Sunderland vs Aston Villa
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I have to fancy Sunderland to beat Villa today. Sunderland are the better side, in my view, especially at home. They’re starting to get some rhythm together and they have a good manager in Bruce. Villa have some good players but McLeish tends to make them sit far too deep to concern me in games like these. Villa may bag in this game but Sunderland should outscore them and at 5/4, I fancy it.
Verdict: Sunderland to win at 5/4.
Saturday’s Picks
My tips:
As ever, please find my value tips listed below in no particular order:
Flora Paide vs Viljandi – home win at evens.
No motivation for either side so use caution. However, Flora Paide have play deceptively well lately. Their lack of stars makes it go unnoticed but I’ve seen it and I fancy them to show it in this game against a Viljandi side that they’re more than capable of beating. The visitors have drubbed Ajax Lasnamae lately – well, who hasn’t? – but have been crap othewise. For me, the home win is worth a look here.
Verict: Flora Paide to win at evens.
Jaro Pietarsaari vs MyPa Anjalankoski – home win at 6/5.
Again, no motivation so approach with caution. However, MyPa have played like an Ykkonen side for weeks now with no motivation and little quality. Jaro may be irritatingly unpredictable at times but they’ve got a very strong attack and realistically should outscore MyPa today in their last home game of the season.
Verdict: Jaro Pietarsaari to win at 6/5.
Pogon Szczecin vs Arka Gdynia – home win at 11/10.
Better side, basically. Arka have looked terrible ever since getting relegated from the Ekstraklasa due to selling almost all of their good players. Pogon are a big side in Liga 1 although they don’t show it anywhere near as much as they should. Nonetheless, they’re good enough at home to win this one, especially with a few players returning from injury/suspension for this game.
Verdict: Pogon Szczecin to win at 11/10.
Spartak Moscow vs Lokomotiv Moscow – home win at 7/5.
Spartak aren’t my favourite side to bet on because they do tend to piss me off quite a lot in terms of their motivation. However, this is a Moscow derby and they simply have to be up for it for that reason. I like Lokomotiv but as an attacking force, they’re really rather restricted and Spartak conceding more than a single goal here is a defensive catastrophe, in my view. Spartak have better players and more importantly, they have better attackers than Lokomotiv. I expect a scrappy game with plenty of cards but Spartak winning this one at such long odds interests me today.
Verdict: Spartak Moscow to win 7/5.
Accumulator fodder:
Dinamo Zagreb, Manchester City, Chelsea, Nomme Kalju, HJK Helsinki, Paris Saint-Germain, Bayern Munich, Olympiakos Piraeus, Vardar Skopje, Rabotnicki Skopje, Nacional Asuncion, Wisla Krakow, SL Benfica, Anzhi Makhachkala, Partizan Belgrade, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk.
Recommended bets:
Sunderland, Manchester City, and Real Madrid at around 2/1.
As ever, if there are any explanations required then please feel free to post a comment! For the remainder of my thoughts on today’s games, see below, although I feel compelled to write that the below are not necessarily my tips but merely my thoughts to prevent endless questions about my thoughts on certain games!
Argentinian Primera Division:
Argentinos Juniors vs Velez Sarsfield (5) 0-1
Newell’s Old Boys vs Olimpo (6) 1-0
Independiente vs Arsenal de Sarandi (6) 2-1
Austrian Bundesliga:
Salzburg vs SV Ried (7) 1-0
Rapid Vienna vs Sturm Graz (5) 1-1
Wacker Innsbruck vs Wiener Neustadt (6) 2-2
SV Mattersburg vs Admira Wacker (7) 0-0
Austrian Liga 1:
LASK Linz vs Grodig (7)
Australian A-League:
Central Coast Mariners vs Perth Glory (7) 2-0
Melbourne Heart vs Sydney FC (6) 1-1
Belgian Eerste Klasse:
Club Brugge vs Racing Genk (5) 1-1
Zulte-Waregem vs Cercle Brugge (6) 1-1
OH Leuven vs Germinal Beerschot (5) 1-0
Lokeren vs Kortrijk (7) over 2.5 goals
Mechelen vs Westerlo (5) 1-0
Mons vs AA Gent (4) 1-2
Brazilian Serie A:
Santos vs Atletico Paranaense (7) over 2.5 goals
Botafogo vs Cruzeiro (4) 1-1
Ceara vs Fluminense (5) 0-1
Chilean Primera Division:
La Serena vs Union Espanola (6) 1-2
Nublense vs Palestino (5) 2-1
Croatian Prva Liga:
Varteks Varazdin vs Lucko (6) 1-1
Sibenik vs Karlovac (7) 1-0
Zadar vs Slaven Koprivnica (5) 1-1
Istra 1961 vs Dinamo Zagreb (8) 1-2
Rijeka vs Cibalia Vinkovci (7) 1-0
Cypriot Division 1:
Olympiakos Nicosia vs Omonia Nicosia (7) 0-1
Apollon Limassol vs Enosis Neon Paralimni (4) 1-1
AEK Larnaca vs Alki Larnaca (5) 2-1
Czech Republic Gambrinus Liga:
Banik Ostrava vs Dukla Prague (5) 1-1
Sparta Prague vs Mlada Boleslav (7) 2-0
Danish Superligaen:
AC Horsens vs Silkeborg (7) 2-1
Danish 1st Division:
Bronshoj vs AB Copenhagen (6)
Hobro vs Hjorring (4)
English Premier League:
Everton vs Manchester United (5) 1-1
Chelsea vs Arsenal (8) 2-0
Manchester City vs Wolverhampton Wanderers (9) -1.5 handicap
Norwich City vs Blackburn Rovers (7) 2-1
Sunderland vs Aston Villa (7) 1-0, at least one red card in this game
Swansea City vs Bolton Wanderers (6) 1-0
Wigan Athletic vs Fulham (6) 0-0
West Bromwich Albion vs Liverpool (6) 1-1
English Championship:
West Ham United vs Leicester City (7)
Crystal Palace vs Reading (5) over 2.5 goals
Derby County vs Portsmouth (5)
Doncaster Rovers vs Coventry City (7)
Southampton vs Middlesbrough (6) over 2.5 goals
Millwall vs Ipswich Town (4)
Nottingham Forest vs Hull City (5)
Birmingham City vs Brighton & Hove Albion (6) under 2.5 goals
Watford vs Peterborough United (5) over 2.5 goals
Barnsley vs Bristol City (7)
Burnley vs Blackpool (6)
Estonian Meistriliiga:
Flora Tallinn vs Trans Narva (4) 1-1
Flora Paide vs Viljandi (7) 1-0
Ajax Lasnamae vs Nomme Kalju (10) -2.5 handicap
Kuressaare vs Maag Tammeka Tartu (6) 1-1
Sillamae Kalev vs Levadia Tallinn (5) 0-1
Finnish Veikkausliiga:
IFK Mariehamn vs FC Honka Espoo (7) 1-2
HJK Helsinki vs Haka Valkeakoski (8) 2-0
Jaro Pietarsaari vs MyPa Anjalankoski (7) 2-0
VPS Vaasa vs RoPS Rovaniemi (7) over 2.5 goals
KuPS Kuopio vs TPS Turku (4) 2-2
Inter Turku vs JJK Jyvaskyla (4) 1-2
French Ligue 1:
AC Ajaccio vs Girondins de Bordeaux (5) 0-1
Stade Brestois vs Lorient (7) 0-0
Dijon FCO vs Olympique de Marseille (7) 1-2
Evian Thonon Gaillard vs Auxerre (7) 1-0
Montpellier HSC vs AS Nancy-Lorraine (6) 1-0
Paris Saint-Germain vs Stade Malherbe de Caen (8) 2-0
Olympique Lyonnais vs Saint-Etienne (7) 1-0, at least one red card in this game
German Bundesliga:
Bayern Munich vs Nurnberg (8) 2-0
Schalke 04 vs Hoffenheim (7) 2-1
VfB Stuttgart vs Bv09 Borussia Dortmund (6) 0-1
VfL Wolfsburg vs Hertha HSC Berlin (7) 2-0
Borussia Moenchengladbach vs Hannover 96 (6) 1-1
Mainz 05 vs Werder Bremen (5) 1-1
Greek Super League:
Atromitos vs Panionios (7) 1-0
Panaitolikos vs Xanthi (6) 0-0
Olympiakos Piraeus vs OFI Crete (8) 2-0
Hungarian Soproni Liga:
Lombard Papa vs Fehervar (6) 1-2
Pecsi MFC vs Gyori ETO FC (5) 0-1
Kaposvari Rakoczi vs Vasas Budapest (5) 1-0
Paksi SE vs Zalaegerszegi TE (6) 2-1
Ujpest vs Kecskemeti TE (5) 1-1
Italian Serie A:
Catania vs SSC Napoli (6) 1-1
AS Roma vs AC Milan (6) 2-1, at least one red card in this game
Internazionale vs Juventus (4) 1-2, at least one red card in this game
Macedonian First League:
Teteks Tetovo vs Metalurg Skopje (7) 0-1
Vardar Skopje vs 11 Oktomvri (8) 2-0
Bregalnica Stip vs Rabotnicki Skopje (8) 0-1
Sileks Kratovo vs Napredok (7) 2-1
Ohrid vs Renova Dzepciste (6) 1-2
Dutch Eredivisie:
Roda JC Kerkrade vs AFC Ajax Amsterdam (7) over 2.5 goals
Excelsior Rotterdam vs RKC Waalwijk (5) 2-1
Heerenveen vs ADO Den Haag (7) over 2.5 goals
Twente Enschede vs PSV Eindhoven (6) 2-1
Paraguayan Division Profesional:
Nacional Asuncion vs Sol de America (8) 2-0
Peruvian Primera Division:
Inti Gas vs Universidad Cesar Vallejo (5) 1-1
Union Comercio vs Cobresol (6) 1-0
Sport Boys vs Leon de Huanuco (7) 2-1
Polish Ekstraklasa:
GKS Belchatow vs Zaglebie Lubin (5) 1-1
Widzew Lodz vs Cracovia Krakow (6) 2-1
Wisla Krakow vs Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biala (8) 1-0
Polish Liga 1:
Ruch Radzionkow vs Flota Swinoujscie (6)
Olimpia Grudziadz vs Dolcan Zabki (4)
Olimpia Elblag vs Kolejarz Stroze (5)
Katowice vs Sandecja Nowy Sacz (6)
Pogon Szczecin vs Arka Gdynia (7)
Portuguese Liga Sagres:
Academica de Coimbra vs Sporting Braga (6) 1-1
SL Benfica vs Olhanense (8) 2-0
Romanian Liga:
Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt vs Vointa Sibiu (6) 1-0
Universitatea Cluj vs Dinamo Bucharest (5) 2-2
Russian Premier League:
Anzhi Makhachkala vs Amkar Perm’ (8) 2-0
FK Krasnodar vs Kuban’ Krasnodar (5) 1-0, at least one red card in this game
Spartak Moscow vs Lokomotiv Moscow (7) 2-1, at least one red card in this game
Scottish Premier League:
Aberdeen vs Rangers (7) 1-2
Celtic vs Hibernian (7) 2-1
Dunfermline Athletic vs Dundee United (6) 1-2
Hearts vs Kilmarnock (7) 2-0
Inverness Caledonian Thistle vs Motherwell (5) 0-1
St.Johnstone vs St.Mirren (5) 1-0
Serbian Superliga:
Novi Pazar vs Radnicki 1923 (6) 1-0
OFK Belgrade vs Borac Cacak (7) 2-1
Jagodina vs BSK Borca (6) 1-0
Partizan Belgrade vs Smederevo (8) 2-0
Singaporean S-League:
Albirex Niigata vs Tampines Rovers (6) 1-2
Young Lions vs Home United (7) 0-2
Slovakian Corgon Liga:
Kosice vs Dukla Banska Bystrica (6) 1-1
Trencin vs Senica (6) 0-1
Slovan Bratislava vs MSK Zilina (6) 2-1, at least one red card in this game
DAC Dunajska Streda vs Zlate Moravce (6) 2-1
Nitra vs Ruzomberok (6) 1-0
Slovenian Prva Liga:
Domzale vs Mura 05 (7) 2-0
Rudar Velenje vs Koper (4) 1-1
Nafta Lendava vs Gorica (7) 2-1
Spanish Primera Liga:
Valencia CF vs Getafe (7) 2-1
Villarreal CF vs Rayo Vallecano de Madrid (6) 1-0
Barcelona vs Real Mallorca (8) -1.5 handicap
Real Sociedad vs Real Madrid (8) 0-1
Spanish Segunda Liga:
Hercules Alicante vs Cordoba (7)
Alcorcon vs Guadalajara (7)
Sabadell vs Alcoyano (6) over 2.5 goals
Barcelona II vs Gimnastic de Tarragona (7)
Huesca vs Elche (5)
Deportivo Xerez vs Almeria (4)
Recreativo de Huelva vs Numancia (6)
Las Palmas vs Real Valladolid (6)
Swiss Super League:
Sion vs Thun (6) 1-0
Basel vs Grasshopper Zurich (7) over 2.5 goals, at least one red card in this game
Swiss Challenge League:
Bruhl vs Winterthur (6)
Etoile Carouge vs Lugano (5)
Biel-Bienne vs Vaduz (6)
Wil vs Stade Nyonnais (5)
Turkish Super Lig:
Antalyaspor vs Orduspor (6) 1-1
Eskisehirspor vs Samsunspor (5) 2-1
Gaziantepspor vs Trabzonspor (5) 2-1
Ukrainian Premier League:
Oleksandriya vs Shakthar Donetsk (8) 0-2
Metalist Kharkiv vs Vorskla Poltava (7) 1-0
Welsh Premier League:
Aberystwyth Town vs Bangor City (7) 0-2
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