immortal--

Wow, watched the United game and it was painful. For a second there I thought van Gaal was still in charge 
You could see how badly he spent 200 million pounds, because not one player he bought had any impact on the game.
Energy - low, Pace - low, Speed -low,desire -low, intensity - low.
It took them into the 90th minute to have a shot on target. 1 SHOT ON GOAL IN 91 MINUTES. !!!
It also does not help when the Feynoord player was offside when getting the through ball.
Glad I dodged this bullet 

FT 4:0

inter are going to get trashing by juventus and it's no wonder mancini left. they haven't signed players and are another italian giant sliding down to nothing more than mid table club. juventus are on another level anyway. i can't trust roma as they've gone back to being unreliable defensively. they could be 3-0 up and let it slip away. that's so frustrating. i thought udinese would struggle this season as they've been so over reliance on di natale but so far in good form and scoring. i fancy them for grab a home victory

Hi there.
Stevie, don't forget that Lille was smatched by Monaco last week. They are weaker and weaker year after year. For this season, they lost Boufal who was their best weapon. Enyama is not in a great form, defense was the last quality of Lille, and now it's falling down. Obviously, Lorient is much more sexy with Moukandjo and Waris in front of attack. As conclusion, it's a no bet match.
How win money with Ligue 1 ?
Monaco is underfire, I can't see a team like Rennes which is still in construction for me, resist to a realistic team of Monaco. Gourcuff, dad and son, may make a good season but it's too early.
Bordeaux, with their new coach and the arrival of Menez is an interesting team to follow. At home, against a poor Angers for the moment, it's a victory.
Last choice for me is a result for Metz away from home. OK Dijon beat Lyon and what else ? We saw that Lyon is not ready (some disagreements between Aulas and Genesio for me).
Metz can run on their current form. Double chance for me and a fun with Erding scorer.

Last time when PSG have 3 matches without win was before 2 years, and the team who they defeat to stop this streak was Caen again.

the french league is the worst to predict but monaco is the obvious choice as they are in excellent form

France Ligue2: Bourg - Le Havre

Bourg-en-Bresse are back to their free and easy ways, play a very open style, are comfortable on the ball when in possession, quite pleasing on the eye and look vulnerable when defending, in other words, they are fun to watch ! Last season their games produced an average 2.79 goals and only relegated Creteil conceded more. They met a pair of teams with a defend first, ask questions later approach in their two opening games and it took a while to return to normal service, but their last five starts have seen 20 goals with both scoring in each and any time they face a team who will not sit back, we should see goals and plenty of them. The two league meetings with Le Havre last season produced nine goals with eight for HAC and it is hard to see the visitors coming with just a point in mind. They have lost their way after a great start to their season and they are now five league and cup games without a win, through which they have conceded 10 goals in three home starts (!) and we are talking about the pre season promotion favourites here.

There is no doubt that Le Havre are the stronger squad, but BEBP probably have a little more confidence right now and do play with a bit of a swagger, both to score........1-3 feels about right, but best value has to be ........

over 2.5 goals 2.16 asian line/Sportmarket

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One factor to remember when betting this week is not only did Italian sides play in Europe in mid-week but a full schedule of fixtures are lined up for mid-week this coming week so some sides might switch their squad up for this weekend's fixtures.
The one game I am drawn to is Inter Milan versus Juventus. Inter suffered a shock 2-0 defeat in the Europa League on Thursday night to Israeli side Hapoel Be'er Sheva. They will be keen to rectify that this weekend. Juventus have started positively with three wins though but it has been far from straight forward. I can see a draw here. I would also back both teams to score.

@immortal--, we welcome input on all levels. Even if you're not confident in your English just have a go. Always keen to hear people's thoughts. @winnerwinner, always happy to see your bets. Gives us an insight into your line of thinking.
How did everyone do last night?

Football form is a true statistic. You can't switch it on and off. Man City have been excellent under Pep. Munchen Gladbach
have been really poor away from home.
Man City have won 6/6 games, and 5/6 have been won HT and FT. In 4 of 6 games Man City have scored 2 or more 1st half goals.
In the EPL no team has more than 2 HT wins in 4 games. City have 4/4. 
For me the HT/FT Man CIty win/win is the way to go, at a seriously  nice priced 2 (bet 365).
 
A game I would be interested in, but not betting is SPurs v Monaco. SPurs to have a real battle here.
 

Because many posters are like you. Just lurk waiting for others to post. Why don't you start contributing as well?

Hey, guys, what's going on in this forum? Before here was posted many predictions and tips?! Where are all the people?

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This weekend's selections. Let's hope the UNDERS don't go bust.

"nothing ventured, nothing gained"..... in this case, for the OVERS, 60 units ventured, nothing gained 
As for the UNDERS - sinking without trace. In fact, if the next two are losers, the system is "bust" (zero bank) 

Drip, drip...... just two selections again.

Two winners. Only 5 selections this season, but a yield of 40% 

Also taken PSG to win at 2.5 and a bigger bet DNB at 1.7-1.78 (betfair)..PSG have been very solid at home for years and Real haven't been playing well for a while, it looks 50/50 to me who wins that group but PSG are far stronger at home than away so will look to make this game count.
Regarding Madrid's injuries, Benzema and Modric might play - expect Ramos to start. Given that Benz and Mod have muscular injuries it would be a risk to start them but it wouldn't surprise me to see Benz start. Given the way they play James is a bigger miss than Bale. PSG rested a number of players at the weekend who were carrying knocks, expect Di Maria, Veratti, Matuidi and Motta to start.
Can't resist taking Sevilla DNB at 4.5 (betfair), City without Silva and Aguero are generally a different proposition in Europe, Aguero gets most of their goals and Bony tends to look clumsy against tactically astute sides. De Bruyne is a good player and will have to take most of the creative responsibility. I don't think Sevilla are any great shakes but they have picked up a bit in the league recently Gameiro is no Bacca but the price is good and with draw cover I'll give it a go as City rarely convince in Europe like they do in the Prem.

Astana are resting players for the game against Atletico as they have an important league game at the weekend. This is from Marca;
"A visit to Calderón is never peaceful. Intensity combat Atletico played four days before a title is not the recommended recipe. Or at least, he must have thought Stanimir Stoilov, coach of Astana, aware that the Champions League is far from the war around. Given the position to prioritize, it is clear, the Kazakh league.

Therefore, both the squad and the eleven line up, there are several absences regarding the 12 players who faced Benfica and Galatasaray. Among them, Roger Canas, fixed to center field and scored on Saturday in the victory against Ordabasy. Even the added point before Turkish technician clouds intentions. "Our priority is the Kazakh League. They are nine hour flight to Madrid. I will put to rest four or five regulars," he warned.

Astana this weekend will face Kairat Almaty, leader of the League playoff decides, five points behind. Hence, the four remaining games are vital to try to reissue the title won last year for the first time in its history. "We send all our strength to win the Kairat. We are realistic and know that Atletico is better," he said."
Atletico handicap is pretty skinny at 1.425, wouldn't back them to win by 3 but -2.0AH might be playable..I expect them to win by at least two, Simeone wants to win the group and they have to win this if they are to achieve this.

In case anyone doesn't know, Croatia appointed a new manager, hasn't been in the job three weeks yet.

Georgia v Gibraltar
Gibraltar will lose this game, doubt if Georgia will score more than 4 though, defensive sides struggle to attack on masse but the Gibraltar defence - especially the goalkeeper - are of poor standard and the worst in this competition. They are decent going forward though and will attack at every opportunity - another reason they have conceded so many goals in this comp, they try to score unlike San Marino and Andorra (away at least) who just sit in and press in their defensive third. Gibraltar have scored against Scotland and Poland away and very nearly against Ireland away too so I don't think it is beyond them to score here, 4.0 looks too good to pass up.
Over 2.5 Goals and BTS - 4.0 - bet365 - 2 Points
Switzerland v San Marino
The banker of the round. No chance at all Switzerland won't score at least 3 with the players they have, San Marino haven't improved much. Only get nervous if they get a set piece in the Switzerland half which will happen probably 3 or 4 times, Switzerland haven't qualified yet so need to win the game.
Over 2.5 Goals and BTS (No) - 1.30 - bet365 - 20 Points
Croatia v Bulgaria
Bulgaria are fairly hopeless, already out of the competition they have rotated the squad quite a lot. 6 of the starters from the last match against Italy haven't been called up (1 is suspended) especially in defence they look light on experience. Popov their best attacking player has been declared fit to play which is a bonus but they have been really struggling to score goals. Croatia have to win this game - simple as that, in a right scrap to qualify. Mandzukic is injured so Kalinic will come in, he has been doing well for Fiorentina so that isn't much of a negative. Modric, Rakitic, Kovacic, Perisic will all start. Probably not worth it at current odds, best to look at it in-play.
Croatia -1.0AH - 1.65 - bet365 - 4 Points

Don't worry lads, I'll put up decimal in future. So ye won't have to get your little calculators out. 

Hi, Aidymac.
Thanks for all your efforts in starting these football threads, and posting the opening odds.
You used to post "decimal" odds - now I notice you are quoting "fractional" odds. This is not a criticism, but I think most football punters think in "decimals" - our (horse) racing colleagues are more familiar with "fractional" odds.