Copa Del Rey Preview and Prediction

Valencia - Sevilla (Copa Del Rey)

Valencia welcome Sevilla today. Valencia are great on Mestalla this season and has only lost against Real Madrid. After their Champions League elimination they now look to concentrate on the Spanish league and

Wednesday Premier League and Superleague preview

Newcastle - Manchester United (Premier League)

Newcastle welcome Manchester United. Newcastle started the season with great results but in the last games their performance has dropped. Magpies lost their last game against Liverpool (3-1). They are now in the 7th place with 30 points and their home record is (4-3-2).
Alan Pardew will be missing Guthrie, Lovenkrands, Marveaux and Taylor.

Manchester City - Liverpool (Premier League)

Manchester City - Liverpool (Premier League)

Manchester City welcomes Liverpool today and both teams want the 3 points.Citizens didn't manage to score in their last 2 games. They draw against West Brom and lost against Sunderland.
Their home record is (9-0-0) and they have the best attack in the League with 53 goals. Roberto Mancini will have all the players available except Balotelli who is a doubt.

Liverpool won the last game against Newcastle and Steven Gerrard's return is going to help them for the rest of the season. Their away record is (5-1-3). Kenny Dalglish is going to have also Suarez available for this match. Reds only missing Lucas Leiva with a longterm injury.

Pick : Manchester City dominate every team on Etihad stadium and i think they are going to do the same with Liverpool who seems this season they are not very stable. Manchester City Win

Monday's Premier League Preview

Wolves - Chelsea (Premier League)

Wolves draw their last game againsts Bolton on Reebok Stadium (1-1) and they are in the 16th place with 17 points, 2 points clear of the relegation zone. Their last win was on December 4th against Sunderland. Ronald Zubar and Nenad Milijas are missing today.

Chelsea lost their last game against Aston Villa  (1-3) on Saturday and they are in the 5th place with 34 points.
Chelsea's this season expectations was to win the Premier League but i think now they'll concentrate to win a Champions League place for next year. Obi Mikel and Branislav Ivanovic are missing due to injuries.

Pick: Wolves doesn't look to have the ability to win Chelsea today and Andre Villas - Boas want the win to stay on the team after the last results so i believe Chelsea will win the game. Chelsea Win



Fulham - Arsenal (Premier League)

Fulham manages to draw their last 2 games against Chelsea and Norwich. They are in the 13th place with 20 points and their home record is (3-3-3). Today's game is very difficult for Fulham because they face in form Arsenal and they also have some players missing like Bobby Zamora and Andrew Johnson.

Arsenal looks in great form and win every match . They won the last game against Norwich and now they'll look for the win on the Craven Cottage. Arsenal's away record is (4-1-4) this season. Arsene Wenger will not have Thomas Vermaelen today due to his injury.

Pick: If we look in the tradition we'll see that Arsenal won their last 9/12 games against Fulham and as Arsenal is on form this period i believe they'll manage to get the 3 points today. Arsenal Win

Sunderland - Manchester City

Sunderland welcome Man City today. Sunderland draw their last game against Everton (1-1) and has only lost one game since O'Neil took Sunderland's hot seat but there are still some defence problems. Their home form is (2-4-3). Marcos Angeleri, Fraizer Cambell, Craig Gordon and Michael Turner will miss the match while Connor Wichham and Kieran Richardson are both doubtful.

Manchester City didn't manage to win their last game against West Brom (0-0) but now have the chance to be again alone in the top after Man U defeat against Blakburn. Man City's away form is (5-3-1) and have scored 25 goals.They have the league's best attack with 53 goals this season. Roberto Mancini doesn't have any injuries and all players will be available for him but is going to make some changes to fresh his team.

Important Notes :

Sunderland didn't manage to keep a clean sheet in their last 6 games.
David Silva has the most assists in the league (8)
Manchester City has only one defeat in their last 12 games against Sunderland.


Pick : I expect Manchester City to take advantage of the Sunderland's defence problems and  Manchester United yesterday's defeat and win the match. Manchester City Win

Happy New Year 2012

I wish everyone a happy new year with health and love. Just be optimistic and everything will be fine. 

Nba On Saturday

One Nba match for today:

The Los Angeles Lakers look to end the year on a high when they play host to the visit Denver Nuggets tonight.

The Lakers seemed to have shaken off their early season rust and are coming into this matchup on the back of two consecutive wins. Most recently, LA were able to defeat the New York Knicks by 99-82 with Kobe Bryant scoring an efficient 28 points on 10 of 17 shooting and Pau Gasol adding 16 points and 10 rebounds of his own. The Lakers' offense seemed on song, but it was actually their team defense that won the game for them, as they were able to hold the Knicks to just 31.3 percent from the field.

With Andrew Bynum absent for the first four games of the season, Metta World Peace and Steve Blake have had an increase in minutes off the bench and they have certainly made the most of it, showing that they perform better when not restricted to the system of Phil Jackson's famous triangle offense. The news gets even better for the Lakers as Bynum has finally served his four-game suspension and will be available to play against the Nuggets tonight.

On the other hand, the Nuggets are coming off their first loss of the season, a 111-102 loss to the Portland Trailblazers as Ty Lawson's big game of 25 points and career-best eight steals was in vain with the rest of the Nuggets team shooting just 35.2 percent from the field. Poor permiter shooting was the biggest disappointment of the night for the Nuggets as they converted on just four of 20 attempts from the three point line. On the bright side, as bad as the Nuggets were playing, they were always within an earshot of winning as Ty Lawson continued to build upon his great start to the season of 22.3 points per game on 61.9 shooting.

Head to head, the Nuggets are 5-1-1 ATS in the last seven meetings between these teams while the Under is 5-1 in the last six meetings at the Staples Center.

Denver has been quite impressive this season, with their only loss coming against a much-improved Portland outfit so I wouldn't read too much into that loss except for the fact that Lawson is going to have his way with LA's Derek Fisher. Despite Lawson's recent efficiency, I am still going to favour the Lakers who have finally woken up and will be buoyed by the return of Bynum to their lineup. 

Pick: LA Lakers 

Saturday Premier League Matches Preview and Prediction

Two Premier League matches for today:


Swansea - Tottenham (Premier League)

Swansea wanted the 3 points against QPR in their last game but they'll probably be happy with the 1 they got. They are 14th with 19 points in 18 games and 5 points from the relegation places. Swansea's home form is (4-4-1) and Man U was the only team that took the 3 points from the Liberty stadium.On loan center back Caulker is ineligible to play against his parent club.Also Neil Taylor and Angel Rangel are missing.

Tottenham won their last game against Norwich. Bale was great and scoring 2 goals for his team.Tottenham is in the 3rd place 7 points behind the Manchester's teams and one game less. Their away form is (6-1-2) and is the leagues 2nd best record behind Manchester U. Dawson, Lenon, Huddlestone and Jenas while Defoe and 

King is doubtful. 

Pick: I believe Tottenham will win this match and continue the title race.

Stoke - Wigan (Premier League)

Stoke didn't manage to win Aston Villa in their last game (0-0). Stoke is in the 8th place this season with 25 points in 18 games.Their home form is (4-3-2). Crouch and Whelan are doubtful while Sidibe is missing for sure.

Wigan lost their last game against Man U (5-0). Wigan's away record is (2-1-6) and they conceded 19 goals scoring only 6. Kirkland, Sammon and Boyce are missing

Pick : Stoke have to win this games and i think they'll do. So we go for the home win.

Nba For Friday

1 NBA game for today:

New Jersey Nets - Atlanta Hawks (Nba)

Atlanta hawks dominated New Jersey a few days ago (106-70). They started the season with 2/2 wins and with their team spirit and the solid defence they want to do something good this season. Against Nets they count 7/9 wins and 5/5 in their home.

Nets won Wizards in their first game but lost the two next very easy.Their center Lopez broke his foot and will be out for one month.Also Deron Williams didn't start the season very good.

Pick: Hawks are great until now and in home thay doing even better. Nets doesn't seem to improve and Lopez absent is key for his team. I believe Atlanta will cover the -11.5 points and will win the game.

Nba today

As there are no great football games today i am going to pick an Nba basketball game.

Mavericks - Thunder (Nba)

Last year's champions have 2 straight loss this year and they look like they can't defend the title.The team chemistry that helped Mavs last season to win the title is absent this year.They lose their 2 last games by an averange of 16.5 points.
Thunder on the other hand started the season great and they run a 3-0 on the first matches.Their team star Kevin Durant is averanging 31.7 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists this season and it looks that is going to be another  great season for him.
pick: Thunder -6.5