And yes, ladies and gentlemen, it’s time for the first round of the new Scottish Premiership. Time to see if there can be a third team that will challenge the rule of the two Scots Greats: Celtic and Rangers. For the next one, we will go to Dens Park and the fourth largest city of the country, where, on August 03 at 14:00 GMT, the local Dark Blues will have the first dance with Hibernian.
A new beginning for both
The hosts only barely managed to stay in the league, last season. They finished second to last during the first phase of the competition, and just above the relegation zone after the second. On the other hand, the visitors where the 3rd team of the standings, behind the champions Celtic and the runners-up Rangers. Apart from the premiership they will also be appearing at the Europa League.
Typically, we should be considering that this would be a win for Hibernian, one way or the other. However, looking at the offers of @3.59 for Dundee and @2.02 for the Cabbage, it would seem that the bookmakers want to give the home team a slight chance of coming up on top. Which is kind of surprising as the head-to-head comparison between the two, indicates a massive advantage for the visitors. They have won five times at Dens Park will another five have ended in a draw. The hosts have emerged victorious only 3 times.
I would guess Hibernian but leave room for an upset
Since it will be the first match of the season, we all know that those can carry quite a few surprises. If we take into account the fact that Hibernian will have played one match already against Midiland for the Europa League, we can reach to a conclusion that they must be quite a bit more prepared than their opponents. That being said, it doesn’t mean that the locals cannot come up with a way to ask serious questions that they will need to answer.
As always, when we continue the discussion for this match next week with the update, we will have considered every piece of new information that will emerge. In the meantime, you might as well keep your end of the bargain and open an account at the best betting platform.
Update
The only thing that happened and could be considered as a change is the outcome of Hibernian’s trip to Denmark, Arena MCH and Midtjylland where McGrath scored after just 7 minutes for an equalizer at the 72nd. Surely, it’s a result that filled the players with confidence to their abilities. Therefore, the change of the offers to @1.95 for the visitors and @3.94 for the hosts, is quite understandable.
The local league is always different
We have plenty of examples where, a success in a European match, is followed by an upset in a local one. That’s because there’s a different mindset. All of the underlying circumstances that play a role when you face teams from the same country, do not exist in a match against a totally unknown side from someplace else. Not the atmosphere, not the effect of the fans, not, and that’s most of all, the psychology involved.
It is not at all out of the question that both teams will score. And that pays out at @1.63 and to our mind that’s the most probably outcome. It is also not out of the question to have a 1-1 as a final score. A payout of @6.90 awaits those who take that risk.
However, we do not suggest that those that open an account at the best betting platform take any risk. We will go with the flow on this one and propose a bet at the victory for Hibernian.