Slavia Prague vs Dukla Prague
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Today’s secondary featured game is the Gambrinus Liga derby between Slavia Prague and Dukla Prague.
Slavia Prague are the big name and should win this one comfortably, right? Wrong. They’ve been weak for a few seasons now due to financial problems and although they’ve now finally been bought out, they’re still some distance short of the quality that they need to be a force again. They’re missing a few players for this game through injury (e.g. Kaufman) and are a tad demoralised with all the fines and player demotion going around the club right now so this game may not be too welcome today. They’re decent enough at knocking the ball around, Slavia, but ineffectual in front of goal and it tends to cost them.
Dukla’s defence isn’t much so Slavia may score here but there’s a huge motivational factor on the side of Dukla and that’s that they themselves are a huge club. Indeed, if we go back about fifty years, they were the biggest Czech club and them being back in the top flight of Czech football raises many interesting games and this should be one of them. I can’t see many games that they’d be more up for than this one, Dukla, and despite not having much quality in their team, you have to fancy them to score against their bitter rivals here through sheer tenacity if nothing else.
The 1×2 is a no go for me today. However, both sides scoring at 3/4 looks a given, although I do hate fridays – they seem to ruin even the most straightforward of bets!
Verdict: Both sides to score at 3/4.
Friday’s Picks
My tips:
Diosgyori VTK vs Kaposvari Rakoczi – home win at evens.
The hosts are a better side here, simply put. They play good football and have a good level of cohesion following the shambles of last year. There’s some good passers in this squad and it makes them hard to play against, especially at home where they’ve already won three out of four at home this season despite having only just returned to the Soproni Liga. The hosts are no pushovers and it should show today. The visitors used to be a tough side but not this year. They’re massively short on quality and may even be relegated if they’re not careful. They concede easily away from home and rarely score on the road, worryingly. In a way, it’d be a shame to see Kaposvari go down but if they continue playing this badly then they will. For me, the home win at evens is worth a punt today.
Verdict: Diosgyori VTK to win at evens.
Accumulator fodder:
Daugava Daugavpils, Tampines Rovers.
Recommended bets:
No multiples appeal to me today, sorry guys!
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:
Independiente vs Colon de Santa Fe (6) 0-0
Olimpo v Godoy Cruz de Mendoza (5) 1-1
San Martin de San Juan vs Belgrano de Cordoba (6) 1-1
Austrian Liga 1:
St.Polten vs Grodig (7)
LASK Linz vs Blau-Weiss Linz (7) at least one red card in this game
WAC/St.Andra vs Lustenau (7)
Hartberg vs First Vienna (5) both sides to score
Bulgarian A PFG:
Rakovski vs Kaliakra (6) 1-0
Chilean Primera Division:
Huachipato vs Union San Felipe (6) 1-0
Union Espanola vs Santiago Morning (7) 2-0
Croatian Prva Liga:
NK Zagreb vs Sibenik (4) 1-1
Slaven Koprivnica vs Lucko (7) 2-0
Inter Zapresic vs Rijeka (5) 1-0
Czech Republic Gambrinus Liga:
Slavia Prague vs Dukla Prague (4) 1-1, at least one red card in this game
Danish 1st Division:
Randers vs Viborg (7)
Finnish Veikkausliiga:
TPS Turku vs Jaro Pietarsaari (4) 2-2
German Bundesliga:
SC Freiburg vs VfB Stuttgart (6) 1-0
Hungarian Soproni Liga:
Diosgyori VTK vs Kaposvari Rakoczi (7) 1-0
Latvian Virsliga;
Gulbene 2005 vs Daugava Daugavpils (8) 1-2
Dutch Eredivisie:
NEC Nijmegen vs NAC Breda (7) 1-1
Norwegian Eliteserien:
Brann Bergen vs Haugesund (7) 2-1
Polish Ekstraklasa:
Widzew Lodz vs Zaglebie Lubin (5) 1-1
Lech Poznan vs Jagiellonia Bialystok (6) 2-1
Portuguese Liga Sagres:
Gil Vicente vs Olhanense (6) 2-1
Romanian Liga;
Mioveni vs Sportul Studentesc (6) 1-0
Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt vs Concordi Chiajna (6) 1-0
Singaporean S-League:
Woodlands Wellington vs Tampines Rovers (8) over 2.5 goals
Spanish Segunda Liga:
Hercules Alicante vs Barcelona II (6) over 2.5 goals
Swedish Allsvenskan:
GAIS Goteborg vs IFK Norrkoping (7) 2-0
Swedish Superettan:
Assyriska Sodertalje vs Landskrona BoIS (7) over 2.5 goals
Turkish Super Lig:
Gaziantepspor vs Fenerbahce (5) 1-1
Kayserispor vs Antalyaspor (7) 1-0
Ukrainian Premier League:
Volyn Lutsk vs Metalurg Donetsk (6) 1-1
Welsh Premier League:
Airbus UK vs Aberystwyth Town (5) 1-1
Enjoy your free betting tips!