Tony Kelshaw 
We’ve reached the semi-finals stage with our bwin Grand Slam of Darts predictions and have a 99/1 correct score double for Sunday in Wolverhampton. This event features the top stars from the PDC and BDO codes and has £450,000 in prize money up for grabs, with £110,000 going to the champion.
Novak Djokovic has been outstanding in London, but we’re backing Alexander Zverez to give him a decent work-out. Zverev was beaten 6-4 6-1 by the world number one during the group stage, but he did have a slight chance to upset the Serbian superstar at 4-4 in the opening set.
Brazil have secured four straight friendly victories since the World Cup and are fancied to extend that winning sequence when taking on Uruguay at Emirates Stadium. La Albiceleste seem less determined to do well in such matches, having lost 2-1 in South Korea and 4-3 in Japan last month.
Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland have both been struggling to sparkle of late and we’re expecting a tense tussle when they meet in Dublin on Thursday. Each team is facing relegation in the newly-formed Nations League and scoring goals has been a real problem for these Emerald Isle rivals.
We’ve got three autumn internationals predictions from Saturday’s big rugby matches and are hoping to land a 5/1-plus treble on the handicap markets. With the Rugby World Cup nine months away, Europe’s top nations will be keen to show they can compete with the southern hemisphere superpowers.
Chelsea eased past BATE Borisov 3-1 in a one-sided Europa League clash at Stamford Bridge and are again expected to come out on top in the return fixture in Belarus. However, BATE have scored in their last eight home matches in all competitions and could well register another consolation goal.
Rangers will have been frustrated to only draw with Spartak Moscow at home in the Europa League but a repeat of that result in Russia would be better received. Steven Gerrard’s side looked much the better team at Ibrox, are joint top of Group G and remain unbeaten in 11 games in this competition.
Celtic face an uphill battle to reach the Europa League knockout stages after two away defeats but can edge out RB Leipzig in Glasgow. Both teams made a number of changes when the Hoops went down 2-0 in Germany but Brendan Rodgers is expected to take the return fixture more seriously.
Tony Bellew is no stranger to upsetting the odds but we fear he may have bitten off more than he can chew by taking on undisputed cruiserweight champion Oleksandr Usyk. The Ukrainian southpaw is widely regarded as one of the best pound-for-pound fighters on the planet.
Cristiano Ronaldo enjoyed a winning return to Old Trafford by setting up the only goal as Juventus made it three successive wins in Group H at Manchester United’s expense. United, five points behind Juve at halfway, are now in a battle for second after picking up just one point from two home matches.
It was a case of close but no cigar last week, as 20/1 headline tip Patrick Cantlay finished runner-up in Las Vegas. But the one good thing about the virtually endless golf season is that another opportunity is just around the corner and that’s what we have with this week’s Mayakoba Golf Classic.
Stoke took a while to settle into life in the Championship but are now enjoying more ups than downs on our Trueform chart and get the nod over Middlesbrough. The visitors are a dogged bunch but do sometimes fail to impress going forward and that could be their undoing on this occasion.
Napoli put in a fine performance when drawing 2-2 against PSG in France and are rated a value pick to come out on top in the return fixture. Carlo Ancelotti’s side have already beaten Liverpool in Naples and have every chance of qualifying from the ultra-competitive Champions League Group C.
Tottenham blew a great chance to kick-start their Champions League campaign when only drawing 2-2 with PSV in Holland and simply have to now make amends at Wembley. With both teams having already been beaten by Barcelona and Inter Milan, only a win will suffice in London.