4th January

[Radek]

Hallo soccer fans!
Weekend picks for you
Sorry to be little late this week. Hope Christmas time was great and now back to work )
Have to thanks Xazar7a, Beli, Niksan and hunt3r!


Picks by Xazar7a:

Academica - Braga	Academica to score	Portugesse SuperLiga is back in action and Academica host to Sporting Braga. The home team was on the bottom of the table but with 2 wins in the last 2 matches they managed to go up in the table. Before this 2 matches they had only one win this season. Braga fight for the places in Europe and do it well, but sometimes they are not so convincing away from home. Academica didnt score in only one match at home. I think this wont be the second so i bet here Academica to score at home ground.
Everton - Oldham	1 AH	The difference in the classes here is obvious, Everton are great team and did excellent at Premiership. Oldam is in league 1 and didnt perform so good. I didnt have close look to their play but i dont expect that they will shoch the Toffees. Everton may not play with their usual starting XI, but i think that they will overcome Oldham with 2 or more goals. Home win here with -2 AH.
Tottenham - Reading	1	Interesting will be the match between this two teams. They met before a round in Premiership and made a great show with 10 goals, where the incredible Dimitar Berbatov scored 4 goals. There will be pressure on the team and on Ramos becasue of the speculations of his transfer in Chelsea or Man united. But on the other side Mitko calm his manager and said to him that he will stay. What will happen i dont know but i'm sure Berbatov will be focused and will show again his talent. Both teams lost their last matches in Premiership and now this match will decide which wil continue particiapting in this tournament. I think the home side have advantage here. The team play better and better, while Reading are inconvincing in last time. I think here the home win is on good odds and i will bet on it.
West Ham - Manchester City	X	West Ham won over Manchester United in the last but one round in Premiership with 2-1 and helped twice to Arsenal to get on the top of the table after losing against them in the last round. . They face Man city, which are still in the top 4 teams in Premiership but 3 draws in the last 4 matches made tehm get closer to the chasers from the UEFA zone. This match is different challenge adn i expect both teams to play different. West Ham is strong team and have strong players. Manchester city should chose the best way to controverse tehm, so i expect first half tehre will not be alot of action. So i think it could finish as draw.
St. Mirren - Hibs	2	Hibs started excellent this season and i often bet on their wins, but now they are in little crisis from which i think they will get away soon. They dont have win for 6 matches and now isthere excellent chance to get back on track and get back their spirit. St.Mirren's only win in the last 8 matches is agaisnt hte hopeless this season Hearts. Hibs has teh better players here and i think they can get the points. Away win.
Inter - Ajax	over 3.5	INTEResting match i expect here. Inter are one of the top teams in the moment perform excellent in Serie A and in CL. Ajax is known as the team machine for young talents. I expect good match. You know it is friendly, some players will be tested, different tactics and i expect attacking football and goals. So Ove 3 goals here
Mallorca - Barca	Barca will win by one goal	Barca will a lto of problems in their lines. Messi and Ronaldinho are out. The godo news are that Henry and Zambrotta are fit and will paly at Saturday. Mallorca is not very constant team, but i expect they will oppose good against Barca. The match will be interesting and i hope will have opportunity to watch it . I think Barca will get hard win here maybe with one goal. So i think here can be tried something risky but on good oddd, Hadnicap tie Barca (-1)( that means that Barca will win with one more goal than Mallorca)
Valencia - Levante	1 AH	This is the chance for Valencia to get a precious win and start one good row of better play. Levante is the most desperate Primera's team only 7 points which they got at home, their away record is 8 losses, i count it already 9. Valencia have great players despite Kouman's decision to kick out 3 very important in my opinion players. Only trashing win i can see here. So home win with -2 AH here.

Picks by Beli:

Carlisle - Port Vale	1	Carlisle in last 5 games won 2 draw 1 and lost 2 games.After 2 lost games in two away games with Bristol Rovers 3-0 and Tranmere 2-0 Carlisle in last round won Hartepool 4-2 home.Carlisle for the moment are in third place with 5 points less then first Swensea.At home Carlisle have grate results 8 wins 1 draw and 1 lost game.In other side Port Vale is in the bottom of table they ave won 4 wins in 24 games.In last 5 games Port Vale have 2 draws and 3 lost games.In away games Port Vale have 2 wins 2 draws and 8 lost games.In last year head 2 head games Carlisle won both 0-2 away and 3-2 home.Carlisle are grate favorit in this game and i see home win here.
Leeds - Northampton	1	Leeds are in 3 last games without win.After draw with Hartepool away 1-1. Leeds lost two games with Swensea away 3-2 and in last game they were oerplayed home like never this year from Oldham 1-3. Leeds at home hae 10 wins 1 draw and 1 lost game.In other side in last 5 games Northampton hae 2 wins 2 draws and 1 lost game.After they won HUddersfield away 1-2 in last round Northampton draw ome with Millwall 1-1.In away games Northampton hae 2 wins 4 draws and 6 lost games.The only 1 points took on 3 last games is not good result for Leeds.They have big ambitions they have good team i hope they back to good results.Home win in this game and back of Leeds good results.
Mallorca - Barcellona	2	Realy bad show of Barcelona in last game with Real Madrid and that refelct on result when they lost home from their all time rival Real Madid 0-1, also Barcelona have bad results in away games.In last 5 away games Barcelona hae 1 win 2 draws and 2 lost games.In this year Barcelona have only 2 wins in 8 away games.But i see grate odds for them to win in this game i didnt expect such grate odds.Malloca in last game lost from Osasuna away 3-1.In last 5 games they have 1 win 2 draws and 2 lost games.In away games Mallorca have 3 wins 2 draws and 2 lost games.Tradition is in side of Barcellona.4 years in row Barcellona won both games with Mallorca home and away.Last time when Mallorca won Barcellona home was 7 years befor 2-0.There is no place for another mistake for Barcellona if they are in good form no mater were they play home or away they play good.I see Barcellona grate favorite in this game and i think they will win this game easy or hard.
Rio Ave - Feirense	1	Rio Ae lost last game away with Santa Clara 1-0.In last 5 games Rio Ave won 2 games 2 draws and 1 lost game.In last two home games Rio Ave draw both of tem.At home they won 3 and draw 3 games.In toher side Feirense in last 5 games won 2 draw 1 and lost 2 games.In last game they won Varzimi home 3-0.In away games Feirense have 1 win 3 draws and 3 lost games.Last year Rio Ave won in this stadium 2-1.Rio Ave is first on table and meybe one of the best teams in second Portugal league but they miss results in home games i think after two draws at home in this game they will took all points.Home win in this game
Valencia - Levante	1	Both team from Valencia are in bad form.Leante this year is serious team for second elague while Valencia hae still problems with their team.Valencia in last 5 games draw 2 and lost 3 games in last game they draw with Zaragoza 2-2 only becouse they were good in the end of second HT.Two last games at home Valencia lost by same result 0-3 wit Bilbao and Barcellona.At home Valencia have 3 wins and 5 lost games.In other side Levante made row of 4 lost games in last 4 games.In last game they lost from La Coruna 0-1.In this local derby i will put like favorite Valencia they have beter team and they need results now like never they are in must win situation and i think this game is baker for this week.100 % win for Valencia.
Arbroath - Dumbarton	over 2.5	Arbroath in last 6 games 5 times played over 2.5 goals.In last game they lost away from Montrose 5-0.Arbroath in last 10 games have goal diference 16-21.So 37 goals in 10 games that is more then 3 goals in one game.In other side Dumbratron in last 6 games 3 of them were over 2.5.In last 10 games Dumbarton have goal diference 10-18 or 2.8 goals in game.Dumbarton in away games won 1 draw 1 and lost 7 games with goal diference 7-17.In other side Arbroath at home won 2 draw 4 and lost 2 games with goaldiference 15-12.27 goals in 8 games that is more then 3 goals in game.I hope in this game we will see more goals no mater who will win even i think Arbroath is favorite in this game but bad defance of both teams will allow over 2.5 goals in this game.
Real Madrid - Zaragoza	1	Real Madrid are in row with 4 wins in last 4 games but of corse their most valuable win was in last game with Barcelona when they put on knees Barcelona in Camp Nou.Real Madrid have solid team and i dont see to many mistakes on their game.They play slow are concentreted in every time in game and know to punish every mistake of other teams.In other side Zaragoza have solid team grate players show grate game but they dont have results.They are in 7 games without win and this is only result of their not concentrated game in game where they dominate all the time they loose points.We can see that beter in last 4 games.In game with Huelva away they score first but Huelva won 2-1.Then was game with Espanyol where they score first show good game but easy goals for Espanyol and untill the finish they were loosing 1-3 thanks to Ricardo Oliveira and two goals in last 5 minuts took for Zaragoza 1 point.Then with La Coruna away they score first had grate chances didnt realise La coruna score and draw 1-.And fresh game in last game where they were leading 2-0 with Valencia home and all the time they had ball in posesion they played grate but in the last minutes Valencia score 2 goals and draw even Valencia could score 3 goal.Real Madrid likes those kind of teams and i see them Huge favorite in this game they know how to use other team mistakes and realize and i think Real Madrid can win easy this game.

Picks by Niksan :

Walsall v Millwall	1	Walsall are now unbeaten in 15, while Millwall are 1-1-3 in their last 5 away matches. Their home form is actually not too shabby, 3-1-1, but they aren't at home. Its certainly one of those "check the teams" sort of bets, but its worth keeping an eye on at nearly evens imho. Also worth noting is that Walsall beat Millwall 3-0 on 22nd December.
Swansea v Havant	1	I always like the team of Swansea when they play at home - they play just amazing. And the team of Havant is some sort of unknown one... we are talking about class difference here so a i expect a comfortable win here for the hosts, it may even be tried with (-1) HC.
Bristol City v Middlesbrough	1X	I think the hosts got a great chance of doing Middlesbrough this year. The team is playing with so much confidence atm and the crowd will be well up for this. Whilst they drew the same game against Boro last year, the squad now is much improved since then. A hard match but i expect Bristol not to lose here.
Carlisle Utd v Port Vale	1	A team from the top playing vs a team from the bottom of the table. This kind of games always hide a potential risk because almost every time the big guys underestimate their oponent. This time, however, i think it will not happen because Port Vale showed already that they can make big teams lose points when they play against them. So i think Carlisle will not underestimate the visitor and will go with squad for this match. Moreover they cannot afford losing point at this stage of championship.
Leeds United v Northampton Town	1	After the last 3 games without a win Leeds are now in a must win situation if they want to get back on the track. They should start winning again if they want to save their ambitions of promoting. Northhampton on the other hand are awful away from home with a record of 2-4-6. They are playing very unstable and i think the pressure on them will be too high in this game and they will lose it.
Real Madrid v Real Zaragoza	1	The coach of Real rested some players in the midweek match for the Copa del Rey and they will face the unstable team of Zaragoza. The visitors havent tasted the victory since 31.10 when they beat Almeria 1-0. After that match they have 3 draws and 3 loses. I cant see them making anything against the leaders in the championship and expect a comfortable win for the hosts.
Deportivo La Coruna v Atletico Madrid	X2	During the midweek sesion both teams drawed in the regular 90 minutes. Atletico rested some of their key players and they will now be full strength for the game vs Depor. The host on the other side are not going well in the championship and went with full squad for their last hope - Copa del Rey but failed again. The demoralized team of the hosts will be no obstacle for the team from Madrid aiming to the places guaranteing Europe matches next year.

Picks by hunt3r :

Newcastle vs Adelaide	over 2.5	Australia first division The Round 19 clash against Adelaide United is shaping up as another classic between these two clubs. After last round 2-3 loss whit Wellington Phoenix,the Jets currently sit in fourth position, only two points clear of their fifth-placed opponents for this week, Adelaide United. With only three games remaining in the regular season,they have to win here the stakes is high because the coach wants to finish in the first 4th. Still Newcastle is not having a good record at home, last 5 home games LDLLD On the other side Adelaide United last 5 games away DWLWD Newcastle has 19 goals scored and 18 received , Adelaide has 26 goals scored and 24 received Whit Newcastle ambition to win after that 2-3 last round and whit the powerfull attack of Adelaide we will see some goals so i propose OVER 2.5
Leeds vs Northampton	1 AH	What to say about Leeds, they have no win for 3 rounds, 2 games played away one drawed and one lost and the other played at home last round lost whit 1-3 in front of Oldham, but Oldham is pretty good in away games so today we have again leeds at home but whit Northampton who is not performing very good in away games WLDLL, well..they prepared last round drawed whit Millwal because knows that will not take nothing from Leeds who is angry and will to theyr best here at home and they have a very good home record , last 5 home games LWWWW. So i propose 1 AH
Setubal vs Benfica	X2	Now we go to Portugal where benfica has a very hard game away at Setubal Setubal isonly 5 points behind Benfica whit aimpresive home record , last 5home games DWWWW, on the other side we have Benfica whit 7 points less that Porto, last 5 games away LWWWD,they need the win here to keep up track whit Porto i see here a tight match and maybe some goals but one thing is sure Benfica will not loose this one so i suggest for a combo x2
Real Mallorca vs Barcelona	2	In Spain Barcelona travel to Mallorca and they have to take everything from this game if they want to stay close to Real Madrid. The pressure is not always so good but lets try to bet whit the head here In the last round Barcelona lost at home whit Real Madrid and that was very important match now they are not allowed to slipp up, have very strong squad and will win this 2
Aston Villa vs Manchester United	2	FA CUP ASTON VILLA Position in the table: 6th Record Home and Away: 10-6-5 Record Home: 6-1-4 Probable Line-up: S. Taylor – Mellberg – Knight – Laursen – Bouma – Maloney – Barry – Reo-Cocker – C. Gardner – Agbonlahor – Harewood MANCHESTER UNITED Position in the table: 2nd Record Home and Away: 15-3-3 Record Away: 5-2-3 Probable Line-up: Kuszczack – Brown – Ferdinand – Pique – O’Shea – Fletcher – Carrick – Anderson – Nani – Rooney – Saha Past encounters of this Cup fixture… AsV – MaU 2-3 AsV – MaU 1-2 Ferguson might decide to rest some of his starting eleven players but they still have enough talented players to manage and repeat another victory whit Aston !! so i propose 2

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