St. Gallen vs Lausanne Sport
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Today’s free tip is in the Swiss Super League encounter between St. Gallen and Lausanne Sport.
All I can tell you about this game is that St. Gallen are playing weirdly well at the moment. If you apply logic to this game, you won’t fancy the home win, and under ordinary circumstances, nor would I.
These are not ordinary circumstances, however. St. Gallen enter this fixture on the back of completely outplaying – and beating – FC Basel away from home, and taking advantage of a lacklustre Young Boys Bern at home, winning 3-1. They done that with 75% of their back four being out, and with star players like Ruiz generally benched. All Zeidler has done is move Fazliji forward, Stillhart back, and introduced the likes of Schmidt and Diarrassouba. Somehow that’s bamboozled the rest of Swiss football, galvanised this massively under-strength group, and they’ve been performing really well!
Honestly, on paper, this is the weakest St. Gallen side of the season to date. However, it’s also the St. Gallen side that looks the most effective and wins the most games so there’s no sense applying any logic to it. Simply smile, nod, and accept that somehow this team is better without its best players. Youan looks inspired after his period on the bench, which is helpful, and their defenders have slotted in well too. I can’t see this lasting forever but for now, the mood at St. Gallen is really positive.
Subsequently, they’re hounding teams more, attempting more intricate moves, scoring more goals, and conceding less. It’s weirdly nice to see. I still don’t understand how it’s working for them because it just doesn’t make sense. Everything is going according to plan for St. Gallen though, which begs the question as to what will happen when Luchinger, Diakite, Stergiou, and Kempter return! It’s a nice problem to have, I suppose. Anyway, if they can outplay both of Switzerland’s top two teams, they can absolutely do the same at home against Lausanne Sport today.
The good news for St. Gallen is that Lausanne Sport appear very concerned about the Grippo situation. Before he played, their defence was atrocious. After he played, they looked rather composed at the back. Before the international break, he picked up an injury. The club haven’t said what it is – just that he’s ‘doubtful’ to feature at Kybunpark. However, in the meantime they’ve gone and signed Kone – another centre-back – on a free transfer, and he’s not joined to sit on the bench, so go figure there. I personally find it a touch distasteful on poor Sow, who has been marvellous for them this season, but now just about makes the bench, but there we are; that’s football. Anyway, I digress; if Grippo fails here, they’re not keeping St. Gallen out.
Borenovic has had to change things a lot this season but the current setup works, at least as well as it can do. They don’t have a striker because George isn’t in the correct shape, something the Serbian has spoken about extensively of late. That, plus the continued absence of Turkes, consistently leads to Lausanne Sport fielding fast midfielders in the striker role, which isn’t ideal because they’re not as clinical. That said, it sure as hell makes Lausanne Sport good at countering!
Despite industrious displays of late, they’re just not scoring enough goals though. They had chances against Lugano and Luzern, especially the latter, but didn’t take them. In other words, unless they’re up against a team that chaotically attacks them, they’re not going to do any damage in exchange. Despite their improvements over the past month or so – and there have been a lot of them – this is still a team that won’t pick up enough points because they’re not clinical finishers. That’s likely to hurt them against an overly confident St. Gallen today too.
At 4/5, I’m all over the home win.
Verdict: St. Gallen to win at 4/5.
Sunday’s Thoughts
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Australian A-League:
Newcastle Jets vs Central Coast Mariners
Macarthur FC vs Wellington Phoenix
Austrian Bundesliga:
Austria Klagenfurt vs Austria Vienna
WSG Tirol vs Wolfsberger AC
Sturm Graz vs LASK
Belgian Eerste Klasse:
RSC Anderlecht vs Kortrijk
Sint-Truiden vs Antwerp
KV Oostende vs Union Saint-Gilloise
Germinal Beerschot vs Racing Genk
Brazilian Serie A:
Fluminense vs America Mineiro
Corinthians vs Santos
Bahia vs Cuiaba
Bulgarian A PFG:
CSKA 1948 Sofia vs Ludogorets Razgrad
Lokomotiv Plovdiv vs Lokomotiv Sofia 1929
Croatian Prva Liga:
Gorica vs Lokomotiva Zagreb
Rijeka vs Hajduk Split
Czechia Liga 1:
Teplice vs Pardubice
Slovacko vs Sparta Prague
Karvina vs Slovan Liberec
Slavia Prague vs Baumit Jablonec
Danish Superligaen:
FC Nordsjaelland vs Silkeborg
Randers vs Vejle (
FC Copenhagen vs AGF
FC Midtjylland vs Brondby
English Premier League:
Manchester City vs Everton
Tottenham Hotspur vs Leeds United
Estonian Meistriliiga:
FCI Levadia Tallinn vs Flora Paide
Tammeka vs Vaprus Parnu
Faroese Logmanssteypid:
HB Torshavn vs NSI Runavik
French Ligue 1:
Stade Brestois vs Racing Club Lens
Angers SCO vs Lorient
Metz vs Girondins de Bordeaux
Racing Club Strasbourg vs Stade de Reims
Troyes vs AS Saint-Etienne
Clermont Foot 38 vs OGC Nice
Olympique Lyonnais vs Olympique de Marseille
German Bundesliga:
SC Freiburg vs Eintracht Frankfurt
Mainz 05 vs Koln
German Bundesliga 2:
Heidenheim vs Holstein Kiel
Dynamo Dresden vs Fortuna Dusseldorf
Ingolstadt vs Karlsruher SC
Hungarian Liga 1:
Ferencvaros vs Fehervar
Budapest Honved vs MTK Budapest
Italian Serie A:
Sassuolo vs Cagliari
Bologna vs Venezia
Salernitana vs Sampdoria
Internazionale vs SSC Napoli
Genoa vs AS Roma
Italian Serie B:
Reggina vs Cremonese
Parma vs Cosenza
Monza vs Como
Pisa vs Benevento
Dutch Eredivisie:
Go Ahead Eagles vs FC Groningen
Feyenoord Rotterdam vs PEC Zwolle
SC Heerenveen vs Willem II
RKC Waalwijk vs AFC Ajax Amsterdam
Cambuur Leeuwarden vs FC Utrecht
Norwegian Eliteserien:
Bodo/Glimt vs Lillestrom
Sandefjord vs Brann Bergen
Sarpsborg 08 vs Odd
Stabaek vs Kristiansund
Valerenga Oslo vs Tromso
Molde FK vs Rosenborg BK
Portuguese Liga 2:
Academica de Coimbra vs FC Porto II
Portuguese Taca de Portugal:
FC Serpa vs Estoril
Vilafranquense vs Mafra
Caldas vs Belenenses
Moreirense vs Vitoria Guimaraes
Romanian Liga 1:
Arges vs Universitatea Craiova
FCSB vs Botosani
Russian Premier League:
FK Rostov vs FK Ufa
CSKA Moscow vs FK Khimki
Dinamo Moscow vs Arsenal Tula
PFC Sochi vs Rubin Kazan
Spanish Primera Liga:
Getafe vs Cadiz
Granada vs Real Madrid
Elche vs Real Betis Balompie
Real Sociedad vs Valencia
Swedish Allsvenskan:
Degerfors vs Hammarby
Halmstad vs Elfsborg Boras
Sirius vs IFK Goteborg
Varberg vs AIK Solna
Swiss Super League:
St. Gallen vs Lausanne Sport
Lugano vs Luzern
Servette vs Grasshopper Zurich
Turkish Super Lig:
Kasimpasa vs Fatih Karagumruk
Konyaspor vs Rizespor
Altay vs Adana Demirspor
Galatasaray vs Fenerbahce
Enjoy your free betting tips!