Schalke 04 vs Energie Cottbus
FreeSchalke 04 welcome relegation battlers Energie Cottbus in an encounter that sees the hosts desperately trying to repair a badly damaged season. For some reason, the hosts just haven’t clicked this season and too often have they found themselves some distance from the leaders. However, there doesn’t appear to be any genuine, consistent favourites for this league as the top five sides in this country are only seperate by five points. Schalke 04 find themselves 11 points behind current league leaders VFL Wolfsburg, which is difficult to chase at this time of season, if not impossible, but they certainly have the players to do it and an opposition tonight that are very capable of being beaten. The hosts enter the game on the back of two straight victories whereas the visitors can only boast one win in five games, albeit the last game that they played that they won. Energie Cottbus find themselves 2nd from bottom but only a point behind 4th bottom side Arminia Bielefeld, so they’re certainly not dead and buried yet. However, looking at the stats for this game, they may certainly feel a pang of demoralisation; they’ve lost here on their last four visits without scoring a goal and having conceded twelve, which included a 5-0 battering last season. The news gets worse for the visitors as they’ve lost eight games from fourteen away from home all season. Looking at these irrefutable stats, I can only back a 2-0 victory for the hosts.
Friday’s Picks
My tips:
Below are the sides I’d recommend using in trebles/accumulators etc. The trebles below are listed in order of likelihood of success, although all four have very good chances in my opinion. Feel free to mix and match, however, should you wish to:
Boulogne, Dordrecht ’90, Connah’s Quay Nomads
Metz, Dijon FCO, Schalke 04
Cork City, Ascoli, VVV Venlo
FC Zwolle, Legia Warsaw, Llanelli
The two trebles below are the “risky” bets of the day but have a good chance of success. These are also listed in order of likelihood of success, although feel free to mix and match if you wish:
Slavia Sofia, Tours, Tavriya
Heracles, Slask Wroclaw, RKC Waalwijk
For the rest of the picks, see below!
Austrian Bundesliga:
LASK Linz vs SV Ried (5) 1-1
Belgian Eerste Klasse:
Racing Genk vs AA Gent (7) 1-2
Bulgarian A PFG:
Lokomotiv Plovdiv vs Slavia Sofia (6) 1-2
Belasitsa Petrich vs Botev Plovdiv (4) 0-1
Litex Lovech vs Levski Sofia (6) 1-1, at least one red card in this game
Faroese Meistaradeildin:
Vikingur Gotu vs 07 Vestur Sorvagur (8) 2-0
Finnish Ykkonen:
Klubi 04 Helsinki vs Atlantis FC Helsinki (6)
French Ligue 2:
Amiens SC vs Angers SCO (7)
Bastia vs Brest (7)
Boulogne vs Troyes (9)
Dijon FCO vs Vannes OC (8)
Guingamp vs AC Ajaccio (7)
Sedan-Ardennes vs Chateauroux (5)
Metz vs Clermont Foot (8)
Stade de Reims vs Nimes (6)
Tours vs Strasbourg (7)
German Bundesliga:
Schalke 04 vs Energie Cottbus (8) 2-1
Hungarian Soproni Liga:
MTK Budapest vs Fehervar (7) 2-1
Irish Premier League:
Bray Wanderers vs Derry City (7) 0-2
Dundalk vs Cork City (8) 1-2
Galway United vs Shamrock Rovers (7) 1-0
St Patrick’s Athletic vs Drogheda United (7) 2-1
Italian Serie B:
Triestina vs Grosseto (7)
Ascoli vs Frosinone (8)
Latvian Virsliga:
Daugava Riga vs FK Jurmala (6) 1-1
Moldovan Divizia Nationala:
FC Academia UTM Chisinau vs Nistru Otaci (6) 1-0
Dutch Eredivisie:
Heracles vs NAC Breda (5) 1-0
Dutch Eerste Divisie:
TOP Oss vs AGOVV Appeldoorn (6)
FC Dordrecht ’90 vs FC Omniworld (9)
FC Zwolle vs Fortuna Sittard (8)
BV Veendam vs Stormvogels Telstar (5)
Helmond Sport vs FC Den Bosch (6)
MVV Maastricht vs Cambuur Leeuwarden (7)
HFC Haarlem vs Go Ahead Eagles (6)
RBC Roosendaal vs FC Eindhoven (6)
VVV Venlo vs FC Emmen (8)
Excelsior vs RKC Waalwijk (6)
Polish Ekstraklasa:
Cracovia Krakow vs Slask Wroclaw (6) 1-2
Piast Gliwice vs Legia Warsaw (8) 0-2
Portuguese Liga:
Estrela da Amadora vs Pacos de Ferreira (5) 1-0
Romanian Liga:
Gaz Metan vs Steau Bucharest (6) 1-2
Gloria Buzau vs Arges Pitesti (7) 0-2
Universitatea Craiova vs Unirea Urziceni (6) 2-2
Turkish Super Lig:
Trabzonspor vs Genclerbirligi (7) 2-0
Ukrainian Premier League:
Kharkiv vs Tavriya (6) 1-2
Arsenal Kiev vs Illichivets (5) 1-0
Welsh Premier League:
Aberystwyth vs Llanelli (8) 1-2
Airbus vs Welshpool (6) 1-1
Connah’s Quay Nomads vs Caernarfon (9) 2-0
Haverfordwest vs Port Talbot (5) 2-2
Enjoy your free betting tips!