Chelsea v Tottenham: Son can shine in stalemate

<div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Chelsea v Tottenham</span><br />Saturday 22 April, 17:15<br />Live on BBC 1</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><br />Chelsea</span><br /><br />Had this game been played earlier in the season, Antonio Conte's men would probably have looked shoo-ins. Between the start of October and the end of January, Chelsea <span style="font-weight: 600;">won 17 times in 19 starts</span>.<br /><br />They go into this one having <span style="font-weight: 600;">lost two of their last four</span> Premier League games. If the 2-1 home defeat to Crystal Palace was a shock to be easily brushed off, the 2-0 reverse at Man Utd brought a <span style="font-weight: 600;">layer of doubt</span> that had previously looked inconceivable.<br /><br />The Blues <span style="font-weight: 600;">didn't have a single shot on target</span> in that game and, having looked home and hosed in the title race, Spurs are now within four points.<br /><br />Going to Wembley, it's Tottenham who are the team of the moment. Chelsea, meanwhile, are having fingers pointed at them and their <span style="font-weight: 600;">bottle questioned</span>. How quickly things change.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;">Tottenham</span><br /><br />Tottenham have <span style="font-weight: 600;">won their last eight games</span>. The cockerel is strutting. Ambitious thoughts abound. The dreamers are even letting their minds wander to a repeat of the 1960/1 double season.<br /><br />Having reignited the title race, Spurs now get a timely opportunity to <span style="font-weight: 600;">look Chelsea in the eye</span>, swing a punch and weaken their previously static health bar further.<br /><br />The feeling that we're coming for you in the Premier League would certainly be <span style="font-weight: 600;">magnified</span> if Tottenham were to dump Chelsea out of the FA Cup so it adds another dimension to Saturday's Wembley showdown.<br /><br />And yet Mauricio Pochettino will still need to convince fans that, in the biggest games, the new Spurs are not the fragile ones of old.<br /><br />FA Cup semi-finals have been a graveyard for Tottenham - they've <span style="font-weight: 600;">lost their last six</span>. No side has ever lost seven in a row so they could make very unwelcome history.<br /><br />The most recent was 2012 and Spurs <span style="font-weight: 600;">won't need reminding</span> that the team that thrashed them 5-1 that day were a certain team in blue.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-weight: 600; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Match Odds</span><br /><br />After the pair couldn't be split in the early trading, Chelsea are now narrow <span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-weight: 600; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative;" title="7/4"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">2.76</span></span>favourites, with Tottenham <span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-weight: 600; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative;" title="9/5"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">2.82</span></span>. The draw is the outsider of the three at <span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-weight: 600; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative;" title="5/2"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">3.45</span></span>.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">That the <span style="font-weight: 600;">market is so tight</span> reflects Tottenham's surge in form but also the fact that they scored a <span style="font-weight: 600;">deserved and dominant 2-0 win </span>over Chelsea at White Hart Lane in January.<br /><br />That came at a time when the Blues looked an unstoppable force so<span style="font-weight: 600;"> resonates</span> even further. If Spurs can beat a Chelsea in their prime, logic has it that they have a great chance of sinking a wobbling Chelsea.<br /><br />The other Premier League meeting this season saw Conte's men win 2-1 at Stamford Bridge in November.<br /><br />Taking a longer-term view, Tottenham have <span style="font-weight: 600;">won just two of the last 16 meetings</span> between the London rivals, Chelsea winning seven of those.<br /><br />The other doubt hanging over Spurs is their <span style="font-weight: 600;">poor record at Wembley</span>. In their last eight starts at the iconic stadium, they've lost five out of eight and won just once.<br /><br />That miserable Wembley form proved costly in this year's Champions League. They lost 2-1 to Monaco (a result which looks more understandable now), were beaten 1-0 by Bayer Leverkusen (12th in the Bundesliga so not forgivable) and beat CSKA Moscow 3-1. They <span style="font-weight: 600;">conceded the opener in all three games</span>.<br /><br />It didn't get much better in the Europa League when they were held 2-2 by Gent in February.<br /><br />If this match was at White Hart Lane, I'd be with Spurs. Their current eight-game winning streak comprises <span style="font-weight: 600;">six victories</span> at their regular home while the two away wins in that sequence were at bottom seven duo Burnley and Swansea (Spurs were 1-0 down with 87 minutes on the clock).<br /><br />In short, given that their other away successes were at Stoke, Middlesbrough, Southampton and Watford, Spurs are <span style="font-weight: 600;">yet to get a really big win</span> outside of the Lane.<br /><br />And it's surely a<span style="font-weight: 600;"> double negative</span> that not only are they being deprived of the home comforts of fortress White Hart Lane on Saturday, Spurs are playing the game at a stadium where they've struggled badly.<br /><br />When going beyond very pure basic form, which is hugely impressive it has to be said, the case for Spurs starts to <span style="font-weight: 600;">show holes</span>.<br /><br />Does that mean I switch to Chelsea? No. They head to Wembley with confidence knocked and Conte, wary of that 2-0 loss in North London, may be happy to try and keep Spurs at arm's length and nick something. It could be tight and it may need longer than 90 minutes.<br /><br />Conclusion: I'm siding with the <span style="font-weight: 600;">draw</span>.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-weight: 600; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Over/Under 2.5 Goals</span><br /><br />The idea that FA Cup semi-finals are notoriously tight affairs is <span style="font-weight: 600;">contradicted</span> by recent evidence.<br /><br />Over 2.5 has landed in <span style="font-weight: 600;">eight of the last 11</span> last-four clashes at Wembley and the other three all had two goals. It's <span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-weight: 600; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative;" title="11/10"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">2.12</span></span> for Overs on Saturday so history says that's the value. Unders is <span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-weight: 600; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative;" title="5/6"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">1.84</span></span>.<br /><br />Obviously, the Unders is a reflection of the two defences on show as Spurs have the meanest in the Premier League having <span style="font-weight: 600;">conceded just 22 times in 32 matches</span> while Chelsea are third tightest with 27.<br /><br />Coming at it from the other direction, Spurs and Chelsea are also the <span style="font-weight: 600;">second and third highest scoring teams</span> in the top flight.<br /><br />The two head-to-heads between the pair this season have produced five goals - the 2-0 win to Spurs and Chelsea's 2-1 victory at Stamford Bridge.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-weight: 600; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">To Score</span><br /><br />Pro-Spurs backers will naturally gravitate to fit-again <span style="font-weight: 600;">Harry Kane</span> and free-scoring <span style="font-weight: 600;">Dele Alli</span> but their most lethal marksman in recent games is <span style="font-weight: 600;">Heung-Min Son</span>.<br /><br />The South Korean has blasted home <span style="font-weight: 600;">eight in his last six outings</span>, starting with a hat-trick in the 6-0 win over Millwall in the quarter-finals, while he's netted<span style="font-weight: 600;"> six FA Cup goals</span> in the run to the semis.<br /><br />His pace could easily unsettle the Chelsea defence (Jose Mourinho showed that with his team selection last weekend) and the prices are enough to lure me in.<br /><br />Son scoring the opener looked tempting at 13/2 but he hasn't netted first in any game since September. Therefore, I'll go for the the anytime goal (something he's achieved in five of his last six games) at 12/5.<br /><br />In Tottenham's last game at Wembley, Alli was sent off and Kane scored an own goal so perhaps it will be Son's stage on Saturday. He's underrated and there's a chance he could find that extra bit of space if Chelsea focus too much on Kane, Alli and Christian Eriksen.<br /><br />As for Chelsea,<span style="font-weight: 600;"> Eden Hazard</span> was anonymous against Man Utd but before that had wheeled away in celebration three times in his previous two games.<br /><br />Having reached February without going more than two games without a goal, top scorer <span style="font-weight: 600;">Diego Costa</span> has fired blanks in his last six Chelsea starts. Without the Spaniard's goals, Chelsea have looked more like a bull without the horns.<br /><br />If you want to look beyond the obvious...<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;">Gary Cahill</span> has scored seven goals this season, including a Wembley goal for England against Scotland. He's 25/1 for first goal and 17/2 anytime on the Sportsbook.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;">Ref watch</span><br /><br />As well as the current title race, these London rivals have some previous. After sacking it off for most of last season, Chelsea seemed desperate to stop Spurs chasing down Leicester last year and gave everything in a 2-2 draw which ended Tottenham's hopes.<br /><br />Spurs <span style="font-weight: 600;">lost their discipline</span> that night with Mark Clattenburg booking nine Tottenham players and three from Chelsea.<br /><br />In the two meetings since, it's been more sedate with three yellows shown in Chelsea's 2-1 win at the Bridge and five flashed in Tottenham's 2-0 win at WHL.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;">Martin Atkinson</span> was the ref that day and scribbled down the names Rose, Wanyama, Alli, Cahill and Pedro in his notebook.<br /><br />Atkinson also takes charge on Saturday and since that previous Spurs-Chelsea game he hasn't produced more than four yellows in 17 games so he tends to let things go if he can. That <span style="font-weight: 600;">patience will be tested</span> at Wembley.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;">Opta stat</span><br /><br />Son Heung-Min has been involved in more goals than any other player in this season's FA Cup (6 goals, 1 assist).</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;">Recommended Bets</span></span></div> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-weight: 600;"></span></span><br /> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-weight: 600; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Back the draw in Chelsea v Tottenham @ 3.45</span><br /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-weight: 600; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Back Heung-Min Son To Score Anytime @ 12/5</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-weight: 600; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;"> </span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-weight: 600; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpsHthgIkMregmgH-_3WhM0dIcCvoiMrxWvrUFq6gtPdflv1ydyJe-zE17zFJbTGKdGOW4iiB2bj6MbajfAeSo4CI8a8h_w-Zt3CbkqM_Jld3TzMJ_M11TBVD_XMVYmJ11yT8ikPLtYRM/s1600/Chelsea-vs-Tottenham-Hotspur.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpsHthgIkMregmgH-_3WhM0dIcCvoiMrxWvrUFq6gtPdflv1ydyJe-zE17zFJbTGKdGOW4iiB2bj6MbajfAeSo4CI8a8h_w-Zt3CbkqM_Jld3TzMJ_M11TBVD_XMVYmJ11yT8ikPLtYRM/s640/Chelsea-vs-Tottenham-Hotspur.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>

Chelsea v Tottenham: Son can shine in stalemate

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La Liga Betting: Espanyol no pushovers at home to Atlético Madrid

<div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Osasuna v Sporting Gijón</span><br />Saturday, 17:30<br />Live on Sky Sports 3 and Betfair Live Video</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The other two members of the bottom three meet late on Saturday afternoon. With both desperate for points, there's a strong possibility that there will be <span style="font-weight: 600;">goals on the menu</span>.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The obituaries for Osasuna's top-flight stay began to circulate a few months ago, but a pair of wins against Alavés and Leganés have provided just a bit of solace. They are still well adrift and only a terminal optimist would give them any chance of pulling off a great escape, but at least <span style="font-weight: 600;">Petar Vasiljević's men have given their fans something to cheer about</span> on the home straight.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sporting Gijón stand a far better chance of getting out of trouble and showed off their attacking chops in the 3-2 reversal to Real Madrid last time out. <span style="font-weight: 600;">They have scored in 10 of their 16 away games</span> in La Liga and that looks likely to continue at El Sádar, which is hardly a fortress. Osasuna have enough firepower to score themselves but have kept just two clean sheets all season, meaning this could be a slugging match.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Recommended Bet<br /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Back both teams to score (2pts) at</span> <span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative;" title="5/7">1.70</span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Espanyol v Atlético Madrid</span><br />Saturday, 19:45<br />Live on Sky Sports 3 and Betfair Live Video</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It has been an up and down season for Atlético Madrid, who saw their title hopes seep away early in the campaign and have had to live with mounting speculation over the futures of <span style="font-weight: 600;">Diego Simeone</span> and <span style="font-weight: 600;">Antoine Griezmann</span>. But the feeling is that they are now coming into their own, seven clean sheets in ten suggesting that the old, attritional Atleti were merely hibernating in preparation for the business end of the season.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There's no doubting their class, but it's worth noting that much of Atlético's best work this term has been done at the Calderón. Los Colchoneros have won just seven of 16 league games away from home, putting the lesser lights of the division to the sword but frequently making hard work of matches against more competent sides in midtable. Take away their matches against the bottom three and it's <span style="font-weight: 600;">four wins from 13</span> - not a great record by any means.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Espanyol have been priced up as <span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-weight: 600; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative;" title="5/1"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">5.80</span></span> long shots for this game, but there's reason to think they have been underestimated. Yes, the Parakeets were deeply inconsistent in the middle section of the season, but they have got their act together since January, putting together a solid sequence of results. On their day, when quality players like <span style="font-weight: 600;">Pablo Piatti</span> and <span style="font-weight: 600;">Gerard Moreno</span> click, they are a match for most sides in the division.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The Catalans have been especially convincing at home, with the last ten games at Cornellà-El Prat yielding 25 points. Add in the fact that coach <span style="font-weight: 600;">Quique Sánchez Flores has never lost to Atleti</span> in seven La Liga games, plus the possibility of some travel weariness affecting the away side, and you have a decent argument for siding with Espanyol.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Recommended Bet<br /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Back Espanyol +0.5 at [2.25]</span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;"><br /></span></span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLYGDx4a5EFph7pUFr4WFkZ-K5MQPPViZ0kgWRVpMz43459vihfceCPX8i4ddR-FMIZQoRqcMPpmNX8CF2wdjTKjELrXgUbqPKo0ey57ngMt4XOVU08U0XgXVPs8l4qCHRrQbOF1UCw-k/s1600/Espanyol_vs_Atletico_Madrid.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLYGDx4a5EFph7pUFr4WFkZ-K5MQPPViZ0kgWRVpMz43459vihfceCPX8i4ddR-FMIZQoRqcMPpmNX8CF2wdjTKjELrXgUbqPKo0ey57ngMt4XOVU08U0XgXVPs8l4qCHRrQbOF1UCw-k/s640/Espanyol_vs_Atletico_Madrid.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;"><br /></span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;"><br /></span></span></span></div>

La Liga Betting: Espanyol no pushovers at home to Atlético Madrid

Osasuna v Sporting Gijón Saturday, 17:30 Live on Sky Sports 3 and Betfair Live Video The other two members of the bottom three meet lat...

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Serie A Betting: Favour Inter in Florence

<div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Fiorentina v Inter</span><br /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Saturday, 19:45</span><br /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Live on BT Sport Extra 2</span></span><br /><br />After their resurgence under Stefano Pioli and all the talk of them being the coming force in Italian football, Inter have stumbled badly, and there's now serious talk of Pioli's job being on the line when they travel to the Artemio Franchi to face Fiorentina on Saturday night.<br /><br />Fiorentina have been a strange proposition this season, curiously lacking in direction and leadership, and with Paulo Sousa guaranteed to be on his way in the summer, the 2017-18 season will be a fresh start for them.<br /><br />Their loss against Empoli last time was just staggering, and Inter will travel with confidence. They may have failed to beat Milan, but they controlled large parts of the game and looked somewhere near their best.<br /><br />There are two pieces of key personnel news as well for La Viola: they'll be <span style="font-weight: 600;">without Gonzalo Rodriguez and Nikola Kalinic</span>, which weakens them significantly, and also means that Inter's terrible defence (the fifth worst over the last seven League games) may not be tested as much as it might have been.<br /><br />Rodriguez's absence means that Fiorentina will probably play a back three, with midfielder Carlos Sanchez deployed as a centre-half: that spells trouble against <span style="font-weight: 600;">Mauro Icardi, Ivan Perisic and Antonio Candreva. </span><br /><br />There'll likely be goals on Saturday night, it's hard to see them NOT being, but <span style="font-weight: 600;">the biggest surprise in the prices available is that Fiorentina and Inter are trading as joint favourites for the win</span>. Inter should be shorter, and Inter should win the game.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;">Recommended Bet<br /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Back Inter to beat Fiorentina @</span> <span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative;" title="7/4">2.70</span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Sassuolo v Napoli</span><br />Sunday, 11:30<br />Live on BT Sport 3</span><br /><br />Napoli will almost certainly beat Sassuolo on Sunday morning, and <span style="font-weight: 600;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">are priced at</span> <span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative;" title="2/5">1.42</span>to do so</span>, but of more interest is the way that they're likely to do it.<br /><br />Maurizio Sarri's side are famously free scoring, and when on song they're the best team to watch in the division, and one of the most thrilling in Europe.<br /><br />And they seem to be in a good place at the moment, winning 32 points in the last 13 rounds, a mark that only Juventus can match, and brushing aside Udinese last weekend.<br /><br />They travel to play a Sassuolo side who <span style="font-weight: 600;">put an end to a run of five consecutive home defeats</span> last time, and who are one of those teams fortunate that the standard at the bottom of the table has been so execrable this season. In a stronger year, they could so easily be fighting relegation right now.<br /><br />Napoli, though, don't do things the easy way, and have <span style="font-weight: 600;">conceded in six of their last seven away games</span>, including against the likes of Chievo and Empoli (twice) and even when they scored seven in Bologna.<br /><br />Even though Sassuolo will be missing Gregoire Defrel, they have enough about them to take advantage of Napoli's concentration lapses, and they have <span style="font-weight: 600;">scored in each of their last four Serie A matches</span> (and Defrel has only one of those).<br /><br />It's a pretty poor weekend in Serie A, and so one where some of my more ambitious ideas go out of the window. <span style="font-weight: 600;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Backing Both Teams to Score</span></span> in this may not be the most thrilling recommendation, but I think that it's a relatively safe one.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;">Recommended Bet<br /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">"Yes" to Both Teams to Score in Sassuolo v Napoli @</span> <span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative;" title="4/5">1.80</span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Udinese v Cagliari</span><br />Sunday, 14:00</span><br /><br />As I mentioned previously, this isn't a Serie A weekend to stir the senses, and we'll have much better opportunities going forward, but <span style="font-weight: 600;">I think there's a good chance of goals in Udine</span> this Sunday afternoon.<br /><br />Udinese lost in Naples last week, but that's excusable, and they'd been in a terrific patch of form before that. Cagliari have won three games from losing positions away from home this season, more than any other team in the League, and that gives you an idea of the way that Massimo Rastelli's side has started to play on their travels.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;">All of Cagliari's last three games have gone Over 3.5 Goals</span>, while the make-up of Udinese's last five games reads: 4, 5, 4, 3, 3 - those statistics are backed up with playing logic. These are two teams who've decided to play a certain way, and now that there isn't a great deal other than table position to play for, this could be wide open.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Over 3.5 Goals is available at</span> <span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative;" title="7/4">2.70</span></span> which seems more than fair.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;">Recommended Bet<br /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Back Over 3.5 Goals in Udinese v Cagliari @ </span><span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline: none; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; transition: color 0.2s;" title="7/4">2.70</span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline: none; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; transition: color 0.2s;" title="7/4"><br /></span></span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJLiswXoP8j7e-z3CKUE1aKjnetzXVPFAhsUm3S0tQBL1I4ZKFFpN00LiWI-3_5TPbPvcC785z0GThAeRKwJlLWxYHkOWtaJrS9c4kP8NxhVis3iUdfl5L6u3EkSlxvXYJR1LS_44_c9o/s1600/InterMilan-Fiorentina.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJLiswXoP8j7e-z3CKUE1aKjnetzXVPFAhsUm3S0tQBL1I4ZKFFpN00LiWI-3_5TPbPvcC785z0GThAeRKwJlLWxYHkOWtaJrS9c4kP8NxhVis3iUdfl5L6u3EkSlxvXYJR1LS_44_c9o/s640/InterMilan-Fiorentina.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>

Serie A Betting: Favour Inter in Florence

Fiorentina v Inter Saturday, 19:45 Live on BT Sport Extra 2 After their resurgence under Stefano Pioli and all the talk of them being the c...

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Bundesliga Betting: Vulnerable Mainz to feel Bayern backlash

<div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Bayern Munich v Mainz</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;">Saturday April 22, 14:30</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">With a sense of deep injustice burning in their hearts, Bayern Munich left European football's VIP club on Tuesday night, dumped out of the Champions League by Real Madrid. Although Bayern can justifiably be aggrieved at the second-leg sending-off of <span style="font-weight: 600;">Arturo Vidal</span> and some atrocious offside decisions at the Bernabeu, the brutal truth is that Bayern fell short in the first leg in Munich. They failed to convert a penalty when already 1-0 up, and then collapsed when Javi Martinez had been sent off.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">With the Champions League campaign now in tatters, domestic dominance is the target for coach <span style="font-weight: 600;">Carlo Ancelotti</span> in his first season. Bayern are eight points clear with only 15 left to play for, and they can still win the German Cup, although they have to play Borussia Dortmund in the semi-finals next week.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Mainz boosted their survival hopes with last weekend's crucial 1-0 win over Hertha Berlin, and they were the only German side to beat Bayern in Munich in the Bundesliga last season, but I fear for them here. Martin Schmidt's men have <span style="font-weight: 600;">defended poorly</span> all season, and have lost nine of their last ten away matches in the league, conceding 21 goals in the process.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Even if we give wounded Bayern a two-goal handicap, they should still overcome it, as they have done in their last six Bundesliga home wins.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: 600;">Recommended Bet</span><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Back Bayern Munich -2.0 on the Asian Handicap at</span> <span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative;" title="20/21">1.96</span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Hamburg v Darmstadt</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;">Saturday April 22, 14:30</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The way Darmstadt <span style="font-weight: 600;">postponed relegation</span> last weekend was typical of the way they have scrapped their way to success in recent seasons. Facing the drop, the Lilies scored with virtually the last kick of the game to secure a 2-1 win over Schalke, but I believe they'll reach the end of the road this weekend.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Darmstadt are bottom, they have lost all 14 of their Bundesliga away games, and they visit a Hamburg team that has produced <span style="font-weight: 600;">red-hot home form</span> in the last few months. HSV have won seven of their last eight league games at the Volksparkstadion, which is just as well, because their wretched away displays have kept them in trouble. Markus Gisdol's side are only a point above the bottom three, with just five games of the season remaining.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hamburg won the reverse fixture 2-0, and I believe they will secure a similar result here. Five of Darmstadt's last seven away defeats have been by a margin of two goals or more, they have the worst attack and the worst defence in the league, and they are visiting what has become one of the Bundesliga's toughest venues for visiting sides.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: 600;">Recommended Bet</span><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Back Hamburg -1.5 on the Asian Handicap at [2.19]</span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Borussia Monchengladbach v Borussia Dortmund</span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;">Saturday April 22, 17:30</span><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;">Live on BT Sport 1</span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><br /></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We will never know if Borussia Dortmund might have made it through their Champions League quarter-final against Monaco if they hadn't been the victims of a <span style="font-weight: 600;">frightening attack</span> on their team bus. In light of what happened less than a fortnight ago, BVB deserve credit for the way they have handled themselves as a group of players. They battled gamely against the Ligue 1 leaders, but every error they made over the two legs was painfully exposed by a side in terrific form.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now Dortmund must try to make sure they return to the Champions League, but at present they face the prospect of a playoff at the start of next season, as only Germany's top three sides qualify automatically for the group stage. Dortmund are fourth, and visit a Borussia Monchengladbach side that could still qualify for the Europa League, either through the league or through winning the DFB Pokal.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Although Gladbach were thumped 5-3 at Hoffenheim last weekend, I feel they should be confident ahead of this encounter. They have only lost four of their 13 league games since <span style="font-weight: 600;">Dieter Hecking</span> took charge, and three of those defeats were against the current top three. They have won three of their last five Bundesliga home matches, and have only lost one of their last six home games against BVB.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's also worth noting that Dortmund simply aren't as strong away from home under Thomas Tuchel as they are at Signal Iduna Park. They have lost five of their last eight away games in all competitions, and in the league they have only won four times on the road all campaign.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I don't feel that a <span style="font-weight: 600;">drained and disheartened</span> Dortmund should be <span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-weight: 600; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative;" title="21/20"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">2.04</span></span> here against a good side, so I'm taking on the visitors.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: 600;">Recommended Bet</span><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Lay Borussia Dortmund at </span><span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline: none; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; transition: color 0.2s;" title="21/20">2.04</span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline: none; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; transition: color 0.2s;" title="21/20"><br /></span></span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhykvyQjrj7qlUe8cSMcsUp1qUP-hyojrEtM2fZlSoDchYlKy93Q_DYqbMh0Z3V39TFIzUdohO1cdlqrYJr53dIZ18kD2VC1Rtj2jt6MwBk3geZc9z5nz19-tEHqGtda5Siu1MdJ-oNelU/s1600/1113051_imgw968.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhykvyQjrj7qlUe8cSMcsUp1qUP-hyojrEtM2fZlSoDchYlKy93Q_DYqbMh0Z3V39TFIzUdohO1cdlqrYJr53dIZ18kD2VC1Rtj2jt6MwBk3geZc9z5nz19-tEHqGtda5Siu1MdJ-oNelU/s640/1113051_imgw968.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>

Bundesliga Betting: Vulnerable Mainz to feel Bayern backlash

Bayern Munich v Mainz Saturday April 22, 14:30 With a sense of deep injustice burning in their hearts, Bayern Munich left European foot...

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Ligue 1 Betting: Monaco the smart bet in Sunday night showdown

<div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Bordeaux v Bastia</span> (5th v 20th)<br />Sat, 19:00 BST</span><br /><br />Bastia's game at home to Lyon was called off because of crowd trouble last week and the Bastia players are unlikely to be in the right frame of mind to pick up points at Bordeaux this weekend.<br /><br />Things were already bad for Bastia, rooted to the foot of the table, before last weekend's events saw things take a turn for the worse. Fans invaded the pitch and clashed with Lyon players before the game, and when the same thing happened at half-time the game was abandoned.<br /><br />Bastia are now awaiting their punishment, which could be a points deduction and several games played behind closed doors or away from their home stadium. Relegation now looks more likely and the players will be aggrieved their efforts on the pitch have been undermined.<br /><br />Bordeaux are chasing a Europa League place and have been in excellent form, especially at home: <span style="font-weight: 600;">they've won their last six games (home and away) against sides outside the top four and run up big winning margins in their last three home fixtures:</span> 3-0 v Metz, 5-1 v Montpellier and 3-0 v Guingamp.<br /><br />All things point towards a comfortable Bordeaux victory so the hosts are the pick on the Asian Handicap.<br /><br />For a full guide to Asian Handicap betting, click <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-weight: 600; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">here</span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;">Recommended Bet<br /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Bordeaux -1&-1.5 Asian Handicap @</span> <span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative;" title="10/11">1.91</span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Lorient v Metz</span> (18th v 15th)<br />Sat, 19:00 BST</span><br /><br />Lorient are odds-on to win this relegation six-pointer but there's little in their form figures to justify such a short price.<br /><br />The Brittany outfit have improved in recent weeks, winning three of their last four matches, but they were a bit lucky on two occasions and poor at Montpellier last weekend (2-0 defeat). Sitting 18th in the table they've everything to play for but are also under more pressure than the visitors to pick up points.<br /><br />Metz came within seconds of earning a point in a rearranged fixture at home to PSG on Tuesday night, succumbing only to a Blaise Matuidi injury-time winner. All their recent losses have come against Ligue 1's top sides, but <span style="font-weight: 600;">Metz's record against the rest is strong: against all but the top five they're W4-D4-L1</span> since the start of the year.<br /><br />Metz also managed to rest several of their first-choice players for the midweek fixture against PSG as this trip to Lorient was always their priority so they should be fit and fresh. A lay of Lorient or Metz on the Asian Handicap are the selections to consider.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;">Recommended Bet<br /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Metz +0.5&+1.0 Asian Handicap @</span> <span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative;" title="20/21">1.95</span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Lyon v Monaco</span> (4th v 1st)<br />Sun, 20:15 BST<br />Live on BT Sport 1</span><br /><br />Monaco are a remarkably big price of <span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-weight: 600; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative;" title="13/8"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">2.64</span></span> to win in Lyon on Sunday night when you consider the form and state of mind of these two teams going into the game.<br /><br />The Principality outfit once again underlined their credentials with their impressive 3-1 Champions League quarter-final second leg win over Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday night. They're playing some of the best football in Europe right now so are capable of going to a place like Lyon and picking up all 3pts.<br /><br />Monaco also have every reason to be motivated. Level on points with PSG at the top of the Ligue 1 table having played one game fewer, Monaco need to win in order to be sure of maintaining their advantage on goal difference over their nearest rivals.<br /><br />This is a great time to play Lyon as <span style="font-weight: 600;">their season is effectively all about the Europa League</span>. They moved into the semi-finals of that competitions thanks to their penalty shoot-out win over Besiktas on Thursday night and won't do anything to jeopardise their chances of making the final in Solna on May 24. Lyon are talented enough to avoid defeat this weekend, but Ligue 1 simply doesn't matter as much anymore.<br /><br />Monaco to win at <span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-weight: 600; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative;" title="13/8"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">2.64</span></span> is worth considering but we prefer Monaco Draw No Bet. With our selection you get your money back if the game ends all-square.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Recommended Bet<br /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Monaco Draw No Bet @ </span><span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline: none; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; transition: color 0.2s;" title="10/11">1.91</span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline: none; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; transition: color 0.2s;" title="10/11"><br /></span></span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirAt-ggEwIirGnPQrI70sQ5LvBx2hChbX0iGed9aRS9TaZ15758k5gb8XWREszXDu2up9_qbIgCRqzW4LZG9eNizmbvVm9cLT4o2tXutnuqKPQnQ3ur-Eg2HhSyfKfA-x6qrQxRe5JVG0/s1600/MonacovsLyonnais8e467.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirAt-ggEwIirGnPQrI70sQ5LvBx2hChbX0iGed9aRS9TaZ15758k5gb8XWREszXDu2up9_qbIgCRqzW4LZG9eNizmbvVm9cLT4o2tXutnuqKPQnQ3ur-Eg2HhSyfKfA-x6qrQxRe5JVG0/s640/MonacovsLyonnais8e467.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>

Ligue 1 Betting: Monaco the smart bet in Sunday night showdown

Bordeaux v Bastia  (5th v 20th) Sat, 19:00 BST Bastia's game at home to Lyon was called off because of crowd trouble last week and the ...

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Saturday Championship Tipsheet: Home comforts to enable easy Robins win

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <h2 style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 600;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;">Bristol City <span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative;" title="8/11">1.76</span> v Barnsley <span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative;" title="4/1">5.00</span>; The Draw <span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative;" title="16/5">4.20</span></span></span></h2> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> </div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Bristol City have all but secured their Championship status thanks to a <span style="font-weight: 600;">superb run of home results </span>that has seen them take 11 of the last 15 points available at Ashton Gate.<br /><br />The Robins looked dead and buried when the lost 2-0 at Aston Villa in late February, but they've since lost just two of their next nine while remaining unbeaten in front of their own fans.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;">Lee Johnson</span>'s men earned a very good draw with Norwich before thrashing promotion hopefuls Huddersfield 4-0 in front of the live TV cameras, and they've since recorded back-to-back home victories over Wolves and QPR respectively to give them some much-needed <span style="font-weight: 600;">breathing space</span> at the bottom of the table.<br /><br />A home game against Barnsley is arguably the perfect match for Bristol City on Saturday afternoon give that the Yorkshire side have absolutely <span style="font-weight: 600;">nothing to play for</span>, and in their last away game they lost to second bottom Wigan.<br /><br />With a win the Robins will be absolutely safe, so they have everything to play for here, and given that their next game is away to Brighton before facing a Birmingham side that could be fully motivated under new boss Harry Redknapp, I think they'll <span style="font-weight: 600;">go all out for the three points </span>in this match.<br /><br />I strongly fancy Johnson's men to succeed in getting the points too, and I'd wager that they do so in comfortable fashion by backing them to overcome a -1 goal handicap.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;">Recommended Bets<br /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Back Bristol City -1 to Win @</span> <span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative;" title="7/4">2.70</span></span> (best bet)</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;"></span></span></div> <h2 style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 600;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;">Huddersfield <span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative;" title="7/5">2.40</span> v Fulham <span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative;" title="11/5">3.20</span>; The Draw <span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative;" title="13/5">3.60</span></span></span></h2> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> </div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">What a game this promises to be, though I have to admit that I don't have an inkling as to who will come out on top if there is to be a winner.<br /><br />But what I do expect is <span style="font-weight: 600;">goals</span>, and that's simply because a victory for either side will be like gold dust, with one side still in with a chance of <span style="font-weight: 600;">automatic promotion </span>and the other desperate to secure a place in the play-offs.<br /><br />Huddersfield may be seven points behind Newcastle who occupy the final automatic promotion slot, but they have a game in hand and with the Magpies stuttering big time of late a victory for the Terriers will move them to within just <span style="font-weight: 600;">four points</span> of Rafa Benitez's men and both clubs will have three games to play.<br /><br />Fulham are in fine form, winning four of their last five which has been good enough to climb to sixth in the table, but they have absolutely <span style="font-weight: 600;">no room to spare </span>over Leeds - both clubs have 73 points - with just three games remaining.<br /><br />The Cottagers' all-out quest to win games of late has seen their matches provide tonnes of entertainment and goals; five of their last six league games have witnessed <span style="font-weight: 600;">at least four goals</span>, and their last four matches have averaged exactly 4.5 goals per game.<br /><br />Huddersfield haven't been quite as entertaining recently, though their last four matches have produced 12 goals which is an average of exactly three per match, and I'm sure <span style="font-weight: 600;">David Wagner</span> will send his men out to attack and get the three points given that they still have hopes of overhauling Newcastle.<br /><br />Even ignoring the magnitude of the game the fact is that no club in the Championship has scored more than Fulham this season (78), and they also have the second worst defensive record of the top six clubs.<br /><br />I'm surprised that <span style="font-weight: 600;">Over 2.5 Goals</span> can be backed at <span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-weight: 600; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative;" title="10/11"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">1.92</span></span> then, but that also means we'll get a good price on witnessing at least four goals so that's how we'll play.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Recommended Bets<br /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Back Over 3.5 Goals @</span> <span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative;" title="9/4">3.30</span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;"></span></span></div> <h2 style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.3; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 600;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; outline: none; transition: color 0.2s;">Brentford <span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative;" title="11/10">2.10</span> v QPR <span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative;" title="13/5">3.65</span>; The Draw <span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative;" title="3/1">3.90</span></span></span></h2> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> </div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My first two recommendations are involving games where at least one side has <span style="font-weight: 600;">everything to play for</span>, and as I've said a few times recently that's a very good angle to take as the season approaches a climax.<br /><br />But although this game doesn't involve at least one club desperate for points it does feature one that has been in <span style="font-weight: 600;">desperate form</span> of late that we've opposed with great success in recent weeks, so if it's not broken, then don't try and fix it as they say.<br /><br />QPR have lost five on the spin now, and I keep alluding to the fact that boss <span style="font-weight: 600;">Ian Holloway</span> is continually aware of people doing exactly what I'm doing, which is effectively saying that they've given up for the season.<br /><br />Holloway has of course been saying that his men are trying their hardest, and I'm sure before the season is out QPR will avoid defeat somewhere, but away to Brentford, who on their day are easily <span style="font-weight: 600;">one of the best home sides in the division</span>, I fancy the Hoops will suffer another defeat.<br /><br />The Bees have shown exactly why they are so highly rated at <span style="font-weight: 600;">Griffin Park</span> in recent weeks with a trio of wins over in-form Bristol City, promotion-chasing Leeds, and a Derby side that were unbeaten under their new boss, by an aggregate scoreline of 8-0!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;">Dean Smith</span>'s men were superb in thrashing the Rams 4-0 last time, and a reproduction of anywhere near that form will see them beat QPR quite comfortably. If this game had anything riding on it I'd have expected to see Brentford trading at odds-on, so that fact that we can back them at <span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-weight: 600; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative;" title="11/10"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">2.10</span></span> is a huge bonus.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: 600;">Recommended Bet<br /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Back Brentford to Win @ </span><span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline: none; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; transition: color 0.2s;" title="11/10">2.10</span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: 600;"><span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline: none; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; transition: color 0.2s;" title="11/10"><br /></span></span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDQBB6AOuEukLY3caFgybo_FYQJkbP0QvY13LS_FGJLw6ilWodwRtDfsN0eTH9in0IUherprzDQdOF1-6bdxSsSG4vAl2f9OrKh2MJOXCdDRnBfSpsW6XvxC9lzexZexTX8YbH21T_JuU/s1600/lee-johnson-bristol-city-ipswich_3415402.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDQBB6AOuEukLY3caFgybo_FYQJkbP0QvY13LS_FGJLw6ilWodwRtDfsN0eTH9in0IUherprzDQdOF1-6bdxSsSG4vAl2f9OrKh2MJOXCdDRnBfSpsW6XvxC9lzexZexTX8YbH21T_JuU/s640/lee-johnson-bristol-city-ipswich_3415402.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>

Saturday Championship Tipsheet: Home comforts to enable easy Robins win

Bristol City  1.76  v Barnsley  5.00 ; The Draw  4.20 Bristol City have all but secured their Championship status thanks to a  superb ...

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Champions League Draw: Juventus favourites as Madrid giants meet again

<div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There will be no repeat of last season's all-Madrid Champions League final as Real and Atlectico have been drawn against each other in the semi-finals of Europe's premier competition. <span style="font-weight: 600;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Real are</span> <span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative;" title="9/5">2.80</span> to become the first side to retain the Champions League</span> and they will host their neighbours at the Bernabeu in the first leg on Tuesday May 2, while in the other semi-final, Italian champions Juventus travel to French club Monaco the following night.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: 600;">Real Madrid</span> beat neighbours Atletico on penalties in last season's Champions League final and they also overcame them in the 2014 final. The two teams know each other very well but can <span style="font-weight: 600;">Atletico</span> make it third time lucky and stop Real's charge to successive Champions League titles?</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Real are the early <span style="font-weight: 600;"><span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline: none; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; transition: color 0.2s;" title="1/2">1.50</span></span> favourites to qualify and, at <span style="font-weight: 600;"><span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline: none; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; transition: color 0.2s;" title="5/8">1.63</span></span>, bettors fancy Cristiano Ronaldo and co. to win the first leg. But it's only two weeks since Diego Simeone's Atletico recently came away from the Bernabeu with a 1-1 draw in a La Liga fixture and we saw in the previous round against Leicester City that they are strong defensively and lethal on the counter-attack. They're <span style="font-weight: 600;"><span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline: none; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; transition: color 0.2s;" title="9/2">5.50</span></span> to win the tournament.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's going to be a fascinating tie and, while there's no doubt that Real had the superior firepower, the tactical tussle between the experienced Simeone and Real boss <span style="font-weight: 600;">Zinedine Zidane</span>, who's still in his first full season as a manager, will be fascinating.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The other semi-final is also a contest between attacking talent and defensive nous as arguably the most exciting team in this season's Champions League, <span style="font-weight: 600;">Monaco</span>, take on Juventus. The Italian side will be buzzing after knocking out Barcelona in the previous round but they know they're in for a stern test when they face the conquerors and Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">There's little between the teams in the first leg betting, with away side <span style="font-weight: 600;">Juventus <span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline: none; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; transition: color 0.2s;" title="6/4">2.50</span></span>and <span style="font-weight: 600;">Monaco <span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline: none; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; transition: color 0.2s;" title="1/1">2.00</span></span>. Over all, <span style="font-weight: 600;">Juventus <span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative;" title="1/3"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">1.34</span></span> are expected to qualify</span> for the final.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Monaco have been thrilling at their Stade Louis II, putting three past Dortmund in this week's quater-final second leg. At <span style="font-weight: 600;"><span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline: none; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; transition: color 0.2s;" title="17/2">9.40</span></span>, they're the tournament winner market outsiders, while <span style="font-weight: 600;">Juventus trade at <span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline: none; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; transition: color 0.2s;" title="9/5">2.78</span></span> - marginal favourites ahead of Real Madrid following the draw for the semi-finals.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's the odds on the French team, however, that will look generous if their fearless 18-year-old striker <span style="font-weight: 600;">Kylian Mbappe</span> can find a way past Juventus's experienced defenders Giorgio Chiellini and Leonardo Bonucci. </span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLO18Y6StBKW83uBuuSGurn8K5lZ-mh0nrwIhb6x4ngzt0wCcAOgAaoPV54rfJWXgMbxlKpWuM9nHaBetYrQ-4kTtW5EPJXulzFYnhQe97jr6IGJNo_gv4szyw-jh_mNI4ozEEyZUEjcE/s1600/Ronaldo_01_WTUB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLO18Y6StBKW83uBuuSGurn8K5lZ-mh0nrwIhb6x4ngzt0wCcAOgAaoPV54rfJWXgMbxlKpWuM9nHaBetYrQ-4kTtW5EPJXulzFYnhQe97jr6IGJNo_gv4szyw-jh_mNI4ozEEyZUEjcE/s640/Ronaldo_01_WTUB.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>

Champions League Draw: Juventus favourites as Madrid giants meet again

There will be no repeat of last season's all-Madrid Champions League final as Real and Atlectico have been drawn against each other in ...

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Europa League: Manchester United to play Celta Vigo in semi-finals

<div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: 600;">Manchester United are <span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline: none; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; transition: color 0.2s;" title="1/1">2.00</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;"> </span>favourites</span> in Betfair's Europa League winner market after they were drawn against <span style="font-weight: 600;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Celta Vigo in the semi-finals</span></span> of Europe's second-tier competition. Jose Mourinho's team needed an extra-time goal from Marcus Rashford to win their quarter-final against Anderlecht but bettors continue to back United win the Europa League for the first time in their history.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">United will be pleased with the draw and, while they won't underestimate the Spanish side, they would probably have chosen to play them over either <span style="font-weight: 600;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Ajax or Lyon</span></span> who meet in the other semi-final. Even better for United, they get to play the first leg away from home on <span style="font-weight: 600;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">May 4</span></span> before hosting Celta at Old Trafford on May 11.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">They will almost certainly be without top score <span style="font-weight: 600;">Zlatan Ibrahimovic</span> after the Swede suffered a knee injury against Anderlecht. That could give Rashford the chance to thrive in the central striker's role. His opportunities have been limited this season but, with three goals in his last four matches, the 20-year-old is rediscovering the form that saw him make such an impressive impact last season.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">With United four points off the top four of the Premier League, winning the Europa League is arguably their best route to qualifying for next season's Champions League. With every round that's passed, they've taken the tournament more seriously and <span style="font-weight: 600;">Mourinho</span> could start to prioritise its fixtures over domestic matches.</span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Europa League Winner - Latest Odds<br /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Manchester United </span><span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline: none; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; transition: color 0.2s;" title="1/1">2.00</span><br /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Lyon </span><span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline: none; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; transition: color 0.2s;" title="14/5">3.85</span><br /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Ajax </span><span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline: none; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; transition: color 0.2s;" title="13/2">7.40</span><br /><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-width: initial; transition: color 0.2s;">Celta Vigo </span><span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline: none; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; transition: color 0.2s;" title="15/2">8.60</span></span></span></div> <div style="-webkit-text-stroke: 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); line-height: 21px; padding-bottom: 0.5em;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 600;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span class="inline-odds" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; outline: none; padding: 0px 2px 1px; position: relative; transition: color 0.2s;" title="15/2"><br /></span></span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJK0QHo-LaF1PtYfGCf2RpWUsU4USIhuFz0oh_uETDPENH12lkmSU1_tzDSXQ7FWeFMasTT9o3lgNnMA37FOsJmBDmfBTcHIjbUvEWVz2OdPamk3kFlWkpbvvzIk6-QAxlwxv2iLLw9x0/s1600/Jose-Mourinho-Football365.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJK0QHo-LaF1PtYfGCf2RpWUsU4USIhuFz0oh_uETDPENH12lkmSU1_tzDSXQ7FWeFMasTT9o3lgNnMA37FOsJmBDmfBTcHIjbUvEWVz2OdPamk3kFlWkpbvvzIk6-QAxlwxv2iLLw9x0/s640/Jose-Mourinho-Football365.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>

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