Saturday, 12 May 2012

SPL - Sunday 12th May Team News‏ & Thoughts

Celtic v Hearts


Celtic

Injuries - Rogne, Forrest, Ki
Available Squad - Forster, Lustig, Wanyama, Mulgrew, Matthews, Brown, McGeouch, Ledley, Izaguirre, Commons, Stokes, Watt, Samaras, Hooper, Zaluska, Cha, Bangura, Ibrahim, McCourt, Kelvin Wilson, Loovens

Probable XI - Forster, Lustig, Loovens, Mulgrew, Matthews, Commons, Brown, Wanyama, Ledley, Stokes, Hooper (4-4-2)


Hearts

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

Probable XI - MacDonald, McGowan, Zaliukas, Webster, Grainger, Santana, Mrowiec, Taouil, Novikovas, Robinson, Elliott (4-5-1)



Prediction : Celtic 4-0 Hearts

Tricky one this for Hearts as they will surely be sensible and rest their key players for the all important cup final against bitter rivals Hibs next week, but they know a point from this match will bring a european place for next season. To be honest though it will probably be much easier to stuff the Hibees at Hampden than get a draw away to Celtic!!!! From everything that I have read Neil Lennon sounds like he is going to field a very strong team as he wants to finish the season off in style for their fans and let the title party take full swing preferably early in the match. I have a number of bets for this match as follows : CELTIC HT/FT @ 1.91 (CORAL) ; CELTIC -1.5 Asian Handicap @ 2.08 (LADBROKES) and for those who like a bit of a risky one, check to see what team Hearts are going to field and if its weak I'll have a pop at CELTIC -3 Asian Handicap @ 6.4 (bet365), sounds ambitious but Celtic have already beaten Hearts 4-0 at Tynecastle this year and they recorded a 4-0 at Celtic park last season also.

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Motherwell v Dundee Utd


Motherwell

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

Probable XI - Randolph, Hateley, Clancy, Craigan, Hammell, Jennings, Lasley, Law, Daley, Murphy, Ojamaa (4-4-2)

Dundee Utd

Injuries - Lacny
Doubtful - Neilson, Gunning, Douglas
Available Squad - Pernis, Dillon, Kenneth, Gunning, Neilson, Dixon, Flood, Rankin, Robertson, Mackay-Steven, Russell, Daly, Ryan, Armstrong, Watson, Dow, Swanson, Douglas, Banks

Probable XI - Pernis, Watson, Dillon, Kenneth, Dixon, Flood, Rankin, Robertson, Mackay-Steven, Daly, Russell (4-4-2)



Prediction : Motherwell 2-1 Dundee Utd

Consistency has been the difference between these 2 teams this year, Motherwell have shown that little bit more and hence are in 3rd place. This is a proper nothing match and a definite NO BET for me.

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St Johnstone v Rangers


St Johnstone

Injuries - Croft
Suspended - M. Davidson
Available Squad - Mannus, MacKay, Anderson, McCracken, C Davidson, Maybury, Millar, Riordan, Morris, Craig, Sheridan, Haber, Sandaza, Enckelman, Oyenuga, Gray, Keatings

Probable XI - Mannus, MacKay, Anderson, McCracken, C.Davidson, Millar, Morris, Craig, Adams, Sandaza, Sheridan (4-4-2)


Rangers

Injuries - Bocanegra, Goian, Kerkar, Lafferty
Available Squad - McGregor, Whittaker, Wallace, Perry, Bartley, McCulloch, Aluko, Edu, Ness, Little, McCabe, Bedoya, Broadfoot, Alexander, Healy, Mitchell, Hegarty, MacLeod

Probable XI - McGregor, Perry, Bartley, Broadfoot, Whittaker, Edu, McCabe, Ness, Wallace, Aluko, McCulloch (3-5-2)



Prediction : St Johnstone 1-2 Rangers

Rangers are without their two central defenders Goian and Bocanegra so no doubt that excuse for a footballer, Broadfoot, will get a rare runout. He will be up against Sandaza after the Perth hitman has now served his 3 match ban. However, it doesn't really concern me because I think Rangers midfield will be much more effective than St Johnstone's. Yes, St Johnstone have the nugget of Europe to play for but remember I reckon this will be the last game in a Rangers strip for many of these players so I think they will want to go out with a win. I wish though McCoist wouldn't persist on playing McCulloch upfront as although he started out as a striker he is anything but in his latter years! That said he will probably score the winner here now.........

I can't help but think the odds on Rangers WIN @ 2.0 (LADBROKES) is generous here!



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