Thursday, February 26, 2015

Besiktas - Liverpool (Europa League)

Liverpool visited the Besiktas stadium "Kemal Ataturk", where ten years ago won the trophy in the Champions League. The odds for the game offered by the leading bookmaker bet365 are as follows: 3.00 for a home win, with a draw at 3.40 and 2.50 for the victory of the guests.

Even though reached success thanks to the scandalous penalty kick by Mario Balotelli, Liverpool played very well against Besiktas in the first game and has a goal advance before the clash in Istanbul. The Turkish team pressed successfully stalking for moments of counterattack, but now will certainly need to look more boldly to attack if wants to continue to the next phase.

Slaven Bilic`s boys conceded a shocking loss of Eskisehirspor and allowed Galatasaray to go on the top of the Turkish Super League. The other bad news is that the Croatian specialist has serious problems to handle. The star in attack Demba Ba suffers from calf injury and had not take part in the defeat on Saturday. Also the defenders Ramon Motta and Ersan Gulum are punished.

While Besiktas has problems of scoring goals (has not scored in four of their last six games), Liverpool is in brilliant shape. They won six of their last seven games in all competitions and remains without defeat in regular time since mid-December.

Daniel Sturridge and the left back Alberto Moreno can return among the holders, having remained on the bench in the win over Southampton at the weekend. Lazar Markovic is punished and Mamadou Sakho is suspended. The emblem of the club Steven Gerrard is not ready and Brendan Rogers will not risk with his inclusion.

Turkey is generally difficult destination to visit, but in the stadium "Kemal Ataturk" Liverpool enjoyed one of the most stellar moments - winning the Champions League in 2005.

Liverpool has eight wins in the last ten away matches and is favorite in the match with a factor of 2.50. If the team fails to score first will largely decide things not in their favour, because the confidence of the household will be broken. With all the problems of Besiktas in attacking plan and the excellent performance of Liverpool in defence, the other leading option for this match is Under 2.5 goals with odds of 1.82.

Recommended bets:
For Liverpool @ 2.50
Under 2.5 goals @ 1.82

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Grigor Dimitrov took the victory over Baghdatis in five sets battle

Grigor Dimitrov reached his fourth victory in the five set format in Grand Slam. The Bulgarian turned the former Melbourne finalist at the Australian Open Marcos Baghdatis with 4:6, 6:3, 3:6, 6:3, 6:3 after three hours and 30 minutes battle.

In the next phase, Grigor will meet Andy Murray. Until that, Dimitrov secured 180 points for the world rankings in 2015 year.

Dimitrov was far from convincing for a long time in this battle and Baghdatis dominated in the long rallies, especially during the first three sets. However the Cypriot got a problem and called for a physiotherapist on the court in the second part.

A major public observed the game for both players, but more vocal and attractive was Cyprus and traditionally supports Baghdatis in his participation in Melbourne.

Grigor had to protect his reaching to the quarterfinals in Melbourne 2014. Last year, he lost in four sets of rankings leader with Rafael Nadal.

Monday, February 23, 2015

Schalke 04 vs Real Madrid

The two teams met at the same stage in the previous campaign, and then Real Madrid was unrelenting and won both matches with the total score of 9:2. Now all in Gelsenkirchen yearn for a rematch, but the class of the Spaniards is huge. If you are just about to do your own soccer tips for that event, then it will be good for you to look at our analysis:

SCHALKE 04
The team continues the fight for 4thplace in the Bundesliga. Over the weekend the boys of Roberto Di Matteo lost the away match against Eintracht Frankfurt with 1:0. The fluctuations in the form of Schalke are due to a huge list with injured players. Julian Draksler, Ralph Farman, Jefferson Farfan, Sead Kolasinac, Leon Gorecka, Obasi, Fabian and Sydney Sam are still with injuries. Klaas Jan Huntelaar scorers also heal the injury, but the medical staff will do everything possible to lift him for the upcoming duel. The former Real Madrid player will be a major threat for the protection of the White Ballet. At the door against Real Madrid, the 19-year Timon Velenrojter will stand. For him it`s debut in the Champions League.

REAL MADRID
White Ballet overcame the loss with 0:4 by Atletico Madrid with the success over Deportivo with 2:0 over the weekend. So Real Madrid continues to be a leader in the Primera Liga, but the advance to Barcelona is now just 1 point. For the visit in Gelsenkirchen, Carlo Ancelotti will not be able to rely on a lot of key players because of injuries. In the match with Schalke, you won`t see Hames Rodriguez, Fabio Koentrao, Sami Khedira, Sergio Ramos and Luka Modric. The central Defender Pepe could resume workouts, but hardly will start the match. It has emerged again to bet on Ancelotti inexperienced Rafael Varan and Nacho in the center of protection of Real Madrid. Iker Casillas will be at the door of the White Ballet despite the weak appearances lately. New signings Martin Jodegaard and Lucas Silva were filed for the Champions League, but it is unlikely to get a chance for a self-expression while in Gelsenkirchen.

SOCCER FORECAST FOR SCHALKE 04 vs. REAL MADRID
Both teams have a lot of personnel problems, however, guests are the favorites in the derby. Last year`s result of 6:1 in favor of the White Ballet will hardly be repeated, but a new convincing victory for the Royal Club would hardly be a surprise. Our football prediction via football predictions is 2.

Liverpool - Tottenham (Premier League)

Liverpool meets Tottenham in a derby of the 25th round of the Premier League. The clash of the "Anfield" will be this Tuesday (February 10, 2015). The two teams are separated by four points in the standings of the Premier League, as guests takes the 5th place with 43 points and the hosts are seventh with 39 points. Opponents have one goal this season and it is ranking in the top 4. The form shown by both teams in recent months is more than impressive, as this is a guarantee that on Tuesday night we will watch a great spectacle. The odds for the game offered by the leading bookmaker bet365 are as follows: 1.91 for a home win, with a draw at 3.80 and 4.20 for the victory of the guests.

The team of Brendan Rogers is in an incredible series in recent months. Liverpool is unbeaten in 14 consecutive games in all competitions. Over the weekend failed to beat city rivals Everton and finished with 0:0 in a match without so many chances for both teams. Liverpool improved his performance at "Anfield", as remains unbeaten in the last six games in front of his audience. Only one of the last eight games of the team finished at over 2.5 goals. With injures in the camp of the reds are Lucas Leiva and Bradley Jones.

"Spurs" will arrive on Merseyside in a very good mood after the victory in the North London derby against Arsenal with 2:1 over the weekend. Although trailing on the score, Tottenham managed to turn their city rivals and grab the three points. Once again this season, the hero for his team was the young shooter Harry Kane, who realized both goals. The scorer of the team is in good shape, there are already 22 goals in his asset and he will seek some new hits at "Anfield". Tottenham is in a series of three consecutive wins in the Premier League, as all finished over 2.5 goals. Coach Mauricio Pochettino has no problems with injured or suspended players and most likely will rely on the same players defeated Arsenal at the weekend.

Liverpool has won their last four direct meetings against Tottenham and they all ended over 2.5 goals. Despite the weak performance of the hosts, our forecast according football predictions is for many goals scored in this derby match.

Last six direct meetings:
Tottenham - Liverpool 0:3
Liverpool - Tottenham 4:0
Tottenham - Liverpool 0:3
Liverpool - Tottenham 3:2
Tottenham - Liverpool 2:1
Tottenham - Liverpool 0:3

Prediction Liverpool - Tottenham: Over 2.5 goals
Security: 7/10
Odds: 1.72 at bet365

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Granada - Valencia


At the meeting of the 14th round in the Spanish La Liga, Granada welcomest the team of Valencia at the stadium "Nuevo Los Carmenes" on Sunday 07.12.2014. The odds at bet365.com are as follows: for home win is 3.90, the opportunity for victory of Valencia is 2.00 and equality is estimated at 3.40. In the last six direct meetings, guests score six wins.

The last six direct meetings:
Valencia - Granada 2:1
Granada - Valencia 0:1
Valencia - Granada 1:0
Granada - Valencia 1:2
Granada - Valencia 0:1
Valencia - Granada 1:0

Granada is fighting for its survival in La Liga, occupying the 16th place with 11 points and a goal difference of 7-22. This is the team with most poor attack in the championship of Spain. Granada wins against Cordoba last week at home with 1: 0 in the Copa del Rey, but their performance in the Primera Division is catastrophic in the recent meetings. In six matches played in front of his audience, Granada have one success, two draws and three defeats. Among the injured players are: Darwin Machis, Ricky and Ruben Rocio. Pitti and Javi Marquez are not sure for the squad too.

Valencia is in the 5th place in La Liga with a total of 24 points and goal difference 24-12. During the week, "Bats" had victory over Rayo Vallecano in the Copa del Rey with 2:1, but in Primera Division they lost their last two matches (against Levante with 1:2 and Barcelona with 0:1). Now seems a good time to return to the path of victory in the championship. In the previous six visits, Valencia recorded two wins, two draws and two losses. Questionable for the game are two of the players of the team - Daniel Parejo and Paco Alkaser.

Football prediction according football-stats for Granada - Valencia: 2
Security: 6/10
Odds: 2.00 at bet365.com

Malaga - Celta Vigo

Malaga - Celta Vigo 13.12.2014

Malaga meets Celta Vigo in the meeting of the 15th round of the Spanish Primera Division. This match is between two teams standing in the middle of the table at seventh and eighth places. Malaga are in excellent shape, but in the last three rounds had difficult matches against Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, which didn`t allowed them to earn extra points. The situation in Celta is identical.

Malaga have advance of points, which would even allow them to fail to qualify for any of the places entitling participation in the Europa League. Team managed to climb to that level in the table after winning five consecutive games until they met Atletico and Real Madrid. The team continues to have serious problems with injured players and the weakened defence remains.

Celta were at a very high position in the table, but several consecutive failures brought them down to eighth position. Celta is one of the few teams that can be proud with victory over Barcelona this season, but after this victory followed four consecutive failures. Coach Eduardo Berisso also has problems in defence, where he cannot rely on one of the best defenders in the face of Gustavo Cabral.

This is a match between two teams entirely equivalent. The hosts play stable at home and will hardly allow themselves to be defeated, while Celta are in crisis and all we can expect is a few goals.

Soccer prediction via football picks for Malaga - Celta Vigo: we think that the total number of hits in the match will be under 2.5.

Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Juventus - Verona

Juventus takes Verona in a meeting of the 1/8 finals of the Cup of Italy. The meeting will be played on January 15 (Thursday) and will be broadcast live online at Bet365.com. Juventus is the favorite in the match by betting for their victory accepted at odds of 1.20 at Bet365, while the victory of Verona is 17.00. Juventus is the favorite to win the Coppa Italia, as a factor to raise the Cup is 2.62, while for Verona is 101.00.

Juventus managed to keep the leadership position in Serie A after defeating the team of Napoli with 3-1. The difference with the pursuing team of Roma is only three points and each failure for them is a chance for Roma. In the upcoming match with Verona, there are not expected any problems and Allegri will rely on more players from the bench, but the most interesting is that in the next weekend the two teams will meet again here in the next round of Serie A. With injuries in the camp of Juventus are: Barzagli, Asamoah and Romulo, but they will be available to the specialist for the next round.

For Verona is unlikely to achieve something at the "Olimpico", but generally the chances are better in a meeting of the Italian Cup than in the forthcoming round of Serie A, when the two teams will visit again. Juventus will play with the reserve stock and Verona can break in. The team fall in black series, but now they are history and the team is currently away from the danger zone. Victory against Parma and draw with Empoli are the results via football stats from the last two matches of Verona, but these are teams in their category and against them is more than necessary to win. Andrea Mandorlini can`t count on the injured midfielders Ionita, Obbadi, Kristodopolus and Bosko Jankovic.

Prediction Juventus - Verona: More goals in the second half
Security: 7/10
Odds: 2.00 at bet365

Free Soccer Picks

Today is a wonderful day for all of you, soccer fans and punters! Check out our analyses on the forthcoming days and get ready to place your winning bets!

Real Madrid vs. Atletico Madrid
Atletico performed very strongly in the first eighth-final collision last week which was won with a score of 2:0, which gives them excellent prospects for continued forward. Atletico is already in a series of three consecutive victories against the big-city rival. Real Madrid won against the underdog Espanyol at home in the last round, but before the record three-game losing streak, though one of them was in a friendly match. After the first game we think Atletico`s best team at the moment and could not lose his visit at the Santiago Bernabeu and to show that it is the team that deserves to go to the next stage. Our football forecast via football-stats is double chance X2.

Elche vs. Barcelona
It seems quite likely for us to see a surprise in that fight. The first round of the eighth-finals finished with the score of 5:0 in favor of the Catalans and it becomes clear what kind of motivation and which players are going to play today. When it comes to Elche we could say that although that team does not have a chance to continue forward, the footballers will still come out motivated. And the hosts are not that weak team and have all the chances to outplay the second lineup of Barca, who will see you tonight. Elche won in the last round against Athletic Bilbao, so they are not complete outsiders. The odds for that match today were more than good. Our soccer forecast via football-stats is double 1X.

Juventus vs. Verona
Considering the busy schedule of the team, Juventus will certainly want to make a good advance against Verona. An advance of three goals ahead would have been quite sufficient to have calm on the second leg. Verona is the class of the old lady and hardly will be able to oppose them. Our football prediction is 1 with handicap-2 goals.

Qatar vs. Iran
That is an earlier match of the Championship of Asia in which the teams of Qatar and Iran are going to face against one another. The two teams met for the last time in 2013, when the Iranians won with 1:0 again as a guest. Iran is much more qualitative team and today they are going to win the three points. Though guests played at the World Cup and were not that bad, while Qatar is still not able to even dream of qualification for the World Cup. Our soccer prediction is definitely 2.

Real Madrid - Atletico Madrid

This Thursday in a rematch of the eighth-finals in Copa del Rey at "Santiago Bernabeu" against each other face the teams of Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid. The odds for the game offered by the leading bookmaker Bet365 are as follows: 1.50 for the hosts, 4.33 for a draw and 6.50 for the victory of the guests. In the first match at the "Vicente Calderon", with the return of Fernando Torres, Atletico took a comfortable advance of 2:0 after goals from Raul Garcia from the penalty spot and Jose Jimenez.

Real Madrid defeated Espanyol at the weekend with the classical 3:0 and with this victory the white ballet came out of the unpleasant series of two consecutive defeats, which have shaken the confidence of the Carlo Ancelotti`s boys. In the upcoming match, Real Madrid will try to overcome the two goals liabilities from the first match and have to attack from the first minute. Before the clash against Atletico, "Santiago Bernabeu" will see Cristiano Ronaldo with the golden ball awarded him during the week. The award is the third for the Portuguese and it will be ambition for him to continue his goal series this season to help his team to remove the city rivals. Sergio Ramos is back in the starting line-up after receiving rest against Espanyol. After cured injury, in the composition will fall the Brazilian Marcelo, who will serve as a left back and will replace Fabio Coentrao. Dani Carvajal returns after suspension. The only absent from the composition of Real Madrid is Luka Modric. Croat will miss the next month due to injury.

Probable composition: Navas, Carvajal, Ramos, Pepe, Marcelo, Isco, Kroos, Rodriguez, Bale, Benzema, Ronaldo;

Atletico Madrid lost from Barcelona in the last round of Primera Division with 3:1. Diego Simeone`s boys were totally outplayed at the "Camp Nou" and logical left defeated. Atletico remained third in the standings on four points from the city rivals Real. They will throw everything in the upcoming game and will try to maintain their lead by two goals in the first game, as this tournament looks like a good chance to win trophy for Diego Simeone this season. Jan Oblak will get another chance to keep the door in the Cup of the King and will replace the holder Miguel Moya. Scorer of the first match Jose Jimenez again will be a holder for his good performance lately and will partner in the central defence of Atletico to Diego Godin. Fernando Torres will get a chance to improve his shape and will lead the attack with Antoine Griezmann.

Probable composition: Oblak, Juanfran, Jimenez, Sekeyra, Turan, Suarez, Gabi, Koke, Grizman, Torres;

Real Madrid will do everything possible to eliminate Atletico. White Ballet defends the trophy won last year and will not give up without a fight. Our forecast via free football picks is for victory of Real Madrid at odds of 1.70 at bet365

Prediction Real Madrid - Atletico Madrid: 1
Security: 8/10
Odds: 1.70 at bet365