Stabaek vs Rosenborg

Stabaek is currently struggling in order to above the relegation zone that they are involved in. 5-6-11 has put the down on a 15th place with 21 points, but it is only two points up to the safe zone. Things have really been looking far better than in a long time recently with 1-2-0 from the last three games. The coach have brought in two strong names to his offensive line as Muhamed Keita and a previous legend at the club Alanzinho back to Nadderud.

That is two players who brings everything that Stabaek needs to the table with creativity, aggressiveness and the willingness to score goals. After winning the all-important game against Aalesund (3-0), Stabaek managed to take a nice point in their last match against Sogndal (1-1) away from home. It seems like both the fans and the players are experiencing a boost of motivation right now, which is perfect timing in terms of heading into the most decisive part of the season.


Rosenborg has ended all excitement about who is going to win the title as they are already 15 points ahead of the 2nd place. They are the best team in Norway by far at the moment, but their performance in Europe have still left the club a bit unsuccessful in terms of their own goals before this season started. Rosenborg had participation in Europe as their most important task this season, but the players failed when it counted the most against APOEL (5-1 on aggregate) during the CL-qualification.

The club was very disappointed, but it did not get any better when they also lost the EL-qualification against Austria Vienna (4-2 on aggregate) either. However, it leaves the club no other option than to doing their best for the remaining domestic games in both league and cup this season. Their last match against Tromso (3-1) showed no signs of slowing down on winning in Tippeligaen, as they extended their row to 16-5-1 this season. The positive news is that 1st keeper Andre Hansen (14 games) and striker Mushaga Bakenga (2/3) are both available after being injured some time. Winger Pal Andre Helland (14/3), left-back Jorgen Skjelvik (21/0) and winger Yann Erik da Lanlay (17/2) are missing out though.

It is no doubt on which team that needs the points tonight and I think that could open this game up for a real feast in terms of goals. Stabaek’s new signings gives them more capability upfront against a team that has already won the league. However, Rosenborg has the best squad in the league both offensively and defensively and the always score goals.

Their top scorer Christian Gytkjaer has 16 goals to his name and only needs one chance to succeed these days. I was attending the opposite meeting with these teams involved where Rosenborg grabbed an easy win (3-1). That is possible tonight as well, but Stabaek is in a slightly better condition compared to that match right now. I therefore pick over 3.5 goals here with an exciting game coming up.
Bet: Over 3.5 goals @2.61

Admira vs Salzburg

Admira will be host in match against Salzburg. I expect high scoring match here and visitors to take win.


Hosts are not in good form and this international break came in good time for them. Now it stays to see if they managed to improve something and if they will start playing better. Currently they are keeping 8 position. After 6 rounds played they have 2 wins and 4 defeats. Admira is struggling in defense and they already conceded 13 goals. On the other side Salzburg lost their opening match of the season but after that they had 5 matches without defeat. Salzburg is much better team. They have good stats against Admira who conceded 5 goals in last round. Visitors are in good form and I expect them to make win today and also this match to be effective.

Pick Salzburg AH -1.5Odds    2.54     Stake 8

Hannover vs Dynamo Dresden

Relegated Hannover will receive the visit of the new promoted Dynamo Dresden.


Both teams started high the season, being undefetead after 3 rounds.


Hannover will push for sure to bounce back in the first league, and I think they will achieve this


as they seem to have the best rosters.


Dynamo is currently on 8th place having 1 victory and 2 draws, however points taken from out of form teams, so I will not cheer their performance until now against weak opponents.


Hannover on the other side had crushed Kaiserslautern and also Furth, two of the good teams in this league and only drawed with Bochum after dominating the match also.


I think there is only one outcome here, and Hannover will win this. For sure Dresden will try to put up a fight, however I dont see them leaving with points.


Home win is a good bet, odd is around 1.70 but I will push here looking for the value and I will bet


Home -1 AH. I think Hannover has the potential to crush Dresden also and I will be rooting for a 2-0 final score.

Pick     Home -1 AH     Odds 2.30      Stake 8

Barcelona Vs Alaves

Barcelona host Laliga new boys for their 3^rd league game of 2016/2017 season.
The Blaugrana kick started the league campaign with a 6-3 thrashing of Betis at the Nou camp, and followed it with a hard earned triumph over Athletic club. Barcelona clash with Alaves will be their 2^nd game at the Nou this season.
After almost a decade disappearance from topflight football, Alaves returned to Spanish football summit. The glorious one started their Laliga campaign with 2 draws, with one nicked off from Spanish giant “Atletico Madrid”.

Barcelona Vs Alaves: Key Facts

• Barcelona is currently on 9 game winning streaks in 9 competitive games. The Blaugrana have also failed to drop points in the last 3 league games at home, conceding 2 goals, and scoring 17 in those 3 games.
• Alaves is locking horns with Barcelona for the first time since 2012. The newly promoted side have also failed to loss in their last 10 competitive games, and have drawn their first 2 league games in the new season.

Barcelona: Team News

Luis Enrique is faced with challenge of Messi Hamstring injury. The Argentine was pulled out of Argentina squad ahead of their World Cup qualifier against Venezuela.
However, it is that reported the nifty Argentina still got a chance to represent Barcelona for the clash. Andre Gomes is a definite miss for the game due to a foot injury, while Andre Iniesta is reported to be back in training and could be coming on from the bench.
Finally, Brazil Olympics hero “Neymar Jnr” is back from holiday and international break.

Barcelona: Predicted Line-Up (4-3-3)

Ter Stegen: Alba, Umtiti, Pique, Roberto: Busquets, Rakitic, Suarez: Messi, Suarez, Turan

Alaves: Team News

Alaves new signing from Villarreal “Aleksandar Pantic” is a big doubt for this game due to Muscle injury. Moroccan born Alaves defender “Zouhair Feddal” will be unavailable for the second time in a row, due to Ankle injury.

Alaves: Predicted Line-Up (4-2-3-1)

Pacheco: Kiko, Laguardia, Alexis, Hernandez: Llorente, Garcia- Ibai, Torres, Mendez: Deyverson

Barcelona Vs Alaves: Head to Head

Barcelona maintains 5 straight victory over their Saturday Vistors (i.e Alves), and 3 straight league wins in the last 5 encounter with the Babazorros.
In addition, 2005/2006 season was the last time both sides had an encounter in Spanish Primera league. Barcelona boast of 7 wins in their last 10 encounters with Alaves, compared to Alaves 1 in same number of clashes.
Moreover, Alaves had won once in any their last 5 league visit to Camp Nou. This happened in the 1999/2000 Laliga season.

Barcelona Vs Alaves: Prediction

Barcelona goal scoring form at home is a scary statistics for any visiting side. The Luis Enrique tutored side have scored 17 goals in their last 3 league games at home, and 20 goals in their last 4 competitive games at home.
Moreover, Alaves will put in a good fight at Nou Camp, but I see Barcelona easing pass Alaves with minimum of 2 goals margin.

Barcelona vs Alaves: Betting Tips

First Half – Over 1.5 goals at 5/6 (1.83)
Handicap, Barcelona -2 at 2/3 (1.67).

Schalke vs Bayern Munich

Bayern Munich started their defense of the Bundesliga title with a massive 6-0 win over Werder Bremen at the Allianz Arena on the opening day of the 2016/17 season. Carlo Ancelotti, who took over from Pep Guardiola this summer cannot wish for a better start to his new job after watching his side dominate in all departments.
Schalke were disappointing in their opening match of the season as they fell to a narrow 1-0 loss at Frankfurt. It has be highlighted that Frankfurt were playing with 10 men for the final 20 minutes. And Schalke struggled throughout the match to break down the opposition defense and managed just three shots on goals. They need to up the ante against a team like Bayern, a team they had little success against since 2011.

Schalke vs Bayern Munich: Head-to-Head Stats

Schalke haven’t defeated Bayern Munich since the DFB Pokal Semifinal triumph in 2011. A 15th minute goal from Real Madrid legend was enough to see them through to the finals.
Schalke also defeated Bayern at home 2-0 in the home fixture of the season on December 2010. Since then Bayern are unbeaten in 11 Bundesliga meetings against Schalke, with 9 wins and 2 draws.
The corresponding fixture of 2015/16 Bundesliga season at the Veltins Arena ended in a 3-1 win for Bayern. The reverse fixture at Allianz Arena witnessed a 4-1 win for the hosts.

Schalke vs Bayern Munich: Prediction

Looking at the opening day performances of both sides and the head-to-head records, Bayern are well in pole position to earn comprehensive victory. Schalke could develop into a strong side in this season with their new signings. But right now they are not playing like a team and the Bavarian side could be backed for a win right-out.
Four of the last six games between Schalke and Bayern have seen over 3.5 goals, so over 2.5 goals is a bet that is worth investing your money in. While betting on over 3.5 goals is also a good investment, but it price comes with an ample amount of risk.

Schalke vs Bayern Munich: Betting Tips

Over 2.5 goals at 19/40 (1.47)
Bayern Munich to win at 2/7 (1.29).

Sweden vs Netherlands

The Sweden national football team has a fresh look when they start their World Cup qualification campaign at home against Netherlands. After an early exit in the group stages of the Euro 2016, the influential Zlatan Ibrahamovic, who is also the nation’s all-time top scorer with 62 goals has decided to hang up his boots. Alongside him, the experienced goal keeper Andreas Isaksson, defenders Mikael Antonsson and Erik Johansson and midfielders Kim Kallstrom, Pontus Wernbloom and Erkan Zengin have all decided to call it a day. With a relatively young and inexperienced squad head-coach Janne Andersson has a challenging task to earn qualification for FIFA World Cup from a group that includes France, Bulgaria and Netherlands.
Netherlands failed to qualify for the Euro 2016 after a disappointing qualifying campaign in which they finished fourth in their group behind Czech Republic, Iceland and Turkey. Daley Blind, who took charge midway through the Euro qualifiers has hardly overturned the results. The squad is relatively young and the poor results keep on coming, the latest a 2-1 home defeat to Greece last Wednesday. Based on head-to-head between the teams in their group, Netherlands are capable of finishing inside the top two in this group. But their recent performances say that this is not going to be an easy route for them.

Sweden vs Netherlands: Head-to-Head

• Netherlands lead the overall head-to-head against Sweden with 11 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses from the 23 matches between the two sides.
• Their latest meeting was during the 2012 Euro qualifiers – Sweden won their home leg 3-2 after losing the away leg at Netherlands 4-1.
• Sweden’s overall home record against Netherlands from 9 matches is 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses.

Sweden vs Netherlands: Prediction

Sweden have a good record at home in competitive fixtures as they won 4 and drawn in 1 of the 6 home games during the Euro 2016 qualifiers. They are also consistent while playing in front of their home crowd and scored in 8 of the last 9 games. While the Netherlands have played 7 friendlies after the exit from Euro qualifiers and scored in each of them regardless of the venue. So both teams to score is better bet for this match.
At the same time, betting on an outright winner in this fixture is risky as both teams are pretty inconsistent and vulnerable.

Sweden vs Netherlands: Betting Tips

Both Teams to Score at 19/20 (1.95).

Finland vs Kosovo

Kosovo national football team make their competitive debut when they face Finland for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying fixture on Monday evening at the Veritas Stadium in Turku.

The hosts for Monday night, Finland have never qualified for World Cup or the European Championship. They had a miserable campaign during the Euro 2016 qualification phase where they finished fourth in their group above Greece and Faroe Islands. They were in action in an international friendly against Germany on Wednesday night, which they lost by 2-0. This also marked their 6th defeat in 7 games.

Kosovo are making their first ever appearance in a competitive match. They received an official UEFA and FIFA membership on May 2016. They have only played 7 official matches as a team from 2014 to 2016 and their overall record reads 3 wins, 2 draws and 2 loss. Their latest match was against the minnows Faroe Islands in which they won 2-0.

Finland vs Kosovo: Head-to-Head

This will be the first ever official meeting between these two sides.
Finland vs Kosovo: Prediction

Finland’s form is nothing to write about as they have lost in 6 of their last 7 matches. However, facing an inexperienced side like Kosovo is a perfect opportunity to end their bad run of results. But the stats do not show a comfortable line to back Finland to grab a win here. Based on the form analysis, Kosovo have an equal chance to come out with a win from their European World Cup Qualifier. So betting on a full time result for this match involves high risk and it is better to look into other markets.

Considering Finland’s poor form they are expected to adopt a defensive approach regardless of the opposition strength and weaknesses. Also they have plenty of trouble in scoring goals as they have failed to score in 6 of their last 7 matches. So this is expected to see under 2.5 goals. Also a half-time draw is quite possible.
Finland vs Kosovo: Betting Tips

Under 2.5 goals at 13/20 (1.65)
First Half Draw at 11/10 (2.10).