Friday’s football tips: Back cards at 11/10 as Swansea and Wrexham go into derby battle

Fahad Umar
December 18, 2025
2:06 pm

Wrexham fans are still dreaming of fourth straight promotion and a derby win on the road in Swansea tonight would leave them on the fringes of the EFL Championship play-off places.

The Hollywood adventure is showing no signs of slowing down, with Phil Parkinson’s men recovering from a poor start to more than hold their own in the second tier.

Wrexham have lost just one of their last nine in all competitions but won’t have it easy away to a Swansea side who have two wins from their last three Championship matches.

Swansea vs Wrexham top betting tips

Although Wrexham are unbeaten in nine, they’ve drawn five of those games and you have to go all the way back to September for their last away victory.

The Swans have won their last two at home so they might just have the edge in this Welsh derby and are tempting at 27/20 with BetMGM.

The half-time draw is always a good option in a derby match and it pays 11/10 at William Hill, which looks good value in what should be a tight game.

The card markets are worth a look too and Betfred are offering a tempting 11/10 on over 42.5 booking points.

Bologna vs Inter Milan

The second semi-final in the Italian Super Cup takes place in Saudi Arabia tonight as Bologna go into battle against Inter Milan.

You’d imagine both managers could have done without flying across to Riyadh just before Christmas but cash is king in the global game.

Serie A leaders Inter are 4/6 favourites at Bet365 but face a test against a Bologna side who have lost just twice in their last 17 outings.

Bologna also edged the head-to-head last term, with a 2-2 San Siro draw followed by a 1-0 win back at home.

So Vincenzo Italiano’s men may be worth a punt to win either half tonight at 9/5 with 888 Sport.

BTTS has landed in five of the last six for Bologna while Inter have conceded in three of their last four. That makes backing both to score a decent option tonight at 10/11 with Bet365 while adding on over 2.5 goals boosts the odds to 11/8.

Borussia Dortmund vs Borussia Monchengladbach

There’s a festive cracker in Germany tonight as Borussia Dortmund look to move within six points of top spot with a win over Monchengladbach.

Bayern Munich probably won’t be caught but Dortmund and RB Leipzig are making a decent fist of hunting them down.

Dortmund’s only league defeat so far came away to the leaders and they’re 1/2 hot favourites for another win tonight.

Monchengladbach sit down in 11th place but their form has picked up and they’ve lost just twice in their last eight outings in all competitions.

Dortmund have kept just one clean sheet in their last five so combining the home with win BTTS may be the shout tonight at 9/5 with Coral.

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Winger Karim Adeyemi has been in decent form for Dortmund this season, chipping in with six goals. He started on the bench against Freiburg last time out but should return tonight and is 9/4 at Betway for anytime scorer.