Thursday, February 25, 2016

Soccer picks and tips for February 25, 2016

Manchester United - Midtjylland
Europa League - Round of 32
02/25/2016 22:05 CET
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In this battle against each other face two teams that in most matches demonstrate an open and attacking football no matter if they are playing on championship or a tournament in which they participate at this time. In the first match between them surprise to many Midtjylland managed to win by two to one, and now there is definitely a chance to move forward, although you will need to deal with the class of Manchester United and then in England. Both clubs have great players and given their desire to win my prediction is over 2.5 goals.
After minimal loss 1:2 in Denmark, the people of Louis van Gaal out compulsory victory in the second leg of the "Old Trafford".

Asked at the press conference before the game that Manchester United should be considered absolute favorite against third in the Danish Superliga, who has played only one official meeting in the last three months, the manager of the Red Devils Louis van Gaal replied testily:

"I do not know what you mean. I think Midtjylland has a very good ogranizatsiya. Play diagonal press that I try also to impose on my team. There are not many teams around the world who manage to make it successful."

"To know that everyone expects Manchester United to win against Midtjylland and that's because it's Manchester United and there is a status. But I have said many times to you that we must analyze each opponent carefully. When I look at the analysis I see Midtjylland always wins in matches with English rivals. Everyone says that this is not important, but you should always be careful against such rivals, "concluded Van Gaal.

Manchester United has a bunch of personnel problems before the second leg, with Chris Smalling and David de Gea are the latest additions to the "infirmary" club, which already has 12 players.

Central defender Smalling missed today's training of Red Devils due to injury. Of the activity is not present and the goalkeeper Degea, which almost certainly will not play on Thursday.

Cameron Bortuik-Jackson and Will Keane got injured in the game against Shrewsberry Monday's FA Cup and are questionable for Midtjylland. The same goes for Jesse Lingard.
Antonio Valencia and Marcos Rojo however resumed training after suffering injuries and at last has a chance to appear in the game.

Matteo Darmian, Wayne Rooney, Marouane Fellaini, Phil Jones, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Ashley Young, Adnan Januzaj and Luke Shaw continue to treat injuries.
Recall that for the team of Midtjylland plays Nikolay Bodurov Bulgarian national who presented a good level in the first meeting.

All the laughing stock of Europe, "Manchester United" will try to rectify his mistake in Denmark and to pass to the next round of the Europa League, it is only through victory in this tournament, "Red Devils" will see the Champions League next season. I've been worried, as there is Sir Alex heart, not naughty if by this "game" of his former team? Louis van Gaal after all and can bring an old man. Of course, to be fair, the Danish fairy tale should be finished today. Rooney companions dare not lose this club with native stands, unless they suddenly did not hesitate to "merge" Van Gala, as did the players of "Chelsea" with Mourinho. The Danes were jubilant in the locker room after the victory over the legendary team, but today it is unlikely to be repeated. In general, the guests of course easier, because they no crushes in this confrontation, but class is class.

Forecast: Over 2.5 goals
               Home win



Napoli - Villarreal
Europa League - Round of 32
02/25/2016 22:05 CET
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These two rivals ended the first game at one to zero in favor of Villarreal, both teams could have scored more goals and but for one reason or another they did not. But today hosts Napoli will put maximum and this will surely further open meeting. Therefore, my prediction is over 2.5 goals.

It will be very unfortunate for the hosts to delete perfect performance from the group stage of this tournament with elimination in the first round of direct eliminations. The team of Napoli practiced incredible football this season and is one of the two main contenders for the Scudetto, with Juventus. Currently the Italian stock looks a class above Villarreal, nothing that the first match was won by the Spaniards, though Napoli perform far better in front of their own crowd.

Forecast : Over 2.5 goals
                Home win

Tottenham - Fiorentina
Europa League - Round of 32
02/25/2016 22:05 CET
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After each one in the first meeting today from 22:05 CET team Tottenham taking their stadium the team of Fiorentina in the race meeting rematch of the tournament LE. Both clubs definitely have available players from the world-class in their groups and this will surely make the game a challenging and dynamic. While this is not the Champions League though and the hosts and their guests will definitely invest in the game and this will make it spectacular and effective. My forecast is over 2.5 goals.

Tottenham without Harry Kane against Fiorentina!

The scorer of Tottenham Harry Kane will miss the second leg of 1/16 finals in the Europa League against Fiorentina in London confirmed British team coach Mauricio Pochettino.

Kane got a fractured nose in losing 0: 1 Crystal Palace in the FA Cup on Sunday.
Mauricio Pochettino expressed hope that Tottenham will eliminate Fiorentina after first meeting on Italian soil ended at 1:1.

In addition to Kane, it will not be able to rely on Thursday and Moussa Dembele, who is injured.
Hugo Lloris and Erik Lamela, however, are online.

Tottenham coach surprised everyone in the first leg, when suddenly exposed almost the main part, except for a few positions. I think the most surprised Fiorentina coach, who could not shake the guys and just a great goal Bernardeski woke all of Florence and brought the intrigue in this confrontation.

Surprisingly, as a "spur" in a short period were able to grow a "meat" and become strong, by European standards, the club. Prior to the above-mentioned goals Fiorentina, Tottenham players operating in Economy mode, surrendering the game up to 50-60% percent, and this is enough for a successful game against one of the leaders of the "Series A" and a frequent visitor to the playoffs of the Europa League. Jobs Mauricio Pochettino is respected not only in the "spurs" fans, but also the master of the coaching department, as Sir Alex Ferguson, who recently admitted that it was at the London team the most powerful mentor in the Premier League.

Tottenham - Fiorentina: readers Forecast

    Tottenham wins - 1.8
    Draw - 3.6
    Fiorentina win - 4.5

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It affects not only the game itself Tottenham, but also as a confidence Argentine infected his boys. Even playing "Bang Bang" in the last match of the FA Cup, it was a feeling that polurezervny composition, by order, missed the goal and waited for the match. At times it even seemed that if he changes his mind, and the South American specialist team will win, they would have succeeded without problems. Another rare quality that characterizes the big teams - a combination of handling and fantasy players. Of these groups say they are coaching, take the same Bayern or Barcelona, ​​every player on the team is a person and a consummate master, but they listen to the coach on the field, and they do incredible things! Tottenham to the level of these blocks so far away, but it is obvious that they are on the right track and if we win the Premier League or the LES in the season, then make another step forward.

In addition to the two injured leaders Vertonghen and Dembele, broke his nose Gary Kane, who has had time to make a face mask, but the big question is whether it wants to risk the health Argentinian mentor.
Tottenham - Fiorentina: projected compositions

Composition Tottenham (4-2-3-1): Worm - Tripper, Alderweireld, Wimmer, Davis - Dyer, Mason - Chadli, Eriksen, Lamela - Dream
Composition Fiorentina (4-4-1-1): Tătăruşanu - Alonso, Astori, Rodriguez, Tomovic - Błaszczykowski, Vechino, Valero, Bernardeski - Iličič - Zarate

Out of the game
Tottenham: Vertonghen, N'Zhie, Carroll, Dembele
Fiorentina -

If we say that the British did not particularly need this competition, almost the same thing we can say about Fiorentina. Mentor "purple" very clearly put before the season goal - a place in the Champions League. It could not reach Vincenzo Montella, who for all the failures of fans adored "violets", which is why the post was called Paolo Sousa, who is making significant progress with a more modest Basel. By the way, for the Portuguese - it is also one of the last chances to express themselves, as in the case of failure in Florence, it is unlikely to have more confidence serious European club; In other words, the coach and the team found each other.
Tottenham - Fiorentina: games between the 2 teams

    Fiorentina 1: 1 Tottenham
    Fiorentina 2: 0 Tottenham
    Tottenham Hotspur 1: 1 Fiorentina
    Tottenham Hotspur 3: 2 Fiorentina

For a week gaming model clubs hardly somewhat changed, which means that we will again see a confrontation between two equal teams. I think that the upcoming match, as two drops of water, will resemble a meeting a week ago, and it is likely we will see more time.

Making a strong season Tottenham Rome was ground over the weekend after losing at home to Crystal Palace and was eliminated from the FA Cup. Now boys Mauricio Pochettino will have to raise their guard again and take advantage of the best tournament score 1: 1 during his visit to Fiorentina a week ago.The goal away from home definitely gives priority to the "Spurs" but they will have to postorayat seriously if they want to remove tough Italians.The presentation of the team of "White Hart Lane" gives serious hopes of fans of Tottenham. According to statistics Londoners have won 15 of their last 20 households in Europe have allowed only one loss for that period. They have scored 50 goals and conceded 17. The players of Pochettino and won three households in the group stage of the tournament, and generally have seven wins in their last nine games in all competitions.The team of Fiorentina is the prestigious third place in the standings in Serie A, but their guest is far from impressive.The victory 3: 2 over Atalanta at the weekend was only the second for "La Viola" in the last eight games away from home, as the team has not recorded two consecutive successes as a guest in November.Both teams are very strong, but Tottenham have home court, and are motivated to return to removal from the race last season.It is expected that the titular goalkeeper Hugo Lloris to return to composition after recovering from a shoulder injury. Erik Lamela could begin among the holders, while most stable quarterback of the team this season Toby Ayderveyreld certainly return to composition after suffering a break in the match with Crystal Palace attacking midfielder Nacer Chadli is in good form and scored five goals in the last eight games. Star Harry Kane up front, however, may miss the game.

Forecast: Over 2.5 goals
               Fiorentina (+1 asian handicap)
               Home win

Lazio - Galatasaray
Europa League - Round of 32
02/25/2016 20:00 CET
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Lazio captain Lucas were determined fight against Galatasaray Europa League in Rome for the "most important game" for the Eagles this season.
Billy and Co. will try to eliminate the team from Istanbul after last week made a draw 1: 1 in the first meeting.

Billy Lucas hopes his team to perform better than the first game on Turkish soil and reach the next stage in the Europa League.

He is expected to be a starter in the midfield of his team with Marco password and Sergey Milinkovic-Savic.
"This is our most important match of the season. We will give everything to qualify ahead. Our goal is to introduce better than the first meeting. Going through its worst period in the league, but I hope success in Europe, "said Billy LaLazioSiamoNoi.

Lazio has only one victory in recent 5 rounds in Serie A, though he deserved more consideration discharged positions and dominate the game.

The team takes 8th place in the standing, trailing by 15 points in the third Fiorentina.
Galatasaray is presented tentatively this year, especially in away games.
The team is in 3rd place in the Turkish championship, but is lagging behind targets 13 points of the second Fenerbahce.

Liverpool - Augsburg
Europa League - Round of 32
02/25/2016 20:00 CET
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Liverpool behind the top four of the Premier League and as Jürgen Klopp properly calculate, maybe winning the Europa League is the only chance the club to play in the Champions League next season.

On Sunday the Reds their forthcoming Final League Cup against Manchester City, but the German specialist is hungry for success and are unlikely to underestimate rematch against Augsburg after a 0:0 in Germany.

The German team will be hoping for a similar outcome now, given that not scored in 4 of their last 8 games.
And visitors may be without their best striker - Raul Bobadilla, who is under serious question because of an injury.

The team of Liverpool died last weekend, as did participation in the FA Cup and should be well prepared for the upcoming clash.

Reds defender Nathaniel Klein announced that the biggest change in the club after the arrival of manager Jürgen Klopp in October return of hunger and desire to win among the players.

"The first thing the manager changes is to back our hunger for the game and desire to fight for every ball. He wants everyone in the team to pressed and give everything, which I really like, "said Klein.

"And you can see that this change is felt and progress. We play much better, although the results sometimes unsatisfactory, "added former player Sauthamptan.

Forecast: Home win

Basel - St.Etienne
Europa League - Round of 32
02/25/2016 22:05 CET
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Forecast: Home win


Porto - Borussia Dortmund
Europa League - Round of 32
02/25/2016 22:05 CET
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Borussia won the first game of dominance and this makes us believe that we will find the strength to win the game in Portugal. The factor that bookmakers offer us for what deserves to be fielded. It is true that the victory with 2:0 in the first game can make guests dropped, but therein lies the risk to bet on this factor.

Forecast: Away win

Molde - Sevilla
Europa League - Round of 32
02/25/2016 22:05 CET
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Nothing to talk about the difference in class between the two teams. Molde, except that they are light years away from Seville are in terrible shape, definitely unloaded the game rhythm, as they finished the championship in November. That was evident in the first game when Sevilla won without any problems with 3: 0. The bookies expect the Spaniards to win today, and this time we are their opinion.

Forecast: Away win

Lokomotiv Moscow - Fenerbahce
Europa League - Round of 32
02/25/2016 18:00 CET
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Last week correctly predicted the victory of Fenerbahçe, but will now be a little harder to lanterns. They are a bit more quality team, but in Russia is not easy to play. Turks a draw would be enough, would hardly exertions something more, risking to miss tame in this difficult match, while Lokomotiv simply forces will hardly have enough for anything more.

As it is impossible to say exactly one of the Russian commentators, that thanks to the incident with the T-shirt, which all showed Dmitry Tarasov, no one now remembers Lokomotiv had a terrible day.

The game, if it can be called such, was indeed one of the worst under the leadership of Igor Cherevchenko team. Football Loco from the first minute gave the initiative of the Turkish side; It seems to be a common scenario for travel to Istanbul, but at the same time on the defensive actions were so desperate that Fenerbahce just one goal in the first half - it is almost a miracle. Worse permanent failure "red-green" was their physical readiness. By the end of the first half, just got up and Lokomotiv generally ceased to think of any ability to press. In the second half there were several small outbreaks, but to believe in them, it would also be naive, as in Communist election victory.

If we recall the past year, the "railroad" and the season began with a large slip, and then what to do with Fenerbahçe, exactly as did the Permian Amkar, with the only difference that the players of Lokomotiv were able to score a goal in one of the stray counterattacks. It is clear now, realizing that with this set of rivals in this season's team LE catching nothing, the coaching staff, "railroad" has decided to bet on the Cup of Russia, where the "red-green" have a chance to compete for the highest place.
Fenerbahce - Lokomotiv: projected compositions

Fenerbahce: Demirel - Ozbayrakly, Alves, Kjaer, Erkin - Sousa, Tufan, Meireles - Nani, Van Persie, Shen
Locomotive: Guilherme - Denisov, Pejčinović, Durica, Yanbaev - Fernandez, Ndinga - Kasai, Kolomeytsev, Samedov - Skuletic

Out of the game
Fenerbahçe: Ba
Locomotive: Tarasov

Fenerbahce is unlikely to abandon his game. Lots of what you can expect the Russian club - it's relaxed Istanbul players. I guess in my head they thought of sitting, that the level of the Russian club, is almost identical Rezisporu or Mersin. It is also very likely to take into account the fight, "the yellow-dark blue" for the gold of the Turkish Super League, abundant rotation on the second leg. But much enjoy it, I would not have the current Fenerbahçe very strong bench and, if it is somewhere inferior in skill, it just exceeds the desire. In addition to this, on the eve of stambultsy could not beat on the road Buraspor, which allowed them to bypass Besiktas, which will further affect balkantsev motivation in the upcoming match.

Locomotive - Fenerbahce: readers Forecast

    Locomotive - 2.6
    Draw - 3.3
    Fenerbahce - 2.75

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Turks for a quiet life would not prevent the goal that they are huge and likely to make the number one goal. Still, even paralytic Fenerbahçe footballers such Lokomotiv, will hardly be able to score more than three goals. In addition, Loko will not help either Corluka nor Tarasov, which significantly weakens the central command axis. But even with all its fragmented and "raw" game "railroad" the strength to excel in the game and give the Balkan side.

Puny Cherevchenko prepared the team for the start of the playoffs the European cup. Nothing "Locomotive" is not remembered in Istanbul, except shirts Tarasova, but weak-willed actions of the team. Disgusting little game that has deprived Russia Euro Cup points, so also the chance to go "Fenerbahce". Well, almost deprived. 'Fener' played without straining and at any moment might have added, if he wanted or was necessary. The same home will surprise the Turks today? I think nothing. Skuletic no replacement Niasse, Tarasova would not (although any timber, put on the approaches to the penalty area, with more than replace a player), in short there is no chance of success. Most likely, the Turks entrenched themselves and will act on the counter attack, and what will succeed.

Forecast: Draw
               Both teams to score


Krasnodar - Sparta
Europa League - Round of 32
02/25/2016 20:00 CET
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Unfortunately, "Krasnodar" lost the first match in Prague, but nothing terrible has happened, because one goal is quite possible to play. Of course it is clear that the bulls are not in the best condition and lack of sports rage, but now according to the "Krasnodar" mentor Kononov, the team lay out at 100%, as this historic match for the club. "Sparta" club certainly experienced, but if the hosts caught the boldness, the attack can spin a carousel that advocates "Sparta," the head will rotate 360 ​​degrees. Resin Zhoazino, Mamaev as the leaders of the team should lead the partners. I think the guests will wait for his chance to score and if they do it will wait, then goodbye "Krasnodar", but if not, then the home win 2: 0 and the "bulls" are going on.

Forecast: Home win

Olympiakos - Anderlecht
Europa League - Round of 32
02/25/2016 22:05 CET
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At the meeting rematch of 1/16 finals in the Europa League tonight Olympiakos in Greece accepts the composition of the Belgian Anderlecht, having to catch one goal after his defeat last week in Brussels with 0-1.The hosts were again the strongest team in Greece during this championship in 23 rounds so far were wrong only 2 times - draw as guests of Platanias in the middle of last month and lost 0-1 before 10-days again in his visit the 2nd AEK Athens. So Red practically champions again by 7 rounds before the end of a 18-point lead over AEK and now can easily think of a worthy performance in the Europa League. As host Olympiakos in Greece was sinless - 11 wins in 11 matches with goal difference 30-4, but in Europe the team encash home 2 pretty serious damage in their group in the Champions League with a 0-3 Bayern Munich and Arsenal, leaving only 1 win at their stadium in European tournaments this season - 2-1 over Dinamo Zagreb, while visits has victories except over Croatian Champion and over Arsenal in London 3-2.Anderlecht managed to finish second in the preliminary group in the Europa League (after Tottenham), having won 7 of its 10 points in Belgium and in his visits managed to win only 2-0 this season over faltering team of Monaco , losing an away game at Spurs and underdog Karabakh Agdam with one goal difference. In the championship of their country Purple and white are not particularly convincing, and after 27 rounds are only third in the standings with 9 draws and 4 losses so far, and 7 points gap from leader Club Bruges in its 14 previous visits Cup Anderlecht reached only 5 wins, 5 draws and make the collection and its 4 defeats, the last one 0-1 on Sunday from 12th in the standings Vaasland-Beveren.In 2013 the two teams met in the group stage of the Champions League by Greeks won convincingly and 2nd match - 3-0 in Belgium and 3-1 in Athens. Olympiakos has no concerns about the domestic championship and can fully concentrate on his performances in Europe this season and the cancellation of a liability than 1 goal after the first leg in Belgium. 

Forecast: Home win








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