Monday's Football Tips: Preston prepares for Leicester City's Championship coronation

29 Apr 2024

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Mondays Football Tips Preston prepares for Leicester Citys Championship
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THERE will be a party atmosphere in the away end at Deepdale tonight as Leicester City visit Preston North End looking to seal the Championship title. The

THERE will be a party atmosphere in the away end at Deepdale tonight as Leicester City visit Preston North End looking to seal the Championship title.

The Foxes secured promotion on Friday night when Leeds United crashed to defeat at QPR and the only question now is whether they can hold off Ipswich to finish at the summit.

The Tractor Boys are four points behind them with two games to play so Enzo Maresca's men can get their hands on the trophy if they beat Preston.

And it would be a surprise if the champagne fell a little flat, given 10th-placed North End have nothing to play for, having just come up short in their push for the play-offs.

Leicester City vs Preston North End: Top Betting Tips

Maresca's team finished the job in style last week as they got over the line for automatic promotion with a 5-0 demolition of Southampton. They are just 4/6 at QuinnBet for another win tonight and that's no surprise given Preston have lost three in row without even scoring.

It could pay to back the Foxes at -1 in the handicap (7/4, 888Sport) while Bet365 are offering a tempting 8/5 on Leicester to be winning at half-time and full-time.

Issahaku Fatawu scored a hat-trick in that rout of Saints so I'm surprised to see the Leicester forward as big as 17/10 with Paddy Power to either score or assist against Preston. That looks great value.

Barcelona vs Valencia: Top Betting Tips

Barcelona's season has gone off the rails completely in the last few weeks, with Xavi's side crashing out of the Champions League to PSG and surrendering their Spanish crown to bitter rivals Real Madrid.

Last weekend's loss in El Clasico saw Barca fall 14 points behind the Bernabeu giants and they've now dropped to third with Girona also a point above them.

Most fans just want a dreadful season to come to an end and Valencia will fancy their chances of a win in Catalonia as they keep up their push for a European place. But the bookies still make Barcelona hot favourites at 4/11 (888Sport) with Los Che as big as 8/1 (Coral).

Goals have been hard to come by in Valencia games of late, with just seven scored across their last six outings. That makes me think under 2.5 goals stands a chance at 11/8 with SkyBet while betting against BTTS pays 10/11 at William Hill.

Genoa vs Cagliari: Top Betting Tips

There's also action in Serie A tonight and Cagliari will be out to move further clear of danger at the bottom as they travel to mid-table Genoa.

With the home side having nothing to play for and on a bad run that seen them win just once in seven games, Cagliari look pretty good value for the win at 5/2 with BetMGM.

They have lost just once in nine games and Cagliari's last two games have ended in 2-2 draws against big guns Inter Milan and Juventus. Betfair are offering 11/8 on over 2.5 goals for this one and that looks good as it has landed in the last three Cagliari games.