Saturday, November 25, 2006

Aston Villa - Middlesbrough.
The home side are putting together  great performances at home,
and away they are almost unbeatable. Manager Martin O'Neill has 
an injury free squad to pick from. Boro are miserable from home.
Gareth Southgate has some problems with slight injuries, as Stuart
Downing and Mark Viduka are uncertain.
I bet 100 units on Villa, at 9/10.
West Ham - Sheffield United.
West Ham are without new major injury concerns and there's another 
plus for them: every player will try to go out there and prove a point,
following this week's take over ov the club by a wealthy Icelandic
business man. Sheffield looked great in the last 3 matches:
1-0 away at Newcastle, 2-2 at home v Bolton, and a close 2-1 defeat to
Manchester United. I feel that today they'll sucumb and lose quite
heavily, also because they still have major injuries, and haven't got enough
depth in the squad to sustain this kind of good form in the English top flight.
I go with West Ham. 60 units, at 3/4.
Farul - cfr.
Farul has a handful of top men injured, in the likes of Todoran, Nae, Curca
and T. Moldovan. cfr are in big need of points to end this year on a high note.
They are highly motivated. There's also another factor: in the past 2 years 
they've always won this fixture 1-0 and 2-1.
I bet 50 units on cfr, at 7/4.

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