21st December

[Radek]

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Have to thanks Xazar7a, Beli, TONNY, hunt3r and Niksan!


Picks by Xazar7a:

Aston Villa - Manchester City	HT - X	After an excellent 4 wins row villa lost twice and drew agaisnt Sunderland. After taht they were not beaten at home this season, City recorded their first defeat against getting in form Tottenham. Both teams are strong and despite Villa's last not so good result i think they have power to oppose City. Manchester are guest in this match and i think they will not go into attack so hard i expect they will go on counters. I expect first time not match activity. So my pick here is draw at half time.
Liverpool - Portsmouth	1	Liverpool after two losses teh pressure on teh manager will be big and after soem speculations. they lost agaisnt united and after that agaisnt Chelsea in the midweek. now agaisnt Portsmouth at anfield no place for mistakes. Portsmouth is strong team, and for the Reds will be hard to overcome. but i think here with Torres and Gerrard Liverpool will win. Home win.
Celtic - Hibs	2 AH	Celtic as usual at the top of the table and still unbeaten at home. They are known teh main powers Rangers and Celtic and othere teams not won for long. but Hibs i think is team which are capable of suprises and i think can show excellent play. I not expect that this will be teh next win for Celtic i expect here something different. And i go for away win with +1.5 AH.
PSV - Utrecht	both teams to score	PSV is not main power this year. They are on the top places but dont show play that they used to. Utrecht is not easy opponent and i think this mathc will eb interesting to watch. Here i go for both teams to score.
Sevilla - Santander	1	Sevilla are back on track and showed big improvement in their play. Santander are strong tema and perform good this season, but they have problems with the away matches. Lost last two. i think here Sevilla will use their hoem andvantage and will get th? points. Home win.
Inter - Milan	1	The great derby of Milano. Inter are in top form, and that is despite some injured palyers they play excellent. Milan despite Kaka's award dint perform as good as is expected. I will go here for home win depite that boh teams will be motivated, but i think inter are better and will do it.

Picks by Beli:

Angers - Dijon	1 Under 2.5	Angers are without loose in last 5 games.In last 5 games they won 3 and draw 2.In last games Angers won away Bastia 0-1.At home Angers have 6 wins 1 draw and 2 lost games.In other side Dijon are in 5 games without win.They made 1 win in last 10 games.IN last 5 games they have 1 draw and 4 lost games.In last game they lost home from Niort 1-3. In away games Dijon have 2 wins 3 draws and 4 lost games and they score only 3 goals.For the moment Dijon have fall in their form and Angres can take this advantage and win this game at home.In last 10 games Angers played 7 games Under 2.5 and 3 Overs 2.5 so pick for this game is HOME WIN or Under 2.5
Fulham - Wigan	1	Direct duel of team of the bottom of table both teams are in bad situation both teams need points in this game.Fulham is without win in 5 games while Wigan won in last round over Blacburn 5-3 after 13 games without win.I see Fulham in this game quite favorite they have 2 wins 4 draws and 3 lost games at home while Wigan in away games have 1 draw and 8 lost games.and only 6 goal scored.Fulam play at home ant that make them quite favorite i think that Fulham can win this game.
Dundee Utd. - Gretna	1	Dundee Utd in last 5 games won 2 draw 1 and lost 2 games.In last game they won away over St.Mirren 0-3.At home Dundee won 6 draw 1 and lost 1 game.In other side Gretna draw in last game with Klimarnock away 3-3.IN last 5 games Gretna draw 2 and lost 3 games.In away games Gretna have 2 draws and 6 lost games.Dundee are absulte favorite in this game in first game when Gretna host Dundee gretna won 3-2, and that was the only win that Gretna made this year.I think Dundee will revange to them in this game.Home win for sure in this game.
Celtic - Hibernian	1	Celtic in last game lost 3-2 away with Caledonian after 0-2. IN last 5 games Celtic win 2 draw 2 and lost 1 game.At home Celtic won 6 games and draw 2 and is still without lost game.In other side Hi bernian in last game draw with Falkirk home 1-1.In last 5 games Hibs won 1 draw 2 and lost 2 games.IN away games Hibs won 3 draw 2 and lost 3 games.In first game Hibs won Celtic home 3-2.After last game mistake i dont think that Celtic will make another mistake in this game.
Nottingham Forest - Port Vale	1	Nottingham Forest in last game draw with Northampton home 2-2.IN last 5 games Nottingham won 3 draw 1 and lost 1 game.At home Nottingham won 5 draw 4 and lost 1 game.In other side Port Vale draw in last game with Tranmere home 0-0.In last 5 games Port Vale won 1 draw 2 and lost 2 games.In away games Port Vale won 2 draw 2 and lost 6 games.Nottingham have 3 p[oint less then first Swensea and they have big ambitions for this year.I see them favorit on this game and they need to win this game if they want to climb in table.
Anderlecht - Mons	1	Anderlecht are in 4 games without win.In last 5 games A nderlecht won 1 draw 1 and lost 3 games.I n last game they lost away from Club Brugge 1-0.At home Anderlecht won 4 draw 2 and lost 1 game.In other side Mons are team of the bottom of table.In last 5 games Mons lost 4 and draw 1.They draw in last match with Sint Truidense 0-0 home.In away games Mons have 1 win and 7 lost games.Anderlecht have 13 point less then first Club Brugge and it will be very difficult for them to fight for first place but they need to win game like this for more chances to do something.Clear home win in this game.
Roma - Sampdoria	1	Roma draw last two games and that make race for first place with Inter dificult for them.In last game they draw with Torino away.Befor they draw with Livorno away.In last 5 games Roma have 3 wins and 2 draw games.At home Roma have 4 wins 2 draws and 1 lost game.In other side Sampdoria in last game they draw home from Fiorentina 2-2.In last 5 games Sampdoria have 2 wins 1 draw and 2 lost games.Away they have 2 wins and 6 lost games.Roma is two games without win and for this game theyb are huge favorite to win.
Sporting Lisabon - Ferreira	1	Sportin made bad results in last games.In last 5 games they have 2 wins 2 draws and 1 lost game, that goes in favor of Porto that have 12 points more in first place.Sporting at home made 4 wins 2 draws.In last game they won away over Maritimo 1-2.IN other side Ferreira is team of the bottom of table.In last 5 games they have 1 win 1 draw and 3 lost games.In last game they lost home from Braga 0-2. Sporting is b ig favorite in this game and i see them win in this game.
Standard Liege - Genk	1	Standa rd in last game draw with Dender without goals 0-0.IN last 5 games they have 2 wins and 3 draws.2 wins home and 3 draws away. At home they hav e 7 wins and 1 draw game.In other side Genk in last game won Wargem 5-2.In last 5 games they have 2 wins and 3 lsot games.In away games Genk have 2 wins 3 draws and 2 lost games.Standard best side is games played at home that makes them favorite in this ga me.Standard need points and i see them win this game.

Picks by TONNY :

Arsenal v Tottenham	1	Both teams are currently in good form and on three wins in a row in their respective last three. Tottenham is living an upsurge but two of their wins were over Manchester City who has bad records against them. City lost 8 last H2H against Tottenham. Arsenal is another kettle and they won their last three on high opposition, Steaua Bucarest and Chelsea at home and Blackburn away. Playing at home where they have excellent records, Arsenal should be able to extend their winning run even on a in-form Tottenham. Home Win.
Aston Villa v Manchester City	X	Villa won last two H2H with City last season after losing both in the preceding season. They’ve gone five H2H without a draw and their respective recent performances points to a possible draw. Villa are winless in three with two home defeats to the big heads Arsenal and Portsmouth and a draw away at improving Sunderland. City are unbeaten in six losing the two games to Tottenham against whom they perform badly. They won four games of which two against struggling Bolton. Away they managed only draws at Portsmouth and Wigan. I see another draw for them here. Draw
Bolton v Birmingham	1	16th placed Bolton have shown some improvements with two recent wins away at RS Belgrade and at home a 4-1 victory on Wigan before a 4-2 loss at high flying Manchester City. They are playing in progress and are able to overcome visitors Birmingham who stand at one place above with one point more. Birmingham also showed some recent progress with the 3-2 win at Tottenham and the home draw against Reading. But they lost at Newcastle. Birmingham lost four of last five away and seven losses from last ten while Bolton show four draws and three wins from last ten. Home Win.
Fulham v Wigan	X2	Third bottom Fulham are continuing their bad run and have lost four of last five drawing the other one against Blackburn. They lost to high opposition Liverpool, Man United and Everton and to a lesser extent Newcastle. They will look forward to bounce back when hosting second botton Wigan. The latter have played in progress lately with a draw against Man City and a 5-3 win on Blackburn who scored two against Arsenal in mid-week in the late 3-2 defeat by the league leaders in the Carling Cup. I believe Wigan able to snatch a win here or at least a draw.
Liverpool v Portsmouth	1X	Liverpool have not been able to beat Portsmouth in the last four H2H. Playing at home they drew goalless in 2006. In the three 2007 H2H up to now Portsmouth played at home and won two before the last goalless draw in the reverse Premiership game on 15th September. They will look forward to get the win at Anfield this Saturday but have not shown top form in last two defeats 1-0 by Chelsea and 2-0 at home by Manchester United. Portsmouth are alternating draws or losses and wins since seven games with LWDWDWL and on that trend it would be for them a win turn after the 1-0 home defeat to in-form Tottenham last Saturday. Their last three wins were all away wins and they’ll look for a fourth away win in a row. Liverpool lost to very high opposition and Portsmouth are not so great form. I would go for the Draw here with a cover on the home. Draw/Home.
Middlesbro v West Ham	X2	Middlesbro are continuing their climb and are unbeaten in last three with an away draw at Reading , a 2-1 home win over Arsenal to whom they inflicted their first and only Premiership defeat this season and an away 1-0 win at poor Derby last Saturday. They should be able at home to deliver another great game when hosting West Ham who lost two home games successively to Everton in the league and the cup. West Ham have lost only one of last five aways to Chelsea by a minimum 1-0 score, while in the other four they drew at Bolton and Tottenham and won at Coventry and Blackburn two weeks ago. This will be a hard fought game and a draw ending is highly possible. Draw/Away
Reading v Sunderland	1	Reading are playing in progress with DWD, drawing at home against Middlesbro and away at Birmingham and winning 3-1 at home on no less than Liverpool two games ago. They are finding back some good form and should get a win here when hosting Sunderland who count only one win from last ten and lost all of their last five away games. conceding in these defeats 16 goals against four scored. Home win
Manchester United v Everton	1X	Man U lost only one form last ten while Everton in great from are unbeaten in last ten. Man U met much higher opposition and in last two Man U drew 1-1 away at Roma and won 1-0 at Liverpool. Everton are doing well also. Man U are very good and Everton will have to be very strong to break them. After the hard UEFA cup in mid-week at AZ, Everton will undoubtedly have that game in the legs and may have less time to recuperate. Everton won that game 2-3 by a late winner. A home win is highly possible but a draw as cover is useful. Home/draw
Newcastle v Derby	1	Newcastle have found back some good form and show DWW in last three while Derby seemed doomed having lost last seven in a row. Newcastle should win here. Home win.
Blackburn v Chelsea	2	I was happy to forecast the draw of Blackburn at Chelsea the last time the two teams met on 15th September. But this time Chelsea could well be set to avenge that draw and pick up the away win. Blackburn are having problems in their defense line-up and they lost last three games in a row conceding 5-3 to low placed second botton Wigan last Saturday and a 3-2 late defeat to Arsenal in mid-week. Chelsea won last game on Liverpool 2-0 and lost only one from last ten to Arsenal by 1-0 on Sunday. Apart from that one goal they have not conceded any other in their last seven games while scoring 11 in five wins and finishing goalless in one draw. Away win.

Picks by hunt3r :

Liverpool vs Portsmouth	1	Liverpool must end this bad period and will win at home against Portsmouth , there is no other way its a hard match both teams whit the same numbers of points 30 , Portsmouth is good in away games but Liverpool is Liverpool
Nancy vs Lyon	X2	After 2 games in a row that whent wrong this should be away win, they had all that youth and good players like benzema etc. to be on the safe side take
Roma vs Sampdoria	over 2.5	I have been waiting for this game, Sampdoria manage to make a draw whit Fiorentina but this is a very hard match for Samp. away in fornt of pissed off Roma. This game should end in Roma favor but to be more safe and to get better odds lets try over because i see some goals here in this affair
Celtic vs Hibernian	1 AH	In this game i will put big money..after what happend whit Celtci lat round, the reffere the post that invented penalty.. what to say.. Celtic will destroy Hibernian here
Sevilla vs Racing Santander	both teams to score	I propose here a typ that i think is very indeed to happen , Sevilla should winn but they are shaky so BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE
Genclerbirligi Oftas vs Galatasaray	Genclerbirligi to score	Last round Galata layed at home and win 2-0 and manage to take some precious points still Galata defence is not very good so i propose GENCLERBIRLIGI TO SCORE

Picks by Niksan :

Arsenal - Tottenham Hotspur	1	Arsenal showed really amazin performance on Sunday against Chelsea and would really like to continue with the good game. What is more Man United are now just 1 point behind them and it would be awful to lose precious point in London where they have just drawed Manchester United a few round back - all other games ware won so i expect comfortable home win here.
Reading - Sunderland	1	Reading showed that when they play on their own stadium as if it is a different Reading playing. Last home game was against Liverpool and Reading really outplayed them. Together with their amazing supporters they can really beat even the big guys. This time, however, to their stadium come Sunderland - a team which show awful performance away from home. Their away record is 0-2-7 so far this season and i cant see them breaking the negative results in this game so i expect home win again for Reading.
Blackburn - Chelsea	X2	After the lose against Arsenal, Chelsea will now try to recover and get back on the track as soon as possible. Best time to do this is in the game vs Blackburn - a team that shows unstable results and is therefore in the middle of the standings. It might be a hard game but i expect Chelsea not to lose here.
Liverpool - Portsmouth	X2	I have no idea why liverpool are ranked as favourites here. Yes, they lost their last game and will now try to get back in the game asap. But Portsmuth is a team which looks very different in their away games - they havent lost any points since September - they were winning all their away games. As for Liverpool they look very unstable in recent games so expect them to fail this game too.
FC Barcelona - Real Madrid	both teams to score	This has always been a very interesting and dramatic derby in Spain. I havent checked statistics but as far as i remember all the games ended over 2.5 with lots of goals from both sides. I dont think this will be a different one - a tide game in which i hope Real will win but will not bet on this one. Expected or not - both teams to score- seems the best outcome bet for this game.
Atletico Madrid - RCD Espanyol Barcelona	1X	Atletico failed their was road game and lost to Recreatico that are no big side. Now comes an important game with Espanyol which they do have to win in order to stay close to the leaders. Espanyol plays really well away from home but in this game Atletico will just not let them play. I think its reasonable to try a clear home win with medium stakes and Atletico not to lose seems like bet for this game.
Real Zaragoza - FC Valencia	1X	For this game Valencia will travel without Morientes who was showed that he is the leader of the team. He got injured, however, in the game with Barca and it will be now very difficult for Valencia. The away team showed in their last games that there really is some problem in the team - it is just not goinig well - the fans already showed dissatisfaction to the trainer and wanted him to resign. Zaragoza on the other side plays really good at home losing just one of all their home games so far in the season. This happened one month agon against Valladoid with the tide result 2-3. I just cant see Valencia making something out of this and expect them to lose again.
Inter Milan - AC Milan	under 2.5 Draw	Not much analys can i put to this one - i just see a very tide game with a small amount of goals - i even expect it to be a boring one for the spectators. I cant see these teams scoring a lot to each other and my main bet here is under 2.5. In addition it might end as it has begun 0-0 or 1-1.

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