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Today’s secondary featured game is the Allsvenskan encounter between GAIS Goteborg and Gefle.
Hosts GAIS Goteborg have surprised me this season by playing reasonably consistently and by boasting a very impressive attack. I still don’t rate their defence particularly highly but hey, six wins from seven home games this season tells a story by itself! Just look at their attack, though – Wanderson is the best in the country, no doubt about it. I’m amazed that they managed to sign him on loan following their decision to sell him to Al Ahli but it’s worked for them, that’s for sure. Additionally, Alvaro Santos is in lethal form and we’ve also seen young striker Celik mature a lot, not to mention Benin battler Omotoyossi throw his hat into the ring for a starting place. This GAIS Goteborg attack is very strong and considering that only Elfsborg Boras have been composed enough to avoid defeat here this season, you have to respect the hosts and their terrific attack and I expect them to demonstrate their abilities in attack today, too.
Visitors Gefle are a side that I don’t particularly like but I have respect for them. They literally are battlers; they have nothing else. They don’t often lose at home due to their artificial turf but that can cost them on the road, naturally. However, their team’s cohesion is very good and they are generally very hard to break through, hence them avoiding relegation year after year. They appear to have developed special powers of survival this year and have astoundingly gone seven games now without even conceding a goal, which is just amazing! They’ve played some really tough teams along the way, too, so my hat is definitely off for Gefle. However, I still cannot look upon it as anything but over-achieving, to be honest – they’re not the best defensive side in Sweden and that record will be broken in the near future so why not today? They’re facing one of the most potent and creative sides in the Allsvenskan and they have a bad record here, losing their last four visits to face GAIS Goteborg, and I fancy today to be their fifth loss here in a row.
Regulars Asp and Frempong both miss out for Gefle and given that Gefle are a side that depends entirely upon the functionality of their team as a unit, I think they’ll find GAIS a tough side to get points off. It might take some time to do but I think GAIS will eventually break through and win the game due their superior attack so the home win at 9/10 interests me today.
Team news – Gefle miss Ohagen, Leino, Asp, and Frempong.
Verdict: GAIS Goteborg to win at 9/10.
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Saturday’s Picks
My tips:
The only other five/six games that interest me today are in the members section, I’m afraid – no other singles appeal to me today!
Accumulator fodder:
Colombia, Santos, Levadia Tallinn, Etoile.
Recommended bets:
GAIS Goteborg, Levadia Tallinn, and Etoile at just over evens.
As ever, if there are any explanations required then please feel free to post a comment! For the remainder of my thoughts on today’s games, see below, although I feel compelled to write that the below are not necessarily my tips but merely my thoughts to prevent endless questions about my thoughts on certain games!
Copa America:
Colombia vs Costa Rica (8) 2-0
Belarusian Vysshaya Liga:
Belshina Bobriusk vs Vitebsk (6) 1-0
Neman Grodno vs Dnepr Mogilev (7) 2-0
Brazilian Serie A:
Santos vs Ameria Mineiro (8) 2-1
Estonian Meistriliiga:
Flora Paide vs Maag Tammeka Tartu (6) 1-2
Ajax Lasnamae vs Levadia Tallinn (9) -1.5 handicap
Finnish Ykkonen:
PoPa Pori vs OPS Oulu (6)
KPV Kokkola vs PK-35 Helsinki (6)
AC Oulu vs Jippo Joensuu (7)
Japanese J-League:
Vegalta Sendai vs Nagoya Grampus (6) 1-1
Urawa Red Diamonds vs Gamba Osaka (5) 1-2, at least one red card in this game
Avispa Fukuoka vs Ventforet Kofu (5) 0-0
Shimizu S-Pulse vs Kashima Antlers (6) 1-1
Albirex Niigata vs Montedio Yamagata (6) 1-0
Cerezo Osaka vs Kashiwa Reysol (4) 0-1
Lithuanian A Lyga:
Klaipeda vs Dainava (5) 0-1
FBK Kaunas vs Mazeikiai (5) 0-1
Norwegian Eliteserien:
Valerenga Oslo vs Stromsgodset (7) 2-1
Singaporean S-League:
Etoile vs Woodlands Wellington (9) -1.5 handicap
Swedish Allsvenskan:
Kalmar FF vs Trelleborg (6) 2-1
Syrianska Sodertalje vs IFK Goteborg (6) 0-0
GAIS Goteborg vs Gefle (7) 2-0
Swedish Superettan:
Atvidaberg vs Brommapojkarna (6)
Angelholm vs Ljungskile (6)
Falkenberg vs Landskrona BoIS (5)
Varnamo vs Assyriska Sodertalje (4)
Enjoy your free betting tips!