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Wembley: Torquay United face Cambridge United

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Cambridge tipped for promotion

Sunday May 17, 2009

Torquay United v Cambridge United (Wembley, kick-off 4pm, Live on Setanta 1)

Prices correct at time of writing (4.30pm, Tuesday May 5, 2009).

Home 6/4 Draw 9/4 Away 13/8

Outright promotion: Torquay 4/5, Cambridge 10/11

If the Blue Square Premier play-off final lives up to the drama produced by both semi-finals then we should be in for a treat.

Cambridge, finalists 12 months ago, are back at Wembley but there were chances galore for Stevenage in the second leg of their semi-final.

That said, Cambridge just about deserved it on the balance of play and it was a great effort to overturn a 3-1 deficit from the first leg with a 3-0 extra-time win.

Torquay agonisingly missed out at the semi-final stage last season and despite winning the first leg 2-0 they must have thought history was going to repeat itself. However, Histon squandered a marvellous chance to level the tie late on after reducing the arrears in the first half.

Had it gone to extra time it could so easily have been an all-Cambridgeshire final but as it is we've got two former Football League clubs playing for the right to join champions Burton in League Two.

It's going to be an interesting match and I think it's going to be a tight game. I reckon one goal might well prove decisive as is so often the case in these big matches at Wembley.

I think it's going to be a great final but I believe Cambridge will have learnt a lot from what happened last year.

Verdict: Cambridge to win (13/8) and gain promotion 10/11

Best Bet: Cambridge to win in 90 minutes by one goal