Hi, I am Lars from Germany - just arrived here at the Forum. I will post my thoughts about Bundesliga, Championsleague and Europa League here.
Europa League Thursday 16th December
Group A
Juve - Man City
RB Salzburg - Lech Posen
Both games are without value as City and Lech are already qualified. It is very likely that the teams will bench the stars and players from 2nd and 3rd row will get a chance. Hard to predict - stay away!
Group B
Bayer Leverkusen - Atletico
Aris - Rosenborg
Bayer is qualified for the next round and they will bench some top players tonight. GK Rene Adler is on the injury list and 2nd GK Fabian Giefer (played also against Trondheim) will replace him. Atletico needs to win to have a chance to qualify. The weather will be a problem as we have already strong winds and heavy snow in parts of Germany and this will effect the game for sure. NO BET!
Aris is in a confortable position, they need a win at home against Rosenborg to make the next round. Rosenborg is already on vacation mode as the season in Norway ended a few weeks ago and they have no chance to get into the next round. ARIS is very strong at home and I pick them to win this game and keep Atletico on 3rd place. Keep in mind that they won the head-to-head against Atletico. PICK - ARIS to WIN
Group C
Levski Sofia - Sporting Lissabon
OSC Lille - KAA Gent
Levski with no chance to qualify - Sporting already qualified - this will be a friendly match and this is a clear - NO BET
OSC Lille against KAA Gent is a real final. Lille needs a win, Gent will qualify with a draw. Tricky match but I think that Lille got the quality to win this one - PICK OSC Lille to win
Group G
AEK Athen - Zenit
RSC Anderlecht - Hajduk Split
Nice and interesting group. AEK needs to win against Zenit to qualify. Anderlecht needs to win and they need the help from Zenit to qualify. Interesting match-ups - the problem and hard to predict is the role of Zenit. Will they bench their top players or will they play 100% to give Anderlecht a realistic chance?
Nevertheless needs Anderlecht to win so my pick is - Anderlecht to win
AEK- Zenit - NO Bet
Group H
Stuttgart - Odense
Getafe - Bern
Everything is fixed in this group but it will be interesting to see how Stuttgart will perform in this game. They changed their head coach (Bruno Labbadia is now the man in charge) the second time this year and Bruno needs to win this game to make a statement. Nobody knows if there will be an effect from the new headcoach so - NO BET.
Getafe - Bern is a nice friendly match which I do not like to bet - NO BET
Group I
Debrecen - Genua
PSV - Metalist
First game will be a friendly match - NO BET
The second one is a bit more interesting but I stay away here as well -NO BET
Ok thats it for today -hope you like it!
My bet for today is a parlay or system bet :
WIN ARIS / WIN LILLE / WIN ANDERLECHT
Europa League Thursday 16th December
Group A
Juve - Man City
RB Salzburg - Lech Posen
Both games are without value as City and Lech are already qualified. It is very likely that the teams will bench the stars and players from 2nd and 3rd row will get a chance. Hard to predict - stay away!
Group B
Bayer Leverkusen - Atletico
Aris - Rosenborg
Bayer is qualified for the next round and they will bench some top players tonight. GK Rene Adler is on the injury list and 2nd GK Fabian Giefer (played also against Trondheim) will replace him. Atletico needs to win to have a chance to qualify. The weather will be a problem as we have already strong winds and heavy snow in parts of Germany and this will effect the game for sure. NO BET!
Aris is in a confortable position, they need a win at home against Rosenborg to make the next round. Rosenborg is already on vacation mode as the season in Norway ended a few weeks ago and they have no chance to get into the next round. ARIS is very strong at home and I pick them to win this game and keep Atletico on 3rd place. Keep in mind that they won the head-to-head against Atletico. PICK - ARIS to WIN
Group C
Levski Sofia - Sporting Lissabon
OSC Lille - KAA Gent
Levski with no chance to qualify - Sporting already qualified - this will be a friendly match and this is a clear - NO BET
OSC Lille against KAA Gent is a real final. Lille needs a win, Gent will qualify with a draw. Tricky match but I think that Lille got the quality to win this one - PICK OSC Lille to win
Group G
AEK Athen - Zenit
RSC Anderlecht - Hajduk Split
Nice and interesting group. AEK needs to win against Zenit to qualify. Anderlecht needs to win and they need the help from Zenit to qualify. Interesting match-ups - the problem and hard to predict is the role of Zenit. Will they bench their top players or will they play 100% to give Anderlecht a realistic chance?
Nevertheless needs Anderlecht to win so my pick is - Anderlecht to win
AEK- Zenit - NO Bet
Group H
Stuttgart - Odense
Getafe - Bern
Everything is fixed in this group but it will be interesting to see how Stuttgart will perform in this game. They changed their head coach (Bruno Labbadia is now the man in charge) the second time this year and Bruno needs to win this game to make a statement. Nobody knows if there will be an effect from the new headcoach so - NO BET.
Getafe - Bern is a nice friendly match which I do not like to bet - NO BET
Group I
Debrecen - Genua
PSV - Metalist
First game will be a friendly match - NO BET
The second one is a bit more interesting but I stay away here as well -NO BET
Ok thats it for today -hope you like it!
My bet for today is a parlay or system bet :
WIN ARIS / WIN LILLE / WIN ANDERLECHT
AEK lost 0-3 wow what a shame!