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Athletic Bilbao vs Barcelona prediction Copa Del Rey 25 may

Thu, 17 May 2012 08:25:00 GMT

This will be the last important game of the season in Spanish inter-club competition from this season. The Copa del Rey final, will be played on the 25`th of May when the Europa League finalist, Athletic Bilbao will play against Barcelona. With both teams already missing important trophies this year, Athletic Bilbao loosing in the Europa League final in Bucharest against Atletico Madrid 3-0, and Barcelona being eliminated in the semi-finals in the Champions League, and loosing the championship to Real Madrid, it will be an important chance for both teams to get a trophy this season.Barcelona already did the hard part, when they eliminated their great rivals Real Madrid in the quarter-final stage of the competition. They are considered to be the clear favorites to win this final, but let`s not forget that Bilbao played the Europa League final. Bilbao had an easier task reaching the final, eliminating Mallorca in the quarter-finals and the surprise of this competition, Mirandes in the semi-finals with an aggregate score of 8-3. Barcelona had a bit of work to do in the semi-finals, but they managed to eliminate Valencia and qualify for the final.It will be a very interesting game, and also it will be the first important game for Barcelona after coach Pep Guardiola has left the team. As long as Bilbao will manage to block Messi, they could have a chance. If they will fail do do it, we already have a winner in this final.Checkyourodds prediction for Athletic Bilbao vs Barcelona: 1-3Check latest Athletic Bilbao vs Barcelona Odds

Coppa Italia , Juventus v Napoli prediction 20 may

Wed, 16 May 2012 12:30:00 GMT

This has been a great season for Juventus. They won the title in Italy in front of their great rivals AC Milan, and now they have the chance to get another trophy, the Coppa Italia Trophy. Juventus seeoms to be out of the bad period they had in the previous years, and now thei are back on track on winning trophies and to prome they remained one of the biggest teams in Italy.They eliminated AC Milan in the semi-finals, after loosing 2-1 in the first leg, they managed to win 1-0, and it was enough to qualify for the final. After loosing the first leg 2-1 against Siena, Napoli won the second leg at home, 2-0 and they also got the tickets for the final. Announced as a candidate at the title at the beginning of the season, Napoli onli remained in the race for the cup.Juventus start this game as favorites, but they will play against a veru strong team. It is only one game to play and to make a mistake could mean loosing the game. These teams are two of the strongest teams in Italy and this is the guarantee that we will have a very disputed game. It is hard to make a prediction, but in the end Juventus could have what it takes to win another trophy this season.Checkyourodds prediction for Juventus v Napoli: 3-1Check latest Juventus v Napoli Odds

Hibernian v Hearts prediction in Scottish Cup on 19 may

Wed, 16 May 2012 11:30:00 GMT

Scottish CUp will host the final game of this competition on Saturday. It has been a very interesting season, with two surprising finalists. It is a great performance for both teams to reach the final, and now each team has it`s chance to win the trophy. Started as favorites at the beginning at the season, Rangers and Celtic were eliminated earlier in the competition.Hibernian qualified in the final of the Scottish Cup after winning the game they have played against Aberdeen 2-1. Hearts produced the surprise of the competition, when they eliminated Celtic, the favorites to win the trophy, with the same score, 2-1. Hearts will come into this final with great morale after winning against Celtic, and will have a slight advantage.If we will judge by the position in the league, we could say that Hearts are the clear favorites to win this game. But it will be only one game to be played and everything can happen. Still, Hearts are the more experienced team, and they will be holding the trophy at the end of the game.Checkyourodds prediction for Hibernian v Hearts: 1-2Check latest Hibernian v Hearts Odds

Auxerre vs Montpellier Prediction Ligue 1 - 20 may

Tue, 15 May 2012 23:15:00 GMT

This will be the last round in France. Montpellier are close to became the new champions in Ligue 1, and they have a very accesible game to play in the last round. Auxerre is alredy relegated in the Ligue 2 and they don`t seem to be able to pose too much trouble to Montpellier. Montpellier leads the Ligue 1 with 79 points after 37 game, 3 points more than Paris Saint Germain and this means that Montpeliner needs only 1 point to crown themselves champions.Auxerre had a bad season and they will have to play in Ligue 2 next season. They managed to get only 34 points from 37 games and it will be hard to get anymore points from the last game against Montpellier. The current leaders will come to win the game and then start the celebration of winning the title.Montpellier are the clar favorites to win this game. They will play against the last place in the league, an already relegated team and they need to get at least one point to win the title in France. They are highly motivated and they will do everything to get that single point that separates them from the trophy.Checkyourodds prediction for Auxerre vs Montpellier: 0-2Check latest Auxerre v Montpellier Odds

Torquay vs Cheltenham Prediction npower League 2 -17 may

Tue, 15 May 2012 22:45:00 GMT

The Npower League 2 division has reached it`s play-off phase. Three more games to be played to decide the last team that will join Swindon Town and Shrewsbury Town in the next season of the Npower League 1 Division. Four teams are involved in this phase of the competition, Crawley Town, Southend Utd, Torquay Utd and Cheltenham Town. These four teams will fight for one last place that will assure the presence in the next season of League 2.This will be the second leg of the semi-final stage. In the first game, played in Cheltenham, the local team managed to get an important victory, 2-0. It is a good advantage in the second leg, score that puts the pressure on Torquay as they have to score fast in order to recover the two goals deficit. With this score from the first leg, Cheltenham are favorites to adbance into the final. Torquai will have the advantage to play the second leg at home, but Cheltenham has the advantage of the victory from the first leg, and that is a very important victory.Checkyourodds prediction for Torquay vs Cheltenham: 2-1Check latest Torquay v Cheltenham Odds

West Ham vs Blackpool Prediction English League Play-Off - 19 may

Tue, 15 May 2012 22:20:00 GMT

This will be the last game of the season in the Npower Championship division. With Reading and Southampton already in the Premier League for next season, there is still a place that will assure the presence in the top English football division.West Ham finished the season on the third place, only two points behind the second place Southampton and three points behind division winners, Reading. They were very close to obtain the direct promotion in the Premier League, but in the end they had to go through the play-off to be able to also play in the Premier League next season as well. Blackpool finished fifth after the regular season and they already produced a small surprise in the play-off, eliminating Birmingham from this stage of the competition, with an aggregate score of 3-2.West Ham has a small advantage in this game. They are the more experieced team, they have a tradition in the Premier League, ant their place is surely in the top English football division. Blackpool will play their chance, but they could not have what it takes to win the final of the play-off and promote in the Premier LeagueCheckyourodds prediction for West Ham vs Blackpool: 2-0Check latest West Ham vs Blackpool Odds

Sheffield United vs Stevenage prediction 14 may Play Off

Sun, 13 May 2012 20:50:00 GMT

This will be the second leg of the semi-final stage of the Npower League 1 promotion play-off. After the wnd of the regular season, there are for teams that will play for one place that will assure the presence in the Npower Championship Division next season. The first leg between these two teams ended as a draw, 0-0. There were some opportunities from both teams, but neither managed to score. It is a result that keeps both teams in the battle for a place in the final, but with Shefield United plating at home, they will have the first chance.Sheffield United finished the regular season on the third place in the league table, and they were very close to finish on the second place and promote directly in the Championship division. They are favorites in the second leg against Stevenage, and a victory will get them in the final.Checkyourodds prediction for Sheffield United vs Stevenage: 2-0Check latest Sheffield United vs Stevenage Odds

Npower Championship to be promoted review

Sat, 12 May 2012 11:30:00 GMT

The domestic championships are getting closet to the end to leave the place for the highly expected Euro 2012 final tournament. Npower League 1 finished the regular season, and there are only 5 games left to be played, the play-off stage, where four teams will be fighting fot a last place that will assure the presence in the Npower Championship division next season.After the finish of the regular season, there are two teams already promovated in the Championship division.Charlton Athletic - They finished the season on the first place. The had a record of 30 wins - 11 draws - 5 losses for a total of 101 points from the 46 games of the regular season. They finished the season at a confortable 8 point difference ahead of second place, and they are waiting the beginning of the next season with high hopes.Sheffield Wednesday FC - Second place after the regular season, Sheffield Wednesday had a record of 28 wins - 9 draws - 9 losses for a total of 93 points. They are also promovated directly in the Championship division.Four more teams will play in a play-off to decide the third and final team that will also play in the Npower Championship next season.Sheffield United - Third after the regular season with a record of 27 wins - 9 draws - 10 losses, for a total of 90 points. They will play in a double leg against Stevenage for a place in the play-off final. Huddersfield - Fourth after the regular season with a record of 21 wins - 18 draws - 7 losses, for a total of 81 points. They will play in a double leg against Milton Kneye for a place in the play-off final.Milton Kneyes - Fifth after the regular season with a record of 22 wins - 14 draws - 10 losses, for a total of 80 points. They will play in a double leg against Huddersfield for a place in the play-off final.Stevenage on the sixth after the regular season with a record of 18 wins - 19 draws - 9 losses, for a total of 73 points. They will play in a double leg against Sheffield United for a place in the play-off final.

Milton Keynes vs Huddersfield prediction 12 may Play Off

Fri, 11 May 2012 23:30:00 GMT

This will be the fierst leg of the second semi-final in the Npower League 1 play-offs. The are four team qualified for this phase, Stevenage wil play against Sheffield and Milton Kneyes against Huddersfield. There is only one team that will go in the Npower Championship division for next year, so there will be only one winner from this play-off.Charlton Athletic and Sheffield Wednesday promovated directly in the Championship division this season. Huddersfield finished on the fourth place and Milton Keynes on the fifth place, positions that assured them the presence in the play-off.This being the first leg, we can say that Huddersfield will have the advantage to play the second leg at home in front f their own supporters. Milton Keyen will have to get a serious advantage in the second leg in order to keep their chances to qualify for the final alive. Both teams are about the same value, it will be a very balanced game.Checkyourodds prediction for Milton Keynes vs Huddersfield: 2-2Check latest Milton Keynes vs Huddersfield Odds

Wigan v Wolves predictions 13 may

Thu, 10 May 2012 22:00:00 GMT

The 2011-2012 season of the Premier League has reached it`s end. If the battle for the title is still open, teo pf the three relegation places are decided. Sadly, the Wolves will be one of the teams that will play in the Championship division neaxt season. It has been a very tough season for them and they only managed to get 25 points from the 37 games played. They need to prepare as well as they can for the next season and then fight to come back in the Premier League.Wigan was in the situation to fight to avoid relegation not so long time ago. But an incredible record of 6 wins in the last 8 games, including victories against Man Utd, Liverpool and Arsenal, took Wigan to 40 points, 5 points more than the first ream under the relegation line, with only one game left to be played. They could consider that they had a good season, and remaining to play in the Premier League for the next season is a good performance fir themThis game will be played only for statistics. Wigan is safe from relegation and Wolves are already in the second division. Wigan are favorites to win thie game, they will play at home in front of the the home supporters and they will want to end the season with a win. Wolves will also want to leave a good final impression.Checkyourodds prediction for Wigan v Wolves: 3-1Check latest Wigan v Wolves Odds

Everton v Newcastle prediction 13 May

Tue, 08 May 2012 22:30:00 GMT

This will be the last round of games in the Premier League. It has beed a great season, with the top teams involved in the battle for the title, FA Cup and Carling Cup and for the European Cups places. In the end Man City and Man Utd remained in the battle for the title, and Arsenal, Tottenham, Newcastle and Chelsea to fight for the last place on the podium. Liverpool will also play in the Europa League preliminary rounds. Newcastle was the surprise of the season, managing to get involved in the battle for the first places. They had very high chances to end the season on the fourth place, that assures the pressence in the preliminary rounds of the Champions League, but they had to missfortune to play against Man City last round, a team involved in the battle for the title that badly needed the three points. Newcastle lost 0-2 against Man City and they fell to the fifth place, one point behind Tpttenham on fourth place and two points behind Arsenal that are on the third place in this moment.Newcastle needs a win in the last game and they also need Tottenham to get maximum one point in the next game or Arsenal to lose the last game, to advance on one of the Champions League places. But with Arsenal and Tottenham playing affordable games it looks like Newcastle will have to settle with the pressence in the Europa League preliminary rounds. It is still a good performance for them and they must double this good season with a good performance in the next season of the Europa League. Everton has a worry free season. They are on the seventh place and they will probably finish the season on the same place. They will be a tough opponent for Newcastle and they will try to remain undefeated after this last game of the season.Checkyourodds prediction for Everton v Newcastle: 1-1Check latest Everton v Newcastle Odds

Norway v England Prediction 26 may Friendlies

Tue, 08 May 2012 21:30:00 GMT

Norway v England Prediction 26 may FriendliesThe 2012 European Championship from Poland/Ukraine is one month away. It will be the most important football competition from this year and many teams announced their intentions to win the trophy. England is one of the teams with high hopes at this competition and they hope to have a good tounament and at least reach the final. They didn`t qualified at the previous tournament in 2008 and they are hungry for performances. They have a new coach, Roy Hodgson that is also set to get England as high as possible in the tournament.Around the end of May, there will be a series of friendly games with teams qualified for the final Euro 2012 tournament involved. England will play against Norway, a team that didn`t qualified for the final tournament, but had a good campaign. They lost the qualification on number of goals scored over Portugal, the two teams being tied on points. It was a big dissapointment, but they proved they are a good team that is able to qualify for final tournaments.Despite the fact that this is only a friendly game, both teams will want to display their strenght and win the game, at least for reputation. England are favorites to win this game as they will use the line-up that will participate at the Euro 2012 tournament to test the latest game schemes, but Norway will surely be a tough opponent. They will have the advantage of playing at home, and they will have their fans on their side. It will be a close game, with a lot of goal opportunities from both sides, opened to any result.Checkyourodds prediction for Norway v England: 1-1Check latest Norway v England Odds

Horse Racing Chester Cup 2012 tips

Tue, 08 May 2012 20:30:00 GMT

Betting PreviewThe Chester Cup is a flat horse race in UK opened to thoroughbreds aged four years or older. It is run at Chester Racetrack over a distance of 2 miles, 2 furlongs and 147 yards (3,755 meters). It is scheduled to take place each year in May.The race was established in 1824, and it was originally called the Tradesmen`s Cup. It was initially a limited handicap with a minimum weight of 8 st 2 lb, but it later became a full handicap. It was renamed the Chester Cup in 1893.Race InformationLocation: Chester Racecourse, Chester, EnglandInaugurated: 1824Race type: Flat / ThoroughbredDistance: 2m 2f 147y (3,755 m)Track: Turf, left-handedQualification: Four-years-old and upWeight: HandicapPurse: 100,000 - 62,310 for the first place

Man City vs QPR Prediction 13 may

Mon, 07 May 2012 22:30:00 GMT

There is only one game left to be played in the Premier League and Man City is very close to win the title in England. They did he hard part last round when they managed to win a very hard game against Newcastle. It was 0-0 at half-time, but in the second period, two goals by Yaya Toure brought Man City a very important win. The title in england will be decided on diference of goals if there are two or more teams with the same number of points, and Man City keeps a confortable 10 goals difference over Man Utd.With this goal diference at hand, Man Cit only needs a win in the game against QPR to win the title. It will be a great performance by coach Mancini and his team, and it is a title long waited by the fans. The last title won by Man City was won in 1968. They are very close to win the title and they could not afford to lose it in the last game of the season.Man City are clearely the favorites to win the game against QPR and with this win, the title. QPR is close to the relegation zone, but they have very high chances to avoid relegation and play in the Premier League next year as well. Man City will do everything they can wo win this game, and they will get the victory and the trophy.Checkyourodds prediction for Man City vs QPR: 2-0Check latest Man City vs QPR Odds

Atletico Madrid vs Athletic Bilbao Prediction for Europa League Final

Mon, 07 May 2012 22:10:00 GMT

Atletico Madrid will play against Athletic Bilbao in the Europa League final. It will be sure that the trophy will go to Spain, and this could be seen as a compemsation to the La Liga Primera as both Real Madrid and Barcelona were eliminated in the semi-final stage of the Champions League. It is a great performance for both Atletico Madrid and Athletic Bilbao to reach the final and winning the trophy will be the topping over a great season.In the semifinal phase Athetic Bilbao had to play against Portugese team Sporting. It was a very balanced double leg with both teams ahving chances to go in the final. Sportin win the first leg 2-1, but Athletic Bilbao managed to win the second leg 3-1 and with an aggregate score of 4-3, they have secured their tickets for the final in Bucharest.Atletico Madrid had to play against another team from Spain, Valencia, and after getting a confortable 4-2 win in the first leg at home, they got another win in the second leg in Valencia 1-0. The final aggregate score was 5-2 and Atletico Madrid went in the final stage of this competition. The game has the potential to be a great game. Both teams are in good form and they are only thinking at the trophy.Both teams had similar results in the 2012 games in the Europa League, Athletic Bilbao: 4 wins, 1 loss and Atletico Madrid 3 wins, 1 draw and one loss.Atletico Madrid vs Athletic Bilbao head-to-head results21/03/2012 Atletico Madrid 2 : 1 Athletic Bilbao27/10/2011 Athletic Bilbao 3 : 0 Atletico Madrid30/01/2011 Atletico Madrid 0 : 2 Athletic Bilbao11/09/2010 Athletic Bilbao 1 : 2 Atletico Madrid25/03/2010 Atletico Madrid 2 : 0 Athletic BilbaoCheckyourodds prediction for Atletico Madrid vs Athletic Bilbao: 3-1Check latest Atletico Madrid vs Athletic Bilbao