Standout stats
- 0-0 the sole time these 2 met in the Premiership recently
- this is 12th v 18th in the Premiership.
Palace
- conceded in their last 10 home matches.
- only home wins v Liverpool, Spurs, and Leicester.
- 0-1-0-0-2 scored v teams below them at home. Clearly struggling v strugglers.
- home form is difficult to decipher.
- only 6 clean sheets
- only 1 0-0 at home
- scored 12 of their 14 goals at home in the 2nd half.
- opponents scored first in 10 of 13 home matches.
QPR
- no draw in 13 away matches.
- scored in their last 6 away.
- scored and conceded in their last 3 matches.
- all defeats away bar 1 v Sunderland.
- 7 losses in their last 8 matches.
- no 0-0 away
- only 3 0-0's at halftime away
- opponents have scored first in 12 of 13 away matches.
Profitable in-play opportunities
- we have to side with Palace surely with such dire away form from QPR.
- Interestingly both teams seem to allow their opponents to score first so this suggests either side could open the scoring. If QPR do, I would have to lay them, with such poor away form.
- Palace are struggling at home v the strugglers though so if QPR do score first, back the 0-1 insurance bet and lay QPR - note Palace failed to score in 3 at home to teams below them
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1pm - CSKA Moscow v Mordovia Saransk - 1.41 home
Standout stats
- 3 consecutive CSKA wins in recent head to heads.
- this is 2nd v 10th. The title is still alive for CSKA
CSKA
- 4 match winning streak
- no draw in 10 at home
- all wins at home bar 2 0-1 losses to 1st and 7th ( spartak Moscow - derby!)
- only 1 match since WInter break was a 1-2 away to Terek
- only 1 0-0 at halftime at home
- 27 goals scored at home, 17 away
- only 5 goals conceded.
Mordovia
- no win away v teams above them in the league
- 3 consecutive 1-0's, 2 defeats followed by a 0-0. That 0-0 was post Winter Break.
- failed to score in their last 3 matches.
- only 1 0-0 away
- 13 goals conceded away in the last 1/2 hour
Profitable in-play opportunities
- remember the Post Winter break , only 1 match so no real recent form to get out teeth into .
- CSKA have won the most recent head to heads and could continue that. Season long form at home is good and they have scored plenty of goals, 27 and conceded only 5, a ratio of 5 :1
- Lay Mordovia if they score first.
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3pm - Bournemouth v Blackpool - 1.23 home
Standout stats
- 0-1 and 1-6 to Bournemouth in the last 2 head to heads.
- this is 1st v 24th in the Championship. With 4 teams on 66 points, Bournemouth really must win against bottom side who are adrift at the base of the Championship.
Bournemouth
- no defeat in 5 at home
- are unbeaten v 15th and lower at home and away
- 3 consecutive home draws ended with a win v Wolves
- failed to score in only 4 this season
- only 1 0-0 at home
- 32 goals scored at home, 18 first half.
Blackpool
- no win in 18 away matches.
- Conceded in their last 14 away
- no win home or away v top 13.
- only 2 wins in 16 matches.
- 6 defeats in 8 matches.
- failed to score in 5 of their last 7 away matches.
- only 1 0-0 away
- conceded 21 first half and 20 2nd half goals away
Profitable in-play opportunities
- With Blackpool conceding 6 v 1st and 7 v 3rd, there is a chance Bournemouth could cruise here scoring 3/4+goals today.
- This makes this a great DRT match as Blackpool should show little.
- Lay the 0-0 halftime score
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3pm - Cowdenbeath v Hibernian - 1.34 away
Standout stats
Standout stats
- 3-2.1-2, 5-0 in recent head to heads in Hibs favour
- this is 8th v 2nd in the Scottish Championship
Cowdenbeath
- no win in 6 at home
- failed to score in their last 4 at home
- failed to score more than 1 goal in a home match in their last 9 home matches
- only 1 win in 10 matches.
- Kept Rangers to a 0-0, although by luck rather than judgement
- that was only 1 of 3 clean sheets all season
- only 1 0-0 at home
Hibs
- 4 match winning streak
- scored in their last 12 matches
- undefeated in 12 matches.
- 3 consecutive away clean sheets
- 9 wins in their last 12 matches.
- no 0-0 away
Profitable in-play opportunities
- it seems the best Cowdenbeath can hope for is another 0-0 as they did against Rangers, albeit with Rangers 23+ shots on goal.
- With no 0-0 away from Hibs we default to score draw or away win, the latter the most likeliest outcome.
- If the match is 0-0 for a while, take a chance and lay it. Cowdenbeath can hold out only so long.
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315pm - Atromitos v Panthrakikos - 1.51 home
Standout stats
- both teams have scored in 6 of the last 7 head to heads, the last 2 being 1-1
- this is 8th v 13th in the Super League.
Atromitos
- undefeated at home
- 5 consecutive clean sheets at home
- 2 0-0's, 2 1-0;s and a 1-1 v teams below them at home.
- after a couple of 0-0's and a 1-0 at home, suddenly spanked PAOK 4-0 at home!
- only 2 losses in 11 matches came away
Panthrakikos
- no win in 12 away matches
- conceded in their last 3 away matches.
- wish they were playing at home. Hugely contrasting fortunes
- conceded 2+ goals in 7 of their last 8 away matches but their last 4 home matches were all wins
- only 1 0-0 away
Profitable in-play opportunities
- While Panthrakikos continue to be so bad at home, and hoping Atromitos ride the wave after their 4-0 win over PAOK, you can only see one team in this , albeit they are unlikely to lose, but equally likely to play a tight match as they have done v teams below them this season.
- 1-0, 2-0, 2-1 type of scoreline appeals today.
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5pm - Benfica v Braga - 1.49 home
Standout stats
- 2 Benfica 1-0's ended with 2 Braga 2-1 wins in head to heads. Hence the cautious odds today about Benfica.
- this is 1st v 4th in the Portugeuse Primera Liga.
Benfica
- only 4 points between Benfica and Porto so it will be this match with Braga, and another home match v Porto which may determine the title this season
- this becomes a key must-win for Benfica today then
- they have won all home matches bar a 1-1 with Sporting.
- 14 wins, an away loss v Pacos and an away draw with Sporting in their last 16 matches.
