UEFA Cup Football Betting Action
Another last minute goal ruined my tip last night when Woking equalised at
Exeter to get a 2-2 draw.
Hopefully some of you would have done what I did in play and get on the
draw after 80 minutes. I find this a useful tool and at least it reduces
potential loses.
As I said in an earlier BLOG flexibility in betting is vital if you hope
to make a steady profit over a period of time and with more markets then
ever the chance to do this has never been better.
Today I am dipping into the UEFA Cup and the match between Marseille and
Spartak Moscow.
The UEFA Cup has now entered the knock out phase of the competition and
the winners of this tie can look forward to a meeting with either Zenit St
Petersburg or Villareal in the next round.
Marseille are currently 5th in the league some 14 points off leaders Lyon
and 10 off 2nd place Bordeaux the position they finished last season in so
a UEFA Cup run must be high on the list of targets.
Their home form in the league so far is W6 D3 L2 F19 A9 and in their last
6 league games they have won 4 drawn 1 and lost won with all 3 home games
in that period being won with an aggregate score of 10 goals to 2. In fact
they have won their last 5 league games and you have to go back to
September and a 2-0 defeat to Toulouse for their last home league defeat.
They have recovered from a start in the league which saw only 1 win in 10
to steadily climb the table and are the only side to win at Lyon in the
league this season.
Spartak Moscow have not played a competitive game since the Russian league
finished in November and though they have played friendliest in that time
I feel they will be handicapped by this lack of action especially as their
season does not kick off for another month. Spartaks last competitive
match was back in December in this very competition when they lost 2-1 at
Toulouse who are 3rd in the French league in their final group game.
They finished 2nd behind champions Zenit St Petersburg in the league by 2
points and as I stated earlier face an interesting clash against them if
both sides progress from this round.
Spartak I am sure will have prepared well for this game but with no real
form to go on since November I feel the 4/5 with Corals for a Marseille
win tonight is worth taking.
The other bet I will have in this match for small stakes is for Mamadou
Niang of Marseille to be first goalscorer at 9/2 with both Bet365 and
Ladbrokes. He has just returned from a disappointing African Cup of
Nations with Senegal but was on the score sheet for Marseille at the
weekend in a 2-0 win at Nice.
So far in the Championship he has scored 11 goals with 7 being the first
of the game so at 9/2 if selected he could be a real value bet, but as
always with these types of bet keep your stake low.
So tonight for me a Marseille win and Niang first goalscorer.
Happy punting,
Silverfox.
