midfield but there backs arnt the strongest. Conceded 1-1 in injury time last weekend to the draw the match against one of the teams tipped for relegation. Tubber, altough were beaten well against Rhode last weekend, will be boosted by the return of there 2 u21 starts from america during the week. They have one of the fastest forwards in Offaly at the moment in Bernard Allen and i can see him posing real problems for D'Island defence if he gets the right ball in to him. This is a must win game for Tubber as a defeat will more or less leave them facing relegation so im tipping 3Pts win on Tubber at 13/8 and a 1Pt saver on the draw at 7/1

1-13 A piece. Hope anyone taking my advice put money on the saver of a draw

Clubmad

Well from 17 games I had 10 winners, 3 Draws and 4 Losers.............

Rather than harp on about the 10 winners, I'll concentrate on the one s I got wrong.

Mayo side Breaffy were my Nap of the weekend, they Drew 12-12, West Mayo getting a late equalizer. From reports Breaffy kicked close to 20 wides, had 70 percent possession and simply didn’t turn up but still qualify out of there group....if they did turn up I’m sure my prediction would have come through

St.Annes in wexford were a big letdown been beaten, haven’t got any report from the game but looking at results around Wexford things didn’t seem to go to plan down there, is Wexford unpredictable....Maybe so ? You know you've got a problem when u back a team (Cloughbawn) to win and they lose by 2-18 to 12 points.......previous points above about Wexford still hold valid.

Longford County Champions had a shock defeat and are now out....Didn’t back them but worth knowing, I had Abbylara....anyone any info on how they only managed a draw?

Corofin drawing was a little surprise, I do feel however that they will win next time around.....games like that can only inspire the good teams where there opponents generally feel like they left it behind them!

Looking forward to this weekend’s action.............hopefully a little more accurate!

Sir Vival

Sir Vival wrote: »

Doing a crazy accumulator this week.

(1) Clara v Tullamore @ 3/10 . 13th august(TODAY) at 19:15
(2) Calry/St. Josephs v St Johns @2/9. 14th august at 17:45
(3) Garrycastle v Mullingar Shamrocks @1/2. 14th august at 18:45
(4) Cooley v St. Marys @1/5. 14th august at 19:00
(5) St. Faithleachas v St. Croans @2/5. 14th august at 19:00
(6) Abbeylara v Rathcline @1/4. 14th august at 19:30
(7) Eastern harps v St. Molaise Gaels @3/10. 14th august at 19:30
(8) St. Malachys v Mattock Rangers @1/10. 15th august at 17:30
(9) Aghda v Duhallow @8/15. 24th august at 18:30
(10) Ballyhassig v Erins own @ 1/3. 13th august 19:00
(11) Clough/Ballacolla v St.Lazerians @1/33 14th august 19:00
(12) Tullaroan v James stephens @1/3. 15th august at 13:30
(13) Kilcotton v Portlaoise @ 2/9. 15th august at 18:00
(14) Graigue v Ballyhale Shamrocks @ 1/6. 15th august at 18:30
(15) Killeagh v Sarsfields @1/5. 15th august at 19:00
(16) Shamrock gaels v Geevagh @1/2. 15th august at 14:00

Winners in RED
Losers in Blue

Three wrong in my accy. Not too bad i suppose considering i didn't know the dolans weren't going to be playing for garrycastle . Abbeylara drew.

Edit: Sars did beat killeagh (thanks glanman), eyes must have deceived me, so just got two wrong.

Sir Vival

Bored at home so gonna do my previews of this weeks games now.

Sunday, 22nd august, Roscommon senior football quarter final

Elphin vs. St. Croans (will probably be 1/3, hopefully better odds though :rolleyes:)

Elphin seem to be the dark horses for the championship every year. There's no doubt that the talent is there but sometimes they just dont perform on the day. They currently have 3 county players (allbeit 3 subs) but all 3 have the potential to make ros' starting 15. Another interesting point to note is that all of the elphin players have represented the county at u-16 or minor or u-21 level which shows their footballing pedigree. Their form in the league has been quite consistent as they sit comfortably in the top half even though alot of these games were played without their county players. I've mentioned previously in the thread that they beat a highly fancied western gaels team in the 1st round of the championship and narrowly lost to ros gaels (0-7 to 0-5) in severe weather conditions so i wouldn't buy too much into that result.

Im not going to write much about St. Croans as i will only be repeating myself (if anyone wants to know what i think of them look back through the thread). However i will comment on their defeat to Faithleachas this week 2-7 to 0-8. Although i wasn't at the game, i heard faithleachas won at a canter (they were up 9pts at a stage and then started passing the ball around with no desire to get more scores) and croans rarely threatened. This shows to me a real lack of desire from croans aswell as poor footballing ability as if they won the game they could have topped the group leaving them a much easier quarter final fixture.

As it's the knockout stages now i expect elphin to step it up a gear.

Verdict: Elphin by 4/5 pts. (maybe more...)

Previews of 1 (maybe 2) more games to come. Odds wont be up on pp till thurs., maybe even fri. so giving ye plenty of time to mull over it.

glanman

Sir Vival wrote: »

Three wrong in my accy. Not too bad i suppose considering i didn't know the dolans weren't going to be playing for garrycastle and have no clue about cork hurling (just put in killeagh cus they were clear favourites with pp). Abbeylara drew.

sars beat killeagh and were 1/5, I'd say you did back them. That game was a lot closer than expected but favourites won