England Championship - Blackpool vs Sheffield United Prediction

 

 

Analysis:

Blackpool and Sheffield United will go head to head on Thursday’s Championship.

 

Blackpool

Blackpool is currently in the relegation zone with 25 points. They are coming off a 1-1 away draw at Hull City, which has been their straight third League draw lately. They haven’t won any of their last seven rounds, losing four of them in a row and keeping just one clean sheet. They failed to score in any of their last three home League matches and had conceded four goals totally.

 

Sheffield United

Sheffield United beat Coventry City with 3-1 at home in last round, and this has been their fourth straight win. Now Sheffield are placing second with 47 points. When away from home, they won all the latest four visits and had three clean sheets.

 

Prediction:

Blackpool have been poor on their attack in latest home matches, while Sheffield United played well on the road especially on their defenses. Back Sheffield United to win with a clean sheet.

 

1X2 Pick: 2

English Premier League - Leeds United vs Manchester City Prediction

 

 

Analysis:

Manchester City will take on Leeds United at Elland Road on Wednesday’s Premier League.

 

Leeds United

Leeds United is currently stting 15th on table with 15 points. They lost their last two matches before the World Cup, with 3-4 League away loss at Tottenham and a 0-1 defeat at Wolves on League Cup. They just won twice but lost six out of their last ten rounds. With poor defenses, they have conceded two goals or more in four of their last five rounds, but they could also scored two goals or more in the latest four rounds. At home, they hey have just one win in five matches in this competition.

 

Manchester City

Manchester City comes froma 3-2 victory over Liverpool on League Cup, recovering from the 1-2 home defeat against Brentford before the Word Cup. They have claimed six wins in the last eight rounds, however, they just had one clean sheet in the latest five rounds. Notably as well, the Bules scored 11 goals totally in the last two meetings against Leeds United.

 

Prediction:

Leeds United heads into this round as the underdogs, while Manchester City have impressive run in this season. Both teams have r been in high scoring games lately, so I will also back a game with both teams to score.

 

1X2 Pick: 2

 

Pick: BTTS –YES / GG

England Championship / Burnley vs Birmingham City Tips & Match Preview

 

 

Analysis:

The leader, Burnley will play host the eighth-placed Birmingham City on Tuesday’s Championship.

 

Burnley

Burnley have picked up 47 points from 23 games, with 13 wins and only 2 defeats in this season. Their defenses are not the strongest in the League, but their attacks are the best. They have won three out of their last four rounds, and eight of their last 10 matches have produced over 2.5 goals.

 

Birmingham City

Birmingham City have taken 32 points from their previous 23 rounds. They are coming off a 3-2 home win over Reading last outing, which has been their first victory in the last four rounds. They have mixed results on the road lately, also, they failed to keep clean sheet in three of last five away League matches.

 

Prediction:

Neither of them haven’t been very stable in defence. Back a game with over 2.5 goals.

 

O/U Pick: Over 2.5 goals

English Premier League - Aston Villa vs Liverpool Prediction

 

 

Analysis:

Liverpool will travel to the West Midlands to take on Aston Villa for the return of the English Premier League.

 

Aston Villa

Aston Villa ranks12th in the standings with 18 points with five wins and three draws from their 15 league matches. They are coming off consecutive two wins when they claimed a 3-1 home victory against Manchester United and a 2-1 away victory at Brighton.

 

Liverpool

 

Liverpool wants to bounce back after they fell a 2-3 defeat to Manchester City on Thursday’s League Cup. Liverpool are currently sitting sixth in the standings with six wins and four draws from their 14 matches. However, Liverpool just picked up one win, two draws but three defeats away from home.

 

Prediction:

Aston Villa have stable results in front of their home fans, while Liverpool need a strong response from the EFL Cup defeat. Both sides have goals in most of their recent fixtures, therefore, I think both sides would score and there will be plenty of goals.

 

Pick: BTTS –YES / GG

 

O/U Pick: Over 3 goals

Scottish Premier - St Mirren v Aberdeen

 

Analysis:

St Mirren vs Aberdeen Betting Tips On 24/12/22:

 

St Mirren hosing 3rd place Aberdeen as the host hoping to catch up and win it at home since Aberdeen's away record is not that great! St Mirren is in 7th position in the league, the host has a season record so far with 6W-3D-6L. St Mirren has a goal difference of -6 with 17 goals scored and 23 goals conceded.

 

St Mirren had been on good home form this season with a record being at home with 5W-3D-1L. St Mirren has a goal difference of 5 with 11 goals scored and 6 goals conceded. Whilst Aberdeen is in 3rd position in the league, the visitor has a season record being away with 1W-0D-5L. Aberdeen has a goal difference of -11 with 6 goals scored and 17 goals conceded.

 

Aberdeen only scored just 6 away goals and St Mirren only conceded 6 home goals, looking likely to see another low-goal result to me here.

 

Odds Analysis

 

Asian Goal Line opened 2.25 goals and it is in line with my expectation given both sides are not the best in the attack. Bookies opened a true goal line today.

 

Recommendation:

 

UNDER 2.5 GOALS

 

Portugal Primeira Liga - Rio Ave vs Maritimo

 

 

Analysis:

Portugal Primeira Liga - Rio Ave v Maritimo on 23/12/2022

 

Hello to my reader, Merry Christmas first of all, Angie expects to win this tip in this match as well today.

 

Rio Ave – the host expects to win today against struggling Maritimo, with 4 wins from the last 5, Rio Ave is on a much better form of late and convinces my heart to back a home win. Rio Ave also kept 4 clean sheets from the last 5 matches, defensively they are well much solid and well-organized in defense.

 

Rio Ave is in 10th position in the league, the host has a season of record being at home with 4W-0D-2L. Rio Ave has a goal difference of 3 with 8 goals scored and 5 goals conceded.

 

Maritimo - is the worst defending club in the whole of Primeira Liga with 27 goals conceded already and they are 5 games without a win, losing four of their last 5 games without a single goal being scored too. Weak in defense and even weaker in attack, I fear the worst for the visitor today.

 

Maritimo is in 17th position in the league, the host has a season of record being at home with 1W-1D-5L. Maritimo has a goal difference of -15 with 4 goals scored and 19 goals conceded.

 

Odds Analysis

 

Asian Goal Line opened 2.25 goals with low water odds, somewhat bookies expect goals in this game. However, Maritimo is so weak in defense, a home win payout just under double your money is worth much more to risk on.

 

Verdict:

 

Rio Ave - First Team To Score

Scottish Premier League - Ross County vs Glasgow Rangers Betting Tips

 

 

Analysis:

Glasgow Rangers will take on Ross County at Victoria Park for matchday 18 of the Scottish Premiership.

 

Ross County

Ross County are currently sitting 10th in the league table with only four wins from their 17 matches. They are coming off a 1-2 home loss against St Johnstone in their last match. Moreover, they just won twice but lost five out of their nine home League games.

 

Glasgow Rangers

 

Glasgow Rangers bounced back to beat Aberdeen wit 3-2 in last away League game, which has been their third win in last four rounds. Now they rank 2nd on League table with 12 wins, six points behind leaders Celtic.

 

Verdict:

Glasgow Rangers took absolutely upper hand in the past ten meetings against Ross County. Obviously Glasgow Rangers will be the favourite of this clash. However, both sides have defensive issues. Ross County has only one clean sheet in their nine home League matches, with conceding 18 goals totally, while Glasgow Rangers also conceded 10 goals in their six visits. Go for over 3 goals in this clash.

 

1X2 Pick: Glasgow Rangers to win

 

O/U Pick: Over 3 goals

England Championship - Coventry City vs West Bromwich(WBA)

 

 

Analysis:

Coventry City and West Bromwich's match will conclude EFL round 9. Coventry rank fourteenth at the table of the league and WBA rank sixteenth. There is just one point separating them.

 

They both do not play offensively. In the last ten games, Coventry averaged 1.5 goals scored per game while WBA scored 1.2. They only had three over-goal games in their last ten games respectively. I predict that the forthcoming game will have a maximum of three goals.

 

At the Coventry Building Society Arena, Coventry have a strong recent record, going 3W-1L with three of those games ending in clean sheets. On the contrary, WBA do not perform well on the road, with a 30% away win rate. Thus Coventry stand a better chance to win in the coming game.

 

Pick: 1

 

O/U Pick: Under 3.25

 

Portugal League Cup - FC Porto vs Gil Vicente

 

Analysis:

On Wednesday, a match between FC Porto and Gil Vicente will take place at Dragon Stadium.

 

FC Porto are in form as their recent results included two shutouts and a total of six goals. Gil Vicente are also in good shape, having gone three games without losing, two of which were clean sheets.

 

The O/U first odds of bet365 is 3/3.5. Nine out of ten of their prior meetings, according to the statistics, produced no more than three goals. It is interesting to note that all Gil Vicente's recent games which had AH first odds of +1.5/2 were against FC Porto, and they have four times beaten the odds. This indicates that FC Porto will find it challenging to defeat Gil Vicente by two goals or more.

 

Conclusion

As stated above, they have a slim possibility of scoring highly in the upcoming game. Both teams scoring is acceptable in my slip, but going beyond 3/3.5 is not.

 

Pick: 1

 

O/U Pick: Under 3/3.5

 

BTTS: Y

Chinese Super League - Shandong Taishan vs Shenzhen FC Betting Tips

 

 

Analysis:

Shandong Taishan and Shenzhen FC will go head to head on Monday’s Chinese Super League.

 

Shandong Taishan

Shandong Taishan beat Zibo Cuju F.C. 3-0 easily on last FA Cup game. And they just lost twice in the last ten matches they played. Moreover, they have recorded 8 wins and 2 draws in the last 10 h2h games against Shenzhen FC.

 

Shenzhen FC

Shenzhen FC are coming off a 0-2 away defeat at Hebei FC, which has been their straight fourth defeat lately. And they have lost 8 out of their last 10 matches in all competitions, with only one clean sheet in this progress.

 

Verdict:

At present, Shandong Taishan have a great chance to compete for the championship. In the last round of the league, under the background of falling behind twice, they could take tactical adjustments quickly and bounce back to regain 3 points. I believe they would win again.

 

Pick: Shandong Taishan to win

England Championship / Preston North End vs Queens Park Rangers (QPR)

 

Analysis:

The 6th-placed Preston North End will play host Queens Park Rangers (QPR) who are ranking 9th on Saturday’s Championship.

 

Preston North End

Preston North End beat Blackburn Rovers 4-1 away from home last outing, and this has been their fourth victory in the last five rounds. However, their defensive forms need to be improved, since they had only one clean sheet in those five rounds when they won over Swansea 1-0, also, four out of these five were ended with over 2.5 goals.

 

Queens Park Rangers (QPR)

Queens Park Rangers (QPR) failed to win any of their last six rounds and even lost five of them, and the poor run results them out of the top six. They haven’t score any single goal in five of this progress, and they have conceded two goals or more the latest three rounds.

 

Verdict:

Preston are the favorites of this clash. Although Preston didn’t keep lot of clean sheets, they will impose their defenses in this round. QPR are winless in the previous six, thus I will support a home victory in this round.

 

Pick: Preston North End to win

 

FIFA World Cup 3rd Place Play-off - Croatia v Morocco

 

The 2022 FIFA World Cup coming to an end, what an exciting year with many underdogs smashing the favorite yet again making the bookies mega-rich once more. Angela again coming to the rescue if you are willing to listen to the Queen of Hearts in football in this 3rd place play-off game between Croatia and Morocco.

 

Croatia was defeated by Argentina by class and not by luck, the 0-3 defeats had destroyed Croatian morale completely, and yet again this is the 3rd time they had failed to qualify for the final in their history.

 

Morocco was defeated by France 0-2, however, the way these Moroccan played throughout the tournament had captured many fans and they were very unfortunate not to beat France. Morocco came very close to scoring against France, only being denied because of the lack of quality compared to France.

 

Odds Analysis:

Asian Handicap opened on Croatia at -0.25, clearly overpriced to me since Croatia ranks 12th against Morocco ranks 22nd in FIFA World ranking given the qualities of Croatia against a massive underdog.

 

Morocco's odds on Asian Handicap (+0.25) clearly dropping since their cool display against France. And back in the Group stage, Morocco already managed to draw 0-0 against Croatia and prevented a goal. This game clearly going to be for Morocco in my opinion.

 

Angela's Prediction:

 

Morocco - AH (+0.5) or X2

 

For higher returns, take a bet on Morocco to Qualify (or finish 3rd place). This market is a lot better than full-time 90 mins as it is included extra time and penalties!

Chinese Super League - Hebei FC vs Shenzhen FC Betting Tips

 

 

Analysis:

The Chinese Super League will go one and will see Hebei FC versus Shenzhen FC on Thursday.

 

Hebei FC

Hebei FC just won one but lost 29 in their last 30 rounds. They have been also deducted 9 points for wage violations, and currently rank at the bottom of the league with -6 in total points. Notable as well, they have the poorest defenses, with conceding 104 goals totally.

 

Shenzhen FC

Shenzhen FC have 9 wins, 3 draws and 17 losses since this season, sitting 14th with 30 points. With unsteady offense and defense, they have scored 29 goals but conceded 56 goals totally. And they come from consecutive three defeats lately.

 

Verdict:

Both side are in poor forms, but Shenzhen FC have upper hand in the past h2h games, with winning the latest three meetings. Back them again in this clash.

 

Pick: Shenzhen FC to win

 

Portugal League Cup - Portimonense vs Gil Vicente Prediction

 

 

Analysis:

On Wednesday, the final two Group E matches of the Portugal League Cup will take place. It will determine which will advance to the 1/8 Final.

 

Portimonense

After defeating SC Covilha 2-0 in their most recent game, they snap their losing streak. Despite their strong defensive play, they struggle offensively, averaging 1.2 goals allowed and 0.7 goals scored over their last 10 games.

 

Gil Vicente

They are currently facing relegation and hold the sixteenth spot in Liga Portugal 1. It is obvious that they currently give the league more attention than the cup. Additionally, they show a poor state on the road, which have been winless for three away games.

 

Verdict:

Portimonense defeated Gil Vicente 1-2 at Estadio Cidade de Barcelos in November, making them have the psychological advantage. It is anticipated that Portimonense are going to win in the coming game.

 

Pick: 1

 

AH Pick: Home 0/-0.5

 

International Club Friendly -- Ponferradina vs Atletico Madrid Game Preview

 

 

Analysis:

On Wednesday night, Atletico Madrid will play Ponferradina in a preseason friendly.

 

Ponferradina

Ponferradina presently competes in their league football in the Segunda Division after being promoted from the third tier in 2018–19. This is the team's fourth consecutive season at this level. They currently rank 18th in the standings after collecting a total of 21 points from 20 games.

 

Atletico Madrid

The last time Atletico defeated Almazan 2-0 in the opening round of the Copa del Rey. Prior to the World Cup break, they were in poor form, earning just one point from their previous three league games. While finishing last in their Champions League group, Simeone's squad is presently sixth in La Liga.

 

Prediction

It wouldn't be surprising to see the home team win in this match, but we just have a gut feeling that Atletico will come out on top by a slim margin.

 

 

Pick: Atletico Madrid -0.5/1

FIFA World Cup - 2022 - World Cup Final Stage Argentina VS Croatia

 

 

Analysis:

Argentina

Angel Di Maria featured from the bench in Argentina's semi-final win over the Netherlands and might return to the starting XI here.

 

Lionel Scaloni changed to a 3-5-2 for Friday's penalty shootout success and may revert to a more familiar 4-3-3, with Di Maria and Julian Alvarez flanking Lionel Messi. Full-backs Gonzalo Montiel and Marcos Acuna are suspended, with Nicolas Tagliafico set to deputise for the latter.

 

Argentina were taken to penalties late on by the Netherlands on Friday night as they threw away a two-goal lead. Nevertheless, they held their nerve to book a semi-final spot against Croatia.

 

Croatia

Josip Stanisic remains a doubt for Croatia, but is their only injury concern for Tuesday's semi-final. Zlatko Dalic may reward Bruno Petkovic with a starting spot after he scored from the bench late on against Brazil to take that quarter-final tie to penalties.

 

Zlatko Dalic's side, conversely, scored an equaliser deep into extra time to take their tie with Brazil to a penalty shootout. They have won their four penalty shootouts at a World Cup, so will look to adopt a similar conservative approach to frustrate Argentina.

 

Prediction:

Croatia are not to be underestimated, but with Lionel Messi in the ranks, Argentina will certainly fancy their chances of reaching the 2022 World Cup final.

 

 

​FIFA World Cup -- Morocco vs Portugal Game Preview

 

 

Analysis:

Morocco will face quarter-final opponents Portugal at Al Toumama Stadium on Saturday.

 

Morocco

Morocco reached that stage for the first time with a strong penalty shootout win after holding up against Spain. They were the fourth African team to reach the last eight at a World Cup, and the first in 12 years.

 

Portugal

Portugal beat Switzerland 6-1 in the round of 16. After an unstoppable opening win, 21-year-old Ramos scored a fairy-tale hat-trick in that win. Santos had watched his team secure safe passage into the World Cup's first phase as Group H champions, and with three wins and 12 goals to their record already.

 

Prediction

They did incredibly well to get here, considering that Morocco is no pushover. However, they are up against one of the tournament's toughest defenses and a Portuguese squad that excelled at all levels without Ronaldo.

 

 

Pick: Portugal win

FIFA World Cup / Netherlands vs Argentina Tips & Match Preview

 

 

Analysis:

Netherlands will meet Argentina in the quarter final of this World Cup at the Lusail Iconic Stadium on Friday.

 

Netherlands

After taking three wins and a draw in their four matches in this FIFA World Cup, Netherlands have extended their unbeaten run into 19 matches across all competitions. In the round of 16, they beat USA with 3-1, and they have two clean sheet in last four outings, as well as having score two goals or more in three of those matches. Cody Gakpo has performed well in the team, with scoring three goals in their opening three rounds.

 

Argentina

Argentina comes from three straight wins in this tournament, even though they lost to Saudi Arabia in the opening game. They have three goals in these four matches. However, they lost to Netherlands in three out of their seven meetings. They have failed to score in the last three h2h games even though they beat their opponent in the 2014 World Cup semis by a penalty shootout.

 

Prediction:

There is no action on goals in their latest meetings, but considering both sides’ performances especially on attack in this tournament, I am going to back we will back a scoring draw at 90 minutes.

 

Pick: Draw

 

Italian Serie B / Genoa vs SudTirol Tips & Match Preview

 

 

Analysis:

The 5th-placed Genoa will play host SudTirol who is ranking eighth on Thursday.

 

Genoa

Genoa have been in poor run lately. They failed to win any of their last five rounds and only took two points. Their last home match comes from a 0-1 at the hands of Cittadella, before that, they have three home draws in a row. Noted as well, there have been seven with under 2.5 goals in these eight home League matches.

 

SudTirol

SudTirol have a poor start to this season with three successive defeats. Since then, they recovered soon and have been unbeatable for 12 rounds. Although they drew their last five rounds with a draw, they have managed to score in each of these games. Also, they are unbeatable for last five away League matches and won three.

 

Prediction:

SudTirol have been in better forms recently, and they played well away from home and have potential on attack. I will back the away side to win or draw this game.

 

1X2 Pick: X2

​International Club Friendly -- Inter Milan vs Red Bull Salzburg Game Preview

 

 

Analysis:

Inter Milan and Red Bull Salzburg will square off in a friendly match on Wednesday.

 

Inter Milan

Inter's attempts to improve their chances of winning the Scudetto and advance further in the Champions. They will return to competitive activity with a key match against league leaders Napoli, thus - now 11 points behind - can ill afford to start poorly.

 

Red Bull Salzburg

Salzburg were aiming to advance to the Champions League knockout stages for a second straight season before losing to Chelsea at the end of Octobe but they failed. They will have a winter holiday after returning to Austria, and then play will resume in 2023 with them starting the season six points in front in the Bundesliga.

 

Prediction

Given the nature of their meeting, both teams' priority will be improving their form and fitness, which could result in a game that is open and features at least a few goals for each team.

 

 

Pick: Over 3 Goals

​FIFA World Cup -- Portugal vs Switzerland Game Preview

 

 

Analysis:

At Lusail Stadium on Tuesday, Group H champion Portugal will take against Group G's runner-up Switzerland.

 

Portugal

Portugal made a strong start to their campaign. They only needed one point in the last round of group games to guarantee themselves the top spot and automatic entry into the knockout rounds. Ronaldo's poor performance in front of goal is a major issue. Bruno Fernandes and Bernardo Silva, a midfield duo, are primarily responsible for scoring goals.

 

Switzerland

Switzerland began their incredible journey to their first World Cup by winning two of their opening three games in Qatar. They have never before won three games at a single World Cup finals and have missed the quarterfinals in seven of their previous efforts.

 

Prediction

The Portuguese are hoping for the championship, and based on their first two performances, they have a rather cohesive team dynamic. Since it will be difficult to divide the second number into two parts, the Swiss are unlikely to close in defense. We think there will be a lot of objectives in the conflict.

 

 

Pick: Over 2 Goals

FIFA World Cup Last 16th – Croatia vs Japan

 

 

Analysis:

FIFA World Cup Last 16th in the earlier kick off on Monday 5th December, Angie has expected a game that we could see it may go into extra time. Plenty of freak results from the group stage had brought a lot of surprises and caught most punters off guard, worldwide bookies are already profiting from the margin they have gained just on the group stage alone. Angie is hoping to land you a 4th win in a row with free tips today, so mark my word from the queen of hearts of football!

 

Japan – the Blue Samurai have been very resilient from their Group stage so far and pulled off a surprise result. Having beaten Germany and Spain 2-1, their confidence and self-belief is on a high, however, a shock loss to Costa Rica 0-1 is a concern to me when the pressure is on the Japanese.

 

Croatia - a very disappointing show in this world cup so far, they had only managed one win, a 4-1 over Canada, and came from behind in the early stage. Then the Croatian drew blank against Morocco and Belgium did not convince me a bit from the former 3rd place finished back in the 2018 World Cup. Players are also aging and this is a weakness that the Japanese could exploit.

 

Odds Analysis

Japan ranks 24th in the FIFA World Ranking, whilst Croatia ranks 12th. Worldwide bookies put Croatia as the favorite with Asian Handicap at -0.5, however, the odds already drifting away on Croatia showing most punters believe Japan could hold on for a draw in the last 16th. Japan 1X shows a decent value at the price of around 1.83 on average.

 

Asian Goal Line opens at 2.25 goals, bookies neither keen to see too many goals. With so many 0-0 results in Group games, surely not another one. I expect a 1-1 draw perhaps with Both Team To Score at odds of 2.08 Pinnacle seems a decent investment option.

 

Head to Head

 

Last 2 meetings, both games ended up with under 2.5 goals.

 

Verdict:

 

First Choice: BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE

 

​FIFA World Cup -- Netherlands vs USA Game Preview

 

 

Analysis:

The World Cup 2022 last-16 stage will get underway on Saturday afternoon when the Netherlands and the USA square off.

 

Netherlands

With seven points from three games, Louis van Gaal's team won Group A to guarantee their place in the round of 16. The Netherlands have amassed a remarkable 18-game unbeaten streak in all competitions after being eliminated from Euro 2020 by the Czech Republic.

 

USA

In Group B, the USA finished second to England. Their victory over Iran was also their first triumph in six games across all competitions. In fact, the USA hasn't defeated a UEFA team at a World Cup since 2002; instead, they've drawn with them six times and lost five times.

 

Prediction

Gakpo and the rest of Van Gaal's crop are still a very formidable opponent due to their ruthlessness. We can only imagine the Netherlands moving on to the quarterfinals thanks to their strong defensive record.

 

 

Pick: Netherlands win

FIFA World Cup Group G - Cameroon v Brazil Match Preview

 

 

Analysis:

Group H is down to the final game to see which nations will end in 2nd place to gain entry into the knockout. Brazil, they already qualified and won't feature key players such as Neymar, I doubt they will play seriously in this final Group H game.

 

This world cup so far we had seen strange results, such as Japan beating Germany, Tunisia beating France, and Saudi beating Argentina. It doesn't sound like Cameroon beating Brazil is not impossible.

 

Cameroon must beat Brazil and hope Switzerland loses to Serbia at the same time in order to qualify, not impossible but chances are slim.

 

Brazil so far all games resulted in under 2.5 goals in the group stage, they are good at attacking but not many goals. I expect this game will result in under 2.5 goals simply because worldwide bookies did not open a higher Asian Goal Line than 2.75.

 

Picks:

 

UNDER 2.5 GOALS