UEFA Cup: 12/13th March

[kompressaur]

Wednesday, March 12, 2008
5:30 PM Zenit St.Petersburg 2.20 X 3.20 Olympique de Marseille 3.00
5:45 PM Hamburger SV 2.10 X 3.20 Bayer Leverkusen 3.20
8:45 PM Bayern Munich 1.15 X 5.75 RSC Anderlecht 17.00
8:45 PM Everton 2.05 X 3.40 Fiorentina 3.10
8:45 PM PSV Eindhoven 2.05 X 3.20 Tottenham Hotspur 3.30
9:00 PM Getafe 1.80 X 3.35 Benfica Lisbon 4.00

Thursday, March 13, 2008
8:45 PM Werder Bremen 1.75 X 3.55 Glasgow Rangers 4.00
9:00 PM Sporting Clube de Portugal 1.90 X 3.15 Bolton Wanderers 3.85

[Cinny]

Id fancy Werder to come out the traps all guns blazing and think they'll win at home however it may not be enough to progress.

Its tough going to Russia and i think home advantage will see Zenith win their game against Marseille. The away goal they got gives them a great boost going into the game.

[Bigkegman]

Originally Posted by Cinny

Id fancy Werder to come out the traps all guns blazing and think they'll win at home however it may not be enough to progress.

Got to agree Cinny.

Rangers will certainly find themselves in a game accross there. I've not looked at Bremens home form in Europe yet but in the league it looks pretty good.

I think they will be quietly confident about scoring and igf they score early enough then its game on big style.

Rangers have shown that they can score away in Europe and I think they'll have to do this to qualify

[slick]

PSV for me and the UEFA cup, best side i've watched in this comp by a mile and should have beat Spurs by a couple at least, confident, calm and collected. No side to date in that group can touch em.

[slick]

just took PSV @9's for the comp, class apart at the moment.

[Stathis]

Zenith win their game against Marseille
1 (45') / 1 (90')
with possibles scores 1-0 or 2-0
home win from the first half

[Stathis]

Werder Bremen v Rangers

Draw #2-2 (Correct Score) @ 21

[allthethings]

UEFA Cup
Soccer - PSV Eindhoven/Tottenham - total Over 2½ (-103)
for the regulation time held on Mar 12 at 2:45pm [pending]

Going with my gut, not with my head, on this one. PSV shocked the Spurs in London last week 1-0, with bettors solidly on Tottenham and the overs. Now the play moves to the Netherlands, and this is just an incredible price for overs between these two teams.

Here's what speaks to unders in the game: PSV play a controlled game in ordinary circumstances (35-11 goal differential in 13 home games, with the 35 speaking more to their dominance of poorer Eredivisie teams than their attacking strength) and in this case have a 1-0 lead with an away goal in hand. They need only draw to advance to the Cup quarterfinals, and their number-one goal today is to keep a clean sheet. For their part, Tottenham is no longer the messy defending side they were before the coaching change, although their dodgy keeper Robinson gets off his line at least once every game. But the 6-4 games are a thing of the past, especially with King in the lineup.

So, why overs? Because, really, defense is not the Spurs' strength: attacking is. They dominated the play for the first half hour of the first leg and didn't score, but once behind they had several good chances to equalize...and their poor defending almost cost them a second away goal later. My feeling here is that the Spurs are once again overrated, but one thing we know they can do is attack, and PSV showed with their goal that they know how to play rope-a-dope. If the Spurs score, PSV must score to avoid this game going to extra time. Both teams are quite capable of putting in two today, so to me the line is an overreaction to the final score of the first leg.

[Bigkegman]

I'm on PSV to win 2-0 and Everton to draw 2-2 - interest stakes only

[selectabet]

Yeah, can't see either of the English sides progressing tonight.

Good shout on the overs in the PSV-Spurs game allthethings. I might have a wee interest in that.

[Stathis]

Originally Posted by Stathis

Zenith win their game against Marseille
1 (45') / 1 (90')
with possibles scores 1-0 or 2-0
home win from the first half

I was lucky one more time
1/1 HT/FT and 2-0 !!!!!!!!

[slick]

here's where PIP on the telly comes into play but i don't know how to use the fcuker, Everton or Spurs? looks like a flick of the coin on which one to watch during the pens if i can't suss it out soon.

[Computer Guy]

Spurs win, Everton lose

[slick]

Bollox to it , I'm gonna watch Everton pens as i have a feeling Spurs might just nick it against PSV as they have some class finishers.

[slick]

so far so good as both games are nicely synched so i can switch over thus far and miss nothing.