Friday 31 January 2014

Football Predictions weekend commencing 31st January 2014

After the midweek games we have another bumper weekend of football ahead of us…! 
 
Strangely, there’s two Saturday lunchtime matches – not sure why but I’m assuming it’s TV/political based.   Anyway, both of these are big matches in their own right, in particular, the north east derby between Newcastle and Sunderland.  These matches have always been hotly contested affairs and form often goes out the window.  However, despite Sunderland’s recent run of form Newcastle are just tipped to edge it… just.  The other Saturday lunch time match is a bit of a relegation six-pointer.  Now Swansea fans may argue that they’re 11th in the league, but they are only five points away from West Ham in the relegation zone.  Both teams have only won one of their last five league games and a draw is predicted.
 
Turning to the 3 o’clock matches, Spurs travel to Hull keen to bounce back after conceding five at home to current table toppers, Manchester City.  Hull City have lost their last four league games and whilst that was a bad result for Spurs in midweek they should still be able to overcome an out of form Hull side.  United got back to winning ways against Cardiff during the week, and travel to Stoke on Saturday.  Stoke are another team that have hit a run of bad form under the leadership of Mark Hughes, with no league wins in six.  Although Manchester Utd have struggled for form in recent weeks, they should be too strong for Stoke.
 
The lunchtime match on Sunday is at the Hawthornes as West Brom host Liverpool.  Liverpool and Suarez are on rampant form at the moment, putting four past their Merseyside, and Champions League chasing rivals, Everton.  Meanwhile, West Brom are in that group of 7/8 teams all in touching distances of the relegation zone.  If Liverpool can carry on reproducing the form they been showing it should be relatively comfortable, however, they are prone to slipping up on games they should be winning.  Arsenal, the league leaders for so long have been knocked of their perch.  They’ve been pretty impressive up until now, especially as a lot of people, including their own fans had written them off.  However, with a few injuries and not having the depth of the likes of City and Chelsea they may start to drop away from the title race.  But with a home match against Palace on Sunday they’ve got a great chance to keep up, although Palace aren’t the push overs they were at the start of the season.  Saying that, Arsenal should come away with all three points.
 
Finally, we have the flagship match of the week, and possibly an early title decider.  City have been awesome at home this season, which I have mentioned a number of times in this blog.  However, Chelsea have been on equally good form, particularly away recently where they've not conceded in the last three away games.  Although City's home form has been unstoppable with a 100% record, Chelsea are predicted to perform an upset with a marginal away win.
 
In terms of the top picks for the weekend, the usual candidates crop up as Bayern Munich, Juventus and Barcelona look like good home wins, however, with a lot of the top teams playing each other there's a general lack of convincing wins.  Similarly, the value tips are a little scant but the one that sticks out as mentioned further up is Chelsea away to city where you can get odds of around 3/1.  The other one that looks good is in the Dutch league where Groningen might pull off a shock away from home against AZ.
 
So as usual please feel free to comment on the predictions or discuss anything else football related.
 
Enjoy...! 
 
 



Time Day League Home Team Prediction Away team
12:45 Sat Eng Prem Newcastle United  H Sunderland 
12:45 Sat Eng Prem West Ham United  D Swansea City 
15:00 Sat Eng Prem Cardiff City  A Norwich City 
15:00 Sat Eng Prem Everton  H Aston Villa 
15:00 Sat Eng Prem Fulham  AA Southampton 
15:00 Sat Eng Prem Hull City  AA Tottenham Hotspur 
15:00 Sat Eng Prem Stoke City  AAAA Manchester United 
13:30 Sun Eng Prem West Bromwich …  AA Liverpool 
16:00 Sun Eng Prem Arsenal  HH Crystal Palace 
20:00 Mon Eng Prem Manchester City  A Chelsea 
12:15 Sat Eng Champ Queens Park Ra…  H Burnley 
15:00 Sat Eng Champ AFC Bournemouth  AAA Leicester City 
15:00 Sat Eng Champ Doncaster Rovers  D Middlesbrough 
15:00 Sat Eng Champ Leeds United  A Huddersfield Town 
15:00 Sat Eng Champ Millwall  AA Reading 
15:00 Sat Eng Champ Ipswich Town  HH Bolton Wanderers 
15:00 Sat Eng Champ Wigan Athletic  H Charlton Athletic 
15:00 Sat Eng Champ Blackburn Rovers  HH Blackpool 
15:00 Sat Eng Champ Birmingham City  A Derby County 
15:00 Sat Eng Champ Sheffield Wedn…  H Barnsley 
15:00 Sun Eng Champ Watford  D Brighton & Hov… 
15:00 Sun Eng Champ Nottingham Forest  HHH Yeovil Town 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 1 Wolverhampton …  HHH Bradford City 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 1 Swindon Town  H Oldham Athletic 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 1 Bristol City  H Carlisle United 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 1 Milton Keynes Dons  H Tranmere Rovers 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 1 Gillingham  D Port Vale 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 1 Crewe Alexandra  D Sheffield United 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 1 Shrewsbury Town  AAAAA Brentford 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 1 Peterborough U…  A Colchester United 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 1 Preston North End  H Notts County 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 1 Coventry City  A Walsall 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 1 Rotherham United  AA Leyton Orient 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 1 Crawley Town  HH Stevenage 
19:45 Fri Eng Lge 2 Southend United  HH Newport County 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 2 Accrington Stanley  D Morecambe 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 2 Bury  D Wycombe Wanderers 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 2 Chesterfield  HH Bristol Rovers 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 2 Cheltenham Town  H Northampton Town 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 2 Plymouth Argyle  D Mansfield Town 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 2 Portsmouth  H Torquay United 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 2 Burton Albion  H Exeter City 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 2 Rochdale  HHHH Dagenham & Red… 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 2 Oxford United  D AFC Wimbledon 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 2 Fleetwood Town  HH York City 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 2 Hartlepool United  AAA Scunthorpe United 
15:00 Sat Sco Lge 1 Arbroath  A Ayr United 
15:00 Sat Sco Lge 1 East Fife  A Dunfermline At… 
15:00 Sat Sco Lge 1 Forfar Athletic  H Airdrieonians 
15:00 Sat Sco Lge 1 Rangers  HHH Brechin City 
15:00 Sat Sco Lge 1 Stenhousemuir  AA Stranraer 
19:30 Fri Fra Lge 1 PSG  HHHH Bordeaux 
15:30 Sat Fra Lge 1 Lorient  A Monaco 
19:00 Sat Fra Lge 1 Bastia  D Guingamp 
19:00 Sat Fra Lge 1 Evian TG  H Ajaccio 
19:00 Sat Fra Lge 1 Reims  D Montpellier 
19:00 Sat Fra Lge 1 Saint-Étienne  HH Valenciennes 
19:00 Sat Fra Lge 1 Sochaux  A Nantes 
13:00 Sun Fra Lge 1 Nice  D Lille 
16:00 Sun Fra Lge 1 Rennes  AA Olympique Lyonnais 
20:00 Sun Fra Lge 1 Olympique Mars…  D Toulouse 
19:00 Fri Fra Lge 2 Angers  HH CA Bastia 
19:00 Fri Fra Lge 2 Caen  H Troyes 
19:00 Fri Fra Lge 2 Châteauroux  D Auxerre 
19:00 Fri Fra Lge 2 Clermont  D Arles 
19:00 Fri Fra Lge 2 Dijon  HH Brest 
19:00 Fri Fra Lge 2 Istres  D Créteil 
19:00 Fri Fra Lge 2 Nîmes  AA Tours 
19:00 Fri Fra Lge 2 Niort  D Metz 
13:00 Sat Fra Lge 2 Lens  HH Laval 
19:30 Mon Fra Lge 2 Nancy  D Le Havre 
19:30 Fri Ger B'sliga Eintracht Brau…  AA Borussia Dortmund 
14:30 Sat Ger B'sliga Schalke 04  H Wolfsburg 
14:30 Sat Ger B'sliga Bayer Leverkusen  HHH Stuttgart 
14:30 Sat Ger B'sliga Hoffenheim  H Hamburger SV 
14:30 Sat Ger B'sliga Mainz 05  H Freiburg 
14:30 Sat Ger B'sliga Augsburg  HH Werder Bremen 
17:30 Sat Ger B'sliga Hannover 96  A Borussia M'gla… 
14:30 Sun Ger B'sliga Hertha BSC  H Nürnberg 
16:30 Sun Ger B'sliga Bayern München  HHHHH Eintracht Fran… 
17:00 Sat Ita Ser A Cagliari  AAA Fiorentina 
17:00 Sat Ita Ser A Bologna  D Udinese 
19:45 Sat Ita Ser A Milan  D Torino 
11:30 Sun Ita Ser A Genoa  H Sampdoria 
14:00 Sun Ita Ser A Sassuolo  AA Hellas Verona 
14:00 Sun Ita Ser A Chievo  A Lazio 
14:00 Sun Ita Ser A Catania  D Livorno 
14:00 Sun Ita Ser A Atalanta  AAA Napoli 
14:00 Sun Ita Ser A Roma  HH Parma 
19:45 Sun Ita Ser A Juventus  HHHHH Internazionale 
19:30 Fri Ita Ser B Avellino  D Latina 
14:00 Sat Ita Ser B Brescia  H Bari 
14:00 Sat Ita Ser B Padova  A Carpi 
14:00 Sat Ita Ser B Ternana  H Cittadella 
14:00 Sat Ita Ser B Cesena  H Crotone 
14:00 Sat Ita Ser B Spezia  HH Juve Stabia 
14:00 Sat Ita Ser B Siena  D Novara 
14:00 Sat Ita Ser B Pescara  D Trapani 
14:00 Sat Ita Ser B Modena  D Varese 
14:00 Sat Ita Ser B Reggina  AA Virtus Lanciano 
19:30 Mon Ita Ser B Empoli  A Palermo 
20:00 Fri Spa Prim Granada  H Celta de Vigo 
15:00 Sat Spa Prim Barcelona  HHHHH Valencia 
17:00 Sat Spa Prim Levante  H Rayo Vallecano 
19:00 Sat Spa Prim Getafe  D Real Valladolid 
21:00 Sat Spa Prim Málaga  A Sevilla 
11:00 Sun Spa Prim Elche  D Almería 
16:00 Sun Spa Prim Real Betis  AA Espanyol 
18:00 Sun Spa Prim Atlético Madrid  HH Real Sociedad 
20:00 Sun Spa Prim Athletic Club  AA Real Madrid 
21:00 Mon Spa Prim Villarreal  HH Osasuna 
19:00 Fri Hol Ere'div Feyenoord  D Vitesse 
17:45 Sat Hol Ere'div Heerenveen  HH ADO Den Haag 
18:45 Sat Hol Ere'div PEC Zwolle  D Roda JC 
18:45 Sat Hol Ere'div Heracles  HH NAC Breda 
19:45 Sat Hol Ere'div AZ  A Groningen 
11:30 Sun Hol Ere'div Utrecht  AAAA Ajax 
13:30 Sun Hol Ere'div Twente  HHHH Cambuur 
13:30 Sun Hol Ere'div NEC  D Go Ahead Eagles 
15:30 Sun Hol Ere'div RKC Waalwijk  A PSV 
19:30 Fri Bel Pro Lge Lierse  AA Anderlecht 
17:00 Sat Bel Pro Lge Standard Liège  HHHH Cercle Brugge 
19:00 Sat Bel Pro Lge Club Brugge  HHH Mons 
19:00 Sat Bel Pro Lge Gent  H OH Leuven 
19:00 Sat Bel Pro Lge Sporting Charleroi  D KV Oostende 
19:00 Sat Bel Pro Lge Mechelen  H Genk 
19:00 Sat Bel Pro Lge Waasland-Beveren  D Kortrijk 
17:00 Sun Bel Pro Lge Zulte-Waregem  A Lokeren 
18:00 Fri Tur Sup Lig Beşiktaş  HHHH Kayseri Erciye… 
13:00 Sat Tur Sup Lig Kayserispor  A Kasımpaşa 
17:00 Sat Tur Sup Lig Antalyaspor  D Gaziantepspor 
17:00 Sat Tur Sup Lig Eskişehirspor  AA Fenerbahçe 
11:30 Sun Tur Sup Lig Karabükspor  HH Elazığspor 
14:00 Sun Tur Sup Lig Akhisar Beledi…  D Gençlerbirliği 
14:00 Sun Tur Sup Lig Konyaspor  A Sivasspor 
17:00 Sun Tur Sup Lig Galatasaray  H Bursaspor 
18:00 Mon Tur Sup Lig Rizespor  A Trabzonspor 

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