Euro 2008 Matches (Sep 8)

[Amadeus]

In my opinion best bet would be Hungary-Bosnia OVER 2.5.
Bosnia got pretty shaky defence and very good strikers!!!!

[clarky101]

we need this kind of informations

Well if Scotland cant beat Hearts they ARE in a poor state..

[Bomberman]

What price is Bosnia/Hungary O2.5?

[clarky101]

What price is Bosnia/Hungary O2.5?

Easyodds or Oddschecker will show you

[nastro 1888]

Originally Posted by Cash Handler

Where did you get these prices mate?

odds comparrison m8

[deeloughran]

Originally Posted by dsmythy

On my dear old Republic our away record in qualifying belongs in a nightmare. I can't remember then last away qualifier game we won (against anyone outside the two lowest seed teams in each group). It must be getting on to 10 years now. So far on this campaign trail's away days we lost 1-0 to the Germans after we went there with our minds on defence. Then the recurring nightmare strikes. Cyprus hammered us 5-2 and we needed an injury time goal to beat San Marino 2-1! Germany put 13 past them. Some mornings i still wake up thinking those two results were just a nightmare. But they are very real. Lay Ireland.

I'm getting on Ireland while the price is still high (9/5), although they haven't been good away from home in recent years theres always a time when this will change! After all we did beat a good Denmark side 4-1 away from home with a good few players missing! If ireland don't get the three points on Saturday their qualification is over, i just think Ireland will take this! Went to watch the home game and although the match was pretty even, Slovakia were absolutely AWFUL going forward, their shots all flying nearer the corner flag! Time for Staunton to prove his worth

[Mikeyred]

Hungary v Bosnia


I'm going for Hungary - subject to team news...5/4 at home against a leaky Bosnia team..Hungary high on confidence and they're not expected to qualify so the pressure will be off..not too sure how Bosnia will cope with a game they are expected to win..any idea if Zoltan Gera and that guy from Watford (priskin I think his name is ) are playing???

[modo]

Yes Lithuania dont have a chances with Scotland.

[Jamesdeanbadfingers]

Have to disagree with the above posts on Scotland. I'm sure Nastro will back me up here, but the fact that Hearts have made a bad start (5 points from 4 games, 1 win from 4) and they are not Top 4 does not make the game a mandatory 1-0 or 2-0 to Scotland. Scotland have Barry Ferguson and Kenny Miller missing (some may actually say this is good?) so will likely have O'Connor, Boyd &/or McFadden up front and, although they have all scored recently, they have a massive expectation on them. I would rather that Lithuania had to come out and win against us and have a real go, but I fear that they are out the equation and they will just put a load of men behind the ball and make it very difficult for Scotland to get the ball in behind them to create chances. Also, with Ferguson out, someone with the ability to create chances is limited as well.

I would fully expect Scotland to just edge this normally, but I definitely won't be betting on it. In the last game at Hampden, Scotland beat Georgia 2-1 with a late, late goal from Craig Beattie, but for long periods od the second half we struggled to get into the game and we could have easily been 2-1 down, if Shota Arvaladze had taken his chances...

All I am saying is that Scotland vs Hearts reserves is definitely not a foregone conclusion - in fact - I wouldn't be surprised if the Hearts players don't even make it to the starting XI, thus rendering this argument fruitless...

[dsmythy]

Originally Posted by deeloughran

I'm getting on Ireland while the price is still high (9/5), although they haven't been good away from home in recent years theres always a time when this will change! After all we did beat a good Denmark side 4-1 away from home with a good few players missing! If ireland don't get the three points on Saturday their qualification is over, i just think Ireland will take this! Went to watch the home game and although the match was pretty even, Slovakia were absolutely AWFUL going forward, their shots all flying nearer the corner flag! Time for Staunton to prove his worth

I hope to God your right and i'm wrong! Sure the bad away days must end eventually but 9/5 about it happening on Saturday?

Can we keep a clean sheet? Do we have to score twice? I was tempted by 6/4 about Slovakia but changed my mind when i heard Vittek was missing. Thank God Shay will be there but we've lost Finnan.

I tend not to look at friendlies too much. The Danes just didn't want to play once they went 1-0 down. It was too easy. I recall us hammering Sweden 3-0 and nothing came out of it.

Like i said i hope i'm wrong but......

[deeloughran]

Originally Posted by dsmythy

Can we keep a clean sheet? Do we have to score twice? I was tempted by 6/4 about Slovakia but changed my mind when i heard Vittek was missing. Thank God Shay will be there but we've lost Finnan.

Dunne has been in fantastic form for City, one of the main reasons (alongside Richards) why they have had such a fantastic start! Shay is gonna be captain with him breaking Packy Bonner's goalkeeping record so i think he'll be really pumped up for this and he's one of the best goalkeepers in the world! McShane has had a good solid start to his premiership career, always plays safe and hoofs the ball out of play! Finnan is a big loss, though O'Shea has enough quality to step in (else he wouldn't still be a United!) Keane and Doyle will be more than a handful upfront and i'd like to see Stephen Hunt start as everytime he's came on he's always gave 100% and is a very positive player!

[professore]

ce qualcuno di voi che parla italiano ?
potrebbe nascere una bella collaborazione intercontinentale.

[nastro 1888]

I see Scotland 1-0 but wouldnt bet on it, we rely on blood tears and snotters and it works to an extent but we can struggle to break teams down that sit in.

whats the team news on Bosnia ? thats been posted on here - I think Bosnia are massive away to Hungary @ 3.20, Hungary are done in this section and IMO the greeks are home and dry, with Turkey having an easy 3 points in Malta Bosnia must win this match.


may have a dabble on Italy, notoriously bad starters at any level the italians but can produce it when it matters, wouldnt be surprised to see them edge france 1-0 then go to Ukraine 4 days later and win again.

[professore]

allora , nessuno vuol parlare di calcio internazionale con me.
mi sa che devo ritornare nei siti in cui mi capiscono , peccato perche col proff perdete un ottimo elemento.

[nastro 1888]

Originally Posted by sajtion

bosnian coach muzurovic has said they are going for the win and he seems to be trying to get that message across to other players. some players have also said how they have come back in these qualifiers with wins against norway and tukey and must win against hungary who practically has not chance of qualifications.

a friendly match in sarajevo last month in which bosnia played croatia in formation 3 5 2 revealed that in defence we were making too many errors. the weakest part of our game is defence unfortunately so hungary is able to score goals with attacking football like against italy.

muzurovic thinks we don't have quality goal keeper so he called up two others from the domestic league. i can't tell you about them much but they are average.

i expect we will play tighter in defence against them and good news is the misimovic and muslimovic have been both outstanding strikers for bosnia scoring both in last couple of bosnia internationals. currently all our players are fit.

one thing to note is sure bosnia is capable of beating hungary but hungary have started to rebuild their team and good form hence the surprising result against italy. hungary will obviously be confident of beating us again at home but just as the first goal was vital in the first match in zenica when we lost 1-3 it will be important again in the eventual outcome of this match.

good luck if you chose to back bosnia herzegovina

oops ! never seen this post


good work sajtion

[c_daRk]

I am thinking to take Romania + Holland + Spain, no analysis, just my bets.

Can anyone post the line-ups for Holland and Spain?

Romania will start with Lobonţ - P. Marin, D. Goian, Chivu, Raţ - Ov. Petre, D. Munteanu- Fl. Petre, Dică, Mutu - Marica

So very strong players. We have won against Belarus with 2-0. I am sure that tonight the victory will be on our side.

[-JT-]

Patriots look away now!

Is never something I am 100% comfortable doing, but am planning on opposing England tomorrow. England under McClaren have been poor, especially at home. In the 6 home games under McClaren we have won just 2 (Greece and Andorra) and also failed to beat Macedonia (0-0 draw) last year in qualifying. With either certain absence or serious doubts over the participation of 1st team regulars Lampard, Gerrard, Beckham, Hargreaves, Rooney, Crouch, Neville aswell as various fringe squad players, this match is by far the foregone conclusion the odds compilers seem to think.

Israel are no mugs. They currently sit 2nd in the group and have a fantastic away record the past few qualifying campaigns. They haven't lost a competitive away match since they lost to France in 2003. Since then they have won or drawn in Russia, Switzerland, Ireland and France amongst others. They held England 0-0 at home in March and with England in even worse shape now than they were then I see no reason why England are as short as 1.37 to lay.

Englands home record since McClaren took charge and Israels away record in competitive games since start of 2006 qualifying is below. The WON/DRAW/LOST refers to the England or Israel result.

Englands home record under McClaren
Greece - WON 4-0
Andorra - WON 5-0
Macedonia - DREW 0-0
Spain - LOST 1-0
Brazil - DREW 1-1
Germany LOST 2-1

Israel's away record in competitve games last 2 qualifying tournaments
France - DREW 0-0
Cyprus - WON 2-1
Ireland - DREW 2-2
Switzerland - DREW 2-2
Faroe Isles - WON 2-0
Estonia - WON 1-0
Russia - DREW 1-1
Macedonia - WON 2-1
Andorra - WON 2-0

Looks dodgy for us to me, if the bet loses then fine cos England have won, if it wins then its compensation for England probably not qualifying.

[Dumyat]

19910327 1 1 X X 1 1 England Ireland
19890603 3 0 H H 1 0 England Poland
20051012 2 1 X H 1 1 England Poland
19990327 3 1 H H 2 1 England Poland
19921014 1 1 X X 0 0 England Norway
19901017 2 0 H H 1 0 England Poland
20010324 2 1 X H 1 1 England Finland
19981010 0 0 X X 0 0 England Bulgaria
20051008 1 0 H H 1 0 England Austria
19961009 2 1 H H 2 1 England Poland
20030611 2 1 A H 0 1 England Slovakia
20011006 2 2 A X 0 1 England Greece

There's a dozen England EC, WC qualifying matches with a similar gap in strength to the task involved in beating Israel. 8/12 wins is bang on the 66% estimate I'd make for win chance.

The chance of England winning by a large margin looks unlikely - it only happens against Poland!

BET: Israel +1.25 means you win half on a margin 1 England victory - other half stake returned. This is available at 1/1 or better PINN which should be about a 10% edge.

[expert]

Let me squeeze in todays friendly

Switzerland @ 2.10 - Chile
Swiss team with almost complete squad, only two new faces for this small tournament in which they will also play Japan team.
Only Frei is doubt for this game but he did complete trainig with squad on tuesday.
Chile with 6 banned, because of alchohol incident in Copa America.
Swiss will certainly take this game seriously as they lack competitve games - directly qualified for EC, because theyre hosts. Latest win vs. Netherlands is a good sign.

Medium bet in this case.

[steve1966]

England for me simply and purely this is a must win game even if they are carrying injuries. It would be hard to see us qualifying if we can't get 3pts against Isreal at home.

Spain are another side desperate for the points and they should easily see off Iceland.

Therefor an England & Spain double athough might pick 1 more for an accy.

Goodluck all