Tuesday 6th November

5 fantastic selections to follow this week with 3 Champions League ties and 2 English league games to back.

Back Bournemouth (4/6, General) to beat Shrewsbury

Bournemouth are 16th in League 1 with 18 points coming from, 4 wins, 6 draws and 5 loses, scoring 24 goals and conceding 27.  Bournemouth were on a 4 game losing run before the return of Eddie Howe as Manager at the beginning of October, since his return Bournemouth have won 4 games and drawn 1 scoring an impressive 16 goals in the process.  They have won their last 3 at home and will be looking to continue their impressive form against a Shrewsbury side in poor form.

Shrewsbury are 20th in league 1 with 14 points coming from 3 wins, 5 draws and 7 loses, scoring 16 goals and conceding 20.  Shrewsbury are in poor form of late, they haven’t won in their last 3 league games, drawing 1 and losing 2.  At the weekend Shrewsbury lost to Conference side Hereford in the FA cup, they have conceded 11 goals in their last 4 games and will find Bournemouth a tough place to play on Tuesday night.

Look for the home side to continue their impressive run of form and beat Shrewsbury.

Back Crystal Palace (20/21, Betvictor) to beat Ipswich

It’s the battle of the new managers at Selhurst Park where Ian Holloway takes charge of his eagles for the first time against newly appointed Mick McCarthy Ipswich side.  Ian has the luxury of taking over a team playing well and winning games, Palace are unbeaten in their last 11 matches, they beat Blackburn with ease at the weekend and have scored 12 goals in their last 5 games.  With this being Holloways first game in charge his fine new players will be looking to impress their new manager and show him how good their side are.

Mick McCarthy took over at Ipswich last week and instantly did what Paul Jewell couldn’t in 12 consecutive matches, win!  McCarthy recorded his first win with a 1.0 victory at St Andrews against a poor Birmingham side.  Ipswich Town are bottom of the Championship on 10 points with 2 wins, 4 draws and 8 loses, Town have scored the fewest in the league, 11 goals from 14 matches, they have conceded 26 in total.  Just like the Palace the Ipswich players will be looking to show their new manager what they can do in order to gain a starting birth in the side but these Ipswich players need their confidence rebuilding and will struggle tomorrow.

Expect Ian Holloway to come out on top in the battle of the new managers

Back Olympiakos (20/21, Betvictor) to beat Montpellier

Olympiakos are top of the Greek league, 5 points ahead of second place PAOK on 25 points with 8 wins and 1 draw from 9 games, scoring 22 goals and conceding 5.  Olympiakos are a strong team at home in both domestic and Europe football, they are used to playing Champions League football and beating big sides, they beat Arsenal 3.1 in last season group stage.  Olympiakos are 3rd in Group B after 3 games, losing at home to Schalke, losing away at Arsenal and winning away at Montpellier in their last fixture.

Last season French Champions Montpellier are struggling in Ligue 1 and the Champions League.  They are 14th in the league with 12 points from 11 matches, 3 wins, 3 draws and 5 loses.  Montpellier have 1 point from their 3 opening games in their first ever participation in the Champions League, they have lost both home games to Olympiakos and Arsenal and scored a late equaliser in order to gain a draw away at Schalke.

Olympiakos need to win tomorrow night to give themselves a chance of qualifying and with their home form they should get the win

 

My final 2 selections are the same bets as I posted in the previous round of Champions League but this time round both teams play on home soil.

Back Real Madrid (1/2, Bluesquare) to beat Borussia Dortmund

I am backing Real Madrid for the same reason I selected them in the previous round (http://www.cklfootballtips.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/tuesday-23rd-wednesday-24th-october.html) Since losing in Dortmund Real Madrid have won all 3 of their fixtures and scored 13 goals, Dortmund have won 2 and drawn 1 scoring 6 goals.  I expect Madrid to win on home soil.

Back Manchester City (9/20, Betvictor) to beat Ajax

Just like Real Madrid I selected Manchester City to win away in the previous round against Ajax, but they lost. (http://www.cklfootballtips.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/tuesday-23rd-wednesday-24th-october.html)  City need to win tomorrow night or they are out of the Champions League.  City face a miracle to qualify to the next round and I can’t see them qualifying even if they win tomorrow. That being said City won’t give up until mathematically possible and will want to show the rest of Europe what they are capable of in their remaining games.  City haven’t hit top form in recent weeks winning once and drawing once since the loss in Amsterdam and have only scored 1 goal.  Ajax have won 1, drawn 1 and lost 1, since they played City, scoring and conceding 4 goals.  City have to go all out in order to win and although they are not in good form, odds of 9/20 with Betvictor are respectable and worth backing with City playing at home.