Well my "Amazing Acca" was amazingly s***e on Monday but I did get the Readlng v Leicester match spot-on but other than that if was a less than amazing acca as there were easy wins for Juventus and Bilbao while my BTTS in Holland fell short as well. A bullet dodged in that I avoided the Bo Challenge for today.
Tuesday's card does not look significantly better and I have yet to make a final decision on my selections but there are a few games for us to take a look at. Arsenal need the points at home to West Ham if they are to keep pace with Everton in the hunt for the 4th and final Champions League position and are priced at 4/9 to do just that. While on paper this looks a routine home win for Arsenal, and It's true that they will take heart from the fact they overcame Wigan at the weekend (albeit via penalties) to reach the FA Cup final, but with their recent hammerings in the league, and the fact it took 120 pain staking minutes for the Gunners to actually make it to the final, leads me to conclude this is certainly not going to be easy for Wenger and his fragile squad. Indeed their form has been so poor of late, and with an injury list lengthening, it is hard to make a case for them as genuine home bankers in this game. I expect West Ham to put up a strong fight tonight, and their recent away form is pretty decent too with only 2 defeats in 6. Jose Mourinho might do well to remind his old friend Wenger that Big Same is more than capable of "parking of the bus" as they did so effectively in their goalless draw at Stamford Bridge and tonight's encounter is likely to be much of the same and with Arsenal missing a whole host of key attacking performers, their ability to break down a compact defense is sure to be limited. I will look to assess the team news later today before posting a selection for this match but at the moment I don't feel too confident in Arsenal and can see a low scoring drab encounter but possibly with the leg weary Gunners edging home. . In Germany, Borussia Dortmund take on Wolfsburg in the German Cup Semi Final and this is sure to be a hotly contested cup tie. Over 2.5 goals is the obvious bet at 2/5 odds and BTTS is 4/7. I like the look of both. Meanwhile in Belgium, they are currently at the play-off stage in their season in what is a highly convoluted league set up. as title chasing Anderlecht entertain Zulte and are 8/15 to win and I like this price a lot. Anderlecht are tremendous at home, winning their last 9 with clean sheets in 7 while Zulte, were only able to win 3 away games from 15 in the league stage of the season. All signs point to a home win here. There are 1 or 2 other matches to consider but all in all it is not the best set of fixtures and I will continue to study before posting final selections later in the day. Comments are closed.
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