Football Bet of the Day: On the RoPS

Take That: As ever Jaro will take some blows in order to land some blows

Tobias Gourlay is boxing clever in Finland, where he's found a couple of dangerous opponents with nothing to lose...

RoPS v Jaro
Monday 16:30

He promised to put a spring in your step.

Lucas Lima left it late to seal Santos' win over Figueirense, but his 89th-minute strike made it 3-1 to the home side and, 20 years after Forrest Gump smashed through his calipers, Kevin beat his handicap.

Good job. We start in Finland, where the weird Veikkausliiga season (12 teams play each other three times) is entering the final stretch.

RoPS are eighth. They're certainly not going to win it and, ten points clear of the bottom, highly unlikely to go down. In the devil-may-care spirit of such teams, six of their last eight home games have produced Over 2.5 Goals, including each of the last three.

Tonight they entertain Jaro, who are a single point ahead of them in sixth. The visitors are this season's second top scorers, having hit the back of the net at least once in 11/14 on the road and twice or more in 7/14.

Eight of their 14 away games have gone Over 2.5 Goals, including 5/6 against teams from outside the top five. Jaro won the season's first running of this fixture 2-1.

Seconds out. Round two.

Recommended Bet
Back Over 2.5 Goals @ 1.774/5 in RoPS v Jaro

2014 P/L (1pt per bet)

Staked: 28pts
Returned: 30.98pts

+2.98pts