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The young Israel team deserved to beat Norway in the away game only a month ago. Compared to that match, situation of the Norwegian team is not any better. Quite the opposite, today they are, once again, without a real coach, without few of the very important players, and the locker room atmosphere far from ideal. Being defeated by Azerbeijan at home, the same team that Israel scored 7 goals against, is the best indicator that this Norway is not on the same level as Norway that got to Euro. This team concedes goals too easily, and in the last four games, their opponents scored 12 goals, which is one of the biggest problems of this team.
The Israelis look good, and if they win this today, they can even join the battle for the first position. The mood is, like coach Nees said, very good, and I believe the home team can use all the problems the Norwegians are having. Details

Esbjerg will be playing vs Kopenhagen without their best scorer Ankersen, a very important midfielder, and important midfielders Lekven, Rasmussen and captain Andreasen. Combined with fatigue after a tough game on Thursday, this will certainly affect their already small roster, and an experienced team like Kopenhagen should be able to take advantage of that. Esbjerg have focused on Europe more in the last few weeks, and after they managed to secure advancement their league results should improve as well, but only after the break for the national teams, which starts after this duel.
Kopenhagen are the best team of the league, no doubt about it, and after a great match vs Nordsjaelland and winning vs Galatasaray, the team are full of confidence. This is a match they have to win if they want to close the gap behind the leaders, and I have no doubt they will impose themselves from the very start and win this match in the end. Details

Nordsjaelland are among the 2 or 3 best teams of the league, for years now. The team won the title two years ago, ranked second last year, and although there were some changes to the team, the base is still there and FCN belong to the upper echelons of the Superliga. The reasons for a slightly poor season opening lie in those roster changes, the injuries they've been struggling with since the season started, playing in Europe, and the way they play. Coach Hjulmand likes them keeping the ball down, dominating the possession, with the players going out high and taking a lot of risk. They rarely play "for the result", and as the team was not set up in the start, the results did not come. All those segments look much better now. If we ignore the loss to Copenhagen, FCN tied together a few games where they remind us of their performance last year. Two victories against the very good Midtjylland team give them a lot of confidence, as well as the away win vs Aarhus. The team is almost complete, and despite the defeat vs FCK, they are meeting Sonderjyske in a good atmosphere.
The away team are coming to this match from a five loss series. As Hulmand said before, these series are somewhat typical of Sonderjyske, both positive and negative ones. The added bad news is that their already narrow roster is further thinned down by the absence of three standard players. Questions are posed on whether coach Sondergaard is still the right solution, the team are behind the rest of the league, and the coach himself admitted that the situation is critical. Nordsjaelland should take advantage of the difficulties the away team are going through. Details

Aberdeen have been investing in their team but the results were lacking. This season, the situation is different. The squad is once again among the strongest in the league, they have an experienced and powerful team that are, according to coach McInnes, playing in full confidence. Beating Motherwell, Hibernian and Dundee United in consecutive games is not a small thing.The only team to beat them at home so far are Celtic, while they lost their away games against Ross County and their opponents for today - Hearts - at the start of the season.This defeat will make them more careful and they will need to give their best performance.
Hearts have beaten Hibernian twice this season mostly due to fighting spirit and dedication, but apart from that and the mentioned win against Hibernian, we haven't seen much else from this young team this season. At home, where their support is excellent, each of their players gives his all and the results are solid there, but they only have 1 point (Patrick) from away games. They generally in poor form, they have 7 defeats in 8 games and as coach Locke said, this young team has lost its confidence. The circumstances are very hard and it doesn't seem likely that Hearts will lose any points at Pittodrie. Details

Both teams are entering the match with a Cup loss behind them, but the atmosphere among the Hibernians is much worse. In a tough, close game Motherwell lost to Aberdeen, probably the second best tam of the league, by conceding two goals in the last seven minutes, and the players hardly have anything to feel ashamed about. The Hibs, on the other hand, enter this match with a very bad atmosphere. It is never pleasant to lose to your biggest rival, especially not in a home knockout game in front of a full arena. The fans are not happy, the Hearts have beaten them for the second time this season, and after losing to Aberdeen last weekend, coach Fenlon decided to leave. There can be no talk of a positive change as the Hibs have not brought in a new coach yet, and as goalie Marshall said, the players are not too sure of their future either. Well are rather OK at home this season, after losing to Aberdeen in their first home game they won the next four straight. Hibernian won only one of their last eight mutual matches, with Motherwell victorious at Easter Road earlier this season, as well as in thier last two duels last season. Apart from that, the home team are in full strength, while the away team are once again missing a few important players on the defense, with everything pointing at a win for Motherwell. Details

It is hard to imagine a scenario in which this game ends with many goals. Only an early goal can influence this bet. Hibs and Aberdeen are the two toughest teams in the league, and Aberdeen average exactly 2 points per game while Hibernian get even less attractive scores - 1,8 goals on average. Hibs have had a few overs, but they were all away games, while their goal difference in last 5 home games is 4-3. Aberdeen are much tougher at home, but they average under 3 goals in away games as well. The last four head-to-heads of these 2 teams saw only 2 goals and I expect another closed game. Details

I'm a little surprised with the high odds on Dundee vs. Queen of the South. Dundee are the best team of the league considering the players and are the main favorite for winning first place and the return to Premier League, and now they have started to play like we expected them to. Wins bring confidence, especially the way in which John Brown's team wins and they are a huge favorite today.
Queen of the South were great in League One last season, but the difference between these two teams is huge. The Queens have not been playing well lately and, as the coach pointed out, their confidence is low. A positive thing for them is a draw with Cowdenbeath in the last leg which they achieved by a late score after another bad performance. We are talking about a team which are one of the worst in the league. Dundee are convincing on their home pitch. Three wins and a draw with a goal difference of 7-1. The Queens have won only one in the last seven matches and I think that everything over 1,8 for the win of the hosts is a big value. Details

Hearts have shown so far in the season that they play best at home, where support from their noisy and faithful fans motivates these young players for some combative performances to make up for their lack of experience and even quality. However, they've been on a downward spiral here as well recently, with a loss to Celtic and draw with Dundee United, while losing to St Mirren was especially painful. It's another story with their away games, Gary Locke's team took a point at Partick and lost to St Johnstone, Inverness and Ross County. Motherwell are a top four team and far better than Hearts in terms of individual quality. Following defeats in difficult encounters with Inverness and Aberdeen, in the Europa League qualifiers, this team stabilized and has been on a steady course for almost two months now. Well are especially impressive at home where the won their last three matches.
As their manager McCall said in the preview, the most important thing for them is not to let the young Hearts players gain momentum and he announced an attacking approach from the very start. Considering the very good form of their striker Sutton, a former Hearts player who has scored five goals in the league so far, and of his strike partner Anier (four goals), I believe they can break the visitors' fighting spirit and win here. Details

The Russian-Denmark statistics in this cycle, regarding how the both teams play, their tendency to make mistakes and lack of concentration in the back lines, as well as a very potent offense on both sides, suggest that today we should see a couple of goals. The Russians have four overs in four matches, and a total goal-difference of 11-5 with a 3-3 against Bulgaria a couple of days ago. The Danish beat the rock-hard Estonia with 1-0 in an away game, but against the Slovenians, who are very much like Russia game-wise, they twice scored a draw of 2-2, at the same time scoring six goals against the weak Andorra. To put it simply: three overs in four matches with a goal-difference of 11-4. Russia have had 25 shots on target in those four matches, and 29 off target. Denmark had 25 on target, and 24 off target- that's over ten shots per meeting, which is yet another proof of the offensive and open game both teams prefer, and everything is rooting for yet another interesting, goal-rich match. Details

Denmark and Slovenia showed that they want to play attractive football in their previous matches and I expect a similar approach by both teams today. Also, both teams played against a very solid Estonia under the margin, while the other two games they played went over the margin of goals scored. The home team can't count on their captain Vestergaard, which is a serious blow for their backline and I believe that the Slovenians can cause a lot of problems today. On the other hand the Danes will be boosted by the return of the excellent striker Falk, who already played for the senior national team and will make their attack even stronger.
I believe that the right bet would be over on goals scored because a tie is not an option for both teams, who have been scoring a lot of goals lately and playing good attacking football. Details

We should expect, and the previews from the guests confirm it, that Viborg's main goal in the derby will be to defend their goal and than try to endanger Aalborg through swift counterattacks. They have been successful in away matches and have only been defeated, convincingly, by Odense, while this recipe brought them good results in four matches. In these matches, if we do not count the OB, they received only one goal and have managed to withstand the attacks form Nordsjaelland, Aarhus, Sonderjyske and Midtjylland. Aalborg has problems with the offence, they did not find the right replacement for Helenius (transferred to Aston Villa last summer) and this can be seen on their home turf where they scored just five goals in five matches. If Viborg plays as Aarhus did in the last leg, which they can do, the host will have a hard time getting through them. But on the other side, AaB does not receive a lot of goals at home, only three in the last five matches. I expect another difficult match. Details

Viking are achieving impressive results and they take points when they play good, that is especially true at home where they usually play at a higher level. In their last 12 matches they have only 1 defeat, they are undefeated at home this season and they won their last three matches against good teams - Brann, Stormgodset and Valerenga. They are filled with confidence and the Vikings are chasing third position and every of the remaining five matches are very important and the fact that Sandnes is a local rival just adds the flavor to their motivation.
Sandnes coach "lost himself" in his statements prior to the match and he believes his team can achieve a good result and stay in the league. But if wee look at the several last road matches of his team, it is clear he has no other choice than to speak nonsenses. Two defeats with 1-11 goal differential are a big blow to their confidence and although they won four points at home in the meantime, I do not think that left any trace on them. What Sandnes did is already a success in itself, five rounds before the end of the season they have a good chance of staying in the league, but Viking are simply much better team and I believe they will achieve a convincing win. Last season they defeated Sandnes at home 5-0 and year before that they defeated them 2-0 in the Cup. Details

Everything is already said in the match preview - St. Mirren are not playing well at this moment, the team is in confusion and the coach Danny Lennon is under great pressure. The expectations are especially high after last year's surprising win of the League Cup but instead of moving forward, the Saints made two steps backward and are in a very difficult situation.
On the other hand, Aberdeen finally started to play the way fans wanted and expected them to after a few years of disappointment. The squad is almost always among the stronger ones of the league and this season it is noticeable in the field. To score a total of eight goals against Patrick and Falkirk is not easy at all and the win over very good Inverness is another proof that this team has the quality for the top of the table. The mood is great, the team is full of confidence and today they are looking for their third championship win in a row.
If to all that we add the fact that the Saints haven't won against Aberdeen since 2011 (seven draws and won win of Aberdeen since then, the one last season on this stadium) it is clear they will hardly overturn that negative streak. Because of the difference in quality, and especially because so different atmospheres, I believe that the away team can take three points this evening. Details

The key strength of both Hamilton and St. Johnstone is defense. The Accies have conceded only two goals in six Championship fixtures, just one in three home games. St. Johnstone, on the other hand, have conceded four goals in their last two games, but take Celtic out of the equation and we can conclude that they have kept a clean sheet in four out of six games. Hibs scored two against them, and Dundee United got a quick four in an unusual match, but those were completely different encounters from this one. Even in the Europa League prelims, we could see a well-organized team that conceded only twice in those two games.
Both teams' strikers are not in a very good form. Hamilton have scored ten goals in six league fixtures and St. Johnston only seven in as many games. I expect a similar match today to Kilmarnock vs. Hamilton (0-1), where the away team got away with a win after a set-piece goal. Since this is a one-game cup tie and the stakes are high, I don't believe we will see many goals. Details

Molde have signed some new players during the summer but they have also sold some important players such as their top goalscorer Agnan and centre-back Forren. But, departure of some important players is still not good enough excuse for poor performances they had this season. The defending champion was expected to win another title this season, but they won only two points in the first seven rounds. Such a bad start changed their expectations - now their main goal is to finish as high as they can on the table and to try to win the national cup. Despite losing some matches while they were playing in the Europa League preliminary rounds, they did start to improve after the bad results in the first rounds of the season. Since the end of May Molde have won seven out of 12 matches they played and they are currently holding 7th position on the league table. They signed some new players and the centre-back Forren had also returned back to Molde. Their forward Gulbrandsen scored four goals in just a few matches and they gained back their confidence after winning against Valerenga and Aelesund.
Sandnes almost got relegated last season (they earned their right to play in the top division through play-offs) and the same was expected this season, too. Although they are currently in good form, they did lost very convincingly to Start (7-0) and to Brann (6-1) in the last couple of months. They won some points against the teams comparable to their own (Sarsborg, Honefoss) and against teams that were significantly weakened at the time they were facing them (Tromso, Stromsgodset). In the last couple of weeks it is clear that their form is dropping, and I don't think they can cause any real troubles for Molde today. Details

The main reason for Nordsjaelland's bad results is a weak defense. The articulated runner-up is not playing as bad as the league table suggests. We have seen that in the last game week when they were equal to the mighty Midtjylland but they have not realized their opportunities and received two goals. They received 15 goals in total in the Superleague in eight game weeks and that makes Nordsjaelland's defense statistically the weakest one in the league. Their offence is looking better as time passes, especially after the arrival of Joshua John (he was on loan last season from Twente) who scored right after returning in the first game.
Sonderjyske performance of the last line is also nothing to brag about, especially on home turf where they received six goals in the last two matches.
Taking into account the style of play of this team, the offensive potential and defense problems, as well as last seasons matches between the two (12 goals in three matches), I would be surprised if this meeting did not go into over. Details

Midtjylland were lucky this season to have good results even when their gameplay was bad. Since the case was opposite in the last season, they can say that their luck is holding out this year, and are in the lead on the table. They had a maximum score on their home field winning 4 out of 4. As it is stated in the announcement of the match, Viborg are also good this season, but I do not believe that coach Christensen´s young team can stand up to them. The home team announced a big derby match, and in front of a packed audience the confident Midtjylland will go for another three points, while Viborgs coach is trying to alleviate some of the pressure saying this is “just” a match. FCM already beat Kopenhagen, Nodsjaelland and Brondby, while Viborg against Kopenhagen (1-4) displayed weaknesses that the home team will definitely try to take advantage of today. Details

This bet is based largely on the fact that Hearts are simply too weak to resist a team like Celtic. It is already known that Hearts are subject to bankruptcy proceedings, the club owes a lot of money and has a ban on buying new players until January. The result of this is the youngest team in the league. After a few good performances, the Hearts' youngsters were in their last match overrun by the dominant Inverness side. Today I expect the same thing. Celtic has a huge players' base and even their second team is a cut above Hearts. Lennon will possibly rest a few starters, but the substitutes can play just as well. Lennon is trying everything to motivate his players to give their all in the league game before the Champions League match. Although Hearts are far weaker than in previous years, I believe that Celtic will not lack motivation against an old rival whom they beat 4-0 in the last two games at Tynecastle. The full stadium will only spur them on and I expect an aggressive display from the champions from the very start. Details