Picks
|
|
Midweek football betting tips
by Ben, last updated 2007-05-14 20:31:09Pinncacle Picks
European Cup competitions take centre stage in PinnacleSports midweek soccer schedule with a distinctly Mediterranean flavour to the action. On Wednesday Espanyol and Sevilla guarantee that a Spanish side will take home the UEFA Cup from Glasgow, while on Thursday Roma and Inter Milan meet in the second leg of the Coppa Italia. It will be tough for the game at the San Siro to upstage the first leg which produced six goals, and gives the Giallorossi a four goal advantage. For both games www.pinnaclesports.com will be offering up to 60% better odds on Asian Handicaps.
Spanish Fans Head to Hampden for UEFA Cup Final
It isn't a brave prediction to say that a Spanish side will lift the UEFA Cup on Wednesday night. Sevilla play Espanyol in Glasgow in an all-Spanish European final, with the Sevillistas looking to regain the trophy they won twelve months ago in Holland. That night they humiliated Premiership outfit Middlesbrough, 4-0 ending a 60 year drought for a major trophy. It is unlikely that we will see another such one-sided final as these La Liga teams will be so familiar with each other.
The game gives Espanyol an opportunity to step out of the shadow of Barcelona with whom they share a city. They almost did Barca a huge favour in their title chase, when on the weekend they ran Real Madrid close at the Bernabeu, eventually losing in a 4-3 thriller. Walter Pandiani scored a hat-trick underlining his threat to Sevilla's defenders. Sevilla are just two points behind Real and Barca at the top of La Liga, and have a further distraction with the final of the Copa del Rey on June 23rd. In contrast the Parakeets - as Espanyol are known - are able to concentrate solely on this game, with nothing left to play for in the Primera Division.
Though punters have a wealth of previous encounters to help find a winner, these sides have enjoyed a fairly even recent history. The most significant trend is the number of goals recent meetings have produced with 18 in the last five meetings, providing an average of 3.6. www.pinnaclesports.com price OVER 2 & 2.5 at 1.909 as the favourite goals total. On the Asian Handicap Sevilla are 2.00 (-0.5) with Espanyol 1.926 (+0.5).
Inter Have Mountain to Climb in Coppa Italia
On Thursday Roma head into the second leg of the Coppa Italia at the San Siro defending an unprecedented four goal advantage, having thrashed Inter Milan 6-2 at the Stadio Olimpico last Wednesday. However, if Roma coach, Luciano Spalletti, is concerned about complacency creeping into his side, he need only remind them of recent events in Spain's Copa Del Rey. Barcelona took a 5-2 led from the first leg of their Spanish Cup semi-final at the Nou Camp, away to mid-table Getafe. Despite the three goal advantage, Frank Rijkaard selected his big names, but watched in amazement as the Spanish Champions were roundly beaten 4-0!!
Inter can be guaranteed to fly out of the blocks to try and restore some pride. They were stung by the heavy defeat in Rome, particularly as it has taken some of the gloss off what has been such a successful season. The sides have met in the previous two Italian Cup finals, with the Nerazzurri taking the silverware on both occasions. Roberto Mancini's side showed that they are capable of cancelling out Roma's advantage by warming up for the game with four goals against the other team from the capital, Lazio, on Sunday.
However, they had to be shocked into life after conceding twice within the first four minutes displaying further defensive frailty. They finally won the game 4-3, but Mancini will be concerned his side have conceded nine goals in their last two games. Roma won the league fixture at the San Siro 3-1 in April, but Inter had already sewn up the Scudetto by then, so that result should be treated with caution. Check www.pinnaclesports.com for latest odds.
← Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 Next →
|
|
| ↑ Top of page |
|