TFT Issue 216!
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Featured game
Pecsi MFC vs Kaposvari Rakoczi – home win at 5/6.
Today’s featured game is the Soproni Liga game between Pecsi MFC and Kaposvari Rakoczi.
Pecsi MFC continue to impress me week after week with a string of consistently efficient displays. I have doubts in my mind over the longevity of their current standard as they don’t have the depth to maintain it but their current starting eleven is good and that must be taken into consideration here. They’re yet to lose at home during their current campaign, winning three times and drawing twice in the Soproni Liga already. They’ve got a good manager in Meszaros and an experienced team to boost, not to mention in-form attacker Horvath. Although they do tend to concede a token goal during their home games, they’ve generally not more than enough to win their respective games and that’s ultimately what I expect from them here.
Helpfully, a large portion of my confidence comes from Kaposvari’s lack of ability this season. They’ve won just one Soproni Liga game this season and would you believe it – it was at home against reigning champions Fehervar back in July! No, despite the best efforts of in-form Serbian attacker Peric, this side is struggling and I sense that they’ll continue to struggle without some heavy investment as they just don’t have the necessary quality left in their team any more. They’ve played four away games in the Soproni Liga this season, losing all four and shipping ten goals along the way. The visitors are resilient but little else so I expect a tough game for them here.
Pecsi MFC got a bizarre 4-4 draw from the tough trip to Paksi SE last match so their momentum is continued. The visitors have sprung a couple of surprises this season but all at home and realistically speaking, their form should not improve by the end of this game against a well-organised and frankly dangerous Pecsi MFC.
Verdict: Pecsi MFC to win at 5/6.
Additional game
Malaga vs Getafe – home win with -1 Asian Handicap at 11/10.
I’m not entirely sure why these odds are so generous but I’m happy to climb aboard.
Malaga aren’t the finished article yet; they still need to finish much better than they have been doing and to be more consistent with their creativity. However, they’ve been winning games and with all the quality that they now have at their disposal, it’s no surprise at all that they’re rapidly improving, especially under excellent Chilean boss Manuel Pellegrini. Malaga have already played two and won two at home in the Primera Liga this season, keeping clean sheets in both games whilst scoring five goals. Malaga can go up another gear, as I mentioned earlier, but even their current gear should allow them to at least win this game.
Visitors Getafe have lots of new faces, too. However, they’ve not adjusted anywhere near as well yet and subsequently Getafe have already lost three out of five Primer Liga games. They’ve lost two out of two on the road, which is of no surprise as Getafe are notoriously bad away from home in Spain. They’ve been lacking in a consistent goal threat and are struggling for momentum following a poor start to the season. Getafe’s form will improve eventually – the quality they’ve got should enforce that. However, I don’t forsee it being evident in tonight’s game.
Therefore, the home win with a -1 Asian Handicap at 11/10 interests me a lot here as I don’t see Malaga not winning the game.
Verdict: Malaga to beat the -1 Asian Handicap at 11/10.
Team news
Bulgarian A PFG:
Minior Pernik – Rangelov, Katsimerski, and Adzhov are absent.
Litex Lovech – Bodurov and Jelenkovic are absent.
Cherno More Varna – Kolev is absent. Palominho returns.
Chernomorets Burgas – Fo-Pore is absent.
Rakovski – No absentees.
Lokomotiv Plovdiv – de Carvalho is absent.
Montana – Gadzhev is absent.
Beroe – Iliev will only stay as coach until end of the season.
Cypriot Division 1:
Omonia Nicosia – Leandro, Rengifo, Christofi, and Bouzon are absent.
Ermis – Da Silva Elias, Saavendra, and Moustakas are absent>
Aris Limassol – Komboyo is absent.
AEL Limassol – Bebe is absent.
Enosis Neon Paralimni – No absentees.
Anagennisi Deryneia – Kolokoudias is absent.
Finnish Ykkonen:
Hameenlinna – Verno, Tuomenoja, Graciano, Suomalainen, Kalervo, and Lappalainen are absent.
HiFK Helsinki – Britschgi, Priha, Markkanen, Halme, and Lonnstrom are absent.
OPS Oulu – Gamarra, Arinze, and Juntunen are absent.
PoPa Pori – Vihtila and Pirhonen are absent.
Viikingit Helsinki – Nyman is absent. Bjorkstrand returns>
PS Kemi Kings – No news.
German Bundesliga:
Koln – Geromel, Petit, and Brecko are absent.
Nurnberg – Didavi, Eigler, Nilsson, Schafer, and Rakovsky are absent.
Mainz 05 – Szalai is absent.
Hoffenheim – Gulde, Jaissle, Johnson, and Weis are absent.
Bayer 04 Leverkusen – Barnetta, Ortega, Adler, and Schurrle are absent.
Bv09 Borussia Dortmund – Koch and Bakalorz are absent.
Borussia Moenchengladbach – King and Leckie are absent.
Augsburg – Bah, Ndjeng, Oehrl, Mayer, Hain, Sinkala, Verhaegh, and Thurk are absent.
Bayern Munich – Breno is absent.
Hertha HSC Berlin – Schulz, Lell, and Ramos are absent.
SC Freiburg – Ferati and Reisinger are absent.
VfL Wolfsburg – Hleb, Kahlenberg, Hitz, Thoelke, and Kyrgiakos are absent.
Hungarian Soproni Liga:
Vasas Budapest – Simek, Simic, and Pipizsanszkij are absent.
Ujpest – Pollak, Lazar, Vermes, Z.Kiss, Mohamed, Litauszki, Zamostny, Takacs, and Balajti are absent. Markovic is a doubt. Kabat and Rubus return.
Zalaegerszegi TE – Pavicevic, Meye, and Gabor Kovacs are absent. Gergo Kovacs and Varga are doubts.
Lombard Papa – No absentees.
Szombathelyi Haladas – Nagy, Vujovic, and Guzmics are absent. Kenesei and Nagy are doubts.
Siofok – Csermelyi and Kanta are absent.
Pecsi MFC – Goia, Holczer, Toth, and Nagy are absent.
Kaposvari Rakoczi – Peric returns.
Budapest Honved – Torghelle may debutise.
Paksi SE – No absentees.
Italian Serie A:
AS Roma – Lamela, Greco, Gago, and Okaka are absent. Perrotta, Juan, Simplicio, and Stekelenburg are doubts.
Atalanta Bergamo – Lucchini, Doni, Carmona, and Ferreira Pinto are absent. Pettinari is a doubt.
Internazionale – Sneijder, Cordoba, Thiago Motta, Poli, Viviano, and Ranocchia are absent. Chivu, Pazzini, and Stankovic are doubts.
SSC Napoli – Cavani, Dzemaili, and Britos are absent. Aronica and Donadel are doubts.
Japanese J-League:
Montedio Yamagata – Yamazaki and El-Samni are absent. Ito and Hasegawa return.
Jubilo Iwata – Yamamoto and Kanazono are absent. Nasu and Arata return.
Ventforet Kofu – Ishihara is absent.
Kawasaki Frontale – Tanaka and Kikuchi are absent. Inamoto and Yokoyama are doubts. Yajima, Shibasaki, and Komiyama return.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima – Inami is absent. Aoyama returns.
Vissel Kobe – Ogawa and Tokura are absent. Popo returns.
Albirex Niigata – Kikuchi, Kurokawa, Higashiguchi, and Watanabe are absent.
Yokohama F.Marinos – S.Nakamura and Ogura are doubts.
Omiya Ardija – Chun-Soon and Watabe are absent. Fujimoto and Fukuya return.
Avispa Fukuoka – Ramazott is absent.
Dutch Eredivisie:
FC Utrecht – Fernandez, Krul, Lensky, Wuytens, and Zullo are absent. Gerndt is a doubt.
RKC Waalwijk – No news.
Vitesse Arnhem – Snijders, van Diermen, Pedersen, Ibarra, and Piiroja are absent.
Heerenveen – Kruiswijk, Roorda, Breuer, and Kopic are absent.
Roda JC Kerkrade – Lebedynski, Vukovic, Staelens, and Svard are absent.
NAC Breda – Kolk is absent.
Norwegian Eliteserien:
Viking Stavanger – Ingelsten and Sokolowski are absent. Saeternes may return.
Haugesund – Steinsland, Johansson, and Skjerve are absent. Andreassen is a doubt.
Polish Ekstraklasa:
Ruch Chorzow – Djokic and Olszar are absent.
Widzew Lodz – Ben Radhia, Broz, Zigajevs, and Alves are absent.
Jagiellonia Bialystok – Slowik, Grzelak, Plizga, and Pawlowski are absent.
Zaglebie Lubin – Traore, Malkowski, Galkevicius, Forenc, and Rachwal are absent.
Cracovia Krakow – Suvorov is absent.
Lech Poznan – Kikut and Arboleda are absent.
Polish Liga 1:
Olimpia Grudziadz – No absentees.
Nieciecza – Kowalski and Mysona are absent.
Flota Swinoujscie – Wesolowski is absent.
Piast Gliwice – Lisowski and Zganiacz are absent.
Bogdanka Leczna – No news.
Polonia Bytom – No news.
Ruch Radzionkow – No news.
Sandecja Nowy Sacz – No news.
Dolcan Zabki – Grzelak is absent. Kosiorowski returns.
Warta Poznan – Bartkowiak, Golinski, and Iwanicki are absent.
Gornik Polkowice – No news.
Olimpia Elblag – No news.
Katowice – No news.
Arka Gdynia – Zolnierewicz and Siebert are absent.
Scottish Premier League:
Dundee United – Dillon and Severin are absent.
Motherwell – Hutchinson and Saunders are absent.
Inverness Caledonian Thistle – Hogg, Jones, Hayes, Doran, Meekings, and Cox are absent.
St.Mirren – Murray, Mooy, McGregor, and Barrow are absent.
Kilmarnock – Panikvar, Silva, Buijs, and O’Leary are absent.
St.Johnstone – Higgins, Wright, Parkin, C.Davidson, Gartland, M.Davidson, and Morris are absent.
Rangers – Bartley, Naismith, and Hemmings are absent.
Hibernian – Galbraith and Thorhill are absent.
Serbian Superliga:
Rad Belgrade – Boss Petrovic has left.
Hajduk Kula – New boss – Kurubic.
Jagodina – Micunovic and Djenic are doubts.
Borac Cacak – Ignjatovic is absent. Milicic is a doubt.
Partizan Belgrade – Kamara and Volkov are doubts.
No news elsewhere in Serbia.
Slovenian Prva Liga:
Koper – Kajtazi, Marceta, and Brecevic are absent.
Domzale – Elsner and Zatkovic return.
Olimpija Ljubljana – Lovercic is absent.
Nafta Lendava – Seruga is absent.