Sports action does not stop any day of the year and this Friday, October 20 will be no exception, with plenty of entertainment options to choose from at sports betting.
In this case, we have a lot of activity in various sports around the world, with the basketball of the Euroleague, the World Cup semi-finals Rugby and tennis at the Tokyo ATP.
Below we present his most interesting predictions sports betting to play this Friday.
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The best sports bets for Friday 20 October
Ben Shelton Win (2.15-1)
This Friday his quarterfinals Tokyo ATP 500the last major tournament of the men’s Asian tennis tour, and the highlight match of the day is a clash between two Americans: Tommy Paul and Ben Shelton.
The bookmakers show Paul as a slight favourite, so a Shelton win pays a juicy 2.15 to 1 at DAZN Bet and it’s just the young player from Atlanta, Georgia, who won the last matchup between the two. Shelton knocked Paul out of the last US Open (a tournament in which he would even reach the semi-finals) by 6-4, 6-3, 4-6 and 6-4 just over a month ago.
Ben is one of the current players on the circuit, with 10 wins in his last 12 matches, and has less experience than a higher-ranked Paul, but more tools in his tennis. You can expect a very close match between these two great servers, but Shelton’s high win percentage makes him a very good shot this Friday.
Barça Basketball Handicap -7.5 points (1.70 to 1)
He Barsa basket had a perfect run in the EuroLeague 2023-2024, with three wins in three appearances and all by a margin of nine points or more. His opponent this Friday in Barcelona is Bayern Munichwhich they already lost in this campaign when they visited Panathinaikos, and the Blaugrana must not suffer to be able to win again.
With Nicolás Laprovittola and Willy Hernangómez in superb form in the continental competition, Barça have scored at least 77 points in every game and a figure hardly better than that would make it difficult for a Bayern far more used to low scoring at the start of the season (they have not even 80 in no game).
Barca Basket handicap at -7.5, meaning the Catalan team wins by 8 points or more, pays 1.70 at DAZN Bet. This has been achieved in two of Barcelona’s last three wins over Bayern Munich, with 9 and 11 points.
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New Zealand to score over 32.5 points (1.80 to 1)
The Rugby World Cup will have at least one finalist from the southern hemisphere: the All Blacks of New Zealandchampions in 1987, 2011 and 2015, or The Pumas of Argentina, looking for their first final. The favorite for this semi-final in France is clear: it is the New Zealand team, which won 33 of 36 official matches who played with Argentina.
The All Blacks’ win fee is very low and, considering they lost to Argentina in 2020 and 2022, it’s risky for something that pays so little. So the chosen option is to go for New Zealand’s attacking powerhouse, with something that pays much more: that he will score at least 33 points is 1.80 to 1 at DAZN Bet.
New Zealand have just scored 28 points in a great game against Ireland, the leaders of the world rugby rankings, and before that they had 71 points against Namibia, 96 in Italy and 73 in Uruguay. The poor offensive performance he had against France (13 points and a lot of ball handling errors) seems to be a thing of the past.
Against Argentina, the men from Oceania have on several occasions brought their full force to bear. In seven of their last 10 games (from 2018 onwards) scored 35 points or more against Los Pumas.
* The odds mentioned in this article have been updated on Wednesday 18 October at 23:00.
