Chelsea vs. Wrexham Betting Tips: Best bets for North Carolina friendly

Chelsea face Wrexham in a pre-season friendly in North Carolina in the early hours of Thursday morning. Here at BettingOdds.com we’ve taken a look at the odds from certain markets and have provided you with two tips we like the look of.
In recent years, Wrexham's rise has been nothing short of meteoric, making the prospect of playing against Chelsea in the United States seem like a distant fantasy not too long ago.
However, all of that changed when Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney stepped in as owners of the Welsh club in late 2020, backed by the supporters' trust, injecting some Hollywood stardust into the mix.
Coming off an impressive National League title last season, Wrexham now stand as the ante-post favorites to clinch back-to-back titles in League Two in the upcoming domestic campaign, priced at just 7/2.
This will be Chelsea’s first outing under new manager Mauricio Pochettino, as they kick off their pre-season preparations. Their first league match will be against Brighton & Hove Albion, with The Blues 14/1 to bounce back from their disaster of a campaign last season and lift the Premier League trophy in 2023/24.
Taking a look at the match result odds for this friendly in the United States and unsurprisingly, Chelsea are the odds-on favourites for the victory priced at 1/7 with most betting sites. The draw is available at 11/2, with a win for the Red Dragons chalked up at 11/1 with Paddy Power.
Chelsea vs Wrexham Tips
While Wrexham might be several divisions below Chelsea, pre-season fixtures can often be full of surprises as teams use them to fine-tune their fitness and prepare for the challenges of the intensive season ahead. So, even though Phil Parkinson’s side face an uphill battle, we believe they can get on the scoresheet.
We are therefore recommending Chelsea to win, with both teams scoring, which at the time of writing is best-priced with bet365 at 5/4. Those odds imply a 44% chance of this bet landing, which we think looks a solid price considering Wrexham are just 2/5 with some bookmakers to score Over 0.5 goals in the match.
We’ll also be having a small punt on Wrexham striker Paul Mullin to find the net any time in the match. Paddy Power are one of the only firms to have the goalscorer market priced up, and, they go 11/5 that Wrexham talisman will find the net.
Mullin scored a remarkable 46 goals in all competitions in the 2022/23 season, in a campaign where he managed four hat-tricks. The 28-year-old scored in all five appearances he made in the FA Cup including against Coventry City and in both matches against Premier League new boys Sheffield United. Mulllin will be on penalties against Chelsea and we fancy him to notch in what could be a high-scoring affair.

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