New Season, still on the beat with my 2+ odds!

In my last episode, I made three 2+ odds predictions and two came through. Not a bad start. I’ve always advised to pay more attention to my 2+ odds. That category of selections are the best to a guarantee for money doubling.

Back to this week, I’ll be making my predictions with mid-week games. For some reason, mid-week games are more difficult to predict. Teams tend to perform differently. Same for fans as well. Maybe it has something to do with the long hours at work. On that note, I’ll roll out my predictions for Monday Night Football.

May Lady Luck be in our favour!

Sampdoria v AS Roma

Jose Mourinho’s team have started the season okay, at least by the club’s standards. Outside the Champions League places but above Juventus, surprisingly. The top five teams in Serie A currently are made up of only two of the traditional largest teams in Italy, with teams like Udinese and Lazio part of that number while Atalanta coast at the top.

Roma, making a push for themselves will want to stay close to that summit while they hope for these “wannabes” to drop at some point. Being on the right side of that means ensuring that Juventus doesn’t overtake them on the log. This game against bottom-placed Sampdoria is the type of me they should be winning to ensure that doesn’t happen.

The hosts are yet to win a single game this season. They have in fact scored just five times and conceded 17 to ensure they have just three draws after nine matches.

As much as Roma will still be without some players like Dybala due to injury, they have just enough to see off this game but don’t expect a rout. It’s a Jose Mourinho side in defensive Italy.

Tip: 2 & O1.5 @ 1.99odds

Score prediction: 0:2 @ 7.80 odds

Lecce v Fiorentina

Two teams with a history of being neck-on-neck with each other. Two points keep them apart, with the visitors in 14th place after recording nine points. This isn’t an easy tie to predict. However, with 11 goals conceded apiece, eight and seven goals scored, respectively, I expect a low-scoring game. To be honest, I’m more inclined to tilt toward a draw. But I’ll rather put the money on the number of goals to be scored.

Tip: U1.5 @ 3.05odds

Now we make the short trip to Spain…

Villarreal v Osasuna

Two teams neck-on-neck.

Villarreal have surprisingly had a slow start to the season. They have recorded just three wins and three draws out of eight games.

Villarreal are usually a goal threat. However, they’ve struggled to find their scoring boots thus far. It’s still early days, so let’s be patient with them.

The home team haven’t lost in nine games at home, are ranked third in big chances created yet are ninth in goals scored per match but have been awarded the most penalties – four. This means that they surely retain their attacking threat.

That being said, if Villarreal were the visiting team, their chances of getting a win would have been way narrower. However, against this Monday’s opponent and on home soil, I fancy them to find victory.

Tip: 1 @ 1.63 odds

Atletico Madrid v Rayo Vallecano

With all due respect to the visitors, I’m not sure about the point of analysis here, to be honest. In 16 meetings, Atletico have claimed 13 victories and two draws.

Tip: 1 & NG @ 2.09 odds

Then to Cyprus…

AEK Larnaca v Olympiakos Nicosia

The hosts are clear favourites for the win here. Seated in fourth place while the visitors are second from the bottom, six points behind Larnaca’s ten.

It’s not just their current form that sets them apart. Head-to-head stats have the hosts nine wins and seven draws ahead after 18 meetings.

It’s difficult to see an actual “match” here.

Insights on both of them show that the home side have scored seven goals in their last five matches and are ranked an enviable second at home this season.

In comparison, the visitors have scored just once in five matches and are yet to find the back of the net since their last two away games.

Expect a very narrow victory for the home side.

Tip: 1 @ 1.46odds

Let’s go to the UK…

Crystal Palace v Wolves

Wolves have signed one of the best strikers the Premier League has seen in the past decade in Diego Costa. However, he isn’t what he used to be at Chelsea. It feels like yesterday but it’s been eight years since then. A lot has changed.

The Spanish striker seems to have lost everything that made him the dreaded marksman he was. Including his ferocity and aggression. He appears like a man seeing out his days to retirement. Costa can pass as the face of everything wrong with the once-admired Wolves side under Nuno Santos.

Palace on the other hand haven’t exactly excited but they hover around the middle of the table and are in a better position to win this one.

For a comparative analysis of these two sides, in terms of rank in goals scored, the home team are 13th while the visitors are at rock bottom of that log.

All last three matches between these two sides have ended in victories for the Londoners. To make matters worse and confidence much lower, Wolves haven’t won away in their last six attempts.

Tip: 1 @ 2.22odds

Manchester United v Tottenham

Big mid-week game at the ever-buzzing Old Trafford.

I can’t speak to who’ll likely win but I can speak to the goals.

Tip: GG @ 1.56

Click here for coupon code 2L2j3nv valid till 6pm Monday, October 17, 2022.

Note: Always stake what you can afford to lose. Good luck!