Tag: Asian Handicap

  • International football

    Both Belarus and Wales need a victory here to remain competitive in the battle for the second position, currently occupied by Czech Republic.

    Belarus coach Georgi Kondratiev has no important missing players for this match, while his counterpart Robert Page will be without significant number of players. Harry Wilson is out due to suspension. He received a red card against Denmark at Euro 2020. But there is more. Brandon Cooper, Ethan Ampadu and Tyler Roberts will miss the game because of visa issues. In addition, Aaron Ramsey, Kieffer Moore, Connor Roberts, Ben Cabango, Joe Rodon, David Brooks, Neco Williams, George Thomas and goalkeeper Adam Davies are among the players unavailable because of injury or Covid-19.

    The home advantage should not be underestimate, even this match will be played in Russia. Most of the fans will support Belarus, not Wales.

    Considering these facts, I think Belarus could remain unbeaten here.

    Pick: Belarus +0.5

    Odds: 2.55 at Pinnacle

  • English football

    Cambridge – Swindon

    EFL Cup

    A random cup really and one where the value is almost never on the favourites. Clubs often still rotate in this competition for some reason, eventhough their players have only played 90 minutes of competitive football in the last few months.

    Cambridge are now a Lesgue One side, whereas Swindon are now League Two. Last season these positions were switched, so I don’t feel there is a huge gap between these two sides. Odds have drifted slightly on a Cambridge win, which is something i agree with. Cambridge’s promotion last season was largely down to the goals scored by Paul Mullin. Mullin scored 32 goals from his 46 appearances so hard to not get promoted when you have that in your side. Weirdly, he has now dropped down a division and plays for National League side Wrexham. I guess Ryan Reynolds will pay him a decent amount of money for dropping down. God only knows how many goals he’ll score for Wrexham this season. Anyway, without Mullin, Cambridge could struggle in League One. Their first match was a 1-1 home draw against Oxford, which came about thanks to a late equalizing penalty. Swindon started well with a 3-1 win over Scunthorpe. There is definitely a potential “upset” here and these two sides are probably closer than the odds suggest.

    Pick: Swindon (+1AH)

    Odds: 1.70 @   bet365

  • International football

    USA W – Canada W

    Olympics Women Football

    USA are in a shit physical condition, they couldn’t keep up with Netherlands after 70 minutes and looked dead in extra time where they just survived until penalty shootout where their excellent goalkeeper Naeher saved it for them. Something has obviously gone wrong in their preparation. Meanwhile Canada are fulfilling the dark horse role finally. After another poor performance from Yankee and differing performances from Netherlands (were outplayed) and Canada (outplayed) against Brazil to me it looks there is enough evidence (can also compare that USA looked weaker than both Brazil and Netherlands) to say USA are nowhere near this big favorites.

    Pick: Canada +0.5  @  2.10   bet365