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Re: UEFA Europa League > Thursday October 23rd Krasnodar - Wolfsburg Krasnodar to win @ 2.50 Marathonbet Krasnodar remains unbeaten in their home for 4 games in Europa League (they started playing from the 2nd qualification round in July) and also hasn't lost in the last 5 games for the Russian League where they are in the 5th place after 10 rounds. Joaozinho is injured and won't be playing today, something unfortunate for Krasnodar as he is a key player. Wolfsbur seems to have started playing nice football again and get positive results. They haven't lost in the last 4 games in Germany and Europe but also they haven't won in their last 6 games for Europa League. They have one point so far and i think they will have a hard time to get a positive result in Russia
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Re: AS Monaco v Benfica > Wednesday October 22nd Monaco have started taking some positive results and are only 4 points away from the top in Ligue 1, but still this team doesn't impress me. Last game they won 2-0 Evian with the first goal being a penalty. It was a very strict decision and they had a hard time until they got to 2-0. In C.L they are still unbeaten but i don't know how they have managed this with Bayer being better in the first game and Zenit having many chances to score in the second. Berbatov is doubtful today and if he doesn't play he will be a big absence for Monaco. Benfica must play for a positive result as they are stuck in the bottom of the group with no points so far. If they lose I guess they have to say goodbye to C.L and fight for a place that leads to their favorite Europa League. They had easy schedule playing for the cup this weekend against a 2nd division team, so they come fresh for today's game. They can and they have to take a positive result today Draw @ 3.30 Marathonbet
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Re: AS Roma v FC Bayern München > Tuesday October 21st Draw or Roma to win (DC) @ 1.87 Marathonbet Roma while they were the outsider to promote from this group, is unbeaten, in the second place and can hope for something more if the continue playing the way they did so far. If they can combine the fact that they didn't lose to ''Etihad'' with a win today they will take a huge step to qualify to the next round. The team is very strong as they have showed in Serie A too, and so far they have 5/5 wins in their home for any competition plus they haven't concede goal in 5/7 last games and score more than 2 goals in their last 6/7 games (both statistics for Serie A).Bayern leads the group with 2/2 wins but both of them didn't come easy. They are unbeaten so far both in C.L and Bundesliga and they want to keep things that way so they are gonna be careful today as they play with team that they don't know as they have only met once in season 2010/11 (each team won its home game)
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Re: Ligue 1 Orange > October 17th - 19th Lyon - Monpellier Draw or Monpellier to win (DC) @ 2.02 Marathonbet? Lyon made a bad start, having 3 losses in the first 4 games but since then they are trying to fix it by collecting points especially on their home ''Gerland'' with Alexandre Lacazette being on great form. The bad thing for Lyon is that this great course was interrupted for 2 weeks for the international games and I can't be sure for their status right know. Monpellier is an experienced team with really strong defence and it can be very difficult to take a positive result from them if it happens to score first. Monpellier has good tradition in away games as they have lost only 4 times in the last 29 away games they gave. Both teams have 14 points and if one wins today goes to the 4th place so both are gonna be carefull and give their best.
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Re: UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifiers > Monday October 13th Norway - Bulgaria Norway to win @ 2.24 Marathonbet Norway won easily Malta 3-0 as they had the upper hand in the game all the time. It was their first win in the group and today they want to double them and have bigger chances to qualify in a Euro Cup after 2000. Winning today will be a big step for them to take at least the 3rd place of the group. Bulgaria after the good beggining against Azerbaijan gave a bad performance against Croatia and lost with an own-goal in their home in a game that was interrupted for 5 minutes due to fights between hooligans in the stadium. Besides that the team has problem in scoring plus the Scandinavian teams are very strong at home.
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Re: UEFA Euro 2016 Qualifiers > Friday October 10th Latvia - Iceland Latvia's goal is not to finish last in this group and have some decend appearances. After their game against Kazakhstan even this goal seems difficult. They weren't able to win the worst team of the group and they can feel lucky they got away with one point. Iceland on the other hand made an impressive start by winning Turkey 3-0 in Reykjavik. They had a very good first half which they finished winning 1-0 and in the second when Turkey was left with 10 players they needed only two minutes to score two more goals. They have better quality than Latvia and I believe they can win today. Iceland to win @ 2.18 Marathonbet
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Re: UEFA Europa League > Thursday October 2nd Dynamo Kiev - Steaua Bucuresti Steaua or Draw ( DC ) @ 2.14 Marathonbet Dynamo had easy job to do against Rio Ave in the premiere, took the 3 points and are in the first place of the group with their tonight opponents. They have bad tradition against the Romanians as they have never won them ( 0-2-2 ). They haven't lost in their last 10 games for their league and are -2 points under the top of the table. Makarenko will be absent from the defence due to an injury Steaua also won on the first round with the impressive 6-0 and are unbeaten in their last 6 games. At 2013 they won Dinamo away 0-2 in a friendly match.
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Re: Shakhtar Donetsk v FC Porto > Tuesday September 30th Draw @ 3.35 Marathonbet Although the game will be played 1224 km away from Donetsk 35000 fans will follow the team and make them feel like home in ''Arena Lviv''. Besides what's happening in Ukraine,Shakhtar plays nice football with great coaching from Lucescu. Porto has 3 draws in a row in the league and that's something that upsets the fans - especially the one against Sporting. The strange think is that Quaresma is not in the squad while he has no injuries. Porto is already on the top of the group and a draw is a fine result for Shakhtar too as they will have not lost to the 2 strongest teams of the group, so i go for it
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Re: Ligue 1 Orange > September 23rd - 25th Evian - Lens Evian to win @ 2.25 Marathonbet After 6 games in Ligue 1 Evian has only 1 point and that against PSG (!). Of course their schedule so far was very difficult as they played against PSG, Toulouse, Marseille and Bordeaux. Lens isn't a great rival and Evian plays at home so I believe its time for their first victory. Lens after achieving two important victories against Lyon and Reims they lost against Saint Etienne in their home and showed their lack of experience. Tonight they are facing a team which is ''dying'' to get the 3 points and although they have better quality they must prove it to the pitch
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Re: Ligue 1 Orange > September 23rd - 25th Reims - Marseille Marseille to win + Over 2.5@ 3.125 Marathonbet Reims after the bad start they had they seem to have fixed the problems in the defence and got a great boost after the 2 wins in a row they had and they want to do this crash-test against Marseille to see were they are. They are expected to play strong defence and try to hit on the counter-attack and as their coach said they will expect the fans to support them. Marseille leads the table in Ligue 1 and want to continue to do so. They are in a great form and they have the best attack of the league. I think both teams are going to score but Marseille will be the winners
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Re: Bundesliga > September 19th - 21st Augsburg – Werder Bremen After 2 losses in a row Augsburg managed to achieve their first win in an away game against Eintracht. Playing home will work on their favor as last year there they did 9 out of their 15 wins.Also they score at least 2 goals at home on their last 3 games. Werder although they don’t have celebrate a win yet they managed to draw against Bayer Leverkusen who leads the table with score 3-3 and want to keep the momentum after this great game and make their first win. Werder Bremen or Draw ( DC ) @ 2.02 Marathonbet
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Re: UEFA Europa League > Thursday September 18th Everton – Wolfsburg Everton to win @ 2.02 Marathonbet Everton is back to European competitions after 4 years and as their coach Roberto Martinez said they are going to make the most out of this opportunity. This in conjunction with the bad results in Premiere League after 4 games which they have left them in the 11th place conclude that the Toffees will take very seriously this competition and that they are going to fight every game to the end especially the ones in their home. Wolfsburg also returns to Europa League after 4 years and they also have made a bad start in their league ( 0-2-1) plus they have a bad tradition in games in England
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Re: Athletic Bilbao v Shakhtar Donetsk > Wednesday September 17th Athletic returned to Champions League with an impressive way after they disqualified Napoli and now they have the opportunity to go further as they are in a group with teams of equal potentials. Of course their big weapon is their home which they are expected to take advantage of, tonight . Shakhtar are in good form with 6/6 wins in the Ukrainian championship and is a team with experience in Champions League as it is the 5th time in a row they are in the group stage. Athletic can’t lose points in their home if they want to advance in the next round Athletic to win @ 1.87 Marathonbet
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Re: Borussia Dortmund v Arsenal > Tuesday September 16th Arsenal won Dortmund last year in Germany and they want to repeat it. The ''Gunners'' spend a lot of money to improve their roster this year and they want to see results in the pitch. They didn't make the best start in Premier League after 4 games but they played very good against Manchester City at Saturday with Alexis scoring 2 goals and they want to keep the momentum going and get a positive result in Germany. Dortmund after 3 games for Bundesliga have 2 wins and they only lost to Bayer Leverkusen who are the leaders of the table. The problem Klopp has to deal with today is the injuries as he wont be able to use Reus, Hummels, Sahin, Gundogan, Kirch and Blaszczykowski. My pick is Arsenal or Draw ( DC ) @1.90 Marathonbet
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Re: Ligue 1 Orange > September 12th - 14th Evian TG - Marseille Marseille to win @ 2.08 Marathonbet Evian made a terrible start and they only have 1 point so far.The amazing thing is that this point came from a game against Paris S.G. in which Evian put up a very strong defence and managed not to concede a goal.That's how they are going to play against Marseille tonight. Marseille won Nice 4-0 in the last game they played by making an excellent appearance and playing fast football and they showed that they can do without Valbuena. After what happened to Paris S.G by Evian they will be expecting a close game so they won't get surprised.
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Re: Liga de Fútbol Profesional > September 12th - 15th Real Madrid - Atletico Madrid Atletico has the chance to win Real in ''Bernabeu'' for 2 times in a row for Primera Division for the first time. Besides that both teams need to win as they have already lost points in la Liga. The absence of D.Simeone from Atletico's bench will play significant role by my opinion for the team's nerve. Real have never lost by Atletico in la Liga with I.Casillas starting in the game ( 16-6-0). I'm not sure for the winning side but i'll bet on Cristiano Ronaldo to score any goal @ 1.80 Marathonbet Half with most goals-2nd @ 1.99 Marathonbet
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Re: Euro 2016 Qualifying > Tuesday September 9th Andorra - Wales Wales -2 at 1.94 @ Marathonbet Wales had the bad luck to be in a group with strong teams like Belgium,Bosnia and Israel but they are going to fight for a place that leads to Euro 2016 even as 3rd.They rely on their big stars Ramsey and Bale - the second one might start as a striker today due to the injury of Sam Vokes. Andorra is still looking for a win since 2004 and 67 games later but i don't think they will make it today.They will try to do their best in the defense but i think Wales has the ability to score more than 2 goals.
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Re: Euro 2016 Qualifying > Monday September 8th Spain - FYROM Under 2.5 at 3.25 @ Marathonbet While Spanish keep telling that they have left behind the failure of the World Cup and that they are moving on, I believe it's gonna take them some more time to be again the team they were.Today they play without Diego Costa and with 21yo Paco Alcacer replacing him and with a whole new line in the center. Still a talented team and I believe they will win this one, mostly because the opponent is much weaker. Goran Pandev the main striker of FYROM retired from the national team and it's a question who is gonna be the next big scorer of the team.
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Re: Euro 2016 Qualifying > Sunday September 7th Greece - Romania Greece to win at 1.98 @ Marathonbet A difficult game for both teams tonight cause both want to be in the first place of the group and always playing the first game with your main rival is tricky plus there are not going to be any fans in the stadium-one more negative for the greek team. Greece enters a new era under the management of Claudio Ranieri who wants to prove that he can handle a national team which had many successes the last ten years.Not many changes have been made to the team after the world cup.Karagounis retired and Katsouranis and Gekas were not called.Ranieri might want to change the style and philosophy of the greek team but i don't think he is going to start from today.I believe the Greeks will one more time depend on their defense. The Romanians want also to win to take revenge for the disqualification from the world cup by the greeks and also because winning Greece will take them one step closer to the first place of the group and to the 200.000 euros they were promised if they do so.
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Re: Liga Adelante > September 6th & 7th Girona - Tenerife Girona looks forward to triple their wins in Liga Adelante while Tenerife is still looking for their first. Tenerife looks to have trouble in scoring although they are good and move the ball to the other half of the court easily.Also when the team is attacking many times the defence is exposed if they lose the ball. Girona's coach isn't going to change something in his winning team. It's also interesting the fact that the teams will play again in the same stadium in four days for Copa del Rey and both hope to achieve 2/2. My pick Girona to win at 2.20 @ Marathonbet
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Re: International Friendlies 3rd Sept - 7th Sept 2014 France had a good presence at the World Cup and as they are the hosts of the Euro 2016 they want to built a competitive team.Deschamps is still the manager and Ribery and Giroud decided to leave the national team ( both were absent in the World Cup ). Spain on the other hand is building a new team after the disaster of the world cup.Xabi Alonso,Xavi and Villa retired from the national team and as Del Bosque said a new era starts for the spanish national team.For tonight's game Andres Iniesta, Gerard Pique, Javi Martinez, Fernando Torres and Juan Mata will also pe absent. France wants to give a nice performance in front of their people in ''Stade de France'' tonight, against a rival that they haven't won since the 2006 World Cup. Spain is testing their new team tonight before their first official game against FYROM. So my pick for the game is France to win at 2.48 @ Marathonbet
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Re: Spain FIBA World Cup Big game tonight at Group A as Serbia is facing Brazil to a game that its result will determine places #2-3-4 of the group. Both teams have 2 wins and 1 loss so far and Serbia hasn't play against Spain yet.Serbia plays better defence and Brazil attacks better. More or less i could say the teams are equal. But, there is a catch for today's game.No team wants to be placed third cause that leads to quarter-finals against Spain.So to avoid this happening either Brazil has to win with any score or Serbia to win with more than 4 points. My pick for the game is Serbia +3 (AH) at 1.98 @ Marathonbet
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Egypt +21 at 1.88 @ Marathonbet Egypt is facing France today and although they can't win this one they want to give a good game and keep a low score, after the defeats from Serbia and Spain with 21 and 37 points respectively.Certainly they have the motivation to fight this game. France is coming after two strong games against Brazil ( lost for 2p ) and Serbia ( won for 1p ). I think their coach is going to rest some players and France isn't going to give their best, so i don't think we are going to see Egypt losing with a big difference.
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Re: UEFA Champions League Qualifying > August 19th & 20th Napoli - Ath. Bilbao Two strong teams who both want to be on the Champions League Group Stage. Napoli wants something more this year and a good champions league presence is certainly one of their goals.Last year they didn't make it to the 16 round although they gathered 12 points at the group stage Athletic on the other hand is a complete team which has shown what they are capable of last year by finishing 4th in the Primera Division.They want to return to the Champions League group stage after 16 years. My picks for tonight's match : HW at 1.89 @ Marathonbet U 2.5 at 1.86 @ Marathonbet
Liga de Fútbol Profesional > October 24th - 26th
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Re: Liga de Fútbol Profesional > October 24th - 26th Celta Vigo - Levante Celta -1.5 (AH) @ 2.40 Marathonbet Celta this season has only lost once and have scored in all the games they played ( they score in their 14 last games including last year). They have a 5-2-1 home record in their last 8 games and their 4 home games this year are all G/G and over 2.5 Levante will have a hard work to do today. Besides being in the bottom of the table they changed coach after the 5-0 from Real Madrid and I don't know how he is going to manage his first game