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Betting tips: Our best bets, free previews and predictions for all sports


Below is a full list of Sporting Life's current recommended bets across racing, football and more sports including golf, cricket, tennis and darts - plus the latest free bet offers.

These selections, prices and bookmakers were all verified at the time of publication and help to make up our tipping record.

You'll find tips listed at the top of all our betting previews as we seek to ensure we are fully transparent and that the prices reflect the market when our content is published.

Click on the preview title or named tipster below to be taken directly to the preview itself.


Racing

Ben Linfoot Verdict (Dec 26)

  • 1pt win Heltenham in 12.30 Aintree at 6/1 (General)
  • 1pt win Leave Of Absence in 12.45 Kempton at 14/1 (Sky Bet, BetVictor, Coral)
  • 1pt win L’Homme Presse in 2.30 Kempton at 11/1 (BetVictor, Ladbrokes)

Andrew Asquith Boxing Day Bets (Dec 26)

  • 1pt win Fire Flyer in the 12:45 Kempton at 7/1 (General)
  • 1pt win Country Mile in the 1.05 Aintree at 6/1 (Bet365, Betfair, 888)
  • 1pt win Banbridge in the 2.30 Kempton at 5/1 (Betvictor, Ladbrokes, Unibet, Coral)

Football

Boxing Day - 12:30

  • Jake's Predictions - 2pts Jack Grealish 2+ total shots in Man City vs Everton at evens (bet365), 0.5pt No first goalscorer in Man City vs Everton at 18/1 (Sky Bet, bet365)
  • Jimmy's Punt - 1pt Jordan Pickford card and Everton double chance vs Man City at 19/1 (Sky Bet), 0.5pt Pickford card and Everton win at 45/1 (Sky Bet)
  • Tom's Tips - 1pt Over 11.5 corners in Hearts vs Hibernian at 6/4 (bet365)

Boxing Day - 15:00

  • Jake's Predictions - 2pts Over 4.5 cards in Chelsea vs Fulham at 23/20 (bet365), 1pt Matty Cash to be carded in Newcastle vs Aston Villa at 3/1 (Sky Bet), 1pt Nikola Milenkovic to score first in N Forest vs Tottenham at 12/1 (Sky Bet), 0.5pt Nikola Milenkovic to score first in N Forest vs Tottenham at 33/1 (Sky Bet), 0.5pt Murillo to score first in N Forest vs Tottenham at 60/1 (Betfair, Paddy Power), 0.5pt Murillo to score anytime in N Forest vs Tottenham at 18/1 (Betfair, Paddy Power)
  • Jimmy's Punt - 1pt Bernd Leno card and Fulham double chance vs Chelsea at 13/1 (Sky Bet), 0.5pt Leno card and Fulham win at 29/1 (Sky Bet), 1pt Ivor Pandur card and Hull double chance vs Preston at 12/1 (bet365), 0.5pt Ivor Pandur card and Hull win at 25/1 (bet365), 1pt Norman Bassette to be carded in Coventry vs Plymouth at 13/2 (BetVictor), 0.5pt Bassette and Kornel Szucs to be carded at 20/1 (BetVictor), 0.5pt Bassette and Szucs to be sent off at 1000/1 (bet365), 1pt Jobe Bellingham to be carded in Blackburn vs Sunderland at 4/1 (bet365), 0.5pt Bellingham and Lewis Travis to be carded at 12/1 (bet365), 2pts Matty Stevens to score anytime in AFC Wimbledon vs Swindon at 13/8 (bet365), 0.5pt Matty Stevens to score 2+ goals at 9/1 (bet365), 0.5pt Matty Stevens to score 3+ goals at 50/1 (bet365), 1pt Pickford, Leno, Pandur carded and Everton, Fulham, Hull double chance trixie at 2,144/1 (bet365)
  • Tom's Tips - 1pt Over 2.5 goals in Middlesbrough vs Sheff Weds, Watford vs Portsmouth, Bolton vs Barnsley & Walsall vs Doncaster at 9.62/1 (William Hill), 1pt Max Kilman to score anytime in Southampton vs West Ham at 16/1 (Sky Bet), 1pt Southampton 14+ fouls committed vs West Ham at 10/3 (Sky Bet), 1pt Tottenham 7+ corners vs Nottingham Forest at 8/5 (Coral, Ladbrokes)

Boxing Day - 17:30

  • Jake's Predictions - 1.5pt Amad Diallo to score or assist in Wolves vs Man Utd at 33/20 (Unibet)

Boxing Day - 20:00

  • Jake's Predictions - 2.5pts Liverpool to win to nil vs Leicester at 19/20 (William Hill)
  • Jimmy's Punt - 2pts Diogo Jota to score anytime in Liverpool vs Leicester at 10/11 (Betfair, Paddy Power), 0.5pt Diogo Jota to score 2+ goals at 9/2 (Betfair, Paddy Power), 0.5pt Diogo Jota to score 3+ goals at 20/1 (Betfair, Paddy Power)
  • Liverpool vs Leicester preview - 2pts Liverpool (-2 handicap) at 4/5 (Betfair, Paddy Power), 1.5pts Liverpool 25+ total shots at 11/8 (Sky Bet), 1pts Mohamed Salah 1+ assists at 7/5 (William Hill), 1pt Trent Alexander-Arnold 1+ assists at 9/4 (SpreadEx, Sporting Index)
  • Tom's Tips - 1pt Ao Tanaka to score anytime in Stoke vs Leeds at 13/2 (General)

Darts

World Darts: Day nine (Dec 23)

  • 1pt Daryl Gurney to win, hit 4+ 180s & a 100+ checkout at 9/4 (Sky Bet)
  • 1pt 8+ 180s and 3+ 100+ checkouts in the Cross match at 13/8 (Sky Bet)

Cricket

Sydney Sixers v Melbourne Stars (Dec 26)

  • 2pts Jack Edwards top Sydney Sixers batsman at 13/2 (General)
  • 1pt Tom Curran top Melbourne Stars batsman at 22/1 (General)

Australia v India (Dec 26-30)

  • 2pts Scott Boland top Australia first innings bowler at 10/3 (bet365)

South Africa v Pakistan (Dec 26-30)

  • 2pts Temba Bavuma top South Africa first innings batsman at 9/2 (General)
  • 1pt Aamer Jamal top Pakistan first innings batsman at 28/1 (bet365)

Golf

The Masters 2025 (Apr)

  • 1pt e.w. Rickie Fowler at 125/1 (Paddy Power, Betfair 1/5 1,2,3,4,5,6)
  • 1pt e.w. Nick Dunlap at 200/1 (Sky Bet, Coral 1/5 1,2,3,4,5,6)

PGA Championship (May)

  • 1pt e.w. Tommy Fleetwood at 50/1 (General 1/5 1,2,3,4,5,6)
  • 1pt e.w. Tyrrell Hatton at 50/1 (General 1/5 1,2,3,4,5,6)
  • 1pt e.w. Taylor Pendrith at 250/1 (Sky Bet 1/5 1,2,3,4,5,6)

US Open (Jun)

  • 1pt e.w. Shane Lowry at 66/1 (General 1/5 1,2,3,4,5,6)
  • 1pt e.w. Davis Thompson at 200/1 (William Hill 1/5 1,2,3,4,5,6)

The Open (Jul)

  • 2pts e.w. Jordan Spieth at 66/1 (Betfred 1/5 1,2,3,4,5,6)

Tennis

WTA Antepost Tour 2025

  • 0.5pt Qinwen Zheng to be year-end world number one at 20/1 (Unibet, BetMGM)
  • 1pt Aryna Sabalenka to reach four Grand Slam semi-finals at 5/1 (bet365)
  • 4pts Linda Noskova to finish in the top 20 at evens (Unibet, BetMGM)
  • 2pts Beatriz Haddad Maia to finish in the top 20 at 27/20 (Unibet, BetMGM)
  • 2.5pts Rebecca Sramkova to finish in the top 50 at 6/5 (Unibet, BetMGM)

2025 Antepost ATP Tour

  • 1pt Alex Zverev to be the year-end world number one at 10/1 (bet365)
  • 3pts Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard to serve the most aces at 7/10 (Sportingbet)
  • 1pt Arthur Fils to finish in the top 10 at 14/5 (Unibet, BetMGM)
  • 4pts Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard to finish in the top 30 at 4/5 (Unibet, BetMGM)
  • 2pts Learner Tien to finish in the top 70 at 2/1 (Unibet, BetMGM)

2025 Antepost Women's Grand Slams

  • 1pt e.w. Qinwen Zheng in the French Open at 20/1 (betway)
  • 1pt e.w. Ons Jabeur for Wimbledon at 40/1 (Unibet, BetMGM)

2025 Antepost Men's Grand Slams

  • 0.5pt e.w. Taylor Fritz to win the Australian Open at 40/1 (William Hill)
  • 0.5pt e.w. Stefanos Tsitsipas to win the French Open at 60/1 (Unibet, BetMGM)
  • 1pt Matteo Berrettini to win Wimbledon at 80/1 (Unibet, BetMGM)
  • 0.5pt e.w. Arthur Fils to win the US Open at 150/1 (Coral, Ladbrokes, William Hill)

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