SATURDAY 22nd march
1245pm - Chelsea v Everton - 1.53 home
Standout stats
- honours even on the last 4 head to heads.
- this is 1st v 6th
Chelsea
- only 3 defeats, all away
- 6 wins and a draw in their last 7 home matches
- 3 clean sheets in 4 home matches
- 5 clean sheets in their last 7 matches
- have beaten all top 10 sides played at home so far, but conceded at home to 3rd, 4th, 7th, 8th
- only 2 0-0's at halftime at home
- have scored pretty much equally first half and second half
Everton
- only 4 defeats all season but lost their last 2 away matches.
- only 1 win in 7 away matches
- only 1 clean sheet in 11 matches
- no win v top 5 away, includes 3 defeats
- 9 0-0's at halftime away
- have scored 12 of their 14 away goals 2nd half
Profitable in play opportunities
- stats look straightforward. Everton tend to lose to top 5 away. Chelsea win v top 10 at home, but might concede v top 6.
- Everton's goals tend to come 2nd half so lay any 2-0 Chelsea scoreline
- Unlikely to end 0-0 and conceivable Everton could keep it 0-0 for a while
1245pm - Hearts v Celtic - 1.2 away
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230pm - Borussia Mönchengladbach v Hoffenheim - 1.83 home
Standout stats
- where Hoffenheim go, there you will find me!
- a 2-1 scoreline has appears in 3 of the last 4 head to heads. Hoffenheim have won 2. There was a 0-0 in the mix too
- this is 6th v 10th
Mgladbach
- no win in 6 matches
- no win in 3 matches at home, losing the last 2, albeit to Bayern Munich and Leverkusen. An easier assignment today
- 4 halftime 0-0's in their last 6 matches.
- those last 2 home defeats were the only ones this season
- scored 2+ goals in all bar one of the rest of their home matches winning all bar one 2-2 draw
- only 1 0-0 all season
- have scored 17 of their 25 home goals in the 2nd half.
Hoffenheim ( Hoff for short)
- only 2 defeats in 8 matches- they came away from home
- no win in their last 3 away matches
- have failed to score in only 3 this season, and 2 of those were the last 2 away matches
- only 1 clean sheet all season
- have conceded in all away matches
- have conceded 2 goals against 5th, 7th, and 9th away from home
- have scored and conceded in 7 of their 10 away matches
- no 0-0 this season
- 18 over 2.5 goals matches in 21 games played
Profitable in play opportunities
- this should not end 0-0. Hoff matches tend towards over 2.5 goals . Having kept only 1 clean sheet all season, expect Hoff to concede at some stage.
- They have failed to score only 3 times this season, and now in their last 2 away matches. Surely not a 3rd consecutive away failure to score?
- Hoff could conceivably concede 2 goals today.
- Mgladbach favoured given they have only lost at home to Bayern Munich and Leverkusen
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230pm - Freiburg v Augsburg - 2.37 away
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230pm - Hamburg v Borussia Dortmund - 1.33 away
Standout stats
- 4-6-5-5-8 - the total goals in recent head to heads.
- last 4 head to heads have been shared
- this is 17th v 3rd
Hamburg
- 7 consecutive defeats
- only 4 wins all season
- failed to score in 3 of their last 4 matches
- have only had 1 0-0 at halftime all season
- have not won any matches against top 10 this season, in fact losing 11 and drawing 2 ( away)
- have conceded in their last 8 home matches and last 11 overall.
Dortmund
- look as if they found their scoring boots during the winter break. Have scored 2-2-5-4 in the 4 matches on return
- have sscored 3-2-2-5 in their last 4 away matches
- have failed to score in only 3 matches all season
- are unbeaten home and away to 10th and below with 10 wins and 2 defeats
- have conceded in their last 9 away matches
- only 2 0-0's at halftime away
- lay the 0-0 halftime score
- chance over 3.5 goals , even over 4.5 goals if the head to heads are a good indicator.
- Dortmund could continue scoring 2+ goals
230pm - Nurnberg v Braunschweig - 1.7 home
Standout stats
- only 1 relevant head to head was a 1-1
- 14th v 18th so 2 teams struggling
Nurnberg
- only 3 wins all season , and they have come in the last 4 matches
- only home loss in last 5 matches was against Bayern Munich
- only 3 clean sheets all season came in the last 5 matches.
- Nurnberg have lost at home to 2nd bottom and 3rd bottom. They play bottom today
- only 1 0-0 all season.
- have conceded 9 of their 16 home goals in the last 1/2 hour of matches.
Braunschweig
- only 4 wins all season - they did win their last match ( home 4-2 v Hamburg).
- only 5 clean sheets
- have failed to score in the 4 away matches against 11th and lower.
- no 0-0 this season
- have only scored 1 goals in the first half away
Profitable in play opportunities
- it seems we have caught Nurnberg in their winning streak , and that is the reason for the short price.
- This should not end 0-0 so lay any late 0-0.
- Nurnberg have lost to 2 of the bottom 3, but is their recent 3 wins in 4 matches the key angle in?
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230pm - Stuttgart v Hertha Berlin - 2.6 home
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3pm - Arsenal v Sunderland - 1.28 home
Standout stats
- Arsenal have won the most recent 2 2013 meetings
- this is 2nd v 18th. Points precious for different reasons. Sunderland could go as high as 12th with a win ( other results notwithstanding).
Arsenal
- only 4 defeats
- 8 home clean sheets in 9 is Arsenal's home strength
- only failed to score in 3 all season, including the last match ( home).
- against 13th and below, Arsenal have won all at home, scoring at least 2goals.
- undefeated in 12 home matches
- 6 0-0's at halftime at home
- 22 scored at home and only 6 conceded
Sunderland
- a royal pain in the Arsene? Sunderland have only lost 2 of their last 10 matches
- unbeaten in 6 away matches, Sunderland have won 3 of their last 4.
- note Arsenal are yet to play top 5 away from home.
- have conceded 7 goals in their last 1/4 hour away from home.
Profitable in play opportunities
- potential party poopers? hmm, the problem is Sunderland have not played the top 5 away yet.
- This might be 0-0 at halftime or at least for a short while.
- At their best, Arsenal score 2 goals at least against teams around Sunderland's. Do note that Arsenal have had 6 recent 2-0's at home, so you might want to start with that scoreline?
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3pm - Cardiff v Hull - 2.3 home
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3pm - Manchester City v Stoke - 1.16 home
Standout stats
- Stoke have failed to score in 3 recent 2013 meetings. But what is noticeable is the 0-0 last time out.
- 3rd v 14th. Man City have a game in hand over the top 2 so this is a must-win. Stoke are only 3 points from relegation
Man City
- lost their last home match in the league, that's not going to continue you think?
- also, 2 consecutive matches in the premiership without scoring should not continue
- only 3 clean sheets in 12 matches
- 11 consecutive home wins prior to the Chelsea home win
- have already drawn 0-0 with Stoke this season
- only 2 0-0's at halftime at home
- perhaps telling, the top scorer at home is Aguero, and he is not even playing currently. What a big miss!
- 20 first half and 22 2nd half goals at home
Stoke City
- only 1 win in 9 came at home to manchester united
- no win in 11 away matches
- have conceded in their last 10 matches
- have failed to score in 5 of their last 7 away matches
- have failed to win away v top 10 sides and lost to all top 7 sides they have played away from home.
- have conceded 3/4 goals in 4 of the 5 away defeats v top 7.
- 4 0-0's at halftime
- have scored 8 of their 10 away goals 1st half.
Profitable in play opportunities
- massive ( for Man City anyway) sequences to end - 2 without a goal in the premiership, and losing a home match.
- 1.17 odds suggests 3/4 goals minimum and a possible win to nil. Coincidentally, Stoke seem to lose to top 7 sides by 3/4 goals so it is a possible.
- This is winning home form v losing away form pretty much.
- we could see a goal before halftime as City have scored 20 first half goals.
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3pm - West Brom v Fulham - 1.75 home
Standout stats
- West Brom have failed to win at the last 2 visits of Fulham
- this is 17th v 20th
West Brom
- only 4 wins all season
- are unbeaten in 5 home matches but 3 consecutive 1-1 draws
- have scored and conceded in 8 of their last 10 matches
- only played one of the bottom 3 at home, a 3-0 win v Sunderland
- only 2 0-0's at home at halftime
- no home 0-0's
- have scored 8 of their 10 2nd half home goals in the last 1/4 hour
Fulham
- only 6 wins all season
- 5 losses and a 2-2 draw with Man Utd in their last 6 matches
- have sconceded at leasst 2 in each of their last 6 matches
- have failed to score in 3 of their last 5
- have beaten 15th, 16th and 18th away 2nd half.
- have conceded in their last 12 away matches and last 11 overall
- 7 0-0's at halftime away
- no 0-0's
- have conceded 22 away goals 2nd half
Profitable in play opportunities
- this should not end 0-0
- Fulham have another new manager which might bring a surprise.
- Fulham have actually beaten 15th, 16th and 18th away so might be competitive .
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3pm - West Ham v Southampton - 2.5 away
Standout stats
- West Ham are unbeaten in head to heads, a win and 2 draws in the last 3.
- 11th v 18th and West Ham are nearly top 10 but note they are only 4 points from relegation.
West Ham
- unbeaten in 4 with 3 consecutive wins now
- 4 clean sheets in a row and 5 clean sheets in their last 6 matches
- have lost all home matches v top 9. Note West Ham conceded 3 goals in all of those matches and scored in 4 of the 5 .
- 6 0-0's at halftime at home
- have conceded 11 home goals in the last 1/2 hour of matches.
Southampton
- are unbeaten in their last 6 matches. They had a really tough run but were playing almost exclusively top 10 sides.
- 3 away wins in their last 5 matches
- Saints have scored 2-2-3-2-1 in their last 5 matches.
- have only failed to score in 4 matches this season
- have lost 4 away matches.
- only 2 defeats in 17 matches played against teams below them.
Profitable in play opportunities
- a very interesting match and West Ham and Saints both find themselves in good recent form which makes this very difficult.
- Is the key stat West Ham losing at home to all top 9 teams they have played?
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3pm - Leicester v Ipswich - 1.61 home
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3pm - Charlton v QPR - 1.9 away
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3pm - Real Madrid v Elche - 1.09 home
Standout stats
- 1-2 to Real madrid in September's meeting
- this is 2nd v 13th 3 teams at the top with identical points
Real Madrid
- only 2 defeats all season
- have failed to score in only 1 match.
- have won all home matches bar a loss to 3rd, scoring 2+ in those matches.
Elche
- only 1 loss in their last 6.
- Elche have conceded 4 against 1st and 6th away and 1.09 suggests a similar mauling
- Elche have conceded in their last 7 matches.
- only 1 0-0 at halftime away
Profitable in play opportunities
- all about Real Madrid here. Expected to score 3+ goals today
- lay the 0-0 halftime score .
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3pm - Rangers v Stenhousemuir - 1.08 home
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3pm - Partick Thistle v Aberdeen - 1.72 away
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4pm - Marseille v Lorient - 1.75 home
Standout stats
- Marseille won the 2013 meetings between these 2, played at Lorient
- this is 5th v 11th
Marseille
- only 1 defeat in 8 was against Monaco
- have scored at least 2 goals in 7 of their last 8 home matches
- failed to score in only 5 this season
- have lost 4 at home v 1st, 2nd, 7th and 12th
- have scored in all home matches bar 1
- have not had a 0-0 at halftime at home
Lorient
- only 2 defeats in 12 matches
- only 1 defeat in the last 5 away.
- have lost away to all of the top 10 they have played so far.
- have only had 1 0-0 all season
Profitable in play opportunities
- some good stats here. Marseille don't do 0-0's at halftime at home so lay the 0-0 halftime score.
- Lorient have lost away to all of the top 10 they have faced. If Lorient lead at any stage, lay them
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5pm - Celta v Getafe - 1.85 home
Standout stats
- Celta won in 2012 and Getafe won the last 2 meetings albeit at home
- this is 15th v 11th
Celta
- unbeaten in 4 and 2 consecutive clean sheets ( 2 of only 5 all season so more likely to concede than not)
- unbeaten in 5 homes
- only 3 home wins , scoring in each and pretty much inconsistent and unreadable home form
- 4 0-0's at half time at home
Getafe
- 7 defeats and 2 draws in 9, and as they are 11th, getafe are obviously living off earlier positive results
- have failed to score in 6 of their last 7 matches
- have failed to score in their last 5 aways
- only 2 clean sheets in 13 matches
- no away draws
- all defeats away bar one came without scoring
- 3 away wins , v 5th, 10th and 12th, were 0-2
- 5 0-0's at halftime away from home
- only 2 goals scored away first half.
Profitable in play opportunities
- you don't score, you don't win so it must be advantage Celta with Getafe having trouble scoring recently, and away. Their away wins have been to nil but they have kept only 2 clean sheets in their last 13 matches so again advantage Celta
- I would lay Getafe should they lead at any stage in this match. Celta look the most inform side.
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530pm - Crystal Palace v Manchester Utd - 1.55 away
Standout stats
- a fascinating match between 2 managers who have both made their impacts.
- United are unbeaten in head to heads
- this is 15th v 7th and Palace remain in a precarious position
Crystal Palace ( The Pulis Palace)
- 5 wins, 2 draws and a loss in 8 Pulis home matches.
- Pulis defeats have come against the likes of Chelsea, Newcastle, Man City, Spurs and Arsenal. So while they are much improved, the best are still a stretch for Palaces
- 11 losses and a 0-0 v top 10 home and away tells its own story.
- Palace have failed to score at home to top 10.
- only 1 0-0 all season
Man Utd
- only 2 wins in 7 matches.
- 2 consecutive draws.
- have failed to win their last 3 matches.
- United have failed to score in only 5 matches
- United are better against 10th and below with only 2 defeats
- 77% over 2.5 goals away from home
- only 2 0-0's all season
- only 2 0-0's at halftime away
Profitable in play opportunities
- Quite clearly the best are too much for Palace. They can't even score against top 10 at home.
- But do we bracket in United in their current form? Hmm.
- United are strong against 10th and below and at their best should not lose. They do score despite the problems this season.
- With Palace, there is always a chance that their matchill feature an extended 0-0. I would not put anyone off backing 0-0 pre-match.
530pm - Wolfsburg v Bayer Leverkusen - 2.5 home
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this is 5th v 2nd
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both teams have scored in the last 6 meetings
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Wolfsburg have won the last 3 home meetings
Wolfsburg
- · Only 2 defeats in 13 matches
- · Have scored and conceded in 9 of their last 11 matches
- · Have scored in their last 13 matches
- · Only 5 clean sheets
- · No 0-0’s this season
- · Only 2 0-0’s at halftime at home
- · Have scored 17 home goals between the 30th and 75th minutes
Leverkusen
- · Only 1 draw all season
- · 4 defeats in the last 6 matches
- · Have failed to score in only 4 matches
- · Last 3 away wins were 0-1
- · Have beaten 3rd, 6th, 7th and 8th away but lost to 4th ( who they lost to home and away – bogey team?)
- · No 0-0 this season
- · Have scored 9 of their 12 away goals in the first half.
Profitable in play opportunities
- · Leverkusen avoid draws. Is that the obvious angle in? If so, lay any late draw.
- · There is a chance of a goal before halftime. In fact 75% of Leverkusen’s away goals are scored in the first half. Lay the 0-0 halftime score therefore.
- · A Leverkusen win could be as tight as 0-1 given they have won 0-1 in their last 3 away matches
- · No 0-0 this season. Lay any late 0-0.
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545pm - Heerenveen V NAC Breda - 1.57 home
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6pm - Braga V Arouca - 1.4 home
Standout stats
- 3 consecutive head to head wins for Braga all to nil
- this is 7th v 13th
Braga
- unbeaten in 5 at home
- scored in last 7 but kept only 4 clean sheets this season
- only 2 draws all season
- have beaten 11th, 12th,14th and 15th scoring either 2 or 4 goals. Playing 13th of course today
Profitable in play opportunities
645pm - Cambuur V Roda - 1.72 home
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7pm - Real Sociedad v Barcelona - 1.4 away
Standout stats
- Real Sociedad are unbeaten in the last 3 Barcelona visits
- this is 6th v 1st. With Real Madrid at home and 1.09, Barcelona must win this match to remain on equal points at the top.
Real Sociedad
- only 3 defeats in 16 were against Atl Madrid, Real madrid and Villareal. Sociedad are in fine form but find the best too much
- 3 consecutive clean sheets at home and 3 clean sheets in their last 4 matches
- have failed to score in 5 this season but did so in 2 of their last 3 matches
- all bar one of their defeats this season has come against teams above them. Lost 1-2 at home to Atl Madrid. Heavier defeats v top 4 away
- 9 at home without defeat
- only 2 0-0's at halftime at home
- have scored 19 of their 27 home goals in the 2nd half
Barcelona
- only 2 defeats this season
- only 3 wins in their last 6.
- have won the last 2 matches scoring 10 in total.
- failed to score in just 3 this season
- have played 3 of the top 7 away ., 0-0 v 3rd, 1-0 loss to 4th and 1-1 with 7th. Playing 6th today
- 3 0-0's at halftime away ( 25% of away matches)
- scored a whopping 11 away goals in the last 1/4 hour of the first half
Profitable in play opportunities
- quite markedly, Real get spanked away from home against top 3 but seem transformed at home. Atl Madrid won 1-2 at home
- Lay the 0-0 halftime score if 0-0 at the 30 minute mark
- back 0-0 pre match for about 20 minutes as Sociedad have a recent run of clean sheets and could really frustrate Barcelona.
- Barcelona are clearly poorer awya from home v top 7, 0-0, 1-0 loss 1-1 draw. Lay Barcelona if Barcelona score first ( we'll get shorter odds)
7pm - Bordeaux v Evian - 1.66 home
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7pm - Montpellier v Ajaccio - 1.44 home
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745pm - Bologna v Roma - 1.5 away
Standout stats
- Roma are unbeaten when visiting Bologna with a 3-3 draw last time out
- 16th v 2nd. Roma have a game in hand over Juventus but a 9 point deficit
Bologna
- only 2 wins in 14 matches part of a season of only 4 wins
- only 2 home wins this season
- only 2 clean sheets in 13 matches
- conceded 2 against 1st and 3rd at home, playing 2nd today
- 3 0-0's at halftime at home
Roma
- only 1 loss all season.
- 4 wins and a 0-0 v Lazio in their last 5 matches
- only 1 win in their last 6 aways
- have failed to score only 3 times this season but 2 of those occasions came within the last 3 away matches
- 5 clean sheets in their last 7 matches
- 5 0-0's at halftime away
- 12 of their 18 away goals scored 2nd half
Profitable in play opportunities
- Bologna are likely to concede but there is a chance of a 0-0 at halftime. Roma are back to keeping clean sheets now so that will be their strength today.
- If Bologna score first , then lay them as Roma will seek 3 points for their game in hand over Juventus.2/3rd Roma away goals come in the 2nd half
745pm - NEC Nijmegen V PSV - 1.7 away
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815pm - Rio Ave V Sporting Lisbon - 1.7 away
Standout stats
- Rio Ave are unbeaten in the last 3 home head to heads, winning the last 2.
- this is 10th v 3rd. 5 points adrift of Benfica means points are precious now for Sporting.
Rio Ave
- only 2 wins in 10 matches
- Rio's last 4 wins were all 1-0
- all of Rio's wins this season were to nil
- Rio have only had 4 over 2.5 goals matches this season
- have lost at home to top 6 , losing 1-3 to 1st and 2nd
- have scored in their last 5 home matches
- only 1 0-0 this season
Sporting Lisbon
- only 2 defeats this season were against top 2 away from home
- have failed to score in 2 of the last 3 away matches.
- Lost their last away match and considering only 2 defeats all season, will Sporting really lose 2 away matches in a row
- have failed to score in 4 of their last 6 matches
- have kept 8 clean sheets in their last 10 matches
- 5 clean sheets in 7 away matches outside of the top 2 .
Profitable in play opportunities
- Head to heads tell us Rio are good at home against Sporting, but recent form sees them losing to top 6 at home, and conceding 3 against 1st and 2nd.
- Sporting are having trouble scoring, but they keep clean sheets recently and away v teams outside top 2.
- I favour Sporting Lisbon here, maybe not to lose so if Rio take the lead, lay them.
- No halftime stats in Portugal
9pm - Almería v Málaga - 2.5 home
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sunday 23rd Feb
11am - Rayo Vallecano v Sevilla - 2.15 away
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12pm - Dinamo Bucharest V Viitorul Constanta - 1.4 home
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1pm - Toulouse v PSG - 1.45 away
Standout stats
- PSG have won the last 7 head to heads , scoring 2+ in each match
- this is 10th v 1st
Toulouse
- only 2 defeats in 11
- have only won 1 of their last 7 home matches
- only 6 clean sheets all season
- failed to score in 3 of their last 4 home matches
- no wins at home to top 9
PSG
- only 1 defeat all season
- 2 consecutive 1-1 away draws
- PSG have scored and conceded in their last 4 away matches
- the 4 away matches against teams between 5th and 12th resulted in wins. It is elesewhere that PSG have struggled away
- PSG have conceded in their last 5 away matches
- no 0-0 this season
- 58 goals scored this season but only 20 goals away tells you that PSG struggle on the road.
- Ibrahimovic and Cavani have scored 25 home goals between them but only 7 away goals.
Profitable in play opportunities
- head to heads are conclusive - PSG tend to win
- Toulouse struggle v top 9 at home ( but that does not necessarily translate into a defeat!)
- PSG have a 2 match 1-1 sequence away they'd like to end. Their goalscoring drops significantly away from home. PSG have conceded away recently, does this open the game up to a both teams to score punt ( and offer us a DRT if Toulouse score first)?
130pm - Liverpool v Swansea - 1.33 home
Standout stats
- 5-0 and 2-2 in the 2 2013 head to heads
- this is 4th v 10th. Swansea are only 4 points from relegation so don't be fooled by top 10 status
Liverpool
- only Man City and Chelsea have beaten Liverpool in their last 13 matches
- Liverpool have won 9 of their last 10 home matches.
- Liverpool have scored 2+ in 6 of their last 7 matches.
- Liverpool have only had 1 0-0 at halftime all season
- have scored in their last 16 matches
- no 0-0's this season
- have scored 26 and conceded only 2 goals at home in the first half
Swansea
- only 2 wins in 12 matches
- have failed to win in their last 7 away matches
- failed to score in 3 of their last 5 away matches
- only 3 clean sheets in 17 matches
- 10 defeats and a draw against top 8
- have conceded in their last 10 away matches
Profitable in play opportunities
- Liverpool matches should see a goal before halftime.
- Potential there for Liverpool to score as many as 3 goals
130pm - Newcastle v Aston Villa - 2.05 home
Standout stats
- both teams have scored in the lsat 5 head to heads, and Newcastle have won 3 of the last 4 by a 2-1 scoreline
- this is 9th v 12th
Newcastle
- have failed to score in their last 4 matches at home.
- failed to score in 7 of their last 8 matches
- have conceded in their last 8 home matches
- only 1 0-0 at home
Aston Villa
- only 2 wins in 12
- failed to score in their last 2 matches
- have scored and conceded in all matches away to top 8 sides. They are playing 9th today
Profitable in play opportunities
- a match of limited appeal. Angles in include Newcastle breaking a 4 match home run without scoring.
- these are 2 out of form teams who are unreliable
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130pm - Vitesse V RKC Waalwijk - 1.3 home
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130pm - Ajax V AZ Alkmaar - 1.35 home
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2pm - Inter v Cagliari - 1.44 home
Standout stats
- Inter have not won the last 4 meetings, 3 score draws and a Cagliari home win
- this is 5th v 15th
Inter
- only 3 wins in 12 matches but did win the last 2 matches
- 3 clean sheets in 4 home matches for Inter a sign of new defensive bent at home?
- 5 0-0's at halftime in 8 betrays this defensive bent
- only 1 defeat at home was against Roma
- undefeated in 8 home matches
- 6 0-0's at halftime at home
- Only 1 0-0 all season
Cagliari
- 5 defeats and a win in their last 6 matches ( that win was a home penalty 1-0)
- 3 consecutive 0-0's followed by 2 1-0 defeats sees Cagliari tough to beat away , yet equally finding it very difficult to score a goal
- only 4 clean sheets all season
- no away win this season albeit 3 away draws v top 6
- 6 0-0's at halftime away
Profitable in play opportunities
- this could be halftime 0-0 so don't be too surprised. 3 clean sheets at home in 4 matches for Inter, plays a Cagliari with 3 0-0's and 2 1-0 losses away in their last 5 matches.
- This could be a win to nil for Inter Milan has they have only had one 0-0 all season. 1-0, 2-0 look obvious. More scope I suppose with the 2-0.
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2pm - Sampdoria v Milan - 2.2 away
Standout stats
- Milan are great DRT candidates despite the odds relaying the fact this could be a tough match to call
- 0-1 ( Samp win), 0-0 and 1-0 Milan win in the 3 most recent head to heads
- this is 12th v 9th
Sampdoria
- unbeaten in their last 6 home matches
- failed to score in only 3 of their last 18 matches
- 3 home clean sheets in their last 5 home matches
- it's a table of 2 halves. Against 10th and above, no wins at all, but at home draws to 6th, 7th and 10th were score draws
- Do fine against teams below them in the league. Milan are top 10 currently
- have scored in their last 9 home matches
- 6 0-0's at halftime at home but no fulltime 0-0's all season
Milan
- only 3 defeats in 13 matches v Inter Milan ( derby), Sassuolo ( Milan were 0-2 up), and Napoli
- for all that they are having a poor season, Milan have failed to score in only 3 games this season
- are yet to play 10th-14th away but have not won away v top 8
- have conceded in their last 6 away matches
- have scored 10 away goals in the last 1/4 hour of matches
Profitable in play opportunities
- Sampdoria tend to score draw most teams in the top 10, and with Milan conceding recently, there's a chance both teams could score. Milan have scored in all bar 3 matches this season.
- Sampdoria are unbeaten in their last 6 at home .
- 1-1 and 2-2 possible starting scorelines and cover any team 2-0 up
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2pm - Udinese v Atalanta - 1.8 home
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2pm - Banik Ostrava V Viktoria Plzen - 1.45 away
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230pm - Eintracht Frankfurt v Werder Bremen - 1.72 home
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330pm - Salzburg V Admira Wacker - 1.15 home
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330pm - Twente V Feyenoord - 1.9 home
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4pm - Norwich v Tottenham - 1.85 away
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- Norwich are unbeaten in the last 2 home meetings, albeit one was a cup match
- this is 16th v 5th
Norwich
- only 1 win in 11
- Norwich have kept 3 consecutive clean sheets at home
- not bad at home to top 6. Norwich lost to Chelsea, drew 0-0 with Man City, and drew 2-2 with Everton
- 7 0-0's at halftime at home
Spurs ( Sherwood's Spurs)
- only 1 defeat against Manchester City
- 4 wins and a draw away under Sherwood
- Spurs have scored in all matches under Tim Sherwood
- 2 consecutive clean sheets
- only lost to 2nd and 3rd away this season
- have scored 15 of their 23 goals in the 2nd half
Profitable in play opportunities
- Norwich have drawn twice against the top sides at home, but they are currently woefully inconsistent
- Norwich have kept 3 consecutive home clean sheets and I would perhaps back 0-0 pre-match incase they defend for their lives.Add Spurs 2 consecutive clean sheets into the mix and we could see a long period of 0-0.
- Spurs tend to score most 2nd half so I would not be alarmed with a 0-0 at halftime and would favour Spurs NOT to lose.
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4pm - Real Betis v Athletic Bilbao - 2.3 away
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4pm - Rijeka V Osijek - 1.3 home
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430pm - Hannover v Bayern Munich - 1.25 away
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- Bayern have won the last 5 head to heads , scoring 2 in each ( minimum)
- this is 11th v 1st
Hannover
- only 3 wins in 14 matches
- only 1 loss at home.
- 2 consecutive 2-0 defeats ( away)
- only 2 0-0's at halftime in 15 matches
- are yet to play top 3 at home and have beaten 4th, 5th, 6th 7th
- only 3 0-0's at halftime at home
- have scored 8 goals at home in the last 1/4 hour so watch out for a late late show.
Bayern
- all wins bar 2 draws
- 13 consecutive wins
- 8 clean sheets in the last 10 matches.
- only 1 of the last 14 matches saw a 0-0 at halftime
- Bayern have scored in all matches
Profitable in play opportunities
- all about Bayern as usual. 2+ goals expected. Do note Hannover have only lost 1 match but have not played top 3 at home
- Bayern have a good record of getting a goal before halftime recently.
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5pm - Standard Liege V Gent - 1.45 home
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530pm - Juventus v Torino - 1.25 home
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- this is a Turin derbso this might have a bearing on the result
- only 3 recent head to heads, see juve win all without conceding
- this is 1st v 7th
Juventus
- only 1 defeat all season and they were 0-2 up in that!
- 2 of Juve's 3 draws all season came in their last 2 away matches.
- have scored and conceded in their last 6 matches
- Juve have scored 3+ goals in 7 of their last 9 matches.
- all wins at home scoring 2+ in all bar 1 match.
- have scored in all matches
- only 1 0-0 at halftime at home
- have scored 36 at home and conceded only 8
Torino
- only 2 defeats in 12 matches
- only 1 defeat in 6 aways
- have failed to score in only 4 matches.
- have only played 2 of the top 6 away, losing to 3rd and 6th
- have scored in their last 8 away matches
- only 2 0-0's at halftime away
Profitable in play opportunities
- historically Torino really have trouble scoring against Juventus which suggests we can speculate on a Juve win to nil
- Lay the 0-0 halftime score looks logical but will the fact this is a derby have any bearing?
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6pm - Valencia v Granada CF - 1.5 home
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- · This is 9th v 12th
- · Valencia have won the last 5 head to heads, 4 of them 1-0
Valencia
- · Unbeaten in 5
- · Only 1 defeat in 6 home matches was a 2-3 v real Madrid
- · Failed to score in only 3 all season, and one of those was last match
- · Have lost to 1st, 2nd, 6th and 16th at home, scoring and conceding in each match
- · Have scored in their last 12 home matches
- · Only 1 0-0 at halftime at home
- · Have scored a massive 11 goals in the last ¼ hour of the first half. If 0-0 coming to the 30th minute, lay the 0-0 halftime score
Granada
- · Only 3 draws all season
- · Only 2 wins in their last 8 matches
- · Failed to score in 4 of their last 5 away matches
- · No draw home or away against top 10, includes 10 defeats and 2 wins.
- · 4 0-0’s at halftime
Profitable in play opportunities
- · It seems tight when these 2 meet yet Valencia always seem to come through, typically 1-0.
- · Lay the 0-0 halftime score after 30 minutes if still 0-0
- · Granada avoid draws v top 10 and pretty much this season. Lay any late draw.
- · Valencia have failed to score in only 3 matches this season, so faith in a goal if 0-0 or 0-1 to Granada.
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715pm - Porto V Estoril Praia - 1.45 home
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730pm - Genk V Waasland Beveren - 1.45 home
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745pm - Lazio v Sassuolo - 1.44 home
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- A 2-2 when these 2 met earlier in the season
- this is 10th v 20th ( bottom)
Lazio
- only 2 defeats in their last 9 mathces
- unbeaten in their last 4 home matches, drawing the last 2.
- have failed to score in only 6
- good against bottom teams with wins against 13th, 15th, 17th, 18th, 19th scoring 2 miniumum
- 5 0-0's at halftime at home
- have scored 11 in the first half and conceded only 2 at home 1st half
Sassuolo
- 9 defeats and a 4-3 win v Milan in their last 10 matches
- Failed to score in 7 of those 10 matches
- only 4 wins all season
- have lost 5 and drawn 2 away to top 10
- no draw in 10 overall
- have conceded in the last 7 away and last 10 overall
- only 1 0-0 this season
- have conceded 14 1st half and 10 2nd half goals away
Profitable in play opportunities
- Lazio seem to have a comfortable time of it against bottom teams at home. Expect them to score at least 2 goals. Best case for Sassuolo seems to be a score draw.
- Halftime 0-0 is a bit hit and miss so I won't go with it.
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8pm - Osasuna v Atlético Madrid - 1.44 away
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- buzzing from a 0-1 away win v Milan mid week, Atl Madrid will look to continue that good away form
- this is 14th v 3rd, but 3rd only on goal difference
- 6 Madrid wins and a 0-0 draw in last 7 head to heads.
Osasuna
- only 2 defeats in 9 matches
- no wins home or away v top 8, but interestingly have drawn 1st and 2nd at home this season.
- ( but them got spanked 1-5 and 0-3 by 4th and 5th).
- only 2 0-0's at halftime at home
- have conceded all 8 2nd half goals at home in the last 1/4 hour
Atl Madrid
- only 2 defeats all season, both away from home and the last one came in the last away match
- have only failed to score in 3 all season, and one of those was that last away match
- no draws home and away against 10th and below sees 13 wins and 1 loss. 12 of those wins saw 2+ goals scored.
- no away 0-0 but 5 0-0's at halftime
- have only conceded 2 first half goals away so the likeliest first goal scorers?
Profitable in play opportunities
- history points to a Madrid win. Recent form could see Osasuna throw a spanner in the works. 2 home draws v top 2 sides is very interesting.
- At their best, Atl Madrid score 2 goals at least.
- Osasuna are definitely vulnerable if they score first.
8pm - Lille v Lyon - 2.15 home
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