Betting Preview - Saturday 6th December 2014

A busy day lies ahead on Saturday with six race meetings across Ireland and the UK, live football from across the globe, UK Championship semi-finals, European Champions Cup rugby and more.



HORSE RACING
There are six meetings in the UK and Ireland on Saturday – they are:
Aintree (12:00pm, National Hunt)
Wetherby (12:10pm, National Hunt)
Navan (12:15pm, National Hunt)
Sandown (12:20pm, National Hunt)
Chepstow (12:25pm, National Hunt)
Wolverhampton (6:15pm, Flat)

They also race at Turffontein in South Africa from 10:00am and Kenilworth in South Africa from 10:30am.

FOOTBALL
It’s a busy Saturday as always with matches across Europe – they live TV games are:

Australian Hyundai A-League – Newcastle Jets v Wellington Phoenix (6:00am kick-off, live on BT Sport 2)
Australian Hyundai A-League – Adelaide United v Western Sydney Wanderers (8:30am kick-off, live on BT Sport 2)
English Premier League – Newcastle United v Chelsea (12:45pm kick-off, live on BT Sport 1)
Scottish Premiership – Motherwell v Celtic (12:45pm kick-off, live on Sky Sports 1)
English Premier League – Stoke City v Arsenal (3:00pm kick-off, live on Setanta Sports 1)
English FA Cup, Second-Round – Sheffield United v Plymouth Argyle (3:00pm kick-off, live on Setanta Ireland)
Italian Serie A – Roma v Sassuolo (5:00pm kick-off, live on BT Sport 2)
English FA Cup, Second-Round – Wrexham v Maidstone United (5:30pm kick-off, live on BBC2 Wales)
German Bundesliga – Bayern Munich v Bayer Leverkusen (5:30pm kick-off, live on BT Sport 1)
Spanish La Liga – Real Madrid v Celta Vigo (7:00pm kick-off, live on Sky Sports 5)
Italian Serie A – Torino v Palermo (7:45pm kick-off, live on BT Sport 1)
Spanish La Liga – Deportivo La Coruna v Malaga (9:00pm kick-off, live on Sky Sports 5)

BASKETBALL
There are a number of matches (six in total) in the NBA in the early hours of Saturday morning from just after midnight Irish time.

GOLF
The third day of the Nedbank Challenge takes place in Sun City, South Africa on Saturday with Ross Luke Donald and Ross Fisher right in connection ahead of the third-round (live on Sky Sports 4 from 8:00am). Elsewhere, day three of the World Golf Challenge continues in Orlando, Florida (live on Sky Sports 4 from 5:00pm).

GREYHOUNDS
There are six BAGS cards on Saturday – they are:
Romford (10:31am)
Crayford (10:38am)
Newcastle (2:24pm)
Poole (3:08pm)
Sittingbourne (6:33pm)
Monmore (6:39pm)

RUGBY UNION
There are five matches in the European Champions Cup on Saturday – they are:
European Champions Cup – Sale Sharks v Saracents (1:00pm kick-off, live on Sky Sports 2)
European Champions Cup – Benetton Treviso v Northampton (2:00pm kick-off)
European Champions Cup – Ospreys v Racing Metro (3:15pm kick-off, live on Sky Sports 2)
European Champions Cup – Munster v Clermont Auvergne (5:30pm kick-off, live on Sky Sports 2)
European Champions Cup – Ulster v Scarlets (7:45pm kick-off, live on BT Sport 2)

SNOOKER
The UK Snooker Championship continues in York on Saturday with two semi-final matches down for decision (live on BBC & Eurosport across the day).

TENNIS
The Statoil Masters continues at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Saturday with coverage of the event (live on ITV4 at 1:30pm and 7:30pm).