Scandinavia 15-17 May

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FIN Veikkausliiga, Injuries, May 16 - 16.05.2007

AC Oulu 10 BROVKIN Dmytro F *** SUSPENDED
AC Oulu 11 RAFINHA F ** SUSPENDED

Tampere Utd 6 KUOPPALA Jussi D ** INJURED
Tampere Utd 11 SAVOLAINEN Jussi-Pekka M * INJURED
Tampere Utd NWOKE Daniel F INFO new player

Haka 4 OKKONEN Jarkko D *** BACK from injury
Haka 14 POPOVITS Valeri F ** INJURED
Haka 3 VILJANEN Petri D ** INJURED

VPS 17 EKSTRÖM Miika F ** INJURED

Jaro 5 TÖRNQVIST Jesper D ** INJURED

KooTeePee -

TPS 10 ADY M ** INJURED questionable

Lahti 2 HAARA Heikki D ** INJURED
Lahti 20 KEMPPINEN Jonne F * INJURED rest of the season

Explanation of stars (*) after the player names.
There are four different categories and they describe the importance of the player. Higher the importance, bigger the effect on estimations.
*** = Irreplaceable Key Player, high importance
** = A starting XI player or an often used rotation player, medium importance
* = Rotation player, small importance
- = A youngster or a very rarely used player, no importance

[Towers]

Brann(hc-1) vs Fredrikstad pick: 1
Stromsgodset(hc-1) vs Aalesund pick: 1
Tromsø(hc+1) vs Lillestrom pick: 1
and
Viking vs Lyn pick: 1

4 games that seem very interesting right now. I have a feeling that Viking will prove that they can win and score without topscorer Ijeh today. Maybe Ødegaard will start scoring. I also expect Pimpong to show some progress soon...

[kompressaur]

Swedish cup i note. It sounds really hard. I couldnt begin to know what to bet. Holy hell bet365 has about 60 swedish leagues on offer. Does anyone bet on these leagues? Lemme see one of them. Why do i never hear about people betting on these leagues? Surely information is power in this game? Is it the lower limits of this sort of thing? What is the limit say for bet365 for instance?

[kompressaur]

Im just full of questions

[Galilee]

I can't answer most of your questions komp. As far as I know limits on those leagues are lower, however I don't have any personal experience as I have not bet more than 100 euros on lower Swedish leagues. I am a great fan of lower leagues in general as I think that mistakes on odds are much more often because there is not much attention on those games. However info is really scarce through the net and you have to invest loads of time if you are not a swedish national (in our case). Just for the record my stats on the Greek leagues this year were 106% (that is return on initial capital) for League 1, 97% for League 2 and a staggering 127% for League 3 although just a couple of bookies offer odds on the lower leagues.

[Galilee]

Swedish Superettan
Osters vs Norrkoping 3.00 - 3.40 - 2.10

Before the season started both teams were expected to fight for promotion but Osters have not started well at all having won just once in their 5 first games. I don't think however that the odds dropping for the awaywin are due to the bad start. They are due to the problems that Osters teams has got for this one.
Midfielder Zavadil is in Chech Rep. for personal reasons and midfielder Figuieiredo is injuerd. These players are very important for the creating part of Oster's game and without both of them they are in trouble. Forward Johnson is also out because of injury as far as I know, although some previews state him in the starting 11. Also first team goalkeeper Malmkvist is doubtful but should play. Defender Borg is also doubtful and may miss this one. All these are first team players and the two midfielders really important ones.

Norrkoping have started much much better, 3 wins and 2 draws in their opening 5 games. They miss important midfielder Samuelson who does not want to aggravate his injury.

Odds on the awaywin are dropping fast. I am not so sure however that Norrkoping can leave with all 3 points despite Osters' problems. I would expekt a nervous game without too many chances. I am not betting on anything as I am on a slightly bad run, however if I had to choose I would go with under 2.5 @ 1.90.

[kompressaur]

Cheers Galilee. there's all what you said and the problem in that we don't speak Swedish to consider i suppose


Good luck Galilee. Im gonna get myself together as i realise im just throwing money about today (post office/bank connection ) No point in not playing to win i suppose