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Wigan Athletic vs Sunderland

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Today’s secondary featured game is the English Premier League game between Wigan Athletic and Sunderland.

Wigan have produced some surprise results over the past few weeks, which includes a rare away win against Sunderland. However, they were fortunate on the day and in fact, if you look through all of their recent good results, you’ll find fortune in those too. I cannot question the work ethic of Wigan’s players nor the growing promise of Nigerian attacker Victor Moses, who has picked up the mantle that Charles N’Zogbia held last season of carrying Wigan’s attack. However, they’re easily the weakest side in the Premier League defensively for my money, irrespective of what the statistics say. There’s a good unity about their team but there are no defensive leaders and thus and sustained attack does tend to damage Wigan. Additionally, the fact that only di Santo out of their strikers has scored this season is another huge problem for Martinez. Any side that cannot defend and cannot score will not last long in this division and I think Wigan are starting to realise that at long last. They claimed an impressive 2-2 draw at Stoke last match but they needed a late penalty to get it to that scoreline, especially as they’d been playing with ten men for some time prior to that. Wigan will always give 100% but it’s not always enough and I don’t think that it will be today.

O’Neill has whipped Sunderland into shape in no time whatsoever. It was inevitable that he would but I have to confess that I didn’t think he’d have them laying their lives on the line in each game but he has! Everyone is giving 100% and they’re all desperate to impress their talented new boss. Sunderland’s displays are not as cohesive as the Northern Irishman would like, I’m sure, but all his players are working hard and Sunderland are starting to score goals. Traditionally, Sunderland don’t play well away from home but if anyone can improve that then it’s their new boss with his impressive track record and I think that this game is the ideal opportunity for Sunderland to demonstrate just what they can do.

If Sunderland play as well in this game as they have in recent games then they should do well here. Wigan aren’t really good enough to beat Sunderland, in my view – if they manage it here then it’ll be due to Sunderland not showing up. For me, I think there’s a good amount of value on Sunderland to win this one with draw no bet cover as they’re simply a better side and they’re playing better football with everyone keen to impress their new boss.

Verdict: Sunderland to win with draw no bet at 9/10.


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Tuesday’s Picks

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!

English Premier League:

Tottenham Hotspur vs West Bromwich Albion (8) 2-1
Wigan Athletic vs Sunderland (5) 0-1
Manchester City vs Liverpool (7) 1-0

English Championship:

Bristol City vs Millwall (4)

Greek Super League:

Panionios vs Asteras Tripolis (6) 2-1
PAS Giannina vs OFI Crete (4) 0-1
AEK Athens vs Doxa Dramas (8) 2-0

Turkish Super Lig:

Trabzonspor vs Manisaspor (6) 1-0
Kayserispor vs Bursaspor (6) 1-1
Sivasspor vs Karabukspor (7) 1-0
Galatasaray vs Istanbul BB (7) 2-1, at least one red card in this game
Mersin Idmanyurdu vs Ankaragucu (6) 2-1

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Sunderland vs Aston Villa

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I have to fancy Sunderland to beat Villa today. Sunderland are the better side, in my view, especially at home. They’re starting to get some rhythm together and they have a good manager in Bruce. Villa have some good players but McLeish tends to make them sit far too deep to concern me in games like these. Villa may bag in this game but Sunderland should outscore them and at 5/4, I fancy it.

Verdict: Sunderland to win at 5/4.

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Saturday’s Picks

My tips:

As ever, please find my value tips listed below in no particular order:

Flora Paide vs Viljandi – home win at evens.

No motivation for either side so use caution. However, Flora Paide have play deceptively well lately. Their lack of stars makes it go unnoticed but I’ve seen it and I fancy them to show it in this game against a Viljandi side that they’re more than capable of beating. The visitors have drubbed Ajax Lasnamae lately – well, who hasn’t? – but have been crap othewise. For me, the home win is worth a look here.

Verict: Flora Paide to win at evens.

Jaro Pietarsaari vs MyPa Anjalankoski – home win at 6/5.

Again, no motivation so approach with caution. However, MyPa have played like an Ykkonen side for weeks now with no motivation and little quality. Jaro may be irritatingly unpredictable at times but they’ve got a very strong attack and realistically should outscore MyPa today in their last home game of the season.

Verdict: Jaro Pietarsaari to win at 6/5.

Pogon Szczecin vs Arka Gdynia – home win at 11/10.

Better side, basically. Arka have looked terrible ever since getting relegated from the Ekstraklasa due to selling almost all of their good players. Pogon are a big side in Liga 1 although they don’t show it anywhere near as much as they should. Nonetheless, they’re good enough at home to win this one, especially with a few players returning from injury/suspension for this game.

Verdict: Pogon Szczecin to win at 11/10.

Spartak Moscow vs Lokomotiv Moscow – home win at 7/5.

Spartak aren’t my favourite side to bet on because they do tend to piss me off quite a lot in terms of their motivation. However, this is a Moscow derby and they simply have to be up for it for that reason. I like Lokomotiv but as an attacking force, they’re really rather restricted and Spartak conceding more than a single goal here is a defensive catastrophe, in my view. Spartak have better players and more importantly, they have better attackers than Lokomotiv. I expect a scrappy game with plenty of cards but Spartak winning this one at such long odds interests me today.

Verdict: Spartak Moscow to win 7/5.

Accumulator fodder:

Dinamo Zagreb, Manchester City, Chelsea, Nomme Kalju, HJK Helsinki, Paris Saint-Germain, Bayern Munich, Olympiakos Piraeus, Vardar Skopje, Rabotnicki Skopje, Nacional Asuncion, Wisla Krakow, SL Benfica, Anzhi Makhachkala, Partizan Belgrade, Barcelona, Real Madrid, Shakhtar Donetsk.

Recommended bets:

Sunderland, Manchester City, and Real Madrid at around 2/1.

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!

Argentinian Primera Division:

Argentinos Juniors vs Velez Sarsfield (5) 0-1
Newell’s Old Boys vs Olimpo (6) 1-0
Independiente vs Arsenal de Sarandi (6) 2-1

Austrian Bundesliga:

Salzburg vs SV Ried (7) 1-0
Rapid Vienna vs Sturm Graz (5) 1-1
Wacker Innsbruck vs Wiener Neustadt (6) 2-2
SV Mattersburg vs Admira Wacker (7) 0-0

Austrian Liga 1:

LASK Linz vs Grodig (7)

Australian A-League:

Central Coast Mariners vs Perth Glory (7) 2-0
Melbourne Heart vs Sydney FC (6) 1-1

Belgian Eerste Klasse:

Club Brugge vs Racing Genk (5) 1-1
Zulte-Waregem vs Cercle Brugge (6) 1-1
OH Leuven vs Germinal Beerschot (5) 1-0
Lokeren vs Kortrijk (7) over 2.5 goals
Mechelen vs Westerlo (5) 1-0
Mons vs AA Gent (4) 1-2

Brazilian Serie A:

Santos vs Atletico Paranaense (7) over 2.5 goals
Botafogo vs Cruzeiro (4) 1-1
Ceara vs Fluminense (5) 0-1

Chilean Primera Division:

La Serena vs Union Espanola (6) 1-2
Nublense vs Palestino (5) 2-1

Croatian Prva Liga:

Varteks Varazdin vs Lucko (6) 1-1
Sibenik vs Karlovac (7) 1-0
Zadar vs Slaven Koprivnica (5) 1-1
Istra 1961 vs Dinamo Zagreb (8) 1-2
Rijeka vs Cibalia Vinkovci (7) 1-0

Cypriot Division 1:

Olympiakos Nicosia vs Omonia Nicosia (7) 0-1
Apollon Limassol vs Enosis Neon Paralimni (4) 1-1
AEK Larnaca vs Alki Larnaca (5) 2-1

Czech Republic Gambrinus Liga:

Banik Ostrava vs Dukla Prague (5) 1-1
Sparta Prague vs Mlada Boleslav (7) 2-0

Danish Superligaen:

AC Horsens vs Silkeborg (7) 2-1

Danish 1st Division:

Bronshoj vs AB Copenhagen (6)
Hobro vs Hjorring (4)

English Premier League:

Everton vs Manchester United (5) 1-1
Chelsea vs Arsenal (8) 2-0
Manchester City vs Wolverhampton Wanderers (9) -1.5 handicap
Norwich City vs Blackburn Rovers (7) 2-1
Sunderland vs Aston Villa (7) 1-0, at least one red card in this game
Swansea City vs Bolton Wanderers (6) 1-0
Wigan Athletic vs Fulham (6) 0-0
West Bromwich Albion vs Liverpool (6) 1-1

English Championship:

West Ham United vs Leicester City (7)
Crystal Palace vs Reading (5) over 2.5 goals
Derby County vs Portsmouth (5)
Doncaster Rovers vs Coventry City (7)
Southampton vs Middlesbrough (6) over 2.5 goals
Millwall vs Ipswich Town (4)
Nottingham Forest vs Hull City (5)
Birmingham City vs Brighton & Hove Albion (6) under 2.5 goals
Watford vs Peterborough United (5) over 2.5 goals
Barnsley vs Bristol City (7)
Burnley vs Blackpool (6)

Estonian Meistriliiga:

Flora Tallinn vs Trans Narva (4) 1-1
Flora Paide vs Viljandi (7) 1-0
Ajax Lasnamae vs Nomme Kalju (10) -2.5 handicap
Kuressaare vs Maag Tammeka Tartu (6) 1-1
Sillamae Kalev vs Levadia Tallinn (5) 0-1

Finnish Veikkausliiga:

IFK Mariehamn vs FC Honka Espoo (7) 1-2
HJK Helsinki vs Haka Valkeakoski (8) 2-0
Jaro Pietarsaari vs MyPa Anjalankoski (7) 2-0
VPS Vaasa vs RoPS Rovaniemi (7) over 2.5 goals
KuPS Kuopio vs TPS Turku (4) 2-2
Inter Turku vs JJK Jyvaskyla (4) 1-2

French Ligue 1:

AC Ajaccio vs Girondins de Bordeaux (5) 0-1
Stade Brestois vs Lorient (7) 0-0
Dijon FCO vs Olympique de Marseille (7) 1-2
Evian Thonon Gaillard vs Auxerre (7) 1-0
Montpellier HSC vs AS Nancy-Lorraine (6) 1-0
Paris Saint-Germain vs Stade Malherbe de Caen (8) 2-0
Olympique Lyonnais vs Saint-Etienne (7) 1-0, at least one red card in this game

German Bundesliga:

Bayern Munich vs Nurnberg (8) 2-0
Schalke 04 vs Hoffenheim (7) 2-1
VfB Stuttgart vs Bv09 Borussia Dortmund (6) 0-1
VfL Wolfsburg vs Hertha HSC Berlin (7) 2-0
Borussia Moenchengladbach vs Hannover 96 (6) 1-1
Mainz 05 vs Werder Bremen (5) 1-1

Greek Super League:

Atromitos vs Panionios (7) 1-0
Panaitolikos vs Xanthi (6) 0-0
Olympiakos Piraeus vs OFI Crete (8) 2-0

Hungarian Soproni Liga:

Lombard Papa vs Fehervar (6) 1-2
Pecsi MFC vs Gyori ETO FC (5) 0-1
Kaposvari Rakoczi vs Vasas Budapest (5) 1-0
Paksi SE vs Zalaegerszegi TE (6) 2-1
Ujpest vs Kecskemeti TE (5) 1-1

Italian Serie A:

Catania vs SSC Napoli (6) 1-1
AS Roma vs AC Milan (6) 2-1, at least one red card in this game
Internazionale vs Juventus (4) 1-2, at least one red card in this game

Macedonian First League:

Teteks Tetovo vs Metalurg Skopje (7) 0-1
Vardar Skopje vs 11 Oktomvri (8) 2-0
Bregalnica Stip vs Rabotnicki Skopje (8) 0-1
Sileks Kratovo vs Napredok (7) 2-1
Ohrid vs Renova Dzepciste (6) 1-2

Dutch Eredivisie:

Roda JC Kerkrade vs AFC Ajax Amsterdam (7) over 2.5 goals
Excelsior Rotterdam vs RKC Waalwijk (5) 2-1
Heerenveen vs ADO Den Haag (7) over 2.5 goals
Twente Enschede vs PSV Eindhoven (6) 2-1

Paraguayan Division Profesional:

Nacional Asuncion vs Sol de America (8) 2-0

Peruvian Primera Division:

Inti Gas vs Universidad Cesar Vallejo (5) 1-1
Union Comercio vs Cobresol (6) 1-0
Sport Boys vs Leon de Huanuco (7) 2-1

Polish Ekstraklasa:

GKS Belchatow vs Zaglebie Lubin (5) 1-1
Widzew Lodz vs Cracovia Krakow (6) 2-1
Wisla Krakow vs Podbeskidzie Bielsko-Biala (8) 1-0

Polish Liga 1:

Ruch Radzionkow vs Flota Swinoujscie (6)
Olimpia Grudziadz vs Dolcan Zabki (4)
Olimpia Elblag vs Kolejarz Stroze (5)
Katowice vs Sandecja Nowy Sacz (6)
Pogon Szczecin vs Arka Gdynia (7)

Portuguese Liga Sagres:

Academica de Coimbra vs Sporting Braga (6) 1-1
SL Benfica vs Olhanense (8) 2-0

Romanian Liga:

Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt vs Vointa Sibiu (6) 1-0
Universitatea Cluj vs Dinamo Bucharest (5) 2-2

Russian Premier League:

Anzhi Makhachkala vs Amkar Perm’ (8) 2-0
FK Krasnodar vs Kuban’ Krasnodar (5) 1-0, at least one red card in this game
Spartak Moscow vs Lokomotiv Moscow (7) 2-1, at least one red card in this game

Scottish Premier League:

Aberdeen vs Rangers (7) 1-2
Celtic vs Hibernian (7) 2-1
Dunfermline Athletic vs Dundee United (6) 1-2
Hearts vs Kilmarnock (7) 2-0
Inverness Caledonian Thistle vs Motherwell (5) 0-1
St.Johnstone vs St.Mirren (5) 1-0

Serbian Superliga:

Novi Pazar vs Radnicki 1923 (6) 1-0
OFK Belgrade vs Borac Cacak (7) 2-1
Jagodina vs BSK Borca (6) 1-0
Partizan Belgrade vs Smederevo (8) 2-0

Singaporean S-League:

Albirex Niigata vs Tampines Rovers (6) 1-2
Young Lions vs Home United (7) 0-2

Slovakian Corgon Liga:

Kosice vs Dukla Banska Bystrica (6) 1-1
Trencin vs Senica (6) 0-1
Slovan Bratislava vs MSK Zilina (6) 2-1, at least one red card in this game
DAC Dunajska Streda vs Zlate Moravce (6) 2-1
Nitra vs Ruzomberok (6) 1-0

Slovenian Prva Liga:

Domzale vs Mura 05 (7) 2-0
Rudar Velenje vs Koper (4) 1-1
Nafta Lendava vs Gorica (7) 2-1

Spanish Primera Liga:

Valencia CF vs Getafe (7) 2-1
Villarreal CF vs Rayo Vallecano de Madrid (6) 1-0
Barcelona vs Real Mallorca (8) -1.5 handicap
Real Sociedad vs Real Madrid (8) 0-1

Spanish Segunda Liga:

Hercules Alicante vs Cordoba (7)
Alcorcon vs Guadalajara (7)
Sabadell vs Alcoyano (6) over 2.5 goals
Barcelona II vs Gimnastic de Tarragona (7)
Huesca vs Elche (5)
Deportivo Xerez vs Almeria (4)
Recreativo de Huelva vs Numancia (6)
Las Palmas vs Real Valladolid (6)

Swiss Super League:

Sion vs Thun (6) 1-0
Basel vs Grasshopper Zurich (7) over 2.5 goals, at least one red card in this game

Swiss Challenge League:

Bruhl vs Winterthur (6)
Etoile Carouge vs Lugano (5)
Biel-Bienne vs Vaduz (6)
Wil vs Stade Nyonnais (5)

Turkish Super Lig:

Antalyaspor vs Orduspor (6) 1-1
Eskisehirspor vs Samsunspor (5) 2-1
Gaziantepspor vs Trabzonspor (5) 2-1

Ukrainian Premier League:

Oleksandriya vs Shakthar Donetsk (8) 0-2
Metalist Kharkiv vs Vorskla Poltava (7) 1-0

Welsh Premier League:

Aberystwyth Town vs Bangor City (7) 0-2

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