Stoke City vs Arsenal (EPL) January 17th 2016

Britannia Stadium -- Britannia Stadium is something for EPL Big Teams, including Arsenal. Last time they can beat Stoke in Britannia is on 2010. Manchester United, Manchester City and Chelsea also beaten by Stoke this season in Britannia Stadium.

In Order to back to the top of the table, Arsenal at least must earn draw result -- due to better goal differences than Leicester -- but it's not an easy task looking for the past record.

Many injury player also become a problem for Arsenal. They already bought Elneny from Basel to overcome the problem. But, it will need time for him to adapt in Premier League.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is considering selecting Alexis Sanchez for the first time since he suffered a hamstring injury in November.

Stoke's Xherdan Shaqiri, who missed the win over Norwich, is again sidelined with a hamstring injury, while Geoff Cameron is out with an ankle problem.
Marko Arnautovic is fit, while Phil Bardsley and Stephen Ireland may feature after recovering from injuries.

ODDS
Stoke 3.60
Draw 3.30
Arsenal  2.25

Under 2.25 Goals 1.91
Over 2.25 Goals 1.92

IST Prediction : Over 2.25 Goals

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Sevilla vs Malaga (LaLiga) January 16th 2016

Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan -- In order to get Europa League ticket, Sevilla must secure 3 points when against Malaga. Looking to the performances Sevilla had played in Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, it really promising.
They win all their 8 matches in Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, including they winning from Barcelona, Real Madrid and Valencia. Sevilla also not conceded any goals in their 4 last home matches.

Malaga will also try to obtain point(s) from Sevilla so they will still possible to qualified to Europe next season. But, their recent match not good enough to reach top rank of the league.

This match will run in high intensity and high emotion. It can be seen by their last 2 meetings which always produce Red Card. It is because both team are offensive playing team.

ODDS :
Sevilla 1.79
Draw  3.78
Malaga 4.96

IST PREDICTION : SEVILLA

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Chelsea vs Everton (EPL) January 16th 2016

Stamford Bridge -- Chelsea will try to maintain their positive movement when they face Everton. Chelsea were unbeaten in last 20 matches when play in Stamford Bridge against Everton.

Chelsea are again without Eden Hazard and Radamel Falcao, who are sidelined by respective groin and thigh problems.

Winger Pedro could lose his starting spot after a poor display against West Brom, with Kenedy an alternative option for the champions.
Everton reported no new injury concerns after their draw at Manchester City.

Everton also showed quite good performace, although they obtained too much draw result. They only lost 5 times in Premier League this season. Lukaku will become the edge of the tomb for Everton, looking for his productive season so far.

Chelsea will work hard to revenge their lost in Goodison Park in the early season and climb up the league's table.

ODDS :

Over 2.75 Goals 1.96
Under 2.75 Goals 1.88

IST Prediction : OVER 2.75 GOALS

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Atletico Madrid vs Rayo Vallecano (Copa Del Rey) January 14th 2016

Vicente Calderon -- Atletico Madrid will play second leg against Rayo Vallecano which ended 1-1 in the first leg. It will be not hard for them, because Rayo Vallecano are in a lot of problems that made them never win in their last 8 matches (6 losses).

Different from Rayo, Atletico are in good performance. They placed at the top of LaLiga and just conceded 1 goal in their 5 last matches.

With this condition, absolutely Atletico will proceed to the next round. But they must be careful of surprising factor which usually happened in Copa del Rey.  However, Rayo can't beat Atletico since year 2013, when they beat Atletico 2-1 but in their home.

With Real Madrid out, Deportivo the first surprise exit to lower league sides and Barcelona giving a chance to the fringe players of the squad in the Copa, there are few clubs able to withstand Atletico's team if they focus their attentions on the cup competition.

Rayo have won only four of their 19 Liga games, have conceded more than any other club and, even if they beat Atletico, won't be considered among the front-runners for Copa success.

ODDS

Over 2.5 Goals (1.84)
Under 2.5 Goals (1.95)

IST PREDICTION : OVER 2.5 GOALS

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Liverpool vs Arsenal (EPL) January 13th 2016

Anfield -- There's no meetings in whole Premier league history which can created as much hat-trick as the meeting of Liverpool and Arsenal (5 hat-trick). Their 9 last meetings produced 35 goals.

This season, Liverpool had problem on their attacking sector. But, Liverpool has great record against Arsenal. In Anfield, they won 10 times compared to Arsenal which only earn 6 won and 7 match resulted at draw.

However, Arsenal had the greatest chance creator, Ozil, which take part in 16 goals out of 24 last Arsenal goals. Klopp possibly to playing James Milner to stop Ozil. Klopp must be careful of Arsenal's habit that they can always start the game well.

In this match, Liverpool can depend on Moreno, who already create much chance for Liverpool. Wenger must secure at least 1 point so their top position will not fall to their nearest rival.

ODDS :
Over 2.5 Goals (1.97)
Under 2.5 Goals  (1.85)

IST Prediction : Over 2..5 Goals

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Newcastle United vs Manchester United (EPL) January 12th 2016

St James Park -- Manchester United is trying to maintain their positive run. They achieved 2 wins in a row, which bring back their confidence. The Red Devils will try to continue their run when they visit St. James Park to face Newcastle.

Newcastle still in crisis. Many injury player and inconsistency performance become a big problem. They already suffered 4 lost in a row and they drown into relegation zone. They must wake up as soon as possible if they don't want to play in Championship Division next year.

In the last 3 meetings in St.James Park, Manchester United always win and never conceded any goal.
Van Gaal will try to continue those trends and try to bought 3 points so that they can go back to Champions League zone.

But, recently, Two clubs struggling for goals and finding it difficult reaching their respective expectations.
Newcastle have scored just one goal in their last four Premier League games. However, they have only lost two of their last seven at St James' Park.

ODDS :
Over 2.25 GOALS (1.86)
Under 2.25 GOALS (1.98)

IST Prediction : Under 2.25 Goals

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Tottenam Hotspurs vs Leicester City (FA Cup) January 10th 2016

White Hart Lane -- Ranieri already achieve his initial target, to earn 40 points and avoid relegation although he achieve it with 2 draw result. Leicester can't win in their 3 last matches and they even not score any goals in that matches.

The injury of Vardy is one of the factor of the Leicester's disappointing performance. Riyad Mahrez also not performed as well as if he play with Vardy.

In other side, Spurs are in a good run. They win 3 of their last 4 matches. Now, Ranieri will try to achieve another good result but in different competitions, FA Cup. But, looking at the trend of Spurs, it will be not easy.

Riyad Mahrez will almost certainly be rested, along with N’Golo Kanté, the season’s revelation in central midfield, which could allow Ranieri to give new signing Demarai Gray his debut, with on-loan Nathan Dyer on the other flank, and offer Gökhan Inler, the season’s forgotten man, a chance in central midfield.

ODDS :
Spurs 1.61
Draw 4.10
Leicester  5.45

Over 2.75 GOALS (1.97)
Under 2.75 GOALS (1.85)

IST Prediction : Spurs

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Celta Vigo vs Atletico Madrid (LaLiga) January 10th 2016

Estadio de Balaidos -- Lack of sharpness is becaome a probem for Atletico Madrid recently. They become hard to score a goal. They just can score 5 goals at their last 5 matches (average 1 goal per match).
Simeone must push his players to give their best performance because they are on the fight for LaLiga title.

Atletico must earn 3 points to takeover the first place for them which just take by Barcelona last night when they crushes Granada 4-0. Draw result will just make them placed on the second place because Barca's goals difference are better than Atletico.

Diego Simeone will be mindful of the fact that his team haven’t quite been in top gear over the past couple of weeks in league fixtures, but they’ll need to be against a Celta side enjoying a fine campaign and currently sitting fifth in the table.

Celta Vigo also had their own mission to secure Europa League tickets this season. They must at least earn point(s) so their position safe from Sevilla and Bilbao.

Celta Vigo will play without their great striker, Nolito. Ruben Blanco also banned in this match.
This match will happened so carefully because both team need points.

ODDS :
Celta 4.33
Draw 3.40
Atletico 1.91

Over 2 Goals (1.92)
Under 2 Goals (1.93)

IST Prediction : OVER 2 Goals

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Inter Milan vs Sassuolo (Serie A) January 10th 2016

San Siro -- Inter Milan can prolong their leading in Serie A when they face Sassuolo tonight. Inter has great record when play in San Siro. But, 2 last matches in that place, Inter always lost (against PSG and Lazio).

Sassuolo also achieve great performance so far in League. They can reach seventh place so far.
Their away performance aloso quite good. They ever had 3 winning streak in away matches this season.

If Inter fail to earn 3 points, Napoli can potentially takeover the first place, because Napoli just face Frosione this night. Play in San Siro, Mancini must make sure that his players will not make any silly mistake during the match.

Last season, Inter can beat Sassuolo 7-0 in SanSiro. Can they repeat that performance ?

ODDS :
Inter 1.62
Draw 3.80
Sassuolo 6.00

IST Prediction : Inter Milan

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Norwich CIty vs Manchester City (FA Cup) January 9th 2016

Carrow Road -- Bad news for The Citizen. Mangala cannot play due hamstring injury, following the absence of Kompany. This situation is critical for the Citizen defensive performnce. They just have Otamendi and Demichelis as choice.

New Norwich signing Ivo Pinto will not be risked in defence having just arrived at the club.
Kyle Lafferty is in the Canaries squad, despite being linked with a move to Leeds United in the transfer window.

Manchester City latest performance was not to consistent. They just lost from Everton in CapitolOne Cup, This is the moment to rebuild their confidence. They must reach next round. Manchester City have failed to reach the fourth round only once in the last six seasons (losing 3-2 at home to Manchester United in January 2012).

Norwich never lost in last 5 matches in Carrow Road. They can hold Arsenal and Everton also. They will work hard to at least persuade City for a replay game.

ODDS :
Norwich 5.00
Draw 4.00
City 1.75

IST Prediction : Manchester City

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AS Roma vs AC Milan (Italian Serie A) January 9th 2016

Olimpico -- Two coaches which issued to be fired will fight each other to proved that they still eligible to lead the team. The price of defeat will very costly for both coach and teams.

Roma's problem is that they conceded too much goals and mostly cancelled their winning. Just look at the previous match against Chievo. They just throw away their leading and ended at draw result. This must not be happened so often if Roma still want to achieve the League Champion.

Now we see Milan. After 4 promising unbeaten matches, they just grounded by Bologna in SanSiro !
Well, this is embarrasing, but Mijhalovic must think and work hard to make his seat secure.

Reports in Italy suggest World Cup-winning manager Marcello Lippi is being lined up to replace Mihajlovic at San Siro, but the Serbian remains convinced he can reverse Milan's fortunes.

Milan have not beaten Roma at the Olimpico since Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored twice in a 3-2 victory in October 2011.

ODDS :
Roma 2.05
Draw 3.41
Milan  3.79

Over 2.5 Goals (1.94)
Under 2.5 Goals (1.88)

IST Prediction : OVER 2.5 GOALS

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Sevilla vs Athletic Bilbao (LaLiga) January 9th 2016

Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan -- Sevilla will against Bilbao, which recently has great performance. But, Sevilla is really strong while playing in Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan. They always won in home in their last 6 matches, include defeat Real Madrid 3-2.

If Sevilla can win this match, they will replace Bilbao in Europa League zone, this will increase the motivation of Sevilla. But they must play without Rami, which has card penalty so he can't play in this match.

In their last 7 meetings, home team never lost the match. Last year, Sevilla won 2-0 at Pizjuan and Bilbao secure 1-0 at San Mames.

So far both team has great offensive performance, but their head to head showed that in their meetings, almost 2 goals always created by both teams.

ODDS :
Sevilla 2.05
Draw 3.59
Bilbao 3.62

IST Prediction : Sevilla

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Exeter City vs Liverpool (FA Cup) January 8th 2016

Exeter -- Liverpool will begin their journey in FA Cup against club from League Two, Exeter City. Klopp must try to do rotation, because any further injury players will harm Liverpool's performance in Premiership

Injury storm happened in Liverpool. A lot of players suffered HAMSTRING injury, which is very questioned by many people.

Can defeat Stoke in Britannia Stadium will make Liverpool's confidence a little bit lifted. And the "nothing-to-lose" play from Exeter will create a unique problem and Liverpool must be careful. Because there's a lot of SURPRISE might be happened in FA Cup.

Both team has their own problems.
Liverpool with injuries and lack of goals. Exeter just suffered 4 lost in a row.
So, this match will be interesting and both team will play seriously to moved to the fourth round.

Both team just met ONCE, on 2011, in League Cup. Liverpool can won 3-1 when visited Exeter that time.

ODDS
Exeter 7.00
Draw 4.50
Liverpool 1.50

Over 2.75 Goals (1.82)
Under 2.75 Goals (1.99)

IST Prediction : UNDER 2.75 Goals

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Paris St Germain v Bastia (Ligue 1) January 8th 2016

Parc des Princes -- SUPERIOR !! That word is worth given to PSG in this season. They absolutely will win the league without any challenges from other teams.

They lead 19 points from the second place. Now they will face Bastia in Parc des Princes. PSG gonna win this match absolutely.
From their 8 home matches, they never lose and earn 7 winnings. And they produce 27 goals (3.4 goals per match) in home.

In contrast, Bastia never won in their away matches. Bastia predicted to perform defensive play against PSG. Because can earn 1 point in Parc des Prrinces will satisfy them already.

The absence of Cavani and Pastore, also transfer saga of Lavezzi will not bother PSG at all. They still have Ibra and Di Maria, which contribute a lot for the team this season.

If we look the head-to-head, 5 last meetings of two teams in Parc des Princes, always resulted for the winning of PSG. It will be continued if there's no disaster happened to the performance of PSG.

ODDS
PSG 1.10
Draw 10.15
Bastia 26.00

IST Prediction : PSG

If the odds is too small for you, just try to play OVER 3.25 goals.

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Eibar vs Las Palmas (Copa del Rey) January 7th 2016

Municipal de Ipurua -- Eibar will fight against other Primera Liga team, Las Palmas on first leg in Copa del Rey. Overall this season, Eibar play better than Las Palmas and placed better also in the league.

Eibar never lost at home in 8 last matches except from Madrid. It shows that Eibar was strong at their home. In other side, Las Palmas never won their 11 last away matches. So contrast.

From the statistics above, its clear what is the prediction will be.

ODDS
Eibar 1.75
Draw 3.50
Las Palmas 5.00

IST Prediction : EIBAR

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Cadiz vs Celta Vigo (Copa del Rey) January 7th 2016

Ramon de Carranza -- Cadiz, which go through the next round of Copa del Rey because Madrid had disqualified, will face another Primera Liga team, Celta Vigo.

Both teams are on a good trend in their league. Cadiz are on 4th position in Segunda B and Celta are on 5th position in LaLiga.

They never meet since 2010 (in Segunda Liga). From their total 8 meetings, Celta won 3, Cadiz won 4 and 1 remaining resulted draw. In 5 last meetings, the home team ALWAYS win.
Cadiz also have impressive performance at home. They just suffered 1 defeat in the last 12 matches and unbeaten in 8 last home matches.

Looking at the record, it will hard for Celta Vigo to won the match. But look at the different qualities of the squads, Cadiz also must work hard to secure good result in Ramon de Carranza. We think draw is a fair result.

ODDS :
Cadiz 4.50
Draw 3.50
Celta 1.85

Over 2.25 Goals (1.97)
Under 2.25 Goals (1.83)

IST Prediction : UNDER 2.25 Goals

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Athlethic Bilbao vs Villareall (Copa del Rey) January 6th 2016

San Mames -- San Mames is a nightmare (except for Madrid and Barcelona). They unbeaten in lat 9 home matches in all competitions. If match against Madrid and Barcelona not counted, they never lost in Home since March 2015 !!!
That trend will bought much confidence for Bilbao's player.

But Villareall also in high confidence condition. They just achieve five wins in a row.
SO this match will be interesting, because two teams which ON FIRE will kill each other to move to the next round.

The head to head between two clubs also interesting. Almost home teams never lost.
But, Copa del Rey matches usually tricky. The two teams never met in Copa del Rey before.

Odds :
Bilbao 1.83
Draw 3.50
Villareall 4.33

IST Prediction : DRAW (3.50)

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Everton vs Manchester City (CapitolOne Cup) January 6th 2016

Goodison Park -- Aguero who already fit will become starter, but Bony cannot play because of his injury. Some Everton player also cannot play (Jagielka, Pienaar, Howard).

Everton recently hard to win at Goodison Park. They just won 3 games out of 11 games in league at Goodison Park. The problem is TOO MUCH draw result. Everton also seldom to lost but also seldom to win.

The Toffees have conceded 20 league goals at home so far this season, and just nine away.
City, in contrast, have struggled on the road - Sunday's win at Watford was their first away victory since 12 September.

Looking to head to head, The Citizen won 4 out of 5 games against The Toffees (1 draw). But Everton will try as hard as they can so they can win the trophy. Everton never won the league cup in its entire club lifetime.

Everton must pay attention to Yaya Toure who always score in recent City games. Everton also must fix their left side. ALthough Baines already played, but the weakness of Everton's left side clearly can be seen when they against Spurs on the last league match.

ODDS :
Everton 3.67
Draw 3.71
Man.City 2.01

Over 2.75 Goals (1.81)
Under 2.75 Goals (2.10)

Because of both team vulnerable defense, its hard to decide who will win, but the match will be colored by many goals.

IST Prediction : OVER 2.75 GOALS

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Empoli vs Internazionale Milan (Serie A) January 6th 2016

Carlo Castellani -- Inter Milan are on mission to obtain 3 points to keep their position on the top of the league. But they must against Empoli, which is unbeaten in last 5 matches in serie A. Inter must get up from its bad trend, they lost 2 games in a row (against Lazio in Serie A and PSG in friendly match).

Three points is a must. Because the other teams (Juventus, Napoli, Fiorentina, Roma) potential to earn 3 points on their matches.

Inter Milan has a great record when against Empoli. They never lost in 8 last matches against Empoli and win 7 of that matches. Inter also had a good away record in Serie A this season with 5 wons and only 1 defeat with only conceded by 5 goals (the best defense in away matches).

Looking to the records, it really clear that Inter will at least earn points from this match if "disaster" not happened. Inter had a good squad, that made Inter will not buy any player at transfer window, beside of Financial Fair Play regulation that made Inter can't active in the transfer window.

ODDS :
Empoli 3.57
Draw 3.21
Inter 2.21

Over 2.25 Goals (1.95)
Under 2.25 Goals (1.88)

IST Prediction : UNDER 2.25 GOALS

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Stoke City vs Liverpool (CapitolOne Cup) January 5th 2016

Stoke-on-trent -- Three matches in just 7 days will become a true challenge for Klopp. Rotation is the key point because its really vulnerable if he not do rotation, because his player will be exhausted.
To be realistic, Klopp must face CapitolOne cup seriously, becausee they already reach semifinal and this cup is the most potential achievement they can reach this season.

In other side, its really not easy to defeat Stoke at Britannia Stadium, especially for "big" team.
Chelsea, Manchester City, and Manchester United are their victims. Chelsea also eliminated in CapitolOne cup in Stoke's hand, in Britannia.

Klopp must be aware of Stoke's great defense and counter attack. Stoke also very dangerous on dead ball.
Klopp also had problem in Liverpool's sharpness. Liverpool just scored 2 goals from last 4 matches, and it just from a player (Benteke).

We predicted that the match will run a little bit slow and very cautious, looking that this already a semifinal match. Stoke must obtain good result and prevent Liverpool to scored any goal so they will safer in second leg.

Look at the odds :

Stoke 3.00
Draw 3.30
Liverpool 2.60

Over 2.25 Goals (2.06)
Under 2.25 goals (1.77)

IST Prediction : UNDER 2.25

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