Football Bet of the Day: Lyon will not sleep tonight

Did somebody say Lyon aren't really missing Bafetimbi Gomis?

After staring into the jaws of defeat last night, Tobias Gourlay is emboldened. He looks forward to Lyon roaring in Romania this evening

Happy news from South Africa: AmaZulu 0 Bloemfontein Celtic 2 in last night's Premier Soccer League.

Under 2.5 Goals didn't look a great bet when that was also the score after just 27 minutes, but a bit of the old Rorke's Drift spirit saw AmaZulu avoid a thrashing and this column dodge a bullet. Michael Caine would be proud.

All quiet on the domestic front today, so we're daring to dip our toe into a bit of the European stuff.

Romania's Astra Giurgiu are regulars at this stage of the Europa League (the stage before it actually begins properly). Since July last year both teams have scored in six of their eight European outings.

Tonight they are visited by Lyon, who arrive having lost the first leg of this playoff 2-1 in France. Hubert Fournier's lot have seen both teams score in 9/11 Europa League away games since they dropped back down to this level in 2012.  

Recommended Bet
Say 'Yes' to Both Teams to Score? @ 1.845/6 in Astra Giurgiu v Lyon

2014 P/L (1pt per bet)

Staked: 17pts
Returned: 16.16pts

-0.84pts