2021/2022 European Leagues, English Championship, UEFA Champions League & Europa League

[NYRB]

Swiss 1-0 up and another woodwork from Shaqiri...............1 goal separates GD between Italy and Switzerland with 2/3rds of the time gone.

 

[NYRB]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM


Switzerland 2-0 up and their destiny is in their own hands now...................

 

[NYRB]

looks like an early upset in the Bundesliga this morning

Bayern Munich v Augsburg


Augsburg around $16 to win, and $55 to win 2-1 Correct Score about to come through.

I think with the international break, teams with a lot of international players coming back for that first game can always be a bit rusty.

 

[NYRB]

Lewandowski contender for goal of the tournament?

 

[NYRB]

World Cup 2022 European Playoff Draw:




Only 3 of those teams can qualify. Portugal and Italy in the same path for one spot.


Path A looks the slightly weaker of those 3 paths.

Fancy: Italy, Wales and Poland to qualify.

 

[NYRB]

New favourite in the SPL after last nights match:

 

[NYRB]

dont think too many people had Rangers beating Dortmund in Germany at a pre-game price of 8.40

 

[NYRB]

Champions League round of 16. Odds from Smarkets Betting Exchange:

Atletico Madrid 2.58, Draw 3.20, Man United 3.25
Benfica 4.50, Draw 4, Ajax 1.84

Feel like there will be goals in Atletico Madrid v Man United.

Man United coming into this game with a bit of form.

 

[NYRB]

With the ongoing fiasco in Ukraine-Russia. The 2022 Champions League Final in St Petersburg looks in doubt.

Smarkets has the odds of the game being played in St Petersburg?

Yes 1.28 v 4.50 No

 

[NYRB]

Poland v Russia in the World Cup qualifiers in serious doubt. With the Champions League, Formula 1, tennis already cancelled it makes sense to play the Russian home leg at least on home territory.

 

[NYRB]

Robert Lewandowski says he won't play against Russia anywhere- and thats making a statement to FIFA and the rest of the world.

 

[NYRB]

After their win last night in the Carabao Cup

Liverpool odds to do the Quadruple is 110/1 (FA Cup, Premier League and Champions League) with the boost at Pointsbet.

Sportsbet aren't allowing multis.

 

[NYRB]

FA Cup bets for me in Everton v Boreham Wood

Everton to Win/ Both Teams to score @ 4.00
Over 2.5 Cards for Boreham Wood @ 4.00


I think Boreham Wood are good enough to make it a cagey encounter and being on prime time TV, think the odds for the above are a bit too big for me.

 

[NYRB]

Champions League bets for 2nd leg for me:

Bayern Munich Win and BTTS (v Salzburg) @ 2.40

 

[NYRB]

Sportsbet had their Powerplay Bonus on Inter Milan at above 5/1


was 2nd thinking of whether to take it.

Inter ended up winning 1-0 over Liverpool.

 

[NYRB]

World Cup 2022 European Playoff Draw:

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Only 3 of those teams can qualify. Portugal and Italy in the same path for one spot.


Path A looks the slightly weaker of those 3 paths.

Fancy: Italy, Wales and Poland to qualify.

Polands chances of qualifying for the World Cup now 1 step away. And i think they would fancy knocking off either Sweden or the Czechs over 2 legs.

 

[NYRB]

Champions League Wednesday 9/3/22:

Man City v Sporting

Over 1.5 Goals in the 1st half @ 2.16
Man City to win both Halves @ 2.14


The tie is over and the 2nd string City side will be too strong for Sporting IMO.

 

[NYRB]

A $1.15 pre-game shot busted.

Barcelona fail to beat Galatasary early on in the morning at Camp Nou.

Fair to say, I know Barcelona are going through a bit of a change but they were expected to win here.

 

[NYRB]

Socceroos v Japan:

Japan squad, team news and predicted starting side​

Goalkeepers: Eiji Kawashima (Strasbourg), Shuichi Gonda (Shimizu S-Pulse), Schmidt Daniel (Sint-Truiden VV), Kosei Tani (Shonan Bellmare)

Defenders: Yuto Nagatomo (FC Tokyo), Maya Yoshida (Sampdoria), Sho Sasaki (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Shogo Taniguchi (Kawasaki Frontale), Miki Yamane (Kawasaki Frontale), Naomichi Ueda (Neem), Ko Itakura (Schalke04), Yuta Nakayama (Zwolle), Shinnosuke Nakatani (Nagoya Grampus)

Midfielders/Forwards: Genki Haraguchi (Union Berlin), Gaku Shibasaki (Leganes), Wataru Endo (Stuttgart), Junya Ito (Genk), Takuma Asano (Bochum), Takumi Minamino (Liverpool), Hidemasa Morita (Santa Clara), Kaoru Mitoma (Union Saint-Giroise), Reo Hatate (Celtic), Ayase Ueda (Kashima Antlers), Ao Tanaka (Dusseldorf), Takefusa Kubo (Mallorca), Daichi Hayashi (Sint-Truidense)

Yuya Osako and Hiroki Sakai were named in the original squad but were forced out with injury. Daichi Hayashi and Shinnosuke Nakatani were called up to replace them.

Daizen Maeda was also withdrawn on Monday with no replacement as yet named.

Predicted Japan XI: Gonda; Nagatomo, Taniguchi, Yoshida, Yamane; Morita, Endo, Tanaka; Ito, Minamino, Ueda.



Looking forward to watch Minamino play on Australian shores. Not often you see current Liverpool players grace our shores in a competitive fixture.

 

[NYRB]

Nothing better than a win , will be a bad result for the Aussies. If Australia get a draw, Socceroos will be relying on favours and destiny for automatic qualification will be out of Australias hands.

 

[NYRB]

Exchange odds on the FIFA World Cup qualifer:

Australia 2.86, Draw 3.15, Japan 2.76

Under 2.5 Goals $1.59 v $2.34 Over 2.5 Goals

 

[NYRB]

Predicted Socceroos XI: Ryan; Behich, Sainsbury, Degenek, Grant; Genreau, Jeggo, Hrustic; Boyle, Mabil, Maclaren.

 

[FrankGrimes]

Japan seem like big value with alot of socceroos missing or COVID?

 

[NYRB]

Socceroos v Japan

Minamino Anytime goalscorer 4.15
Minamino 2+ Goals @ 23
Minamino 3+ Goals @ 251

 

[NYRB]

jeez , not too many people would have had North Macedonia beating Italy