
Hooray! The European soccer season is getting into gear.
We’ve passed over the first round of matches in the UK Premiership this week. Both Manchester United and Chelsea are extremely short priced. If Manchester City are to mount a serious challenge to the ”big four” they really need to get off to a winning start away to Blackburn. However, we don’t trust them to do that. As far as we can see there is nothing to choose in many of the other matches between win, lose or draw!
We’ve also passed over Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup. We’ve made our selections from the Scottish Premier, the Bundesliga and from France.
Selection one
Our first selection is Celtic (Saturday, 15 August, 12.45 p.m. kick off — all times UK times) in the Scottish Premier League where they are away to Aberdeen. Rangers and Celtic were so far clear of the rest last year we cannot see them dropping points in this first league fixture of the season. Although Aberdeen finished last season in fourth place in the league they were not in the same class as the top two. They may do well against the remaining sides in the Scottish Premier League but we cannot see them standing up to Celtic today.
Selection two
The second selection is Schalke (Sunday, 16 August, 4.30 p.m. kick-off) in the Bundesliga where they are at home to Bochum. Schalke did well in European competition last year. Although they finished only mid-table we anticipate that they are in line for a generally good 2009/10 season. They got off to a good start last week winning 2-1 away to Nuremberg. At home this week to Bochum, who struggled to survive relegation last season, should produce a maximum six points out of six start to the season for them.
Selection three
For our third selection we go to France. It’s Marseille (Sunday, 16 August, 8.OO p.m. kick-off) that is our pick this week. They are at home to Lille who finished in fifth place last season but were left well behind by Bordeaux and Marseille, who finished in in the first and second place respectively. We anticipate Marseille, who easily overcame Grenoble last week, will have no difficulty in despatching Lille, particularly with home advantage.
We’ve reviewed the bookmakers odds available and the best we’ve come up with are those from
William Hill where our £25 trixie (total stake £100) produces a potential return of £298.48 for a potential £198.48 profit — odds of very nearly 2/1.

For a change we’ve also made a few horseracing selections this week. With Godolphin and Frankie Dettori going so well at present (five winners yesterday) we anticipate them having three winners at Newbury this afternoon. We’ve placed a £25 win trixie on Love And Devotion (9/4) in the 1.30, Kite Wood (5/4) in the 2.35 and Evasive (6/4) in the 3.10. Our £100 stake gives a potential total return of £983.59 for £883.59 profit. We’ve placed our bet with Bet 365.

Hoping for the very best of luck.
Alex
Alex Napier: alex@bestbetistosoccer.com
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