Saturday's are always busy and there's plenty of action on offer again today with some interesting games across the continent taking place but I'm only looking at two of the big leagues with the Bundesliga and Eredivisie good for goals in seasons gone by. One negative for me in betting on the Bundesliga is that games kick-off 30 minutes earlier than in England. It sounds silly but there's nothing worse than a bust coupon when it's only 15 minutes into the 2nd half in England but that won't be happening today... I like the bets I've picked out from the wide selection of games on offer and I've only focused on a a handful of games from the fixtures on offer. Here are some previews, predictions and suggested bets. Bundesliga
15:30 VfB Stuttgart vs Eintracht Frankfurt - Prediction - 3.2 - Suggested Bets - BTTS and over 2.5 goals @4/5 Goals look to be a good bet here with both teams holding some remarkable goal stats from last season that look likely to continue here in a potentially entertaining clash. The hosts have seen 10 of their last 11 league fixtures finish with BTTS and over 2.5 goals in a run going back to March with 5 of their last 6 at home seeing that outcome as well. One sightly worrying aspect to this bet is Eintracht's away form at the end of last season but they have seen BTTS in 4 of their last 5 league games and over 2.5 in 3 of those and for the most part last season they were hugely reliable in these markets. From the start of last season, 12 of their first 13 away games saw BTTS and 11 of those also saw BTTS and over 2.5 goals. The run was broken in 4 successive away games before they resumed business at the start of the new campaign, losing 2.1 at Wolfsburg. With Stuttgart so often involved in high scoring home games as well, this bet looks pretty good to me even at shortish odds of 4/5. Both teams have scored in their opening two fixtures so far and in the last 6 meetings of these teams, 5 have seen BTTS and over 2.5 goals. It looks nailed on @4/5 but of course there are no bankers in this world. Except the bad ones. 15:30 Darmstadt vs Hoffenheim - Prediction - 1.1 - Suggested Bets - BTTS @4/6 My 2nd pick for goals in the Budesliga comes with new boys Darmstadt hosting old favourites Hoffenheim. Darmstadt had the best home record in the second division last season, losing just oncee and were the second highest scorers in the league as well and they have begun the new season well with an exciting 2-2 home draw with Hannover before taking a well deserved point at Schalke on the road last week. Their visitors today are the one time BTTS banker Hoffenheim who could be back to their old tricks this season. 2 years ago Hoffenheim were European kings of the BTTS market, at one stage seeing 19 out of 20 games finishing with BTTS and while they are not quite as prolific in recent times, they have seen 8 of their last 10 away games result in BTTS and they have already scored against big guns Leverkusen and Bayern this season in two fixtures where despite some good performances, they have yet to take a point. I fancy a good game here with Hoffenheim perhaps having enough quality to win but the hosts will be up for it and could hold on for a point but not before both teams have scored @4/6 odds. 18:30 Bayern Munich vs Bayer Leverkusen - Prediction - 2.1 - Suggested Bets - BTTS @5/6 Champions Bayern will expect 3 points in the Allianz Arena but Leverkusen are looking as strong as they have in a long time and I backed them @5/4 in midweek to qualify for the group stages of the Champions League and they duly obliged, recording a handsome 3.0 victory over their Italian opponents Lazio. Will that game have taken something out of them though? I don't think so. I expect the excitement and confidence taken from that game will carry them to a good performance here in Munich in this live TV fixture. They don't have the best record in Munich, losing 4 of the last 6, and winning just once but 4 of those 6 fixtures saw BTTS and the most recent matches have seen them lose just 2 of 5, drawing 2 and winning once. The visitors are in really good form, and usually do score away from home with 22 of their last 25 away games seeing them hit the net and while Bayern are the best team in the country and usually sound defensively, they aren't without their injury and suspension issues and for that reason i expect an away goal. Bayern are without first choice paring Benatia and Boateng while other defensive options are also unavailable in the shape of Batstuber and Martinez and they may switch to a back 3 for this fixture today in what is a potential defensive head-ache for Guardiola. I expect a home win but 1/3 is far too short so look for goals with Leverkusen putting on a good showing in this early evening kick-off. Eredivisie 19:45 Heerenveen vs PEC Zwolle - Prediction - 2.2 - Suggested Bets - BTTS and over 2.5 @5/6 This is a fixture that looks ripe for goals as PEC visit Heerenveen in the Dutch Eredivisie with some interesting stats to back it up. The home side have seen BTTS in 8 of their last 10 at home while they have scored in 22 of their last 25 home league games so they would expect to score here against a PEC side with just 2 clean sheets in their last 9 away games. Visitors PEC have scored in 14 of their previous 16 Eredivisie fixtures, with BTTS in 4 out of 5 of their most recent fixtures and I have a feeling that It will be an entertaining, high scoring Eredivisie affair with both teams in good form coming into this one. BTTS and over 2.5 goals is my bet here @5/6 Suggested Bets VfB Stuttgart vs Eintracht Frankfurt - BTTS and over 2.5 goals @4/5 Darmstadt vs Hoffenheim - BTTS @4/6 Bayern Munich vs Bayer Leverkusen - BTTS @5/6 Heerenveen vs PEC Zwolle - BTTS and over 2.5 @5/6 Comments are closed.
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