It's cup final day and I have one bet in the big match.
Rangers vs Hibernian
Advice: OVER 2.5 Goals at 1.88 Sbobet (1.76+)
Straight away, this was my thinking on this game if the price was ok and I am actually quite surprised to see us being offered the price that is available. Rangers obviously won the league a few weeks back and will be playing Premiership football again next season. Hibs missed out having lost 3-2 to Falkirk in the dying seconds just last weekend. It remains to be seen if they have got over that disappointment yet but with this being a cup final, you would expect them to be right up for it. I think there is a lot of pressure on Hibs today. They have never won this trophy and with what looked like a very promising season 3 months ago could turn into one to forget should they go on to lose what will be their 2nd cup final this season. Rangers definitely switched off after winning the league. They have had 3 weeks to prepare for this game whereas Hibs have been on the go pretty consistently. I do think both teams will feel like they can really win this today and I am expecting goals. Rangers under Mark Warburton only play one way and that is to be very attacking using the flanks with their full backs pushing high up. This has worked for them very well but defensively it does mean they are still vulnerable and they do concede a lot of sloppy goals. Defensive midfielder Dom Ball is missing for Rangers today and he will be missed in front of the back four. Up front, top goalscorer Martyn Waghorn is ready to return though. For Hibs, there are no major problems and it will be interesting to see if James Keatings continues up front with Stokes having scored their 2 goals last weekend. It means top scorer Jason Cummings will miss out but the Hibees do have plenty of firepower when going forward. Games between these sides this season have been very very open (apart from a 1-0 Rangers win in August). 4 out of the 5 matches have had 22 goals. The way I see both teams setting up and playing today means we should be in for another very open match with chances at both ends. I don't think either will sit back and both know they are capable of beating each other going with previous results this season. This should be a very entertaining cup final and the over line is priced very nicely in my book.