Kris Commons or El Hadji-Diouf?
Who would you rather have picked up in your January shopping?
With nine goals to his name since his £300,000 transfer from Derby it’s fair to say that the judgement of Neil Lennon and Walter Smith was spot on when they enquired about Commons availability in January.
With Commons and Dioud both priced at 21/10 to score at Ibrox today it’s likely that there will be a few more clicks and punts going on the Celtic man.
Commons chose to move to Celtic and has settled into the side with minimum fuss striking up an immediate understanding with Emilio Izaguirre to drive on Celtic’s double bid.
Strangely despite being the on form scorer going in to today’s match the former Derby man isn’t rated as the most likely scorer today.
Celtic team-mates Gary Hooper and Anthony Stokes are rated at 7/5 and 8/5 to find the net with Commons very backable at 21/10.
Nikica Jelavic is the bookies shortest priced goalscorer at 11/10 with David Healy and Kyle Lafferty priced shorter than Commons at 7/4. Joining Commons at 21/10 are Steven Naismith and Diouf.
Scott Brown’s goal in the last Ibrox derby became the stuff of legend with bet365 offering 13/2 against a repeat which looks more tempting than the 9/2 odds on Filip Twarzik finding the net.
Commons looks by some distance to be the value bet of the day having already scored twice against Rangers and waiting just 15 minutes to score on his derby debut.
His involvement in the Scottish Cup tie was cut short by Fraser Forster’s red card but there haven’t been many set-backs since he moved to Celtic with his double at Kilmarnock in midweek providing the platform for a victory much more convincing than the 4-0 scoreline.
“It should give us confidence for Sunday’s game, which will be tough,” he said after the game at Rugby Park.
“Rangers put the pressure on us to win, so the manager made it clear that we had to get out of the blocks quickly.
“It’s important for us to go into Sunday’s game with good spirits – and that’s what we’ve done.”
To take advantage of the 21/10 odds on Commons scoring click the bet365 logo below and open an online account.
An email will then be sent doubling your initial stake, after that it’s upto Commons to do the rest!
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