Wiener Neustadt vs SV Ried
FreeToday’s featured game is in the Austrian Bundesliga between newly-promoted Wiener Neustadt and SV Ried. As I’ve mentioned previously, the hosts were notoriously good in the Austrian Liga 1 in the previous year and appear to have carried on where they left off last season having already claimed a convincing 3-1 home win over Austria Karnten. Today they face a better side in SV Ried but a side that consistently struggled on the road last season. Put those two sides together and we have an interesting game on our hands. In fact, bookies rate the visitors so poor on the road that they’ve made Wiener Neustadt favourites from the two sides to win the game. Whereas I agree with them for this game, that’s still quite an interesting move given that the visitors did manage a 5th place finish last year. However, the odds on a home win are 11/10 and I still think there’s some good value here. I fancy a home win and Wiener Neustadt should have enough to see it happen
Friday’s Picks
My tips:
As ever, below are my recommended value tips for today in no particular order:
Wiener Neustadt vs SV Ried – home win at 10/11 – see introduction for full details.
Salzburg II vs Admira Wacker – away win at 5/6. This is quite simply; Admira Wacker are simply the better side from these two outfits. They proved that last season and they’re beginning to do so again this season with two straight wins. The hosts had a decent campaign last season but are yet to claim three points in this one. There’s some decent value in an away win here providing the visitors turn up as they should.
Standard de Liege vs Sint-Truiden – home win with -1.75 handicap. Again, another pretty self-explanatory pick – the hosts are the best side in Belgium despite losing kingpin defender Onyewu to AC Milan over the summer. They’re playing at home to newly-promoted minnows Sint-Truiden and are frankly just too good for them. All that puts me off a bigger handicap is that it’s the first game of the season which is notorious for shocks in any league so approach with some caution but this should still be a winning bet.
Sparta Prague vs Bohemians 1905 – home win with -1.75 handicap. Sparta Prague are a side I’m eyeing with some caution and suspicion this term given their poor last campaign. However, a morale-boosting and convincing victory at home to Greek giants Panathinaikos mid-week has done some good in changing my mind a little. However, what has convinced me on this bet is not only the home side’s ability to convincingly win the game but the away side’s ability to lose this game convincingly. Bohemians 1905 have just been promoted to the division and this is a real “welcome to the Gambrinus Liga” game for them, a game I expect to be too much for them.
Vasas Budapest vs Gyori ETO FC – away win. This is a very interesting game, potentially. Vasas Budapest had a phenomenal start to last season before fading to dust in the latter half of the campaign. Gyori ETO FC had a fairly disappointing campaign by their standards but I do rate them as a better side. This season, Vasas Budapest obtained a rapturous welcome to the campaign with a 5-1 drubbing at the hands of mid-table Nyiregyhaza Spartacus, a game they should never be losing by that scoreline, if indeed at all. The visitors have made a quiet but respectful start to the campaign with a draw against title challengers Ujpest. I quite fancy Gyori ETO FC to have a good season this year and I think it’ll start today. However, it is still an early stage of the season so do approach with caution but this could turn out to be a nice little earner.
Lechia Gdansk vs Arka Gdynia – home win, under 2.5 goals. I sometimes wonder if I’m crazy, backing a side in a derby on the first game of their season but here I go! There really isn’t a lot between these two sides in terms of quality, and certainly not in geographic terms either. These two sides hate each other with a vengeance. Both sides are pretty poor in footballing terms but I think Lechia Gdansk just shade it in terms of being able to win games. After some additions over summer, the hosts have bolstered their squad at a much-needed time to try and avoid the drop from the Ekstraklasa again this term. However, make no mistake, this is a risky call. I expect an aggressive game from the players and the fans but I think a home win is on the cards. I would especially recommend taking under 2.5 goals if you can find good odds for it, perhaps even under 1.5 goals because neither side are big scorers at the best of times.
International vs Otelul Galati – home win at 6/5. International are a newly-promoted side in this division and are still favourites to win this game. That should tell you something about the quality – or lack of quality – of Otelul Galati. The visitors barely managed to avoid the drop last season and had it not been for the woeful first half of the season from Otopeni, they may well have actually gone down. International are fresh to this league and no doubt buoyed by last season’s finish as champions and will be raring to go. They know they have to win this game, too – Otelul Galati could well be a side they’re vying with to stay in the division this season so every point counts. I expect them to win the game by carrying on their momentum from last season and the visitors aren’t the best on the road at any point of a season so 6/5 could be a steal here.
Olimpija Ljubljana vs Rudar Velenje – away win at 9/5. This is possibly my most interesting call of the day. Arguably Slovenia’s most popular club are hosting last year’s high-flyers Rudar Velenje. The hosts have just arrived back in the Prva Liga following their promotion and they face an interesting campaign ahead of them with no side particularly taking the bull by the horns and dominating the league. Rudar Velenje have made a good start to the campaign with two wins from two games. In fact, they’re still yet to concede a goal. The hosts have won one and lost one so far in this campaign. However, this is their first real test against a good side in good form so the game should be interesting regardless of the outcome. However, I’m yet to find reasoning for the bookies to back a home win here other than Olimpija Ljubljana’s convincing home form last season in the division below. However, against a good side like Rudar Velenje, is that really enough to make them favourites? Not in my eyes. It will be a daunting atmosphere for the visitors to be sure but they’re more than capable of taking three points here and at 9/5 it’s certainly worth a gamble.
Le Mont vs Wohlen – away win at 6/4. Newly-promoted Le Mont have already indicated they have no desire to stay in the Swiss Challenge League by losing to one of the worst sides currently in the division – Locarno. Unfortunately for them, they’re now actually playing a good side – Wohlen. The visitors had a good campaign last year and are more than capable of emulating their achievements this year. True, they lost their opening game promotion candidates Wil 2-1 but they’re still got more than enough to win this game. Approach with some caution but Le Mont are poor enough to lose this game with ease.
As ever, any questions/explanations required, feel free to email me at thefootytipster@gmail.com. For the complete picks listing, see below!
Austrian Bundesliga:
Wiener Neustadt vs SV Ried (6) 2-1
Austrian Liga 1:
Austria Vienna II vs Dornbirn (6)
First Vienna vs Lustenau (6)
Salzburg II vs Admira Wacker (7)
Hartberg vs St.Polten (5)
Austria Lustenau vs Gratkorn (7)
Belgian Eerste Klasse:
Standard de Liege vs Sint-Truiden (9) -1.75 handicap
Croatian Prva Liga:
NK Zagreb vs Inter Zapresic (7) 2-1
Czech Republic Gambrinus Liga:
Sparta Prague vs Bohemians 1905 (8) -1.75 handicap
Finnish Veikkausliiga:
TPS Turku vs Tampere United (6) 1-1
Hungarian Soproni Liga:
Vasas Budapest vs Gyori ETO FC (7) 1-2
Irish Premier League:
Cork City vs Bray Wanderers (7) 2-0
Drogheda United vs Bohemians (7) 1-2
St Patrick’s Athletic vs Dundalk (6) 1-0
Galway United vs Sligo Rovers (6) 2-1
Dutch Eredivisie:
Heerenveen vs Roda JC (8) 3-2
Polish Ekstraklasa:
Polonia Bytom vs GKS Belchatow (6)
Lechia Gdansk vs Arka Gdynia (7) under 2.5 goals
Romanian Liga:
International vs Otelul Galati (7) 2-1
Rapid Bucharest vs Politehnica Iasi (8) 2-0
Russian Premier League:
Rubin Kazan vs Spartak Nalchik (8) -1.75 handicap
Singaporean S-League:
Geylang United vs Gombak United (6) 1-1
Slovenian Prva Liga:
Olimpija Ljubljana vs Rudar Velenje (7) 1-2
Domzale vs Gorica (6) 1-0
Swedish Superettan:
Vasby United vs Vasalunds (5)
Swiss Challenge League:
Kriens vs Schaffhausen (6)
Lugano vs Thun (8)
Le Mont vs Wohlen (7)
Winterthur vs Locarno (7)
Ukrainian Premier League:
Tavriya Simferopol vs Chernomorets Odessa (8) both sides to score
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