Friday, 2 March 2012

SPL - 3rd March Team News & Thoughts

Aberdeen v Celtic


Aberdeen

Injuries - Hughes, Paton, Clark, Osbourne, Anderson, Milsom, Folly

Available Squad - Brown, Considine, McArdle, Reynolds, Arnason, Jack, Fyvie, Vernon, Megginson, Chalali, Fallon, Langfield, Mackie, Mawene, Uchechi, Rae, Pawlett, Magennis

Probable Starting XI - Brown, McArdle, Considine, Reynolds, Mawene, Jack, Arnason, Rae, Fyvie, Fallon, Vernon (4-4-2)


Celtic

Injuries - Ki, Izaguirre, Juarez, Brown, Majstorovic

Available Squad - Forster, Matthews, Rogne, Kelvin Wilson, Mulgrew, Forrest, Commons, Wanyama, Stokes, Ledley, Samaras, Hooper, Cha, Zaluska, Brozek, McCourt, Blackman, McGeouch

Probable Starting XI - Forster, Mathews, Rogne, K Wilson, Mulgrew, Forrst, Wanyama, Ledley, Samaras, Hooper, Stokes (4-4-2)



Prediction : Aberdeen 1-2 Celtic


Tricky game for Celtic on what I imagine will be a bobbly pitch with half the beaches sand on it. Aberdeen have not actually been beaten since Christmas and have only conceded 5 goals this year. So it seems that old Craigy Broon has finally made his team solid enough. Will the Celtic players start to get a little complacent now that the league is over? Its a NO BET from me simply because Celtic are a rubbish price for what I see as a possible toughie. At first glance the Over 2.5 goals looked a gift but I will leave that alone just to be safe.



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Dunfermline v Motherwell


Dunfermline

Injuries - Rutkiewicz, Phinn, Kerr, Turner, Bell, Gallacher

Available Squad - Smith, McMillan, Keddie, Boyle, Mason, Cardle, Hardie, Burns, Kirk, Graham, Buchanan, Goodfellow, Thomson, Byrne, Dowie, McCann, Barrowman, Hutton, Willis, McDougall

Probable Starting XI - Smith, McMillan, Keddie, McCann, Boyle, Cardle, Hardie, Graham, Thomson, Kirk, Barrowman (4-4-2)


Motherwell

Injuries - Saunders
Suspended - Lasley
Available Squad - Randolph, Hateley, Hutchinson, Clancy, Hammell, Law, Jennings, Murphy, Humphrey, Ojamaa, Higdon, Craigan, Daley, Forbes, Carswell, Page, Bradley, McHugh, Hollis

Probable Starting XI - Randolph, Hateley, Hutchison, Clancy, Hammell, Jennings Law, Daley, Murphy, Higdon, Ojamaa (4-4-2)


Prediction : Dunfermline 1-3 Motherwell

I can not believe my eyes at the odds here. OVER 2.5 goals @ 2.1 (Paddy Power) This seems to be an absolute steal given the free scoring football Motherwell are producing almost on a weekly basis. Bet of the year so far for me!



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Hibs v St Mirren


Hibs

Injuries - Booth, Murray

Available Squad - Stack, Francomb, Hanlon, McPake, Stephens, Booth, Sproule, Wotherspoon, Stevenson, Scott, Osbourne, Doyle, Claros, Kujabi, O'Donovan, Doherty, O'Connor, Griffiths, Soares, Brown, Towell

Probable Starting XI - Stck, Francomb, Hanlon, McPake, Kujabi, Soares, Claros, Osbourne, Stevenson, Doherty, O'Donovan (4-4-2)


St Mirren

Injuries - McAusland, Tesselaar
Suspended - McGowan, Imrie
Available Squad - Samson, Van Zanten, Naismith, Mair, Barron, Steven Thomson, Teale, Goodwin, Carey, Steven Thompson, Hasselbaink, Reilly, Smith, Murray, Mooy, McLean, Scullion

Probable Starting XI - Samson, Van Zanten, Naismith, Mair, Barron, Teale, Goodwin, Carey, Thompson, Hasselbank, Thomson (4-4-2)



Prediction : Hibs 1-0 St Mirren

Can't believe I'm saying this but Hibs have actually surprised me in the last couple of matches albiet I did back them to win last week. They were really unlucky losing to Motherwell in a great 4-3 match were they were in the lead and they were good value for their 3-1 win away at Kilmarnock last week. So have Hibs turned the circle? Yes, I think the new boss has finally weeded out the shite and brought in some of his players. St Mirren have drawn their last 4 league matches and only managed 2 goals so they are showing signs of struggling in my book. I think a HOME WIN @ 2.25 (William Hill) is on the cards here (unfortunately...)



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Kilmarnock v St Johnstone


Kilmarnock

Injuries - none

Available Squad - Bell, Fowler, Sissoko, Nelson, Toshney, Gordon, Johnson, Kelly, Buijs, Hay, Harkins, Van Tornhout, Shiels, Dayton, Kennedy, Heffernan, Letheren, Kroca, Racchi, McKeown

Probable Starting XI - Bell, Fowler, sissoko, Nelson, Hay Harkins, Buijs, Dayton, Shiels, Heffernan (4-4-1-1)


St Johnstone

Injuries - Morris

Available Squad - Mannus, Mackay, McCracken, Wright, Hart, C Davidson, Millar, Croft, M Davidson, Craig, Sheridan, Haber, Sandaza, Enckelman, Maybury, Oyenuga, Mitchell, Keatings, Stewart

Probable Starting XI - Mannus, Mackay, McCracken, Wright, C. Davidson, Millar, Croft, M. Davidson, Craig, Sandaza, Sheridan (4-4-2)



Prediction : Kilmarnock 1-1 St Johnstone

Killie have shipped 7 goals in their last 2 games so I expect them to be a bit tighter at the back this week. They have suffered 2 bad defeats in a row and will be looking to hit back but St Johnstone will make it hard. A draw looks the likely outcome here but with no great confidence. NO BET



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Rangers v Hearts


Rangers

Injuries - Bartley, Lafferty, Whittaker, Naismith
Suspended - Edu, Papac
Available Squad - McGregor, Bocanegra, Goian, Broadfoot, Perry, Davis, McCulloch, Aluko, Hemmings, Kerkar, Celik, Little, Wylde, Bedoya, Healy, Alexander, McCabe, Wallace

Probable Starting XI - McGregor, Perry, Goian, Bocanegra, Broadfoot, Aluko, Davis,  Wylde, Wallace, McCulloch, Healy (4-4-1-1)


Hearts

Injuries - Templeton, Kello, Kyle

Available Squad - MacDonald, Barr, Hamill, Grainger, McGowan, Webster, Zaliukas, Mrowiec, Robinson, Skacel, Novikovas, Elliott, Obua, Santana, Smith, Glen, Taouil, Driver, Ridgers, Holt, Beattie, Black

Probable Starting XI - McDonald, Grainger, Webster, Zaliukas, Hamill, Driver, Mrowiec, Black, Skacel, Robinson, Elliot,  (4-5-1)



Prediction : Ranger 2-0 Hearts

Probably best taking a large slice of the HOME WIN @1.7 (Stan James). There is no doubt Rangers are really struggling this week (on the field I'm talking about) with Edu and Papac suspended and also Lee Wallace a slight doubt but I think this week they will get the win infront of 50,000 loyal fans that they were looking for 2 weeks ago versus Killie. Hearts are on a run of form that normally ends up with a new manager!!!! Hearts have only managed 1pt from the last 15pts available and now find themselves with a bit of a battle to stay in the top 6 come the split. Hearts have taken Beattie on loan and half of me thinks great as we only really had 1 striker but the other half of me knows he's unfit and not really the best!

I expect Hearts terrible away record to again be our down fall, just 2 away wins all season is tradgic!



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