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Posted Tuesday, December 07, 2010 10:33 AM
This midweek sees the
final games from the group stage of the Champions League, who will reach
the knockout stages? We’re looking at the biggest games.
Group A sees Tottenham
Hotspur and Inter Milan locked at the top of the table with ten points
from their opening five matches and both are playing away games this
Tuesday, with Spurs at FC Twente and Inter facing Werder Bremen, with
the aim of topping the group. Of the two sides, Spurs are in better form
and are unbeaten in their last six matches, while Inter have lost three
of their last five games. How will these games go? Let’s look at the
matchups and the updated Champions League odds.
Spurs face a tough task to
claim all three points against an FC Twente side that has lost just one
of its last 22 games at home in the last year, however they have not won
in this year’s Champions League at home and have drawn both games
played. Spurs are patchy on the road and have lost four of their last
seven away games, and they have drawn one and lost one away in the
Champions League this season.
However, with winning the
group at stake we expect them to win this match and we’re backing them
to win the game.
Sportsbook have the current odds @ 2.00.
Both Werder Bremen and Inter
Milan are in poor form, with Werder having collected one win their last
nine games and they have earned just two points fr...
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Posted Monday, December 06, 2010 03:24 AM
The
Premier League’s weekend action draws to a close this Monday as
Liverpool take on Aston Villa at Anfield. Who will take all three
points?
Aston Villa v Liverpool
The
final game of matchday sixteen in the Premier League sees twelfth
placed Liverpool take on sixteenth placed Aston Villa in what promises
to be an intriguing match. Who do the bookies will walk away with the
spoils? Bet365 make Liverpool the
1.57 favourites to collect all three points, with an Aston Villa win
available at 6.50 and the draw can be backed at odds of 3.80.
This
season has not been a good season for Liverpool and with manager
changes and the club being taken over, they have won just four of their
opening fifteen games. However, they have collected a total of nineteen
points in the league and thanks to the closeness of the league this
season, a win in this match will send them rocketing up the table to
seventh place. Their home form has been good recently and they have won
all of their last three home games against Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea and
West Ham. For this game they are missing both Steven Gerrard and Jamie
Carragher through injury and Fernando Torres is still not hitting the
heights that he can do when in form, so will they continue in their
winning form?
Aston
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Posted Saturday, December 04, 2010 04:38 AM
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Posted Friday, December 03, 2010 03:50 AM
Serie A Picks: This
weekend’s Serie A action runs from Friday night to Monday and
Sportsbook
is here with some great tips on the biggest games from the
games being played.
Inter Milan vs. Lazio
The
weekend begins on Friday night with the biggest game of the 10 being
played as former league leaders Lazio entertain fifth placed Inter Milan
the Stadio Olimpico in Rome. After losing top spot in the league at the
start of November thanks to two straight defeats to Roma and Cesena,
Lazio have bounced back with two wins and two draws in the following
four games. They lie second in the table, just three points behind AC
Milan, and they are four points ahead of Inter. Inter have won their
last two matches, and even scored five goals in their last game, but
they have not won away from home since the end of October. Despite this,
they are improving again. We feel that this game will end as a draw.
Sportsbooks have this line at 2.73, which we are backing.
Juventus
vs. Catania
Sunday’s late game promises to be an excellent
game as Catania host Juventus at the Stadio Angelo Massimino. Catania
are eleventh in the table and have lost just one of their last eight
games and are unbeaten in 2010 at home, a run of 21 games. Juventus are
third in the table, just three points behind Lazio in second, but have
drawn nine of their last fourteen games. However, they hav...
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Posted Friday, December 03, 2010 01:58 AM
La Liga Picks:
Following Barcelona’s 5-0 thumping of Real Madrid last weekend, we’re
back to business in Spain’s top division and we’re here to preview the
biggest games.
Valencia vs. Real Madrid
For a
second weekend running, Real Madrid are involved in the match of the
weekend and they will be looking to claim all three points as they host
Valencia at the Bernabeu on Saturday night. Their loss to Barcelona was
their first defeat all season. Jose Mourinho has to be feeling that his
side will collect all three points after winning each of the nine games
played at home this season by an aggregate scoreline of 32-4. The last
time they were beaten at home was in April and that loss came to
Barcelona. They followed that up by beating Valencia in the next game.
Will they do the same? We believe so.
We’re backing them to
win.
Sportsbook have them at odds of 1.23.
Villarreal
vs. Sevilla
The weekend’s other big game sees third placed
Villarreal take on the side in eighth, Sevilla, at the Camp El Madrigal
stadium. Villarreal have a home record almost as impressive as Real
Madrid as they have played ten matches at home in all competitions this
season, winning nine and drawing one. Sevilla have lost both of their
last two matches and they have lost two of their last three away games,
conceding ten goals in those three matches. However, we are not
expe...
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Posted Saturday, November 27, 2010 04:59 AM
There may be a full
round of action in La Liga this weekend, but there is only one game
being talked about – El Clásico at the Nou Camp on Monday night as
Barcelona host their biggest rivals Real Madrid. Where is the
betting value
on this one? Let’s look at the biggest La Liga games.
Real Madrid vs.
Barcelona
Sportsbooks, fans and bettors are all looking forward to this
one on Monday night, as Barcelona welcome their biggest domestic rivals
to the Nou Camp as they look to record their 5th successive El Clásico
win over the side from the capital. Will they be able to do so, as Real
Madrid under Jose Mourinho are a different, and more difficult to
defeat, side than in recent years.
Both sides go into this
crucial encounter having won their last five matches in all
competitions, and Real Madrid head the Catalan side in the league by
just a single point thanks to their ten wins and two draws in the league
this season compared to Barca’s ten wins, one draw and one loss. They
have already streaked away from the rest of the league and are seven
points ahead of third placed Villarreal in a league of their own. Barca
have proved their vulnerability at home this season with their loss to
Hercules early in the season and while they have improved they do not
look as consistent as Real Madrid do this season.
Barca have definitely
improved in recent times and, whil...
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Posted Saturday, November 27, 2010 02:14 AM
Premier League
Picks: After the excitement of the midweek Champions League
football we’re back to the domestic action again this weekend and we’re
looking at the 15th round of games from England’s Premier League, giving
out our top picks.
Liverpool vs. Tottenham
Sportsbook
will see a ton of action on the biggest game of the
weekend happens on Sunday evening as Tottenham Hotspur host Liverpool at
White Hart Lane. Spurs are on a run of four games unbeaten having
claimed all drawn with Sunderland and then claimed all three points
against Blackburn and Arsenal in the league before dispatching Werder
Bremen 3-0 in the Champions League to book their place in the last
sixteen of the tournament. Liverpool are in better form than earlier in
the season and they now sit 9th in the table, however their away form is
poor and they have lost four of seven games on the road this season.
With Spurs playing in midweek and Liverpool poor on the road, we see
this one not being as action packed as expected and we’re backing there
won’t be much scoring in this one.
The play is on the under 2.5 goals
market @ 1.72.
Chelsea vs. Newcastle United
The only other game being
played on Sunday is Newcastle United v Chelsea at St. James Park.
Newcastle are an odd side this season and have had some poor results as
well as some excellent ones. High points have seen them be...
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Posted Saturday, November 27, 2010 01:15 AM
Serie A
Betting: ll three of Italy’s representatives in the Champions
League this week were victorious, but can they carry that form over into
the weekend’s league action? Let’s look at the current
Sportsbook
odds and see if we can find some value.
Milan vs. Sampdoria
After their 2-0 win in
France in midweek, league leaders travel to Sampdoria this weekend
looking to claim another three points, but will they be able to do so?
Sampdoria are continuing their impressive home form from last season as
they have won four, drawn four and lost just a single game in front of
their own fans this season. However, their fans will be baying for a
goal this weekend as the last three of Sampdoria’s home games have
finished 0-0. Milan are in excellent form and have won all of their last
five matches and have kept clean sheets in the last three. They will be
very confident of extending their league lead this weekend, but
Sampdoria are no pushovers at home and we will feel that both sides will
walk away with a point. Back the draw @ 2.82 at (those odds are
courtesy Sportsbetting.com).
Parma vs. Inter Milan
In action early on Sunday
morning are Inter Milan and they host Parma at the San Siro. Inter have
being have a rough time of late and prior to their 1-0 win over FC
Twente in the Champions League on Wednesday they had gone five games
without victory. Will that...
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