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601  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: January 22, 2024, 12:52:45 PM
Bangladesh under 19 vs Ireland under 19
Right now Ireland is batting. And I think they are going to post a huge total, to be honest. Because they have already scored 219 and they still have five wickets in hand. Yes, I know that it is almost towards the end of the innings. But Ireland still have 10 balls in hand and they are trying to accelerate. I think the score that they will get is probably around 235. That is definitely not going to be an easy total for Bangladesh to chase.

Your guess is completely correct. Ireland under 19 scored 235 runs in 50 overs. Ireland collected 235 runs for the loss of 8 wickets. Kian Hilton played an excellent innings of 90 runs today. I would not say that the bowling of the Bangladeshi bowlers was very good today. I expected a better performance from the Bangladeshi bowlers. Because the Ireland U19 team is not very strong.

It will not be easy for the Bangladeshi batsmen to collect 236 runs. In the last match also we saw that Bangladesh team lost all the wickets while collecting 167 runs against India team. But if Bangladesh's top order plays well, Bangladesh can win against Ireland today.
Ireland Under19 brilliant batting performance and set huge total 236 runs for Bangladesh Under19. Ireland Under19 batting first wfored 235/8 the Kian Hilton brilliant batting performance scored 90 runs that helped Ireland to set a big total and their Chance of win this game is high now. Bangladesh Under19 batting 28/0 in chasing down the target, they needs 204 runs in approx 25 over to win this match. Ireland Under19 team needs wickets to comeback in this game.

Even if they fail to win against India, Bangladesh team will probably win against Ireland in today's match. Bangladesh's two openers Siddik and Shibli are batting very responsibly. Bangladesh have  not lost a single wicket in 12 overs yet. And they scored 58 runs. Since the opening pair is batting well, we can expect to see some good batting today from the next batsmen as well. More importantly, Ireland's bowlers are not bowling well today. Ireland's bowling attack is relatively weak. This is the reason why Bangladeshi batsmen are able to bat well. If the top order bats well, collecting 236 runs will not be a difficult task for the Bangladesh team.
602  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: French Soccer League Predictions and Discussion Thread (Ligue 1) on: January 22, 2024, 12:04:09 PM
Ligue One are birthright trophies to Paris Saint-Germain, they continue to win matches without having a solid trace of weakness. The Ligue One title, we're acquainted with the club that will take it home and they're clawing for bigger major trophies. It's time PSG upgrade their game to standards, no story but actions speaks. Paris Saint-Germain are strong enough to withstand the heavy pressure exerted on their path but it will definitely take lengthy period of time before things finally get in shape. Luis Enrique just have to put more hardwork to ensure things get better for the club.
Ligue One cannot be a benchmark for PSG for their performance and their quality. This is because Ligue 1 has been theirs until now. There is no team that can be compared in Ligue One. If PSG want to see their quality then I think the Champions League is the answer. If they are able to compete all the way to the semifinals then we can say that PSG's level is the same as other strong European teams such as Madrid, City and Arsenal.
I agree with you that Ligue 1 cannot be a benchmark to see how Paris Saint Germain performs, because in terms of quality they are far superior to other clubs here. I prefer to measure their performance in the Champions League, because there they have competitors who are even better than them.
The competitive level of a league is very influential, and we can see that from Paris Saint Germain. They can be said to be the only candidate in Ligue 1, so it is not surprising that they have such high dominance. We'll see when they were in the Champions League, they were like an ordinary club and had no special features apart from star players, which this season they no longer have because two of them have left. Not to belittle, but that's what happened.

I agree with you. Just how strong PSG are this season  cannot be gauged just by  looking at their performances  in Ligue 1 matches. Because  Ligue 1 teams are much weaker than PSG. So in almost every match PSG players are able to perform very well, and win.

We haven't had a better  performance than PSG in Champions  League group stage matches. They were lucky so the team qualified for the round of 16. However, PSg's overall performance seems to be somewhat stable now. But whether they can do well in the Champions League is not certain. I don't even consider PSG as favorites for the Champions League title.
603  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Champions League 2023/24 Season on: January 22, 2024, 11:46:13 AM
just imagine what if you had 2 teams that you really like? would you like both of them to become UCL title holders? Huh
but I'm sure you will prefer Man City to be the UCL title holders this season.  Tongue
IMHO, each person must be a fan of 1 football team. I don't know if someone can be a fan of 2 teams or more.  Grin
Sure, there will be 1 winner only, you must choose 1 team to be the favorite team. I prefer Man City to win it because their squad looks better, specifically when all the players are in good condition. Now, the injury players have recovered, they are ready to show their best performance in UCL.
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Strange reasoning. It’s just as strange as arguing that you can’t be a fan of barbecue and computer games at the same time. In addition, I am generally against being a real fan of any club - sport is entertainment/business, but not a religious faith (and the wars that result from this). I like several clubs and over the course of the seasons my preferences change, I don’t see anything illogical in this: if a club provides a good product (game) I like it, if not, then I will find a better product.
A team that I consider a favourite today may perform poorly after a while or my favourite player may change. Also, since I have personal freedom, I can keep any club I want on my favourite list. If a team is good I will definitely support it. I'm also not in favour of supporting a team emotionally while people enjoy the game and are there for entertainment. I think my own preferences may change over time. No team should be emotionally supported for entertainment or betting purposes.

You are right, People's preferences will change over time, and that's normal. I used  to be a die hard fan of  Barcelona. As long as Messi  was with this team, I liked Barcelona's  performance very much. But now  Barcelona's performance is quite poor, we  have to accept that. Now I find Manchester City and Real Madrid's performances very tidy. Although I am not a Madrid fan. However, we have to admit that this season the Madrid team is strong and their gameplay is very good. And we have to consider this team as the favorite  to win the Champions League title. At the same time, Munich and Manchester City also have great chances to win the Champions League title. We cannot underestimate any of these three teams.
604  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod] on: January 22, 2024, 11:12:37 AM
Yesterday there were two matches of ICC Under-19 World Cup.
Sri Lanka and New Zealand won that matches. So if we take a look on today matches so we have two matches today.
1. Bangladesh U19 vs Ireland U19
2. Australia U19 vs Namibia U19


In these both matches we can easily predict that which team can win the match. So in my point of view in first match Bangladesh will win easily and second one we know Australia is much better then Namibia so Australia can win.

Bangladesh under 19 vs Ireland under 19
Right now Ireland is batting. And I think they are going to post a huge total, to be honest. Because they have already scored 219 and they still have five wickets in hand. Yes, I know that it is almost towards the end of the innings. But Ireland still have 10 balls in hand and they are trying to accelerate. I think the score that they will get is probably around 235. That is definitely not going to be an easy total for Bangladesh to chase.

Australia under 19 vs Namibia under 19.
We all know that Australia is going to win this match. They only have a target of 92 to chase. Because Namibia under 19 was all out for 91. This is going to be easy for Australia under 19.
605  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: January 22, 2024, 08:35:35 AM
The penalty in the last minutes has been making westham feel so desperate about it. Im sure that many people who picked 1x2 westham won were almost feeling so happy but the referee was destroying their moments in a matter of seconds.  Roll Eyes
I clearly didn’t understand how that wasn’t a penalty because I feel it was obvious enough with Bowen being bundled to the ground but somehow, the referee and the VAR team didn’t deem it to have enough to be penalty worthy. West Ham United didn’t have a bad result anyway, having to share points with Sheffield United at their home but, it could have easily been a win.

It’s Bournemouth 0:1 Liverpool at the moment. I suspected Liverpool would have a hard time facing Bournemouth but they’ve somehow managed to handle it so well. Putting up most of the attacks and probably could have a second goal before Bournemouth could manage to score a goal but, Liverpool would have there 3 points.

I don't know why but slowly I am starting to think that the var team is also bought. I definitely think that was a penalty for sure. Why it was not given, I guess we will never know.

Liverpool won the match against Bournemouth pretty easily in the end. The final score was for having zero in favor of Liverpool. And I think this was expected by most of the people. Because nobody thought Liverpool was going to lose this match. And with this win, Liverpool solidifies the position at the top of the table as well.  They have a very good lead right now. I don't think they are going to throw it away.
606  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: January 21, 2024, 05:48:45 PM
Between Milan and Udinese, both teams have had quite a good record this season and they're sure were challenging to themselves, keeping the odds for the game aside. Udinese had the lesser chance of winning though but still they strived. If only they had tightened their defense line, then maybe they've had a better chance of stealing a point from the game.

 Udinese were the host, they had a good game yesterday and they tried to put enough pressure on their visitors too which was an extra boost to their confidence for the game. And for Milan, they also had a good game in the match and they were able to earn for themselves the three points in the game. For the two teams, it was only fair that the game ended with that result with just a goal margin. It works in both of their favours. At least there was time to fight hard and maximize experience too.
What a comeback!
AC Milan registered a lucky win against Udinese, who had fewer chances of winning. If it were a stronger team, AC Milan could have been punished. The performance against Udinese was below average, with players looking switched off at times. It was a weird second half, with misplaced passes and losing the ball easily. However, they fixed the errors and fought back until the end. A great surge at the end led to a comeback, and AC Milan ultimately secured a 3-2 victory.

In essence, Milan have a mission to take revenge too because after all, in their first meeting this season also the fact that Milan lost by Udinese with a score of 1-0. Therefore, in this match Milan had good dominance even though it was still not easy for Milan to win but yes, with great efforts made it gave maximum results for Milan in the match until finally Milan got three points as expected. With the achievement of these three points certainly makes Milan remain strong in the third position of the current Serie A standings this moment but about Udinese, it is clear that Udinese still has to work harder to be able to continue to stay away from the relegation zone.

The performance from Milan seems to have improved in recent times. Because they have been pretty consistent in the past several weeks. And Even though I also agree that the last win that they got, in the match against udinese , I have to say they have definitely played well. And it's not like they absolutely got lucky. They had the control of the ball for much longer period of time compared to their opponent. But scoring on the 93rd minute of the match to win the matches definitely something of a luck for the team in my opinion. But when a team is trying so hard, I think they are supposed to be a little lucky.
Udinese is working hard to stay out of the relegation zone. But they are not clear of the danger.
607  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: January 21, 2024, 05:16:49 PM
Any rumor that linked KDB to the saudi pro league will never come true and as reported by goal regarding the latest news suggest that if KDB will be getting a new offer from manchester city to extend his contract.

https://www.goal.com/en/news/live/transfer-news-and-rumours-live/blt1ccfda38eda06d5a

As you guys can see KDB has become the most important player in the club and he has massive impact to the club. The chance for saudi pro league to get him will be very small. I think that de bruyne can still stay at manchester city till he will be entering 40s.
Im only imagining that bruyne will able to play like modric which was almost 40 years old and so there is still less than a decade for him to stay in the manchester city. There's no need for saudi pro league to put a lot of hopes for him.
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What's the point of him playing for City until he's 40, if he can go to Saudi Arabia and earn as much before he's 35 as he would earn playing for City until he's 40? Maybe he doesn't have enough titles? And does he really need an 8th Premier League title (or how many does he already have)?
In City he has already won everything he could, so now he can play purely for the sake of money.
Besides, it’s good that you compared him with Modric - in the end, Real was able to ensure that Modric received the highest individual award - the Ballon d'Or, but City will never do anything for KDB.

I think he has made it clear that he is definitely one of the best in the world. And he has nothing else to prove anymore. Unless he really wants to make his ex-girlfriend jealous. I think everybody still remembers the Kevin De Bruyne and Courtois situation. But still, that was quite a long time ago.

Anyway I think it is not going to be a bad idea for him to actually go to the Saudi League for more money. And remember he is already quite old. So probably he should go for as much money as he can get. Because at the end of the day, money is very important for professional footballers.
608  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Test Cricket Prediction and Discussion Thread [self - mod] on: January 21, 2024, 04:42:45 PM
There was a small but important debate shaping up regarding the first choice WK batter for India in the upcoming series against England.

Bharat is a traditional rock solid gloveman similar to Saha but lags in the batting department. The new guy Jurel is a good Keeper and an exciting prospect with the bat and is known for his explosive batting.

But I guess the recent England Lion vs India A match seals the deal for Bharat, at least for the first 2 matches.




Yes I do not think he actually needs to worry about anything at this moment. The only thing he has to worry about is the performance that he has to deliver. There are definitely a lot of expectations from him. And we also have to remember that people are always going to compare the next wicket keeper with the best that they had, Dhoni. People are always going to say ‘yes he is great but he's not Dhoni'.

Anyway I think he can do well. But he will have to keep calm under pressure. Because the pressure is definitely going to be on him.

And remember in recent times and also in the future, a wicketkeeper will have to be good at batting. There is no more good wicket keeper, there are only good wicket keeper batsmen.
609  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: January 21, 2024, 04:19:36 PM
Also, the Kiwis rested Mitchell and Kane Mama is injured. Overall Pakistan should be worried about it and do some soul searching after this consolidated win.

This is their format and they can dominate almost everyone in T-20 format. With new batting talent coming in, which is suited for t-20, mix it with experienced batters. Plus so much quality in the seam bowling lineup. They have almost every ingredient (spin department is weak and at times looks flat though) to succeed and become a powerhouse in the T-20 format. 

The main issue with Pakistan is there inconsistent performance. They lost this series 4-1 but that doesn't mean there upcoming world cup journey is over. You may find them in knock out stage or even final of T20 world cup. In last T20 WC, they lost in group stages to Zimbabwe but concluded there journey by playing the final.
Having said that this is something not to be proud of. Pakistan is playing cricket for decades and after years of cricket they can't produce a team that can give some consistency. 
Now we have more drama coming in PCB as Zaka resigned as PCB chief. Now wait for some new surprise.
Well, let's be honest. We all know how they reached the finals. It's utterly shameful to take the cover of kudrat ka nimaj when team is good.

IMO they underperform in the T-20 despite having excellent combinations. They might be shit in other formats but in T-20 Pakistan can potentially field 2 competetive teams.  There is more than enough talent in the country for the T-20 format. They only have to avoid favoritism, politics and give importance to merits, also stop dehumanizing and listen to players' needs (Rauf).

Pakistan was finally able to win the last match of the series lol. I honestly thought that Pakistan might not even win a single match. But at least they got one. And I have to say they have played really well in the last match. Did not look anything like the first four matches that they have played.

And yes I absolutely agree that the biggest problem for Pakistan right now is the inconsistency. If Pakistan was more consistent, they could have had a far better result in the world cup as well. Even in the world cup, we saw Pakistan being very inconsistent. A problem for Pakistan is that the squad that they have is really not very reliable.  It is not certain that if the star player fails, the others will rise up to the occasion.
610  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: ⚽ Football Transfers Speculation, Odds and Predictions on: January 20, 2024, 04:54:32 PM

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I agree and Fabrizio deserves it, congratulations and we will always monitor the latest news. What's interesting today about the news is that Real Madrid confirmed that Jeremy De Leon's journey has begun to become part of Ancelotti's biggest plans for the future. Recruiting players with a young age range ensures that Madrid focuses on long-term club development. Jeremy De Leon is only interested in playing with Madrid even though there are offers from other clubs? I think one of them must be Barcelona.

Fabrizio Romano definitely deserved that. I will actually say that sometimes i think he can actually manipulate the price of a player. Because we know that he is a great resource for true news. And I will agree that it is something i don't like. But we also have to agree that he has worked hard to create that kind of influence. Let's think about it, if he didn't have that type of influence,  he probably would not be able to manipulate the market value of a player. That is probably one more reason why I think he should be respected.

Real Madrid has actually always preferred to have younger players in the squad instead of older ones.  It's just this recent times when we saw Real Madrid having an older generation of players in the main squad.  It was a little surprising to me but now I think they are done with older players and  they are once again transitioning to the younger generation of players.
611  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: January 20, 2024, 12:06:43 PM
Chattogram Challengers VS Khulna Tigers
And shortly after, the fourth match of Bangladesh Premier League will start between Chattogram Challengers vs Khulna Tigers. In all three previous matches, whoever won the toss decided to field and the teams who batted later won. So in today's match those who win the toss will try to take the fielding. Chattogram Challengers had a great performance against Sylhet Strikers yesterday to win. Hope Chattogram Challengers will try to play very well today. I think whoever bats later will have more chances to win this match today. Hope to see a lot of rivalry between the two teams today. Let's see which team can win today.

I guess Chattogram Chellngers will win today's match too. We have seen excellent performance of Chottogram players against Sylhet. Chottogram's batsmen performed very well. Sylhet team set a huge target of 178 runs but managed to win Chottogram.

Shahadat Hossain and Najibullah Zadran batted well in the first match. Nazibullah scored 61 runs off 30 balls and Shahadat scored 57 runs off 39 balls. Chottogram's squad is strong. But the Khulna squad is not weak either. Khulna squad has excellent foreign players like Evin Lewis and Shai Hope. So today's match will also be very exciting.
612  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: January 20, 2024, 11:25:24 AM
I wouldn't say that Napoli are not strong. This group is quite strong. But  their performance is still erratic. Napoli  won 3-0 against Fiorentina. They  played well and won it's true. But  this does not prove that the  team is back on  track and will be able to  perform well in the upcoming  matches. Napoli's  performance is still erratic. Napoli  will face Inter Milan in the Supercoppa final. And I don't consider Napoli as favorite in this match. Inter Milan is the favorite in this match and the champion of Supercoppa will be Inter Milan. Not much should be expected from Napoli players this season.
Napoli cannot be said to be completely strong, their performance this season looks inconsistent and looks bad. We can see the number of their defeats so far in any competition, and the 3:0 landslide victory over Fiorentina cannot be said to be completely strong because Napoli have the advantage of playing at home and that made them play confident enough to beat Fiorentina and eliminate them in the semifinals.
And in the final, I don't think Napoli will be the favorite even though they are playing at home because the opponent is a pretty tough team, Inter will beat Napoli and win the Italian Super Cup this season.

It goes without saying that Napoli completely  dominated the match against  Fiorentina. Napoli's  defense was strong in  this match, that's right. And I would say that is why Napoli won the match. Fiorentina played attacking  strategy. So Fiorentina's defense was weak. The Napoli players were able to use this opportunity properly. Napoli's  match strategy was very good in this match. And because of the match strategy they were able to win this match. But I doubt if Napoli can maintain this consistency. We haven't seen them play consistently well this season. Also, Napoli's chances of winning against a strong team like Inter Milan are very low.
613  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: January 20, 2024, 10:47:45 AM
Dortmund finally put an end to their bad streak in the Bundesliga last week. But they will need to maintain this look for a while to continue recovering. Sancho's coming back to the team can make a really good impact on their scoring skills as well in the rest of the season. They are very close to top four even though they lost so many points  recently.

If Dortmund continue getting positive results mostly I don't think they would have any problem on finishing the season in top four. It is really important for them to do this work in a season at worst. The board would have liked to see some title competition from them but it won't happen clearly.

The Dortmund team failed to win 7 matches in a row. Bundesliga, Champions League and DFB Pokal, we saw Dortmund's  poor performance on all platforms. Even then, the team managed to qualify for the round of 16 of the Champions League.

After so many consecutive  matches without a win, Dortmund needed  a win against Dartmstadt. Dortmund won the match  3-0. They won the match by dominating it. And if they are able to continue this kind of performance, the Dortmund team can qualify for the Champions League. If the performance is not regular, it will not be possible for Dortmund to qualify for the Champions League. Stuttgart and Leipzig are now performing better than Dortmund.
614  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Italian League Prediction Thread (Serie A) on: January 20, 2024, 09:59:23 AM
Yes, in the final round of Italian supercup will have a big match (Inter Milan vs Napoli). Both the teams won the semi-final matches with big scores (3 goals, without conceded a single goal). I think both Napoli and Inter Milan will play with their best performance in the final round. However, if we analyze the current condition of these teams during this season, it is true that Inter Milan should be the favorite team to win the final match. I'm sure Inter Milan has a better defense and they have better attackers, too. So, I guess Inter Milan will win the title and they will win the match with 2 goal at least. I predict the result of the match will be Inter Milan 2-0 Napoli.  Wink
Napoli is still a strong team because the players with last season there is no big change. it's just that the current coach Rudi Garcia is still outclassed by Spaleti and has not been able to build into a team as strong as when he was coached by Spaleti. although Rudi Garcia has been fired and replaced by Walter Mazari. so inter milan cannot be underestimated napoli.
Don't just because you won 3 goals over Fiorentina in their last match you say that Napoli is a strong team, I really don't think so.
Naoli this season is really in a really bad state with all the problems they are facing and also Walter Mazari who has just managed the Napoli team takes longer to process, I see Napoli's performance is not that good and it feels unfair if we compare them with Inter Milan, secondly The teams have quite significant differences.

I wouldn't say that Napoli are not strong. This group is quite strong. But  their performance is still erratic. Napoli  won 3-0 against Fiorentina. They  played well and won it's true. But  this does not prove that the  team is back on  track and will be able to  perform well in the upcoming  matches. Napoli's  performance is still erratic. Napoli  will face Inter Milan in the Supercoppa final. And I don't consider Napoli as favorite in this match. Inter Milan is the favorite in this match and the champion of Supercoppa will be Inter Milan. Not much should be expected from Napoli players this season.
615  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: January 19, 2024, 05:52:13 PM
Leipzig vs Leverkusen matches are always very competitive. None of the last 5 matches between these two teams have been drawn. Leipzig won two matches and Leverkusen won three matches.
Although Leipzig have failed to win their last two matches, the team has been in good form this season. Their squad is strong.
I guess that Leipzig lost there last game against Frankfurt was just unlucky for them.
They have for sure a very strong Squad and if they have a very good day they can beat ever Team in German League.

Despite the defeat against Frankfurt, the  Leipzig team cannot be called weak. Their defense  is strong. They conceded only  18 goals this  season. At the  same time, the  performance of the  attacking players is also quite  good. This team is not fighting for the title. However, Leipzig  are trying their best to qualify for the Champions League. And  I believe they will be able to qualify for the Champions League. They have this ability.


However, several important players of Leverkusen will not be in the squad due to injuries in this match. Boniface, Kossounou and Tapsoba will not be with the squad for this match. Now I am waiting to see how the Leverkusen coach develops his match strategy without these three important players.
Even there are a few Players will be not playing against Leipzig i think that Leverkusen have enough good players to fit in this Role.
So for me i think that Leverkusen will win this game and i already placed my bet on them.

The Leverkusen team is strong. However, despite the  good performance we saw in the last match, this team  faced a lot of problems in scoring goals. Leverkusen had a narrow 1-0 win over  Augsburg in the last match. Although  several key players of Leverkusen will not be present  in this match, Xabi Alonso's  match strategy is very good. And  the Leverkusen team  is considered the favorite against Leipzig as well. Leverkusen will have to beat Leipzig if they want to keep the top spot in  the table.
616  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Germany League - Bundesliga Prediction Thread on: January 19, 2024, 03:43:51 PM
RB Leipzig like I've said before is one of the best clubs in Germany and have been very consistent in their impressive performances in the past few season so playing a game in their own turf is definitely a very difficult task. But against the most consistent team in the German Bundesliga this season, I think Leipzig's chances of winning that very game tomorrow are very slim as I expect the away team Bayer Leverkusen to claim all three points from the game.

Xabi Alonso is trying to win the German Bundesliga title this season even when they weren't considered as one of the first three favorite teams to do win it in the beginning of the season. He knows that he's closely followed by Bayern Munich and that's why every match in the game is surely an important one.
Leverkusen is in top form and they are also in high confidence at the moment even though they will play at home to RB Leipzig, but I think the Leverkusen team's great motivation to maintain the top of the standings makes their chances of getting 3 points very big.
RB Leipzig has been a strong Bundesliga team in the last few seasons, but they often cannot maintain consistency, so for several seasons they have not been able to compete with Bayern in the race for the Bundesliga title.

Leipzig vs Leverkusen matches are always very competitive. None of the last 5 matches between these two teams have been drawn. Leipzig won two matches and Leverkusen won three matches.

Although Leipzig have failed to win their last two matches, the team has been in good form this season. Their squad is strong. Leipzig's defense and attack are quite good. So if Leverkusen wants to win this match, Leverkusen's players must play very carefully. However, several important players of Leverkusen will not be in the squad due to injuries in this match. Boniface, Kossounou and Tapsoba will not be with the squad for this match. Now I am waiting to see how the Leverkusen coach develops his match strategy without these three important players.
617  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: UEFA Europa League 2023/24 Season on: January 19, 2024, 03:23:59 PM
The big problem with De Rossi for Rome is one, and that problem is, if he has a bad start you dont have so much time to recover the phase and recover places, because Rome situation right now is also not so good, if you start to lose more terrain and get out of this cup, your season is gonna be a complete failure and maybe without also De Rossi at the end of the season and searching again for a new coach.
I believe this will happen, I mean what you can expect for one month with a new coach? it's not even enough to reshuffle the players, they will use a same lineup and probably using a different strategy. But a strategy need to be trained for many many times, so I don't expect any big change with De Rossi.

I agree with you. I am also not expecting much from De Rossi this season. 40-year-old De Rossi is not an experienced coach. De Rossi has been with Roma for a long time. He probably played 19 consecutive years with Roma. He is aware of the overall situation of the Roma team. But he is inexperienced as a coach.

I don't know why Roma management sacked an experienced coach like Mourinho. Mourinho is a very experienced coach. Roma's squad does not have enough experienced players so their performances have been poor and erratic. Coach Mourinho cannot be blamed for this. I don't think Roma's performance will improve with new coach De Rossi. I think we will see further deterioration of Roma's performance.
618  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: T20 and T20I cricket prediction and discussion on: January 19, 2024, 02:45:33 PM
Pakistan now have lost 4 T20I in a row and last game will be played to avoid whitewash. NZ batting first always gave a target of around 200 but Pakistan today gave a target of 159 to NZ. Despite losing three quick wickets, NZ chased the target in 19th over thanks to 4th wicket partnership of 139 between Daryl Mitchell and Phillips. There are not many chances that Pakistan will win the last game.
The Pakistan team continues to disappoint their visitors regularly.They keep losing one match after another. In the five-match T20I series between Pakistan and New Zealand, Pakistan lost the first four matches to New Zealand. They have one more match left and if Pakistan lose this match too to New Zealand they will be whitewashed.

I would say that Pakistan's batting and bowling are not doing well.In every match I have seen only one player of Pakistan playing well and everyone else playing badly so sometimes no team can win. In today's match, only Mohammad Rizwan batted well, everyone else batted badly, similarly Pakistan's bowling also bowled badly. As a result Pakistan team lost against any other team.

Given a target of 159 runs, victory was not possible. We saw high scores in the first three matches. In today's match too, I thought I would see a target of over 200. I believe if New Zealand had batted first they would have been able to give 200+ targets.

Pakistan team lost another match due to bad batting. No one batted well except Mohammad Rizwan. Except for Rizwan and Nawaj, every batsman batting was slow.
But Shaheen Shah Afridi managed to get off to a good start. Shaheen Shah Afridi took three wickets of New Zealand's top order before the end of 3 overs. If the other bowlers of Pakistan could have bowled well then maybe Pakistan could have won the match.
619  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Saudi Professional League 2023/2024 on: January 18, 2024, 06:44:53 PM
We are talking about arguably the two best players in the history of football, driving each other to mental levels. I mean you can call out each other if you are not the fan of the other, but the people with objective eyes can tell you that it doesn't matter if Ronaldo is better or Messi is better, it is not the point, the point is that, no matter which one is number one, those two are the top two in the history of this sport and played relatively during the same period as well, and for along time even in the same league as well.

So, it is clear that we are talking about watching Gods of football, basically playing at their retirement clubs for one last time, no matter how long, I do not think that they will change clubs after this, it is going to be just retirement for them.

It doesn't matter which of Ronaldo or Messi is the best because anyway, based on the fans of them will also certainly say that their idol players are the best. Because yes, I personally very disappointed with FIFA's decision to choose Messi as the best player despite the fact that there are young players in this era who deserve the award like Haaland or other young players like Mbappe or whoever it is or maybe Bellingham. Because after all, if I consider Messi after leaving Barcelona, in fact Messi didn't have big achievements in the next team like at PSG and now at Inter Miami too. Therefore, I think FIFA chose the wrong player in giving this award, because there not great achievements that Messi has at this moment.

What I've seen FIFA has always been biased towards Lionel Messi for some reason! ! This is the main reason why a lot of players have suffered. I don't think you can show me any season or any time when Cristiano Ronaldo did not win the award of the best player when he deserved it. But everyone knows Lionel Messi has definitely been the winner when he did not deserve it.  I can show you a lot of scenes when he won the Ballon d'Or when he was not supposed to. FIFA has definitely been biased towards Lionel Messi and for some reason they are actually trying to establish him as the greatest player of all time,  at least it seems like that to me.
620  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Premier League Prediction Thread 2023/2024 on: January 18, 2024, 05:56:33 PM
I think they most importantly need to win the games they will play against the other teams that are threatened to end their season in the relegation zone. Of course it is a nice to have if they can beat other teams from the upper half of the table, but the most important points are those against their competitors from the lower half of the table.

Within the last 7 games of the season their opponents are Burnley, Nottingham, Brentford, Luton Town and Sheffield. That's when the season will be most important for Everton. 
The team you mentioned also has the desire to win the match and they also don't want to be in the relegation zone so everyone will play for a win or at least a draw. Everton should be able to get out of the zone more easily, but their inconsistent performance means everything can change. Nottingham and Brentford are not easy to beat because they also have to win if they don't want to be in the relegation zone so they will try the same thing as Everton.

If can't win in all the remaining matches then a draw is enough, but it's also important to get several wins to avoid unforeseen possibilities. Being above one level in the relegation zone is not an easy thing because if they want to be safe they have to be in 14th or 15th position in the final standings.
None of the teams is easy to beat and that is why we have seen so many surprises so far. But if somebody asked me whether I think that the most important games for Everton are those against the teams from the upper half of the table or the games against the teams from the lower half of the table, my instant answer would be that they have to win the games against the teams from the lower half of the table of course. Everton can afford to lose against Manchester City and Liverpool, but they can't afford to lose against Luton Town, Brentford and co. Those games are absolutely critical and every single one of those games must be considered a final like in a cup.

It will be difficult to predict which teams will go into the  relegation zone. Because there  is still a long journey  ahead. Each team will  play about 18 more matches. So Burnley and Luton Town have the ability to get out of  the relegation zone if the performance  is somewhat stable. But it cannot be said with certainty whether it will stabilize the performance of the teams.

However, the performance of the Everton team is quite good this season. Despite losing 10 points, they are still out of the relegation zone. And I think at the end of the season we will see this team maybe 12th/13th. But I am not satisfied with Sheffield United's performance. It will be very difficult for this team to get out of the relegation zone. Because their defense is too weak.
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