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Liverpool vs Leicester
One of the most exciting games this weekend is the thrilling clash between league leaders Liverpool and the impressive Leicester in a 3pm BST kick-off this Saturday afternoon at Anfield. These two sides have both won plaudits from fans and pundits alike this season. Will the home side extend their unbeaten start to the league season or will the visiting side inflict a first defeat on their hosts?
Liverpool sit proudly on top of the Premier League tree with a 100% record having won all 7 of their league games so far. There have been a few close calls for Jurgen Klopp's men and performances haven't quite hit the heights recently as at previous times. However, the 4-3 win over RB Salzburg on Wednesday night showed that the players have the grit and determination to grind out the results under pressure. Only two clean sheets in the league this season suggests the defensive issues need addressing but the back-line will be delighted with the 1-0 win over Sheffield United last weekend.
Leicester were backed by many to be a side that could potentially breach the reputed top six. As Chelsea and Manchester United toil further down the table, the Foxes are flying under Brendan Rodgers in 3rd place and could reduce the gap between themselves and the Reds to just 4 points with a victory here. 4 wins, 2 draws, and just 1 loss has left the 2015/16 Premier League champions in a great position. The stand out fact being Jamie Vardy scoring 14 goals in 17 matches since Rodgers took charge.
The obvious suggestion is that this game will have goals. Liverpool have only kept 3 clean sheets in 11 competitive matches this season whilst scoring an average of 2.36 goals per game this season. Leicester have scored 18 goals in 9 competitive games this season with 4 clean sheets achieved during that time. The sign of real champions is to win games when you're not at your best. Liverpool are managing that. I can see a 2-1 or 3-2 win for the home side in this one. Whatever the outcome, I'm expecting a game worth checking out!
Liverpool to Win & Over 2.5 Goals Scored @ 2.05 with Betfred
Anytime Scorer: Jamie Vardy @ 3.35 with Unibet
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Some very sad news reached me this weekend when I was told that one of our members Woodys Way, had passed away over the Christmas period.
His real name was Graham, he had been ill for a while and his wife kindly let me know yesterday. I met Graham once while I was on holiday in Dorset, he had been a member of the PL since 2004.
Woody was a keen member of most of our competitions and never missed a TC in 14 years, he was completely blind and I once helped him set up some screen-reading software so he could read the sporting life by hovering his mouse over the words, it was amazing how he coped. In later years his lovely wife Janet read out the fixtures and posted his fancies.
As a mark of respect Woodys Way will be left in the latest tables for the duration of this mini-season.
Thanks, BH
 

 
 

 

 
 
 

All Betfair.
Thomas Muller 34/1 - I'm not sure Werner will start games but Muller certainly will and looks a decent price as he is consistently one of the top scorers for Germany and they should get to the semis at least. Form has been better for Bayern this season and he top scored in 2010 and second in 2014.
Griezmann 14/1 Top goal scorer at Euro 2016 and in the form of his life currently. Takes penalties and playing for one of the favourites. No brainer.
Lukaku 20/1 They have an easy group which they should win and are an attacking side with a manager who can't set his team up to defend. Would probably need them to get to the semis for this to come in but he will be their main striker and with De Bryne, Hazard feeding him he should get a fair few chances.
 
 

Wolfsburg-Kiel

Battle for the last Place in Bundesliga 1 next Year and it will be a tough one. On other Side we have Wolfsburg who have the Pressure to stay in the League and with Labbadia a Coach where i think they isn´t good enough for the Bundesliga 1. But at least he won a former Battle with Hamburg in this Play Off Game against Karlsruhe in Year 2015. So maybe this can be a little advantage in this situation. Also they squad is specially in Offensive good enough but they showed this season nothing. Didavi is a doubt and after Media Reports he will only can sit on the Bench today. So little blow here for the Wolfsburg offensive but in last Game against Colgone they showed what offensive Potential in the team is. They won 4-1 in this Game. But there defensive is the weak one in that squad. A lot of Formation´s with different Players the whole Season made now the situation that Wolfsburg, for me, can struggle against that Team of Kiel.
On other Side we have Kiel. Amazing Form at the Moment and totally without Pressure. They are Promoted Team from 3. Bundesliga this Season and now they have the chance to play 1. Bundesliga next Season. But they didn´t need that sucess. They can play without pressure because nobody in the club have think in the past that they can reach the Play Off´s.
Kiel a team with very strong Offensive and all Players there in offensive know each other really good. They had scored 35 Goals this Season in 17 Away Games which is absolute the best in the League - the 2nd Best Team scored 29.
Also Kiel have all Players available and they love to play on counter Attack. Last Game against Braunschweig in League - where Braunschweig need the win, they have played amazing Counter Attacking Football - specially in 2nd Half. So for today i expected that Wolfsburg NEED here a Win at Home. They must made the Game and thats difficult here. For Sure they have the quality in the Squad but can they grab the win today - so Kiel can made what they are best. Counter Attack Football. So for me here today:

Both2Score - Yes @ 1.95 4/10 bet365

Bologna's organisation and defensive work has looked ok in the past few games, they haven't been able to get results because of their appauling chance conversion. Inter are clearly ahead on ELO ratings which is important metric but Bologna would be a decent team if they improved their chance conversion.
Inter are obvious favourites but Bologna should make life difficult for them. Markets are saying 60% chance of Inter victory tonight and that looks about right so I will avoid this game due to lack of clear value.
GL with your bets.

I expect a very beautiful and interesting match, with intense emotions and many phases, both teams can score and confirm goal goal
SS LAZIO ROMA vs SSC NAPOLI @@ Both team to score, odds 1.50

The group stage draw for the 2017/18 Europa League has taken place and here are the first round of matches along with their odds. Let's have some of your early tips. Any value to be found already?
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Billericay have signed Jermaine Pennant and Kevin Foley! Together with Jamie O'Hara and Paul Konchesky who were signed in the summer..bonkers signings for Ryman Prem level, hundreds of Premier League appearances between that lot.

looks like there is no javier mascherano for barcelona tonight. i think they are screwed without him

Champions League:
Juventus have won their last 5 games in Champions League.
Juventus are undefeated in their last 11 games in Champions League.
Interesting 16 Football Betting Streaks for 19.04.2017 ... http://eurofootballrumours.com/football-streaks-19-04-2017

@5.50 with bet365 for Barca to score a penalty, just for fun.

You tell me..We beat them 2:0 and they should thank God we scored only 2.Before the game i was convinced that we can defeat only semi-professional teams but here they are....Netherlands 

Hahaha Holland are a complete joke...losers...

@NoFear, Zanev will be left back
Lineups:
Mihaylov, Popov, Chorbadzhiyski, Bozhikov, Zanev, Slavchev, Manolev, Kostadinov, Popov, Tonev, Delev
Zoet, Karsdorp, Martins Indi, De Ligt, Blind, Strootman, Klaassen, Robben, Promes, Wijnaldum, Dost

I noticed Lux +3.5 could be a good play. They have not lost at home by more than 3 in forever and the French have never been a team to destroy even the weaker teams on the road in Int play. They haven't won by more than 3 in forever either. Hungary is a good side and getting them at +1.5 goals vs a Portugal side who never blows much folks out is a good play. Ronaldo or not.
 
so heres my 2 teamer..Lux +3.5 and Hungary +1.5

@Pep004 Jeeeesus, get yourself an Instagram, Pinterest and Snapchat as well!  

I have a few Bulgarian friends and they are very pessimistic. Not sure if that also reflects with you @Simeon Borisof? You guys only just beat Luxembourg at home 4-3 thanks to an injury time winner in your first group game. Netherlands have only dropped points at home to France in a narrow defeat and away to Sweden which was a credible draw. I'm definitely on the Netherlands band wagon tonight.
One team that I am keeping an eye on is Montenegro. 7 points from their first 4 matches and they are ranked at 4.50 to beat Poland at home. Could be worth a double chance bet?
Northern Ireland at 2.30 to beat Norway at home as well. Norway only have 3 points from their first 4 matches and are a mess at the moment having picked up their only points against San Marino.
It's also going to be very interesting to see how Georgia do at home to Serbia. Georgia are a nation renowned for their upsets. Serbia should get the win but it will be tough. Could be worth a handicap bet. Their odds are ridiculous considering they haven't lost a game in qualifying by more than 1 goal so far and are more than capable of upsetting bigger sides.

Yup, add ons tend to cause havoc in general unfortunately.  

Problem is from my Adblock Plus Extension, when I disable it everything is okay for now :).
I'm with Firefox from ages

Yeah, Chrome and Safari are far superior these days, throw that Firefox away.  

Firefox it's up to date... I try with Chrome now and I don't have any problems.

I'd have to say that it's a Firefox issue. Please try the following, because if it was a "forum issue" I would have 6 million emails and there would be few posts, but that's not the case.
1. Check your Firefox browser is the latest version.
2. Try Chrome (far better browser) - same issue?
3. Try Safari (also great browser) - same issue?
 

This are the kind of matchdays that are difficult to analyse. Last matches were played back in November and in 5 months a lot can change. Brazil who were struggling in March last year, changed their coach and are currently on a 6 match winning streak, Argentina was struggling in the last matches but they beat Colombia at home 3-0. Peru in August had absolutely no chance to qualify to the WC but some luck and a massive win away against Paraguay have given them a minuscule chance to go to Russia. The table is quite tight in the middle; just 6 points between the third and the eight so if some teams (Peru Paraguay) don't get the results they need in these two matches they will probably be saying goodbye to Russia. Brazil is virtually qualified to the WC given that 27 points would have been enough to qualify directly in the past quaifiers and they still have 6 matches to play... The same could be said for Uruguay, 23 points 6 games to play and 3 of them against Peru Bolivia and Venezuela... just a disaster would eliminate them...
Regardind this round,
Colombia-Bolivia
Colombia should beat Bolivia with relatively ease, Bolivia have been terrible during the qualifiers winning just 3 matches and one of them was given as a 3-0 defeat afterwards because they fielded a player that wasn't allowed to play!!!!!! So things are definitely not going well for them, also their record away is a disgrace. Losing 5 and drawing 1, a match they would lose as they field the same player... Bolivia have just scored 1 goal away in 6 matches and have conceded 16 goals (not counting those 3 against Chile) On the other hand Colombia have just won 5 of the last 15 points and that have made them lose some ground in the race to russia. They have to win this match in order to regain the 4-5 place. The match will be played in Baranquilla where it's extremely hot and humid and they always schedule their matches between 15-17 local time when the sun is stronger. It seems Falcao will miss these matches but Colombia have a strong team and when they're in the mood they play good football. Also their goal difference stands at 0 and in case of tie, it's the GD that determines who goes ahead.
I think the more sensible bet in this match is Colombia -2. Odds are around 1.85 but I still think there's some value, if they confirm Falcao is out, odds might drift a bit. A riskier option is Columbia -2.5 at around 2.30.
Paraguay-Ecuador 
I have little to say here, this is a win or die match for Paraguay. If they lose or draw they are virtually out. I don't fancy Ecuador when they play away and I have some doubts about Paraguay, 1 match won and 4 defeats in the last 5 doesn't give me confindence.
Uruguay-Brazil
The match of the round to me. The first and second will face each other. Brazil have reborn under Tite, they have won all their matches and they play good football. Uruguay have a flawless record at home and quality players like Cavani Suarez Godin. I like odds here because bookmakers have made Brazil favourites for this match. I just don't think they're. Uruguay is one of the best in South America, excellent players who always give everything in the matches. Now they are playing at home and to me this is an important factor. Given that bookies offer more than 2.00 on Uruguay DNB, I'll happily back it. A riskier option is to go on Uruguay to win at over 3. 
EDIT: suárez is suspended for this match, i had totally forgotten. this changes things, i might sit out of this match in terms of betting.
Argentina-Chili
Not much to say here, Argentina might have the best player in the world and some unreal strikers but they just don't give me confidence. They have lost against Ecuador and Paraguay at home....Chile won't have Vidal and Diaz so their midfield is weakened. It seems also that Alexis is having fitness issues... I don't think Chile can win but I'm not sure if Argentina can win this... If I have to pick a team, I'd side with Argentina but odds of 1.5 offer no value at all to me.
Venezuela-PeruAnother team with a win or die match. Peru is forced to win this match if they don't want to say goodbye to Russia. They have a terrible record away winning just one match since 2004. Last year they beat Paraguay away 4-1 playing a fantastic match, true is Peru have a decent team. Despite some shocking results in the qualifiers, they have managed to finish third in two of the last three Copa America and in the last one they were eliminated after a penalty shootout. This Peru team is mainly composed by young players that have some quality but they lack one big player that can turn things around. Regarding Venezuela, they showed an improvement lately, drawing at home against Argentina and obliterating Bolivia 5-0. They have 5 points so the only thing they fight for is to avoid being the last. To me it depends on what Peru turn up, if it's the same that faced Bolivia Uruguay and Chile first half, I think this will be an easy win for Venezuela if it's the same that played Paraguay current odds on Peru represent some value, I see this as an even match so if I had to pick a side it would be Peru.
If nothing big happens my main pick pick should be:
2 units on Colombia -2.5 at 2.30 (i'm still thinking bout this, would have prefered -2 but my bookie doesn't offer that option)
Good luck to you all

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The draw for the 2016/17 Europa League Quarter Finals was made earlier today and it provided some tough ties for us punters. The bookies might suggest favourites in all four first leg matches but there is more than meets the eye in a few of these match-ups.
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Right now, if I had to make calls on the outcomes of the games I would back a draw between Ajax and Schalke... maybe a draw no bet for Schalke, draw no bet for Man Utd away in Anderlecht as well, Celta Vigo to beat Genk (but I think Genk will be tough to beat and could sneak it over two legs), and then Lyon to beat Besiktas.