Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Watford - Fulham / Bournemouth - Wolverhampton (Championship)

During the week is the intermediate 35-round in the Championship. We offer you our forecasts adviced by football picks for two meetings of the program for Tuesday.

Watford - Fulham

In this game we will escape the bet on victory of one of the two teams and will look at the excellent factor option for under 2.5 goals.

Watford is in good form of scoring goals. Fulham are not particularly effective in attack and the defense led by Bulgarian national Nikolay Bodurov difficult allowed goals. "Cottagers" are with increased confidence after domestic success with 2:0 over the leaders Derby County on Saturday.

Fulham recorded three zero draws this season, two of which were as a guest.
Watford is the teams with better shape in the Championship. In five of the last seven games of the team have fallen over 2.5 goals, but there are three wins with 1:0 at home since Christmas.

Recommended Bet: Under 2.5 goals @ 2.30 at bet365

Bournemouth - Wolverhampton

When we look at the current form of the two teams we can expect a surprise success for the underdog.

Bournemouth lost the victory in their last five games in the Championship and the only one strong team, who managed to defeat since Christmas is Watford. Their other successes were against Rotherham, Millwall and Wigan, which are fighting for their survival. The current shape of the team is definitely not encouraging for those who would like to bet on their success.

Wolves in turn won four of their last five games, marked many goals, and their form as guests is remarkable by mid-December. Kenny Jackett`s boys have played eight games away from home, as won five of them, with two draws, and their only loss was by the team of Norwich. For this period, they defeated Watford, Blackburn and Cardiff without conceding a goal.

In their last four wins "wolves" have scored 13 goals and victory today will bring them closer with two points from their rival today.

Recommended bet: For Wolverhampton @ 4.80

Monday, February 23, 2015

Monaco - Montpellier (Ligue 1)

Monaco accepts Montpellier at the stadium "Louis II" in a meeting of the 25th round of Ligue 1. The odds for the game offered by the leading bookmaker bet365 are as follows: 1.67 for a home win, with a draw at 3.50 and 6.00 for the victory of the guests. The hosts take the fifth place in the standings with a total of 40 points and Montpellier is seventh with four points less than his opponents. Here at "Louis II", Monaco is unbeaten from Montpellier for 15 consecutive matches.

Monaco is in an excellent series of eight consecutive games unbeaten (6 wins and 2 draws) until the last 24th round where was defeated by the 10th Guingamp. The team continues to participate in the Cup of France, where in the last round defeated Rennes with 3-1. Dimitar Berbatov began to apply much criticism from the French press and even was left on the bench in the final round, but for the upcoming game is expected to be a starter. With injuries remain midfielders Joao Moutinho, Tiemoue Bakayoko, defender Ricardo Carvalho and Andrea Raggi.

Montpellier is in seventh place, but there are chances to qualify for a top position. In the last round, Montpellier has been overtaken by Lille with 1-2 at home. With injures in the camp are Karim Ait-Fana and Jonas Martin.

Prediction Monaco - Montpellier: 1
Security: 7/10
Odds: 1.60 at bet365

Sunday, February 22, 2015

Athletic Bilbao - Barcelona (Primera Division)

On Sunday at "San Mames", Athletic Bilbao welcomes Barcelona in a match of the 22nd round of the Spanish Primera Davison. Both teams always make interesting games with each other. There is no doubt that Sunday evening will be exciting despite the different positions and objectives of the compositions. The odds for the game offered by the leading bookmaker bet365 are as follows: 9.00 for a home win, with a draw at 5.25 and 1.33 for the victory of the guests.

Basques occupy the 12th place with a total of 23 points. Athletic Bilbao has not won in seven consecutive games in La Liga, but in the last round this series was stopped. This happened after success as a guest over Levante with 2:0. The team is in the middle of the table, but the relegation zone does not seem so far. Athletic Bilbao has difficulties in scoring goals; the last six games of the teams finished under 2.5 goals. The only player with injury in their camp is right defender Andoni Iraola.

The Catalan giant is second with 50 points collected; four behind the leader Real Madrid. Barcelona has the strongest defence in La Liga, allowed only 11 hits. In the last round, the team won over Villarreal with 3:2 at home. The team has eight consecutive wins in all competitions, in seven of them scored three or more goals. Offensive trio - Messi, Neymar and Suarez shows great understanding and keep shooting. Coach Luis Enrique can`t rely on permanently injured defender Thomas Vermaelen.

Barcelona lost once in the last 23 direct matches against Athletic Bilbao, but at "San Mames", "Barcelona" always plays hard. Despite the strong form of the Catalan giants, we can look for surprise bet on a draw.

Prediction Athletic Bilbao - Barcelona: Draw
Security: 5/10
Odds: 5.25 at bet365

Saturday, February 21, 2015

Inzaghi will stay ahead of AC Milan until the end of the season

The coach Filippo Inzaghi will continue to lead Milan at least until the end of the season. The boss of the club Silvio Berlusconi and Vice President Adriano Galliani reached this decision in today`s meeting in Arcore, informs "Gazzetta dello Sport". Bosses discussed option to take the coach Mauro Tassotti, but ultimately decided to leave Super Pipo to work in peace until the end of the campaign. In June they will make an analysis of the work done by the young specialist, then Berlusconi and Galliani will decide how to proceed.

Meanwhile, the legendary Italian striker Gianluca Vialli said that the team of Inzaghi has no any game appearance. The former Chelsea manager has been one of the leading analysts, as today he doesn`t speak kindly to Milan. "Under the leadership of Inzaghi, Milan has no style and shows erratic play. The team reached to equality very hard", said the former big star of Sampdoria and Juventus.

John Terry: Courtois saved us

Chelsea`s defender John Terry admitted that his team was lucky to hold 1:1 draw in their visit to Paris Saint-Germain in eighth-finals of the Champions League. According to him, gratitude for this result from football tipster is for the goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, who made some great saves. Now, Londoners are in an excellent position before the second leg of the "Bridge".

"In the first half both teams are studying and the match was equivalent, as we were able to open the result. The second part was quite difficult for us. Thibault made some great saves to keep us in the game and leave with a good draw. Last year we complicated our things before the second leg of the "Bridge", but now we are in much better position. See, PSG is a very good team, especially up front. It will be quite difficult for us, but our chances are better compared to last season, "said Terry.

He highlighted the wonderful performance of goalkeeper Courtois and his competition with Petr Cech for the titular position in the frame.

"He is from another class. During the week, Peter made some great saves and brought us three points. Thibault returned to the door today and also has been fantastic. The competition in the composition is merciless, but this is exactly what we need," added the captain.

Monday, February 16, 2015

Mancini: This is Inter that I want to see

The coach of Inter, Roberto Mancini has been very pleased with the victory with 3:0 over Palermo last night. He said after the game that he wants to see his team like this and believes that with time, the team will begin to achieve desired results mentioned by football picks .

"Tonight I saw this Inter that I want. This was our performance in matches against Napoli and Sassuolo. Only against Empoli we were not at the required level, while other games have failed because of rough mistakes. We have to continue to train hard and things will fall into place. Maybe we need a dose of luck, "said Mancini.

Ivanovic: We took very important three points

Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic has been a hero for his team again in the success with 2:1 over Aston Villa. Serb scored the winning goal in the match and with this victory "blues" now have a lead of 7 points ahead of pursuer Manchester City. That`s why defender believes that these are very important three points for his team.

"We can`t relax. We took three important points. The match was tough, but I think we deservedly won. We knew that the opponent did not score a lot of time and put him under pressure, but for us there was tension of this fact, because we expected that they would want to respond to the situation. Again, I say that these are very valuable points. However, we must keep concentration. There are 14 games till the end. Seven points is a good lead, but things can change very quickly, "said Ivanovic.