La Liga Betting: Valverde reunion should go Barcelona's way

<div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Alavés v Valencia</span><br />Saturday, 12:00<br />Live on Betfair Live Video</span></strong></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A quick one to start us off this week, with in-form Valencia very much worth backing to beat Alavés. <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The hosts are in miserable form</strong>, with just three points to show from their nine games so far and one goal in four home games. Gianni De Biasi has had little impact since arriving a month ago, so it's shaping up to be a long old season.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Valencia, by contrast, are in dreamland, last season's woes having transformed into sunny uplands under Marcelino. Los Che are still unbeaten and have now won five games in a row, scoring 21 goals in that run. <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">They're full of confidence and should have no trouble putting the Basques to the sword</strong>, even without suspended captain Dani Parejo.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recommended Bets<br /><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">1.5pts Valencia -1.0 at [2.27]</span><br /><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">0.5pts Valencia -2.0 [4.19]</span></span></strong></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Athletic Club v Barcelona</span><br />Saturday, 19:45<br />Live on Sky Sports Football and Betfair Live Video</strong></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They rode their luck last weekend, their goals coming courtesy of a dodgy refereeing decision and a helpful deflection, but <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Barcelona still got the job done against Málaga</strong>. The 2-0 win at Camp Nou kept Valencia and Real Madrid off their case for another week, before Ernesto Valverde used the midweek Copa del Rey game against Murcia to rotate his squad.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next up is a trip to Bilbao, which will be an emotional occasion for the Barcelona boss. Valverde is a deity in the Basque country, having spent four memorable years in the San Mamés dugout before jumping ship to Catalonia in the summer. Throw in a previous managerial spell between 2003 and 2005, a stint as assistant manager and 170 games as a player for Athletic Club and <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">you know to expect a warm welcome when he walks out</strong> on Saturday evening.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">His former club haven't been getting on so well without him. <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Athletic have claimed just four points from the last 24 available</strong> in the league and have made a mess of what looked like a relatively straightforward Europa League group. A serious knee injury for Iker Muniaín explains some of the recent slump, but José Ángel Ziganda really should be doing better with a squad that didn't change too much over the summer.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Barcelona will be confident of heaping more misery on the Lions, not least because <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">they've won the last nine league meetings between the sides</strong>. Athletic haven't even scored in the last four and could find life tough again here.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recommended Bet<br /><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Back Barcelona -1.0 at</span> <span class="inline-odds" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;" title="4/5">1.80</span></span></strong></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Girona v Real Madrid</span><br />Sunday, 15:15<br />Live on Sky Sports Football and Betfair Live Video</strong></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After six games without a win, newly-promoted <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Girona got back on the horse last weekend</strong>, grinding their way past Deportivo La Coruña in Galicia. It wasn't an especially pretty victory but it was a timely one, with a royally tricky set of fixtures coming up next: Real Betis and Real Sociedad follow this game against Real Madrid, with only a trip to Levante to break thing up.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Catalans claimed a point against Atlético Madrid early in the season but have since been less convincing against the division's more illustrious names: matches against Athletic, Sevilla, Barcelona and Villarreal yielded no points and just a single goal. So there's reason for them to be fearful as they prepare for <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">their first ever competitive game against Los Merengues</strong>.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Madrid produced more of the same last weekend, beating Eibar without really hitting top gear, and followed that with a tedious Copa del Rey win at Fuenlabrada on Thursday night. You get the feeling that <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Zinedine Zidane's men could do with a blowout win</strong> - or maybe even a blowout defeat - to really get their gears going this season. The question is when it will arrive.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With no crystal ball at our disposal, the best play this weekend appears to be the same one that paid off in the Eibar game: backing Madrid to win but not going goal crazy. Just one of Girona's last eight games has produced more than three goals, so we like their chances of keeping this vaguely respectable, especially given that <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">their visitors face Tottenham on Wednesday night</strong>.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recommended Bet<br /><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Back Real Madrid to win and under 3.5 goals at 7/5</span></span></strong></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uD82UJ7hqQ4/WfP4OSnPmaI/AAAAAAAAEDw/NtkLJsCIWK0tr318kxE7HaLMG258kvLKgCLcBGAs/s1600/7d715-1506207056-800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="409" data-original-width="615" height="424" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uD82UJ7hqQ4/WfP4OSnPmaI/AAAAAAAAEDw/NtkLJsCIWK0tr318kxE7HaLMG258kvLKgCLcBGAs/s640/7d715-1506207056-800.jpg" width="640" /></a><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><br /></span></span></strong></div>

La Liga Betting: Valverde reunion should go Barcelona's way

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Bundesliga Betting: Bayern to put upstarts Leipzig in their place

<div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Bayern Munich v RB Leipzig</span></strong><br /><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Saturday October 28, 17:30</strong><br /><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Live on BT Sport 2</strong></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jupp Heynckes</strong> remains unbeaten in his latest spell as Bayern Munich coach, but that record was put under severe strain by RB Leipzig on Wednesday, as Die Roten Bullen took the champions to penalties in the DFB Pokal.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was a tempestuous clash which saw <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Naby Keita</strong> sent off for the third time in seven games for club and country, and saw Mats Hummels square up to RBL sporting director Ralf Rangnick, after the latter tried to show the referee footage on his mobile phone which was meant to illustrate that his side should have had a first-half penalty. In the end, Leipzig blinked first, as <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Timo Werner</strong> failed from 12 yards to give Bayern victory after a 1-1 draw.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Leipzig have every reason to think they can compete with Bayern this weekend, especially when you consider that they recently ended Borussia Dortmund's 41-match unbeaten run at home in the Bundesliga. However, I believe they will fail this particular test.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Leipzig have already lost games at Schalke, Augsburg and Besiktas this season, and they didn't score in any of those games. Also, Leipzig lost 3-0 at Bayern last season, in what was one of their <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">worst performances</strong> of the campaign. In the reverse fixture last season, Leipzig blew a 4-2 lead and lost 5-4, and they need a win to break Bayern's psychological hold over them.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bayern have looked much more like their usual selves since Heyckes returned, and I think they'll make another <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">statement</strong> on Saturday. They have smashed Freiburg 5-0 and Celtic 3-0 in Heynckes' home games so far, and although their opponents on Saturday are far better, I still think they have the quality to win comfortably.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Recommended Bet</strong><br /><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Back Bayern Munich -1.5 on the Asian Handicap at</span> <span class="inline-odds" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;" title="1/1">2.02</span></strong></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Hertha Berlin v Hamburg</span></strong><br /><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Saturday October 28, 14:30</strong></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Neither of these teams is in great form at the moment. Hertha have won just one of their last 12 games in all competitions, and popular coach <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Pal Dardai</strong> is probably facing his first crisis since taking over. The Old Lady was unceremoniously dumped out of the DFB Pokal in midweek, as FC Koln picked up a rare win at the Olympiastadion.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hamburg are in even worse shape though. They haven't won a game since August, they've taken just one point from their last seven league matches, and they've only scored two goals during that sequence.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With both teams struggling, the key is who has the better players, and I believe that Hertha do. <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Davie Selke</strong> is starting to settle in up front, and if the midfield can find strikers like him, Vedad Ibisevic and Salomon Kalou, the goals will start to come. Young centre-backs Karim Rekik and Niklas Stark are struggling as a partnership, but that's due to a lack of experience playing together rather than a lack of talent.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hamburg are still without a host of players because of injury, and the club's alarming debts (they announced another annual loss recently) explain why HSV have such a <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">lack of depth</strong> in their squad. Gideon Jung is suspended after his sending-off against Bayern, and no-one in the squad has scored more than once in the league.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think Hertha will see this as a huge opportunity to return to winning ways, and against a demoralised and threadbare Hamburg, I believe they'll claim three points at last.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Recommended Bet</strong><br /><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Back Hertha Berlin to win at</span> <span class="inline-odds" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;" title="1/1">2.00</span></strong></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Stuttgart v Freiburg</span></strong><br /><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sunday 29 October 2017, 17:00</strong></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stuttgart have made a solid start to their return to the top flight, but their form has a certain duality. On the road they have lost all five matches, but at the <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">atmospheric Mercedes-Benz Arena</strong> they have won three and drawn one of their four outings.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Freiburg are very similar, combative at home, but atrocious on their travels. Stretching back into last season, they have lost six of their last seven away games in the league, and during that sequence they have conceded <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">24 goals</strong> and scored just two.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On that basis alone, I'd be happy to back the hosts, but I also think Freiburg have a weaker squad than Stuttgart. The Freiburg coach <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Christian Streich</strong> is a genius, but a result should be beyond him this weekend.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Recommended Bet</strong><br /><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Back Stuttgart to win at </span><span class="inline-odds" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3px; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="5/6">1.85</span></strong></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rLZpVY1yVwg/WfP3MCcmtWI/AAAAAAAAEDk/KrXQpJG461AOvSXPP0xqD-8DMp3nbZqIQCLcBGAs/s1600/t%25E1%25BA%25A3i%2Bxu%25E1%25BB%2591ng%2B%25284%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="360" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rLZpVY1yVwg/WfP3MCcmtWI/AAAAAAAAEDk/KrXQpJG461AOvSXPP0xqD-8DMp3nbZqIQCLcBGAs/s640/t%25E1%25BA%25A3i%2Bxu%25E1%25BB%2591ng%2B%25284%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>

Bundesliga Betting: Bayern to put upstarts Leipzig in their place

Bayern Munich v RB Leipzig Saturday October 28, 17:30 Live on BT Sport 2 Jupp Heynckes  remains unbeaten in his latest spell as Bayern Mu...

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Serie A Betting: Goals at the San Siro and Dacia Arena and a shock SPAL win

<div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Milan v Juventus<br />Saturday, 17:00<br />Live on BT Sport 3 and Betfair Live Video</span></strong></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When Juve lost to Lazio a couple of weeks ago, some felt that cracks were starting to show and that this could finally be the year that their Serie A dominance ended. That might still be the case, but Max Allegri's team look like they're relishing the challenge, and mustn't be written off.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They've come from behind to beat Sporting, they trounced Udinese with 10 men, and they saw off SPAL 4-1. They've conceded goals in all of those games, and Allegri admits that this is a worry, but the streetfighters from Turin are showing a different way of doing things, and they'll head to Milan trying to crush any green shoots that are appearing for the Rossoneri.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I fancy Juve to win, but <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">I do think that they're a bit short at</span> <span class="inline-odds" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;" title="1/1">2.00</span></strong>, and given <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">the</span> <span class="inline-odds" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;" title="1/1">2.02</span>that's available for Over 2.5 Goals</strong>, I think that the value lies there. Milan bounced back against Chievo in midweek, were back amongst the goals themselves, but look similarly vulnerable defensively, with or without Leo Bonucci. (He's suspended against his old team this weekend.)</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Juve's last five have all gone over the 2.5 mark, and they'll dictate the pace and the style of the game to try and win it. Much though <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">I fancy them to have too much for Milan</span></strong>, goals is the bet.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recommended Bet<br /><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Back Over 2.5 Goals in Milan v Juve @</span> <span class="inline-odds" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;" title="1/1">2.02</span></span></strong></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Udinese v Atalanta</span><br />Sunday, 15:00<br />Live on Betfair Live Video</span></strong></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There'll also be goals in Udine, as Gigi Del Neri tries to build on the big win in midweek against Sassuolo, and having saved his job there, hope to start sending his team up the table.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gian Piero Gasperini has made it clear that Atalanta will be prioritising the Europa League this season, and they've done so wonderfully well, but at the expense of their League position.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They're now ninth though after two consecutive wins, and while <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">they're a bit short to win at Udinese at around</span> <span class="inline-odds" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;" title="11/10">2.10</span></strong>, there's every chance that they'll get the job done. Gasperini will be worried at how open his team look this season, having defended so well in the last campaign, but going out and attacking teams is working for them at the moment (just ask Everton) and I don't think that they'll change their way of doing things here.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Four of their last five games have gone over 2.5 goals</strong>, and given that only two of Udinese's 11 matches so far this season have had at least three goals, that outcome <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">shouldn't be trading at even money here</span></strong>.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There's every chance that, in a week of slim pickings, this could be the game of the weekend, and <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">we can profit</strong> from that.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recommended Bet<br /><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Back Over 2.5 Goals in Udinese v Atalanta @</span> <span class="inline-odds" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;" title="1/1">2.00</span></span></strong></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">SPAL v Genoa</span><br />Sunday, 15:00<br />Live on Betfair Live Video</span></strong></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I've mentioned already, this is an uninspiring weekend away from the two games above, with so many short priced favourites that I'm finding it hard to oppose.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I'll take a chance on SPAL: I thought that they played pretty well against Juventus in that 4-1 defeat last time, and even though their season is yet to catch fire, they can move out of the relegation zone with a win here against a poor Genoa team.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I like SPAL's experienced strikeforce of Marco Borriello and Alberto Paloschi, and with Genoa short of goals and inspiration, <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">SPAL look a little big at</span> <span class="inline-odds" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;" title="11/5">3.20</span> to get their second Serie A win</strong> against a team that they haven't met since 1981.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A look at both teams' records this season shows what we're dealing with here: two teams that are destined to struggle, and creditably though Ivan Juric's Genoa performed against Napoli last time and Milan the game before, I think that they could be in for a shock here. SPAL are no Benevento, and are starting to adjust to life in Serie A. Enough to believe that this is a game that they might win.</span></div> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></strong><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></strong></span><br /> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recommended Bet<br /><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Back SPAL to beat Genoa @ </span><span class="inline-odds" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3px; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="11/5">3.20</span></span></strong></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mZAdbMF6ZjU/WfP2QKdSDWI/AAAAAAAAEDU/VxIkMamtDR4taJIWH-8hRoyw5EQf5eyigCLcBGAs/s1600/acmilan-juventus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="480" height="360" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mZAdbMF6ZjU/WfP2QKdSDWI/AAAAAAAAEDU/VxIkMamtDR4taJIWH-8hRoyw5EQf5eyigCLcBGAs/s640/acmilan-juventus.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>

Serie A Betting: Goals at the San Siro and Dacia Arena and a shock SPAL win

Milan v Juventus Saturday, 17:00 Live on BT Sport 3 and Betfair Live Video When Juve lost to Lazio a couple of weeks ago, some felt that ...

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Ligue 1 Betting: Marseille to heap more misery on ex-boss Bielsa

<div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Bordeaux v Monaco</span> (7th v 2nd)<br />Sat, 16:00 BST<br />Live on Betfair Live Video</span></strong></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Under normal circumstances Monaco would be a sound selection to win this weekend but Falcao has been ruled out and that changes everything.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Colombia striker has been in sensational form, scoring 13 times in nine Ligue 1 appearances at a rate of a goal every 57 minutes. With him in the side, <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Monaco would be a Draw No Bet pick at [2.07]</strong>; without him, it's a different matter altogether.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bordeaux were tipped to challenge for a top-four place this season, and might still do, but they need to improve in the final third. For all their neat build-up play they can be toothless in front of goal.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Star summer signing <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Nicolas de Preville has yet to score in six starts since his £9m move from Lille, and there are question marks over whether he can find the net against the very best opposition.</strong> Bordeaux's other available attackers - Malcom, Cafu, Francois Kamano and Alexandre Mendy - are hardly prolific, either.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The hosts are well-organised though, and difficult to beat. Against a Monaco side lacking their leading scorer, Bordeaux stand a chance, so the draw is the selection.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recommended Bet<br /><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Draw @</span> <span class="inline-odds" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;" title="13/5">3.60</span></span></strong></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Lyon v Metz</span> (4th v 20th)<br />Sun, 14:00 GMT<br />Live on BT Sport Extra 2 and Betfair Live Video</strong></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lyon ran out 5-0 winners at Troyes last weekend and are a good bet to triumph in emphatic fashion this time out as well.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Their win last Sunday was all the more impressive as Nabil Fekir, their attacking kingpin, started the game on the bench, leaving Mariano Diaz and Memphis Depay to tear the Troyes defence apart. Those two were excellent, and Fekir will be keen to prove he can be just as effective if, as expected, he returns to the starting line-up.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Metz are rooted to the foot of the table and have <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">lost nine of their opening 10 Ligue 1 fixtures of the season</strong>. Caretaker coach Jose Pinot will be in charge following the sacking of manager Philippe Hinschberger last week. There's been nothing in Metz's recent performances to suggest they can put up meaningful resistance here.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The biggest obstacle to a big Lyon win could be their own attitude: their concentration levels have dropped at times this season, and they have an infuriating tendency to ease off. If they stay focused, however, they're capable of winning by two goals at least.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For a full guide to Asian Handicap betting click <span style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(187, 187, 187); border-image: initial; border-left-color: initial; border-left-style: initial; border-right-color: initial; border-right-style: initial; border-top-color: initial; border-top-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><b>here</b></span>.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recommended Bet<br /><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Lyon -2 Asian Handicap @</span> <span class="inline-odds" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;" title="5/6">1.85</span></span></strong></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Lille v Marseille</span> (19th v 5th)<br />Sun, 20:00 GMT<br />Live on BT Sport 2 and Betfair Live Video</strong></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the sort of game Marseille have to win if they want to claim a top-three spot this season and the chances are they'll come away with three points on Sunday night.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The visitors were excellent value for their point against PSG (2-2) last weekend and will have drawn enormous confidence from the fact they outplayed the Ligue 1 leaders for long spells. <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Unbeaten in their last four games (W2-D2-L0) Marseille also have good team news</strong>with left-back Jordan Amavi being the only automatic starter ruled out.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lille's miserable season continued with a 1-0 defeat at fellow strugglers Rennes last weekend and a 2-2 home draw against mid-table Ligue 2 outfit Valenciennes in the League Cup on Wednesday night (Lille went through on penalties).</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Without a win since the opening day of the season, <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Lille are in the relegation zone</strong> and manager Marcelo Bielsa - who faces his former club here - appears no closer to turning his expensively-assembled squad into an effective unit.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marseille's W3-D1-L0 away record against sides excluding top two Monaco and PSG shows they're capable of winning on the road. At odds-against the visitors are worth supporting.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recommended Bet<br /><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Marseille @ </span><span class="inline-odds" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3px; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="5/4">2.30</span></span></strong></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Y33zHnUV05I/WfP1eYwtGgI/AAAAAAAAEDI/GSMZGcu9AIceHVJw7b0C2NmuHqTlAxd0gCLcBGAs/s1600/marseille-strasbourg1507999990.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="377" data-original-width="670" height="360" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Y33zHnUV05I/WfP1eYwtGgI/AAAAAAAAEDI/GSMZGcu9AIceHVJw7b0C2NmuHqTlAxd0gCLcBGAs/s640/marseille-strasbourg1507999990.jpg" width="640" /></a><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="inline-odds" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3px; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="5/4"><br /></span></span></strong></div>

Ligue 1 Betting: Marseille to heap more misery on ex-boss Bielsa

Bordeaux v Monaco  (7th v 2nd) Sat, 16:00 BST Live on Betfair Live Video Under normal circumstances Monaco would be a sound selection to ...

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Mike Holden on the Football League: Resurgent Rovers can stun the DW

<div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Wigan v Blackburn</span><br />Saturday 15:00</span></strong></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Blackburn returned to winning ways with <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">a routine 3-0 success over a well-organised Portsmouth side</strong> last weekend and Tony Mowbray might suddenly have settled on the formula that could raise a few eyebrows by toppling the runaway title favourites. Back the visitors to take the spoils in this eagerly-anticipated Lancashire derby at <span class="inline-odds" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;" title="7/2"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><b>4.70</b></span></span>.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Few punters could have imagined at the start of the season that <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Rovers would be entering this fixture as such rank outsiders</strong>, given the manner in which they finished last season following Mowbray's arrival in February, the Championship pedigree they retained over the summer and the list of stellar names that were added to the mix.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, the surplus of talent has proved troublesome with the first three months spent searching for the right blend between attack and defence, width and cover, experience and youth. <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The return of Corry Evans could be crucial here</strong>, because his industrious central midfield partnership with Richard Smallwood enables Mowbray to play his favoured 4-4-2.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's a system with which Rovers have performed well on the road at Bradford (1-0), Rochdale (3-0), Scunthorpe (1-0) and Shrewsbury (1-1). They were fortunate to come away with maximum points at Glanford Park but otherwise they were measured, <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">reducing the opposition to very little from open play</strong> and gradually taking control as each contest progressed.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Overall performance data explains the odds-on quotes for Wigan. They've put Blackburn in the shade on Expected Goals, having carved up mediocre opposition for fun. But defeats at Shrewsbury (0-1) and Peterborough (2-3) <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">raise question marks about their big-game mentality</strong>. They trailed for nearly an hour at Salop, during which time they could muster only three shots on target.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Meanwhile, after last weekend's 3-1 victory at Blackpool, Latics assistant Leam Richardson joked that two-goal hero Chey Dunkley would be in trouble because the back six aren't supposed to leave their stations and venture into the opposition penalty box. It was tongue in cheek, but does raise a valid point about <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the underlying principles of Paul Cook's religious commitment to 4-2-3-1</strong>.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With Evans and Smallwood screening the solid centre back partnership of Paul Downing and Charlie Mulgrew, <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">space might be tight and Nick Powell's impact through the centre could be reduced</strong> as a war of attrition develops. Should that prove to be the case, then Blackburn have the quality out wide to deliver the pivotal moment with a killer ball into their two strikers.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recommended Bet:<br /><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">1pt Blackburn to beat Wigan at</span> <span class="inline-odds" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;" title="7/2">4.70</span></span></strong></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Port Vale v Swindon</span><br />Saturday 15:00</strong></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Neil Aspin has triggered a <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">sensational turnaround at Port Vale</strong>, winning three straight matches against Cheltenham (3-1), Morecambe (3-0) and Exeter (1-0) to drag the Valiants out of the drop zone. Prior to his arrival, they had scored just three times in the last nine league outings, having claimed just two points from the last available 30.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There's no luck involved either; the performance data is emphatic. <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Staffordshire club have won the shot count 48-27 under Aspin's watch</strong> (24-11 on target) and their expected goals superiority is fully four goals over six hours. It's only a small sample but, make no mistake, this is automatic promotion form.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">switch from a back three to a back four</strong> appears to have been key. Aspin tweaked the previous default 3-5-2 into a slightly more adventurous 3-4-3 in his first challenge against Grimsby at home but Vale didn't get their rewards, as they took the lead and had the better of the 90 minutes but slipped to a 2-1 defeat in a painful second-half turnaround.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, the move to 4-1-4-1 with <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">veteran Danny Pugh in the holding role and Tom Pope operating as a lone striker</strong> eventually got them firing. Pope now has six goals in October, having netted the opener in all four matches, while only a stoppage-time consolation for Cheltenham has denied Dutch keeper Kelle Roos from registering three successive clean sheets.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All of which makes the home win a tasty price at <span class="inline-odds" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;" title="7/4"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><b>2.70</b></span></span> here. Swindon are clinging on to the coat-tails of the promotion race in seventh place following last weekend's morale-boosting win over Wycombe (1-0) but <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">they are far too inconsistent to be a regular fixture on anyone's coupon</strong>, having won seven and lost six of their last 13 matches in a sequence that reads WLLWLWWLWLWLW.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recommended Bet:<br /><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;">1pt Port Vale to beat Swindon at </span><span class="inline-odds" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3px; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="7/4">2.70</span></span></strong></div> <div style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3AXWOdxPwIY/WfP0aptj3aI/AAAAAAAAEDA/aLKyJeTrNk024xHlE3rfTRXvZMBl-wc1QCLcBGAs/s1600/Ben%252BMarshall%252BWigan%252BAthletic%252Bv%252BBlackburn%252BRovers%252B6JMH2mdb-iPl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="429" data-original-width="600" height="456" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3AXWOdxPwIY/WfP0aptj3aI/AAAAAAAAEDA/aLKyJeTrNk024xHlE3rfTRXvZMBl-wc1QCLcBGAs/s640/Ben%252BMarshall%252BWigan%252BAthletic%252Bv%252BBlackburn%252BRovers%252B6JMH2mdb-iPl.jpg" width="640" /></a><strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="inline-odds" style="border-radius: 2px; border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 3px; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="7/4"><br /></span></span></strong></div>

Mike Holden on the Football League: Resurgent Rovers can stun the DW

Wigan v Blackburn Saturday 15:00 Blackburn returned to winning ways with  a routine 3-0 success over a well-organised Portsmouth side  la...

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European Football Preview: Shadow of Bonucci looms large

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Leonardo Bonucci won't be involved when Juventus play Milan at San Siro, but as James Horncastle explains his shadow looms large over Saturday's big match...</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Who misses Bonucci more?</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When the fixture list came out this was the match everybody was looking for in Italy. Leonardo Bonucci's switch from Juventus to Milan sent shockwaves through the Italian game and his shadow looms large over Saturday's game at San Siro. Juventus are struggling to keep clean sheets without him and there is a vulnerability about them at the back that we haven't seen since 2011 BC [Before Conte].</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Milan meanwhile are disappointed the biggest signing of the summer in Serie A hasn't lived up to expectation. Bonucci has arguably made more mistakes in nine games for the Rossoneri than in six years as a big name at Juventus. His red card last weekend rules him out of Saturday's reunion, which some Milan fans consider a blessing in disguise. Milan, maybe not coincidentally, returned to winning ways in midweek with an impressive 4-1 win at Chievo.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was mirrored by Juventus' victory against SPAL, although Max Allegri did not share Vincenzo Montella's joy with his team's performance. "Playing like that won't be enough against Milan," he huffed. Allegri continues to be disappointed by the Old Lady's tendency to switch off and make uncharacteristic mistakes. Juventus' hallowed defence hasn't kept a clean sheet in five games and, without the manager's approval, is taking the approach of scoring one more than their opponent than conceding a goal fewer.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"You don't win titles this way," captain Gigi Buffon said. "It's like roulette," Allegri added. To recap, the team with the best defence has won the league every year for the last 13 years in Italy. Champions of Italy for the last six seasons, Juventus have only had the best attack twice. It's unusual to see them out-scoring Napoli and Roma. This is Juventus' most prolific season in 66 years and it comes at the expense of the defence.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Opponents sense vulnerability and Suso in particular will fancy his chances this weekend. He's 7/2 as an Anytime Goalscorer on the Sportsbook. Milan beat Juventus at San Siro a year ago and got the better of them in the Super Cup in December. Find them @ 4.40 to win on the Exchange.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Bielsa derby</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Things have not got much better for Lille since we last checked in with the relegation battlers. On Wednesday, they came very close to being dumped out of the Coupe de la Ligue by second division Valenciennes, needing a penalty shoot-out to book their place in the next round.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marcelo Bielsa was at a complete loss to explain his side's troubles. "There isn't an argument I can offer that I am convinced by," he said.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Sunday night, Lille take on Marseille, the team Bielsa walked out on three days before the 2015-16 season. It did not make him a popular man with the club hierarchy, one of whom shouted "Mexico, Mexico, Mexico!" at him on the [mis]understanding he was leaving for a higher paid role as a national team manager.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are new owners at Marseille, just as there are at Lille. How long Bielsa can last as results continue to elude him though remains to be seen. Bielsa hasn't made Lille into a contender in the same way he did Marseille for two-thirds of his first year in France. This is their worst start in a quarter of a century and you can put it down to a couple of things. The high volume turnover in the last nine months and youth of the team. Lille have an average age of just 22 and look as raw as you might expect.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marseille remain a Jekyll and Hyde team. Sunday's 2-2 draw in Le Classique was a better than hoped for performance and result particularly after last season's 5-0 defeat. This fixture sees Rudi Garcia return to the club with whom he experienced his finest hour, winning the double in 2011. Take Marseille to win on the road @ 2.30.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Watch out for Goretzka</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even if his contract wasn't up at the end of the season, Europe's big clubs would all be queuing up to sign Leon Goretzka. The 22-year-old was a star at the Confederations Cup in the summer and picked up exactly where he left off when this season started. His goal against Azerbaijan recently, an audacious back-heel, was illustrative of a player full of confidence and imagination.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Goretzka is on fire at the moment, elevating Schalke to where they aspire to be in the Bundesliga. Back-to-back wins have the Miners in contention for a Champions League place and maybe more. They're currently just four points behind league leaders and bitter local rivals Borussia Dortmund. Goretzka has scored three goals in his last three games and won't be fazed by a struggling Wolfsburg team that has failed to win in the league since the end of August.</span><br /> <br /> <a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O4cErBXFApI/WfPz4wGMgRI/AAAAAAAAEC0/0lbperLEVYUKDM6jjUNyQ2JPrT5z6juHQCLcBGAs/s1600/1503166870566.JPG--leonardo_bonucci.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="610" height="352" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-O4cErBXFApI/WfPz4wGMgRI/AAAAAAAAEC0/0lbperLEVYUKDM6jjUNyQ2JPrT5z6juHQCLcBGAs/s640/1503166870566.JPG--leonardo_bonucci.jpg" width="640" /></a>

European Football Preview: Shadow of Bonucci looms large

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Saturday Sports Multiple: A Watford win the headline in a 9/1 weekend wager

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Andrew Hughes thinks Watford will beat Stoke on Saturday and help to land another weekend multiple in the process.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bet 1: Back Watford to beat Stoke at [2.05]</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Watford have been progressing steadily under Marco Silva's guidance and it is slightly surprising to see them odds against for this game.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As Mike Norman points out in his must-read Premier League preview, the Hornets have been in strong form at home and away and are up against a Stoke side that has won just one of their last eight matches in all competitions.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Watford have already put three past Liverpool and beaten Arsenal at Vicarage Road, and with attacking threats Troy Deeney, Richarlison and Abdoulaye Doucoure in such sparkling form, they will surely have too much firepower for Stoke to cope with. Back the home side to pick up another three point this weekend.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bet 2: Back Wasps to beat Northampton at 2.40</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wasps brought a five-match losing streak to an end when they beat Harlequins in the Champions Cup on Sunday and they build on that win this weekend.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Saints have a good home record, and have only lost one Premiership game at Franklin's Gardens since November. But they've hit a bad spell of late and are on a run of three consecutive defeats, while Wasps have improved steadily in their last three outings, with their defence looking particularly resolute. The visitors have won their last four against Northampton and look good value to make it five on Saturday.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bet 3: Back Los Angeles Dodgers to beat Houston Astros at 2.12</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After a thrilling game on Wednesday in which Houston Astros salvaged a victory in the eleventh innings, the tied World Series moves to Texas for game three.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Houston will be full of confidence after their midweek heroics, and will be hoping that pitcher Lance McCullers will pick up where he left off against the Yankees, but he hasn't always been the most reliable performer this season. By contrast, the Dodgers will be turning to the experienced Yu Darvish, who has enjoyed plenty of success against the Astros when he was with the Texas Rangers. This is likely to be another close result, but Darvish can give the visitors the edge and a 2-1 lead.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Total Odds for this multiple: [10.4] Remember, multiple prices are based on our Sportsbook product, so any winnings are exempt from commission.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2017 Weekend Multiple P/L</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Staked: 82 pts</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Returned: 78.79 pts</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">P/L: -3.21 pts</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Win up to 50% more on your first Acca of the week!</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bet up to £25 on an acca and get a bonus if you win, ranging from 5% on trebles to 50% on ten-folds. Applies to your first Acca of the week, trebles and above, T&Cs apply. </span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RERhDvQBq24/WfPy285SOnI/AAAAAAAAECs/fLAEBNblayYppj0rC8AUOLQfaVXQeA5jQCLcBGAs/s1600/Doucoure%2Barms%2Braised%2B1280.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RERhDvQBq24/WfPy285SOnI/AAAAAAAAECs/fLAEBNblayYppj0rC8AUOLQfaVXQeA5jQCLcBGAs/s640/Doucoure%2Barms%2Braised%2B1280.JPG" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>

Saturday Sports Multiple: A Watford win the headline in a 9/1 weekend wager

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The Punter's In-Play Blog: DJ assumes command at Sheshan

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We've reached the halfway stage of the WGC HSBC Champions and the 2013 winner, Dustin Johnson, has taken up the running. Read Steve's latest thoughts on the tournament here...</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First round leader, Brooks Koepka, backed up his opening 64 with a perfectly respectable bogey-free, four-under-par 68 on day two of the WGC HSBC Champions, a round bettered by only three players all day, but he still finds himself trailing at the halfway stage, thanks to a quite superb nine-under-par 63 by the 2013 winner, Dustin Johnson. Here are the latest standings with prices to back at 12:50.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dustin Johnson -13 2.02</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brooks Koepka -12 4.20</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Justin Rose -9 12.50</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kiradech Aphibarnrat -9 32.00</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Patrick Reed -8 30.00</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-7 and 30.00 bar</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The stats suggest we can't look very far down the leaderboard. In 11 previous renewals here, every winner has been within four strokes of the lead at halfway and within the top eight places. I'm obviously happy with the two bets placed yesterday, covering both D.J and Koepka, and I'm going to leave the event alone for now and see what tomorrow brings.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Johnson has already been matched at a low of 1.82 but I'm not sure I'd be rushing in now at even money. Hideki Matsuyama led by three at this stage last year before winning and D.J was five clear through 36 holes in 2013 but he didn't win easily and Francesco Molinari is the only other halfway leader to take the title. Although being right up with the pace is crucial, winning from the front from some way out isn't easy.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Johnson's record when leading through two rounds is pretty good. He's led or co-led 11 times in 72 hole stroke play events and he's gone on to win on six occasions. His price of 2.00 looks fair but no more. Backing up a low round is notoriously difficult and given he trails by just a stroke, Koepka looks the value at over 3/1.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over at the Sanderson Farm Championship, five men are tied for the lead after the opening round. One of Dave Tindall's three, Ryan Armour, is one of those tied at the top but as highlighted in the In-Play Tactics section of the preview, a slow start can be overcome in this event and it's still wide open.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll take a better look at the halfway stage tomorrow but I've thrown a few pounds at the 2011 winner, Chris Kirk, who also finished runner-up 12 months ago. He started slowly yesterday but a decent back-nine saw him finish on two-under-par and just four adrift and I thought odds of over 50.00 were fair.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">11:00 - October 26, 2017</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Francesco Molinari, who won wire-to-wire in 2010, is the only first round leader to win the WGC HSBC Champions since its inception in 2005 but being up with the pace has been pretty crucial here at Sheshan International.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of the 11 previous winners at this venue (Ian Poulter won the event at Mission Hills in 2012) only one winner has trailed by more than four strokes after round one and nine of the 11 have been inside the top-10 after round one. Phil Mickelson sat five adrift and tied for 13th in 2009 and Bubba Watson won here three years ago having trailed by four in a tie for 19th.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brooks Koepka leads after an opening eight-under-par 64, nine players are within three of the lead and a further ten are tied for 11th on four-under-par. And if the past results are anything to go by, we can't look past that top-20.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Molly is the only first round leader to go on to win here and Koepka has previously led three times after round one without winning, so they're two negatives to bear in mind, but I still thought he looked a very fair price at 6.00 towards the close of play.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Xander Schauffele disappointed after a bright start (bogeyed three of his last six holes to finish on -1) but my each-way fancy, Tony Finau, has started nicely (sits three off the lead) and my other pre-event fancy, Daniel Berger, is one of those tied for 11th and four adrift so it's not been an awful start.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Given how the stats suggest a fast start is essential, in addition to backing Koepka, I've also added the 2013 winner, Dustin Johnson. The par five eighth hole (which cruelly denied him any chance of victory two years ago when his approach shot ricocheted in to the water off the flag) tripped him up again today but he saved himself from finishing the day with back-to-back bogeys when he made par from 12 feet on the ninth.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This course clearly suits D.J and he's close enough to build on that par save and put in a charge tomorrow. I was happy enough to back him at around the same price he went off at - especially considering the poor start made by market rivals, Hideki Matsuyama and Jon Rahm.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">WGC HSBC Champions Pre-Event Selections:</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Daniel Berger @ 48.00</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Xander Schauffele @ 50.00</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In-Play Picks</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brooks Koepka @ 6.00</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dustin Johnson @ 9.00</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sanderson Farms Championship Pre-Event Selection:</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scott Stallings @ 65.00</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In-Play Pick:</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chris Kirk @ an average of 55.00</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HDoXBYwcXaU/WfPx0uOcwcI/AAAAAAAAECg/6PfYKJAuoB8s3WIQ3EPBl9IpunazOGVdACLcBGAs/s1600/Dustin%2BJohnson%2B%2528720%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HDoXBYwcXaU/WfPx0uOcwcI/AAAAAAAAECg/6PfYKJAuoB8s3WIQ3EPBl9IpunazOGVdACLcBGAs/s640/Dustin%2BJohnson%2B%2528720%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>

The Punter's In-Play Blog: DJ assumes command at Sheshan

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ATP Basel / Vienna: Quarter Finals

<h5 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">ATP Basel Feature Preview</span></h5> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Roberto Bautista-Agut v Juan Martin Del Potro</strong>Those with short term memory loss may have forgotten their meetings earlier this year at the US Open – The Wolf hasn’t. Bautista-Agut had no answer for the Del Potro power game and he was unable to make any inroads into the Argentine’s serve. Del Potro won more than 60% of points behind his second serve on that occasion and has matched that number this week. He has won 10 of his last 11 matches with Federer the only man to beat him in that stretch. Look for Del Potro to dominate behind his big first serve.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Best Bet: Sets Del Potro 2-0 ($2.20)</span></strong></span></div> <h5 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.4; margin: 0.2rem 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">ATP Vienna Feature Preview</span></h5> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Lucas Pouille v Richard Gasquet</strong>The Wolf couldn’t believe that Gasquet was installed as the outsider against Thiem and the Frenchman got the job done for The Wolfpack with a come from behind win. In a sign of how well he is playing he managed to win 41% of return points and was constantly able to put pressure on the Thiem serve. We should see much of the same against Pouille who serve was broken 3 times by Garcia-Lopez. Gasquet will be money for us yet again. <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></strong><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Best Bet: TBA</strong></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;">Alexander Zverev v Jo-Wilfried Tsonga</strong><span style="font-weight: normal;">They have met twice over the last year and both matches were absolute thrillers. Both went the distance with the opening set being settled in a breaker each time. Zverev may have had the better season of the two but it is Tsonga who is on fire having won 6 straight matches and storming to the title in Antwerp a week ago. They will again go the distance according to Wolfy and he says those wanting to back a winner should be on Tsonga.</span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></strong><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">Best Bet: Over 23.5 games ($1.91)</strong></span></strong></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 1em; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"> <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-szT8M8IqMH8/WfPxER0oxmI/AAAAAAAAECY/bdJvjajlRwsRSJPjovy5xV1lYn28ttDzwCLcBGAs/s1600/Roger-Federer-872076.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="590" height="378" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-szT8M8IqMH8/WfPxER0oxmI/AAAAAAAAECY/bdJvjajlRwsRSJPjovy5xV1lYn28ttDzwCLcBGAs/s640/Roger-Federer-872076.jpg" width="640" /></a><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; line-height: inherit;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: normal; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;"><br /></strong></span></strong></div>

ATP Basel / Vienna: Quarter Finals

ATP Basel Feature Preview Roberto Bautista-Agut v Juan Martin Del Potro Those with short term memory loss may have forgotten their meetin...

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