h2h meetings

Starting Bank - 100pts
Selections - 42
Wins - 30
Current Bank - 130.82pts.

Ok we've taken a bit of a bashing confidence-wise but i'm sure i can get this bank doubled before the end of the season so here goes ....

13.30 - EPL - ARSENAL v STOKE

H2h - 6-0-0

League form - ARSENAL are currently in 6th with a home record of 5-3-1 , dropping points to the likes of Man U , Man City and local rivals Spurs .

STOKE are in 11th with an away record of 3-3-4 .

Other stats/news - ARSENAL have scored 14 to Stoke's 3 in those 6 previous meetings .
Oliver Giroud returns to the front line for the home side while Stoke will be missing DIOUF due to African Nations duty which will leave Crouch up front on his own.

Stake 10pts on ARSENAL @ 1.50 with PaddyPower.


A couple of hours later we have LYON v TOULOUSE in Ligue 1

H2h - 6-1-0

League form - LYON are currently in 2nd place with a home record of 9-0-1
TOULOUSE are in 15th with an away record of 3-0-7

Other news - Both teams have 4 players away to the African Nations .

It's hard to ignore the home form of LYON and despite the missing African players i'm hoping they will make it 10 home wins from 11 tomorrow .

Stake any returns from the Arsenal game onto LYON @ 1.60 [Betvictor]

ARSENAL 3-0

BARCELONA 3-1

LYON 3-0

Returns 22.95pts

Starting Bank - 100pts
Selections - 44
Wins - 32
Current Bank - 142.77pts.

AJAX v GRONINGEN

H2h - 14-1-0

League form - AJAX are 2nd , 4pts behind leaders PSV with a home record of 7-1-1 , scoring 26 and conceding only 8 .

GRONINGEN are in 8th with an away record of 2-2-5 , one of those wins came against the 16th placed side while one of the draws came against rock-bottom DORDRECHT and in the other ALKMAAR missed a penalty in a 2-2 draw.

Other stats/news - AJAX have won 16 of the last 18 homes against GRONINGEN in ALL comps as well as scoring at least twice in 16 of those 18 homes.

Seriously tempted to go for OVER 2.5 @ 1.50 but i'll play it safe and go for AJAX to win @ 1.30 with Betvictor ...Stake 10pts

AJAX 2-0 returned 13pts


ESPANYOL v celta vigo

H2h - 4-0-0 [6-0-0 inc 2 cup games]

League form - ESPANYOL are in 10th place , one place and one point behind todays opposition , with a home record of 4-3-2 , losing to 5th placed SEVILLE and 11th placed EIBAR.
CELTA are 2-3-4 away from home of course one of those wins was in Barcelona !! but i hope that was i one off !!!

Other stats/news - CELTA will be missing regular defender MALLO and they have been losing HT - F/T in their last 4 league aways , all which they failed to score in.
ESPANYOL have won 5 of their last 6 homes in all comps whilst CELTA have lost 5 of their last 6 in all comps.


The odds on an ESPANYOL are a tempting 2.62 to win with several of bigger bookies which leaves the option of D-N-B or Asian H'caps open to selection and being a safety first , boring , kind of punter thats where i'm going with 1.86 available from Boylesports on the Draw-No-Bet market .

Stake 13pts @ 1.86

ESPANYOL 1-0

They left it rather late but ESPANYOL came good for us.......90th min goal was enough to return 24.18pts

Starting Bank - 100pts
Selections - 46
Wins - 34
Current Bank - 156.95pts.

WEST HAM v HULL

H2h - 4-0-0

League form - The HAMMERS are in 8th spot in the EPL with a home record of 6-2-3 , 2 of those home losses came in the first 2 home game's of the season and the other loss came against 5th placed ARSENAL.
HULL are in 18th with an away record of 2-4-5 , the 2 wins coming against QPR [19th] and SUNDERLAND [16th]

Other stats / news - WEST HAM will be missing SAKHO due to injury and KOUYATE is off to the African Nations however HULL are having a bad time of it on the injury front with no fewer than 6 players out and another 2 doubtful.

Stake 10pts on WEST HAM @ 1.80 with Betvictor.

Sundays selections
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WEST HAM v hull 4-0-0 , 1.80

ANDERLECHT v lierse 12-0-1 , 1.25

PARMA v sampdoria 4-0-0 , 2.88

All odds from betvictor

ANDERLECHT 3-0

PARMA 0-2

WEST HAM 3-0

Starting Bank - 100pts
Selections - 47
Wins - 35
Current Bank - 164.95pt

Saturday
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MECHELEN v lokeren 6-0-1 , 2.50

LILLE v monaco 4-0-0 , 3.00

ASTERAS v panionios 6-0-1 , 1.44



One from the Greek Super League in the shape of ASTERAS v PANIONIOS

H2h - 6-0-1

League form - ASTERAS are riding high in 4th while PANIONIOS are 11 places below in 15th and in the relegation area .

At home ASTERAS are 5-4-0 and all 4 of those draws were against teams currently in 1st , 3rd , 5th and 8th.

PANIONIOS are 0-1-8 away from home , scoring only 6 goals in those 9 aways .

Other news/stats - ASTERAS rested a few regulars in their midweek Greek cup draw in IRAKLIS

Hard to see past the home side here so i'll have the 18pts returned from the WEST HAM bet placed onto ASTERAS @ 1.44 with Wm HILL.

ASTERAS 2-0 ...Returned 25.92pts

Starting Bank - 100pts
Selections - 48
Wins - 36
Current Bank - 172.87pts.


Early kick-off in the Eredivisie on Sunday - 11:30

AJAX v FEYENOORD

H2h - 8-1-0 [10-1-0 in all comps]

League form - AJAX are in 2nd place, 8pts ahead of 3rd placed FEYENOORD .
AJAX are 8-1-1 at home , scoring 28 and conceding only 8 while FEYENOORD are 5-2-1 away from home .

Other stats/news - AJAX have scored 25 and conceded only 4 times in those previous 9 corresponding league fixtures.
FEYENOORD are unbeaten in their last 14 from 15 aways and scored at least twice in 5 of the 6 .
Both are at near full strength .

Despite the very strong record AJAX has in this fixture the recent away form of FEYENOORD stops me from going all in on the Amsterdammers ......therefore i think the 'safe' bet is taking AJAX at 0 on the Asian H'cap @ 1.60 with Bet365.

Finished 0-0 in Amsterdam and going by the stats i'd have to conclude we may have been fortunate ....

Saturday
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SCHALKE v hannover 5-0-1 , 2.00

WESTERLO v cercle brugge 5-0-1 , 1.91


Sunday
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WERDER BREMEN v hertha 6-0-0 , 2.40

AZ ALKMAAR v heracles 8-0-0 , 1.67



Saturday see's the return of the Bundesliga and it's there we look for a win in the the shape of SCHALKE who take on HANNOVER.

H2h - 5-0-1 [8-1-1 since Feb 2005 ]

League form - SCHALKE are in 5th and thats 3pts and 3 places above Hannover .

At home SCHALKE are 5-3-1 while HANNOVER are 2-3-4 away from home , both wins coming against sides in bottom 6.

Other stats/news - The home side are unbeaten in 19 of their last 21 homes and have kept a clean sheet in 5 of the last 7 homes against Hannover in ALL comps .
SCHALKE have brought in NASTASIC from Man City to help shore up their defence .

HANNOVER have conceded twice in 5 of their last 6 league games.

A very strong H2H record in favour of the home side coupled with the fact they have ony lost once in the league this season points to a tasty 2.05 win .....HOWEVER this is the first game after the winter break and the pessimist in me likes the look of the 1.5 Draw-No-Bet from Wm Hills esp as SCHALKE lost 2 and drew once in 3 friendlies they played in the break.

Stake 10pts on SCHALKE D-n-B @ 1.5

SCHALKE 1-0 Returned 15pts



Sunday in the Eredivise see's AZ ALKMAAR at home to HERACLES .

H2h - 8-0-0

League form - AZ are sitting in 5th and still in with a shout at the 3rd spot which will qualify them for the Champions League.
At home they are 4-3-3 while HERACLES are 3-0-7 away from home .
The 3 sides AZ lost to are sitting between 3rd and 7th in the league.

One of those 3 away wins for HERACLES came against GA EAGLES who were down to 10 men after 21 min [0-0 at the time] and against UTRECHT the home team missed a pen to go 2-1 up in the first half then lost 3 in the 2nd half.

Other stats/news - AZ have all their regulars fit and available but HERACLES will be missing their central defender J Veldmate whilst new signing D Vujicevic is suspended.
AZ are unbeaten against HERACLES at home in all 12 homes in all comps [10-2-0] and have scored at least twice in the last 8 homes in all comps as well as been winning H/T - F/T in 6 of those 8.
Heracles have conceded at least twice in 10 of their last 12 aways and have not scored in their last 3 league matches [make it 6 in all comps]

Stake 15pts on AZ ALKMAAR @ 1.72 with Corals

SCHALKE v hannover 5-0-1 , 2.00 1-0

WESTERLO v cercle brugge 5-0-1 , 1.91 1-0


Sunday
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WERDER BREMEN v hertha 6-0-0 , 2.40 2-0

AZ ALKMAAR v heracles 8-0-0 , 1.67 3-1


AZ 3-1 ... Returned 25.80pts

Starting Bank - 100pts
Selections - 51
Wins - 38
Stake returned - 1
Current Bank - 188.67pts.

A couple of short odds Favs for Weds....

REAL MADRID v seville 6-0-1 , 1.30

OLYMPIAKOS v atromitos 7-0-1 , 1.20

Weds
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REAL MADRID v seville

H2h - 8-0-1

League form - REAL are top of LA LIGA and are 8-0-1 at home , scoring 31 and conceding only 6. That single loss came against city rivals ATHLETICO.
SEVILLE are 4th with an away record of 5-0-4 , the wins came against teams in 9th , 12th , 16th , 17th and 19th while they lost against the sides currently in 2nd , 3rd , 5th and 11th.

Other stats/news - REAL have won 16 of their last 17 homes in La Liga and have scored at least 3 goals in their last 7 homes .
They have scored at least twice in 11 of their last 12 homes against Seville in all comps and have been winning HT/FT in the last 4 of those homes v Seville.
SEVILLE seem to have had quite a few injuries to contend with since the start of the year.


Stake 10pts on REAL MADRID @ 1.30 with Stan James

REAL MADRID 2-1

Starting Bank - 100pts
Selections - 52
Wins - 39
Stake returned - 1
Current Bank - 191.67pts.

REAL MADRID v seville 2-1

OLYMPIAKOS v atromitos 2-1

An even quieter weekend than last ...

Saturday
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PSV v utrecht 16-0-0 , 1.25



Turkey - 17:00 - FEHNERBACHE v TRABZONSPOR

H2h - 11-5-0

League form - FEHNERBACHE are top of the table with a home record of 8-1-0 scoring 19 and conceding 8.
TRABZONSPOR are in 6th , 13pts behind FEHNER , with an away record of 1-5-2 .

Other stats /news - FEHNER are unbeaten at home in 32 games and have kept a clean sheet in the last homes against TRAB [ 2 of the last 3 were 0-0 draws]

I've considered this game on the basis that FEHNERBACHE have not LOST this fixture in at least the last 16 meetings .
The record more recently is 4-6-0 and looking at the away form of TRAB i can't discount the higher than normal chance [imo] of a draw .
Fortunately the Draw-No-Bet odds are appealing at 1.36 from bet365.

Stake 13pts on the Draw-no-Bet @ 1.36



Later on Saturday evening over in Holland we have PSV taking on UTRECHT

H2h - 16-0-0

League form - PSV are top of the EREDIVISE and are a very impressive 10-0-0 at home , scoring 32 and conceding only 5 while UTRECHT are in 12th spot with an away record of 4-2-5.

Other stats /news - PSV have won their last 11 homes in the league , and have kept a clean sheet in 5 of the last 7 homes v Utrecht.
UTRECHT have at least 4 out through injury and have defensive midfielder KALI suspended.

Looking at the h2h and league table this appears a no-brainer [famous last words !!] so IF there is a return from the the Turkish game it will all be going onto PSV who are currently 1.25 and will hopefully stay at those odds with StanJames / Boylesports.

FEHNER 0-0 Stake returned

Unfortunately the 1.25 has vanished but 1.22 is available from Corals and thats as low as i'm prepared to go so stake 13pts

PSV 3-1 Returned 15.86pts

Starting Bank - 100pts
Selections - 54
Wins - 40
Stake returned - 2
Current Bank - 194.53pts

Having difficulty finding a bet for tomorrow....

Fri
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PORTO v guimaraes 14-1-0 , 1.22


Sat
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LEVERKUSEN v wolfsburg 5-1-0 , 2.38

RAPID VIENNA v ried 14-2-0 , 1.60

Sun
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ROMA v parma 12-1-0 , 1.30

VALENCIA v getafe 7-0-1 , 1.45

ANDERLECHT v mechelen 10-0-0 , 1.50

AJAX v twente 5-1-0 , 2.00