I'm going to go ahead and post Sunday's picks early, I will be going out to Vegas til Tuesday so I probably won't be accessing any computers til then. Have a great weekend and GL.
England Premier League
-Blackburn vs Chelsea-
Blackburn should be able to hold Chelsea off and grab at least a point from this match. Chelsea is looking injured right now with a doubtful Shevchenko, a missing Terry, and of course Drogba. Blackburn have a tendency to get the top 4 teams annoyed by the way they play so dirty and I'm sure they'll be the ones smiling by the end of the day.
2 units
Blackburn +1/2 ... -102
Spain La Liga
-Atletico Madrid vs Espanyol-
Atletico face a very hard test against an Espanyol team that has been playing great against the in form teams in La Liga. Espanyol have been on a 12 game unbeaten run and they also get back in form Riera who has been setting up a lot of their goals, as well as Luis Garcia coming back to the squad as well. Atletico haven't beaten Espanyol since the 03/04 season and I expect it to stay like that.
2 units
Espanyol Pk, +1/2 ... +121
-Osasuna vs Mallorca-
Osasuna need to start getting results at home if they want to stay away from that relegation zone that they are sitting level on with Valladolid and Real Betis. Osasuna usually handle Mallorca at home and if they want to keep their La Liga hopes alive they need start start winning their home games.
1 unit
Osasuna pk, -1/2 ... -107
-Barcelona vs Real Madrid-
Here we go. This is the game that everyone has been waiting for. Man, I remember last seasons fixture of Real visiting Barca, it was one hell of a game. Barcelona at home has been fantastic. They have won all their home games, and on top of that they've only conceded 4 goals. Conceding 4 goals out of 8 home games is one hell of an achievment, and the defenders should be proud. They have boosted their midfield up with the return of Yaya Toure, so we should see some nice through balls coming in to feed the attacking players, and Rafa Marquez and Puyol should be handling Ruud and Raul nicely. Real havn't been finding the net all that easily in most of their away games, other than their matches against Villareal and Valencia, and I don't expect them to find it as easy to score on Barca as it was last season. Lets not forget, this same game last season resulted in a first half red card for Barcelona and they were still able to tie it. Messi, as you all already know, will be missing this match through injury, but in form Iniesta will be replacing him, and thats one hell of a player which I have faith in. I'm going with Barcelona to take the win here, and I'm also sticking with the under. 1-0 or 2-0 victory seems right for me.
1 unit
Barcelona -1/2 ... +111
1 unit
Under 2.5, 3 ... -109
83-59-6
58.4% (+49.28)
England Premier League
-Blackburn vs Chelsea-
Blackburn should be able to hold Chelsea off and grab at least a point from this match. Chelsea is looking injured right now with a doubtful Shevchenko, a missing Terry, and of course Drogba. Blackburn have a tendency to get the top 4 teams annoyed by the way they play so dirty and I'm sure they'll be the ones smiling by the end of the day.
2 units
Blackburn +1/2 ... -102
Spain La Liga
-Atletico Madrid vs Espanyol-
Atletico face a very hard test against an Espanyol team that has been playing great against the in form teams in La Liga. Espanyol have been on a 12 game unbeaten run and they also get back in form Riera who has been setting up a lot of their goals, as well as Luis Garcia coming back to the squad as well. Atletico haven't beaten Espanyol since the 03/04 season and I expect it to stay like that.
2 units
Espanyol Pk, +1/2 ... +121
-Osasuna vs Mallorca-
Osasuna need to start getting results at home if they want to stay away from that relegation zone that they are sitting level on with Valladolid and Real Betis. Osasuna usually handle Mallorca at home and if they want to keep their La Liga hopes alive they need start start winning their home games.
1 unit
Osasuna pk, -1/2 ... -107
-Barcelona vs Real Madrid-
Here we go. This is the game that everyone has been waiting for. Man, I remember last seasons fixture of Real visiting Barca, it was one hell of a game. Barcelona at home has been fantastic. They have won all their home games, and on top of that they've only conceded 4 goals. Conceding 4 goals out of 8 home games is one hell of an achievment, and the defenders should be proud. They have boosted their midfield up with the return of Yaya Toure, so we should see some nice through balls coming in to feed the attacking players, and Rafa Marquez and Puyol should be handling Ruud and Raul nicely. Real havn't been finding the net all that easily in most of their away games, other than their matches against Villareal and Valencia, and I don't expect them to find it as easy to score on Barca as it was last season. Lets not forget, this same game last season resulted in a first half red card for Barcelona and they were still able to tie it. Messi, as you all already know, will be missing this match through injury, but in form Iniesta will be replacing him, and thats one hell of a player which I have faith in. I'm going with Barcelona to take the win here, and I'm also sticking with the under. 1-0 or 2-0 victory seems right for me.
1 unit
Barcelona -1/2 ... +111
1 unit
Under 2.5, 3 ... -109
83-59-6
58.4% (+49.28)
