With just four Bundesliga matches remaining following this both teams are in desperate need of points. As it stands, it appears that both Hamburg and Köln will be automatically relegated, then one of Mainz, Freiburg or Wolfsburg will go into the relegation play-offs. Mainz occupy that position at the moment, but with a win tonight they could leapfrog their opponents on goal difference. Earlier on in the season Freiburg won the reverse match (2-1), and that made it two on the spin against Mainz. However, if we consider the last 14 games them it’s 6-5-3 to the hosts. Furthermore, Freiburg haven’t won here in their last 17 games! Team news is a bit sketchy has Mainz will check on Berggreen, Maxim, Hack, Bell and Balogun. Confirmed absentees for the host are Donati and Muto. The biggest question appears to concern the participation of those centre backs (Balogun and Hack), although their is good news with GK Robin Zentner being available again! Freiburg also have doubts over Hofler and Koch. While Abrashi, Niederlacher, Ravet, Stanko and Frantz are definite out! Odds could move significantly when the player position comes clearer. Nevertheless, we can imagine that Mainz should be alright and these odds could be exaggerated about a decent home side against a poor visitor!

WE HAVE FIVE PREMIUM BETS TODAY - THIS IS THE SECOND ONE WE ARE GIVING FOR FREE! ——— THOMAS O’MALLEY is a decent type who should win more races. However, a mark of 109 suggests he’s beatable, and that’s especially the case under a 5 pound penalty. FREEDOM CHIMES should make into a better hurdler than he was on the flat. We can certainly suggest he ran well on his recent timber debut. Nevertheless, he’s a 14 race maiden and his flat rating of 42 suggests he will need to do better again. PS - we would also ask him to prove his recent third to MSASSA wasn’t a one off. 75 rated flat horse ITSALONGLONGROAD was running a really good race before falling at Down Royal. John McConnell’s runner is lightly raced and open to further improvement. Heavy ground isn’t a problem and this is the easiest opposition he’s faced for a long time!

WE ARE GIVING WHAT WE CONSIDER TO BE AN HIGH VALUE BET FOR FREE - HERE YOU GO - Favourite SPANISH HISTORY could improve, and he’s certainly bred to handle such conditions. However, you couldn’t say that a mark of 77 is lenient, thus he’s worth taking on. We would be sceptical about WICKER on this type of ground, while back to back winner EAST COAST LADY appears h’capped to the hilt. In fact, we would even suggest she’s better at a shorter trip on ground this testing. ZLATAN is a CD winner who should handle conditions well. we believe he should place again albeit he’s hardly well h’capped. HAWKRIDGE GLORY should win more races for his in form stable. Nevertheless, he usually needs a run, plus he needs further and better ground. Despite not racing for 595 days BAKHT A RAWAN looks interesting. Stuart Kittow’s six year old has won first time up in the past. He’s also well potentially h’capped and will have no issues with the conditions. Booking Silvestre De Sousa suggests the trainer is serious, so why not!

Starting pitchers are James Paxton for the hosts and Dallas Keuchel for the visitors. The Astros should be utterly ashamed of themselves, allowing an overweight 45-year old Bartolo Colon nearly no-hit them in what ended up as a 3-1 win for the Rangers last night. Perhaps they were looking ahead but in any case, we will have to see them actually carve out hits and runs before we can say they are a playing at a championship level. Paxton struggled in the first start of the season but appears to have settled in with 2 consecutive quality starts and 17 strikeouts and just 2 walks over his last 11 innings of work. Keuchel is worthy of being an ace as well but we see this as 50/50 at worst!

`Starting pitchers are Brent Suter for the hosts and Luis Castillo for the visitors. Despite a couple of rough outings for Luis Castillo, we are still believers in his ability and in fact, we see Brent Suter's performance in his careers as a bit of smoke and mirrors. Suter is undersized with very little velocity and relies on trickery and an unorthodox delivery but we believe this only takes one so far and is unsustainable. The Brewers' bullpen is still unreliable in our opinion with Corey Knebel sidelined and neither team sports a lineup that should be feared. The Reds are in a funk, having lost 9 of their last 10 games but we see this as closer to 50/50!

Starting pitchers are Blake Snell for the hosts and Martin Perez for the visitors. Blake Snell is a terrific young prospect for the Rays but we're having trouble understanding these numbers being put out on who we believe are one of the worst teams in all of baseball. Granted, the Rangers aren't too far behind but their lineup at least packs some power while the Rays are largely undisciplined at the plate. Martin Perez is barely serviceable as a starter but he should have some success pitching in a generous ballpark against a team that struggles against southpaws. We like 2 bets for this game!

Starting pitchers are Blake Snell for the hosts and Martin Perez for the visitors. Blake Snell is a terrific young prospect for the Rays but we're having trouble understanding these numbers being put out on who we believe are one of the worst teams in all of baseball. Granted, the Rangers aren't too far behind but their lineup at least packs some power while the Rays are largely undisciplined at the plate. Martin Perez is barely serviceable as a starter but he should have some success pitching in a generous ballpark against a team that struggles against southpaws. We like 2 bets for this game!

Starting pitchers are Steven Brault for the hosts and German Marquez for the visitors. Steven Brault has pitched decently to start the year with a 3.46 ERA over 2 starts but a bit alarming for the young left hander is the 6 free passes he has issued which does not bode well for a pitcher that relies on his control. Brault also has issues working deep into games and the Pirates' bullpen has been a bit of a mess early in the season. We are much bigger believers in German Marquez and he should have a lot of success pitching away from Coors Field. In any case, the Rockies are continually getting disrespected and they are one of the teams we are high on this year (if you remember, we bet on them twice at nice odds against the Nationals, winning both times!). Nolan Arenado is out for the visitors due to suspensions but the Rockies still sport a dangerous lineup, especially against southpaws. We will gladly take them at these odds!

THIS IS THE SHORTEST PRICED HORSE WE ARE BETTING TODAY, BUT WE STILL SEE GREAT VALUE IN MAKING THIS WAGER - DEDIGOUT was once rated 157, and he’s the winner of 10/37 races. While Mickey Hammond’s twelve year old is clearly not at that level anymore, the fact is his mark dropped to a very workable 119. We also like the fact Hugo Thompson gets to take off an extra ten pounds, especially since three of them area bonus for riding for his stable. Yes he did finish last of five when running on 20th march, but maybe he found the three miles beyond him that day. Dropping back in trip is a big positive, so lets not miss out!

FREE PREMIUM BET WHICH WE CONSIDER TO BE EXCELLENT VALUE - Easy to understand why the bookmakers are making MOVING IN STYLE favourite. Afterall, he won well last time out and the first two pulled well clear of the rest. Racing from a pound higher shouldn’t be a stopper, especially since the same jockey can claim 7 pounds instead of 6. However, the race he won looked poor, and the neck second was well beaten next time out. It took a while for the penny to drop that INDIAN REEL needed further, he should be thereabouts at the finish. We had a second look at BOHER LAD and came to the conclusion he could place. However, for the winner we want to get with KING CHARLIE. While the 8 year old hasn’t run for a while he’s got next to no weight, and he comes from a very in form stable. Suzy Smith should be able to improve this lightly raced gelding and good/soft ground appears optimum.

YOU WANT MORE, THEN TAKE ANOTHER FROM A TOP PERFORMING LEAGUE ————St Truiden returned to winning ways with a 4-0 win over Antwerp. However, the scoreline was a massive exaggeration on what we had seen take place on the field, and that was just their second win from their last nine league games. In fact, one of those matches was a 2-0 defeat at the hands of todays opponent Oostende, and their was also another 2-0 loss against the Kustboys in the cup. The other thing we would like to point out with the visitor, they were the third worst traveller during the main league season. For the record, Jonas De Roeck’s side won just one of their 15 away league matches during that phase. Oostende drew their two Europa league qualification group games to date. However, Adnan Custovic’s side ended the main campaign strongly by beating top teams Gent (2-3) and Anderlecht (2-0), and they appear to be in decent physical shape going into this match. While the likes of Jali, Musona, Berrier, Jonckheere and Bossaerts are still missing, none of them are new to the injured list. And, on a more positive note, Conte is ready if needed. St-Truiden are expecting to be without Charisis, Legear, Antunes and Ceballos. Furthermore, Boli is highly unlikely to make it back!

FREE PREMIUM BET FROM OUR MOST PROFITABLE LEAGUE BAR NONE, WHY MISS OUT!. Nothing is giving at the top of the championship group, since both Brondby and Midtjylland keep winning. For the record, Brondby lead the league courtesy of goal difference (+8) and the pair are 13 points clear of the pack. In last weeks match Alexander Zorniger’s side thrashed Horsens (5-1). It was a big scoreline against a team that are hard to break down. That took the Drengene Fra Vestegnen to 25 competitive matches unbeaten, and 19 of them were wins! Brondby have twice beaten todays opponent in the league during the main season, and that increases to three times if we include the cup win. Interesting two of those victories came on the road, and all of them were by identical 1-0 score lines. FCK have had a poor season by their standards, albeit they started to come good at the end. With that said they couldn’t hold out in last weeks match against Midtjylland (3-2), and if anything todays opponent is even more efficient. Missing players shouldn’t have a bearing on this match - We expect the hosts to win and Brondby to take a clear lead in the league table!