As Hull Surge Onwards…

Round-Up
 
Fair play to Hull City – what a magnificent start to the season. For a side with few recognisable names to pull off some frankly ridiculous results can only bear testatment to the tactical genius that is their manager Phil Brown. However, his tactical genius will be well and truly tested when he takes on the mighty Sir Alex Ferguson at Old Trafford over the coming fortnight.
 
Speaking of Old Trafford – I was there on saturday to watch the demolition of West Bromwich Albion. The result was perhaps a little harsh on them, as they played very well, but this is what can happen when you take on a side that is better than you and you try to play football against them. I have the utmost respect for them for trying but perhaps it’s not the best place to attempt to play football!
 
Aside from that, it wasn’t the best time for my teams despite Dynamo Kiev’s utter annihlation of Zorya Lugansk on friday night with a scoreline of 5-0. Athletic Bilbao slumped to a 1-0 defeat against rivals Barcelona to exemplify a truly miserable start to the season for Los Leones. Elsewhere, RoPS suffered an embarrasing home defeat against VPS, losing 1-0. It was also a shame to see River Plate lose in arguably one of the most prestigious derbies in the world at home to Boca Juniors, which also finished 1-0.
 
Ratio of Success:
 
Friday games
 
Overall games – 33
Overall correct – 18
Percentage – 54.55%
 
Deffos – 3
Correct – 2
Percentage – 66.67%
 
Should – 23
Correct - 10
Percentage - 43.48%
 
Risky – 14
Correct – 6
Percentage – 42.86%
 
Saturday games
 
Overall games – 193
Overall correct – 95
Percentage – 49.22%
 
Deffos – 17
Correct – 11
Percentage – 64.71%
 
Should – 106
Correct – 59
Percentage – 55.66%

Risky – 70
Correct – 25
Percentage – 35.71%
 
Sunday games
 
Overall games – 132
Overall correct – 61
Percentage – 46.21%
 
Deffos – 11
Correct – 7
Percentage – 63.64%
 
Should – 80
Correct – 38
Percentage – 47.50%
 
Risky - 41
Correct – 16
Percentage – 39.02%
 
My thoughts are that I should be hitting above 50% overall by my own personal standards with Deffos over 70% so I’m a bit disappointed this weekend, but I also know that luck took  a few games out of my hands as ever which didn’t help, but I’ll try and improve it for next weekend.

 
Monday’s Picks:

Bulgarian A PFG:

Chernomorets Burgas vs FC Sliven (5)

Cypriot Division A:

APOEL Nicosia vs Omonia Nicosia (4)

Czech Republic Liga 1:

Slovan Liberec vs Jablonec (3)

Danish Superligaen:

Midtylland vs AGF (6)

English Premier League:

Newcastle United vs Manchester City (3)

English League Two:

Darlington vs Bradford City (4)

French Ligue 2:

Tours vs Lens (4)

Irish Premier Division:

St Pat’s Athletic vs Galway United (7)

Italian Serie B:

Piacenza vs Ascoli (5)

Norwegian Tippaligaen:

Valerenga vs Lillestrom (4)

Romanian Liga 1:
 
Gloria Bistrita vs Unirea (5)

Swedish Allsvenskan:

GIF Sundsvall vs Gefle (4)
Orebro vs Helsingborg (6)
Hammarby vs Djurgardens (5)

 
Enjoy

Scabby cunts!!!

What can I say? Liverpool stole a victory off Wigan Athletic, the referee stole my bet from me (I had Rooney first goal, United to win 5-0) and shit happens!!
 
Game of the day? There’s a few nominations – like Banik Ostrava’s 5-4 win over Bohemians PragueHoffenheim’s 5-2 victory at Hannover or Tromso’s 4-4 draw at home to Molde. However, my vote goes to Sturm Graz’s trip to SV Mattersburg, which resulted in Sturm Graz winning 6-5 despite leading 5-0 at half-time! A big congratulations to Napoli for their victory over Juventus, Tampere United for their difficult victory at Honka Espoo and IFK Goteborg for their tough victory at Kalmar.
Sunday’s Picks 

Austrian Bundesliga:

SV Altach vs Salzburg (5)
Austria Karnten vs Rapid Vienna (6)

Belarusian Vysshaya Liga:

Zhodino vs Neman Grodno (3)
Lokomotiv Minsk vs Savit (3)
Dinamo Minsk vs Naftan (5)
FC Dinamo Brest vs Shakhytor Soligorsk (5)
Dnepr vs Gomel (6)
Lokomotiv Vitebsk vs Smorgon (7)

Belgian Eerste Klasse:

Club Brugge vs Cercle Brugge (6)
Zulte Waregem vs Anderlecht (6)

Bulgarian A PFG:

Lokomotiv Sofia vs Litex Lovech (2)
Vihren vs Spartak Varna (4)
PFC Minior Pernik vs Lokomotiv Plovdiv (4)
PFC Cherno More Varna vs Lokomotiv Mezdra (5)
Botev vs CSKA Sofia (8)

Croatian Prva Liga:

Varteks vs Rijeka (4)
NK Osijek vs Inter Zapresic (4)
Hajduk Split vs Cibalia (5)
Sibenik vs Dinamo Zagreb (5)
NK Slaven Koprivnica vs Croatia Sesvete (6)
NK Zagreb vs Zadar (8)

Cypriot Division A:

Alki vs AEK (2)
Doxa vs Ethnikos Achnas (2)
APEP vs AEL (2)

Czech Republic Liga 1:

Ceske Budejovice vs Sigma Olomouc (3)
Teplice vs Mlada Boleslav (4)
Pribram vs Zlin (4)
Viktoria Plzen vs Sparta Prague (5)
Viktoria Zizkov vs Brno (6)
Slavia Prague vs Kladno (9)

Danish Superligaen:

Randers vs Vejle (5)
SonderjyskE vs Brondby (7)
OB vs EfB (10)

Dutch Eredivisie:

Sparta Rotterdam vs FC Utrecht (3)
Willem II vs Feyenoord Rotterdam (4)
De Graafschap vs AZ Alkmaar (5)
NEC Nijmegen vs Vitesse Arnhem (5)

English Premier League:

Hull City vs West Ham United (5)
Stoke City vs Tottenham Hotspur (5)

English Championship:

Sheffield Wednesday vs Sheffield United (1)

English League Two:

Chester City vs Port Vale (4)

Faroese Formuladeildin:

B71 vs Vikingur (2)
B68 vs IF (5)
KI vs NSI (5)
HB vs B36 (6)
Skala vs EB/Streymur (8)

Finnish Veikkausliiga:

Jaro vs KuPS (4)
MyPa vs Inter Turku (4)
RoPS vs VPS (4)
Haka vs HJK Helsinki (5)
TPS vs KooTeePee (5)
Lahti vs Mariehamn (6)

French Ligue 1:

Auxerre vs Rennes (4)
Valenciennes vs Olympique de Marseille (6)
Le Mans vs Nancy (6)

German Bundesliga:

Hamburg vs Schalke 04 (4)

Greek Super League:

AEK Athens vs Larissa (5)
OFI Crete vs Thrasivoulos (5)
PAOK vs Panathinaikos (5)
Levadiakos vs Xanthi (6)
Olympiakos Piraeus vs Panthrakikos (9)

Hungarian Liga 1:

Diosgyor vs Ujpest (8)

Italian Serie A:

AS Roma vs Internazionale (2)
Catania vs Palermo (2)
Torino vs Cagliari (5)
Lecce vs Udinese (5)
Bologna vs Lazio (5)
Genoa vs Siena (5)
Chievo Verona vs Atalanta Bergamo (5)
AC Milan vs Sampdoria (6)

Latvian Virsliga:

FK Riga vs Daugava (3)
Dinaburg vs Liepajas Metalurgs (6)
Skonto Riga vs Ventspils (6)
Jurmala vs Olimps Riga (7)

Lithuanian A Lyga:

Zalgiris Vilnius vs Siauliai (5)
Suduva vs Vetra (5)
FBK Kaunas vs Atlantas (7)
Silute vs Ekranas (8)

Luxembourgian Division Nationale:

Hamm vs Hesperagne (2)
Rumelange vs Etzella (3)
Grevenmacher vs Racing FC Union Luxembourg (4)
Progres vs Fola (5)
Kaerjeng vs Differdange (6)
Jeunesse Esch vs Sporting Steinfor (7)
Dudelange vs Avenir Beggen (9)

Macedonian Prva Liga:

Napredok vs Pelister (5)
Makedonija vs Milano (5)
Sileks vs Pobeda (5)
Turnovo vs Renova (5)

Maltese Premier League:

Tarxien vs Marsaxlokk (3)
Birkirkara vs Sliema Wanderers (4)

Moldovan Divizia Nationala:

Tiligul
vs FC Academia UTM Chisinau (3)
Nistru vs CSCA-Rapid (4)
Olimpia Balti vs Dinamo Bender (5)
Iskra-Stali vs Sheriff (5)
Tiraspol vs Zimbru Chisinau (6)

Norwegian Tippaligaen:

Fredrikstad vs Viking Stavanger (5)
Aalesund vs Bodo Glimt (5)
Brann vs Staebek (6)
Rosenborg vs Stromsgodset (6)
Ham-Kam vs Lyn Oslo (6)

Polish Ekstraklasa:

Lechia Gdansk vs Gornik Zabrze (5)
Ruch Chorzow vs Lech Poznan (5)

Romanian Liga 1:

SC Vaslui vs Arges Pitesti (5)
Univ Craiova vs Pandurii (5)
FC Rapid Bucharest vs Gaz Metan (5)

Russian Premier Liga:

Lokomotiv Moscow vs Khimki (5)
Krylya Sovetov vs FK Moscow (6)
CSKA Moscow vs Amkar Perm (6)
Terek Grozny vs Dinamo Moscow (8)

Scottish Premier League:

Hibernians vs Hearts (5)

Slovakian Superliga:

Tatran Presov vs Artmedia Petrzalka (4)

Spanish Primera Liga:

Athletic Bilbao vs Barcelona (4)
Sporting Gijon vs Osasuna (4)
Almeria vs Sevilla (4)
Malaga vs Getafe (4)
Real Betis vs Real Mallorca (5)
Racing Club de Santander vs Deportivo la Coruna (5)
Real Valladolid vs Recreativo de Huelva (6)
Valencia vs Numancia (8)

Spanish Segunda Liga:

Gimnastic de Tarragona vs Rayo Vallecano (4)
Eibar vs Cordoba (4)
Huesca vs Albacete (6)
Hercules vs Elche (9)

Swedish Allsvenskan:

GAIS Goteborg vs Malmo (5)
Ljungskile vs Halmstad (6)

Turkish Super Lig:

Galatasaray vs Trabzonspor (5)
Genclerbirligi vs Besiktas (5)
Gaziantepspor vs Konyaspor (6)
Sivasspor vs Ankaragucu (6)
Kayserispor vs Ankaraspor (6)

Ukrainian Premier League:

Dnipro Dnepropetrovsk vs Metalurg Donetsk (3)
Tavriya vs Karpaty (4)
Vorskla vs Metalurg Zaporizhya (5)

Enjoy