We have three fixtures tonight as well as couple more tomorrow and I'm looking to do some combination selections for the two days with a big MLS game at 11.00 pm of particular interest. Montreal Impact and Didier Drogba welcome Canadian rivals FC Toronto to Quebec and the beautiful city of Montreal for what is sure to be an exciting contest in the MLS play-offs as Drogba looks to continue his stunning form against Toronto and their star attacker, Sesbastian Giovninco but before that we have 1 fixture from Serie A and 1 from the Championship. Here's what I've come up with for the 3 fixtures tonight with "Best Bets" to follow shortly while I will be including some of my selections from that game in Montreal as part of tomorrow's "Best Bets". Serie A
19:45 Sampdoria vs Empoli - Prediction -2.1 - Suggested Bets - Sampdoria to score 2 or more @5/4, BTTS @4/5 Key Facts * Sampdoria have seen BTTS in 4 out of 5 home fixtures this season in Serie A and in 4 out 5 of their most recent league fixtures * Sampdoria have kept only 1 clean sheet in their last 16 Serie A fixtures * Sampdoria have kept only 5 clean sheets in their last 20 home league fixtures including only 1 in their most recent 9 * Sampdoria have won 4 out of 5 at home this season and remain unbeaten in Genoa with 13 points achieved on their own patch * Sampdoria have only lost 2 of their last 24 home league fixtures * Sampdoria have scored 2 or more in 5 of their last 6 home league fixtures * Empoli have seen BTTS in 6 of their last 8 on the road in Serie A * Empoli have seen BTTS in 9 of their last 13 Serie A fixtures * Empoli have conceded 2 or more in 8 of their last 10 away league fixtures * Empoli have scored in 10 of their last 14 away league fixtures Final Verdict - 2 goals for Samp and BTTS are my calls here ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Championship 19:45 Leeds vs Blackburn - Prediction - 1.1 - Suggested Bets - BTTS @5/6, Draw @23/10 Key Facts * Leeds have seen BTTS in 4 of their last 6 home league fixtures and in all 3 of their most recent fixtures * Leeds have not kept a clean sheet in any of their last 11 league fixtures * Leeds have kept only 1 cclean sheet in their last 10 at home, conceding 2 or more on 5 ocassions * Leeds have lost 3 in a row at home and are without a win at Elland Road in 11 league fixtures. * Indeed Leeds have only won 3 of their last 19 at home * Leeds have drawn 4 of their last 7 home league fixtures * Leeds have not kept a clean sheet at home to Blackburn in any of their last 7 meetings at Elland Road since 1998 * New boss Steve Evans takes charge of his first home fixture having earned a two 1.1 away draws in his first two fixtures as manager * Blackburn have seen BTTS in 6 of their last 8 away league fixtures * However Blackburn have failed to score in their last 3 Championship fixtures * Blackburn have won their last 4 matches against Leeds in all competitions. * Blackburn have drawn 8 of their last 14 away league fixtures Final Verdict - BTTS and a share of the spoils on the cards here ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Major League Soccer 23:00 Montreal Impact vs Toronto FC - Prediction -2.1 - Suggested Bets - BTTS and over 2.5 goals @21/20, BTTS @4/6, Montreal to score 2 or more @10/11, Montreal to win @11/10 Key Facts * Montreal have won 11 of their last 15 home MLS fixtures including the last 5 * 3 of those 5 fixtures also saw BTTS and over 2.5 goals with Montreal scoring 13 goals * Montreal scored 2 or more in 10 of those 11 wins * Didier Drogba has scored 11 goals in 11 appearances for Montreal since his summer switch from Chelsea * Drogba has scored 9 in his last 5 home apperances for Montreal including 2 doubles and a hat-trick * Montreal beat Toronto 2.1 in the final game of the regular MLS season just 4 days ago * Toronto have seen BTTS in 5 of their last 6 MLS fixtures and in 5 of their last 7 away MLS fixtures * Toronto have lost their last 5 away MLS fixtures and have won only 1 of their last 10 on the road * Toronto have kept only 1 clean sheet in their last 19 MLS fixtures and only 2 in their last 24 away MLS fixtures * Sebastian Giovinco has scored 14 goals in his last 17 appearances for Toronto this season and has 22 in total for the MLS * Toronto have lost 5 of their last 6 away games at Montreal since 2012 * Each of the last 4 meetings between these two sides have seen BTTS and over 2.5 goals * All 5 of their most recent meetings have been won by the home team Final Verdict Drogba to score - Very likely BTTS - Very likely Over 2.5 goals - Very likely Drogba to score - Very likely Montreal to score 2 or more - Very likely Montreal to win - Quite likely! I really fancy this to finish 2.1 with star men Drogba and Giovinco likely to be the difference makers for their respective teams although home advantage is likely to prove crucial for Montreal who are in super form. The MLS usually delivers goals and these are two teams with big hitters in attack and given that it's a do or die, 1 off knockout match and an all Canadian affair, it should be a spicy occassion with plenty of atmosphere and I expect that big game player Drogba to deliver as he always seems to do with Montreal emerging victorious. I'm becoming something of a fan of the MLS with plenty of goals and some fine players joining the league and this is no longer a league to be sneered at. The impact of Drogba at 37 does suggest the quality is still not great but there is plenty of excitement in this division that is growing with every passing season. I really believe in all of these selections and I just have a funny feeling that this fixture will turn out EXACTLY as I have predicted. Let's see... Suggested Bets for Thursday Montreal Impact vs Toronto FC - BTTS and over 2.5 goals @21/20 Montreal vs Toronto - BTTS @4/6 Montreal vs Toronto - Montreal to score 2 or more @10/11 Montreal vs Toronto - Montreal to win @11/10 Montreal vs Toronto - Didier Drogba to score anytime @8/11 Sampdoria vs Empoli - Sampdoria to score 2 or more @5/4 Sampdoria vs Empoli - BTTS @4/5 Leeds vs Blackburn - BTTS @5/6 Leeds vs Blackburn - Draw @23/10 Comments are closed.
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