Yeah agree mate..I kept that in mind but still i thought Shalke will come through..Tottenham played poorly and i think they have problems adjusting with so many matches now when they are in CL for the first time. Chelsea don't quite see it as a big suprice away at Man. City but the other ones..I realize i have to be smarter to scratch my brain a little more before taking a bet..
1. Bundesliga
Hamburg- Kaiserslautern: Hamburg -1 @ 1.99
Both teams struggling lately and stuck in mid of table but coming into season with different expectations. Hamburg picked as one of the front runners actually started well but now hasnt won in last 4 . although with petric and guerrero out with injuries they have shown enough offensive potential to win their games lately (mainly by van Nistelroy), but their problem is conceiding too many goals. they have adressed this before today s game which should lead to a good response in this department.
what should help are Kaiserslautern s struggles to score lately. after a good start in the season with two wins they came down to earth only getting one point from next four. As a promoted team they will play against relegation whole season and will try to get a point at hamburg with defensive tactics.
so i basically go for Hamburg not putting on fireworks but being able to get on the board against a struggling away team and not conceiding anything.
Hamburg- Kaiserslautern: Hamburg -1 @ 1.99
Both teams struggling lately and stuck in mid of table but coming into season with different expectations. Hamburg picked as one of the front runners actually started well but now hasnt won in last 4 . although with petric and guerrero out with injuries they have shown enough offensive potential to win their games lately (mainly by van Nistelroy), but their problem is conceiding too many goals. they have adressed this before today s game which should lead to a good response in this department.
what should help are Kaiserslautern s struggles to score lately. after a good start in the season with two wins they came down to earth only getting one point from next four. As a promoted team they will play against relegation whole season and will try to get a point at hamburg with defensive tactics.
so i basically go for Hamburg not putting on fireworks but being able to get on the board against a struggling away team and not conceiding anything.
Gladbach- Wolfsburg: Wolfsburg pk,-0.5 @ 1.95
first of all Wolfsburg has very good history vs. Gladbach. at home as well as in away games. so they like playing here.
this season Wolfsburgis slowly getting back in shape..after a few disappointing results at start they applyingnow their old "championship" tactics from 2 years ago with dzeko and Grafite up front and suddenly producing greatoffense and wins again.
since changing tactics they won vs. Hannover and Freiburg as well as at Hamburg in impressive style. today they are facing Gladbach which is struggling big time.
Gladbach s last 4 games were at home 0-4 vs. Frankfurt..at Stuttgart 0-7 ,at home loss 1-2 to St.Pauli and at Schalke 2-2 (after giving up a 2-0 lead). you can see that they are struggling at home and struggling big time on defense as well as on offense. just completely out of confidence. in addition to that their complete starting back four is out injured or suspended for today which will not stabilize the defense and that spells big time trouble against a fast and dangerous Woulfsburg offense..Wolfsburg all the way here.
first of all Wolfsburg has very good history vs. Gladbach. at home as well as in away games. so they like playing here.
this season Wolfsburgis slowly getting back in shape..after a few disappointing results at start they applyingnow their old "championship" tactics from 2 years ago with dzeko and Grafite up front and suddenly producing greatoffense and wins again.
since changing tactics they won vs. Hannover and Freiburg as well as at Hamburg in impressive style. today they are facing Gladbach which is struggling big time.
Gladbach s last 4 games were at home 0-4 vs. Frankfurt..at Stuttgart 0-7 ,at home loss 1-2 to St.Pauli and at Schalke 2-2 (after giving up a 2-0 lead). you can see that they are struggling at home and struggling big time on defense as well as on offense. just completely out of confidence. in addition to that their complete starting back four is out injured or suspended for today which will not stabilize the defense and that spells big time trouble against a fast and dangerous Woulfsburg offense..Wolfsburg all the way here.
Freiburg- Köln: Köln pk,+0.5 @ 2.05
Both teams struggling at the moment but Köln actually played quite well lately.
Main thing here is that Freiburg has big injury problems on defense hasntshown particualar good results at home and this should be a pretty open game. in this kind of set up i see the away team in advantage has Freiburg is just not good enough at the moment to break down a solid köln defense and being the away team köln will have much more open space being basically on the counter attack..should be at least a draw with good chance for away win.
Nürnberg- Schalke: Schalke pk,-0.5 @ 2.08
Nürnbergis struggling especially on offense at especially at home, while Schalke is slowly getting better in shape as displayed in midweek s win in ECL.
They are just the better team here and their main problem -- defense -- shouldn t be too much tested today and Raul and Huntelaar are too dangerous not to score. i expect a similar outcome to Schalke s last away win at Freiburg in a similar setup.
in addition to that Schalke has a very good history playing at Nürnberg which can only help.
Both teams struggling at the moment but Köln actually played quite well lately.
Main thing here is that Freiburg has big injury problems on defense hasntshown particualar good results at home and this should be a pretty open game. in this kind of set up i see the away team in advantage has Freiburg is just not good enough at the moment to break down a solid köln defense and being the away team köln will have much more open space being basically on the counter attack..should be at least a draw with good chance for away win.
Nürnberg- Schalke: Schalke pk,-0.5 @ 2.08
Nürnbergis struggling especially on offense at especially at home, while Schalke is slowly getting better in shape as displayed in midweek s win in ECL.
They are just the better team here and their main problem -- defense -- shouldn t be too much tested today and Raul and Huntelaar are too dangerous not to score. i expect a similar outcome to Schalke s last away win at Freiburg in a similar setup.
in addition to that Schalke has a very good history playing at Nürnberg which can only help.
Away teams +1 @ 1.99
so far i picked in 5 matches 3 away teams, where i believe at least 2 should win their games. Hamburg as a home team i expect to win , but not blowing out Kaiserslautern and the Mainz- Hoffenheim match i see pretty much open (even with Mainz s great run lately that will be a very tough and probably low scoring game).
in this setup i would actually go for the away teams at a pk , but getting one full goal is even better.
BOL to all and GO EUROPE in RYDER CUP
so far i picked in 5 matches 3 away teams, where i believe at least 2 should win their games. Hamburg as a home team i expect to win , but not blowing out Kaiserslautern and the Mainz- Hoffenheim match i see pretty much open (even with Mainz s great run lately that will be a very tough and probably low scoring game).
in this setup i would actually go for the away teams at a pk , but getting one full goal is even better.
BOL to all and GO EUROPE in RYDER CUP
i assume you mean the game total.
i think that s very dangerous bet. Dortmund is in general more of an over team this year, especially away where they won all 3 games 3-1.
but the main questionmark is Köln. Köln is unpredictable this season how they show up.everytime they are able to play solid defense they are getting points and games go under (3 of 3 games)..everytime they loose the games are going over (3 of 4 losses went over). problem is you cannot say in general that they dont have a solid defense (they had one of the best in league last season), but this season they either play on the normal solid level or having unexcuable mistakes.
go for Köln is similar with the under bet, going Dortmund should hit the over.
therefore it s hard to predict a total for this game, even more difficult a first half total (i couldnt find any particular tendency for either team on that).
personally i am not quite decided on the side, but if line moves even further towards dortmund, i might jump small on Köln.
