Tangerines look dream bet

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Last week I mentioned that the industry hadnt suitably reacted to the departure of Stuart Armstrong from the Dundee United line-up and we were rewarded for opposing them. Another, if slightly smaller, reward is on offer again this week but this time we are backing Jackie McNamaras men. The swing in opinion since Saturdays defeat to St Johnstone has been severe and I think maybe a little too severe. I was looking forward to profiting from an overrated Dundee United again on Tuesday but incredibly they went off as outsiders at home and I ended up backing them instead. Unfortunately for me they had their goalkeeper sent off in the opening minutes, going behind from the resulting penalty, but they came back manfully and forced a draw with Inverness. They will, of course, now be without Michal Szromnik this weekend following that red card but I dont see it as a bad thing as he was badly at fault for St Johnstones opener and replacement Radoslaw Cierzniak was a starter until recently so will be relishing the chance to reclaim his spot. Partick are currently on a run of four consecutive league defeats with Saturday's home defeat to Ross County the most devastating of the bunch. Somehow they are being dragged into the relegation picture and the pressure is building to stop the rot. A month ago Dundee United would have been 4/7 for this game and even taking into account the losses of Armstrong and Gary Mackay-Steven I cant have them any bigger than 8/11. Back Dundee United to win.

Dumbarton are in wretched form at the moment with six defeats in their last seven and in losing their last four home games they have conceded 15 goals to just three scored. Queen of the South on the other hand can be quite happy with how things have been going recently. A run of three consecutive wins and clean sheets was abruptly ended by Hearts at the weekend but the Doonhammers can be proud of that defeat as they took the lead and pressed the champions-elect in ways that only really Hibernian have managed to so far this season. I think there could be few goals in this one and Queen of the South should be able to beat the -1 handicap but if youre feeling really adventurous go for the -2.

Every time I have put Elgin up as value, the game has invariably been snowed off but this week I just cant help myself. Arbroath are probably better than Elgin, I think we can all agree on that, but not by anywhere near as much as the prices suggest. From bottom of the pile Elgin have almost impossibly blasted their way into the promotion race and following a run of seven wins in eight games (the other result was a draw at league leaders Queens Park) they lie six points adrift of fourth place with two games in hand. Jim Weir has absolutely transformed this side in a matter of weeks and whatever the result of this one I think its fair to say that he will be adding to January's manager of the month award. Another big part of this rise up the table has been the performances of former Inverness player Shane Sutherland, hes a pacy forward with Premiership experience and on his day he will really terrorise defences at this level. As good as Elgin have been recently, Arbroath have been almost as bad. The former league leaders are without a win in 2015 and will not be relishing the prospect of facing the league's form horses. The Elgin/draw double chance is a reasonable proposition and I wouldnt put anyone off, it but Im going for the win outright.

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