Sweden - Allsvenskan (8-10 April 06)

[Rigoletto]

I agree with you in all games except from Elfsborg - IFK Göteborg. Elfsborg have a very exciting team this year. They might have the best midfield in the league maybe. Ishizaki, Svensson, Ilola and Holmén are four very good midfielders. Svensson is probably the most known player of them as he is playing in the Swedish nationalteam. I think this will be a tight game. As I said earlier the midfield is very good but I have the opposite thoughts about the defend. I think it looks very mediocre in the defense but I think this will be a tight game anyway. Maybe a small bet on CS 1-1.

You said Niklas Skoog is a important loss. I dont know is this will be such a huge loss. Skoog is very good to keep the ball on the offensive half but he is not very quick. Behrang Safari who probably will replace Skoog is a quick player and could cause problem for Örgryte. I think the loss of Ailton for Örgryte is much bigger than the loss of Skoog for Malmö. I go for a Malmöwin as Örgryte did not impress on me against GAIS. OK the grass was not good but Örgryte did not do anything right. Malmö will win this game.

[petkar66]

We just had i minor snowstorm here this morning in Stockholm.Råsunda is known for it´s bad pitch and this snow won´make it any better.
Both Hammarby and Djurgården are technical teams,as much as you can be that in Sweden,so neither team will be able to play to their strenghts.
I see 90 min of battle before me.

[Snowman]

Hate to say, but I am sooo tempted to go for a draw in the Stockholm game, just cant find head to heads, but if it is statistically sound I will try some money on that.

Concerning Malmo, as Orgryte have started the way they have, it is a trend is your friend theory, cant see them resisting Malmo today. In fact, cant see them scorien either

[robby]

Curious - Does the snow effect the teams to the point where unders seems quite likely, or can both adapt and score anyways?

I haven't ever bet on this league, so I'm not sure of style and playing environment. With odds leaning towards overs currently, didn't know if this changed anything.

[Simon]

Originally Posted by robby

Curious - Does the snow effect the teams to the point where unders seems quite likely, or can both adapt and score anyways?

More goals when weather conditions are good.

Swedish Allsvenskan, 11 season over/under 2,5 statistics per month (1994-2004)

Month - games - over/under 2,5
April - 266 - 49%/51%
May - 355 - 47%/53%
June - 204 - 51%/49%
July - 210 - 53%/47%
August - 359 - 52%/48%
September - 294 - 55%/45%
October - 293 - 56%/44%
November 21 - 38%/62%

[petkar66]

The pitch will make it hard to play a fast paced football for sure and because of that the under might be better but this is 2 over teams usually so for me this is a no bet.

[meatman]

Originally Posted by Rigoletto

I agree with you in all games except from Elfsborg - IFK Göteborg. Elfsborg have a very exciting team this year. They might have the best midfield in the league maybe. Ishizaki, Svensson, Ilola and Holmén are four very good midfielders. Svensson is probably the most known player of them as he is playing in the Swedish nationalteam. I think this will be a tight game. As I said earlier the midfield is very good but I have the opposite thoughts about the defend. I think it looks very mediocre in the defense but I think this will be a tight game anyway. Maybe a small bet on CS 1-1.

my feelings are that Elfsborg might nick this one but for statistical reasons I'm forced to go with IFK

Good luck all tonight and bizarrely last night I dreamt Malmo would draw 1-1, Elfsborg would win 6-4 and Stockholm derby 0-0

hope to god this doesnt happen

[Galea78]

Djurgården
D Tourray - R Stoltz, M Johannesson, T Kuivasto, M Concha - A Barsom, J Arneng, D Sjölund - M Jonson, T Quirino, T Hysén @6.50.
V
Hammarby IF
A Covic - F Stoor, M von Schlebrügge, P Marteinsson, G Gunnarsson - E Johansson, P Andersson @12.00, M Jensen, P Furuseth Olsen - B Runström, P Guará

FT Prediction 2-0
Bet in running on Bet365


Örgryte
D Last - V Tomaz Jr, J Sauso, J Anegrund, A Prytz - I Skiljo, T Uusimäki @34.00, M Källander - C Mulenga, B Mwila, O Toivonen
V
Malmö FF
M Asper - U Vinzents, O Persson, J Jönsson, C Järdler - D Andersson, A Andersson, Y Osmanovski - B Safari, A Alves, J Bech @7.50

FT Prediction 1-2


Elfsborg
J Wiland - M Andersson, J Sjöberg, A Augustsson, J Arvidsson - S Ishizaki, J Ilola, A Svensson, S Holmén - M Svensson, J Sjöhage @6.00
V
IFK Göteborg
B Andersson - M Johansson, K Svensson, M Bjärsmyr, O Wendt - P Wernbloom, M Kihlberg, T Olsson, S Wowoah - J Wallerstedt @8.50, S Selakovic

FT Prediction 1-1


Östers IF
B Stringheim - E Nouri, M D Silva, F Gustafson, F Bild - P Zavadil, P Wibrån, H Danielson - F Borg, P Cederqvist @7.50, I Teever
V
AIK
D Örlund - M Jonsson, N Sandberg, N Carlsson, M Karlsson - M Rubarth @15.00, D Johnson, D Boateng, D Tjernström - B Hulsker, K Haynes

FT Prediction 1-2



Whatever happens good luck to you all, no clear winners here IMO and mixed team news throughout each side and some mixed weather, official line ups will be released in the next few minutes but should be pretty much as stated...

In blue are some FGS i am trying, tiny stakes for fun, one for each side just to add a little interest...(better odds will be about)


GL and enjoy the games...

[meatman]

if your predictions are correct then I'm lovin it Galea

[davidmphill]

Never seen such imterest in Swedish football!
Good luck to all and some bloody good stuff in here.

[Bamse81]

Elfsborg - Gothenburg

First game for Elfsborg and second for IFK. Elfsborg have a really interesting team especially from to the midfield up. As Rigoletto said Izhisaki, Holmen and Svensson are great players. The defense is their weak spot but if they play well I think that Elfsborg can take this one. They also play on their artificial grass which is known to cause some trouble for some teams.

IFK is also coming from a lousy effort last game which doesnt exactly scare me off this bet..

Elfsborg 0, -0.5 @ 2.14 laddies

GL to all

[Bamse81]

Originally Posted by Bamse81

Örgryte IS - Malmö FF

From reports I know that Malmö played very decent football against Häcken and were "all over them" at some points in the game. They got a really bad start when Lucic scored in the 7th minute. They then came back to draw the game 1-1.

Örgryte got a bad start aswell losing to GAIS 0-2. Their striker Ailton Almeida was injured in the game and wont play here. I think ÖIS will have some serious difficulty scoring in this game because of that set-back.

I will look for a price for Malmö above 1.90!

Any thoughts guys?

I´ll just bring what i said here once again... Malmö deserved more than 1 pt at home against Häcken and Örgryte will pay for this!

Malmö @ 1.85 centrebet

[davidmphill]

Originally Posted by Bamse81

I´ll just bring what i said here once again... Malmö deserved more than 1 pt at home against Häcken and Örgryte will pay for this!

Malmö @ 1.85 centrebet

Cheers Bamsie, just had a nibble at 1.9 with Hills.

[meatman]

yeh Malmo is popular tonight. -0/75 for me hoping they can win by a good margin

if its ends 1-1 then I'll kick myself as I should have covered

[Galea78]

Originally Posted by meatman

yeh Malmo is popular tonight. -0/75 for me hoping they can win by a good margin

if its ends 1-1 then I'll kick myself as I should have covered

Too popular 10/10 on home win..

Changes to above line up

Östers Backman for Borg
AIK Pavey for Johnson, Figueiredo for Haynes
Elfsborg Karlsson for Arvidsson
IFK Gerba & Berg for Wallerstedt & Selakovic!?!
Örgryte Dahlin for Sauso, Mellqvist for Mulenga
Malmö FF N/A
Djurgården N/A
Hammarby Aubynn for Johansson


GL

[Galea78]

AIK 0-1 up
New forward Figueiredo ....

[Galea78]

Originally Posted by Galea78

Too popular 10/10 on home win..

THought it would be...

1-0 Örgryte
Toivonen

Almost 2-0....

and now 1-1 Alves!

[meatman]

cracking game it seems

come on Malmo

[Galea78]

Malmö FF leading 1-2
AIK leading 0-2
DIF just kicked off a few mins ago...

IFK being walked all over by Elfsborg...only 1-0 down though...

[meatman]

Originally Posted by Galea78

IFK being walked all over by Elfsborg...only 1-0 down though...

idiotic value bets