PDC Home Tour Betting Tips: De Sousa and Brown fight out Group 25
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KeeganBrown will get another chance in the PDC Home Tour this evening after hisinitial foray into the competition was cut short due to a poor WiFi connection.
The Isle ofWight arrowsmith reckons those problems are now behind him as he bids to outgunJose De Sousa, Robert Thornton and Reece Robinson in Group 25.
Can TheNeedle thread his way through to the next round at odds of 11/4? We’vepreviewed three of this evening’s matches below.
Keegan Brownv Reece Robinson (19:30)
This isprobably one of the tightest groups of the entire tournament. And as such there’svery little to split the players in the opening encounter, with Brown at 4/7against 13/10 for Robinson.
Those oddsbelie the head-to-head record between the pair, with The Sugar coming out ontop in four of their seven encounters, including a 6-5 success in a Danish OpenQualifier last year.
That could lend itself to another close-fought encounter this evening. You can get 8/11 about Over 7.5 Legs in the contest, while we go 7/1 for Robinson to prevail with a narrow 5-4 victory.
Jose DeSousa v Robert Thornton (20:00)
Thornton may be a two-time major winner but it’s De Sousa who’s fancied to take the spoils in this clash. The exciting Portuguese thrower is 4/9 to come out on top, with Thornton back at 13/8.
It’s easy tosee why. The Special One has a much better record in floor tournaments than hisopponent over the last 12 months, winning a Players Championship event inOctober 2019.
He’s alsoshown himself to be a more consistent 180 hitter, and there’s 11/10available for him to hit more maximums in the match than his Scottishrival.
KeeganBrown v Jose De Sousa (21:00)
The featuregame of the night could well be the decider, and our traders are finding itdifficult to split the group favourites. De Sousa has been installed as thenarrow 2/3 jolly against 11/10 for Brown.
Whicheverway the match goes it should provide us with plenty of entertainment. Both playersare ranked inside the top 30 for maximums hit in major tournaments over thelast 12 months.
There’s 5/6 about Over 3.5 180s in the match this evening while Brown, who has hit 28 more than his opponent in majors since May 2019, is 19/10 to ping the lipstick more times than De Sousa.
All oddsand markets correct as of date of publication.
