WTA Istanbul. Final event. Day 2: Sharapova and Azarenka to win today

So the tennis year is coming to an end and we have only 2 events left. This one in Istanbul, WTA Championships final event and men’s event in London in late November. First day gave us little surprises, as Kvitova and Wozniacki won, and Sharapova in her first match after injury lacked some competitive practice to win it. But overall Sharapova looked fine, ankle didn’t bother her and she looked determined as ever in her game plan. I truly expect her to win today against Na Li, but even after that win she will struggle to qualify for Semifinals.

First of all let me share with all of you a very useful preview of the tournament by Chris Chase. 

Sunday picks: Philadelphia Eagles to win against Redskins and overs bets.

Just a quick look at Sunday sports events, sharing my thoughts. One game is the match I have been waiting from last sunday, when Eagles lost to Bills 31-24. Eagles are a dream team and they just have to start getting some results. All they need is to stop making mistakes.  2 other bets are overs from Spanish Segunda and Norway Adeccoligaen. Barcelona B plays attacking football, careless at the back. Guadalajara is just an attacking team. For me that’s a perfect formula for overs. Value is also still there. Norway’s Randaberg is also an overish team, so they also have a great chance to make another game with more then 3 or 4 goals.

Washington Redskins – Philadelphia Eagles

Pick:  Philadelphia (-3)                  Result: Pending

Stake: 10/10     Odds:  1.95

Bookmaker: PINNACLE

Philadelphia was considered as one of the favorites for the 2011 season

KHL 12/10/2011 preview: Dinamo Riga to revenge against Lev Poprad and some more.

Well, after some row of good Dinamo Riga games and bad results, finally Dinamo recorded hard fought win 7:1 against Vityaz Chekhov. Don’t be fooled by the score, it was much closer then it is. After 1st period, despite Dinamo dominance in terms of shots, it still was 0:0. And even after 2nd period, when score was 3:1, Vityaz could have taken it in overtime. But they once again showed in what are they trully good. It is well known that Vityaz is known for it’s tough guys and famous fights against other teams (e.g. famous fight against Avangard team).  3rd period main stats that determined result – Vityaz 96 penalty minutes, including 2 minutes playing 5 on 3 and 9 minutes playing with a player less. Dinamo had an easy task in this case, to keep on playing hockey and score goals. Which they did. Not a massive result for Dinamo, but a win is a win. So, let’s get back to preview and match highlights…

KHL Hockey league: Dinamo Riga presents a value against Spartak Moscow

Last my bet, where I tipped SKA easy win over Dinamo Riga was a completely correct pre-match and completely wrong in-play. Dinamo Riga found it’s game exactly in that game against one of the leaders (perhaps this rule must be remembered). The way Dinamo Riga played, they will surely bring some wins from this away series. They were quick, they defended well enough and they were shooting at every opportunity. With such game they have a great chances against Spartak Moscow. Odds also look tasty enough, to give them a try. Betfair offers 3.05 on Dinamo Riga and 2.40 on Money Line (incl. OT).

Looking at Head-2-head we can also pick up some arguments in favor of taking away side. 7 wins for Dinamo Riga and 3 wins for Spartak Moscow.

KHL hockey league: SKA St.Petersburg should win comfortably against Dinamo Riga

Today I will take a look at both matches in KHL hockey league and both bets will be on home teams. SKA will welcome Dinamo Riga today in the a very contrasting contest, with SKA having a great start to the season and Dinamo Riga still searching for it’s new game under new coach.

SKA St Petersburg – Dinamo Riga
Pick: SKA St Petersburg (-1.5)  Result: PENDING
Stake: 6  Odds: 1.81
Bookmaker: PINNACLE  vCash: Yes
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I will once again will divide pick on this match into 2 parts, overs and  handicap win. SKA under Miloš Říha are playing much more solid hockey and  after so many years they now represent a serious threat for other  Gagarin Cup contenders.

KHL league preview: Torpedo Novgorod – Yugra. Expect few goals here

Well, it’s time to get back with some more KHL hockey topics on my blog. I used to have a lot of sport picks from KHL, interesting facts and videos and I guess I will return doing that in the future. Today I will keep it short, as I only want to share some thoughts on 2 matches.

Torpedo – Yugra
Pick: Under 5  Result: PENDING
Stake: 5  Odds: 1.98
Bookmaker: PINNACLE  vCash: Yes
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I have seen several matches of Yugra this season and I must admit they still not 100% into season. I have seen full match against Spartak Moscow, where they lost 2:1. They lack sparkle in attack and all their goals come after hard work. 7 matches into season and only 11 goals scored. The only chance to get result in the game against leader of Western Conference is to keep the same strategy and try to avoid goals for Torpedo side.

I have chosen under 5 goals bet @ Blogabet, but in real life betting I don’t like it. I will better take smaller odds, but it will be either under 6 goals and won, then 5 goals and push. Especially when Betfair gives 1.76 on under 5,5 goals.

Video highlights of Yugra-Spartak Moscow game:

Bundesliga II Eintracht Frankfurt – Union Berlin: Looks good for overs experiment

European cups are over and we are back to domestic leagues. For today’s betting system experiment, I will choose Eintracht Frankfurt – Union Berlin game. Eintracht looks in good form, especially in attack and Union’s defence doesn’t look like they can hold of Gekas & Co. So there are 2 bets I will choose on Betfair Sports Betting Exchange – over 2,5 goals and over 3,5 goals.

Eintracht Frankfurt – Union Berlin. Betfair betting strategy.

Betting trade market: Over 2,5 and over 3,5 goals.

Pre-match bet:

If odds on over 2,5 goals will drop down to 1.60, then I will start the match with LAY. At current odds I won’t do that, Eintracht to risky, they can easily score a quick goal and I will end up losing.

Strategy inplay:

Over 2,5 goals current odds: 1.64. I will make a bet when the odds will rise by 15 pips, reaching 1.79. Bet amount: 20 euro.

Over 3,5 goals current odds: 2.60. Here odds will be rising quicker, so we can make a move when odds will rise by 30 pips, reaching 2.90. Bet amount: 20 euro.

Risk factor.

I’ve got to mention also a risk factor for today’s pick. If we will compare this match with my previous picks for trade, then we can admit that this market has a low liquidity, meaning that it is much dificult to make a trade on it. You can see from the print screen that 6 hours prior to the start there are not much money in the market.

E. Frankfurt – Union Berlin
Pick: Over 2.5  Result: PENDING
Stake: 5  Odds: 1.60
Bookmaker: William Hill  vCash: Yes
From zenitushka.blogabet.com

Eintracht Frankfurt looks dead certain for the promotion to Bundesliga I  even after few games into season. They have great squad, especially for  Bundesliga II. Gekas alone can make the difference. Great value in over  3,5 goals bet. Minus 1 handicap looks also good, although not that  valuable. Half of my 10 points bet goes on over 2,5 goals and the other  half on over 3,5 goals bet.

Betfair Sports Betting exchange.

Thanks to technology it pioneered, Betfair has rapidly become the world’s biggest betting community. Bound by a commitment to innovation and value, in just ten years Betfair has revolutionised the betting industry. The Betfair exchange processes more then seven million transactions a day – that’s more than all European Stock Exchanges combined. For the new customers they offer 20 pounds free bet and up to 1000 pounds in cash back. Here you can find some information to get started with Betfair. It’s available in 18 languages, so I guess you will find the most appropriate to you. If you have any more questions or need to precise something, then you can contact me directly.

Europa league. Day 2. Experiment with Metalist Kharkov – AZ Alkmaar match

Not much thoughts on today’s Europa league matches. But there is one where I can go on with testing my syste, betting on overs slightly into the match. In outright I have posted my prediction that this match will have more then 2 goals in it, despite he fact that odds on overs are rising, perhaps due to expectations that Metalist will play very careful. But let’s go back to Betfair betting strategy that I will try for this match.

Metalist Kharkov – Az Alkmaar. Betfair betting strategy.

Champions league Day 2 : Easy winning bets for Real, Inter, Zenit and unlucky Bayern overs

I will start my review of the day 2 with Wednesday match Zenit St.Petersburg vs. Porto bet, as I had a slight experiment in it. So pre-match tip for that match was overs, which I posted on my blogabet blog and it came easily with Zenit winning 3:1 (Shirokov 20′, 63′; Danny 72′ – Rodriguez 10′). But I would like to stop on adding value to this bet, which I mentioned in the last paragraph. That’s strategy is a bit similar to the one I used to post here some time ago and I will try to spend more time on betting system experiments.

Betfair strategy for the Zenit – Porto game.

Friday tennis preview: Stosur and Radwanska in hot form

Today there are  some interesting fixtures in both WTA Toronto and ATP Montreal tournaments. There has been a lot of surprises yesterday, Kvitova played awfully against Petkovic and lost, Sharapova couldn’t cope with the wind and lost to Voskoboeva, Zvonareva lost for the 2nd time in as many weeks to supreme Radwanska. Today I will take a look on some of the matches.

WTA Toronto: Agnieszka Radwanska – Andrea Petkovic

Radwanska is now in her best ever form, winning tournament in Carslbad and still having no problems here in Toronto. She defeated Zvonareva (runner-up at US Open 10′) now twice in 2 weeks time and she is definetely one of the favorites to win US Open 2011.
Radwanska holds 3-0 record against Petkovic. Moreover Agneszka defeated Petkovic in Carlsbad last week. I will go with the Polish talent.