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Burton Albion vs Chesterfield
Burton have the chance to go seven points clear at the top of League One with a win against Chesterfield tonight. Despite selling their top scorer Nasser El Khayati to QPR in January they still scored 3 goals in their last league game against Bradford. Burton boss Nigel Clough says he’s happy with his options up front and will not look to go into the loan market for another striker. They have already brought Mason Bennett in from Derby County and he scored his first goal for the club in his first start on the weekend. Bennett and Mark Duffy look like they can form a nice partnership up front and Clough might be right not to worry.
Team news: Darius Charles is out with a hamstring injury otherwise everyone else is available for selection.
Chesterfield have, as expected, had a very difficult season after losing several first team players, as well as their manager, during the summer. They did however start the season well but then went 8 league games without a win at the end of last year which saw them plummet down the table. A slight recovery saw them win their first two games of 2016 but after three straight losses they now sit dangerously close to the relegations zone in 19th place. They have only managed three points in their last six away games in the league and will have to be at their best to get anything from tonight’s game.
Team news: The away side could be without both of their top scorers tonight. Lee Novak (8 goals) is sick and looks to miss out and Sylvain Evans-Blake (8 goals) has a hamstring problem will be tested late. Ian Evatt, Charlie Raglan, Dan Jones, Angel Martinez and Mani Dieseruvwe are all sidelined with injuries and Dan Gardner and Drew Talbot have been ill and are doubts.
Date & Time: 12 Feb 2016 -20.45 CET
League: League One (England)
Match: Burton – Chesterfield
Pick 1: Burton Asian Hcp -0.5, -1
Highest Odds: 1.85 @ Betvictor
Stake: 10 EUR
Rating: 2/5
Result: 1-0, bet won!
Pick 2: Burton over 1.5 team goals
Highest Odds: 1.87 @ Boylesports
Stake: 10 EUR
Rating: 2/5
Result: 1-0, bet lost.
Newly promoted RB Leipzig are heading to bottom of the table MSV Duisburg tonight in the sixth round of the Frauen Bundesliga. Duisburg are still winless and faced heavy defeat in their last league outing to Eintracht Frankfurt (1-5). The Zebras have already conceded 21 goals this season while only scoring four and will struggle to stay in the division.
They still have to do without Sarah Freutel, Alexandra Emmerling, Jelena Prvulovic and Brooke Denesik, and received another blow as Danish centre back Emilie Henriksen also will miss the game due to illness.
RB Leipzig hope to pick up their second win of the season and were happy to see all their international players come back healthy and raring to go after the break. Elvira Herzog, Michela Croatto, Julia Magerl and Korina Janez all trained with the team this week and look sharp.
We’re rather confident of an away win here.
Date & Time: 3 November 2023 – 17:30 GMT
Competition: Bundesliga Women (Germany)
Match: MSV Duisburg – RB Leipzig
Pick 1: RB Leipzig Asian Hcp -1
Odds: 2.05 @ bet365
Stake: 15 EUR
Rating: 2/5
Result: 1-1, bet lost.
To say that Ajax’s start to the season has been poor is an understatement. In fact, Ajax are incredibly enough bottom of the Eredivise table after their opening eight games, the worst start ever for the club. It came as little surprise then when head coach Maurice Steijn was relieved of his duties and replaced with Hedwiges Maduro on an interim basis. He did not fare much better in his two games in charge, a 0-2 loss to Brighton followed up by a 2-5 loss at PSV. This led to the club appointing John van’t Schip as their new manger on a two year deal.
van’t Schip has only had a few days to prepare for tonight’s game against struggling Volendam, but just having a permanent manager, let alone a club legend, in place must be seen as a boost. Also, the visitors are the worst away team in league, having lost all their four league outings this season, scoring only four goals in the process while conceding a whopping 12.
This is the perfect rebound spot for Ajax and despite their struggles so far, we believe they will go all out here and win this comfortably.
Date & Time: 2 November 2023 – 19:00 GMT
Competition: Eredivise (Netherlands)
Match: Ajax – Volendam
Pick 1: Ajax Asian Hcp -1.5, -2
Odds: 1.86 @ bet365
Stake: 15 EUR
Rating: 2/5
Result: 2-0, bet won! (half win)
Pick 2: Ajax HT/FT
Odds: 1.72 @ bet365
Stake: 15 EUR
Rating: 2/5
Result: Half time score: 0-0, bet lost.
Pick 3: Over 3.5, 4 goals in the game
Odds: 1.925 @ bet365
Stake: 15 EUR
Rating: 2/5
Result: 2-0, bet lost.
Chelsea get a welcome break from league football when they welcome Championship side Blackburn Rovers to Stamford Bridge tonight. A place in the Carabao Cup quarter finals is at stake and the Blues aim to go all the way.
Rovers are expected to make some changes to the team that lost 0-1 at home to Swansea at the weekend and Jake Garrett, Adam Wharton, Dilan Markanday and Andrew Moran all could get a start here. Captain Lewis Travis will start but Rovers’ manager Jon Dahl Tomasson will have to do without top scorer Sam Szmodics who is nursing an injury picked up at the weekend.
Chelsea could also give some of the non regular starters a chance to shine, with the likes of Armando Broja and Ian Maatsen. We could also see Enzo Fernandez and Mykhailo Mudryk, who missed the league defeat to Brentford at the weekend, start.
Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino said: “We will try to play with our best team. Some players will need to rest because after Saturday’s game we can’t take risks. But, in general, we will try to play our best team.”
We will take his word for it and expect Chelsea to win this rather comfortably.
Date & Time: 1 November 2023 – 19:45 GMT
Competition: Carabao Cup (England)
Match: Chelsea – Blackburn
Pick: Chelsea to win & Under 4.5 goals
Odds: 1.73 @ Skybet
Stake: 15 EUR
Rating: 2/5
Result: 2-0, bet won!
