General Overview

New Mexico United and Sacramento Republic are set to face off on August 31, 2025, at 01:00. This match presents intriguing betting opportunities, with several predictions indicating a tightly contested game. The odds suggest a likelihood of a low-scoring first half, with both teams potentially struggling to find the back of the net early on. However, there is a strong prediction for goals to be scored in the second half, particularly by the home team. The average total goals expected in this match are 2.77, with New Mexico United expected to score around 2.06 goals and Sacramento Republic likely conceding approximately 2.51 goals. Additionally, there is a moderate chance of red cards being issued during the match, with an average of 1.33 expected.

Betting Predictions

• Away Team Not To Score In 1st Half: 78.80
• Both Teams Not To Score In 1st Half: 77.80
• Home Team To Score In 2nd Half: 74.70
• Both Teams Not To Score In 2nd Half: 66.00
• Draw In First Half: 65.60
• Over 1.5 Goals: 61.30
• Under 2.5 Goals: 60.00
• First Goal 30+ Minutes: 56.50
• Away Team To Score In 2nd Half: 56.70
• Over 0.5 Goals HT: 50.90
• Last Goal 73+ Minutes: 52.80
• Both Teams Not to Score: 49.00

Expert Predictions

The odds suggest that the first half will likely be defensively oriented, with both teams potentially struggling to score early on. The prediction for “Away Team Not To Score In 1st Half” at 78.80 indicates a strong belief that Sacramento Republic will keep a clean sheet in the initial stages of the game.

The “Both Teams Not To Score In 1st Half” odds at 77.80 further support this defensive outlook, suggesting that New Mexico United may also find it challenging to break the deadlock early.

In contrast, the second half appears more promising for goal action, particularly for New Mexico United, with odds of “Home Team To Score In 2nd Half” at 74.70 indicating a strong possibility of them finding the net after halftime.

The “Over 1.5 Goals” prediction at 61.30 suggests that while the match may start slow, it is expected to see at least two goals scored by its conclusion.

The average total goals of 2.77 align with this expectation, indicating a moderately high-scoring affair overall.

The possibility of red cards being issued is notable, with an average of 1.33 expected, which could impact team dynamics and influence the flow of the game.

Goal Timing Predictions

• First Goal Likely After 30+ Minutes: Odds at 56.50 suggest patience may be rewarded for bettors looking for late first-half or early second-half goals.
• Last Goal Expected Late in Match (73+ Minutes): With odds at 52.80, there is a significant chance that decisive moments will occur in stoppage time or towards the final minutes.

Total and Specific Goals Predictions

• Away Team Expected To Score in Second Half: Odds at 56.70 indicate Sacramento Republic might have better opportunities in the latter stages of the game.
• Average Goals Scored by New Mexico United: Predicted at approximately 2.06, suggesting they will be actively seeking goals throughout the match.
• Average Goals Conceded by Sacramento Republic: Expected to concede around 2.51 goals, indicating potential defensive vulnerabilities.

Betting on Game Dynamics

• Odds for Draw in First Half at 65.60: This suggests an evenly matched first half with neither side gaining a decisive advantage early on.
• Prediction for Over/Under Goals: “Over 1.5 Goals” at odds of 61.30 versus “Under 2.5 Goals” at odds of 60 suggests a balanced but slightly high-scoring match.
• Odds for Both Teams Not Scoring Throughout Entire Match: At odds of only 49.00, this indicates it’s less likely that neither team will score throughout the entire game.

Cautions and Considerations

Bettors should be mindful of potential red card scenarios given their average expectation of about one per match, which could significantly alter team strategies and outcomes.

rbradford/insta-tweet/insta-tweet
#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require ‘optparse’
require ‘ostruct’
require ‘logger’
require ‘instagram’
require ‘twitter’

class InstaTweet
attr_reader :options

def initialize
@options = OpenStruct.new
@options.log = Logger.new(STDOUT)
@options.log.level = Logger::INFO
parse_options
if !options[:access_token] || !options[:access_secret] || !options[:consumer_key] || !options[:consumer_secret]
puts “You must specify all four authentication keys”
exit
end
end

def parse_options
opts = OptionParser.new do |opts|
opts.banner = “Usage: insta-tweet [options]”
opts.separator “”
opts.separator “Options:”

opts.on(“-t”, “–tag TAG”, String,
“The Instagram tag to search on”,
“e.g.: -t #ruby”) do |tag|
options[:tag] = tag
end

opts.on(“-l”, “–limit LIMIT”, Integer,
“The number of images to fetch”,
“e.g.: -l10”) do |limit|
options[:limit] = limit
end

opts.on(“-s”, “–since SINCETIME”, Time,
“The time since which to search for images”,
“e.g.: -s2013-03-15”) do |since_time|
options[:since_time] = since_time
end

opts.on(“-o”, “–offset OFFSET”, Integer,
“The offset from which to search for images”,
“e.g.: -o10”) do |offset|
options[:offset] = offset
end

opts.on(“-u”, “–user USERNAME”, String,
“The Twitter username from which to post tweets”) do |username|
options[:username] = username
end

opts.on(“-a”, “–access-token ACCESS_TOKEN”, String,
“The Instagram access token”) do |access_token|
options[:access_token] = access_token
end

opts.on(“-c”, “–access-secret ACCESS_SECRET”, String,
“The Instagram access secret”) do |access_secret|
options[:access_secret] = access_secret
end

opts.on(“-k”, “–consumer-key CONSUMER_KEY”, String,
“The Twitter consumer key”) do |consumer_key|
options[:consumer_key] = consumer_key
end

opts.on(“-K”, “–consumer-secret CONSUMER_SECRET”, String,
“The Twitter consumer secret”) do |consumer_secret|
options[:consumer_secret] = consumer_secret
end

opts.on_tail(“-v”, “–verbose”,
“Run verbosely”) do |v|
options.log.level = Logger::DEBUG
options.verbose = v
puts “Running verbosely”
end

opts.on_tail(“–help”, “Show this message”) do
puts opts
exit
end

opts.separator “”

opts.on_tail(“-V”, “–version”,
“Show version”) do
puts “InstaTweet v#{InstaTweet::VERSION}”
exit
end

opts.separator “”

# Parse!
opts.parse!(ARGV)

if ARGV.empty?
puts opts.to_s + “nn”
exit(0)
end

# You can add unknown arguments here…

end
end

def get_instagram_client
Instagram.configure do |config|
config.client_id = options.consumer_key
config.client_secret = options.consumer_secret
config.access_token = options.access_token
config.access_secret = options.access_secret
end

Instagram.client
end

def get_twitter_client
Twitter::REST::Client.new do |config|
config.consumer_key = options.consumer_key
config.consumer_secret = options.consumer_secret
config.access_token = options.access_token
config.access_token_secret = options.access_secret
end
end

def run
client_instagram = get_instagram_client
client_twitter = get_twitter_client

query_string = { :min_timestamp => nil }
query_string[:min_timestamp] ||= (options.since_time || Time.now).to_i if options.since_time

query_string.merge!({ :max_id => nil })
query_string[:max_id] ||= (options.offset || -1) if options.offset

query_string.merge!({ :count => nil })
query_string[:count] ||= (options.limit || -1) if options.limit

images = client_instagram.tag_recent_media(options.tag.to_s.downcase.gsub(‘#’, ”), **query_string)

images.each_with_index do |image, index|
puts “#{index} #{image.id} #{image.caption.text}” if options.verbose

tweet_body =
case image.caption.text.length > (140 – image.link.length)
when true then “#{image.caption.text[0..140-image.link.length-3]}… #{image.link}”
when false then “#{image.caption.text} #{image.link}”
end

tweet_body.gsub!(/http://instagram.com/[^/]+/([A-Za-z0-9_]+)/) { “#{$1}” } # Remove link and just use hashtag.

begin
if client_twitter.user_timeline(options.username).any? { |tweet| tweet.text == tweet_body }
puts “Skipping as already tweeted: #{tweet_body}”
else
client_twitter.update(tweet_body)
puts “Tweeted: #{tweet_body}”
end
rescue => e
puts e.message
exit(0)
end

sleep(3) # Sleep so as not to overload twitter’s API servers.
end
end

end

InstaTweet::VERSION ||= ‘0.0’

InstaTweet.new.runrbradford/insta-tweet/README.md
# Insta-Tweet #

A simple Ruby script to fetch recent Instagram photos tagged with a given hashtag and post them as tweets.

## Requirements ##

* Ruby >= `2.x`
* [Instagram gem](https://github.com/Instagram/instagram4r)
* [Twitter gem](https://github.com/sferik/twitter)

## Usage ##

Usage: insta-tweet [options]

Options:
-t, –tag TAG The Instagram tag to search on (e.g.: -t #ruby)
-l, –limit LIMIT The number of images to fetch (e.g.: -l10)
-s, –since SINCETIME The time since which to search for images (e.g.: -s2013-03-15)
-o, –offset OFFSET The offset from which to search for images (e.g.: -o10)
-u, –user USERNAME The Twitter username from which to post tweets
-a, –access-token ACCESS_TOKEN The Instagram access token
-c, –access-secret ACCESS_SECRET The Instagram access secret
-k, –consumer-key CONSUMER_KEY The Twitter consumer key
-K, –consumer-secret CONSUMER_SECRET The Twitter consumer secret

-v, –verbose Run verbosely

–help Show this message

-V, –version Show version

## Installation ##

$ gem install insta-tweet # Probably best to run as root.

## Development ##

After checking out the repo, run `bin/setup` to install dependencies.

Then run `rake spec` to run the tests.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run `bundle exec rake install`. To release a new version, update the version number in `version.rb`, and then run `bundle exec rake release`, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the `.gem` file to [rubygems.org](https://rubygems.org).

## Contributing ##

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/rbradford/insta-tweet.
# coding: utf-8

lib = File.expand_path(‘../lib’, __FILE__)
$LOAD_PATH.unshift(lib) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(lib)
require ‘insta_tweet/version’

Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
spec.name = “insta-tweet”
spec.version = InstaTweet::VERSION.dup.freeze
spec.authors = [“Rob Bradford”]
spec.email = [“[email protected]”]

spec.summary = %q{Fetch recent Instagram photos tagged with a given hashtag and post them as tweets}
spec.description = %q{Fetch recent Instagram photos tagged with a given hashtag and post them as tweets}
spec.homepage = “”
spec.files = `git ls-files`.split($INPUT_RECORD_SEPARATOR).reject { |f| f.match(%r{^(test|spec|features)/}) }
spec.bindir = “exe”
spec.executables << "insta-tweet"
spec.require_paths < >=0′

spec.add_dependency ‘twitter’, ‘~> >=0’

spec.add_development_dependency ‘bundler’, ‘~>=1’
spec.add_development_dependency ‘rake’, ‘~>=10’
end# coding: utf-8

Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
spec.name = ‘insta-tweet’

version_file_pathname =
if File.exist?(“../lib/insta_tweet/version.rb”)
“../lib/insta_tweet/version.rb”
elsif File.exist?(“lib/insta_tweet/version.rb”)
“lib/insta_tweet/version.rb”
else
raise Exception.new(“Version file not found”)
end

version_file_contents =
File.read(version_file_pathname)

version_match =
version_file_contents.match(/^VERSIONs*=s*'([^’]+)’/)

raise Exception.new(“Version not found in #{version_file_pathname}”) unless version_match

version_number =
version_match[1]

puts “===> Found version #{version_number}”

spec.version =
version_number

spec.authors =
[‘Rob Bradford’]

spec.email =
[‘[email protected]’]

spec.summary =
%q{Fetch recent Instagram photos tagged with a given hashtag and post them as tweets}

spec.description =
%q{Fetch recent Instagram photos tagged with a given hashtag and post them as tweets}

spec.homepage =
“”

scripts_pathname =
if File.exist?(“bin”)
“bin”
elsif File.exist?(“../bin”)
“../bin”
else
raise Exception.new(“Scripts directory not found”)
end

scripts_filenames =
FileList[“#{scripts_pathname}/*”].to_a.reject { |f|
f.match(%r{^(Rakefile|Rakefile.sample)$})
}.reject { |f|
f.match(%r{^./})
}

scripts_filenames.each_with_index { |filename,i|
if i == scripts_filenames.size-1
spec.executables << File.basename(filename)
else
spec.executables << File.basename(filename)
spec.executables < Added script #{filename}”
}

files_filenames =
FileList[“*”].to_a.reject { |f|
f.match(%r{^(..?#)})
f.match(%r{^(Rakefile|Rakefile.sample)$})
f.match(%r{^(README.md)$})
f.match(%r{^(CHANGELOG.md)$})
f.match(%r{^(LICENSE.md)$})
f.match(%r{^(TODO.md)$})
f.match(%r{.(gem|rdoc)z})
f.match(%r{.(txt|xsl)z})
f.match(%r{.(png|xpm)z})
f.match(%r{.(gif|xpm)z})
f.match(%r{.(pdf|xpm)z})
f.match(%r{.(psd|xpm)z})
f.match(%r{.(ai|xpm)z})
f.match(%r{.(eps|xpm)z})
f.match(%r{.(mov|xpm)z})
f.match(%r{.(mpg|xpm)z})
f.match(%r{.(mpeg|xpm)z})
f.match(%r{.(avi|xpm)z})
f.match(%r{.(swf|xpm)z})
f
}
files_filenames += scripts_filenames

files_filenames.each_with_index { |filename,i|
if i == files_filenames.size-1
spec.files << filename
else
spec.files <<