Liverpool vs Norwich City
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Not much time today guys, sorry – bear with me!
Today’s secondary featured game is the English Premier League game between Liverpool and Norwich City.
Liverpool strengthened a lot in the summer and it’s shown, en mass. They’ve got a great attacker in Suarez and a good balance to the team, not to mention some depth now. Gerrard is back and things are looking quite rosy at Anfield. One main problem remains, however – defence. It’s just not right yet and they do get caught out too often and may well continue that today, despite being the stronger side.
I have to hold my hands up regarding Norwich – I expected much less from them this season. They’ve looked bloody good though, to be fair, demonstrating no fear when taking on the big sides and even troubling them with some really good football. They played really well at Stamford Bridge and even scored in a game that they deserved something from. I was at Old Tafford for their game with Manchester United and despite being a staunch United fan myself, I have to admit that United were out-fought and Norwich definitely deserved something from that game, missing a whole host of chances. Their finishing must improve but against a shaky Liverpool backline, I think that they can score here.
The 1×2 market holds no value for me but taking both sides to score interests me here.
Verdict: Both sides to score at 11/10.
Saturday’s Picks
My tips:
Dukla Prague vs Jablonec – away win at 9/10.
Dukla Prague have bigger games than this in their Gambrinus Liga return so I doubt we’ll see their usual motivation here. They’re still not an easy side to face, Dukla, but they are lacking in front of goal. Jablonec aren’t a great away side but they’re the better side here on a quality basis. They’ve got more than enough firepower to win this one quite easily so 9/10 on the away win interests me here.
Verdict: Jablonec to win at 9/10.
Accumulator fodder:
Nomme Kalju, Flora Tallinn, HJK Helsinki, Vardar Skopje, Dacia Chisinau, Sheriff Tiraspol, CFR Cluj, Tampines Rovers, Spartak Trnava, MSK Zilina, Barcelona.
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!
Australian A-League:
Adelaide United vs Sydney FC (7) 2-1
Melbourne Victory vs Melbourne Heart (7) 2-0, at least one red card in this game
Austrian Bundesliga:
SV Ried vs SV Mattersburg (7) 2-1
Wiener Neustadt vs SV Kapfenberg (6) 2-1
Admira Wacker vs Wacker Innsbruck (4) 1-1
Belgian Eerste Klasse:
AA Gent vs Lokeren (6) 2-1
Racing Genk vs Mons (7) over 2.5 goals
Germinal Beerschot vs Mechelen (5) 0-0
Lierse SK vs Sint-Truiden (5) 1-0
Cercle Brugge vs OH Leuven (6) 2-1
Brazilian Serie A:
Palmeiras vs Figueirense (4) 1-1
Fluminense vs Atletico Mineiro (7) 2-1
Avai vs Botafogo (5) 2-1
America Mineiro vs Gremio (7) 1-1
Chilean Primera Division:
Union La Calera vs O’Higgins (6) 1-1
La Serena vs Union San Felipe (5) 1-1
Universidad de Concepcion vs Santiago Wanderers (7) 2-1
Palestino vs Universidad de Chile (4) 2-1
Union Espanola vs Nublense (7) 1-0
Colombian Primera A:
Real Cartagena vs Deportes Quindio (4) 1-1
Millonarios Bogota vs Deportivo Pereira (6) 1-0
Deportivo Cali vs Atletico Nacional de Medellin (5) 1-1, at least one red card in this game
Boyaca Chico vs Envigado (7) 1-0
Atletico Huila vs Atletico Junior Barranquilla (6) 0-0
Croatian Prva Liga:
Split vs Istra 1961 (7) 2-0
Cibalia Vinkovci vs Zadar (6) 2-1
Slaven Koprivnica vs Sibenik (7) 1-0
Karlovac vs Lokomotiv Zagreb (7) 2-1
Osijek vs Varteks Varazdin (7) 2-0
Dinamo Zagreb vs Rijeka (7) 2-1
Cypriot Division 1:
Aris Limassol vs Ermis (7) 1-0
Alki vs Anagennisi Deryneia (5) 2-1
Enosis Neon Paralimni vs Olympiakos Nicosia (6) 2-1
Czech Republic Gambrinus Liga:
Marila Pribram vs Sigma Olomouc (6) 1-2
Dukla Prague vs Jablonec (7) 0-1
Danish Superligaen:
Lyngby vs AGF Aarhus (4) 1-1
Ecuadorian Primera A:
LDU Loja vs Imbabura (6) 2-1
English Premier League:
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Swansea City (4) 1-1
Aston Villa vs West Bromwich Albion (6) 0-0, at least one red card in this game
Bolton Wanderers vs Sunderland (6) 2-1
Newcastle United vs Wigan Athletic (7) 1-0
Liverpool vs Norwich City (6) 2-1
English Championship:
Peterborough United vs Leeds United (5) over 2.5 goals, both sides to score
Cardiff City vs Barnsley (6)
Middlesbrough vs Derby County (7)
Ipswich Town vs Crystal Palace (7)
Leicester City vs Millwall (6)
Hull City vs Watford (6)
Blackpool vs Nottingham Forest (7)
Portsmouth vs Doncaster Rovers (6)
Coventry City vs Burnley (4)
Reading vs Southampton (4)
Estonian Meistriliiga:
Nomme Kalju vs Kuressaare (8) 2-0
Trans Narva vs Levadia Tallinn (7) 2-1
Viljandi vs Ajax Lasnamae (7) 2-0
Maag Tammeka Tartu vs Sillamae Kalev (6) 1-2
Flora Tallinn vs Flora Paide (8) -1.5 handicap
Faroese Meistaradeildin:
IF Fuglafjordur vs 07 Vestur Sorvagur (5) 2-1
B36 Torshavn vs HB Torshavn (7) 2-0, at least one red card in this game
B68 Toftir vs EB/Streymur (6) 0-1
KI Klaksvik vs Vikingur Gotu (6) 0-1
B71 Sandur vs NSI Runavik (7) 1-2
Finnish Veikkausliiga:
Jaro Pietarsaari vs JJK Jyvaskyla (6) 1-2
KuPS Kuopio vs RoPS Rovaniemi (6) 2-1
VPS Vaasa vs FC Honka Espoo (7) over 2.5 goals
Haka Valkeakoski vs TPS Turku (6) 1-2
HJK Helsinki vs MyPa Anjalankoski (8) 2-0
IFK Mariehamn vs Inter Turku (4) 1-1
Finnish Ykkonen:
AC Oulu vs PS Kemi Kings (7)
HiFK Helsinki vs PK-35 Helsinki (6)
FC Lahti vs OPS Oulu (6)
Hameenlinna vs KPV Kokkola (4)
KooTeePee Kotka vs PoPa Pori (6)
FC Espoo vs Viikingit Helsinki (6)
French Ligue 1:
Girondins de Bordeaux vs Stade Brestois (7) 1-0
Stade Malherbe de Caen vs Montpellier HSC (6) 2-1
Olympique de Marseille vs AC Ajaccio (7) 2-0
AS Nancy-Lorraine vs OGC Nice (5) 1-1
Saint-Etienne vs Valenciennes (5) 1-0
Sochaux vs Evian Thonon Gaillard (5) 1-1
Lorient vs Toulouse (7) 2-1
German Bundesliga:
Bv09 Borussia Dortmund vs Koln (7) 2-1
Nurnberg vs VfB Stuttgart (6) 1-0
Kaiserslautern vs SC Freiburg (5) 1-1
Hoffenheim vs Borussia Moenchengladbach (6) 1-1
Hertha BSC Berlin vs Mainz 05 (6) 0-0
Hamburger SV vs VfL Wolfsburg (4) 1-2
Greek Super League:
Asteras Tripolis vs Xanthi (5) 0-0
Atromitos vs PAS Giannina (7) 2-0
Panathinaikos vs Ergotelis (7) 1-0
Hungarian Soproni Liga:
Ferencvaros vs Ujpest (6) 1-0
Vasas Budapest vs Paksi SE (5) 1-1
Zalaegerszegi TE vs Siofok (4) 0-0
Szombathelyi Haladas vs Kaposvari Rakoczi (6) 2-1
Kecskemeti TE vs Lombard Papa (7) 2-0
Italian Serie A:
Fiorentina vs Catania (6) 2-1
Juventus vs Genoa (7) over 2.5 goals
Japanese J-League:
Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Kashiwa Reysol (5) 1-2
Yokohama F.Marinos vs Urawa Red Diamonds (7) 1-0
Omiya Ardija vs Nagoya Grampus (7) 0-1
Montedio Yamagata vs Gamba Osaka (7) 1-2
Vegalta Sendai vs Kawasaki Frontale (6) 1-1
Kashima Antlers vs Vissel Kobe (7) 2-0
Macedonian First League:
Renova Dzepciste vs Teteks Tetovo (7) 2-0
Ohrid vs Napredok (6) 1-1
Sileks Kratovo vs Rabotnicki Skopje (6) 0-1
Bregalnica Stip vs 11 Oktomvri (6) 1-0
Vardar Skopje vs Horizont Turnovo (8) 2-0
Mexican Primera Division:
Estudiantes Tecos vs Santos Laguna (5) 0-1
Jaguares vs San Luis (6) 1-0
Queretaro vs Cruz Azul (7) 1-2
Pachuca vs Pumas UNAM (6) 1-1
Tigres UANL vs Monterrey (5) 1-0
Atlas vs Morelia (6) 1-1
Atlante vs Tijuana (5) 0-0
Moldovan Divizia Nationala
Academia-UTM Chisinau vs Costuleni (6) 2-1
Milsami Orhei vs Nistru Otaci (7) 2-0
Olimpia Balti vs Zimbru Chisinau (6) 0-1
Iskra-Stali vs Sfintul Gheorghe (7) over 2.5 goals
Dacia Chisinau vs CSCA-Rapid Chisinau (8) 2-0
Sheriff Tiraspol vs Tiraspol (8) 2-0, at least one red card in this game
Dutch Eredivisie:
VVV Venlo vs RKC Waalwijk (6) 1-1
Excelsior Rotterdam vs Heracles Almelo (6) 1-2
ADO Den Haag vs NEC Nijmegen (4) 1-2
FC Utrecht vs Heerenveen (5) 2-2
Paraguayan Division Profesional:
Cerro Porteno vs Sportivo Luqueno (7) 1-0
Peruvian Primera Division:
Leon de Huanuco vs Melgar FBC (7) 2-0
Sport Huancayo vs Sport Comercio (7) 2-0
Polish Ekstraklasa:
Jagiellonia Bialystok vs GKS Belchatow (7) 1-0
Slask Wroclaw vs Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biala (7) 2-0
Lechia Gdansk vs Lech Poznan (6) 1-1
Polish Liga 1:
Flota Swinoujscie vs Olimpia Grudziadz (7)
Dolcan Zabki vs Olimpia Elblag (5)
Bogdanka Leczna vs Sandecja Nowy Sacz (7)
Arka Gdynia vs Polonia Bytom (4)
Wisla Plock vs Pogon Szczecin (6)
Portuguese Liga Sagres:
Olhanense vs Vitoria Guimaraes (6) 1-0
Beira-Mar vs SL Benfica (8) 1-2
Romanian Liga:
Vointa Sibiu vs Concordia Chiajna (5) 2-1
CFR Cluj vs Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt (8) 2-0
Targu Mures vs Otelul Galati (6) 1-0
Russian Premier League:
Volga Nizhnyi Novgorod vs FK Krasnodar (4) 1-1
Terek Grozny vs Amkar Perm’ (7) 2-0
Kuban’ Krasnodar vs Krylya Sovetov Samara (6) 2-1
Scottish Premier League:
Motherwell vs Kilmarnock (6) 1-0
Dundee United vs St.Johnstone (7) 2-0
Inverness Caledonian Thistle vs Dunfermline Athletic (5) 1-0
St.Mirren vs Hibernian (5) 1-1
Singaporean S-League:
Tampines Rovers vs Young Lions (8) -1.5 handicap
Slovakian Corgon Liga:
Ruzomberok vs Trencin (6) 1-0
Dukla Banska Bystrica vs DAC Dunajska Streda (7) 2-1
Zlate Moravce vs Nitra (4) 1-1
Spartak Trnava vs Kosice (8) 2-0
MSK Zilina vs Tatran Presov (8) -1.5 handicap
Slovenian Prva Liga:
Celje vs Rudar Velenje (5) 1-1
Olimpija Ljubljana vs Triglav (6) 1-0
Gorica vs Domzale (5) 1-2
Spanish Primera Liga:
Sporting Gijon vs Granada (7) 1-0
Racing Santander vs Espanyol (4) 0-1
Malaga vs Real Madrid (7) over 2.5 goals
Barcelona vs Sevilla CF (8) -1.5 handicap
Spanish Segunda Liga:
Real Valladolid vs Numancia (5) at least one red card in this game
Alcorcon vs Recreativo de Huelva (7)
Alcoyano vs Barcelona II (4)
Gimnastic de Tarragona vs Hercules Alicante (5)
Cordoba vs Deportivo La Coruna (6)
Girona vs Cartagena (7)
Real Murcia vs Villarreal II (5)
Celta de Vigo vs Huesca (7)
Swedish Superettan:
Qviding Goteborg vs Assyriska Sodertalje (6)
Vasteras vs Landskrona BoIS (5)
Brommapojkarna vs Ljungskile (6)
Brage vs Degerfors (4)
Atvidaberg vs Osters (7)
Jonkopings Sodra vs GIF Sundsvall (6) over 2.5 goals
Angelholm vs Hammarby (5)
Falkenberg vs Varnamo (5)
Swiss Super League:
Lausanne Sports vs Thun (6) 1-0
Luzern vs Neuchatel Xamax (5) 2-1
Swiss Challenge League:
Locarno vs SC Kriens (6)
Stade Nyonnais vs Bellinzona (5)
St.Gallen vs Biel-Bienne (7)
Turkish Super Lig:
Eskisehirspor vs Manisaspor (5) 2-1
Karabukspor vs Istanbul BB (7) 1-0
Bursaspor vs Trabzonspor (6) 1-0
Ukrainian Premier League
Illichivets Mariupol vs Obolon Kiev (6) 1-0
Krvbas Kryvyi Rih vs Karpaty Lviv (7) 2-1
Dnipro Dnepropetrovsk vs Metalurg Donetsk (7) 2-0
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