FromRusWL
| Join Date: | May 04, 2009 |
Bundesteam u19 looked like very powerful in last games - they easily crushed Luxembourg and Moldova 8-0 in total. Turkey U19 is under 2-3 levels behind germans. They hardly defeated Moldova 1-0 and then had a draw 1-1 with Luxembourg. The match will be on neutral ground in Luxembourg. Germany need just point but think they will not play defensive football and will destroy Turkey 2-0 or better.
Although Mali is already out of World Cup they need points to qualify for African nations Cup. Mali has strong squad with Kanoute and Diarra. They play home good - last victories over Benin 3-1 and Burkina-Faso 3-0 which are not stronger Sudan. Sudan lost last uear Mali away 0-3, and its lasr results are awful - 0-4 away with Tunis, 0-1 with Benin, twice 0-2 with Gana. So i think today will be another sure victory of hosts.
Bilbao is clear favourite for today. They have better roster - Alex Mumbru,Moiso,Xavi Rodriguez and American Chris Warren- which can make need difference. Bilbao play home usually very strong, looked good in friendlies , f.e. won over Dinamo M and Granada has a terrible perfomance away from home. Islander Steffanson will be out for a few months so i see clear home victory today.
Malta had a good progress this year but it is still one of the weakest teams in Europe. They play defence football and sometimes it is hard to score them but anyway Abgola for me is much better team. They have some good players - like Manucho (Valladolid), Gilberto (Al Ahly), Flavio (Al Shabab Riad), Djalma (Maritimo) or the talented Kivuvu (NEC Nijmegen) - their last results are not bad - draw with Sebegal, Capo verde. Today game will be in Portugal at neutral venue so it is another factor for africans victory.
Benetton has not good attack. Yes, they scored 88 points with Ventspils, but Orleanaise is rather strong side, they play defence basketball and usually close opponents in 62-69 area points. In last season Orleanese had 139 average away total. Today good defence will meet with not good attack, it is first game and it will be surely close game. Under 148 was 1.8 at the morning and now only 1.52.
Porto started season slowly but now they are in good form with full of confidence. Porto is still one of the best teams in Portugal, they looked like agains Chelcea in CL (0-1) and won against Atlethic Madrid 2-0 this week. Olhanense are newcomers of the league, they lost 2 last games and i cant see hoe they can collect any point here even plsying home. Porto has a good morale after CL victory and they must collect 3 points with handicap.
Both teams started season great. Real always won while Sevilla has 4 victories in row and now they are in third position. Both teams have great attack potential and i think 3 goals for them will not be too hard. In last games Real scored 2 goals ponly one time (2-0 against Villarreal), Sevilla scored 4 goals in last 2 games - 4-0 against Athletico Bilbao and 4-1 against Glasgo so it is clear over 2.5 for me.