StevieDay1983

two week break for all teams usually means they are gonna have a well laid out plan for their games. i think best way to go this weekend is with draws and i can definitelly see a few of them.
 
my picks would be draws in following matches
 
west ham  v watford
middlesbrough v crystal palace
stoke v tottenham
man utd v man city
 
 

I expect return for Valencia and Atletico in championship, and because of that my prediction for this round are wins for them. Also I think that Las Palmas had good start, but Sevilla is a big prey for them, and my favorite in this match is Sevilla. My predictions are sure wins for Barca and Real!

Thanks for posting this @Lisandri. The more people posting with knowledge of specific leagues the better. Rosenborg bossing it this year as expected but the race for 2nd is intense! Only 2 points separating 2nd and 6th! Any bets you're placing this weekend?

I really rate Unai Emery as a manager so think PSG will have it sealed but just not as easily as they would have done with Zlatan in their squad. I think the other sides are getting stronger though.

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After a riotous week (forgive my sarcasm) of international football, it's back to the Premier League this weekend. Some absolute humdinger battles going on here.
Firstly, the Manchester derby! Boom. Keen to hear everyone's thoughts on that. United surely the favourites as the home side and with City missing Aguero?
Secondly, Liverpool versus Leicester will be one to watch. Is anyone backing anything other than a draw? If so, who are you tipping?
I think a surprisingly entertaining game could also come at the Riverside with Middlesbrough versus Crystal Palace.

I'd say:
Man Utd vs Man City - X, I'd say City tries to avoid losing this, so they go through the defence!
Liverpool vs Leicester - 1 Leicester won't make it that well this season, Liverpool at home, they should win.
West Ham vs Watford - 1 Watford relegates, this a fixture that West Ham should definitely win!
10e for that!
 
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I think that manchester derby isn't good option for betting.
My tips for this weekend are:
Arsenal -1
Tottenham - 2
Liverpool -1
Chelsea - 1
West Ham United - 1!
Mate, do you agree with me?

Argentina -1
Brazil -1
Uruguay -1
3 teams multi

My selection tonight
Hungary -1
France straight
Belgium -1.5
Latvia -1
Bulgaria -1.5
 
5 teams multi.

Will try Switzerland - Portugal BTTS @ 2.20. Seems to have some value.

Mexico -1
Costa Rica Straight
 
2 teams multi

Japan should win todays game in Thailand comfortably, taking minus 1 @ 4 to 6 and minus 2 at 2 to 1. Thai players all play in local leagues regularly thrashed by Jap clubs. Japan will be hugely motivated after terrible home loss to UAE last week. With their Euro stars on board they should stroll this

'Bagfulls of goals in Wales games are rare'.....until tonight!! 
Never mind a good start to the campaign and you pick up where you left of from the summer. Always good to get the goal difference up by thrashing the dog ends of the group.

Los Angeles Galaxy
Winless in their last six matches, LA Galaxy has been able to collect five draws in this streak, three of them in home, the team needs to start collecting victories here. And this seems like a good start.
DF De Jong leave the team to join Galatasaray in Turkey, FW Robbie Keane played on Wednesday his Ireland NT farewell match and could miss this match, together with absences due to injury in last match make the team look thin for this match. Still the dept of the club is impressive, as many players that act as replacement would have starting positions in many teams. So players that other seasons where starters like Alan Gordon, and Jeff Larentowicz return to the lineup for this match, and should deliver a good performance as this is their chance to show their value.
The team has four game home undefeated streak alive versus Columbus, all the way back to 2007, two wins and two draws in that span. 
Injured: 
DF Jelle Van Damme
MF Steven Gerrard 
FW Gyasi Bardes (season-ending injury)
 
Columbus Crew
Improved in their last thee matches, as they collect two victories, winning last one 2-0 to San Jose Earthquakes on home, now they go on away.  Before they have collected a 10 matches winless streak, still the improvement might come to a hold this week as they encounter this match with several players on international duty or not very fit for playing for the team.
After this match the go home once again and there the good results could continue, still this match looks very difficult for them to be able to obtain something. 
Injured:
GK Matt Pacifici
DF Waylon Francis (questionable)
DF Gaston Sauro (questionable)
DF Tyson Wahl (questionable)
MF Ben Swanson (season-ending injury) 
MF Federico Higuain (questionable)
MF Wil Trapp (questionable) 
FW Conor Casey (questionable)
 
International Callups:
DF Harrison Afful (Ghana) 
MF Rodrigo Saravia (Guatemala)
MF Tony Tchani (Cameroon)
MF Justin Meram (Iraq)
 
Match
Only time for this season that the team will face-off . Expect a match dominated by Los Angeles Galaxy, which will enjoy the best scoring chances, still not a field day as Columbus will lay down counterattacking expecting to get at least a point.
 
Prediction
LA Galaxy should return to the winning path as they go home where they are unbeaten, still have draw more matches than winning.  In their favor plays the international callups Columbus have together with their bad performance on away (1 victory in 11 matches). On top of that many questionable players that might not play this match, Columbus absences hurt them more than those in LA Galaxy. 
 
LA Galaxy with 9 units @ 1.76 at 5Dimes
Result: LA Galaxy 2 - 1 Columbus Crew

I also like gogetta opinion, but the international call ups can make things very different as expected, still I do not share one thing:
The objective to win the CONCACAF Champions League is not very realistic. The difference between the MLS to Liga MX still is very considerable (considering the Liga MX and MLS teams taking part on that tournament).

Good job you didn't mate!!

Wow, this England game is making me fall asleep. Tempted to back a 0-0 finish now with my mortgage!

LA Galaxy Head Coach Bruce Arena said earlier this week that this stage is "tighter, every point is sacred". My selections:
Vancouver vs NY Red Bulls  -  Draw
Dallas vs Portland - BTTS
LA Galaxy vs Columbus - Home win
 

I don'the know but whoever they are playing they seem to be priced up at 2/1 plus most weeks, they were 16/5 last week at Accrington. Not sure they'll continue to remain at the top though but not sure what method the bookies are using to price them up.

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The 2016 MLS season is starting to enter its final regular season stage before entering the play-offs. Any matches standing out for you punters here?
@gogetta and @Xcout, you guys were making some good points during the August phase. What are your thoughts here?
Check out the MLS ratings right here: Punters Lounge MLS Ratings.

I wouldn't be confident posting a win on these games. The best prices are to be found in League 2 and leaders Morecambe are being offered at 12/5 at home....what's that all about?
Sky Bet are offering Carlisle at evens at home to Accrington Stanley. Stanley have been dire this time around and Carlisle have had a decentish start, this a decent price, worth taking as I suspect on the high street you won't get this.
After a shaky start Doncaster 6/5 have won their last 3 in the league and they are nicely priced tomorrow away at Crewe, Alex seem to be the draw specialists so the draw might be worth looking at here but I'll plump for Doncaster in this one.
Mansfield host rock bottom Cambridge and are priced at 23/20, bit surprised that Cambridge are bottom if truth be known but they aren't bottom for nothing. Mansfield have yet to string two wins together and secured an impressive away win at Leyton Orient last time out. Home win here.
After opening the season with 2 defeats, last years defeated play off finalists Plymouth are coming into tomorrow on the back of 3 consecutive wins and are priced at 11/10 tomorrow against Cheltenham.
The only other price in this league that is of interest is Colchester at home to Exeter, 21/20 they are priced at, they have made a decent fist of this league since being relegated and if you were unsure on Plymouth you could swap them round.
I'm going to plump for a 4 fold of Carlisle, Doncaster, Mansfield and Colchester pays 18/1 with Sky Bet.

Hi Kenton, sorry, forgot to reply to this. TNS are obviously the stand-out favourites each week to a degree that it's not even worth backing them except in a Handicap. Due to their 10-0 win over Rhyl at the end of last month their goal difference is now +17. They appear to be taking things to the next level this season. Bangor City are also usually up there. I was always a fan of backing Bala Town but they are struggling this season.
It's just an underrated league in terms of action. The title is usually sewn up by February which is the main problem but the rest of the league is always closely contested. You can make a fair amount of profit if you stick to the over 2.5 goals scored or BTTS accas though.

I was originally going to go with the -2 but when I saw -1 at evens that seemed a solid price and obviously a bit safer.

It is Non-League Day tomorrow so if you get the chance (sadly I am working) go and take in a match. Also no bookie at this stage has priced up the FA Cup matches this weekend and I would be surprised if anyone did at this stage.
Chester v Forest Green Rovers

All three bets come in the National League and the first of them is Forest Green. After a tricky start they really have hit their stride winning their last five matches. They weren’t that convincing when winning the first three of them, but their last two performances in scoring a combined 9 goals past Maidstone and Southport were superb. The opening goal at Maidstone last Saturday was a superb team effort and shows how dangerous they can be when they get the passing game right. I tipped Chester up on Monday in the hope that the 4-0 win against Sutton last Saturday kick started their season. It didn’t and they ended up being the first team to lose to Woking this season. That was a poor effort and given how easily Forest Green have swept aside a couple of clubs who will be in and around Chester come the end of the season, I would expect them to do that to Chester. Marathon’s 39/40 on an away win is too big in my view.

Dagenham & Redbridge v Boreham Wood

It was disappointing that Dagenham didn’t back up their superb performance against Wrexham when losing to Sutton on Monday. They are a young squad though and it is only natural that their lack of experience is going show at times this season. It is one of the reasons why I think they will struggle to properly contend for the title this season. Whatever happens I do think they will continue to be very strong at home this season and I am surprised they aren’t shorter than Marathon’s 39/40 to pick up another three home points. Granted Boreham Wood have drawn three of their last five games, but they haven’t won in that period and I struggle to see them coping with Dagenham’s class.

Eastleigh v North Ferriby

I thought Ronnie Moore was a strange choice of manager for Eastleigh given he has always managed in the north and he doesn’t know this division. He does have a first class squad to manage though and he has got off to a great start winning both their games since he took over. Monday’s 5-0 hammering over Bromley was a top class performance and they play a North Ferriby side that have looked very poor on their travels so far. They have managed just one goal whilst conceding 10 in losing all three of their matches. They really should have picked something up at Aldershot last week as they missed some gilt edged chances, but that was mainly due to Aldershot taking their foot off the gas in the second half after being 2 up at half time. It also proves that scoring goals is going to be very tricky for them this season as they lack a clinical finisher. It wouldn’t surprise me if Eastleigh won this at a canter, but they should win it by at least two and Coral’s even money on the -1 handicap makes plenty of appeal.

For these matches, and for brave punters my tips are:
Fluminense - Figuerirense - 1
Botafago - Gremio - 2
Atletico Minerio - Vitoria - 1
Cortibia - Gremio - 2
Palmeiras - Sao Paulo - 1
America MG - Cruzeiro - 2
What you think, about my prediction?