h2h meetings

Sat
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XANTHI v ofi 5-1-0 , 1.83

BRAGA v gil vicente 5-1-0 , 1.40



One for Saturday over in Portugal..

BRAGA entertain Gil Vicente in a match that has seen the home side win 5 of the last 6 [other was a draw]

BRAGA are 4-0-0 at home , scoring 10 while conceding only twice [once against Benfica] , on the other hand Gil Vicente are 0-1-3 away from home scoring 3 and conceding 8.
Those 3 defeats came against teams currently in 9th , 14th and 16th in the league [Gil Vicente are bottom of the table ]

Stake 16pts on BRAGA @ 1.44 [Coral]

Sat
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XANTHI v ofi 5-1-0 , 1.83 2-1

BRAGA v gil vicente 5-1-0 , 1.40 2-0



Sun
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DORTMUND v m'gladbach 7-0-1 , 1.62

ROMA v torino 7-0-1 , 1.45

CLUB BRUGGE v westerlo 13-1-0 , 1.29

PSG v marseille 4-0-0 , 1.67

PAOK v panathinaikos 5-0-1 , 1.80



BRAGA beat 10 man Gil Vicente 2-0 to return 23.04pts which is banked .


Starting Bank -100pts
Selections - 25
Wins - 20
Current Bank - 171.63pts.


Despite a few injury worries i think that ROMA can take 3pts off TORINO in Serie A this evening .

H2H - ROMA have 7 of the last 8 corresponding league games [ also won a Cup game ]

League form - ROME [2nd] are a perfect 5-0-0 , scored 11 and conceded 0 at home this season .

TORINO [12th] are 1-0-3 away from home .

Other stats - ROMA have been winning H/T - F/T in 9 of their last 11 home games.
TORINO had to play in Finland on Thurday and were forced to return to Turin due to bad weather rather than the planned flight straight to Rome

Despite a few injury worries i think ROMA are worth taking at odds of 1.5 from Betvictor , Stake 10pts .

DORTMUND v m'gladbach 7-0-1 , 1.62 1-0

ROMA v torino 7-0-1 , 1.45 3-0

CLUB BRUGGE v westerlo 13-1-0 , 1.29 5-0

PSG v marseille 4-0-0 , 1.67 2-0

PAOK v panathinaikos 5-0-1 , 1.80 1-2



ROMA win returns 15pts


Starting Bank - 100pts
Selections - 26
Wins - 21
Current Bank - 176.63pts.

Unfortunately from a betting perspective it's an International weekend coming up so chance's are the next bets will be the following week.

Although the European leagues have came to a halt this weekend i've had a trawl through Brazil's Serie A which still has 4/5 games left to play .

Not a great deal to find h2h for this one but the one that caught the eye due to league form and injuries/suspensions is ATHLETICO-PR to beat SPORT RECIFE .

For what it's worth the h2h since 1999 is 4-1-0 but the last meeting in this fixture was back in 2009.

League wise ATHLETIC-PR are sitting in 9th and it's their home form that has helped them stay in the top half of the table , they are 9-4-3 at home but those 3 defeats came against sides currently in 1st , 4th and 5th [they were down to 10 men after 46 mins in the defeat v top of the table CRUZIERO when 2-1 up ] . They are only 4-3-10 away from home but SPORT RECIFE are even poorer away from their place with an away record this season of 2-3-1 and have scored only 8 away goals conceding 28 and have taken only 2pts off teams currently in the top 10 .
They have picked up only one point from their last 10 aways

Significantly ATHLETICO have a full squad to choose from while SPORT have a couple more regulars out through injury [inc striker Leonardo ] and forward Azevedo is suspended.

Stake 15pts on ATHLETICO-PR @ 1.75 [generous odds imho]

*kick off is 19:00

ATHLETICO 0-1

Starting Bank - 100pts
Selections - 27
Wins - 21
Current Bank - 161.63pts.


Sat
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CHELSEA v w brom 7-1-0 , 1.25 [PadPow]

SCHALKE v wolfburg 4-0-0 , 3.20

BARCELONA v seville 9-1-0 , 1.25 [betvic]

LORIENT v lens 4-0-0 , 1.87 [betvic]


H2h - CHELSEA v West Brom has ended in a home win in 7 of the last 8 corresponding fixtures.

League form - CHELSEA are top of the EPL with a home record of 5-0-0 , scoring 13 and conceding only 3 times while West Brom are 2-1-2 away from home scoring only 3 in those 5 games .

Other stats - CHELSEA have a fully fit and suspension free squad to pick from and have won 27 of their last 32 home games in the EPL .

PaddyPower offer 1.25 for a home win and thats good enough for me for Bet No 1 - Stake 10pts.

Bet 2 will hopefully be 12.50pts on BARCELONA to beat Seville for the 10th time in 11 corresponding fixtures.

League form - BARCELONA are in 2nd spot in La Liga with a home record of 4-0-1 while Seville are in 5th with an away record of 3-0-2 which , on the face value looks impressive but those 3 wins came against sides currently in 12th , 18th and 19th in the table and both losses came v sides currently in the top half of La Liga.

Despite the distraction of Messi appearing to doubt his future i can only point to the strength of both the historical and current league stats to favour another BARCELONA win in this fixture .

Hopefully the 1.25 on offer from Betvictor will still be available after the CHELSEA game ....

Lets hope Sunday is as good as Saturday was...


CHELSEA v w brom 7-1-0 , 1.25 2-0

SCHALKE v wolfburg 4-0-0 , 3.20 3-2

BARCELONA v seville 9-1-0 , 1.25 5-1

LORIENT v lens 4-0-0 , 1.87 1-0


Sunday
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NAPOLI v cagliari 4-0-0 , 1.36

UDINESE v chievo 4-0-0 , 1.95

BASEL v aarau 19-2-0 , 1.36


CHELSEA 2-0 and BARCELONA 5-1 meant a return of 15.63pts.

Off to Serie A for what will be the 3rd bet of the weekend .

H2H - UDINESE have won 4 of the last 4 against Chievo in this fixture.

League form - UDINESE are 8th in Serie A with a home record of 4-1-1 , the loss coming against the 5th placed side GENOA .

CHIEVO are in the relegation area sitting in 18th position and are 1-0-4 away from home , that single win being a respectable 1-0 win in NAPOLI although that was their only shot on target having only had 28% of possession ...a case of smash and grab i think !!

Other stats - Both sides have one player out through suspension . CHIEVO have scored only twice in 5 aways so it's not hard to see where their problems lie while UDINESE should have Di NATALE fit and ready to make it 8 goals this season.

Stake 15.63pts on UDINESE to win @ 1.95 with Betvictor

NAPOLI v cagliari 4-0-0 , 1.36 3-3

UDINESE v chievo 4-0-0 , 1.95 1-1

BASEL v aarau 19-2-0 , 1.36 3-0



Sat
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HADJUK SPLIT v nk zagreb 11-0-0 , 1.45

SPORTING LISBON v setubal 5-0-1 , 1.25



Sat
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HADJUK SPLIT v NK ZAGREB over in Croatia .

H2H - SPLIT have won 11 of the last 11 corresponding fixtures .

League - SPLIT are 3-3-1 , losing to the unbeaten DINAMO and drawing against the 2nd placed and 4th placed side.

NK are 1-3-4 away from home , single win came v the current 7th placed side .

Stake 10pts on HADJUK @ 1.44

Interesting Sunday with several strong sets of stats..

WOLSBURG v gladbach 8-1-0 , 2.0

STANDARD v kortrijk 8-0-0 , 1.65

TWENTE v groningen 9-0-0 , 1.40

PORTO v rio ave 10-1-0 , 1.25

FEHNERBACHE v eskisehirspor 6-0-0 , 1.53



HADJUK 0-2 ....we appear to being through a sticky patch ...

I did plan to shuffle things about yesterday but bottled it and it cost ....


WOLFSBURG v Gladbach
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H2H - 8-1-0 .

League form - WOLFSBURG sit in 2nd place in the Bundesliga with a home record of 5-1-0 . GLADBACH are in 5th [3pt behind] with an away record of 2-2-1 .

Other news - Both have one player suspended , WOLFSBURG have been winning at H/T - F/T in 5 of their last 7 homes and have scored at least twice in 9 of the last 10 homes.

GLADBACH have been hard to beat this season so i' think we'll play it safe with this one and STAKE 10pts on WOLFSBURG 0,-0.5 on the Asian H'cap @ 1.70 [for those not familiar with Asian H'Caps that means if WOLFSBURG win we win @ 1.70 but if there's a draw we only lose half the stake]

An hour earlier we have TWENTE at home to GRONINGEN in the Eredivise .

H2H - 9-0-0

League form - TWENTE are currently 3rd with a home record of 3-3-0 , 2 of those draws came against AJAX and FEYENOORD. GRONINGEN are 1-1-5 away from home ,scoring only 5 goals while conceding 17.

Other news - TWENTE have scored at least 3 goals in the last 6 homes against GRONINGEN as well as winning H/T -F/T in the 7 of those 9.
GRONINGEN have failed to score in thier last 5 aways

Stake 10pts at 1.36

If TWENTE win then the 13.60pts will be going straight onto PORTO to beat RIO AVE at 20.15 this evening

H2H - 10-1-0

League form - PORTO are 3rd in the table with a home record of 4-1-0 while RIO AVE are in 8th and are 1-2-2 away from home with those wins/draws coming against sides currently in 9th , 12th and 16th.

Other news - PORTO have actually beaten RIO AVE in 14 of the last 15 games in AL competitions and scored at least twice in the last 8 of those meetings.

Odds - 1.25

The change i was on about at the top of this post was simply to consider those sides who did not LOSE against their opposition on the h2h front rather than those who actually WON and betting them on the Asian Handicap of 0 , -0.5.. if the odds allow of course
The 2 games i looked at yesterday were LIVERPOOL who were 3-3-0 against STOKE [won 1-0] and HOFFENHEIM who were 4-2-0 at home to HANNOVER [won 4-3 ] .

Today we have ANDERLECHT at home to CLUB BRUGGE and the home side's record is an impressive 13-8-0 ...the AH odds for 0,-0.5 are 1.975 from bet365.
I'll observe how this goes and may possibly bring in into play next week .

TWENTE 1-2...

WOLFSBURG 1-0 Returned 17pts which is going straight onto PORTO @ 1.25

SPORTING help soften the blow of another overall losing weekend....21.25pts returned.

Starting Bank - 100pts
Selections - 34
Wins - 25
Current Bank - 142.88pts.

Tuesday
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MAN U v STOKE

H2H - 6-0-0 , 1.44

League form - MAN U are currently in 4th place in the EPL with a home record of 5-1-1 , the loss was on the opening day v Swansea while the draw came against leaders CHELSEA.
STOKE are in 12th spot with an away record of 2-2-3 .

Other news - MAN U still have a sizeable injury list but have still managed 3 wins from their last 3 games .

Stake 10pts on MAN U @ 1.45 [betvictor]

'The change i was on about at the top of this post was simply to consider those sides who did not LOSE against their opposition on the h2h front rather than those who actually WON and betting them on the Asian Handicap of 0 , -0.5.. if the odds allow of course
The 2 games i looked at yesterday were LIVERPOOL who were 3-3-0 against STOKE [won 1-0] and HOFFENHEIM who were 4-2-0 at home to HANNOVER [won 4-3 ] .

Today we have ANDERLECHT at home to CLUB BRUGGE and the home side's record is an impressive 13-8-0 ...the AH odds for 0,-0.5 are 1.975 from bet365.
I'll observe how this goes and may possibly bring in into play next week .'



ANDERLECHT game finished 2-2 so a 10pt bet on those odds would have seen a loss of only 0.12pts .

There's another game on Wednesday which caught the eye in Ligue 1 on Wednesday between NICE and RENNES.
This fixture has a record of 6-3-2 .
NICE have home record of 3-2-3 with 2 of those 3 defeats coming against the 3rd and 4th placed sides .
RENNES have an away record of 2-3-3 , one of those wins came v the 16th placed side.

Hopefully have some team news tomorrow .

The 0,+0.5 odds from betvictor are currently 1.65 , with the 0 Handicap being 1.97

NICE have a couple of slight injury doubts but RENNES will definately miss G FERNANDES [defensive/central midfielder ] due to suspension.

Looking at what's on offer i think NICE +0.5 goals @ 1.45 would be worth a bet if i were putting cash on this

MAN U 2-1

A bitter-sweet win as they drifted out to 1.60 at kick-off ....

Sat
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HANNOVER v wolfsburg 4-0-0 , 3.90

STUTTGART v schalke 5-0-1 , 2.25

LA CORUNA v malaga 10-1-0 , 3.60

KORTRIJK v mechelen 5-0-1 , 2.00

LOKEREN v cercle brugge 5-0-0 , 1.50

PSG v nantes 6-0-0 , 1.30

BORDEAUX v lorient 5-1-0 , 1.87

AJAX v willem 13-1-0 , 1.30



When a team who have a home record of 1-1-4 take on an away side who have a record of 1-0-5 it's safe to say that making a decision on who to bet on is really a coin-toss .
However STUTTGART have won 5 of the last 6 in this fixture.
Also in STUTTGART's favour is the fact that last weeks away win at FREIBURG was new coach HUBB STEVENS first game in his 2nd stint at STUTTGART.

While the home side do have 3 out through injury they will have a couple back from suspension .
SCHALKE still have a injury list as long as your arm with at least 6 injured and central midfielder MARCO HOGER suspended for this game.

The h2h , injuries and the effect of a new coach tips it in favour of STUTTGART and the odds of 2.25 appeal but should i err on the side of caution ...mmm...yes i'll bottle it and go for the 1.68 from BETVICTOR with the 0 Asian Handicap.

14.50pts staked .


At 4.00 we have PSG looking to make it 7 from 7 against NANTES in Ligue 1.

League form - PSG sit 2nd in the table with a home record of 5-2-0 , NANTES have an away record of 3-2-2 and those 3 wins were against teams in 13th , 17th and 18th.

Other stats - PSG have won 19 of their last 23 homes , kept a clean sheet in 13 of the last 16 homes ,kept a clean sheet in the last 5 homes against NANTES and have been winning H/T F/T in the last 6 in all Comps against NANTES.

Stake 10pts @ 1.30


BORDEAUX v LORIENT - h2h - 5-1-0

League form - BORDEAUX are an unbeaten 5-2-0 at home while LORIENT are 3-0-5 away from home ..2 of those 3 wins came against the current 11th and 20th placed teams and the other came on the opening day of the season [always a reason to be wary imho]

Other stats - 4 players were left out of BORDEAUX's 0-0 draw in METZ in midweek .

IF the PSG game goes our way then it's 13pts on BORDEAUX on the 0 Asian H'cap @ 1.38


In Belgium at 7.00 we have KORTRIJK v MECHELEN

H2h - 5-0-1

League form - KORTRIJK are in 6th place with a home record of 4-1-4 but they have won 4 of the last 5 [losing only to ANDERLECHT ] with the others being 11th , 13th , 14th and 15th ...MECHELEN are currently in 12th.

MECHELEN are in 12th with an away record of 1-1-6 scoring only 5 goals in those 6 games , the sole win came against the current bottom side LIERSE .

Stake 10pts @ 2.00

NICE 1-2 ...so that would have been a loss and looking back on it the h2h record of 6-3-2 was outside what i was originally looking for and that's either no loss's or a maximum of 1 over a long period .

I'll be keeping an eye today on -

STUTTGART v schalke 10-3-1 , 1.6 with the 0 Asain H'cap

LOKEREN v cercle brugge 8-3-0 , 1.27 with 0 -0.5 H'cap

BORDEAUX v lorient 6-3-0 , 1.35 with the 0 H'cap

LIVERPOOL v sunderland 7-5-0 , 1.30 with the 0 -0.5 H'cap

HANNOVER v wolfsburg 4-0-0 , 3.90 1-3

STUTTGART v schalke 5-0-1 , 2.25 0-4

LA CORUNA v malaga 10-1-0 , 3.60 0-1

KORTRIJK v mechelen 5-0-1 , 2.00 3-0

LOKEREN v cercle brugge 5-0-0 , 1.50 0-0

PSG v nantes 6-0-0 , 1.30 2-1

BORDEAUX v lorient 5-1-0 , 1.87 3-2

AJAX v willem 13-1-0 , 1.30 5-0


Sun
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BRAGA v guimaraes 9-1-0 , 1.83 [Corals]


STUTTGART 0-4 ........ -14.50pts

PSG 2-1....Returned 13pts

BORDEAUX 3-2....Returned 17.94pts

KORTRIJK....3-0...Returned 20pts

Starting Bank - 100pts
Selections - 39
Wins - 29
Current Bank - 150.82pts.


One game today ..BRAGA v GUIMAREAES over in Portugal

H2h - 9-1-0

League form - BRAGA are an unbeaten 5-0-0 at home [inc a 2-1 win over leaders BENFICA] scoring 12 and conceding only twice .

GUIMARAES have a decent 4-0-1 record away from home [3 wins against 12th , 15th and 17th placed sides]

Stake 10pts @ 1.83

ARSENAL v newcastle 6-0-1 , 1.50

MAINZ v stuttgart 4-0-0 , 2.38

GIL VICENTE v academica 4-0-0 , 2.75

Sun
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GENOA v roma 5-0-1 , 4.10

LILE v toulouse 4-0-0 , 2.10

Sorry i missed posting the selection for Saturday , for what it was worth it was a stright win bet on Arsenal to win ..

Today it's hard not to fancy the chance's of GENOA at home to ROMA.

H2H - 5-0-1 to the home side since 2008.

League form - GENOA are 3rd while ROMA are 6pts in front of them in 2nd.
GENOA are 3-2-2 at home while ROMA are 3-1-2 away from the Capital dropping points at sides around them [ 1st , 5th and 6th placed teams]

GENOA are stronger away from home but don't score or concede too many at home [scored 6 and lost 5 goals in 7 homes]

While the h2h points to the home win i think i'll play it safe as the odds on the +0.5 Handicap are worth taking .

Stake 14.50 @ 1.75 [+0.5 start for GENOA]

ARSENAL v newcastle 6-0-1 , 1.50 4-1

MAINZ v stuttgart 4-0-0 , 2.38 1-1

GIL VICENTE v academica 4-0-0 , 2.75 1-1


GENOA v roma 5-0-1 , 4.10 0-1

LILE v toulouse 4-0-0 , 2.10 3-0

GENOA had their keeper sent off in the 1st half which upset me no end !!!!!!


Sat
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CAMBUUR v zwolle 6-1-0 , 2.10

AZ ALKMAAR v utrecht 7-1-0 , 1.67

Back to the bread and butter for Sunday ...

ARSENAL v stoke 6-0-0 , 1.50

BARCELONA v ath madrid 6-1-0 , 1.57

LYON v toulouse 6-1-0 , 1.60