Re: Royal League (10 Dec) The three other matches I am prepared not to touch. All 6 of the teams are practically ready for the next round and that is a situation which can lead to various results. Brøndby were lucky not to loose playing Lillestrøm on thursday, getting two shots in their posts in the 2nd half. Now they play them again in Denmark. The home team will miss some players because of injury, but they should still be able to do good. Lillestrøm being a somewhat surprise in the RL looking at their bad finish in the season. They have lost their two best offensive players and still they produce. Away, they are more defensive minded, the 1-0 win over FCK shows that. I believe this can go either way. No bet. Helsingborg do have a good squad and most of their players are avaliable. They will not have a back-up goalie on this one though. Injury and vacation are the reasons. This match will not be played in the regular stadium because of the bad conditions. The pitch chosen lies in Österås, outiside of Stockholm. Changes like that will nearly always fit the away team best, not sure if it will make a difference tomorrow though. Brann are one of the most unpredictive teams I know of. Using players which have not played as much it is quite impressive to see them doing this good. But as I mentioned in the post about Rosenborg, they may have full control and still they almost loose points. Another question are of course the motivation aspect in this one. Both teams are through and looking forward to the holidays, this being the last match of the year. No bet for me on this one. Elfsborg hosting a in-form Vålerenga which have been playing very good fotball since the summer break actually. A pity the performane before that was very bad though. As mentioned I heard Elfsborgs match in the radio and were slightly impressed. Their top guys playing well and doing what they do best. There are some injury voes, but nothing has changed in the team since thursday. Vålerengas players have told the media that RL are perfect for them, giving them possibillity getting in form and doing what they do best, play football. The top scorer in RL is one of them. Former Dortmund player Jan Derek Sørensen is really showing what he is good for with 4 goals so far. The quality in Elfsborg and morale and motivation in Vålerenga makes me bounce off this one. No bet.
Last edited by kimera; 10-12-2006 at 05:45.
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