West Brom v Chelsea: Conte masterclass at the Hawthorns

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">West Brom v Chelsea</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Saturday November 18 15:00</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Irish quartet need to pick themselves up</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's not often you find a Tony Pulis-managed side in this sort of position but the table doesn't lie. Their 16th place is due to a lack of wins (just two), which in turn is due to a lack of goals (nine from 11 matches). Only new signing Jay Rodriguez has scored more than one league goal all season.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In addition to the absences of Craig Dawson and James Morrison through injury, Pulis will also have to contend with some pretty disappointed players in the dressing room. Gareth McAuley, Jonny Evans, James McClean and Chris Brunt all missed out on being at the World Cup as both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland failed to book their place in Russia via this week's play-offs. That said, that's a quartet of pretty strong characters so it may just spurn them on to make sure the season doesn't end up as a failure at club level, too.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Spanish duo's telepathy</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It shows how high standards are at Chelsea these days that results under Antonio Conte aren't deemed quite good enough. Not only did he comfortably win the league last season but he has the best win record of any full-time Chelsea manager in the club's history with 75%, Opta tell us.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chelsea's two best players this season have arguably been Cesar Azpilicueta and Alvaro Morata. The Spanish striker has led the line brilliantly, showing great strength, the ability to gold up the ball and his finishing has been top drawer.'Azpi' has been the most consistent of Chelsea's back-three and (with the exception of a poor performance in Rome), just as good when asked to play at wing-back.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Despite theoretically operating in such different parts of the pitch, their understanding has been incredible. Azpilicueta has provided five assists this season to his compatriot, by far the most successful partnership in this regard in the league (Opta).</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chelsea price understandable</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chelsea's price of 6/10 on Betfair Sportsbook is one of those typical cases of: 'Yes, they'll probably win but they're not necessarily value.'</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Blues have won their last three in the league, whereas the Baggies have taken just two points from their last five matches. And Chelsea enjoy playing them. They've beaten them 16 times in the league and Pulis doesn't like facing Chelsea, either. Only against Man City (13) has the Welshman lost more games as a Premier League manager than the 12 he's lost against this lot, according to Opta. A draw is 4.10 but there's very little evidence to suggest the hosts are worth backing at [6.4.].</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Three points and clean sheet bonus for Chelsea's rearguard</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This looks like a match tailor-made for Antonio Conte's side to outplay and out-think their opponents. After a few fast-and-furious games like the 2-1 defeat at Palace, the 3-3 draw at home to Roma and the 4-2 win over Watford, they've reverted to type with back-to-back wins over Bournemouth and Manchester United. A 1-0 win at the back end of last season was how it finished last time out and a repeat of that, a 2-0 win or a somewhat more unlikely 3-0 win can be covered by backing the Blues to win to nil at 2.50.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That worrying lowly goals-for tally suggests West Brom don't have the weapons to trouble a Chelsea defence looking like it's back to its best.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bad boy Bakayoko?</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tiemoue Bakayoko has become a permanent fixture in Chelsea's starting XI and has for the most part impressed as an all-action midfielder.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But his determination to challenge for every ball and make a nuisance of himself to his midfield opponents can come at a cost and he's picked up three bookings in his last six games. 7/2 is a good price on him making it four from seven.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ref Watch<</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jonathan Moss is the man with the whistle. It's been a low-profile season for him so far bar that sending off of Sadio Mane at the Etihad Stadium and with less than three bookings a game in 2017/18, one shouldn't expect too many bookings here.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recommended Bets</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1pt Back Chelsea to win to nil @ 2.50</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1pt Back Tiemoue Bakayoko to be shown a card @ 7/2</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVPLRlhUxD1uA9opMO-iLZgTxcQ5UeH8XvqwOo1iyAD1PWSBr3qslPD939IeHlE-17elWgWsTeq5U3oC4UlUw1xPfpMSSdmmVyFaqm5_sApvl9ogyqUefT0w2DA4dAWBQf5nFJcuQ0ZZQ/s1600/t%25E1%25BA%25A3i+xu%25E1%25BB%2591ng+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="415" data-original-width="738" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVPLRlhUxD1uA9opMO-iLZgTxcQ5UeH8XvqwOo1iyAD1PWSBr3qslPD939IeHlE-17elWgWsTeq5U3oC4UlUw1xPfpMSSdmmVyFaqm5_sApvl9ogyqUefT0w2DA4dAWBQf5nFJcuQ0ZZQ/s640/t%25E1%25BA%25A3i+xu%25E1%25BB%2591ng+%25282%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>

West Brom v Chelsea: Conte masterclass at the Hawthorns

West Brom v Chelsea Saturday November 18 15:00 Irish quartet need to pick themselves up It's not often you find a Tony Pulis-managed...

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Arsenal v Tottenham: Derby draw looks best bet

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Arsenal v Tottenham </span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Saturday, 12:30 </span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Live on Sky Sports Main Event</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gunners on hot-streak at home</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is all very Arsenal so far.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An early crisis in the very first part of the season suggests the whole thing is ready to collapse but the pressure on Arsene Wenger slowly subsides and before you know it they're doing okay again.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">True, they're sixth of the elite teams who should be in the top six but sitting only four points off second place isn't bad. And if they beat Spurs on Saturday, they'll be just a point back from their local neighbours.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While those who go to watch the Gunners away still have plenty to moan about, regulars at the Emirates are seeing only win after win.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Taking into account last season, they've won 10 straight Premier League games at home. Their victims? Swansea, Brighton, West Brom, Bournemouth and Leicester in the current campaign and Everton, Sunderland, Man Utd, Leicester again and West Ham in the previous season.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They were big odds-on favourites for nine of those it has to be said.</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;">Spurs hope to confirm power shift</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Current league position, the fact that they finally finished above Arsenal last season and the general air of positivity around Spurs suggests they're now the top dogs in North London.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tottenham being unbeaten in six games against the Gunners adds to that feeling although this still remains a very tough fixture for Spurs when played at Arsenal.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They've won just two of their last 32 league visits to Highbury/the Emirates, the last of those coming in 2010.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This has to rank as another good chance given how well Mauricio Pochettino has Spurs playing away from home but will they be at full sharpness?</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Harry Kane, Dele Alli and Harry Winks all withdrew from the England squad with injuries while Hugo Lloris and Toby Alderweireld also sat out the international break.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even if all are passed fit, are they really 100%? Spurs will need them to be in a big fixture like this.</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;">Arsenal favourites</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Arsenal head the betting at 2.58, with Spurs 2.98 to pull seven points clear of their great rivals.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Both have claims but I think the Draw is just as viable and yet it's the biggest price at 3.60. That's the bet.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recent history supports a Saturday stalemate as the last three Premier League encounters at the Emirates have all ended 1-1. That outcome is 8.20 and definitely worth a small play too.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pochettino has never lost a north London derby (W2, D4) and twice in the last three years he's seen his side lead this fixture with less than 20 minutes to go.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But Wenger's record, including his recent one, has to be respected when the teams lock horns at the Emirates.</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;">Goals expected</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With all the attacking talent on view and the two sides' respective reputation for goals, it's predictable that Over 2.5 goals is clear favourite at 1.69.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But add in an FA Cup meeting in 2014 and Unders, currently 2.38, would have landed in the last five Arsenal v Spurs fixtures at the Emirates.</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;">Great Dane can net again</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With Spurs, it's usually a question of deciding how short a price you're willing to back Harry Kane at. Or, alternatively, take him for two or more, something he's done seven times already this season.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alexandre Lacazette scored twice for France in midweek but the bet I like here is Christian Eriksen.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've spotted something in his scoring patterns that shows he finds the net for Spurs when returning from international breaks.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That makes sense because he's usually coming back in high spirits having scored for his country.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In September, he scored in a 4-0 win over Poland and then registered for Spurs in a 3-0 victory at Everton. And after two more goals for the Danes in the space of four days in October he returned to club duty and got the winner against Bournemouth.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Imagine then the high he'll be on this time after firing a brilliant hat-trick against the Republic of Ireland in midweek to inspire Denmark to the World Cup finals in Russia.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll take him to ride the wave and bang in another at Arsenal. He's attractively priced at 4.60.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ref watch</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mike Dean heads to the Emirates for this one.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Wirral official has shown 29 yellows and a red in his nine matches this season.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He didn't book a single Arsenal player in the Gunners' opening-day win against Leicester and showed no cards at all in his last Spurs game - their 3-2 League Cup loss to West Ham.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As for card make-ups in this fixture, reading back from last season they show: 4, 3, 5 (1 red), 1, 4, 8, 9.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Opta Stat</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tottenham have dropped 37 points from leading positions in Premier League games against Arsenal, more than any other side has against another in the competition's history.</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;">Recommended Bets</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1pt Draw at 3.60</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">0.5pts 1-1 draw at 8.20</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1pt Christian Eriksen To Score at 4.60</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYcSCJT0yCpSORgxdS0Km1uAQY6d2dNX1PDRHsk-VAyV4Gm68W3kp5qrb_rdcb9w8L5sAEtNKghiJzgLnzZM2_bwDKHyViODW41FF0h9V_UF4_rLilAEiW3STs6BVLFG8Z7oyUVVPGpA/s1600/ac_powerrankings_football_comp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="410" data-original-width="750" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYcSCJT0yCpSORgxdS0Km1uAQY6d2dNX1PDRHsk-VAyV4Gm68W3kp5qrb_rdcb9w8L5sAEtNKghiJzgLnzZM2_bwDKHyViODW41FF0h9V_UF4_rLilAEiW3STs6BVLFG8Z7oyUVVPGpA/s640/ac_powerrankings_football_comp.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>

Arsenal v Tottenham: Derby draw looks best bet

Arsenal v Tottenham  Saturday, 12:30  Live on Sky Sports Main Event Gunners on hot-streak at home This is all very Arsenal so far. An...

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Ligue 1 Betting: Division heavyweights smart bets across the board

<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;">PSG v Nantes</span> (1st v 5th)<br />Sat, 16:00 GMT<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;">Even if some of PSG's players are tired after international duty the Ligue 1 leaders should still be strong enough to run out comfortable winners over game but limited Nantes.</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;">PSG have such tremendous strength in depth manager Unai Emery can afford to rotate some of his supposedly key men and still expect his side to win by two or three goals. <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The French capital outfit lined-up without Neymar at Angers a fortnight ago and it barely made a flicker of difference</strong> as PSG clinched a 5-0 victory.</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;">Nantes are riding higher in the table than anybody expected and have lost just one of their last 10 Ligue 1 matches. Yet they've also had a gentle fixture list so this game's a considerable step-up in quality on anything they've faced before.</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 PSG as short as <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="1/8"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><b>1.12</b></span></span> to get the 3pts the question is how to make the hosts pay at better odds. Backing Paris to win both halves is a good way to be on them near evens: with our selection, you need to treat the first- and second-halves as two separate 45-minute football matches, and for PSG win both of 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;"> <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;">PSG 'Yes' in Win Both Halves @</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;">Caen v Nice</span> (7th v 15th)<br />Sun, 14:00 GMT<br />Live on BT Sport ESPN 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;">Nice are a risky bet in the sense they're languishing near the foot of the table but Lucien Favre's side have far greater quality than they've shown to date and ought to improve at some point.</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 Riviera outfit have struggled to build on last season's unexpectedly high final position of 3rd, and the fact the club kept Favre against his will when Borussia Dortmund came calling for him in early summer has backfired. But the squad has top-six potential and the players should have a bit more confidence following their 1-0 win over Dijon in their last outing a fortnight ago.</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;">Caen are 5pts and eight places above Nice in the standings but a deeply average side all over the pitch.</strong> Looking at the hosts line by line across the pitch, it's a surprise they've done so well, and without doubt they were lucky to win one or two of the games where they managed to pick up all 3pts.</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;">Nice are <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="15/8"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><b>2.88</b></span></span> underdogs, meaning they're available odds-against on the Draw No Bet market. With this selection you'll get your stakes back if the game ends all-square and make a profit if Nice record their second away win of the campaign.</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;">Nice Draw No Bet @</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></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;">Bordeaux v Marseille</span> (9th v 4th)<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 a game between two sides heading in opposite directions and a good opportunity to back an improving Marseille at a big price.</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 widely tipped to challenge for a top-four place but their telegraphed build-up play plus a pure and simple shortage of scoring ability across their first-choice Starting XI has seen them drop down the table in recent weeks.</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;">Jocelyn Gourvennec's side have <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">drawn one and lost four of their last five fixtures</strong> so it's surprising they're clear <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="11/8"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><b>2.36</b></span></span> favourites to win 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;">Marseille go into the game in far better form as they're unbeaten across their last seven Ligue 1 outings (W5-D2-L0)</strong>. They also have far greater depth and variety in attack, with Florian Thauvin, Konstantinos Mitroglu, Clinton N'Jie, Dimitri Payet, Lucas Ocampos and Valere Germain all vying for a place in the side.</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 the hosts floundering and the visitors flying Marseille are the smart pick. Either back Rudi Garcia's side to win 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="11/5"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><b>3.20</b></span></span> or Draw No Bet 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="5/4"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><b>2.30</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;"> <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 Draw No Bet @ </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 class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuyWGo2duutXAczEhW3Tj3Sz8lNsTL5OAORbUkoPREUi9D1F9XoS4d34zh7JZNllLOq2sQT5xiZWDyZ4BSi8ka-Wa8_yyRrGcMHb4w9reKQS9x6DsGkgFqtz4fMoJj898al3fb-VcRAFk/s1600/t%25E1%25BA%25A3i+xu%25E1%25BB%2591ng+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="415" data-original-width="738" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuyWGo2duutXAczEhW3Tj3Sz8lNsTL5OAORbUkoPREUi9D1F9XoS4d34zh7JZNllLOq2sQT5xiZWDyZ4BSi8ka-Wa8_yyRrGcMHb4w9reKQS9x6DsGkgFqtz4fMoJj898al3fb-VcRAFk/s640/t%25E1%25BA%25A3i+xu%25E1%25BB%2591ng+%25281%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>

Ligue 1 Betting: Division heavyweights smart bets across the board

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La Liga Betting: Goals could be at a premium in the Madrid derby

<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;">Leganés v Barcelona</span><br />Saturday, 15:15<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;">Barcelona could so easily have gone into the international break on a bum note. Sevilla pushed them hard at the Camp Nou a fortnight ago, and with an hour played victory was far from guaranteed. In the end, the Blaugrana were grateful to an unlikely hero: <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Paco Alcácer made the most of a rare start</strong> to score in either half, sealing a 2-1 win.</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 timely reminder of the former Valencia man's abilities. Barcelona have hardly struggled for goals in the opening months of the season, but with Luis Suárez going through a lean patch, <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">they have occasionally been reliant on a certain Argentine No.10</strong> to drag them through in tough moments. Alcácer is unlikely to be a starter week in, week out, but he should have a role to play.</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;">That could be the case on Saturday, against a frugal Leganés side. Only Barça and Atlético Madrid have conceded fewer goals than Asier Garitano's team (eight), who are currently sitting pretty in ninth. That's no fluke, either: <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">they have only allowed 182 opposition shots on target since the start of last season</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;">Admittedly, five of those eight goals conceded have been shipped in the last two rounds, but they were away games against Sevilla (1-2) and in-form Valencia (0-3). <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Leganés have kept four clean sheets in five at home</strong>, and while that will be a big ask here, they should keep the scoreline respectable.</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 under 2.5 goals 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="5/4">2.24</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;">Atlético Madrid v Real Madrid</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;">It's derby day in the capital, with a change of scenery just one of a clutch of interesting storylines heading into Saturday night. The 161st Liga meeting between Madrid's finest is also the first at the Wanda Metropolitano, and you can be sure hosts <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Atlético will be wanting to mark the occasion with a win</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;">It should be a compelling battle - games between these two usually are - but it's worth noting that neither of these sides is performing at the level we have come to expect over the last few campaigns.</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;">Atléti are fourth and unbeaten, but have a chronic drawing problem</strong>: five of their 11 league games this term have ended all-square. The defence has been typically stingy but there has been a marked lack of fluency in attack, with Antoine Griezmann less inspirational than usual and none of the bit-part actors around him able of seizing the initiative.</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's issues have been well documented, but there has been little sign that Zinedine Zidane is close to finding solutions. The Frenchman has credit in the bank, of course, but <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">public opinion doesn't take long to swing at the Bernabéu</strong> and a few more listless displays - be it in the league or in Europe - would surely start ramping the pressure up. How he would love Cristiano Ronaldo (or anyone) to really break the shackles and drag this side to a higher level.</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 derby form book favours Los Colchoneros, who have won four and lost just one of the last eight league meetings between the sides. Yet <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">much of their best work has been done away from home</strong>, with the last 16 league meetings at the Calderón yielding 11 draws.</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;">Another tight game should be in store here and <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">attacking returns could be at a premium</strong>. Atlético's last eight games have gone under the 2.5-goal line, meaning odds of close to evens on that eventuality are attractive, especially given Real's struggles.</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 under 2.5 goals 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">1.98</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 Villarreal</span><br />Sunday, 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;">For our final bet, we head to Bilbao, where hosts Athletic look to be too short 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="5/4"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><b>2.26</b></span></span> against a confident Villarreal outfit.</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;">The Basques have been in miserable form</strong>, winning just three of their opening 12 matches. Two of those were against fairly tame opposition (Girona and Eibar) and came in the opening weeks of the 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;">Atlético and Barcelona have both won at San Mamés this term, and while Villarreal aren't at that level, they have been in decent nick: ignoring a Copa del Rey blip, <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">the Yellow Submarine have lost just once in 13</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 <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Cédric Bakambu</strong>, <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Carlos Bacca</strong> and <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Nicola Sansone</strong> providing ample attacking threat, they should score, which should be enough to earn them at least a point.</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;">1.5 pts Villarreal +0.5 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">1.78</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;">0.5 pts Villarreal 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="15/8">2.92</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://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjcPxKpVtvwNltBLZiXLDvsOZ6GMY867J3IS68HvGoC0CzKF1bmG1t7L1VdEIOlIFQ5QorHOw2XOF5Fbbs7J7qGxvELbd9cr7rnGWjx923V_Mm2fW7e6wbA1X-_yo99jKG0RjdRQElQyg/s1600/atletico-realmadrid.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://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjcPxKpVtvwNltBLZiXLDvsOZ6GMY867J3IS68HvGoC0CzKF1bmG1t7L1VdEIOlIFQ5QorHOw2XOF5Fbbs7J7qGxvELbd9cr7rnGWjx923V_Mm2fW7e6wbA1X-_yo99jKG0RjdRQElQyg/s640/atletico-realmadrid.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>

La Liga Betting: Goals could be at a premium in the Madrid derby

Leganés v Barcelona Saturday, 15:15 Live on Betfair Live Video Barcelona could so easily have gone into the international break on a bum ...

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Serie A Betting: Juventus slip-up at surprise package Sampdoria

<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;">Napoli v Milan<br />Saturday, 19:45<br />Live on BT Sport 2 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;">After the agony of Italy's failure to make it to Russia next summer, Serie A is back with what should be a stellar weekend, or at least a spectacular Saturday.</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 all starts with Roma against Lazio, and that is followed by Napoli's coming together with Milan. This is a massive game for both teams, with Napoli coming off the back of that disappointing 0-0 draw with Chievo. They might be <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 24 Serie A games</strong>, but this is a high-class season, and any point dropped will be keenly felt.</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 with Juventus snapping ominously at their heels, Napoli face Vincenzo Montella's much criticised Milan. <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 think that Napoli will get the win, and are priced 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="1/2">1.49</span> to do so</strong>, but Milan are in good form away from home having won their last two, and this will not be easy.</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;">Last season, it finished 4-2 in Napoli's favour, and I wouldn't be surprised to see something similar here. <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Lorenzo Insigne</strong> will feel that he has a point to prove in a high-profile game, <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Suso</strong> has a great record against Napoli, and with so much at stake this could be a real firecracker.</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;">Before that 0-0 draw at the Bentegodi, Napoli's three previous games had all gone Over 3.5 Goals, and two of Milan's last three away matches have also reached that mark, and that's the bet here. <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;">You should be able to get</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="6/4">2.50</span> matched for there to be at least four goals at the San Paolo</strong>, and that's where my money will be going 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;"> <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;">Over 3.5 Goals in Napoli v Milan @</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="6/4">2.50</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; 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;">Roma v Lazio<br />Saturday, 17:00<br />Live on BT Sport 2 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;">I think that it will be a similar story in the early game at the Olimpico in Rome. These two sides have been free scoring so far this season, and there's enough vulnerability about both of them defensively to believe that we could have <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">a real thriller</strong> in the Capital.</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;">Lazio have now won their last nine consecutive games</strong> in all competitions, and Roma are on a good run too. Lazio have scored 22 times in their last seven games, while having done a good defensive job at the start 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;">Roma are starting to spread their wings</strong>. That devastating display against Chelsea was followed by a 4-2 win against Fiorentina, and I could see these two sides going toe to toe in a game full of goals.</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 one of those occasions on which you have to picture the way that the encounter will be played out rather than worry too much about statistics. It's about where these teams are right now and the kind of match that they will produce. The early kick off time on a Saturday bothers me, but there'll still be a terrific atmosphere, and I believe that both teams will produce.</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;">Lazio are brilliant to watch, spearheaded by Ciro Immobile, and Roma have in form Edin Dzeko to lead the line along with several more goal-scoring options. I like the market perception that this could be a little more attritional and low scoring than usual, because that gives us more of a price on the "overs", and <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'm happy to back them 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="8/5">2.60</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;"> <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 3.5 Goals in Roma v Lazio @</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="8/5">2.60</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;"> <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;">Sampdoria v Juventus<br />Sunday, 14:00<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;"><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 can't let Juventus go off 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="5/8">1.63</span> against Sampdoria at Marassi and not think about laying them.</strong> Samp have picked up only one point in their last eight Serie A games against Juventus, but with the Bianconeri's veterans smarting and surely tired after their tribulations with Italy in midweek, it will take a monumental effort for them to come and win 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;">Samp have now won five games out of five at home, including convincing wins against both Atalanta and Milan, and <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;">there's no way that they should be as big as</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="6/1">7.00</span> to win this.</strong> I know that it looks as if Juve are on one of those steamroller runs that could take them all the way to the title, but this is not a vintage Juventus 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;">They are ageing, they can creak, and Marco Giampaolo's youthful Samp team have the potential to give them nightmares in what will be one heck of an atmosphere. I like Lucas Torreira, Gaston Ramirez gives them guile and they have two excellent finishers in the shape of Fabio Quagliarella and Duvan Zapata.</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 are powerful away from home and of course shouldn't be written off, but Samp are a good bet this weekend, 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;">I'm tempted to take that big price about them winning, I'm also happy to lay Juve and keep the draw</span></strong> on our side.</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;">Lay Juventus against Sampdoria @ </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="5/8">1.63</span></span></strong></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXT5ja8mAk0wvKiuPsLQbNK6h3GmMDfpkqCC0EuOeu-UwawmKWYSQQRZMwDdHO-7BshuTw-k9t9cShHrfrKzC5abS0xOJsj_v4leaWz2A-nVmMVDOMOg7Fi-EQ0C-NZaBZ5R-m4wZ7mGw/s1600/r191827_2_1296x729_16-9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="729" data-original-width="1296" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXT5ja8mAk0wvKiuPsLQbNK6h3GmMDfpkqCC0EuOeu-UwawmKWYSQQRZMwDdHO-7BshuTw-k9t9cShHrfrKzC5abS0xOJsj_v4leaWz2A-nVmMVDOMOg7Fi-EQ0C-NZaBZ5R-m4wZ7mGw/s640/r191827_2_1296x729_16-9.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>

Serie A Betting: Juventus slip-up at surprise package Sampdoria

Napoli v Milan Saturday, 19:45 Live on BT Sport 2 and Betfair Live Video After the agony of Italy's failure to make it to Russia next...

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Leicester v Manchester City: Back Citizens to out-gun improving Foxes

<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Leicester v Manchester City</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Saturday 18th November, 15:00</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Leicester now unbeaten in five</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Leicester leaked a late equaliser against Stoke before the international break but that enthralling 2-2 draw stretched the Foxes' unbeaten Premier League streak to five. New boss Claude Puel, deemed dull and uninspiring at Southampton, confounded critics with an energised and attacking display in the Potteries.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Starting the exciting Demarai Gray in place of the more prosaic Marc Albrighton has given Leicester more thrust in the final-third whilst opposite winger Riyad Mahrez has now scored three goals in his last five fixtures, all under different managers, suggesting the Foxes will provide plenty of problems out wide.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The hosts will hope Vicente Iborra can recover from injury in time after picking up a knock in his impressive display at Stoke. Robert Huth is the only other first-team regular unavailable this weekend.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Manchester City's record-equalling start</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Manchester City eased past Arsenal to make it nine successive victories and the Citizens tally of 31 points after 11 matches is the joint-best at this stage in Premier League history. City's stunning opening stanza also represents Pep Guardiola's finest start to a season as a senior head coach.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The visitors remain the lone unbeaten club in the country but need to make at least one enforced change. Centre-half Nicolas Otamendi is suspended, meaning Eliaquim Mangala may start his first Premier League game since May 2016, unless Vincent Kompany is passed fit.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Elsewhere, Fabian Delph and Raheem Sterling, who withdrew from the England squad for the friendlies against Germany and Brazil, will be checked but Sergio Aguero, who fainted at half-time in Argentina's friendly against Nigeria and was taken to hospital, should be able to feature.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Citizens hard to dismiss</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Leicester have won two of their last three Premier League meetings with Manchester City (W2-D0-L1), including a 4-2 win here at the King Power Stadium last December, a contest in which Pep Guardiola described the Citizens' performance as "terrible".</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The visitors were two goals down after only five minutes and three adrift after 20 minutes of action. Guardiola's decision to deploy a high defensive line backfired with Pablo Zabaleta caught out in a hybrid right-back/ holding midfield role. However, six of City's starting XI that day have left the club and the Citizens boss is unlikely to make the same mistakes again.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Man City 1.37 are bidding to become only the second team to win their first six away games to a Premier League campaign and have plundered 24 goals in their last eight away league dates. With 15 triumphs in 17 trips to sides outside the top-seven since the start of last season, it's difficult to dismiss City here.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Leicester's five-match unbeaten streak came against clubs currently below them in the Premier League standings and with the Foxes suffering five losses in eight when welcoming top-six clubs, it's hard to find the faith in the home side pocketing maximum points, even at generous 9.80 odds.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Expect goals to flow</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Leicester's only defeats this season came against Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool but the Foxes have managed to score in each of their last 12 at the KP, including against Liverpool, Chelsea and Spurs. With City requiring a defensive reshuffle, the hosts should be capable of getting on the scoresheet.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Nevertheless, Leicester have leaked at least three goals in four of the last six visits from top-six sides and with Manchester City scoring goals for fun, backing the Citizens to succeed in a high-scoring showdown appeals.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Considering three of City's last six games as guests have featured Over 3.5 Goals, investing faith in a Manchester City success alongside Both Teams To Score at 6/4, as well as backing Over 3.5 Goals 2.04 appears our best angles of attack.</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;">Recommended Bets</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Back Manchester City to win and Both Teams To Score @ 6/4 in Leicester v Manchester City</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Back Over 3.5 Goals @ 2.04 in Leicester v Manchester City</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZHHVCGQvhNsPF8WCUZQXVwCcLx2F5AdPC9MkpnzqxsAFpB1mC_LoMAXmfIAcdqFKBNi6kmWxp1BREEw1dXwstBrMvdVt8q7Sv4piDvAvai-CUSRrSl2kwhSk5qjq8MoThuhQUj6z_V6Y/s1600/Manchester-City-vs-Leicester151079925310.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="347" data-original-width="594" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZHHVCGQvhNsPF8WCUZQXVwCcLx2F5AdPC9MkpnzqxsAFpB1mC_LoMAXmfIAcdqFKBNi6kmWxp1BREEw1dXwstBrMvdVt8q7Sv4piDvAvai-CUSRrSl2kwhSk5qjq8MoThuhQUj6z_V6Y/s640/Manchester-City-vs-Leicester151079925310.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>

Leicester v Manchester City: Back Citizens to out-gun improving Foxes

Leicester v Manchester City Saturday 18th November, 15:00 Leicester now unbeaten in five Leicester leaked a late equaliser against Stoke...

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Bundesliga Betting: Auba-less Dortmund to slip up again

<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 Borussia Dortmund</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;">Friday November 17, 19:30</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;">Borussia Dortmund have had an <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">extraordinary season</strong> so far. They made their best ever start to a Bundesliga campaign, collecting 19 points from their first seven games. Since then, almost nothing has gone right. They have taken just one point from four league matches, conceding 12 goals in the process. Their Champions League hopes have all but <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">evaporated,</strong>after four matches that have been so bad that BVB aren't even certain to finish third and drop into the Europa 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;">To make matters worse, the behind-the-scenes angst that ultimately spelled doom for former BVB coach Thomas Tuchel appears to have remained despite the arrival of new boss <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Peter Bosz.</strong> Over the summer, Ousmane Dembele effectively went on strike in a bid to force his move to Barcelona, and now his close friend <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang</strong> is behaving badly too.</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;">Last season's top scorer in the Bundesliga has been suspended by the club for disciplinary reasons, after he allegedly turned up late for training. It's not the first time the Gabon international has clashed with the top brass in Dortmund, and it's been alleged that Aubameyang sees himself as "untouchable", given his status as the club's star player.</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;">Aubameyang will miss Friday night's trip to Stuttgart, a task that was already going to be difficult for Bosz's side. Newly-promoted Stuttgart have collected all 13 of their points this season at home, they <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">haven't lost</strong> at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in 2017, and they have pacey players like <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Chadrac Akolo</strong> and Takuma Asano who can exploit Dortmund's absurdly high defensive line.</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;">Dortmund are odds-on here 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="8/11"><span style="border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-style: initial; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><b>1.76</b></span></span>, and frankly, they shouldn't be.</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;">Lay Borussia Dortmund 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="8/11">1.76</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;">Wolfsburg 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;">Saturday November 18, 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;">Seven games, seven draws. That's been the extraordinary start that Wolfsburg coach <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Martin Schmidt</strong> has made at the Volkswagen Arena. Although the Wolves are still in relegation danger, there have been some really <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">encouraging signs.</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;">Firstly, Wolfsburg have shown great fighting spirit, coming back from behind to get results time and time again. Also, the team is <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">scoring goals</strong> - they have netted in all seven of Schmidt's league games, and in three of those matches they have scored at least twice.</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 the way Wolfsburg are playing, a first league win under Schmidt doesn't feel too far away, and Saturday could be the day. Freiburg are <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">dreadful</strong> away from home, and have lost four of their five away games this season, conceding an eye-watering 16 goals in the process. Going further back, SCF have lost seven of their last eight league games on their travels.</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 Wolfsburg -1.0 on the Asian Handicap at [2.03]</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;">Schalke 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;">Sunday November 19, 14:30</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;">Although I still don't think Domenico Tedesco's carefully considered football is going to set any pulses racing, you can't deny that the new Schalke boss is having a <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">positive effect</strong> on the Royal Blues. Schalke are in the Champions League slots, and have won four of their last five games in all competitions.</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;">Schalke have only won one of their last four home games, but I think they'll improve on that record against Hamburg this weekend. It says a lot that HSV are starting to pin their hopes on 17-year-old wonderkid <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jan-Fiete Arp,</strong> who has scored in their last two games, including the 3-1 win over Stuttgart on Matchday 11.</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 a pretty <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">disjointed bunch,</strong> and they are atrocious away from home. The Redshorts have lost their last four games on their travels, and struggling coach Markus Gisdol seems incapable of finding the answers. In 2017, Hamburg have lost ten of their 14 away matches in the Bundesliga, and they've leaked 33 goals along the way.</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;">Schalke aren't perfect, but their players are getting used to Tedesco's demands, and there is a <strong style="border: 0px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">unity of purpose</strong> that wasn't always there under Markus Weinzierl last season. This should be a comfortable home win, so wait for there to be some liquidity in the Asian Handicap market, and give Schalke a goal handicap.</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 Schalke -1.0 on the Asian Handicap at odds of 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; text-decoration-line: none; 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;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjItowp4dOKe-6RErmPu2HkwwXxgRkEFxmBBoL0c-IXu1lp-4jX7tnhhYCWP0Y4rUehvQyGR0aTGQfQc-cZcrC_dGEtHz4C4QNxhmujf5k0Et5uoWliJUxU1O6z8CdSlYj6ZfJ3W7QgPek/s1600/83T-_Stuttgart_bvbnachricht_teaser_top_regular.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="570" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjItowp4dOKe-6RErmPu2HkwwXxgRkEFxmBBoL0c-IXu1lp-4jX7tnhhYCWP0Y4rUehvQyGR0aTGQfQc-cZcrC_dGEtHz4C4QNxhmujf5k0Et5uoWliJUxU1O6z8CdSlYj6ZfJ3W7QgPek/s640/83T-_Stuttgart_bvbnachricht_teaser_top_regular.jpg" width="640" /></a><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 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="1/1"><br /></span></strong></span></div>

Bundesliga Betting: Auba-less Dortmund to slip up again

Stuttgart v Borussia Dortmund Friday November 17, 19:30 Live on BT Sport 2 Borussia Dortmund have had an  extraordinary season  so far. T...

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Manchester United v Newcastle United: Lukaku to fire hosts to victory

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Manchester United v Newcastle United</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Saturday November 18, 17:30</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Live on BT Sport 1</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Moody Mourinho looking to close the gap at the top</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When Jose Mourinho is at the helm of a club, tension and angst are never too far away. With Manchester United now trailing their crosstown rivals City by eight points in the title race, fears are growing that Mourinho's irascible behaviour may get worse before it gets better, and the 1-0 defeat at his old club Chelsea before the international break won't have helped his mood.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First there was the flirtation with French giants PSG, an undisguised admiration for the club that could be seen as a cynical bargaining ploy, as the Portuguese coach discusses terms on a new deal with United. Mourinho has also been repeatedly vocal about the club's injury problems, even though he has one of the deepest and most expensively-assembled squads in Europe. In the case of Phil Jones, Mourinho has a point - it is extraordinary that a player that clearly wasn't fit was used by England in a friendly, and now Jones seems highly unlikely to face Newcastle this weekend.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Michael Carrick, Marcos Rojo, Paul Pogba and Zlatan Ibrahimovic are all on the mend, with the latter two in contention for a place on the bench on Saturday. Regardless of their injury situation, Manchester United can take solace from their outstanding home record against Newcastle - Opta tell us they have won 22 of their last 32 league games against the Magpies at Old Trafford, and have lost just once.</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;">After a bright start, Magpies are in danger of losing altitude</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After taking 14 points from their first 11 games, there no doubt that newly-promoted Newcastle United have made a solid start to the Premier League season. Despite a lack of investment in the squad over the summer from an owner looking to sell the club, manager Rafa Benitez has mixed and matched, and has made the most of the tools at his disposal.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, the last couple of games have set alarm bells ringing. They showed a lack of ambition in a 1-0 defeat at Burnley, and then allowed their home game against Bournemouth to slip away from their grasp. The Magpies dominated the opening exchanges against the Cherries, but totally lost their way in the second half, and Steve Cook's last-gasp header provided a fully-deserved winner for Bournemouth.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As they prepare for a trip to Old Trafford, Newcastle know their wretched away form has to improve. They have won just once on their travels this season in the league, and they've failed to score in three of their five away games. If you stretch back into Newcastle's last Premier League campaign, you see that the club has won just one of its last 16 away matches in the top flight.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Newcastle look set to be without promising young midfielder Mikel Merino, while Christian Atsu (thigh) and Jamaal Lascelles (ankle) are both racing to be fit.</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;">Hosts should be too strong, so back them to win well</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Manchester United have won all of their home games in all competitions this season, and seven of those eight victories have been by a margin of two goals or greater.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Newcastle are struggling to score consistently at the moment, so I don't think it's unreasonable to suggest that the hosts can win by at least two goals. Back them -1.5 on the Asian Handicap at 1.93.</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;">Overs or unders a difficult call to make</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Over/Under 2.5 Goals market is split down the middle, and I'm not surprised. Newcastle's problems in front of goal and Benitez's good defensive organisation might lead you towards backing unders at 2.02, but overs may appeal at 1.90 when you consider that bet has paid out in five of United's eight home matches this season.</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;">Back Lukaku to end his United goal drought</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can't keep a good man down for long, and even though Romelu Lukaku hasn't scored in any of his last seven appearances for the Red Devils, he did score three goals in two games for Belgium over the international break. If Jamaal Lascelles is absent from the Newcastle central defence, Lukaku can take advantage. I'm happy to back him to score in 90 minutes.</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;">Recommended Bets</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Back Manchester United -1.5 on the Asian Handicap at 1.93</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Back Romelu Lukaku to score at 1.80</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkG1_eXcOekcFMxRhqhCe0vZTIv8o92RQh0NsAQioBZoUN809AvRQnv2NjEbrlt4fLGCkG4MJytS1Fg5BoCIp5U9BXr5R-NAxfiiCkCj79mg07gdbqp3NeVS-MiuFA2WpzB7bZuz7wCp4/s1600/Jose-Mourinho-Romelu-Lukaku-Football365.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="367" data-original-width="700" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkG1_eXcOekcFMxRhqhCe0vZTIv8o92RQh0NsAQioBZoUN809AvRQnv2NjEbrlt4fLGCkG4MJytS1Fg5BoCIp5U9BXr5R-NAxfiiCkCj79mg07gdbqp3NeVS-MiuFA2WpzB7bZuz7wCp4/s640/Jose-Mourinho-Romelu-Lukaku-Football365.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /> <br />

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