Posted on May 20 2011 by Aidan Opas

Motherwell v Celtic: Betting Tips

Scottish Cup Final. Kick off 3pm

With the English Premier Leagues final round of fixtures taking place tomorrow the Scottish Cup Final at Hampden Park takes centre stage today.

Will it be Motherwells first piece of silverware since 1991 or will it be Neil Lennons first trophy as boss of the Hoops?

The bookies think theres only one answer to that question and have Celtic as very short-priced favourites at 4/11 and Well as big as 9/1 at VCBet to win in 90 minutes.

To win the cup Celtic are 1/4 but I cant get my head round Motherwell being just 10/3 . If you think the Steelemen will need extra-time or penalties then Id suggest a split stake on those two outcomes.

Last week Motherwell were on the end of a 4-0 drubbing at Celtic Park but Stuart McCall will be making several changes to that shadow side today. McCall has taken the opportunity to rest much of his first-team as their SPL campaign has wound down in the last few weeks. Today will tell us whether that was the right tactic to employ or whether he should have kept the momentum going. Personally I think the latter.

The Motherwell fans will take confidence from their 2-0 win over Celtic back in February. However that was on their much maligned mudbath of a pitch, on a day where Charlie Mulgrew gift wrapped Motherwell a goal of a start. Theyll need another huge slice of luck if theyre to be victorious today on the expanses of the Hampden pitch.

I think itll be tight but Celtic should just edge it. Expect Motherwell to keep things tight for as long as possible. i like the look of more goals being scored in the second half at 11/10 .

With the firepower of Hooper, Commons Celtic have two likely match winners. Commons especially likes the Hampden pitch and hes 9/2 to open the scoring. Hooper is 3/1 . If youre looking for an outside bet in this market then consider Daniel Majstorovic. The big Swedish centre half gets himself on the end of corners but so far has looked like his is shaped like a 50p piece but one of these days hes going to get one on target. Hes 25/1 to score first and could be a good each-way option.

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