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European Football Match Betting Tips 12th
to 14th
March 2010
Using the
football betting odds from top
sports bookmaker bwin.com we attempt to unravel the complexities
surrounding the European Football markets. Below is my picks from this
weeks betting markets and a
suggested bet. The matches come from the Bundesliga in Germany, La Liga in Spain, Serie A in Italy and
Ligue 1 in
France.
Bundesliga – (Friday) Schalke 04 19/20 Draw 9/4 VfB Stuttgart 57/20
Fridays evening kick-off
sees Schalke 04 host Stuttgart. Schalke are riding on the crest of a
wave currently
standing in second place in the Bundesliga. They have won
nine of thirteen matches when playing at home,
with Stuttgart managing
only four wins away in twelve played this season. Led by giant striker
Kevin Kuranyi,
who has enjoyed interest from Premiership clubs, will be
hoping to add to his haul of thirteen goals so far this
season.
Stuttgart threw away a two goal lead against Werder Bremen in their last
match and they will find
things very tough against one of the league
leaders in this match away from home. My tip is for Schalke to
win this
match at 19/20, which is close to even money.
La Liga –
(Sunday) Racing Santander 5/4 Draw 9/4 Real Zaragoza 41/20
This match is selected
because in La Liga this week there are lots of heavy favourites versus
weaker teams
and bottom sides facing teams very close to them in the
league which is tough to call in terms of a betting
choice. La Liga is
certainly a tricky football betting proposition this week. Both of these
clubs are in relegation
trouble only just above the relegation spots.
Racing drew 0-0 away to Valencia which was a good result for
them.
Zaragoza drew 1-1 against Bilbao which is also a good performance. My
feelings here are that if you
must put a bet on La Liga this week this
match offers decent value for the draw at 9/4. Both teams have
struggled
but shown glimpses of recovery and they may cancel each other out in
this match with both teams
currently improving.
Serie A (Friday) Catania
31/10 Draw 11/5 Inter Milan 9/10
Catania is in fifteenth place in Serie A and has only conceded one goal
in their last three games. They have
only scored once in those three
games however. Inter Milan have stuttered in the league drawing four of
their last five games but they remain at the summit of Serie A in first
place. I think football betting fans can
back Inter to win this match as
the bookmaker has to cover the draw at a low price given the recent
results
of both clubs. I think Inter will win the league and they should
not lose this match but they will be fighting
to get back on track with
a win. Can they do it? Inter at 9/10 is my tip with the league leaders
re-emerging
as a title favourites!
Ligue 1
(Saturday) FC Lorient 19/20 Draw 11/5 RC Lens 29/10
I like to back a team that
is playing at home against a side much lower in the league. Although
there is only
six points between them the league places are FC Lorient
in ninth place and Lens in fifteenth. The pressure
is on Lens to avoid
getting involved in the relegation scrap and we saw in England with Hull
City last season
just what that pressure can do to your league
performance. Lorient has a +10 goal difference so we can
assume leaking
goals as been their problem. With their home fans behind them they may
do better. A 1-1
draw against Marseille in their last match was a good
result. Lens should struggle away from home as their
seasons form is won
two, draw three and lost eight this season indicating a real chance for
the home team
to prevail. I back Lorient to win this match at 19/20.
If you place a £10
accumulator bet on all of the selections above you would return
including your stake
£234.90. Without including the draw tip and
therefore making the bet a treble for the three win selections,
your
return for a £10 including your stake would be £72.25.
Good luck with all of your
European Football Betting this weekend.
By
Malcolm Clarke
European Football Match Betting Tips 26th
feb to 27th Feb 2010
Archive
European football betting is a great way to give your soccer betting
that Continental flavour each weekend.
There are so many football
matches to bet on throughout the sports betting markets that surely
there is one
great bet to take advantage of in each league? We aim to
find that in this weekly tipping guide. Using the
football betting odds from bwin here are
my picks for the best match of the German, Spanish, Italian and
French
football league match schedule. There is even a suggested bet you may
wish to place.
Bundesliga - VFB Stuttgart
11/20 Draw 11/4 Eintracht Frankfurt 97/20
Betting
on the Bundesliga is tight this week with many marginal matches.
Stuttgart are the heavy favourites
for this match but two places below
Frankfurt in the league which makes me interested in betting on this
match. They drew 1-1 with Barcelona in the Champions league which was a
good performance. Frankfurt is
doing well in the league and had a
goalless draw against Hamburger SV recently. I think this match will be
drawn at 11/4 with Eintracht fans certainly getting a bit of value for
the away win which is possible given
the teams league positions.
La Liga
– Getafe
4/5 Draw 12/5 Real Zaragoza 33/10
My main
reason for taking Getafe for this bet is the league positions of the
respective teams. Getafe is eighth
in the league whilst Zaragoza
is one place above the relegation places. Playing at home, Getafe are
the
obvious favourites for this match. Zaragoza
lost to Sporting Gijon in their last match playing at home and
will not
relish playing away to a side expecting to avenge an away loss to two
David Villa goals against Valencia. Certainly a sensible bet is on
Getafe
with odds of 4/5 offering a decent return for the winning
football bet.
Serie A
– Napoli 8/5 Draw 11/5 Roma 8/5
Despite
Roma playing away they are on a five game winning streak and up to
second in the league beating
Palermo, Catania and Fiorentina in the
process. Napoli has struggled for victories recently in the league
matches
and has drawn three and lost one of their last four games. As Roma have
excellent league form I
think they will prove very difficult to beat
despite being away. At 8/5 I like their chances of victory in this
match
which could see them move to within two points of league leaders Inter
Milan if Jose Mourinho’s team
fail to pick up any points this weekend.
Ligue 1
– AS Nancy Lorraine 13/20 Draw 5/2 Grenoble Foot 38 21/5
Grenoble
is at the foot of France’s Ligue 1 with a sorry ten points for the
season. Nancy is hardly flying but
has thirty two points for the season
and despite being in fourteenth place they are safe from relegation.
Playing away from home is hard for any team in relegation trouble, but
Grenoble
have drawn two and lost ten
of their twelve away matches this season,
not registering even one victory so their chances of victory here
are
very, very small. Even at 6.5/10 this is a decent bet for me as I would
expect less than 1/2 for a home
victory here. Take advantage of the odds
reflecting the league position rather than the chances of victory
and
back Lorraine to win at 13/20.
My
treble bet this week consists of backing Lorraine to win at 13/20, Roma
to win at 8/5 (my favourite bet of
the week if you only want a single
bet) and Getafe at 4/5. If you placed a £10 treble on these selections
your
total return including your stake would be a nice £77.22.
Good
luck with your football betting during this weekends European Football
fixtures.
By
Malcolm Clarke
European Football Match Betting Tips 20th
feb to 21th Feb 2010
Welcome back to our weekly
trawl through the various betting opportunities available in the
football betting
markets at bwin. Each week we pick out a match from each of the Spanish,
Italian, French and German
football leagues to give your football bets
that European flavour for this weekend.
La Liga – Osasuna 4/5 Draw
47/20 Real Valladolid 17/5
Home teams always have a
good advantage and I always look for teams that are playing a weaker
side in
the league giving them a great chance of a victory. This match
offers such criteria. Valladolid are second
from bottom with Osasuna
firmly in mid-table. Sevilla beat Osasuna away from home so they will be
keen to
rebound from that and inflict further defeats on Valladolid, who
has only won three matches this season.
4/5 is good odds for the home
win and enough to persuade me this is one of the best bets to take in La Liga
this weekend.
Serie A - Cagliari 9/10 Draw
9/4 Parma 3/1
Cagliari is eighth in Serie
A but with a game in hand they could be sixth if they won their extra
match.
They are unbeaten in three games and face a team that has not won
in five and their league position of
twelfth place is not truly
reflecting their current form and is in grave danger unless they can
pick up results
quickly. Parma has not managed a clean sheet this season
away from home and against a team in form they
should struggle in this
match. Again the odds for a home win are attractive and I would be happy
to bet on
this match and hope for a good return on my football bet.
Ligue 1 – Stade Rennais
13/10 Draw 21/10 Lille 21/10
The bookmaker heavily
favours the draw here but the league table tells a slightly different
story.
Lille is third in the league currently with Stade Rennais in
eighth position. I favour an away win here, they
do happen! Rennais has
strong home record and whilst I can see the reason a draw has such low
odds the
strength of Lille in the league makes an away win possible.
This is certainly a punt but it is rare that a team
so high in the
league is given odds better than even money against a side outside of
the top six. If you want
to make a treble bet from the selections I
would leave this match out.
Bundesliga - SC Freiburg 8/5
Draw 11/5 Hertha BSC 8/5
This bottom of the table
clash sees fourth from bottom Freiburg take on bottom team Hertha. Both
sides
have shed goals heavily this season with Hertha nursing a goal
difference of -24 and Freiburg -20. This has
all the markings of a “bore
draw” as we call these matches in England where both teams lack the
quality to
win and the match turns into a drab affair. Considering the
draw is the most likely result and out of all three
outcomes a draw
gives the punter the best return for a football bet it seems a good tip
to make. If you want
to bet on a win, take Freiburg who will be hoping
to keep themselves out of the relegation zone.
If you place a £10
accumulator bet on these four selections above it would bring home a
fantastic return of
£339.26. Because some of the results are somewhat
speculative a treble bet of three of the selections would
also bring you
a nice return. Hopefully the teams will perform for us as we wish and we
can celebrate another
European Football betting win for this season.
Good luck with all of your
bets, whatever they are, in the European football betting markets for
this weekend.
By Malcolm Clarke
European Football Match Betting Tips 13th
feb to 15th Feb 2010
Fantastic
football betting
opportunities continue to spring up every weekend and using this article
we try
our best to direct you to some of the better opportunities that
you can bet on. Below is a selected match
from Spain, Germany, France
and Italy so your bets are spread throughout Europe’s biggest leagues.
Perhaps your knowledge of one particular league gives you a big
advantage in the betting market, let’s
find out. Get your bets on early
as the prices are subject to change.
La Liga – Athletico Madrid 71/20 Draw 53/20 Barcelona 7/10
Barcelona are playing away from home and they are unbeaten in the league
this season winning seventeen
of their twenty matches and drawing the
other four, conceding only eleven goals all season. It has been
a dream
season for them so far. Athletico Madrid has only won six of their
twenty one matches and will
not relish a visit from the best team in the
league so far. Barcelona beat Getafe 2-1 in their last match
but Madrid
struggled to hold Racing Santander to a 1-1 draw away from home. With Messi in fine form,
everything points to a Barcelona away win. I tip
them to win at 7/10 which given the gulf between the
teams in terms of
league position and results so far in the season is quite fair.
Bundesliga – Bayer Leverkusen 3/5 Draw 53/20 Vfl
Wolfsburg 9/2
It will be very difficult for Wolfsburg to beat league leaders Bayer
Leverkusen who remain undefeated in
the league this season. Leverkusen
have won twelve and drawn nine matches so finishing teams off remains
a
small issue despite never losing. Wolfsburg has managed five draws on
the road this season and two wins
so their away form demands some
respect. However, Leverkusen has won eight out of ten home games.
They
should win this match on form alone against a team placed much further
down the Bundesliga, but a
draw is possible. 3/5 is odds I will take on
a home win here but if you prefer the draw 53/20 is pretty
good also.
Ligue 1 – Valenciennes FC 9/10 Draw 23/10
OSG
Nice 59/20
This tie sees mid table Valenciennes take on relegation threatened Nice
at home. Valenciennes managed a
1-1 draw at home to
FC Sochaux-Montbéliard but then suffered a
crushing 5-1 defeat to Marseille in their
last match. They have a bad
home record winning only three of eleven matches played at home.
Nice
are struggling also with four losses out of their last five matches,
drawing their last match 1-1 at home
to Lille. Valenciennes will not win
many home games this season it appears but against a team in bad form
like Nice this is a good chance for them to improve on unflattering
statistics. I think 9/10 is fair odds and
I fancy the home win here.
Serie A – Chievo 4/5 Draw 9/4 Siena 7/2
Siena is bottom of Serie A and looking like a relegation side with
two straight defeats and four defeats in
their last five matches.
Against any team away from home they look like struggling. Chievo lost
their last
game but are far more consistent at home than away. Look for
them to pile on the pressure for Siena and
this is a match where players
and fans of Chievo will expect to win. You might like the half time/full
time
odds for Chievo to be winning at the end of both halves of play at
9/5.
Due to the prices of these teams I would select three of the
selections and back them as a treble.
For my treble I have selected Chievo at 4/5, Valenciennes at 9/10 and Barcelona at 7/10. A £10 stake
will return a total of £58.14. Good luck with any bet you place in the
European football markets this weekend.
By Malcolm Clarke
European Football Match Betting Tips 06th
feb to 8th Feb 2010
Many of
the top players in Europe are now keen to put in their best performances
with the eyes
of their
national managers making the finishing touches to their preparations
before announcing
their World Cup squads.
Football betting opportunities are available from each league in Europe
every week
during the season and below are my picks for the matches this weekend
with one
match selected from the Spanish, Italian, French and German
leagues.
La Liga
- Osasuna 3/4 Draw 47/20 CD Tenerife 37/10
Home
teams always have an advantage, particularly when they are higher in the
league than
their opposition. Tenerife is currently second from bottom
of the league whilst Osasuna are higher
placed in tenth position.
Tenerife lost their match at home to Zaragoza 3-1 whilst Osasuna won
away at Villareal. Playing from home against a struggling team I must
back Osasuna to win with
odds of 3/4 looking attractive. The half
time/full time betting market offers Osasuna/Osasuna at
7/4 which would
be a good
football bet also.
Serie A
– Genoa 9/10 Draw 11/5 Chievo 31/10
The
teams are close in the league with Genoa in tenth position and Chievo in
twelfth position.
Genoa have only lost once in five games and have not
conceded a goal in their last two matches,
with a goalless draw against Napoli and 2-0 home victory over Atalanta. Chievo are unbeaten in
three
games but have drawn their last two matches 1-1. Their away form is
patchy so I would give
the advantage to Genoa at home. 9/10 is also
close to an Industry leading price for the home win
offered by bwin so
get on early if you want to bet on this match.
Ligue 1
– OGC Nice 29/10 Draw 47/20 Lille 9/10
There
is a major piece of away day value here with Lille in third position in
the league visiting
relegation threatened Nice who lie in sixteenth
position where the eighteenth, nineteenth and
twentieth teams are
relegated from Ligue 1. Lille won their last match against Paris St
Germain
3-1 at home. Away from home Lille have won four out of ten away
matches played this season
while Nice have only managed to win four of
their ten home games. Nice have also lost their last
four matches.
Fighting for a the champions league spot should be motivation enough for Lille to
disregard being away from home and snatch a victory at almost
even money. Lille, away, at 9/10 is
my tip for this match.
Bundesliga – Bochum 19/4 Draw 51/20 Bayer Leverkusen 3/5
Bayer
Leverkusen are top for the league and bwin are offering 137/100 for them
to win in the half
time/full time betting. The match itself seems a bit
of a mismatch for me and although 3/4 is not
fantastic odds, Leverkusen
should win this match. Bochum failed to beat bottom side Hertha last
week
only managing a draw. If you need further convincing Leverkusen has
the best away record in the
league whilst out of 18 teams in the league, Bochum has the 16th worst home record.
If you
were to bet all of the tipped teams in an accumulator bet for this weeks
European matches
then for a £10 stake you would receive a total of
£101.08. Remember that you can choose from a
variety of other bets on
the football markets including correct score, the over/under on goals
scored
in the match and which team, if any, will score first.
Enjoy
your football betting on whatever team you choose to bet on this weekend
in the European
soccer leagues.
By
Malcolm Clarke
European Football Match Betting Tips 30th
Jan to 1st Feb 2010
Where does the week go? Fortunately we have football
betting to keep us
occupied. Across Europe there
are some tasty matches in prospect for
this weekend so let’s dive right in and work out the matches
which offer
the chance for some good profits. Here are my top picks from Spain,
Italy, Germany and
France, plus a possible bet you can place based on
those selections.
La
Liga - FC Sevilla 5/4 Draw 23/10 Valencia 2/1
Valencia remains in third place in the league despite
drawing 0-0 with Tenerife last weekend. Sevilla
are sixth in the league
and beat Almeria 1-0 last weekend (as tipped by us). This is a tough
match to
call and could easily become a bore draw. However Valencia had
a great 4-0 home win two weeks ago
against Villareal and I think they
may make a charge in the league once again. My tip is Valencia to win
at
2/1 as the articles I have read suggest that 0-0 draw was an unlikely
result and something of a dip in
form and Sevilla have struggled this
season with consistency.
Serie A – Parma 3/1 Draw 9/4 Inter Milan 9/10
I
hope you bet on our tipped match of Inter versus AC Milan. We were right
to remember Inters
league position and not get carried away by the
furore surrounding David Beckham. This week Inter are
away to Parma.
Inter have won their last three matches and are in great form. Parma are
struggling in
the league currently in twelfth position having lost their
last three matches. Against the top of the league
team on the back of
their derby win this is a mismatch. Inter should win this game and the
odds of 9/10
are very attractive despite Inter playing away. Get on
early as these odds are likely to be snapped up by
keen football
bettors!
Bundesliga – Hertha BSC 4/5 Draw 23/10 Vfl Bochum 7/2
This interesting match sees bottom of the table Hertha BSC take on
relegation threatened Bochum.
It is rare to see Hertha odds on for a
match as they have only managed ten points so far this season and
look
sure to be relegated. Hertha did draw 0-0 against Monchengladbach who
are higher in the league
than Bochum. However, Bochum managed to beat
third place Schalke battling back from two goals down
to do it. I think
7/2 is an amazing odds for the away team to beat a club at the foot of
the table. I will add
it to our accumulator and adjust the accumulator
stake in reflection of the odds. My tip is Bochum to win
at 7/2.
Ligue 1 – Lille 1/2 Draw 53/20 RC Lens 6/1
This match is selected because we already have a few odds
against selections and we need a banker
to balance things. In this
match, it looks like we have found a suitable team to support. Lille are
the
home team, third in the league with the second best home record this
season. RC Lens have only won
two out of ten away matches this season
and are at the lower end of the league only seven points from
the
relegation places. This looks like a straight forward match for Lille at
1/2 so fingers crossed they
will perform for us.
The bet I shall be placing is a £5 accumulator on Lille at 1/2, Bochum
at 7/2, Inter Milan at 9/10 and
Valencia at 2/1. Because we are backing
some teams odds against I would suggest halving the normal
stake of £10
to £5. This will still return a total of £192.38 should the bets come in
for us. Hopefully our
tipping radar is spot on and we have a nice win!
Good win with your European football betting this weekend, whatever
teams you decide to bet on.
By
Malcolm Clarke
European Football Betting Jan 23rd -24th
All eyes
are on David Beckham as he is back in Europe playing football with AC
Milan for the second time in
two years. In our weekly glance over the
betting
opportunities available thanks to the odds from bwin will
we get some
value for Beckham to help AC Milan to victory this week? Here are my
three top picks for
the European games this weekend which form the basis
for my bets for this weekend’s football.
Serie A - Inter
Milan
2.55 Draw 3.15 AC Milan 2.70
Sundays
Milan derby is given extra spice due to Beckhams return. David is 9.00
to score the first goal in
the match, but bwin favour a tight game
offering odds of 6.50 for a 0-0 draw. Inter won the last match
between
the two 4-0 and are still top of Serie A by six points. AC Milan are in
second place in Serie A and
will hope to reduce the deficit to three
points by beating their rivals. Inter have won their last four matches
whilst AC Milan lost to Palermo 2-0 on 13th January. I
believe that Inter will be tough to beat and will win
this match but it
may be very close between that and draw on which is the best bet. 2.55
is close the
best odds available for Inter in the current betting market
so going with bwin you are getting very good
odds on Inter to win.
La Liga - FC Sevilla 1.45 Draw 4.00 UD
Almeria 7.00
There is
a little bit of value in this match if you would need a banker for an
accumulator or multiple
football bet. Sevilla are performing well in the
league currently in sixth place and have only lost six of
their eighteen
league games this season. They were heavily beaten by Barcelona 4-0 in
their last match,
but forward Kanoute is always dangerous against weaker
opposition. They may find this weaker opposition
in Almeria who are in
relegation trouble in fifteenth position only two points clear of the
relegation teams. Playing away to Sevilla will be difficult for a team
who has only won four of their eighteen matches.
I would bet on a home
win for this match at 1.45. Thanks to
Barcelona
thoroughly beating Sevilla in their
last match we are getting fair odds
here.
Bundesliga – Werder Bremen 3.25 Draw 3.25
FC Bayern Munich 2.15
Away day
value is a great way to bet on teams likely to win and still get great
odds. Franck Ribery,
subject of intense speculation about moves to Real
Madrid and Man Utd, is scheduled to make a comeback
after four months
out with injury. Bayern are third in the league to Werder Bremens sixth
place and
undoubtedly they will be motivated by Ribery’s return. Werder
Bremen have lost their last two games
and it looks like a game set up
for a Bayern victory. Werder Bremen lost at home to Schalke and have not
won a league match since November. The tip for this match is FC Bayern
to win at odds of 2.15.
If you
wish to follow my lead and back the three teams above in a treble bet
you would earn a total of
£79.50 if all the tipped sides win for us this
weekend. As the teams are away from home and some of
the matches are
close I would recommend you consider placing a patent bet (three double
bets and a treble)
to cover yourself against a result that does not go
our way. If you place a £2.50 Patent bet on the tipped
teams your total
potential returns are £65.99, which most of the doubles returning most
of your stake if
one result goes against us.
There
are many other football bets and special bets on offer from bwin this
weekend. Remember to watch
the big match on ESPN between Inter Milan and
AC Milan and keep watching bwins markets for other betting
opportunities
on this and other matches as the kick-offs draw closer.
Enjoy
all of your football betting this weekend.
By
Malcolm Clarke
European Football Tips 16th – 18th
January 2010
The
football schedule in the UK has been decimated by the terrible weather
over the past two weeks.
Football betting fans welcome back the European countries
after their winter break and this weekend sees
their next fixtures of
the second half of the season.
La Liga - Athletic
Bilbao
6.25 Draw 3.90 Real Madrid 1.50
Real
Madrid
beat Mallorca 2-0 in their last match and are two points behind leaders
Barcelona.
Bilbao are in eighth position in the league and are fighting
to get into the all-important European
qualification placings. Their
last game was a 1-1 draw away to Malaga who are in relegation trouble.
When the Galactico’s come to town they will need to do a lot better to
win. Real
Madrid
at 1.50 is my
tip to continue putting pressure on
Barcelona
at the top of the table.
Serie A
–
Cagliari
1.80 Draw 3.20 Livorno 4.65
This
match sticks out as offering good odds for the home team. Cagliari won
their last match away to
Bologna
and have Matri up front who is third top goalscorer in the whole league.
They are ninth in the
league table and have won two and lost two of
their last four matches. Livorno have also won two and
lost two of their
last four games and beat 8th placed Parma 2-1 at home in
their last match. I think the
home advantage is telling here and would
back Cagliari at close to even money. 1.80 seems good odds for
the
higher league placed home team to beat a team still in relegation
trouble despite a couple of recent wins.
Bundesliga - Bayer
Leverkusen 1.45 Draw 4.00 FSV Mainz 05 7.00
League
leaders
Leverkusen
have played seventeen matches and won nine. They are unbeaten after
drawing their other eight matches.
Mainz
are in ninth place and have lost five matches this season.
Stefan Kiessling is the top goalscorer in the Bundesliga spearheading their
rise to the top of the league.
There is nothing to suggest this will be
another strong performance by Leverkusen. I would back them
to win at
1.45, possibly as a double with Cagliari and continue their impressive
performance in the league.
Ligue 1
–
Bordeaux
1.95 Draw 3.95 Marseille 3.95
The
French league leaders Bordeaux have won four more matches than any other
team and have a nine
point lead at the top of the table. Marseille are
in fourth place, just outside the Europe qualification spots.
Bordeaux
beat FC Lorient 4-1 at home in their last match and are on a six match
winning streak.
Striker
Marouane Chamakh has been getting Premiership interest from
Liverpool
and Arsenal. Bordeaux
are doing well in the Championships league and
they have a great chance to win this game. It seems
nothing can stop
them lifting the French league title this season, providing they hold on
to their star striker.
For this game 1.95 seems great odds.
A £10 bet on
Bordeaux at 1.95, Leverkusen at 1.45 and
Cagliari
at 1.80 would return a total of £49.59 for
our European wide football
treble. Good luck with the football bets you place this week.
Remember
that you can bet on football from a variety of countries and most
matches have a wide array
of special bets. You may also be interested in
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JANUARY 8TH-10TH:
WEEK-END FOOTBALL BETTING
Football bettingtips
from Europe
By Malcolm Clarke -
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The continued winter break
for the European teams sees our
football bettingtips focus on the English
Premiership. Some of the matches may be under threat due to the weather
conditions but with most
clubs having under soil heating facilities at
their grounds hopefully most of the matches will go ahead.
The Europeans
must be laughing at the Premiership teams for running around in the snow
whilst they rest!
Arsenal
1.40 Draw 4.15 Everton 8.00
Arsenal
have a game in hand compared to the league leaders and are only four
points from the top of
the league. Aaron Ramsey is on a rich vein of
form along with Fabregas but he may be missing because
of injury. Clichy,
Van Persie, Eboue (international duty) are still out but Arshavin should
be available
for selection. Everton need to pick up the pace to improve
their league position and are still without
young midfielder Jack Rodwell who is out for another two or three weeks with a Hamstring
injury.
Landon Donovan has joined on loan from LA Galaxy and may feature
in this match. Everton’s form is solid
if unspectacular as they are
unbeaten in five games but have drawn four of them. Arsenal have won
five
of their last six matches and scored six in their last two home
games. Everton will do very well to get a
result here and in your
accumulator bets I would select Arsenal as my home team banker at 1.40.
They may well challenge for the Premiership title if things continue to
go well for them.
Burnley
2.15 Draw 3.20 Stoke City 3.30
Two of
the emerging Premiership clubs are facing each other in this match.
Burnley are looking for a new
manager as Owen Coyle looks set to join
Bolton as manager in less than ideal circumstances. Burnley have
twenty
points after twenty matches and sit in fourteenth position in the
league. They have not won a game
since October 31st. Their
form is a worry coming into this game with behind the scenes problems
usually
reflected in results when teams are struggling. Stoke are also
suffering. They have lost their last three
league games and are in a
similar position to Burnley in the league. A win for either club would
kick start
the year for them but everything in the stats and club
positions points to a draw. If you want to bet on
this match then the
3.20 is a sensible bet.
Birmingham
City 5.50 Draw 3.65
Man Utd 1.60
Wayne
Rooney is showing exactly why Ferguson allowed Ronaldo to leave the club
as his form has been
incredible and hopefully he can repeat this form
all the way to the World Cup in the summer.
The partnership between
Rooney and Berbatov up front is improving and Man Utd are now on a run
of
two games after a couple of surprise losses in December. They are
second in the table and must keep
winning and hope Chelsea breaks down.
Birmingham have been doing well recently sitting in 8th
position in
the league. Unbeaten in eight matches and winning six of
them they are good value for the upset. I do
think, however, that Man Utd will end the run as they continue to challenge Chelsea and Arsenal
for the
title. 1.60 to win for Man Utd. The odds are fine, anything
above 1.70 would be value for me so I think they
are about right and not
too short despite Birmingham’s good run of form their fixtures were
kinder than
some other teams during that time.
My
treble bet for this week will consist of Man Utd at 1.60, Arsenal at
1.40 and the draw between Stoke
and Burnley at 3.20. The other tip I
will make is the 1.75 home odds for West Ham who should fancy
winning
the match against Wolves who sit above them in the league but have their
morale hit by losses
to top sides Man Utd, Man City and Liverpool
recently. West Ham may take advantage of this. Our bet
will return a
total of £71.68 to a £10 stake if the results go our way.
Good
luck with all of your footballing betting this weekend and look out for
European football tips to come
for the Serie A, La Liga and Bundesliga
once their season recommences from the 15th January.
By
Malcolm Clarke
DECEMBER 26TH:
CHRISTMAS FOOTBALL
Football bettingtips
from Europe
By Malcolm Clarke
Here are
the
football betting
tips for
the Christmas period. With many of the European leagues on their
winter
break the English Premiership provides most of the football betting
entertainment over the Christmas
and New Year period. Get your bets on
before you get full of turkey and have to rush out on Boxing Day!
The
first two matches are played on December 26th with the
following two matches played on 28th Dec.
The UK is
getting hit fairly hard with snow and ice so use a site like bwin.com to
place your bets online
and stay safe and warm at home.
Manchester City 1.40 Draw 4.00
Stoke City 8.50
The
Mancini era has begun after the removal of manager Mark Hughes, which was
hardly a surprise given
the extended run of disappointing draws. The team
must now move on and they start with a home match
against Stoke City. At
just under 1.40 this is a match that should herald the start of a glorious
era at the
City of Manchester stadium. I believe in Man City and recommend
you place this match within your
accumulator or treble bets and watch the
Man City juggernaut begin their move towards the top of
the Premiership.
Sunderland 2.35 Draw 3.20 Everton 2.90
The first
value bet of the Christmas break goes to Everton. Sunderland were looking
good earlier in the
season but have faltered badly. Everton’s young
midfielder Jack Rodwell is out for a month which is a
blow for them, but
Sunderland are still without Cattermole (injury) and they have lost
Michael Turner to
injury until mid-January. Spurs, Chelsea and Birmingham
have all been held to draws by Everton in their
last three games whilst
Sunderland have lost four out of their last five games. Everton will feel
this match
is there for the taking. Everton are the form team between the
two and my tips at 2.90.
Arsenal
1.60 Draw 3.75 Aston Villa 5.25
Arsenal
are considered vulnerable to finish in the top four thanks to the rise of
Aston Villa so this match
is really interesting. The teams are third and
fourth in the league so this match is every bit a top of the
table
contest. Arsenal have won three out of their last four games and perhaps
should have held off
Burnley when a seventh minute goal from Fabregas gave
them the lead away from home. Villa have won
their last four games against
Stoke, Sunderland, Hull and Man Utd. I think this match will be very close
and a bet on any outcome has its merit. I favour the draw at 3.75. Both
teams are playing well so you
will be fully entertained by watching and
betting on this match.
Hull City 7.50 Draw
4.25 Man Utd 1.40
Surely
there can be no more mishaps than we have already seen this season by the
big teams?
We can normally bet with some certainty on heavy favourites
winning their matches but this season has
seen many upsets so far. Man Utd
have lost two of their last three games but facing Hull they would
expect
to win the match far more than 1.40 suggests if played the game many times
over.
I believe 1.40 is good value in a match where Man Utd are massive
favourites. Hull are 17th in the league
and have not scored in
their last three games. Despite a bad run recently most of the time Man Utd will
win this game with ease.
My
Christmas treble bet tip is to back Man Utd at 1.40, Everton at 2.90 and
Man City at 1.40. If all goes to
plan and we win the return for a stake of
£10 in total would be a nice £56.84. This would be a very nice
return for
the New Year celebration fund and I hope any football bet you make wins
for you over Christmas.
Have a
Merry Christmas your the football betting over the festive period.
DECEMBER 18TH:
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Football bettingtips
from Europe
By Malcolm Clarke
Every week we offer tips on
the biggest football matches from across Europe.
Football betting fans
have told us they want to get tips on La Liga, Serie A and the Premiership
football
matches so thanks to the football betting odds from
bwin.com,
here are your European Big Match Football
Tips for this weekend from 19th
to 21st December 2009.
Premiership – Manchester City 1.45 Draw 4.00 Sunderland 7.50
With a
record seven draws in a row the fans of Manchester City were wondering
when they will finally
win a game. Then they beat Chelsea and normality
was restored, or was it? A 3-3 draw against Bolton
was disappointed.
Against a floundering Sunderland side that have lost three of their last
four matches
Chelsea will hope their unbeaten run can continue with
victory over them. Sunderland lost against
Aston Villa on Tuesday 2-0 and
had captain Lorik Cana sent off. Lee Cattermole may return from injury
if
he comes through a reserve game this week, but would probably start the
game from the bench.
Based on the Sunderland team struggling and being
without Cana I would tip Manchester City to win.
I had early confidence in
Sunderland this season but they have faltered and possibly will struggle
for
the rest of the season.
Bundesliga – Bayern Leverkusen 1.45 Draw 4.00 Borussia Monchengladbach
7.00
Leverkusen look to extend their lead at the top of the German league with
a home match against
11th placed team Borussia Monchengladbach.
Borussia beat Hannover 5-3 in their last match but
facing the top team and
showing they will concede goals recently my tip is for Leverkusen, who
will
look to get back to winning ways after a surprise 2-2 draw with
bottom side Hertha. 1.45 seems decent
odds for a home win here. Against a
suspect Monchengladbach defence the indications are that
Leverkusen could
win this match quite easily.
La Liga –
Athletic Bilbao 2.00 Draw 3.30 Osasuna 3.60
Athletic
Bilbao managed to secure a 2-1 win over Real Zaragoza away from home
giving them confidence
coming into this match. Osasuna lost 1-0 at home to
Real Mallorca which does not give me any confidence
that they can go to Bilbao and get a
result. Bilbao are seventh in the league to Osasuna’s eleventh position.
Former Real Madrid forward Javier Portillo provides the main striking
threat for Osasuna but overall Bilbao
are a much stronger team and in
better form so I would tip them at even money odds of 2.00 to have a
good
chance of securing victory in this La Liga match.
Serie A –
Palermo 1.58 Draw 3.50 Siena 6.15
Palermo
are 13th in Serie A and have home advantage for this match.
This may prove significant as
Siena have lost their three most recent
matches and lie in 19th place in the league fighting to avoid
relegation even at this point of the season. Palermo managed to secure a
wonderful 1-0 away to
AC Milan and they have won their last two games.
With Siena in big trouble to be able to back Palermo
at better than 1.50
odds tell me you need to grab this value whilst you can. The rest of Serie
A football
betting is quite tight so this match sticks out for me.
Good luck
with your European football betting this weekend, remember to get your
bets on early as
the odds are subject to change at all times and is
especially true with these matches as they are among
the bigger matches
and will get the most interest from fellow football betting fans.
By Malcolm Clarke |
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