"Newspaper" continues the project "Bet on football." Weekly on Fridays, Gazeta observers - popular sports commentators will give their own predictions for matches of European football championships.
Forecast for the 17th round of the German championship
The last round of the Bundesliga in 2006 is not too rich in profitable bets - leaders play with outsiders. Apparently, the net victory of “Bavaria” and “Bremen” can be collected in express - it will turn out 1.8, a good coefficient for such a game. Victory “Schalke” is quite possible to take in the odinar - give the “deuce”. Of course, Gelsenkirchen plays away with the unyielding Arminia, but Bielefeld’s playing style is convenient for Schalke. Plus - the team is clearly on the move, the victory in the Ruhr derby over the “Borussia” was convincing. In the match “Werder Bremen” - “Wolfsburg” the best bet is the goal of Miroslav Klose. Of the six goals scored by Bremen at the “Eintracht” goal, Klose did not get anything, and the best Bundesliga scorer was not used to starving two matches in a row. “Energy” - “Stuttgart” - the owners must score. “Stuttgart” has not missed three matches in a row - a series too long for such a team. The defense of “Stuttgart” is not at all ideal, and the dull, but stubborn “Ozzy” will certainly beat something to the team of Armin Fe. By the way, the Energy bet will not lose, it also has the right to exist. Hertha - Eintracht - both teams must score. In general, it is very similar to the top. Pantaelich will be different from Hertha again - to score more There are no Berliners. Hertha’s net victory is estimated at 1.6 - a good coefficient. Eintracht will only return from Turkey, where it flew out of the UEFA Cup, losing two goals. I believe this is not the best background for a trip to Berlin .
“Nuremberg” - “Hannover” - it’s a pity that there is no bet “not spectacular match”, she would have definitely arrived, all the money could have been “loaded”. And so - rather "bottom" than "top". It is possible to choose “Hannover will not score.” And yet - in this match must be put on a draw. “Alemania” - “Hamburg” - will be “the top.” Just because Aachen - the horse team, and “Hamburg” productive matches quite a while ago didn’t play. It’s time already. A draw here is also visible, although not as distinctly as in the confrontation between “Nuremberg” and “Hanover”.
Forecast for the 18th round of the championship of France
The penultimate round of the first half of the French championship looks very tricky. In fact, only two pairs have obvious favorites: “Rennes” and “Saint-Etienne” in home meetings with “Troyes” and “Valenciennes, respectively. However, the odds on the victory of the hosts are ridiculous, so if you bet, then with a margin, and I would advise taking “Rennes” with a handicap “minus goal” for two. (The Bretons didn’t lose points at home from the very first round when they lost to Lille, and in the last matches they scored a great move thanks to the game of dispatcher Bruno Scheiro, a powerful Nigerian forward John Utaki and an experienced station wagon Dutchman Mario Melchiot.) In another “top” looks more interesting because “Valenciennes” almost never closes away, plays for fun and strictly makes “top” with teams practicing active football - 2: 3 with Le Mans, 0: 3 with Lance, Toulouse and Monaco, 1: 2 with Lyon. Of course, you can put the hosts on a landslide victory, but for “minus one” you will get 1.95, and for “total more” - 2.15.
In general, to look for a “top” in France is a silly occupation, but you can also go fishing for fishless fish in muddy water. In the match, “Monaco” and “Sochaux” it’s quite logical to wait for goals, given that the Monegasques emerging from the crisis in the last five matches have scored 11 goals and have never left the field “dry”, and in defense the team led by a temporary figure of Laurent Banida is extremely unorganized. Sochaux, in turn, won away four times a season, scoring either two or three goals. The bet is still risky, it’s not without reason that bookmakers give a solid coefficient of 2.25 for the “top”. But who does not take risks, he does not drink champagne, as you know.
Oh, and by the way: the most unpredictable match of the tour will take place near the borders of the Champagne province, in Nancy, where the team of Uruguayan Pablo Correa plays simply luxuriously: according to the results of home meetings, “Nancy” is ahead of even the champion and leader. However, recently, “Nancy” suffered the first home defeat - from “Lille”, and “Marseille” is gradually emerging from the crisis. Playing the “bottom” for 1.55 is impractical, but a draw for 2.85 looks pretty seductive.
Aleksadr SHMURNOV, Kirill DEMENTYEV