I thought about putting up three of my favourites bets up today. Two were in the Georgian League, and given my knowledge is limited on that part of the world, and with it being first game back after the winter break, I decided against it. Both won.

The other was/is Celtic, and it's probably worth a small interest.

It's top v bottom, and Celtic are on an amazing run of 15 straight wins in the league.
They've kept four straight clean sheets, and have conceded just tow goals in 12 games.

The Pars are not goal shy, but do have injury concerns ahead of tonight's game.
They also lost 3-0 to Celtic, at home last month.

You wouldn't want to be backing Celtic @ 1.14, but it's fairly reasonable to back them @ 1.75 to win to nil.

Celtic to win to nil. 1.75 W Hill
Or 1.73 with Bet365, Skybet, Coral, Ladbrokes, P Power


There's always the more conservative bet

Both teams to score - NO
1.73 Stan James
1.67 Skybet, Betfred, P Power, Ladbrokes

Bets available on here but poor liquidity


But the main reason I came on here is one for the weekend, as mentioned a couple of days ago.

There's a team in Turkey who have failed to score in their last 9, and 13 of their last 14.
They've also lost their last 8.

Karabukspor v Ankaragucu. 11am, Saturday.

Karabukspor are in decent form, winning 4 of their last five.
The thing is they haven't kept a clean sheet in their last 13, but I had the very same bet two weeks ago
against Istanbul BB and they had similar stats, something like 12-13 without a clean sheet. (further up this thread)

Ankaragucu have been in my notebook for a while, but I bottled playing it last week as they were at home to the team second bottom of the league. Result: Ankaraguc lost 3-0.

Karabukspor are generally 1.1 to win. That's 1/10 in old money. But there's decent prices to be had in my type of bet.

Karabukspor to win to nil
1.8 Paddy Power

No other firm offering odds yet, but if they do, I can't see it being better than this.

Both teams to score - NO

1.67 Paddy Power

A couple of firms have priced this up at 1.53 & 1.57

Terrific thread Kev.  Good ideas for tomorrow;  and just for a surprise for you,  Betfair layers offering 2.04 Celtic to win to nil !!!!!!!!   That sort of figure IS attractive to say the least.  Cheers,  Pete

Yeah, think you're right, Motherwell having seen Rangers lose their 10 points and them in poor form aswel, must have sights on 2nd place so will have more incentive to score rather than sit back and keep the goals out !!   But this AEL.......mmmmm

The Cypriot bet was a winner.


Anyway International football is back, so that can mean only one thing - Wonga!!

It's not the best round of matches, especially as the European's are only involved in friendlies.

However there is serious stuff going on in Asia, Africa and European U21's.

And It's Asia where I'll start.

Japan v Uzbekistan. Wednesday, 10.30am

Friends of this thread will know all about the Japan/Uzbekistan group, and how the two of them have qualified with excellent defensive records.

They meet in the final group game, in what is, to a degree, a dead rubber.
However I'm pretty sure Japan will want to finish top, and they need a win to secure that.
Uzbekistan just need a draw, and with them not the most prolific nation's in terms of goals, I suspect their aim is to go to Toyota and keep it night, hoping for a 0-0.

That's one reason to have the usual bet in this game, but there are others.

Zacceroni has a full strength squad. All the big boys from Europe have travelled (suggesting they're taking this seriously)
They beat Iceland 3-1 last week, but it was domestic players only, and the Icelandic goal came in injury time from the penalty spot
.
That Iceland goal was the first conceded on Japanese soil in ten games, dating back to May 2010.

Uzbekistan will not have a full squad to choose from after FIFA sanctioned five players who all got deliberately booked in a previous game to avoid suspensions in the next round.

Japan are a real Asian powerhouse and I'd expect them to win this anyway, but because of the differing strength's of both squads, it just adds a little more confidence to the bet.

Japan to win to nil 2.2 Paddy Power

Both teams to score - NO 1.73 Paddy Power

I've split my stakes between the two bets.


Since I backed these the odds have shortened.
It's now 2 & 1.66 (the latter also available with Sky and S James)



Tajikistan v North Korea. Wednesday, 8am

This is based on Tajikistan's ineptness.
They've lost all five group games with a goal difference of 0-17

North Korea can be untrustworthy (In a fooballing sense in case the Dear Leader is reading this)
They beat Japan at home despite having a man sent off.
Their last result was a 1-1 friendly draw with Kuwait, but this campaign has been all about goals, or lack of them.
Scored 2, conceded 3.
In fact their last 8 World Cup qualifiers have finished 1-0, 0-0 or 0-1.

I've seen bits of both these sides in this campaign, and it wouldn't surprise me if this finished 0-0 or 1-0 to North Korea.
Not one for big stakes, but worth a punt none the less.


Both teams to score - NO  I took the early 1.61 with Paddy Power, but it's 1.66 with Sky & S James



On to the European U21's

San Marino v Cyprus. Wednesday, 7.30pm

We have to stick with our favourite cash cow, San Marino.
Played 6, lost 6, scored 0, conceded 28.

In those six games they've had just six shots on target and two corners.
I actually watched a bit of one of the games v Germany, and they played a formation even Les Parry daren't try.
They played without a striker!


From what I can gather, the U21's haven't scored in their last 20 games.

Admittedly Cyprus aren't great, but at least they've had a couple of wins. They beat Bosnia and won the reverse fixture with San Marino 6-0.


San Marino are the gift that keeps giving so we have to stick with this one.

I'm not even going to bother with the Both teams to score because San Marino always concede, so Cyprus will win anyway (I hope I'm not tempting fate)

Cyprus to win to nil @ Evens Paddy Power


Another one I took early and it's shortened. Now 1.91

I've had a small stakes treble on Wales U21 (1.5), Cyprus U21 (1.91) and Iraq (1.66) all to win to nil on the back of this. Thanks for the research Kev.

Bursaspor v Ankaragucu. Turkey, 3.30pm

Bursaspor have only conceded 9 goals at home this season, and have 3 clean sheets in their last four home games, and 5 in 7.

Ankaragucu did score in a couple of recent games, but reverted type last week, losing to nil, and have failed to score in 9 of their last 11, which all ended in defeat.


Not many firms betting on the lesser markets on this game, but VC go 1.57 for Bursaspor to keep a clean sheet, but there's a better price on here.


Both teams to score - NO 1.73ish Betfair

First day of the month - Pay Day. Or to give it it's real title, International Football Week.

The usual bets should make us a few quid.

San Marino, the team that keeps on giving.

San Marino U21's v Greece U21's. 7.30pm

San Marino actually scored in their last game, but I'm guessing there was a Blue Moon that night, because that's how often they score.
But if you look through this thread you will see all the stats to show you how poor both the full and U21 sides are.

Greece to win to nil. 1.36 Bet365
Both teams to score - NO. 1.33 Bet365 or Hills

Another U21 game.

Luxembourg U21's v Holland U21's. 5.30pm

These bets are not the absolute certainty they once was. Luxembourg have slowly progressed at both full international and U21 level.
In fact Luxembourg have scored four goals already in this campaign, but they're playing a side today several levels above them, and they're aim will be to keep the score repsectable.

Holland have kept five clean sheets in their last six, and 4 from 5 in the group stages.
I actually watched the game when they conceded.
They lost 2-1 at home to Scotland, with a certain Jordan Rhodes on the scoresheet.
I have to say I was very impressed with Scotland that day, who defended well and played some tidy counter attacking football.
I think I can safely say Luxembourg will not be doing the same today.

Holland to win to nil. 1.5 Paddy Power
Both teams to score - NO. 1.5 Paddy Power

World Cup qualifiers all around the World this weekend, except for Europe, obviously, and there's a team I've had my eye on for a while. Mainly because they seem to be playing every week.

Egypt v Mozambique. 7pm

The ex USA manager, Bob Bradley is in charge of Egypt now, and he's had ample opportunity to see his team at first hand and get enough game time in preparation for their World Cup campaign, which starts tonight.

Unbeaten in ten games in 2012, they've kept four clean sheets in seven. The only teams to score against them are Nigeria, Cameroon, and the improving Lebanon.

In African terms Mozambique are Third Division, and have scored just one goal in their last four (v Tanzania)
You have to go back to 2007 for the last time they actually scored a goal against a nation higher ranked than themselves, so even though this game is being played behind closed doors, I fully expect Egypt to make light work of this game, and keep a clean sheet.

Both teams to score - NO. Genarally 1.33 - 1.36, but around 1.5 on Betfair
Egypt clean sheet. 1.33 with Paddy Power and Hills but around 1.54 on Betfair
To win to nil. 1.44 Paddy Power. There's a little bit of 1.61 on Betfair, but nothing has been matched yet in that market.

I've gone for the Egypt clean sheet.

Results

Egypt 2 Mozambigue 0
Luxembourg 0 Holland 5
San Marino 0 Greece 0

3/3, though not great odds.

I have two today at better odds.

Cote d'Ivoire v Tanzania 6pm

Cote d'Ivoire are one of the best sides in Africa. They really should have won the Cup of Nations, missing a penalty in the final.
They cruised through the whole tournement without conceding.
They go into this game on the back of nine games withou conceding.

Tanzania have scored just once in their last four, and that against Mozambique, who I spoke about in my last post.

Drogba has said he will retire after this World Cup campaign, so I'm sure their talisman will be more determined to get his side to another World Cup, especially as this should be the easiest group game.

Ivory Coast to win to nil. 1.53 Paddy Power
Both teams to score - NO. 1.34 Bwin

Poland v Andorra 4pm

Only a friendly but at the prices it has to be worth a punt. And it's only Andorra. And Poland are heading into the Euro's in decent, solid form.

We all know about Andorra's lack of goals, so I won't bore you with stats.
Poland come into the game on the back of four straight clean sheets, though they haven't been free scoring.

It will be typical Andorra. Keep it tight as long as possible, something they often do, so I'm guessing it won't be pretty.
You would think with Lewandowski in their side they would bag themselves plenty of goals, but Andorra are adept at keeping it tight for long periods.
The odds on Both teams to score are far too good to miss out on, even if it is a friendly

Both teams to score - NO. 1.45 Bwin


Some info on the Cameroon v DR Congo WC qualifier.

Eight DR Congo players failed to turn up to travel for this game. Can't find much info on who or why they didn't turn up.
Eto'o is banned for Cameroon, but unless I get more solid info I won't be getting involved.

Poland are now 1.57 to win to nil and in the Both Teams to Score market (covers 0-0) at Bet365.

To me that is an absolutely crazy price, especially given both teams form.

I've topped up, it would be rude not too at those odds.

One more for tonight.

France U21's v Latvia U21's. 7.50pm

Both have perfect record in this qualifying campaign. France won 5 from 5, scoring 12 and conceding none.

Latvia are the opposite. Played 4, lost 4. Scored 0 conceded 13


France are actually on a six game winning run without conceding., so a win tonight should see them edge closer to qualifying in a group they're dominating.

Both teams to score - NO 1.48 Bwin
France to win to nil 1.5 Paddy Power.


I've also done a fun correct score treble that pays around 200/1

Ivory Coast 2-0 & 3-0
Poland 2-0 & 3-0
France U21's 2-0 & 3-0

I never actually opened this thread until today. Pleasant surprise considering the thread title! gl.

Excellent stuff. Anything else for today?

I was going to leave the Spain game alone, but the odds are too good to miss.

Hills go 1.33, Bet365 go 1.4, so Paddy Power's 1.73 has to be taken.

Spain v China 9pm

Though it's not always reliable, Marca have Spain starting with Llorente, Negredo and Mata, who will all be playing to secure a spot in the starting X1 for next week. (Personally I'd go with Llorente)

Spain score for fun so should really win this with something to spare.

China are starting (if Marca are to be believed) with quite a strong team, and are managed by a Spaniard, but even though their more forward thinking players are starting, none of them have been free scoring domestically.
And more often than not their goals at international level are scored against the poorer teams in Asia.

It's by no means a certainty, South Korea scored v Spain last week (albeit a Worldy) and Scotland managed one against them in Alicante, but China are nothing special, so hopefully it will be a comfortable night for Spain.


Spain to win to nil 1.73 Paddy Power

nice one, i doubted whether to push into the clean sheet market on this, but glad i did, china are workhorses though but poor quality

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A dangerous game starting "Free Money" threads unless you can back it up over a period of time.

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i think we will also have a little on

MOONLIGHT CLOUD 1;30 longchamp tomorrow

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betting ever


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1,2,3,4,5,6 the goals will flow

put every penny of your bank on this no possible to fail bet

I dont know what paulme is saying,but i would be willing to bet my life that he has followed the OP with this tip (since he has no clue about betting himself) and that he is now totally seething since his money (£2) is now lost

TRFC Kev pls keep it up and posts in this forum, dont care what others said about U, I think U provides REALLY quality information & tips

can we get an update on how this one went TRFC kev i had my full bank on you see,hope we won

And hopefully you backed the 8 winners from 8 selections over the weekend too.