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ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
12/8/2014

Southampton vs Manchester United

Home - Southampton
Last away matches - L-D-W-W-L-W

What is encouraging for the fans of Southampton before the duel is the fact that they have played two draws against Manchester United last year, which only confirmed that they are no longer in such a subordinate position than before. In addition, coach Koeman’s players have opened this season in the best possible way and made even eight wins, one draw and two defeats in the first 11 Premiership rounds, with the fact that they received only five goals during this period.But then came their first draw of 1-1 away against Aston Villa, which has somewhat announced a decline in their form, which resulted in two defeats, first at home by Manchester City with even 3-0, and then last week away against Arsenal with 1-0. And to make matters even worse this series of tough matches continues on Monday, when they are hosting Manchester United, while Koeman has problems with his team, since midfielders Schneiderlin and Ward-Prowse and strikers Rodriguez and Gallagher are all out of action from before due to injuries, while defender Alderweireld and midfielder Cork also joined this list recently.

Away - Manchester United
Last away matches - W-L-D-L-D-L

The most successful English team is welcoming this derby of 15th Premiership round in a much better mood, given that they in the previous four rounds made the same number of wins and have thus for the first time this season came to the fourth position in the standings. Coach van Gaal’s players have used their lighter schedule in the best possible way in the last four rounds and celebrated three times at home against Crystal Palace, Hull and Stoke, while perhaps they showed the most mature game at home against Arsenal, which they defeated with 2-1.For this reason, now against the third-ranked Southampton we again expect a maximally aggressive, but also extremely offensive approach from “Red Devils”, especially since they announced a return of the recovered Rooney. On the other hand, their injured defender Jones and Evans, defenders Rafael and Shaw and midfielders Blind and di Maria are all still out of action, so van Gaal will practically be forced to use Valencia and Young instead of them, which will by itself further accelerate their game, especially in attack.

Asian Handicap
Home - (+0.25)
Away - (-0.25)
Pick - Manchester United (-0.25)
Odds - 2.28
Stakes - 10/10
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Spain La Liga
12/8/2014

Eibar vs Almeria

Home - Eibar
Last away matches - L-W-L-W-L-D

Eibar are still fighting to avoid the relegation zone to this season and they are sitting on the 11th place at the moment with six points above the relegation zone. They can be happy with this result because they are newcomers in La Liga and their goal was to remain in the league. Arruabarrena is the club’s top scorer and he will be oping to lead his team to a win in this encounter. Last week Manu’s smart first-half finish earned Eibar a shock 1-0 win at Celta Vigo. The forward on loan from Sevilla tucked home a through pass just moments after seeing an even better chance saved by goalkeeper Sergio.

Away - Almeria
Last away matches - W-D-L-L-W-W

A rough start to the season has left Almeria just above the relegation zone but an away game against Eibar could lift Almeria up the table if they can get a win. The problem for Almeria this season has been pretty obvious with only nine goals scored in 13 games. The main problems are obviously upfront where Almeria just haven’t had a striker that has gained any traction. Almeria stopped a run of four consecutive defeats in round 12 with a 0-0 draw at Granada. However, they lost 0-1 in a home encounter against Rayo Vallecano last week.

Asian Handicap
Home - (-0.75)
Away - (+0.75)
Pick - Eibar (-0.75)
Odds - 2.44
Stakes - 9/10
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Spain La Liga
12/8/2014

Levante vs Getafe

Home - Levante
Last away matches - D-L-D-L-D-D

Levante are still in the lower part of the table, but play recently a bit better compared to the beginning of the season. They have managed to win two times in a row at home and that put them bit higher in the standings, where the especially valuable was a victory in the city derby over Valencia. They won a point away in Seville, after three points previously won against Almeria, however, in the last round they lost away to Espanyol after they took an early lead that match.They couldn’t retain it even to the half time and by the end they received one more. They weren’t brilliant in the Cup on Friday when they played against second-league Albacete, and the match ended with the result 1-1, although it must be said that a combined team played. Now will play the strongest one as they have no problems with suspensions or injuries.

Away - Getafe
Last away matches - L-W-W-L-L-L

Getafe also had a very bad start of the season after which they had a good period, while now again play quite poorly and haven’t won the last three matches played in La Liga. They convincingly defeated Eibar in the Cup on Friday by 3-0 and it could be an additional motive for this match, with which they want to stop the negative series in the championship. In the last round they lost at home to Athletic by 2-1, but they could easily won a point in that match but did not use their chances and had scored the only goal in the injury time.Before that, they lost by the same result and in a very similar way to Villarreal away, but they scored the goal a bit earlier. For the match against Eibar in the Cup, coach Contra didn’t change much the team and only a couple of new players had got a chance, while now will play the same team as in the previous round except midfielder Sarabia who is suspended due to yellow cards. The logical replacement is Lafita, who will now play in the midfield together with Sammir.

Asian Handicap
Home - (+0.25)
Away - (-0.25)
Pick - Getafe (-0.25)
Odds - 2.63
Stakes - 8/10