VPS Vaasa vs Inter Turku
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Today’s secondary featured game is the Veikkausliiga encounter between VPS Vaasa and Inter Turku. As a rule of thumb, I simply don’t bet against VPS Vaasa at home but I feel like I must today.
First of all, VPS Vaasa are a good home side – please don’t forget that when betting in Finland! They’re not a great side but they’re very well-organised, hard-working, and determined. They’re not an easy side to penetrate at home and although they can be outdone fairly easily away from home, they’re pretty damn strong at home.
So why am I going against them today? Simply put; Tanska. Despite his fairly young age, this guy holds VPS’ central defence together and without him, they really struggle. They’re always a threat from set pieces and they’re not a side to be taken lightly but without Tanska, this side can and generally will concede goals.
However, Inter Turku take great pleasure in conceding goals too right now. You can look at defensive additions as to the reasoning behind that but I prefer to attribute it to Dragtsma making Inter Turku attack more than they used to. Subsequently, Inter Turku concede a lot of goals but also score a lot, hence their 5-2 win at home to a poor MyPa Anjalankoski side earlier this week. They’ve smashed in sixteen goals in their last five games and only an inspired KuPS Kuopio display and a game against champions HJK Helsinki has halted Inter Turku’s dominant run. Furuholm is back to hsi best and the likes of Lehtonen and Ojala are playing very well too. Inter Turku have a great deal of confidence and momentum right now and they’ve definitely got the firepowe to win this one today.
However, the odds of around 4/7 leaves me cold here. I don’t like that at all, which may sound odd given as I’m going for -1. My job here is to pick the value, though, and 4/7 has no value at a difficult VPS Vaasa side. I suppose you could say my point here is that if Inter Turku win the game then they’ll do it in style as VPS Vaasa would have to come out and play them at their own game and Inter Turku would tear them apart in that instance. Therefore, the -1 Asian Handicap appeals to me at 11/10 as I think Inter Turku can score a few goals here with no Tanska at the back for VPS.
Verdict: Inter Turku to beat the -1 Asian Handicap at 11/10.
Friday’s Picks
Accumulator fodder:
Lugano, Dynamo Kiev, Dinamo Bucharest.
Recommended bets:
Inter Turku -1 AH, Dynamo Kiev, and Lugano at below 2/1.
For my thoughts on the remainder of today’s games, feel free to check the list below!
Austrian Liga 1:
Hartberg vs Grodig (5)
St.Polten vs Lustenau (6)
Austria Lustenau vs First Vienna (6)
WAC/St.Andra vs Blau-Weiss Linz (7)
LASK Linz vs SCR Altach (5)
Belarusian Vysshaya Liga:
Gomel vs Vitebsk (6) 0-0
Croatian Prva Liga:
Slaven Koprivnica vs NK Zagreb (6) 1-0
Karlovac vs Istra 1961 (6) 2-1
Osijek vs Rijeka (6) 1-0
Lucko vs Zadar (5) 1-1
Czech Super Cup:
Viktoria Plzen vs Mlada Boleslav (7) 2-1
Finnish Veikkausliiga:
VPS Vaasa vs Inter Turku (7) over 2.5 goals
Hungarian Soproni Liga:
Zalaegerszegi TE vs Debreceni VSC (5) 2-2
Irish Premier League:
Derry City vs Dundalk (7) 1-0
Drogheda United vs Galway United (5) 1-1
Lithuanian A Lyga:
Klaipeda vs FBK Kaunas (7) 1-0
Mexican Primera Division:
Estudiantes Tecos vs Toluca (5) 1-1
Norwegian Eliteserien:
Start Kristiansand vs Molde FK (4) 1-1
Polish Liga 1:
Katowice vs Nieciecza (5)
Romanian Liga:
Rapid Bucharest vs Vaslui (6) 1-0
Dinamo Bucharest vs Targu Mures (8) over 2.5 goals
Mioveni vs Universitatea Cluj (4) 1-2
Russian Premier League:
Terek Grozny vs Rubin Kazan’ (6) 0-0
Swiss Challenge League:
SC Kriens vs Biel-Bienne (6)
Lugano vs Bruhl (8)
Ukrainian Premier League:
Zorya Lugansk vs Oleksandria (7) 2-0
Dynamo Kiev vs Obolon Kiev (8) 2-0
Enjoy your free betting tips!