Netherlands, Jupiler League

Stadion Gjaltema

This is a local derby for the region of Noord Holland,they have faced each other for 22 times and Veendam won 9,Emmen 6 and sixe games finished as draw. Veedam started as promotion cantidates but things doesn't look bright for the moment.Team is in bad form and from last sven they've won only twise.

Despite the genaral bad form team is strog at home and lost only once so far at the very first game f the season against Cambuur. Defender Angelo Zimmerman will stay out because of his bad displays at last games and Ewald Koster will replace him.Angelo Cijntje and Gerard Wiekens are back from injury and into selection and Mark Veldmate will be available again and will take his place in attack at the side of the best attacker so far Michiel Hemmen.

Fc Emmen will come to this big game and coach Paul Krabbe face goal keeper problems because both basic Thomas Villadsen and his replacement Sander Danes with the second to be under treatment not sure to be ready for tonight,in that case the third golie young Pieter IJzerman will take place at the posts.

Veendam at home sould take advantage of a weak away team and will push forword to come back in winning ways again i believe they have the chance at a prise a bit above the average.

The game will be played at the new builded 52.000 stadium of Deportivo Cali in Colompia.

Colompia has changed coach resenlty after the long non scoring record for something like 532 minutes and they sleeped down the table at South America Qualification where they are in sixth place 5 points away from Chile who qualify directly and 2 oints from Urugay who plays playoff.

Some new faces in and some old retired as usually in such situations,attacker Garcia from River Plate and midfielder Escobar from Kriliia Sovietof are two players tobe mentioned.

Nigeria is very clear that has aranged this friendly game for money purposes only and the situation is nearly funny.Some of them arrived Sunday some are on the way some are not sure to come at all and they even have a player from a lower German division team in selection.

All in all five from the starters as usual Nigeria plays are available for this game at Cali.

I will take my risk with some units because Colombia needs to gain some moral even at a friendly game.

Greek Cup

Olympiakos and AEK will meet for the Greek cup in order to advance at the semifinal for the local Cup.

Spread given is too high and there are two basic reasons for that:

Olympiakos will be without Mpourousis,Shortsianitis and Papaloukas so they are going to be serius effected at their front line and will not have the experiance of Papaloukas in case needed at any part of the game.

Secondly at coming weekend Olympiakos will play against Panathinaikos(away)and it is very normal not be fully consetrated to trush AEK.

Thay will win but i don't believe that big.

Rotheram United Aldershot Town

Another replay for the first round of the FA cup after the 1-1 draw at first game.

Rotheram are having a nightmare season and all has to do with the minous 17 points punishment from the organitation due to financial problems,but with a rather impressive football till now they managed and are allready outside relegation spots,and if we add the points dedacted from they could be into promotion rase very easy.

Andy Warrincton basic keeper is a major worry for them but still undesided if he will make it.Midfielder Danny Harrison is suspeded.

Aldershot are midtable placed with the bad away form(1-0-7)to be trade mark for their current campain.

Suspende Hilton and cup-tied Sandell unavailable for Town in this game.

I believe Rotheram will have the upper hand in this fixture after the away draw and bringing the game home,they are better team against an away weak opponent.

England, Blue Square Premier

Weymouth are midtable placed and are looking like going up than down in season progress.

Weymouth could be boosted by the return of midfielder Sam Cutler and striker Pierre Joseph-Dubois who have been sidelined with a chest infection.
Defender Cameron Mawer is fit to play despite being injured in Saturday's home defeat against Wrexham.

Woking seem to be in trouble placed just a poind away from relegation zone.

Woking could welcome back Paul Lorraine for the trip as he is expected to recover from an abdominal injury.
But the Cardinals will be without Colin Miles after he picked up a one-match ban following his red card last week.

Weymouth are a high scoring team with eight out of the last ten played at home to be overs in goals.Woking aren't off course a scoring machine now times and will try to slow the pace of the game but usually in football hosta are those to set the pace.

England, FA Cup

This is a replay for the first round of FA cup after the big surprise 0-0 draw that None League Droyslden achieved.

DARLINGTON will be hoping to transfer their excellent league form into the cup this evening when they travel to non-league Droylsden.
But to win they must defy their miserable record in FA Cup replays. In a run stretching back to 1985 Darlington have won only one of ten replays and that was 11 years ago at Solihull.

Darlington will be hoping for a smoother passage into round two this evening at the Butchers Arms Ground, but they will be without three key players.
Billy Clarke has a hamstring injury, Franz Burgmeier is on international duty and Saturday’s dismissal of Steve Foster means the captain begins a three-match ban.

There is a doubt whether Quakers target man Liam Hatch will be fit to start against Droylsden at the Butchers Arms in the F.A first round replay.

Losing the services of Hatch would be a huge blow to the Quakers who are already without several key-attacking players. Hatch had arguably his best game so far for Darlington at the weekend in the 2-0 victory over Lincoln. Hatch netted his 5th of the season in this game and he proved to be a constant threat to City`s in form back 4.

Droylsden are 11th in the Conference North – two divisions below Quakers – and usually attract gates of 300 but hope for a 2,000 attendance this evening.

Neil Sorvel, Colin Cryan, Liam Brownhill and Steve Pickford were rested on Saturday but are all expected to return. Keeper Craig Mawson is rated at 50/50.

Well if we talk about quality there is no doubt who's better but Darligtons fatigue will play its role i think tonight at Butcher's Arms and it won't be easy at all i believe,i expect a very close battle.

Bahrain v Australia

World Cup Qualifying Asia This is a game for the third round at group A for Asia qualification. Australia is top of the group and Japan is following them closely,those two seem to be the big favorites to end as winners in group. Bahrain is last at table with only a draw achieved at away game against Qatar. Australians Dutch coach Pim Verbeek will have some worries for this fixture at the faces of Scott McDonald(virous)and the importand Emerton but he will have available again Mark Bresciano and Harry Kewel and the news for the top Australian Tim Cahill are good because he did make it and traveled with the team. The Dutchman has proved a hit down under, dealing skilfully with a spate of injuries in the previous round, and the demands of a squad largely based in Europe. The unfamiliar conditions in Asia, too, have not proved as great a handicap as some feared. "Away games, you know how it is," Verbeek says. "Every game is different, every opponent is different. It's a different style, a different world. It's always difficult, but so far, we've done well." Bahrain, for their part, badly need a win to remain in contention after an indifferent start to the fourth qualifying round. To add to coach Milan Macala's difficulties, they will be without four first-team regulars, including key midfield schemer Mohamed Salmeen, for the match against Australia. "Australia are favourites to win this game, but we will fight for the three points because with a draw, we're finished," said Macala in a recent interview. Prises will drop down i believe,the game is not very easy but there is a class differance in quality,Australia will do the job at the end.

International Friendly

Olympiastadion (Berlin)

Germany will host a depleted England squad for an international brake of football. England will miss as much like 7-8 first team choises for this game,players like Gerrard,Lampard,Ferdinand,Rooney and others are not available for several reasons.

Off course those players that England have got available to play are not to be underestimated at all but its not the same thing i believe.

Possible squads are: Germany R. Adler - A. Friedrich, Mertesacker, Westermann, M. Schäfer - Schweinsteiger, Jones, Rolfes, Trochowski - Klose, Helmes

England James - G. Johnson, Upson, Terry, Bridge - Barry, Carrick - Wright-Phillips, Downing - Walcott, Bent

Germany doesn't usually loose from England and such games appart from beeing a friendly preparation one has always got the honor for winning it.

I expect prises to go down and this is what i am afraid of when a bet is becoming world popular.

France, Ligue 2 Monday top fight between the 2nd and the 4th placed teams at table. Both teams at medium form with Metz away win for the French league Cup at Lyon to be the top spot as i look at recent results. RC Strasbourg tends to draw too much and are having 4 draws at last seven games with aconvising win at last home against Tours(4-0) Metz will have bigger than the normal support at this game because of the succes at Lyon and their main problem will be the absence of the basic golie Marichez plus experianced midfielders Agouazi(11/1)and Barbosa(10/0) but team has enough roster to cover with the return of the very quik Cardy to be importand fact. Strasburg will have some imortand players unavailable for tonights game.Midfielder Cohade,left back Othon and basic central defenter Pele plus left MDF Gargorov.Noteable is also that experianced MDF Shereni sufferd with floo during the week and basic attacker Marquinhos was injured and didn't train at all,last two will be available as it looks now.The problem with the missing players is that the coach is forsed to change the formation. Strasburg will defend and try to walk away with a draw,but Metz is really motivated not to let them walk away unspoiled and keep or increse the gap in points. Home win for me at very inderesting prise.

Hollad Jupiler League

Telstar is nothing impressive at all and are facing several problems in and outside the field.They are in deep financial crisis and their field facing huge problems to meet the stadard of the organitation.

Despite those problems team is sawing character and last two home games was won quite impresively.

Veedam for sure has got a solid team but results doesn't help at all to make them climp the table and maybe win a period to secure play offs appearence.

A small exable is their lats away fixture at Excelsior where Veedam dominated the game and finnaly left with a 1-4 defeat,a result where referees desition played its role.

All in all i believe in a home ground not with such big supprt visitors wiil go for a win,they wont hide in a tactical game,end to end game i expect with some goals scored.

England, Barclays Premier League

Both teams are stading together at the relegation zone with only goal difference separate them.

Newcastle are having a quite big injury list with Viduka and Smith remain unavailable.Gonlalez out,Owen doesn't seem to be a selection,Burton is the last and huge miss and the list goes on....................................................................................

At Wigan everything depends on one player since Heskey will miss and this is the Egyptian allready conected with rumors for Real Madrid transfer Zaki,Camara probably will start.

Well it isn't an easy game at all but host are sawing character and i like this type of momentums in football.