They say there can only be winners and losers in sport, but of course they’re wrong, there’s always the draw, and who doesn’t love a draw where everyone wins. Those winners include canny punters who look for value, and here to help is our Best of World Football Draws Tips for the week.
Each week during the football season our resident football draw expert Frankington Stanley runs his keen eye over the many football divisions around the world to find the best draws for you. He’s sort of like the John West of Football draws.
Frankington Stanley is not fussy, no country or continent is out of bounds, and the more obscure the better. And some of them are quite obscure. They don’t even feature on the Who Scored website.
So get yourself ready for another weekly serving of the finest Football Draw tips from all over the world, where The Gurgler and Frankington Stanley take the stale out of stalemate. It’s all you can eat draws.
Best of World Football Draws Tips of the Week Brazil January Special
All odds courtesy of Sportsbet
DRAW OF THE WEEK
Here is the best of the best draw tips for the week.
Brazil – Paulista A1 League – Botofago SP v Santos
ODDS – DRAW $TBA
FORM / STATS – Botofago have a terrible record v Santos (L14 D2 W2) and at home it isn’t miuch better at L5 D1 W1. But Botofago’s last game at home v Santos was a 1-1 draw in November 2023 and since this is a Brazil January Special it can be our draw of the week.
OTHER DRAW SPECIALS
Brazil – CATARINENSE 1 – Barra FC v Brusque FC
ODDS – DRAW $TBA
FORM / STATS – It’s a new season for these teams and draw form was hard to find. In fact we saw no reason at all to tip a draw, except for no good reason, which should be reason enough.
Belgian Second Division – Francs Borains v KV Oostende
ODDS – DRAW $TBA
FORM / STATS – Four of the last five away games for KV Oostende have ended in a draw.
Cyprus First Division – Karmiotissa Polemidion v Nea Salamis
ODDS – DRAW $TBA
FORM / STATS – Karmiotissa Polemidion or Karmiotissa Pano Polemidion to give the full name we found on Who Scored drew their last home and the home game four matches ago. Nea Salamis are unbeaten in their last three away with two wins being the most recent results and a draw before that.
UK DRAW SPECIAL OF THE WEEK
With so many divisions, there should be so many draws to choose from. Frankington Stanley chooses his draw from any and every division in the UK.
National League South – Truro v Dartford
ODDS – DRAW $TBA
FORM / STATS – The last match between these sides in 2019 ended in a 1-1 draw. Dartford’s second last away game was a draw.
BIG FIVE LEAGUE DRAW SPECIAL OF THE WEEK
Some have accused us of picking easy leagues for our draws. First of all, how dare you, secondly we introduce of Big Five League draw of the week, where we scan the five biggest leagues in Europe for the finest draws. It could be Serie A, La Liga, Bundesliga, Ligue 1 or the Premier League, but what it will always be is a quality eye for a draw.
La Liga – Real Betis v Barcelona
ODDS – DRAW $TBA
FORM / STATS – Real Betis have drawn half of their 20 games so far this season and have only lost three games. At home it is an impressive W6 D4 L0. They face Barcelona who may induce fear of tipping a draw against anyone but Barcelona isn’t travelling that great away from home. They may be unbeaten on the road this season, but it is W4 D5 with the last six away games showing form of D4 W2.