There is no doubt that Barcelona have been dominant in this competition over their great rivals in recent years with victories in 2006 and 2009 and two other semi-finals. Real Madrid on the other hand have had a poor showing in the competition including embarrassing defeats like the 4-0 loss at Liverpool for example. But under Jose Mourinho then it has been clear this season that the combination of flair has well and truly been mixed with a strong work ethic. It is no surprise that Real Madrid are about to embark on their first Champions League semi-final since 2003.

It seems to be the case though that Madrid clearly have Mourinho to thank for where they are in this years competition. He not only knows how to win this competition having done so with Porto and Inter Milan but he also knows the secret to beating Barcelona. But to Real Madrid and their passionate fans then it would be unthinkable for their rivals to have won it three times since their last win in 2003. So for me and a lot more people then the consequences of the Champions League “El Clasico’s” that are about to be played at the end of April and early May could make them the biggest ever.

There is one more factor though about these games and it is the Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho’s love of winning this competition. It still hurts him what happened in 2005 when his Chelsea side lost the semi-final 1-0 to Liverpool by a goal that wasn’t. I really think that he wants to win this competition with every club that he manages and is why I simply do not think that he would go to any club that didn’t have the potential to do very well in this competition. This is why he may not reveal his true tactics until the Champions League games including the Copa Del Rey final against Barcelona.

For me then the biggest “El Clasico” has to be games like these for so many different reasons. This season, if Barcelona takes the league and cup but Real win the Champions League then Jose Mourinho will probably see that as honours even. But the consequences of losing the semi-final for Madrid fans could mean another treble for Barcelona and that would be unthinkable.

Read more about betting opportunities for Real Madrid vs Barcelona here!

This year’s Premier League has been the most interesting season in several years, since all the teams still have anything to play for. No team has run away from the rest of the teams in the top of the table and all of the teams in the bottom of the table still have the chance to avoid relegation.

In these two texts I will give you my best bettingtips for the coming round.  As I do sometimes I have chosen to split the text into two different posts since there are lots of matches to go through. First I will give you all the matches with the odds and then I will give you my best bettingtips for each match in this round. I will also give you my analyzes on why I bet like I do. All the odds are picked from bwin football sportsbetting.

Here are the first three matches in this round with the odds on each of them:

Manchester United vs. Manchester City odds – home win: 1.72, draw: 3.50, away win: 4.40

Arsenal FC vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers odds – home win: 1.22, draw: 5.50, away win: 12.00

Birmingham FC vs. Stoke City odds – home win: 2.45, draw: 3.10, away win: 2.85

And now I will give you my best tips and the odds + analyze:

Manchester United vs. Manchester City, my bettingtips: away win @ 4.40 in odds

It was long time ago that I thought that Manchester City actually could beat Manchester United in their own theater of dreams. But this time at least think that they have a reasonable chance to do it. Do you remember the last game between these two teams here at Old Trafford? Craig Bellamy scored 3 – 3 for City in the 90^th minute and everyone thought that the game was going to end with a draw. Even more when the announced four minutes where passed. But, somehow, Michael Owen managed to score 4 -3 to Manchester United when the clock stood on 95.30. You can call it furgie-time or whatever you want, but somehow this red machine manages to score these important goals.

That time the former united player and City-manager said that he understood why all the teams complained of all the advantages that Manchester United got while he was playing there but could not see from the same perspective.

What does this story actually have to do with my bet and bettingtips in this match? It’s as easy that City was almost close to win (or at least take one point) last year against Manchester United away. Now they have a stronger squad, are doing better in the league, and finally – they have a smarter manager. So I don’t think that this is a long shot. In addition to that, Manchester United lost their first league game in the last round against Wolverhampton away. I defiantly believe that Manchester city have the skills to disturb Sir Alex Ferguson’s team in this game and find the odds at 4.40 interesting on the away win in this derby.

Arsenal vs. Wolverhampton, my bettingtips: home win @ 1.22 in odds

Arsenal had the 0 – 4 lead away against Newcastle and everyone had counted in those three points for Arsenal. But in a strange way their game totally collapsed and Newcastle came closer and closer. Okay – it has to be said that Arsenal got an early red card in the beginning of the second half. And okay, Newcastle got two scores on Penalty. But it is still insane that Arsenal could “loose” two points that easy in the second half.

Because of that miss, I am pretty sure that Wolverhampton will pay the price in this game. Arsenal will win and they will do it comfortably. Even though Wolves took a strong win against Manchester United in the last round home at Mollineux, this is more or less mission impossible for them.  I actually think that 1.22 in odds on Gunners is a pretty valuable odds, even though it’s not that high. I really think that Arsenal will win this game and place a bet on them. I would also recommend you to keep an eye on the special bets (halftime/fulltime or handicap) on Arsenal.

Birmingham FC vs. Stoke City, my bettingtips draw @ 3.10 in odds

This is a pretty hard match to predict. My feeling says that Birmingham should be favorites, which they are, but the statistics says that Stoke is in a good form at the moment.  So this match can end in both directions. Or why not with a draw that both teams might be satisfied with?

I don’t find any other odds valuable to bet on, so my bettingtips on this game is a draw at 3.10 in odds.

In the next text I will give you my best bettingtips from the rest of the seven games in this round.

Blackburn Rovers vs. Newcastle United: odds – home win: 2.10, draw: 3.15, away win: 3.45

Blackpool FC vs. Aston Villa odds – home win: 3.20, draw: 3.40, away win: 2.10

Liverpool FC vs. Wigan Athletics odds – home win: 1.35, draw: 4.35, away win: 9.00

West Bromwich Albions vs. West Ham United odds – home win: 1.90, draw: 3.40, away win: 3.80

Sunderland AFC vs. Tottenham Hotspurs odds – home win: 2.75, draw: 3.20, away win: 2.45

Bolton Wanderers vs. Everton FC odds – home win: 2.60, draw: 3.20, away win: 2.60

Fulham FC vs. Chelsea FC odds – home win: 4.75, draw: 3.50, away win: 1.70

And here is my best bettingtips, odds and analyzes for these games:

Blackburn Rovers vs. Newcastle United, my bettingtips: draw @ 3.15 in odds

Newcastle came back from 0 – 4 to 4 – 4 in the second half, at their own home ground in their last match and that was one of the greatest pickups I have ever experienced.  Not only that they managed to score four goals and “steal” a point, they did it against one of the best teams in the league – Arsenal.   

Blackburn is normally a strong home side, and I agree with bwin odds that they are favorites in this game. But I do not agree on that Blackburn Rovers should be such big favorites as they have become. And that’s why I think that draw is a better pick to bet on. So my first bettingtips in this text is a draw in this game at 3.15 in odds.

Blackpool FC vs. Aston Villa, my bettingtips away win @ 2.10 in odds

Blackpool is this year’s big surprise in Premier League. Until just a couple of rounds ago it felt like they could beat any team in the league, but lately they have started to fall in the table. Blackpool stands with five losses in row now, and my question is how the players and managers will react on their first adversity of the year.

Aston Villa on the other hand is going stronger and stronger now and has started to climb in the league table. My feeling is that Aston Villa will win this game even though the match is on Blackpool’s home arena, and I find 2.10 in odds valuable to bet on. Aston Villa gets my bettingtips in this match.

Liverpool FC vs. Wigan Athletics, my bettingtips home win @ 1.35 in odds

Liverpool has finally found their play and is standing on four straight wins at the moment. At the moment Kenny Dalglish seems to be the perfect solution as manager at Liverpool FC. Liverpool plays with great confidence and then remember that neither Andy Carroll nor Luis Suarez has actually played that much. I think that Liverpool will be a danger opponent to play against for any team now and they showed that against Chelsea last week when they won at Stanford Bridge with 0 – 1. In this game I am pretty sure that Liverpool will take the win and 1.35 in odds is okay for me, my bettingtips goes to the home side.

West Bromwich Albions vs. West Ham United, away win @ 3.80 in odds

West Ham United is still in the bottom of the league, but lately they at least started to take some points. According to me, this is a pretty open game where West Brom has become to big favorites according to the odds. They don’t have a strong form at the moment and have dropped some places in the table compared to the beginning of Premier League. I find the odds on West Ham very interesting and chose to bet on the away win here.

Sunderland AFC vs. Tottenham Hotspurs, my bettingtips away win @ 2.45 in odds

This is also a hard game to predict in advantage. And that fact is also shown in the odds on each side. Even bwin find it hard to separate the teams to much. I find Tottenham as the better team, nothing to talk about there. But the fact that Champions League is coming next week, and the fact that Sunderland are pretty hard opponents when they play home at Stadium of light makes this bet hard to make. But if I have to take a side I choose to place my bet on Tottenham anyway at 2.45 in odds.

Bolton Wanderers vs. Everton FC, bettingtips away win @ 2.60 in odds

 Well, I just spoke about though and tight matches to predict, and here we defiantly got another one. Both according to me and according to bwin since they have exact the same odds on both home win and away win. Everton is a bit stronger at the moment and Bolton has lost some easy points lately. So my bettingtips goes to Everton at 2.60 in odds.

Fulham FC vs. Chelsea FC, my bettingtips away win @ 1.70 in odds

Chelsea had the chance to come closer to the top teams after Manchester United lost and Arsenal only took one point in their last game. But even Chelsea lost their game home against Liverpool and the gap to Manchester United is still 10 points. Chelsea just has to win this game, and since they are in a good shape even though they lost their last game I believe that they will win in this London-derby. My last bettingtips of this round goes to Chelsea at 1.70 in odds.

Best luck with your betting on Premier League wishes

/Amrish

Next round is on the weekend, which is normal on this time of the year when the games come a bit more often then in the beginning of the league. I will give you my best bettingtips on every game that is played in this round, which is spread over several days. First of all I am going to give you all the matches and all the odds so that you can have an overview, and then I will give you my best bettingtips per each match. I will choose to split the text into two texts. All the odds are picked from bwin football betting:

Aston Villa vs. Sunderland, odds: home win: 2.05   draw: 3.35  away win: 3.40

FC Arsenal vs. Manchester City, odds: home win 1.70 draw 3.75  away win: 4.40

Newcastle United vs. West Ham United, odds: home win: 1.80 draw: 3.60  away win: 4.00

Wolverhampton Wanderers vs. FC Chelsea, odds: home win: 6.50 draw: 3.80   away win: 1.50

And here is my best bettingtips for these four matches:

Aston Villa vs. Sunderland, bettingtips:  draw @ 3.35 in odds

Aston Villa is my favourites in this game thanks to their home advantage, but they have not played as well as I thought that they would do, before this season started. They have already sacked their first manager (Martin O’neal) and brought in Gerard Houllier instead of him. But that haven’t either given that positive effect that I think the club was hoping to get.

Sunderland on the other hand has been playing better then I thought and they are hard to defeat. In this game I think that Aston Villa has become to big favourites with “only” 2.05 in odds, which is not value to bet on according to me. I have been thinking which best is the best in this game, draw or away win and came to the conclusion that draw probably is most value bet.

Arsenal vs. Manchester City, bettingtips: draw @ 3.75 in odds

What a great game between two teams that are challenging Manchester United in the top of the table. Both these teams have been going strongly in the last couple of matches and are fighting in the absolute top of the league. My feeling is that Arsenal is a really strong side home at Emirates stadium but that Manchester City can beat any team in the league when they are playing as best. Arsenal is defiantly a favourite to win this game thanks to their home advantage, but the odds (1.70) is way to low to bet on.

Arsenal outplayed Chelsea here at Emirates just after Christmas, but Chelsea’s form is very bad at the moment, so don’t be fooled by that win. And Manchester City has also been playing very well lately so Roberto Manchini is safe on his place as manager.

If Arsenal would pay about 1.90 – 2.00 in odds I would bet on Arsenal, but since we only get 1.70 in odds on the home win, I find 3.75 in odds on draw way more interesting, so that is my bettingtips on this match.

Newcastle United vs. West Ham United, bettingtips home win @ 1.80 in odds

West Ham is in the bottom of the league, while Newcastle is about in the middle. But since West ham sacked Gianfranco Zola and replaced him with Avram Grant they have started to take more points and at least have connection with the teams above the relegation mark.  Newcastle has also sacked their former manager, but it was quite a controversial decision from the owner, because they went well above expectations and that the old manager was also loved by both players and fans.

But that is history now, and now the players and supporters have to stand behind their team and the new manager. Newcastle has Andy Carroll on top and that is one of the best players in the league. I would guess that he is playing for the nation team very soon. He, together with the other players has a good chance to win home against West Ham and I try 1.80 in odds on the home win.

Wolverhampton Wanderers vs. FC Chelsea, bettingtips home win @ 6.50 in odds

This might be a really long shot, but I just cannot bet on Chelsea to the odds that they are standing at. Chelsea has only won one game in their last 8 – 9 games and are falling apart. Something is really wrong with the club, and since Abrahmovic sacked their assistant manager I can’t recognize Chelsea any more.

Wolves are struggling in the bottom of the table and even though the results haven’t gone their way, they still fight in every game. And that is a fact that I think can be the difference in this game. As I wrote, this bet is a big risk bet. But I still think that it is way more valuable to bet on Wolves in this game then on Chelsea.

The rest of the games of this round will be presented in next text.

Top reasons why you just have to watch the world cup:

• Even if your national team isn’t part of the thirty two qualifying teams, they is always some thing of interest, players will be signing up for possibly new teams and you might want to see who signs up with your favorite team.

• South Africa is generally a country rich in wildlife to appreciate and sites to enjoy seeing which gives you something to enjoy even if football isn’t your type of fantasy. To add on that, they are some events to see and a lot to learn specially if you are a foreigner.

• They are basically thirty two teams and they is a team or two from each continent which gives you enough teams to support just in case your team doesn’t make it. Better still you can choose to support the team of your favorite football star, neighboring national team or pick a well performing team when you are there.

• Unlike many live tournaments, such as in free poker or such, the time difference isn’t that much. You can enjoy the even more matches while you still enjoy your sleep-full nights, they is no need to sleep late or wake up too early. Even if you balancing g the excitement with your work, its possible as you wont need too much time off work.

• With technology still taking its course, even if you enjoy watching from you big screen at home you are set to feel the thrill and the excitement of the event. Sony is promising nothing less than their latest and best equipment for the capturing of the moments and a 3D camera. You quality TV will seem like you are part of the team pushing for a goal.

• Local bars are also set to bring a new dimension to the event, you can have your friends socializing, drinking your favorite drinks while your eyes are glued to the screen. After all watching with other soccer fans is much more fun.

• You can make the most of the world cup time. Go out for a holiday with your family and enjoy the event somewhere you have never been, that should bring much more memories than just the sporting event.

• This is the first time the world cup is being held in the African continent. Each and every African country is getting geared to have all the visitors feeling at home and inspire the world, be part of history-in-the-making.

So, avoid disappointments and book yourself for the event of the year in South Africa.

Since some of the teams has lot to play for and other teams nothing you might see that some of the odds might feel a bit “strange” compared how it would be if both of the teams almost had the same motivation to fight for the win. This is an interesting fact for you people who bet on football betting to have in mind before this round.

The last group match in Champions League is always interesting from a betting perspective just because of the fact that I wrote about. So what I am going to do in these two texts is that I am going to give you bettingtips and odds from two of the groups (E + F) that is played on Wednesday. In addition, I will give you some extra, special bets, besides the 1-x-2 bettingtips. But I will start all the group analyzes with the pre conditions for each group, so that you know which teams have what to play for:

Group ET

his is interesting from the view that it is precisely three points between each team. It also means that all teams have something to play for. However, there is no question about that it is the fight for second place in the group that is most alive and interesting.

Bayern Munich leads the group with 12 points and also has a pretty strong goal difference. This means that they are already ready for the next round and are pretty sure to win the group as well. Roma is second in the group with 9 points and minus one in goal difference. Basel is third with 6 points and even goal difference and Romanian Cluj has the last position with 3 points, moreover, they have poor goal difference.

This means that Roma need to take at least one point to secure to advance from the group. Basel has a small chance to go to the knockout stage, but they must first win away against Bayern Munich away and at the same time hope that Roma do not take any point against Cluj away.

The odds, and my best bettingtips for this group (all the odds are picked from bwin football sportsbetting):

CFR Cluj vs. AS Roma, odds: home win 5.50 in odds, draw 3.40 in odds and away win 1.65 in odds

My bettingtips: Draw @ 3.40 in odds

As I wrote earlier, this is a rather tricky group. But still one must be realistic in Cluj by not having too much hope to take third place, which would mean that they go trough to play in the European League in the spring. Roma should be satisfied with one point, since that would mean that they secures second place in the group and get to the playoff in the Champions League.

Roma have played quite poorly both in the league (Serie A) and in the Champions League, at least according to their ambitions before this season. They should be pleased that they have got into such an easy group as Roma still have been compared with several other teams in the Champions League. I think the odds on Roma are a little too low in this game since they only give 1.65 in the odds. It is a too low for me to give you that tips as the best bettingtips in this game. Instead, I think that 3.40 in the odds that the match ends in a draw feel much better. A draw is always tricky to bet on, but in this team, I think it feels right. So I choose draw as my bettingtips in this game at 3.40 in odds.

FC Bayern Munich vs. FC Basel, odds: home win 1.60 in odds, draw 4.00 in odds and away win 4.80 in odds

My bettingtips: FC Bayern Munich (Home team) to win @ 1.60 in odds

If this would not be that Bayern Munich had nothing to play for and Basel had much to play, the odds would “normally” be standing at approximately 1.35 on the win for Bayern Munich. Now they pay 1.60 instead and that is to high difference in odds then I had expected. Because according to me Bayern Munich is still the stronger team even if they rest some regular players in today’s match. I think 1.60 in the odds is worth playing at and it is therefore my betting tips in this match.

Basel, on the other hand, might had paid around 8 – 10 in the odds if this were a normal game. In this match to give the less then 5.00 in the odds and, as you probably understand, it also feels too low for me to think it is worth betting on even if they have much more to play for.

My odds and bettingtips for Group F will follow in the next text a bit down

Group F

In group F, Chelsea has been unbelievably great. They have won all five matches in the Champions League so far and is the only team that has maximum points in the group stage. It is also one of the reasons that make Chelsea one of the favourites to win the Champions League even though they are having an extremely bad form in the league at the moment.

Behind the sovereigns Chelsea, there are two teams fighting, Marseille and Spartak Moscow to take the second place in the group. But I do not know if it is so much fighting really, because the difference between these two teams are three points to Marseille’s advantage and twelve goals up for Marseilles. At the last place in this group, we find Zlina from Slovakia, which still have not taken a single point in the group stage in the five games that they have played.

The odds and my best bettingtips from this group (all odds is from bwin football tips:

MKS Zlina vs. Spartak Moscow, odds: home win 2.95 in odds, draw 3.35 in odds and away win 2.25 in odds

My bettingtips: MKS Zlina (Home team) to win @ 2.95 in odds

I find it difficult to decide on the outcome of this match. Zlina has been clearly the worst in this group, but now their opponents do not have much to play for the first time.

Certainly, Moscow has small chance and “something” to play for but they cannot possibly believe in themselves that they can pass Marseille when they have to bring in three points and impossible 12 goals difference to take the second place?

Zlina has 2 – 17 in goal difference so actually I should not believe that they would have a chance to win this game. But, somehow I have a feeling that they will take a win in this last game. I cannot actually explain what else then the fact that I think that they will be hungrier to win the last game and that they will have the higher motivation speaks for a home win in this game.

Zlina pays almost 3 times in odds and the Russian pays 2.25 in odds. I do not feel that 2.25 interest me in this game so I choose to put my bet on the Slovakian team. However, I would not recommend you to bet high stakes on this bettingtips since Zlina still are standing without points.

Marseille vs. Chelsea, odds: home win 2.25 in odds, draw 3.25 in odds and away win 3.20 in odds

My bettingtips: Chelsea (away team) to win @ 3.20 in odds

Chelsea is a strange side so far into this season. They have won all their five games in Champions League and done it by showing great strength. Chelsea has 14 – 3 in goal difference and that is impressing as well. At the same time, they are going really really bad in the league with only 3 points in the last 6 games. What makes those stats even stranger is that they started strong in the league as well and looked hard to beat at all. This is probably the toughest game in Champions League for the London side. Marseille is a very competent opponent and they are hard to beat at Stade Velodrome (their home ground).

But after Chelsea’s bad results in the league I am pretty sure that Carlo Angelotti (Chelsea’s manager) would like to take a win before the next league game. Even though Chelsea has won all their matches in Champions League so far they pay as high as 3.20 in odds in this game. Marseille at the same time pays very low in odds compared to their opponent. Think that Manchester United, AC Milan and several other teams pays higher odds as Champions League winners than Chelsea does.

I just have to try 3.20 in odds on Chelsea and pick the away win as my best tips here.

In addition, here is a special bet from one of these matches:

Marseille vs. Chelsea, over 2.5 goals in the match @ 2.02 in odds

Chelsea has scored 14 goals in 5 games which almost becomes an average of three made goals. Besides that, they have even let some goals in. Marseille also plays quite scoring games since they have done as much as 11 goals in five matches and let in three backwards.

Chelsea is often playing an offence football in Champions League and score a lot. I am a bit surprised that the odds on the bet that it will be under 2.5 goals (which means two goals or less totally in this game) is paying less than the over 2.5 goals bet.

According to me this is a game that I think will end over 2.5 goals more times then under. Chelsea doesn’t have any pressure on them, but still they need to start scoring for their coming league matches and for their self confidence. So I find this bettingtips very valuable to bet on.

Good luck with your Champions League betting

/Amrish

The Italian team is one of most successes team in the world and once again you can think of good soccer from the team. It has won different world cup from 1934 to 2006. The latest win was in 2006 world cup. The team is on the third position in the FIFA soccer ranking. The Argentina is on the top of the ranking and Brazil follows it however Spain is on the fourth rank. The team has performed nicely in 1970 and 1994 where it was runner up. 1990 saw this team at the third place and it was at the fourth place in 1978 soccer world cup.
They get great support from the soccer fans of the country. The fans follow the game madly. The fans have got everything to follow and boost the confidence of the team. It is world champion right now and ready to save its crown. The 2010 soccer world cup which going to be held in the South Africa will be great place to watch the great matches. The team is full of self confidence that once again they are going to win the tournament. However there are other teams which will give this team great fight such as Argentina and Brazil. The team is ready to play with its great potential.

As for as success in the world cup is concern; the Italy is the second country after Brazil. The team is ready to defend the title which it won in 2006 soccer world cup. It is the team which has won world cup title four times so you can imagine that it is one of the best teams in the world. It has great players who can turn around the game in any moment. It’s been said that current team has the best players of the history of Italy. The Fabio Cannavaro is one of the winning team members who started playing international games in 1997. He was the captain of the team in 2006. He is around 37 years however he is the key player. Every opponent would like to stop him in the field.

The most of the wining team members will be playing the world cup. This team has oldest players among other team only four team members are around 25 years of age. The Marcello Lippi is returned from the retirement to retain the world cup. This team saw few failures however it is ready to face the challenges. The Italy is one of the easiest groups.

According to me, the serious stage started right now, with the third game, because the teams that have started worse then expected have to start win now, to still have a realistic chance to win their grope. The presumptions are that all the grope-winners are directly qualified to the European Championship 2012 and the best second placed team as well. The rest of all the second placed teams will play a play-off (home and away) to complement the 16 teams that will participate in the championship.

In these, coming two texts I will give you my best bettingtips and odds for the matches that I think is most valuable bets. I have chosen to split it into two different texts because of that there is many matches to bet on and many odds. If you want to see all the matches that you can bet on in this round of European Championship’s qualification round, I suggest that you visit bwin football odds and see which tips and odds you find tempting to bet on.

Here are my best tips:

Kazakhstan vs. Belgium, odds -  home win: 6.75, draw: 4.10, away win: 1.45

My bettingtips: Kazakhstan vs. Belgium – away win @ 1.45 in odds

This is a game in grope A, where both of the teams have lost both their matches so far in the qualification. However, I have a strong feeling for Belgium in this game. Sometimes the facts and statistics do not give you the complete picture of the truth and this table is a brilliant prove of that. Because Belgium has played against two of the worse competitors already while Kazakhstan have had an easier start.

Belgium lost at home against Germany in a game that they was playing even against the bronze medallists from the World cup and after that they was close to beat Turkey away but just lost after have got one red card and Turkey turned the game to their favour.

Belgium has an interesting squad this year, more interesting then in a long time. They have many talented players both in the Premier League and young players coming up from their own league. They have made a generation switch which makes it even more interesting. My feeling is that My feeling is that Belgium is way better then Kazakhstan and should win this game even though they are playing away. The odds on Belgium is 1.45 and that are enough for me to bet on them, so that is my first bettingtips.

My second bettingtips from European Championship qualification:

Czech Republic vs. Scotland, odds – home win: 1.70, draw: 3.40, away win: 5.00

My bettingtips: Czech Republic vs. Scotland – home win @ 1.70 in odds

Scotland surprisingly leads this grope (Grope I), but even this time I think that the fact is lying a bit. First of all Scotland has played two matches compared to both Spain and Czech Republic, which are my two favourites in this grope. Second, Scotland has had two easy games so far in this grope against Lithuania and Lichtenstein. Even though they have had two pretty “easy” games they dropped two points against Lithuania and only won with 2 – 1 against Lichtenstein which is way weaker then I had expected.

I saw some of Scotland’s games before the qualification started as well and they have not impressed on me so far. It should be said that Czech Republic was a big disappointment in their first game as well where they lost against Lithuania, but I know that they have way more talent then what was shown in that game.

My feeling is that Czech has great chances to win this game and that the odds is very good here. I would recommend a high stake on this bet since this is one of the best tips in this round. Since Spain is in this grope as well besides these two teams (and for example Lithuania) I think that this is a really important game. I just cannot se how Spain won’t win this grope.

Compared to these teams positions and players I find Czech is better on most of the positions so I bet on 1.70 in odds and really hope that I have made the correct analyze here.

Albania vs. Bosnia, odds: home win: 3.25, draw: 3.15, away win: 2.15

My bettingtips: Albania vs. Bosnia – Away win @ 2.15

Another very interesting bet and odds according to me. Bosnia was very close to qualify to the world cup last year and they have really made great progresses in their game. It is easy to forget, but Bosnia has some of the best attacking players in whole Europe. I am sure that they will fight very well in this grope, and I think that they have good chances to reach European Championship this time.

Albania have shown good defence when they play against better teams on their own home ground, but since Bosnia have so many alternatives on their attacking line I think that the odds 2.15 on the away win feels good. They get my tips in this game.

More matches, bets and odds will come up in next text

I am really looking forward to Chelsea vs Liverpool on Sunday, but even Monday’s game between Aston Villa vs Manchester City feels interesting.

I will list all the matches that is played this round in Premier League with the odds from bwin football betting and then give you my best pick for the round:

Bolton 3.15 draw 3.25 Tottenham Hotspur 2.10

Burnley 2.20 draw 3.20 Birmingham City 3.00

Hull City 2.40 draw 3.15 Wigan Athletic 2.70

Wolverhampton 2.00 draw 3.30 Portsmouth 3.35

Manchester Utd 1.20 draw 5.50 Sunderland 11.50

FC Arsenal 1.25 draw 5.05 Blackburn Rovers 9.50

FC Everton 1.65 draw 3.40 Stoke City 4.90

West Ham 2.20 draw 3.20 Fulham 3.00

FC Chelsea 1.85 draw 3.20 FC Liverpool 4.00

Aston Villa 2.25 draw 3.30 Manchester City 2.80

My pick of the week is a multi-play with two matches:

Manchester United vs Sunderland, home win + Arsenal vs Blackburn, home win total odds: 1.50

I know that this isn’t an all too brave bet, but those who have followed my bets for a longer time knows that I usually don’t bet on the biggest favourites. But this time I really think that both these teams will take pretty easy wins and that’s why I think that 50 % profit is a pretty god payback.

Here’s my thought about these two games and why I pick them as my bets of this round:

Manchester United vs Sunderland

Manchester United has only lost one game so far and that lost came against Burnley, very surprisingly. Beside that they have won all their six matches. It’s very rare that Manchester united drops points against opponents like Sunderland home at Old Trafford.

Sunderland impressed on me with their 5 – 2 win against Wolverhampton last week, but I saw the match and it was way too big compared to how they played. Sunderland got two penalties and at least the first was a wrong decision from the ref. At the same time Wolves deserved go get one penalty that they never got

Man Utd played in Champions league on Wednesday and that might be the only reason why to not bet on them in this match, but they have lots of players to rotate on and I am pretty sure that Sir Alex Ferguson al ready has counted in that in his tactics.

I just can’t se how Manchester united can draw or loose this game and that’s why I pick this as my first pick out of two. With the prerequisite that we have they win at least 5 out of 6 matches like this.

Arsenal – Blackburn

Even Arsenal played Champions league this week. But that’s no excuse to not to win this match against Blackburn Rovers at home.

Blackburn won against Aston Villa last week after a penalty in the 90^th minute. But I am not so impressed with their performance this year either. Blackburn has lost some important key-players this summer and I think that they will fight in the bottom half of the table.

I saw Arsenals match against Olympiakos on Thursdays Champions league round and they really impressed on me. The score was only written 2 – 0, but seen to the chances that they created It would had been more like 6 or 7 – 0.

They totally mashed down the Greek side and Nikopolidis, goalkeeper in Olympiakos, probably played one of his best games ever. It was play against their goal through out the whole game and why it took over 70 min until Arsenal got their first goal is a riddle for me.

In the beginning of this season Arsenal had lots of injuries but now more and more players have come back and on the attacking side they are almost complete now. Arshavin is playing brilliant football at the moment and with players like Van Persie, Fabregas and Eduardo available I can’t se how Blackburn can bring any points home from this match. Even Rosicky is back as winger and now its only Walcott left.

Arsenal has soo many players that can make the difference in a game like this and if they produce half as many chances as they did against Olympiakos, I am pretty sure they will win.

And with that fact I bet Arsenal + Manchester United to a total odds of 1.50.

Best regards

/Amrish