Chelsea vs Liverpool
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Sorry guys – I had written out full previews before my computer died and I just don’t have time to re-type them so the previews will be rather brief here.
Chelsea vs Liverpol – under pressure hosts against improving visitors. Chelsea’s defence has seldom looked more shaky and Liverpool look good in attack. Liverpool are a big game team and will very likely show up today. Nothing is impossible as neither side cares for the competition and rotation is expected but taking both sides to score at 5/6 appeals to me a lot.
Verdict: Both sides to score at 5/6.
Tuesday’s Picks
My tips:
As ever, please find my value tips listed below in no particular order:
SSC Napoli vs Juventus – home win at 8/5.
Tight game between two very good sides. San Paolo is no friend to the away side, however, with all of Napoli’s nutcases going ballistic. Napoli aren’t at their best when sides sit deep against them but they win when big sides attack and have proven so on numerous occasions this season. They’ve got enough firepower to win this one against an Juve side that doesn’t specialise in defence and is likely to have a man sent off in such fiery conditions and with so many temperamental characters on the field.
Verdict: SSC Napoli to win at 8/5.
Barcelona vs Rayo Vallecano de Madrid – home win with -3 Asian Handicap at evens.
Barcelona surprisingly lost at Getafe lately. It had to happen at somepoint, however – luck isn’t always there. However, they’ve been absolutely immense at home this season, as you’d expect, and are two, three, or possibly even four times better than Rayo Vallecano. The visitors can hold their ground against average sides but against quality, they’ve been on the end of comprehensive defeats each time this season. For me, Barcelona will bounce back with a bang here and although the odds on -3 are ludicrous for most sides in the world, I do believe that Barcelona will rip Rayo to shreds tonight, just as they have done against other sides of a similar quality so far this season at Nou Camp.
Verdict: Barcelona to beat the -3 Asian Handicap at evens.
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!
Copa Sudamericana:
Velez Sarsfield vs Liga de Quito (8) 2-0
Austrian Liga 1:
First Vienna vs Hartberg (5) over 2.5 goals
Grodig vs St.Polten (4)
Lustenau vs WAC/St.Andra (5)
SCR Altach vs Austria Lustenau (7) over 2.5 goals
English League Cup:
Chelsea vs Liverpool (5) 1-1
Cardiff City vs Blackburn Rovers (5) 1-1
Arsenal vs Manchester City (6) 2-1
English Championship:
Nottingham Forest vs Leeds United (5) both sides to score
Middlesbrough vs West Ham United (6)
Burnley vs Ipswich Town (6) over 2.5 goals
Derby County vs Brighton & Hove Albion (6)
Millwall vs Derby County (7)
Leicester City vs Blackpool (5) over 2.5 goals
Watford vs Bristol City (4)
Southampton vs Hull City (6)
Reading vs Peterborough United (6)
Italian Serie A:
SSC Napoli vs Juventus (6) 2-1
Moldovan Divizia Nationala:
CSCA-Rapid Chisinau vs Costuleni (5) 1-0
Nistru Otaci vs Tiraspol (5) 1-1
Academia-UTM Chisinau vs Zimbru Chisinau (8) 0-1
Milsami Orhei vs Sfintul Gheorghe (7) 2-1
Dacia Chisinau vs Iskra-Stali (8) 2-1
Sheriff Tiraspol vs Olimpia Balti (8) -1.5 handicap
Paraguayan Division Profesional:
Nacional Asuncion vs Tacuary (7) 1-0
Spanish Primera Liga:
Barcelona vs Rayo Vallecano de Madrid (9) -1.5 handicap
Welsh Premier League:
Aberystwyth Town vs Afan Lido (6) 1-0
Enjoy your free betting tips!