Citizens failed to win their last two households - against Arsenal (0:2) and Hull City (1:1). The form of Manchester City at home in previous years wore them a championship trophies. To try to catch the leader Chelsea, citizens must take the first step towards improvement of their games at "Etihad" against Newcastle. The odds for the game offered by the leading bookmaker bet365 are as follows: 1.30 for a home win, with a draw at 6.00 and 11.00 for the victory of the guests.
Before hosting Barcelona in the Champions League, citizens have the task to improve their performance at their stadium. Worst form at "Etihad" cost the gap in the standings with the leader Chelsea. Convincing success against Newcastle will provide the necessary self-confidence of the team before the crucial first match with Barcelona. Man City enjoys a 10-day break after not playing in tournaments for the FA Cup since dropped earlier in the season. So, citizens are rested and will try to repeat his performance from the visit of Stoke City last weekend. In the game with Stoke, scorer Sergio Aguero get back after treated injury. Argentine already trained, but Pellegrini will decide in the minutes before the match with Newcastle if he is ready to start the game or to be reserved for the meeting with Barcelona.
Newcastle won 5 of a possible 9 points in their last 3 games, as the new team manager John Carver may regret it. Newcastle missed advance of the lead against Stoke City (1:1) and against Crystal Palace (1:1). However, Carver enjoys a good first day ahead of Newcastle. Before the visit at "Etihad", the mood in the team is upbeat, as the last match between the two teams in this stadium ended with success for Newcastle. The victory came at the end of October last year with 2:0 in League Cup and the Magpies are hoping for a similar development now. Problems for Carver before Saturday`s match are connected again with huge list of injured players. With various injures are Siem de Jong, Rolando Aarons, Steven Taylor, Rob Elliot, Paul Dummet, Cheick Tiote, Ryan Taylor and Jonas Gutierrez. The last has already resumed training after a long battle with cancer, but is not physically ready to play.
Citizens will try to repeat their performance of the game with Stoke City. If they didn`t fail to do it, we will be witnesses to a spectacular game on Saturday night. Manchester City and Newcastle score a lot of goals at the "Etihad" and we think that now we will see a lot of shoots in this match between them.
Prediction Manchester City - Newcastle: Over 2.5 goals
Security: 8/10
Odds: 1.57 at bet365
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Monday, February 23, 2015
Shakhtar Donetsk vs Bayern Munich
Shakhtar Donetsk did not have much good luck in the Champions League, after going to meet Bayern Munich - the team that goes into this meeting after the victory with 8: 0 over Hamburg over the weekend. So, maybe now it is obvious to you that doing soccer picks from sport predictions for that event is going to be quite easy, actually. Do not lose more valuable time but decide for yourself whether you are going to take the chance to win some easy money or not.
The hosts in this match have not played an official match since the draw against the team of Porto in December, and this is a double-edged sword - on the one hand, the team is rested, but on the other it is impossible to enter the match with a high tempo.
For Shakhtar, only Taras Stepanenko was punished after accumulated yellow cards in UEFA Champions League. Ukrainians will rely on maximally strong edifice against one of the pretenders to the winner this year.
Pep Guardiola will probably want to come out with a similar structure to the one, which has brought the great final score of 8:0 at the weekend. Xabi Alonso is in question after a hip injury received in that match, as well as Rafina. Martinez, Lam and Alcantara are placed as injured, and the participation of Ribery is questionable as well.
If Bayern starts the meeting at high speed, then it could end very quickly for Shakhtar - most experts claim. The hosts will likely aim to keep in the game as long as possible. In practice there is no factor to hurt the guests in the case unless the long holiday is not considered a big plus.
Last 5 played games
Shakhtar Donetsk:
18 January: Shakhtar Donetsk vs. Flamengo - 0:0 (friendly match)
22 January: Atletico Mineiro vs. Shakhtar Donetsk - 4:2 (friendly match)
24 January: Internationales vs. Shakhtar Donetsk - 1:2 (friendly match)
02 February: Shakhtar Donetsk vs. Dinamo Zagreb - 1:1 (friendly match)
07 February: Aalborg BK vs. Shakhtar Donetsk - 1:2 (friendly match)
Bayern Munich:
23 January: Bochum vs. Bayern Munich - 1:5 (friendly match)
30 January: Wolfsburg vs. Bayern Munich - 4:1 (Bundesliga)
3 February: Bayern Munich vs. Schalke 04 - 1:1 (Bundesliga)
07 February: Stuttgart vs. Bayern Munich - 0:2 (Bundesliga)
14 February: Bayern Munich vs. Hamburger SV - 8: 0 (Bundesliga)
It is a curious fact that both teams have never met before.
We guess that today we will see another victory of Bayern Munich so our soccer forecast is definitely in favor of the German team - 1.
Elche vs Rayo Vallecano
The team, who is on the last place in the league currently, Elche welcomes the team of Rayo Vallecano in the latest meeting of the 22nd round of the championship. Elche is one of the most endangered teams, although it is only two points away from salvation, while the guests are on the 14th position with five points ahead of the danger zone. Our advice is to use Asian Handicap for such matches, where the rivals are relatively equivalent.
We should note that the team of Elche is in crisis, although it managed to win a few rounds to twice in a row. Both teams are playing in the tournament for the Cup of the King, but their involvement was terminated by Barcelona, which humiliated them literally with a total score of 9:0 in both matches, and on top of that before two rounds, they defeated them with six goals again.
Fran Eskriba until recently couldn`t use the top scorer of the team - the Brazilian Jonathas, whose case are almost half goals scored by Elche throughout the season, but the penalty for accumulated yellow cards has already expired and the attacker will be on the line. Together with him in the game, Domingo and Sisma are back as well and Damian Suarez remained out.
Rayo Vallecano is one of the most interesting performing teams in La Liga, according not to experts only but fans as well. The team has had only two draws in the last 21 rounds as both draws were in the first and second rounds of the Championship. In addition, Rayo Vallecano is one of the few teams who play a far more successful as a guest, rather than at home, having won more than twice as many points in their away game. Rayo Vallecano has won the last three visits and we believe that the team today will fight for a fourth consecutive victory. These players defeated them as guests of Elche in the beginning of the championship with a 2:3, which also is a prerequisite for teams to be motivated to win. The senior coach Paco Hemes can use all the main players as only the defender Abdulae Ba is out.
Elche has only one advantage in this match - being at home. Our soccer forecast analyzed by bestpaidtips for that match is 0 (Asian Handicap). So, if the game ends in a draw, your bet will be back!
We should note that the team of Elche is in crisis, although it managed to win a few rounds to twice in a row. Both teams are playing in the tournament for the Cup of the King, but their involvement was terminated by Barcelona, which humiliated them literally with a total score of 9:0 in both matches, and on top of that before two rounds, they defeated them with six goals again.
Fran Eskriba until recently couldn`t use the top scorer of the team - the Brazilian Jonathas, whose case are almost half goals scored by Elche throughout the season, but the penalty for accumulated yellow cards has already expired and the attacker will be on the line. Together with him in the game, Domingo and Sisma are back as well and Damian Suarez remained out.
Rayo Vallecano is one of the most interesting performing teams in La Liga, according not to experts only but fans as well. The team has had only two draws in the last 21 rounds as both draws were in the first and second rounds of the Championship. In addition, Rayo Vallecano is one of the few teams who play a far more successful as a guest, rather than at home, having won more than twice as many points in their away game. Rayo Vallecano has won the last three visits and we believe that the team today will fight for a fourth consecutive victory. These players defeated them as guests of Elche in the beginning of the championship with a 2:3, which also is a prerequisite for teams to be motivated to win. The senior coach Paco Hemes can use all the main players as only the defender Abdulae Ba is out.
Elche has only one advantage in this match - being at home. Our soccer forecast analyzed by bestpaidtips for that match is 0 (Asian Handicap). So, if the game ends in a draw, your bet will be back!
Sunday, February 22, 2015
AS Monaco - Olympique Lyonnais (Ligue 1)
Monaco against Lyon - the most interesting match of the 23rd round of the French Ligue 1. Both teams are in great shape, but the league leaders Lyon are in search of eighth straight victory in the league, towards the dreamed title. The odds for the game offered by the leading bookmaker bet365 are as follows: 2.10 for a home win, with a draw at 3.20 and 3.80 for the victory of the guests.
Monaco doesn`t allow a goal in his net in Ligue 1 since November, when they lost on the field of Rennes. With good performance in recent times, the team of Leonardo Jardim climb to the fifth place in the standings after a difficult start and even has quite a few chances to fight for the places entitling participation in the Champions League. For this purpose, all the camp of Monaco hope to outplayed the leader Lyon. A possible victory even keeps the chances for the title. There was talking about a possible transfer of Dimitar Berbatov in the Premier League. Bulgarian will lead the attack in the upcoming match and Leonardo Jardim will rely on him to score goals. Ricardo Carvalho and Geoffrey Kondogbia resumed training after injury problems. Layvin Kurzawa will return to the game after he got a break in the game with Lille. With injury in the camp of Monaco is Tiemoue Bakayoko and will miss this important meeting. Also, Aymen Abdennour and Lacina Traore participate in the Cup of African Nations.
"Kids" are leaders in the standings. They are in fine form before the visit of "Louis II". Lyon has a lead of four points and the team`s fans increasingly dreaming of a possible title. The next two games are very important for the kids, after the visit of Monaco, they have to take the team of Paris Saint Germain at home. Before these matches, Hubert Fournier has serious problems with the composition. The team`s star and top scorer Alexandre Lacazette is injured and will absent about three weeks. Still with injuries are Clement Grenier and Lindsay Rose. Mohammed Yattara and Mehdi Zeffane are with their national teams in the Cup of African Nations and are not available to the coach. The only good news for Fournier is the returning of Yoann Gourcuff.
The absence of the top scorer of Lyon - Alexandre Lacazette and the great defence of Monaco in the last meeting predict less scoring opportunities and fewer goals in the derby at the stadium "Louis II".
Prediction Monaco - Lyon: under 2.5 goals
Security: 6/10
Odds: 1.60 at bet365
Monaco doesn`t allow a goal in his net in Ligue 1 since November, when they lost on the field of Rennes. With good performance in recent times, the team of Leonardo Jardim climb to the fifth place in the standings after a difficult start and even has quite a few chances to fight for the places entitling participation in the Champions League. For this purpose, all the camp of Monaco hope to outplayed the leader Lyon. A possible victory even keeps the chances for the title. There was talking about a possible transfer of Dimitar Berbatov in the Premier League. Bulgarian will lead the attack in the upcoming match and Leonardo Jardim will rely on him to score goals. Ricardo Carvalho and Geoffrey Kondogbia resumed training after injury problems. Layvin Kurzawa will return to the game after he got a break in the game with Lille. With injury in the camp of Monaco is Tiemoue Bakayoko and will miss this important meeting. Also, Aymen Abdennour and Lacina Traore participate in the Cup of African Nations.
"Kids" are leaders in the standings. They are in fine form before the visit of "Louis II". Lyon has a lead of four points and the team`s fans increasingly dreaming of a possible title. The next two games are very important for the kids, after the visit of Monaco, they have to take the team of Paris Saint Germain at home. Before these matches, Hubert Fournier has serious problems with the composition. The team`s star and top scorer Alexandre Lacazette is injured and will absent about three weeks. Still with injuries are Clement Grenier and Lindsay Rose. Mohammed Yattara and Mehdi Zeffane are with their national teams in the Cup of African Nations and are not available to the coach. The only good news for Fournier is the returning of Yoann Gourcuff.
The absence of the top scorer of Lyon - Alexandre Lacazette and the great defence of Monaco in the last meeting predict less scoring opportunities and fewer goals in the derby at the stadium "Louis II".
Prediction Monaco - Lyon: under 2.5 goals
Security: 6/10
Odds: 1.60 at bet365
Saturday, February 21, 2015
Cup of African Nations 2015 - Football Tips
Today, there will be two intense and fascinating football matches in the Group C of the Cup of African Nations 2015. Make sure you will not miss to watch them or at least to place some bets, regarding the final outcome of those meetings! Therefore, you will need some trustworthy information, in order to be able to draw your own football picks. Keep on reading and you will find everything necessary.
South Africa vs. Senegal
South Africa has launched its participation in the tournament with a 1:3 defeat by Algeria team. The South Africans were outplayed by their rival in a categorical way. Rivaldo Kotcue is with an injury in their camp. South Africa needs at least a point, if it wants to keep the chances of ranking in the next stage of the tournament.
Senegal has begun more than well its participation. In the first meeting, these players won with 2:1 against the team of Ghana. And although the victory has come with a goal in the 93rd minute, a good impression with the game of Senegal team has been left (both to the devotees and the experts). Moussa Sow has become the hero for the team. In addition, Papis Demba Cisse and Mama Byram Diouf are still the Senegal`s hopes for achieving the second consecutive victory and secure a ranking for the next stage. Senegalese also should not miss that opportunity today. They love to face off against the team of South Africa, as they have not had a loss against them in the last three direct meetings.
Our soccer prediction via bestpaidtips.com for South Africa vs. Senegal is 2.
Ghana vs. Algeria
Ghana has lost the very unfortunate it first match of the group. As we have already mentioned that, the team has lost with the final score of 2:1 against the players from Senegal with a goal in the 93rd minute, having previously led in the score with a shot of one of the leaders of the team - Andre Au. He and Christian Atsu will assist in the front positions Jordan Au. The space of the midfield will probably be filled by Emmanuel Badu, Mohammed Rabiu, Harrison Aful and the seasoned footballer Asamoa Gian. The team of Ghana needs a victory if it wants to move forward and will use its entire arsenal of strikers available to accomplish that goal.
Algeria is the leader in that group after gaining the victory over South Africa. The team won deservedly and showed that not coincidentally it participated in the eighth-finals during the summer of World Cup 2014 in Brazil. Slimani and Brahimi are the most serious threat for Ghana.
Our football forecast for Ghana vs. Algeria is X.
Inter - Sampdoria
In a meeting of the 1/8 finals of the Cup of Italy, Inter takes Sampdoria in direct collision ranking to the next phase. The odds for the game offered by the bookmaker bet365 are as follows: 1.75 for a home win, with a draw at 3.60 and the victory of "sailors" is estimated at 4.75. You can bet directly on a ranking of the two teams - for Inter factor to move forward in the tournament is 1.44 and option for Sampdoria to continue in the next phase is 2.62. The hosts are unbeaten against his rival in the last eight direct meetings; the last victory of Sampdoria was 5 years ago and in October 2014, Inter won at home with 1:0 in a match of the Italian Serie A.
Inter improved his performance in the recent matches, but in their last league match at the weekend disappoints their typhoid and finished with a goalless draw of 0:0 away to Empoli. The "Nerazzurri" have lost six consecutive games. Roberto Mancini will have a chance to try his new signings Lukas Podolski and Xherdan Shaqiri. The last four games of the team in front of their audience ended with over 2.5 goals.
Sampdoria defeated Parma with 2:0 as a guest in a meeting of the Italian Serie A in a weekend. "Sailors" conceded only one defeat in their last 11 games and coincidentally are fourth in the league. Sinisa Mihajlovic will not keep his key players and started the game with all the best that he has.
Last six direct meetings:
Inter - Sampdoria 1:0
Sampdoria - Inter 0:4
Inter - Sampdoria 1:1
Sampdoria - Inter 0:2
Inter - Sampdoria 3:2
Sampdoria - Inter 0:2
Prediction Inter - Sampdoria: over 2.5 goals
Security: 6/10
Odds: 2.00 at bet365
Inter improved his performance in the recent matches, but in their last league match at the weekend disappoints their typhoid and finished with a goalless draw of 0:0 away to Empoli. The "Nerazzurri" have lost six consecutive games. Roberto Mancini will have a chance to try his new signings Lukas Podolski and Xherdan Shaqiri. The last four games of the team in front of their audience ended with over 2.5 goals.
Sampdoria defeated Parma with 2:0 as a guest in a meeting of the Italian Serie A in a weekend. "Sailors" conceded only one defeat in their last 11 games and coincidentally are fourth in the league. Sinisa Mihajlovic will not keep his key players and started the game with all the best that he has.
Last six direct meetings:
Inter - Sampdoria 1:0
Sampdoria - Inter 0:4
Inter - Sampdoria 1:1
Sampdoria - Inter 0:2
Inter - Sampdoria 3:2
Sampdoria - Inter 0:2
Prediction Inter - Sampdoria: over 2.5 goals
Security: 6/10
Odds: 2.00 at bet365
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Bordeaux - Nice
Bordeaux takes Nice in a meeting of the 21st round of the French League I at the stadium "Jacques Chaban-Delmas" on Friday (January 16th). Bordeaux occupies the sixth position in the standings with a total of 32 points and Nice is on the 12th position with 25 points won. Very interesting coefficients for this meeting in the bookmakers: the victory of Bordeaux is accepted at 2.00 odds and for Nice coefficient is 4.00.
Bordeaux are not favorites in this game, because of their performance in the last month and a half. The team recorded only one win and now for three consecutive rounds did not taste the victory. Willy Sagnol`s boys were consistently defeated by Nantes and Lyon in the last rounds and managed to finish with a draw of 0-0 against Monaco. It will be not so easy for Willy Sagnol against Nice, as his team continue with the absent of significant number of players. Five players travelled to participate in their homelands and with injuries are the central defender Thiago Ilory, Theo Pellenard and the strikers Cheick Diabate and Nicolas Maurice-Belay.
Nice definitely have a chance for a point. Team recently managed to get away from the danger zone and the last four games recorded two wins, one draw and one loss. Of course the team is too inconsistent and we can expect everything from them, but Claude Puel doesn`t have any problems with his composition for the match.
Interesting thing for these two teams is that Bordeaux have no success in the last three times at home; while away from home in Nice, they win convincingly in most of the matches. Nice have only one draw away from home in this season and currently are equivalent with Bordeaux.
Prediction Bordeaux - Nice: Draw
Security: 6/10
Odds: 3.30 at bet365
Bordeaux are not favorites in this game, because of their performance in the last month and a half. The team recorded only one win and now for three consecutive rounds did not taste the victory. Willy Sagnol`s boys were consistently defeated by Nantes and Lyon in the last rounds and managed to finish with a draw of 0-0 against Monaco. It will be not so easy for Willy Sagnol against Nice, as his team continue with the absent of significant number of players. Five players travelled to participate in their homelands and with injuries are the central defender Thiago Ilory, Theo Pellenard and the strikers Cheick Diabate and Nicolas Maurice-Belay.
Nice definitely have a chance for a point. Team recently managed to get away from the danger zone and the last four games recorded two wins, one draw and one loss. Of course the team is too inconsistent and we can expect everything from them, but Claude Puel doesn`t have any problems with his composition for the match.
Interesting thing for these two teams is that Bordeaux have no success in the last three times at home; while away from home in Nice, they win convincingly in most of the matches. Nice have only one draw away from home in this season and currently are equivalent with Bordeaux.
Prediction Bordeaux - Nice: Draw
Security: 6/10
Odds: 3.30 at bet365
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Valencia - Real Madrid
Valencia takes Real Madrid at their "Mestalla" in the first big derby of the New Year in the Spanish Primera Division. The meeting is of the 17th round in the league and will be broadcast online at sites of Bet365 and Sporting bet. The team of Real Madrid is a leader in the rankings and Valencia is behind them, occupying the fourth position, but with a game less than Real. Real Madrid is in a series of 12 meetings with victories in the Primera and Valencia in two.
After the consecutive losses from Levante and Barcelona, Valencia improved their game and now can try to stop the positive series of "white ballet". "Bats" have a really good reason to be optimistic about the upcoming game, because definitely are very strong at home and the results speak for themselves. The team has only one defeat at home this season and it was against Barcelona with 0-1, so hopes are for a minimum draw with Real. Santo changed tactics in the recent meetings to a classic game with two strikers, which is not the typical style of Valencia, but against Real Madrid will surely return to the usual formation. Out of the meeting is Javi Fuego, who is suspended, but the midfielder Fiuli will be back for this important match.
Real Madrid are in great shape. Last year was more than successful and now they have to continue with this amazing performance. This is their first game of the New Year and will be one of the most serious challenges for the club, because it will be the worst visit for the team from the start of the season. Real Madrid lost only one match away from home and it was at the beginning of the season, but it is interesting that they scored more goals away from "Santiago Bernabeu". "White ballet" needs only two more wins to reach an absolute record, which will motivate them extremely strong. Luka Modric has not fully recovered yet and will miss this match, but everyone else is online.
This match will turn into a truly beautiful game. Valencia played very aggressive at home and Real Madrid will try to continue with the winning series.
Soccer prediction by sport predictions Valencia - Real Madrid: we expect more than 3.5 goals in total
Security: 7/10
Odds: 2.20 at bet365
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