The final of the Scottish Premiership play-offs kicks off on Thursday with top flight side Ross County visiting Championship runners-up Livingston.
Elsewhere there is also play-off action from across Europe on what looks set to be an intriguing night of football.
Below we have picked out the best bets from Thursday’s fixture list.
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Thursday football tips
Bet of the day – Livingston to beat Ross County – 21/20
Livingston missed out on automatic promotion after an enthralling Championship title race with Falkirk but shrugged off that disappointment to dispatch Partick Thistle with ease in the play-offs, winning both legs 2-0.
Their reward for that is a tie against Ross County, with the winner taking up a place in the top flight next season.
The Staggies finished 11th in the Premiership and will be hoping not to return to the second tier for the first time since 2019.
The Highland side struggled on the road this season, losing 11 of their 19 road trips, and they finished the season in poor form, losing seven and drawing two of their last nine games.
In contrast, Livi have won six of their last seven games and were 3-2 winners at Dingwall when these two sides met in the Scottish Cup in January.
The hosts have scored 17 and conceded two in their last seven outings and should be too strong on their home soil for a team like Ross County that tends to struggle on the road.
Side with Livingston to win this first leg.
Special of the day – Bet boost – Heidenheim to win and both teams to score – 17/5
Despite two wins from their last four games, Heidenheim ended up in the relegation play-off in the Bundesliga and now face a clash against second tier side Elversberg as they aim to secure their top flight status.
The visitors in this first leg finished third in the Bundesliga 2, managing to hold off plenty of challengers for this place in a play-off.
Both teams have scored in five of Elversberg’s last six games and the same is fancied in what should be an exciting first leg.
However, Heidenheim were starting to get their act together at the end of the campaign after a Conference League run that took it out of their squad.
They are fancied to win a game in which both teams score.
Longshot of the day – AZ to win and over 4.5 goals – 7/2
AZ Alkmaar made it all the way to the knockout stages of the Europa League before being beaten by Tottenham and they should make light work of Heerenveen in this Eredivisie European play-off.
The visitors finished ninth in the table and were extremely poor on the road this season, losing 14 of their 17 road trips.
The hosts beat these opponents 9-1 earlier in the season and while a repeat of that scoreline is outlandish, they can rack up a high-scoring success.
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