New Zealand v Sri Lanka
Cricket World Cup 10:30 am
Sky Sports
New Zealand were World Cup runners up four years ago. They are back once again with a side that is capable of challenging. The thing about the Kiwis is that they don’t grab all of the headlines and attention that the likes of India, Australia and England do. They tend to fly under the radar. Still, they are always a competitive side and one that is tricky to play against. They certainly have their power players, like captain Kane Williamson who the top bookmakers have as the 11/4 Top NZ Batsman in this match.
They also have one of the best ODI bowlers in the world in Trent Boult. The Black Caps do have form going against Sri Lanka tooand they are 3/10 odds on collect the match victory. They two met back in January and New Zealand made a clean sweep in the three match series. That’s eleven wins in their last four ODI fixtures against Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka are big underdogs for this one with only four wins in their last twenty ODI fixtures. In their warm up matches, they were beaten heavily by South Africa and Australia. They have odds of 5/2 to defy in this one.
Tottenham v Liverpool
Champions League Final – 8.00 pm
BT Sport
After some epic semi final comebacks from both Tottenham and Liverpool, will the final between them in Madrid on Saturday live up to expectations? It will be another great night for English football following the midweek Europa League Final between Chelsea and Arsenal. Which of these two Premier League sides will come out on top? It should be a great battle regardless.
It is Liverpool who the leading bookmakers are siding favouritism with at 19/20 odds. They beat Spurs in both league meetings this season and have won all but one of their last fourteen competitive games. They will also have the nightmare of twelve months ago as motivator. Jurgen Klopp’s men were soundly beaten by Real Madrid in last season’s Final. Can they deliver the goods and claim their sixth European Cup/Champions League title?
Or will it be Tottenham who defy their underdog status to get themselves their first ever European Cup title? Tottenham are 10/3 underdogs but they have received a massive boost in getting captain and star striker Harry Kane back from injury. He hasn’t played since the first leg of their quarter tie against Manchester City. So will he be sharp enough to help Tottenham make an impact in the fixture? This game is going to take plenty of action with punter’s best bets of the day.
Afghanistan v Australia
Cricket World Cup – 1.30 pm
Sky Sports
Australia have come into form at the right time. That could be a pretty ominous thing for the rest of the Cricket World Cup 2019 contenders. The Australians are on an eight match winning streak in One Day Internationals. That has been a telling turnaround in form from them too. They had won just two of their thirteen games prior to that, as they were going through some serious struggles and turmoils.
Australia are expected to come racing out of the blocks in this one and the top bookmakers have a rating of 8/11 on there being a century scored in the match. Tournament rank outsiders Afghanistan are 6/1 underdogs to pull off what would be a massive Cricket World Cup shock.
Anthony Joshua v Andy Ruiz
Boxing – 4.00 am Sunday
Sky Sports
AJ steps back into the ring for the defence of his heavyweight title in the early hours of Sunday morning. It is not the big fight that everyone wanted to see him in, as he fights in the USA for the first time in his career. This bout at the Madison Square Gardens sees him take on Andy Ruiz Jr. This is a title fight that Anthony Joshua is expected to win with some ease, although he himself has said how difficult of an opponent Ruiz may be.
The top bookmakers disagree and they have a quote of 15/8 on him stopping his opponent in Rounds 5 through 8. Joshua hold a 22-0 career record and all but one of those fights have been won by a knockout. Joshua was taken the distance only by Joseph Parker a couple of fights ago. Parker beat Ruiz back in 2016 for the vacant WBO heavyweight belt. That has been Ruiz’s biggest fight of his career. Ruiz may be out of his depth as the 12/1 underdog against the best in the business and gives up a lot of reach and height to AJ.
Saracens v Exeter
Premiership Rugby Final – 3.00 pm
BT Sport
Also making up the big day of sport on Saturday is the conclusion to the Premiership Rugby season. Once again it is Saracens v Exeter who will be meeting at Twickenham in the title match. This will the third time in the last four seasons that the two have met in the title match. Saracens have come out on top in the previous two and they are the reigning Champions. Sarries have won three of the last four Premiership titles. Last season they finished runners up in the final league standings to Exeter and still won the Final at Wembley.
This season the final standings were exactly the same with Exeter on top of Saracens. But it is Saracens who are 4/11 favourites with leading bookmakers for this Twickenham showdown. They know how to show up when in matters in the big games, highlighted recently with their win in the European Champions Cup Final. Exeter with a power game of their own, have their own massive strengths. Can they get their own game going and grind down Saracens? The Chiefs are 9/4 underdogs with the leading bookies. The two traded home wins in this seasons’ Premiership. It may be a tense battle of wills again.
