h2h meetings

Saturday - Austrian Bundesliga - RAPID VIENNA v REID

H2h - 14-2-0 in recent corresponding fixtures[each side plays each other twice home and away in 1 season] since 1999 the record in ALL corresponding fixtures is 22-7-0

League form - RAPID are currently in 4th place with a home record of 4-2-3 2 of those defeats came against the current top and 3rd in the table while the other was a loss to local rivals AUSTRIA VIENNA [6th]
RIED are in 8th place with an away record of 2-2-5 , the 2 wins came against the 7th and 10th[bottom] teams.

This is the re-start of the Austrian season after a 2 month break .

Without any team info it's a bit of a leap of faith but the h2h and league table both point to a home win and the odds of 1.65 on offer from WmHills seem way out of line with the rest , 1.57 - 1.60 generally .

Stake 15.86pts on RAPID VIENNA @ 1.65 from Hills

3-0 RAPID thanks to 3 pens and 2 sent off for REID !!! Returned 26.17pts

Starting Bank - 100pts
Selections - 55
Wins - 41
Stake returned - 2
Current Bank - 204.84ptspts. BANK DOUBLED ....

An early [11:00] kick-off in La Liga on Sunday , VALENCIA v GETAFE

H2h - 7-0-1

League form - VALENCIA are 5th in the table with a home record of 9-1-1 , that single loss coming against BARCELONA .
GETAFE are in 14th with an away record of 2-2-6 with all away points coming against sides currently in the bottom half of the table.

Other Stats / News - VALENCIA have NO missing players for this game while GETAFE have at least 6 injured and may have to play 3rd choice keeper JONA.
VALENCIA have won 10 of their last 12 homes and have scored at least twice in 10 of those last 12 homes.
GETAFE have failed to win their last 5 aways in the league.
VALENCIA still have a realistic chance of nicking the 4th Champions League place from SEVILLE over whom they still have a game in hand [only 1 pt behind]

Stake 10pts on VALENCIA @ 1.45

45 mins after the Spanish game ends we had a potential bet over in Belgium where ANDERLECHT take on MECHELEN.

H2h - 10-0-0

League form - ANDERLECHT are in 2nd spot with a home record of 7-4-1 .
MECHELEN are 15th and have an away record of 1-4-7 , the sole win coming agaisnt the side one place above them in 14th.

Other Stats/ News - ANDERLECHT have been finding the back of the net at home since the Winter break , scoring 10 while conceding only 2 in 2 Cup and 2 League games .
One of those 4 games ended 0-0 but i look at the stats reveal that they had 12 goal attempts , 5 of which were on target but were saved by the keeper.
ANDERLECHT do have the distraction of a Europa League game on Thursday but that is at least a home fixture so hopefully they will field as near a full strength side tomorrow.

Stake any returns from the VALENCIA game onto ANDERLECHT , currently 1.50

VALENCIA 1-0

Stake 14.50pts on ANDERLECHT @ 1.44

All good things must come to an end and unfortunately for us it ended in the 93rd min when MECHELEN equalised to make it 1-1........

So ended that nice wee run of 12 winners [plus 2 -DN-B] .

Starting Bank - 100pts
Selections - 57
Wins - 42
Stake returned - 2
Current Bank - 194.84ptspts.

Sat
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MAN CITY v newcastle 7-1-0 , 1.30

SCHALKE v w bremen 5-0-1 , 2.05

PSG v toulouse 5-0-0 , 1.30

BRAGA v nacional 6-0-1 , 1.62


Sun
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LYON v nantes 10-1-0 , 1.57

PANIONIOS v levadiakos 5-1-0 , 1.87


Saturday's first bet is the clash between SCHALKE and WERDER BREMEN in the Bundesliga

H2h - 5-0-1 [8-2-1 since 2005]

League form - SCHALKE are in 4th and just 2pts behind automatic qualification for the CL .
Their home record reads 7-3-1 scoring 18 and conceding 9.

BREMEN are 8th , just 5pts behind their opponents , but they are in that position mainly through their home form [6-3-2] as away from home they are only 2-2-6 and have conceded 30 goals in those 10 games.

Other news / stats - SCHALKE still have Huntelaar suspended for this match . SCHALKE regained some respect despite losing 2-0 to REAL MADRID in the CL mid-week match after their 6-1 loss last season the European Champions.
SCHALKE have lost only once to Bremen in the last 12 corresponding meetings [9-2-1] in ALL comps.
They are unbeaten in 11 of their last 12 homes in the league and have been winning H/T - F/T in 7 of their last 9 home league games.

WERDER BREMEN are on a good run of 4 straight wins after the winter break but 3 of those came at home , the one win came against HOFFENHEIM who lost 3 of their 4 after the break .
5 of their 6 away defeats came against teams currently in the top 10 in the Bundesliga [ SCHALKE are 4th]

Despite the obvious loss of Huntelaar i'm hoping SCHALKE can go on from their respectable performance against REAL and continue their good home form against a WERDER side who , on paper , have improved since appointing their new manager and the return to fitness of Franco Di Santo but have yet to win against a side from the top 6 .

I'm sticking my 'safety first' policy and going for SCHALKE at 0 , -0.5 on the Asian Handicap with Betvictor @ 1.80 [which means if it's a draw we get half our stake back] .



Just over an hour after the above game ends we have MAN CITY v NEWCASTLE

H2h - 7-1-0

League form - CITY are currently 2nd in the EPL with a home record of 7-3-2 while NEWCASTLE are 11th with an away record of 3-4-6

Other news/ stats - The best news for CITY is that YAYA TOURE will start his first game after his return from the African Cup of Nations along with new signing W BONY .
It's significant that the 2 draws and 2 loss's [1 league and 1 Cup v Arsenal] came when Toure was missing.
Only James Milner is missing through injury.

NEWCASTLE on the other hand have a growing injury list with TIOTE definately out and the impressive CABELLA doubtful .

Quite simply MAN CITY should win and stake any returns from the SCHALKE onto the home win , currently 1.30

92nd min equaliser undoes the SCHALKE bet ......

MAN CITY destroy Newcastle 5-0

6.50pts returned

POLAND - LECH v RUCH

H2h - 7-1-0

League form - LECH are in 4th with a home record of 6-3-1 , sole defeat came against the current 5th placed side.
They are top scorers at home with 25 , conceding only 8 .
RUCH are 1-4-5 away from home , scored 9 conceded 18 ,

Stake 16.50pts @ 1.50

LECH 2-1 Returned 24.75pts.


Starting Bank - 100pts
Selections - 60
Wins - 44
Stake returned - 2.5
Current Bank - 199.69pts.

Sat
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MALAGA v getafe 5-1-0 , 1.75


Sun
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INTER v fiorentina 13-0-1 , 2.20

CELTIC v aberdeen 27-2-0 , 1.65

REAL MADRID v villareal 6-0-0 , 1.25

GRONINGEN v den haag 6-0-1 , 2.00

PORTO v sporting 6-1-0 , 1.67

Bet 1 - 12.00 - CELTIC v ABERDEEN

H2h - 27-2-0

League form - CELTIC are top of the SPL with a home record of 9-2-1
ABERDEEN are in 2nd and are a respectable 9-1-3 away from home.

Other stats/news - Anyone with the slightest knowledge of Scottish football will be aware that there is a rather large gap in class/ability between CELTIC and the others in any 'normal' season and it usually pays to ignore what the opposition have achieved in the season as playing at Parkhead is a different kettle of fish compared to any other team in the SPL .

Quite simply , due to the outstanding H2H record , this is a game i look forward to betting on every season and i see no reason to change , CELTIC should still be too strong for the Dons even after their exertions in Italy in mid-week .
The new signings from Dundee Utd [ Armstrong and Mackay-Steven] have strengthened the Glasgow side who have conceded only 6 times at home this season [12 games]

Stake 10pts on CELTIC @ 1.61


Bet 2 - Italy - INTER v FIORENTINA

H2h - 13-0-1 [that single in that time period win came back in 2000]

League form - INTER are in 8th with a home record of 5-3-3
FIORENTINA are 3 places and 4pts above them in 5th with an away record of 6-3-3

Other news/stats - Both sides won their Europa league games in midweek .
On paper FIORENTINA's away record looks very good but on closer inspection we see that all 6 wins came against the sides currently occupying 12th , 15th , 16th , 17th , 18th and 19th in Serie A with the 3 away points coming at the 6th , 9th and 10th placed teams .

There's no arguing that INTER are not at their best but that impressive H2h and the quality of opposition FIORENTINA have won away from home against means i'm happy to take at least the Draw-No-Bet odds of 1.57 .

Stake the potential returns from the CELTIC match onto D-n-B of 1.57 , if no return from the Scots game it's 10pts @ 1.57.

CELTIC 4-0 ..........SPL season all over now.

So thats 16.10 pts returned and it's all going onto INTER @ 1.57 D-N-B with Corals.

There are 2 other games to have a bet on later on tonight ..

PORTO v SPORTING k-off 19:15

H2h - 6-1-0

League form - PORTO are 2nd in the league and are 9-1-1 at home [defeats to top of the table BENFICA and the other when reduced to 10 men after 25 mins and in which the opposition had 0 shots on target from only 2 goal attempts]
SPORTING are in 3rd , 6-3-1 away from home .

Other stats/news - PORTO should be fresher as SPORTING played on Thursday [at home] in the Europa .


The other game is REAL MADRID v VILLAREAL [k-off 20:00]

H2h - 6-0-0

League form - REAL are top of La Liga with a home record of 10-0-1 [loss to 3rd placed Athletico Madrid]
VILLAREAL are in 6th and are 4-5--3 away from home .

Other news - REAL have won 19 of their last 21 homes and scored at least 2 goals in 19 of those 21.
They have been winning H/T - F/T in their last 6 homes .
REAL still have RAMOS , KHEDIRA and RODRIGUEZ out but that front 3 of RONALDO , BALE and BENZEMA should be able to nick a goal or 3

Odds - 1.25


Will post the bets after the result of the INTER match

Sat
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MALAGA v getafe 5-1-0 , 1.75 1-0


Sun
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INTER v fiorentina 13-0-1 , 2.20 0-1

CELTIC v aberdeen 27-2-0 , 1.65 4-0

REAL MADRID v villareal 6-0-0 , 1.25 1-1

GRONINGEN v den haag 6-0-1 , 2.00 1-1

PORTO v sporting 6-1-0 , 1.67 3-0


Apologies for not posting the bets i placed ...The INTER bet lost , after which i placed 10pts on each of REAL MADRID [-10pts] and PORTO [+16.70pts]

Therfore the stats are as follows

Starting Bank - 100pts
Selections - 64
Wins - 42
Stake returned - 2.5
Current Bank - 187.39pts.

Sat
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CLUB BRUGGE v charleroi 7-0-1 , 1.55

GENT v lierse 8-1-0 , 1.25

KORTRIJK v cercle brugge 7-0-0 , 1.40

ZWOLLE v cambuur 11-0-1 [10 of those meetings came in the 2nd Div] , 1.90


Sun
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LANUS v arsenal sarandi [arg] 6-0-1 , 1.73

UTRECHT v az alkmaar 5-0-0 , 2.38



Sat
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KORTRIJK v CERCLE BRUGGE

H2h - 7-0-0

League form - KORTRIJK are currently in 5th with a home record of 7-2-5 , 3 of those home defeats came against the teams currently in 2nd , 3rd and 4th in the table .

CERCLE are in 14th with an away record of 2-4-8 .


Other stats/news - The last 4 league games between the 2 have all finished 4-0 to KORTRIJK.
The home side have scored at least twice in 10 of their 14 homes this season while CERCLE are now 6 without a win and have only managed 2 cleans sheets away from home so far.

Stake 16.70pts on KORTRIJK @ 1.40

KORTRIJK 1-0 Returned 23.38pts

Starting Bank - 100pts
Selections - 65
Wins - 43
Stake returned - 2.5
Current Bank - 194.07pts.

Denmark - COPENHAGEN v BRONDBY

H2h - 16-8-1

League form - FCK are in 2nd place with a home record of 7-1-2
BRONDBY are 7pts behind in 5th with an away record of 1-2-6 .

Other news - As far as i'm aware BRONDBY have 4 suspended for this match .

Take into account the away form/suspensions and ,to a lesser extent than usual , the h2h and i believe that the 1.80 on offer from betvictor is well worth taking.

Stake 10pts

*sorry for the lateness of todays post but had a hectic day out yesterday and alcohol was involved !!!!

COPENHAGEN 3-1 Returned 18pts

CLUB BRUGGE v charleroi 7-0-1 , 1.55 1-0

GENT v lierse 8-1-0 , 1.25 2-1

KORTRIJK v cercle brugge 7-0-0 , 1.40 1-0

ZWOLLE v cambuur 11-0-1 [10 of those meetings came in the 2nd Div] , 1.90 6-1


Sun
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LANUS v arsenal sarandi [arg] 6-0-1 , 1.73 0-0

UTRECHT v az alkmaar 5-0-0 , 2.38 6-2


5/6 ...so near ..

Sat
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ARSENAL v west ham 5-1-0 , 1.44

BENFICA v braga 5-1-0 , 1.50


Sun
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M'GLADBACH v hannover 5-0-1 , 1.80

ANDERLECHT v gent 8-0-0 , 1.85

Sat
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ARSENAL v WEST HAM

H2h - 5-1-0

League form - ARSENAL are currently in 3rd spot with a home record of 9-3-1 , the loss came against MAN U [2nd] with 2 of the draws occurring against MAN CITY [4th] and rivals SPURS [7th].
They are joint-top home scorers with 30 netted and 11 conceded.

WEST HAM are in 10th and seem safe for another season with virtually no prospect of a Europa place this season.
Away from home they are 3-6-4.
They have played 4 of the top 5 away from home with a record of 0-1-3 .

Other news - OXLADE-CHAMBERLAIN is out but ROSIKI and GIROUD could be in the strating line up for the Gunners.
C JENKINSON is ineligible to play against his parent club while E VALENCIA must be a doubt after having stiches put in a wound he suffered by standing on a broken cup.
ARSENAL have won their last 7 homes as well as being winning H/T- F/T in 6 of those 7.
WEST HAM have failed to win their last 6 aways in the EPL.

Stake 18pts @ 1.44

ARSENAL 3-0 Returned 25.92pts

Starting Bank - 100pts
Selections - 67
Wins - 45
Stake returned - 2.5
Current Bank - 209.99pts.

M'GLADBACH v HANNOVER

H2h - 5-0-1

League form - GLADBACH are in 4th place in the Bundesliga with a home record of 8-3-1 . They are only 1 pt off Champions League qualification.
HANNOVER are in 13th with an away record of 2-4-6 , those 2 wins came against 14th side HERTHA and the other was v DORTMUND who at that time were in the relegation zone.

Other news - GLADBACH have won their last 5 homes , keeping a clean sheet in the last 3 of those 5.
They have a full squad to choose from and are now out of the Europa Cup.

HANNOVER have failed to win any of their last 8 league fixtures and are missing STINDL [midfielder with 4 goals from 12 appearances, 1 as a sub]] and BITTENCOURT [midfielder , 1 goal from 13 appearances , 10 as a sub].

Stake 10pts on GALDBACH @ 1.75

M'GLADBACH 2-0

Starting Bank - 100pts
Selections - 68
Wins - 46
Stake returned - 2.5
Current Bank - 217.49pts.