h2h meetings

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ATH BILBAO 2-0 Returned 16.36pts


Saturday see's an interesting game in Holland where newly promoted CAMBUUR travel to ZWOLLE , a team they faced regularly in the 2nd tier of Dutch football .
ZWOLLE have won 8 of their 9 corresponding meetings between the 2 .

ZWOLLE have started the season like a house on fire , winning all 3 games so far [2 aways] , scoring 10 and conceding 3 while CAMBUUR are 1-1-1 so far.

If you include pre-season friendlies the home side have won 8 of their last 8 so i'll take a bit of the 1.57 on offer from Betair Sportsbook.

Stake 16.36pts @ 1.57

 

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and Saturday turns out to be not too shabby with 3/4 winning

KORTRIJK v mechelen 1-2

MONTPELLIER v sochaux 2-1

ZWOLLE v cambuur 2-0

FEHNERBACHE v eskisehispor 1-0


Sunday's selections are..

ANDERLECHT v charleroi 12-0-1 , odds 1.22

GENK v cercle brugge 10-1-0 , 1.44

RIO AVE v setubal 8-0-0 , 1.73



ZWOLLE 2-0

returned 25.71pts

On Sunday we have RIO AVE looking to increase their winning streak at home to SETUBAL to 9 in a row .

RIO AVE started the season with an emphatic 3-0 win away to BELENENSES last week while SETUBAL suffered a not unexpected 3-1 loss at home to POROT but also will miss their regular keeper who was sent off in that game.

Stake 25.71pts on RIO AVE @ 1.83 [Betfair]

 

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ANDERLECHT v charleroi 5-2

GENK v cercle brugge 1-0

RIO AVE v setubal 2-0

RIO AVE win returned 45.98pts

Starting Bank - 100pts
Current Bank - 152.12pts


Monday
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FIORENTINA v catania 7-1-0 , odds 1.53 [Lads , Corals and W Hills]

Here's the preview from Football Italia website -


Fiorentina get their campaign off to a start when they entertain Catania at the Artemio Franchi stadium on Monday night.

La Viola went heartbreakingly close to qualifying for the Champions League last season, only to miss out to Milan after a controversial penalty earned them a vital win on the final day. In their bid to go one better this time around, despite losing Stevan Jovetic, Fiorentina have strengthened over the summer.

The highest profile arrival has no doubt been Mario Gomez. The Germany international will line up alongside Giuseppe Rossi – who finally starts a season fit – and Vincenzo Montella will be hoping the two can form an effective partnership.

Massimo Ambrosini has been plucked from Milan and the former Rossoneri captain is expected to feature in the season opener while Joaquin Sanchez, signed from Malaga, will have to be content with a place on the bench.

Should he need to, in Adem Ljaljic and Josip Illicic Vincenzo Montella has a lot of firepower to call upon should Catania prove difficult to break down.

And chances are that Catania will not make it easy for their hosts. The Elefanti confounded all last term by finishing a highly respectable eighth and much of their success was built on their defensive resilience.

And it is in defence department that the Sicilian outfit look even stronger this term with the signing of Argentine duo Fabian Monzon and Gino Peruzzi along with Slovakian Norbert Gyomber.

Still, Rolando Moran and his players will not relish their opening day trip to Tuscany. They have not beaten Fiorentina on home turf in over 10 years. Never the most prolific side as far as scoring goals are concerned, the loss of Alejandro Gomez may make it that little bit harder for them against the Tuscans and, indeed, in general as the season progresses.


Enough promise on top of the h2h to have me invest 10pts @ 1.53

 

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FIORENTINA keep the run going with a 2-1 win over a hard working CATANIA side

Returned 15.30pts

Looks like there will be no more picks until the weekend ....

 

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3 for Saturday -

MECHELEN v lierse 5-1-0 , odds 1.62

GENT v mons 8-1-0 , odds 1.44

FEHNERBACHE v sivasspor 5-0-1 , odds 1.62


Back to business and it's over to Belgium where GENT take on MONS in a fixture that has seen the home side win 8 of the last 9 corresponding meetings .

GENT have scored 21 to MONS 4 .

So far this season GENT have won 2 from 2 homes against sides on a par with MONS , while they have drawn away from home to CLUB BRUGGE .

MONS have lost 4 of their 5 league games this season inc their 2 aways .

Stake 15.30pts on GENT @ 1.46

 

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MECHELEN v lierse 0-0

GENT v mons 1-0

FEHNERBACHE v sivasspor 5-2

2/3 showed a very small virtual profit of 0.60pts


Sunday
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STANDARD LIEGE v kortrijk 7-0-0 , 1.36

MARITIMO v olhanense 4-0-0 , 1,73

AC MILAN v cagliari 10-1-0 , 1.44


GENT 1-0 Returned 27.30pts

Belgium 13.30 - STANDARD take on KORTRIJK to try and extend their winning sequence to 8/8 .

STANDARD are unbeaten at home and away so far this season in all competions , 5 league and 6 Europa League games and they currently sit on top of the league with max points and conceded 0 goals .

KORTRIJK have won 1 and lost 1 away so far , the win was against 13th placed CHARLEROI .

STANDARD should again prove too strong so i'll have 27.30pts on STANDARD @ 1.36 [Betfair Sportsbook]


Will probably have an interest in those other 2 games but let's see how the 1st pick gets on

 

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MARITIMO v OLHANENSE has been won by the home 4 times from 4 since '09 , indeed MARITIMO have yet to home OR away to today's opponents in 8 league and 1 cup competition .

MARITIMO have had an unfavourable start to the season , playing PORTO away [lost 3-1] and BENFICA at home BUT they surprised a few with a 2-1 win in that game .

Meanwhile OLHANENSE beat FERREIRA at home despite being down to 10 men for most of that game but lost 2-0 in their away fixture to GUIMARAES.
They will be missing the man sent off last week ,PELE , a central/left sided Midfielder.


I think MARITIMO can overcome the opposition today so with it's back to 10pts on STANDARD @ 1.70 with Betfair

 

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STANDARD 2-0

Selections - 9
Wins - 9

Starting Bank - 100pts
Current Bank - 179.25pts

 

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MARITIMO drew 1-1

so a 10pt loss .

AC MILAN have beaten CAGLIARI 10 times in the past 11 meetings at the San Siro.

MILAN lost last weekend's opening fixture to new boys VERONA so can't afford not to pick up the 3pts today and fall 6pts behind JUVE and NAPOLI.
They hit form midweek when beating PSV in the Chamoions League.

CAGLIARI won at home last week and it's generally their home form that they rely on to stay in Serie A.

Stake 10pts on AC MILAN @ 1.40 [Betfair Sportsbook]

 

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3-1 to MILAN

, returned 14pts.

Unfortunately it's International week next weekend

so i doubt there will be any selections until the following weekend

 

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Found one for tonight over in Brazil !!

CRUZIERO v FLAMENGO has been won by the home side in 6/7 previous corresponding league fixtures [9-2-0 in cup and league since '03]

CRUZIERO have been very strong at home this season , 7-2-0 scoring 26 and conceding 7.

FLAMENGO are decent away from home this season , 3-3-3 but those 3 wins were against sides currently sitting in 10th , 11th and 14th [of 20] in the league.


CRUZIERO last lost a game at home on 3rd November 2012 and since then have a home record in all competitions of 19-2-0 , conceding only 15 goals.

Stake 14pts on CRUZIERO @ 1.52

 

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CRUZIERO 1-0 .... Returned 20.98pts

 

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STANDARD LIEGE v kortrijk 2-0

MARITIMO v olhanense 1-1

AC MILAN v cagliari 3-1

There's plenty of selections for Saturday -

FULHAM v west brom 6-1-0 , odds 2.15

BARCELONA v seville 8-1-0 , 1.20

ANDERLECHT v mechelen 9-0-0 , 1.40

CLUB BRUGGE v lierse 12-0-0 , 1.36

LOKEREN v cercle brugge 4-0-0 , 1.53

OLYPIAKOS v xanthi 7-1-0 , 1.22

BENFICA v ferreira 11-0-0 , 1.29

 

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Saturday
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LOKEREN have beaten LIERSE 4 from their last 4 meetings in recent corresponding fixtures [7-3-0 since Jan '05]

LOKEREN 4th]are 3-0-0 at home so far this season , although 2 wins were v the current sides occupying 15th and 16th place in the league [16 team league]

CERCLE BRUGGE sit in 9th place in the table but all their 6 pts [1-3-2] have came against sides below them in the table .

CERCLE BRUGGE failed to win away from home last season in the league , with the exception of their relegation play-off .


Stake 20.98pts on LOKEREN @ 1.54 [betfair]

 

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FULHAM v west brom 1-1

BARCELONA v seville 3-2

ANDERLECHT v mechelen 5-0

CLUB BRUGGE v lierse 4-1

LOKEREN v cercle brugge 3-0

OLYPIAKOS v xanthi 4-0

BENFICA v ferreira 3-1

A none too shabby 6/7 wins , FULHAM conceded in the 92nd min !!!

A virtual profit of 10pts.


Sunday
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FIORENTINA v cagliari 11-1-0 , 1.44

MONACO v lorient 6-1-0 , 1.40

ARIS v levadaikos 5-0-0 , 2.30

UTRECHT v waalwijk 11-0-0 , 1.80

 

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LOKEREN 3-0 Returned 31.20pts


Selections - 13
Wins - 12

Starting Bank - 100pts
Current Bank - 190.45pts


Sunday
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FIORENTINA take on CAGLIARI in an 11.30 kick-off on sunday morning and will be trying to make it 12 wins from 12 wins in this particular fixture.

Mario Gomez scored his first goals [2] for the home team in their 5-2 win over GENOA just before the International break and was unlucky not to score in the win over CATANIA .

CAGLIARI lost in their 1 away fixture to MILAN .

FIORENTINA have the fire-power to take this game and extend their impressive h2h record here so i'll have 10pts on them at 1.40 [Betfair Sportsbook]

 

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Whatever the result of the FIORENTINA game the next bet will kick-off at 1:00 over in France where MONACO take on L'ORIENT .

MONACO are 6-1-0 in this fixture and have started the season well winning 3 and drawing 1 [a game they dominated without scoring] from 4 .

L'ORIENT have lost both away fixture's this season without scoring in either , they don't generally travel well.

MONACO have a distinct advantage this season in the fact that they don't have the distratcion of any European comps to play.

A tricky situation here as the Italian match will still have 15 mins to go when this kicks-off , therefore with risk of tempting fate i'll stake 14pts on MONACO @ 1.38 [Betfair] right now .

 

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1-1 FIORENTINA

, conceded in the 89th .

MONACO 1-0 up at h-t.

Later on over in Holland [15:30 ] we have UTRECHT taking on WAALWIJK in a fixture that has seen the home side win 11 from 11 .

UTRECHT have not wilted after a 6-0 away drubbing to TWENTE 3 games ago and bounced back to beat AZ at home and an away draw against current leaders ZWOLLE.
UTRECHT are generally strong at home , 41-25-19 in the lat 5 season's

WAALWIJK have yo-yo'd between the top 2 league's in Holland over the last few season's , mainly due to poor away form .They have been in the EREDIVISE 3 season's from the past 5 and have an away record of 7-9-35.

Here's a preview from DutchFootball-League.com -

FC Utrecht vs RKC Waalwijk


FC Utrecht are showing signs of improvements, AZ was beaten 2-0 and the league leaders PEC Zwolle were hold to a draw. More goods news arose as striker Jacob Mulenga will remain for another season at FC Utrecht.

RKC Waalwijk started off well but their performances are dipping. The most result defeat was against Go Ahead Eagles 1-4. Koeman’s side had a complete off-day and was crushed by a fresh and attacking Eagles side.

Taking all into account i think the 1.9 on offer from Betfair sportsbook is worth taking .

The stake will be dependant on the MONACO result

 

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MONACO 1-0 Returned 13.25pts which was invested on UTRECHT @ 1.95 , they won 2-1 so 25.84pts was returned and will be invested on the next selection.

Selections - 16
Wins - 14

Starting Bank - 100pts
Current Bank - 196.29pts

 

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FIORENTINA v cagliari 1-1

MONACO v lorient 1-0

ARIS v levadaikos 1-1

UTRECHT v waalwijk 2-1

8.00pts loss


Saturday
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WEST BROM v sunderland 4-0-0 , odds - 2.10

CELTIC v st johnstone 12-2-0 , 1.44.

SPORTING v rio ave 6-0-1 , 1.40 .


Saturday see's CELTIC take on ST JOHNSTONE in a fixture which has seen the Glasgow side win 12 of the last 14 corresponding fixture [also won 2 cup-ties at Parkhead]

Wednesday loss to AC MILAN in the Champions league was no disgrace as CELTIC were on top for a fair slice of the game only to lose an OG with 10mins to go.
Unsurprisingly CELTIC have lost only 4 games at home in the past 3 season's.
This season they have won once and drawn once at home , the draw was v ICT who are on a rich vein of form , 5-1-0 , and sit on top of the table 3pts in front of CELTIC.....which should be an incentive in inself .

ST JOHNSTONE have played 3 aways this season and have yet to win , 0-2-1 scoring 0 .

Although some teams form amy suffer after a mid-week European match i think i would have been more wary of CELTIC if they had managed a point or 3 on WEDS .

The added incentive of possibly overtaking ICT at the top of the SPL should ensure a home win here at what i consider good odds.

Stake 25.84pts @ 1.41 on CELTIC .


Whatever the result of the afternoon game in the SPL the next bet will be a 10pt win on SPORTING LISBON who will be attempting to eztend their winning sequence against RIO AVE at home to 7 from 8.

Last season was poor by SPORTING's usual standard in which they only finished 7th and out of European competition .

This season has seen them appear to fight back as they sit in 3rd place only 2pts behind PORTO and BRAGA .
They have scored 12 and conceded only 2 goals in 4 match's with a record of 4-1-0 , the draw being against BENFICA in a game where , stats wise they dominated play.
Their 3 wins have been against sides in 8th , 12th and 13th in the table , RIO AVE are currently sitting in 10th whose 2 wins this season have been against the teams in 14th and 15th [16 team league].

Stake 10pts on SPORTING @ 1.40