Sweden - Allsvenskan (8-10 April 06)

[meatman]

hhhhmmmm some interesting reading

just interested in the IFK price at the moment
2.41 available on the (0) AH. Surely this is a bit big IMO

[Galea78]

Originally Posted by meatman

hhhhmmmm some interesting reading

just interested in the IFK price at the moment
2.41 available on the (0) AH. Surely this is a bit big IMO

you love a good debate don't you meaty...

IFK would be the more solid side but Elfsborg do have the Borås Arena a decent stadium but artificial surface so some teams are not as comfortable there..

Key striker Hasse Berggren has of course departed to Häcken but Elfsborg have brought in some new blood like Stefan Ishizaki from Valerenga Oslo.

On face value the bet looks a gift but untill IFK show more in front of goal i would worry....

[petkar66]

Originally Posted by Galea78

I know what season it was DIF played with Råsunda as the home ground, been said several times and they did not hate every minute at all, what rubbish, it was awkward of course and they welcome a return to OS but by the end their they had settled and form was very good.



I do not believe this is a true away game, you do, end of story and this forum is not about who has 'the best fans' it is about analysis of football and making money from that. My fans are better than yours!! very good



Nobody including me said that DIF should be favourites because of the location, this has NEVER been said..



I hope you enjoy the game and good luck to your team for the season, i will not be there of course but will be cheering DIF on later in the season as they work towards 2006 title

I don´t think you understand what i mean but if you don´t want input from someone who has played against and seen both clubs for the better part of my life i just keep quiet.
Bye

[Galea78]

Originally Posted by petkar66

I don´t think you understand what i mean but if you don´t want input from someone who has played against and seen both clubs for the better part of my life i just keep quiet.
Bye

We always want everyones input whether your are a player or have been following football 1 week, of course expertise is valued highly but your posts did not appear objective, if i misread your intention sorry...

[meatman]

Originally Posted by Galea78

you love a good debate don't you meaty...

don't we all

[meatman]

@ Petkar 66

first of all to PL

Yeh mate any imput is always going to be welcome , contrasting opinions are often very good for the thread. Just gotta be careful how tihngs are worded sometimes

[Bamse81]

Originally Posted by petkar66

I don´t think you understand what i mean but if you don´t want input from someone who has played against and seen both clubs for the better part of my life i just keep quiet.
Bye

Of course we need that input here... Not many here have the opportunity to see Swedish football on TV and certainly not Live!! Your analysis of the teams you know best will always be welcome here at PL petkar66..

And... Det behövs fler svenskar här, det är ett riktigt bra forum

[Galea78]

Originally Posted by Bamse81

And... Det behövs fler svenskar här, det är ett riktigt bra forum

I second that, more locals the better and this is a good forum....

[Galea78]

From SP yesterday..

Sport	Football (Sweden)
Event	Helsingborgs IF v
Selection	Helsingborgs IF
Strength	6/10
Date	08/04/2006
Bookmaker/Price	Bet365 @ 1.70 (Back)
Reasoning	Very rare Helsingborgs lose so many goals but in history their strength is much greater at home and although their squad is still not as strong as last season with Atiba Hutchinson & Peter Graulund gone they still have plenty of good play, McDonald Mariga has potential in the centre of the field and the defence is normally very solid with Andreas Granqvist & Andreas Jakobsson. Also Olivier Karekezi is always danger going forward however they will expect more from Tarmo Neemelo the new forward as until Henrik Larsson arrives they are looking a little shy of forwards IMO. Half stakes on home win. GL

[Galea78]

Helsingborg-GAIS
Olympia 2006-04-08 16:00


4-2-3-1
1 D. Andersson
23 E. Wahlstedt
14 A. Granqvist (solid)
5 A. Jakobsson (solid)
24 F. Björck
9 A. Dahl
10 M. Mariga (potential)
19 B. Stefanidis
15 O. Karekezi (dangerous)
8 F. Svanbäck
7 G. Andersson (forward change as new estonian was not good..)

[Rigoletto]

Helsingborg won 1-0

Tomorrow (today) it is 2 games @ 15.00. Gefle IF - Kalmar FF and BK Häcken - Halmstads BK.

Gefle IF - Kalmar FF. Kalmar is the tallest team in the league and is very good in the air. Patrik "Bagarn" Rosengren is the most important player in the defense. He is very good in the air and is very good at positioning though he is not very quick but compensate that with his good ability to always be in a great position. I think Kalmar has a exciting team this year. They were very good and conceded very few goals last year. They wanted to improve the offense and have replaced an brazilian (Dede) with an another brazilian who looks very exciting. Dede was good but meanwhile he was lazy. Gefle will play a traditional 4-4-2 and Kalmar will play 4-2-3-1 with the new brazilian up front. Behind the attacker they have 2 another brazilians that are very good. Cesar Santin is very quick and will cause a lot of problems for the Gefledefense. My bet in this game is a Kalmarvictory and it seems like Kalmar having a little ease for Gefle the past years.

2005-09-25 Allsvenskan
Gefle IF	-	Kalmar FF	1-2
2005-04-10 Allsvenskan
Kalmar FF	-	Gefle IF	1-0
2003-10-05 Superettan
Kalmar FF	-	Gefle IF	4-1
2003-06-09 Superettan
Gefle IF	-	Kalmar FF	3-4

I think Kalmar will take a comfortable victory here with 1- or 2-0. I take 2.65 @ nordicbet.

BK Häcken - Halmstads BK.

This will IMO be a close call. First we can look at the results from last year.

2005-09-11 Allsvenskan
BK Häcken	-	Halmstads BK	0-1
2005-06-15 Allsvenskan
Halmstads BK	-	BK Häcken	1-0

2 goals on 2 games. Häcken has a very good defensive leaders in Lucic and Dixon. Lucic have been playing in the national team for a several years now and maybe is the best defender in the Allsvenskan.

This game will be played @ Ullevi and I dont know if the grass is good or not. Pretty unsure about that at this moment but I dont think it will be great condition for great football. Häcken will play as Gefle. A traditional 4-4-2 and Halmstad will play a defensive 4-5-1 with Gunnar Thorvaldsson up front. I think Gunnar is a great footballplayer but I dont think he can handle both Dixon and Lucic so this will be a very tight game. My bet in this game will therefore be Under 2.5 1.85 @ bet365.

Good luck everybody

[meatman]

Nice stuff Rigoletto

yeh firstly well done Galea on the Helsingborgs pick. I was considering them but chickened out

I agree with you and today I fancy Kalmar and will probably back them on the level ball AH.
I also like you thinking on the under 2.5 @ Hacken, I might leave this match alone but I'm thinking Halmstad might just get a result here

good luck

[meatman]

Gefle v Kalmar
I expect an away win here and Kalmar can claim victory in their opening match of the season. Last week Gefle annoyed many by drawing 2-2 away at AIK but they will probably have a struggling campaign. Last year they had the 2^nd worst home record and I f that is repeated then I doubt they will stay up. Kalmar were 3^rd best on the road last season and they should be able to nick a tight win here IMO. 2-1 it was last year and I’d certainly accept that again. The best bet though is probably the level ball AH as a draw is always going to be a danger.

Bet
Kalmar (0) AH 1.80 Pointbet 5/10


Hacken v Halmstad
Well initially I was thinking no bet for this game but I cant resist a small punt. This match is expected to be pretty tight and under 2.5 goals looks good but I’m hoping Halmstad might be able to get a result. Hacken are favourites and rightly so but the visitors will fight and are well capable of claiming some points. We have yet to have an away win in Sweden so far so maybe Halmstad might be able to repeat the 1-0 away success they had here last season. My bet will be small stakes on them @ +0.25

Bet
Halmstad +0.25 AH 2.21 Betdaq 3/10


GL All in Sweden today

[Simon]

Gefle-Kalmar

Kalmar is missing two very important key player Joachim Lantz and Lasse Johansson because of injuries.

[Bamse81]

My views today..

Gefle must be thrilled to able to steal a point away against AIK in the first game. However, I feel that KFF will be too much for them today. I also hope that Lantz and Johansson wont be a big loss for them today.

I think that Kalmar is a great outsider this year. The discussion have been concentrated to Djurgården and Gothenburg and a team like Kalmar must like this. They are strong on many positions and all you really need to do is look at the results from Royal league to know that these guys are good. Their defensive is impressive and I would like to second Rigolettos thoughts on the scoreline here, 1-0 or 2-0 Kalmar.

I will follow meaty´s choice on the AH 0 here.. I got 1.77 with gamebookers.

Häcken-Halmstad is wide-open really. Häcken are favourites and rightly so after 1-1 away against Malmö. The reason why its still open is that we cant guess were Halmstad stands since its their first game. My personal feeling is that they wont be among the better teams this year since they lost their striker and I dont know if they have a good replacement on that position.

Häcken slight favourite but might well end in a boring, lowscoring draw.

GL today

[meatman]

Well I'll take the Kalmar draw considering they were 2-0 down.
0-0 @ Hacken was good results as well and well done to those who were on the unders there

[Simon]

Updates

SWE Allsvenskan, Injuries, April 10 - 10.04.2006

Elfsborg 21 GRIFFITH Leandre F * INJURED Elfsborg 1 HASSAN Abbas GK * INJURED Elfsborg 11 MOBAECK Daniel F * OUT Göteborg 10 ALEXANDERSSON Niclas M *** INJURED few weeks Göteborg 8 ULANDER Martin M ** INJURED long-term Göteborg 21 BERG Marcus F * BACK from injury Göteborg 14 JONSSON Hjalmar D * INJURED Göteborg 6 JOHANSSON Adam D * INJURED Örgryte 10 ALMEIDA Ailton F *** INJURED Örgryte 37 KÄLLANDER Magnus M ** BACK from injury Örgryte 9 UUSIMÄKI Tuomas M ** BACK from injury Örgryte 23 GANEMYR Robin M ** INJURED Örgryte 16 SCHEWELEFF Henri M * INJURED Örgryte 84 JOHANNESSON Erik F * INJURED Malmö 9 SKOOG Niklas F *** INJURED Malmö 10 LITMANEN Jari M ** INJURED Malmö 13 JÖNSSON Jon D ** BACK from injury Malmö 26 PODE Marcus F * INJURED not yet in full fit Malmö 14 HALLFREDSSON Emil M * INJURED Malmö 18 OFERE Edward F * INJURED not yet in full fit Öster 6 BORG Freddy F * BACK from suspension AIK 5 MJÄLLBY Johan D *** INJURED Djurgården 5 OTTESEN Sölvi D * INJURED Djurgården 9 KUSI ASARE Jones F * INJURED Djurgården 18 RASCK Niclas D * INJURED Djurgården 21 HÅKANSSON Jesper M * INJURED Hammarby 13 VON SCHLEBÜGGE Max D *** INJURED questionable Hammarby 7 SLEYMAN Suleyman D ** INJURED questionable Hammarby 8 SAARENPÄÄ Kleber D * INJURED Hammarby 2 JOHANSSON David D * INJURED

Source: http://www.totalctrl.info/inj_swe.php

[meatman]

thanks for your info Simon

[meatman]

Orgryte v Malmo
Well we have yet to have an away win in Sweden so far and it could well come here IMO. Orgryte lost against Gais in their opening game whilst Malmo were held 1-1 against Hacken. Although from most account they were fairly impressive and should have won. For this match striker Niklas Skoog is injured and this is an important loss. Bur Orgryte also miss their top offensive man Ailton. I doubt we will get a goal fest here somehow but I’m hoping Malmo can get themselves a victory. The only question is what type to bet. I could go for the straight win @ 1.92 but I don’t want to risk much on the stake so I’ll chance my arm with them on the -0.75 handicap.

Bet
Malmo -0.75 AH 2.35 Betdaq 4/10


Elfsborg v IFK Goteborg
Well initially I fancied the home win here but excellent odds on the away team have forced me to go for IFK. I just don’t think a team like them should be priced as they are. Last season they were very impressive on the road losing just twice and winning 50% of their games. No team was better than them away from home in 2005 and one of their wins was 2-0 here at Elfsborg. Now the home team can’t be underestimated but they didn’t play last week so might not be up to full pace yet. IFK drew disappointingly 0-0 against Osters but I think they can hit back here. No need to stake heavily but the level ball AH @ 2.40 is definitely worth small stakes IMO.

Bet
IFK (0) AH 2.40 Betdaq 3/10

[meatman]

Osters v AIK
AIK could only draw last weekend against Gefle but I think they have a chance here at Osters. The home team shocked many last week as they drew 0-0 away at IFK but this promises to be a hard season for them. AIK should be able to at least draw here and they do have a good H2H record against Osters. We have yet to have an away win this year so some must surely come today. This could be an ideal location for one and I go a few stakes on AIK level ball.

Bet
AIK (0) AH 2.03 Betdaq 4/10

Djurgarden v Hammarby
The big Stockholm derby and Djurgarden’s first match of the season. They will want to get off to a winning start and I think they should be able to see off Hammarby. The so called ‘visitors’ beat Helsingborgs last week in a 4-2 thriller so confidence will be high. Last season they claimed 4 points against Djurgarden but in general they have struggled against their rival in recent seasons. I just think you have to favour the champions in this encounter and I will give them a go on the -0.25 AH. It is early in the season so cover must be taken wherever possible

Bet
Djurgarden -0.25 AH 1.92 Pointbet 5/10


GL all today in Sweden