THERE are no English or Scottish games tonight ahead of a busy card on Tuesday and Wednesday – so the focus is on two Serie A encounters and one in Spain.
Firstly we have Cagliari v Napoli kicking off at 6pm followed by Parma v Inter Milan two hours later.
Fans of Napoli take note: There is no Edinson Cavani. The striker who is always well followed on this site and who netted Napoli's injury-time winner in Stockholm in midweek, is suspended.
That could make it a tougher task for the visitors who have drawn their last two to slip five points off the pace but I was interested to read Napoli have lost just one of the last eight league games sat out by Cavani.
He will be replaced by young Italy international Lorenzo Insigne who has scored in his last two league outings. He is 7-1 at bet365 to hit the opener and 23-10 at unibet to score.
Cagliari have lost just one in five and beaten once in their last five home clashes with the Naples men.
If Cavani was playing I'd take Napoli to edge it but as he's not this could be a draw (23-10, BetVictor). Both teams have netted in Napoli's last five an a repeat pays 10-11 at Coral although Cagliari haven't been prolific at home with just seven goals.
Inter's run of victories came to an end with defeat at Atalanta and they followed up with a draw at home to Cagliari. They'll be looking to get back on track but have a handful of players injured and Walter Gargano banned. Also coach Andrea Stramaccioni will be sitting in the stand so it could be a tough 90 minutes away to a Parma side they've won at just three times in 20 years.
I hate sitting on the fence but this could be another draw (23-10, BetVictor) for Inter against a side unbeaten at home this season with three wins and three draws. For anyone interested Inter a biggest 8-5 at BetVictor and William Hill.
Again both teams to score but that pays just 4-6 with the likes of William Hill and Ladbrokes.
In La Liga, Zaragoza are a best 23-20 with Ladbrokes to edge out Celta Vigo. Zaragoza have won four of their last six – the only defeats being to Barcelona and Real Madrid so no shame there.
Celta have lost six out of six away from home and find themselves at the wrong end of the table after a run of six games without a win.
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Insigne to score
(23-10, unibet)
Parma v Inter draw
(23-10, BetVictor)
Zaragoza
(23-20, Ladbrokes)
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In December 2020 we sadly 
Rubin Kazan
Plzen
Kharkiv
Vaslui
Hapoel Tel Aviv
BTTS
Zenit-CSKA
Podbeskidzie-Poznan
Trabzonspor-Eskisehirspor
Cagliari-Napoli
Parma-Inter
Parma
Cagilri
Zaragosa
Trabzonspor
Khrakhiv
aarthus v midtjylland
Podbeskidzie v lech poznan
Trabzonspor v eskisehirspor
Moreirense v sporting Lisbon
Zaragoza v celta Vigo
BTTS put your house on it if you have 1
zenit win against moscow paul what u think ?
James, haven’t looked at that one. Will see what I can come up with later.
James Zenit are good but watch CSKA they are favorites for a reason theve won there last 8 away games only thing a would predict is a btts and over 2.5 goals or a mental fan hittin a player with a fire cracker an gettin the game abandoned
James, Zenit v CSKA is another toughie. Most people in the know seem to be tipping an away for CSKA at 5-2 as they are in decent form. And what’s important to remember here is the game is being played behind closed doors so Zenit won’t have the advantage of a vociferous home support.
I have been following this site for a little while now, quite new to betting and this is my first tip.
Rubin Kazan
Plzen
Metalist Kharkiv
Dnipro
Cliftonville
I know the odds are low but it was a bad weekend
Mr Hopeful, it certainly was a tough weekend. Good luck with that one.
The bad luck continues
Rubin Kazan 0 – 0 Volga Nyzhnyi Novgorod
Mr Hopeful, it’s another surprise. To be honest you won’t get me looking at much outside the UK, Spain, Germany, Italy and a couple of others. It’s too much to keep up with.
Going to wait until tomorrow night but might stick a small stake on that Insignia dude or whatever his name is :-)
haha no problem danny cheers mate , cheers paul
Zaragoza
Zenit
Lech poznan
Trabzonspor
Monaco.
1 pound returns 42.67. Would be a good start to the week.
Even treated ma self to a wee bottle a tonic to watch zenit game
Mrfixit, double on Zenit v CSKA and Zaragoza v Celta Vigo BTTS pays 1.85/1 on willhill. What do you think?
Stevo, if you like it go with it. Btts as you know can come up in any game.
Anytime goal scorers double for me
Insigne
milito
Would have took Rubin to. Allways the same one beats you unless your get lucky
gamblings a mugs game, will put it wee bet on midwk coupon and btts but after wknd keeping stakes to minimum
Craig, it’s a tough game for sure. I’ve been looking at the midweek card and I don’t know if I’ve seen a more difficult one. Could be a night for perming draws.
Come on Danny boy. Get me a goal
Btts not be a good shout for midweek? Mr fix it
Anton, not looked at that yet but will later.
Villa
Doncaster
Dortmund
Hannover
Aberdeen
Malaga
Real Madrid
Looks like 7 not bad homes for me prob stick 2.50 on it c if a get lucky
Chelsea v Fulham
Everton v arsenal
Southampton v Norwich
Stoke v Newcastle
Swansea v west brom
Spurs v Liverpool
Looks like a btts on Wednesday for me
Sound no problem.
Im going for btts treble tomorrow nyte
villa
leeds
hull
Paul some early prices for hearts vs Celtic. Charlie Mulgrew anytime and Wanyama anytime are both 11/2 with Coral. Best price for Wanyama elsewhere is 3/1
A will go for Samaras anytime. Celtic to win 2-1
ano paul, wknds lke that only happen once or twuce a season. fancy Stoke Everton and West Brom to win and maybe spurs Liverpool draw but won’t be lumping on.
Was in the bookies and checked out Hamsik but opted for Insigne and guess who scored for Napoli….a clue, it wasn’t Insigne :-)
John, if you checked out Hamsik you should have backed him. I check out Hamsik, Pandev and Insigne. It’s not an exact science because anyone from the favourite to a centre-half going for a corner can score first. I wasn’t able to watch the game but Mt Broke It reckons Insigne had the chances to score first.
In the end i went with your tip as he had scored in a few games recently but the thought in the back of my mind was with Cavani out Hamsik might be the player to nick one…but like i said i liked your tip so went with it, no harm done :-)
Insigne should have scored in the first half with the chances he had, didn’t watch the second half, first time I’ve watched Italian fitba in a few years, probably another few years before i do again it was that boring. I tend to avoid betting on Italian football because of all the match fixing scandals and the negative style of play, plus the amount of people that say to me an Italian team their cupons.
Paul, took your advice on zaragoza single. Like the look of it. Heres hoping :)
Knottsy, Zaragoza looked on paper but you know what they say. As I said in my piece a tough bunch of games and three 1-0s suggest there wasn’t much between any of the teams involved.
Paul I thought you would opted for Hamsik. I’ve seen you talk about him a lot a while back as he scores regularly. I also think he hits the penalties
Chris, as I said I looked at Hamsik, Pandev and Insigne and chose Insigne. But as you know there are no guarantees with first scorer betting or anytime betting.
Yeah Mr fixit his best chance i seen he hit the inside of the post and the ball ran across the goal mouth, he does look a decent player tho
Mr Broke It, Insigne’s a good prospect and has already been capped by Italy at 21. His problem is getting a game at Napoli because Cavani will always be picked and they of course have Hamsik and Pandev as well.
He reminds me of shane long, small, quick and a pest for defenders
There is no guarantee with any type of bet mr fix, didn’t think you would have come out with a statement like that.
John, read the comment I was replying too. I don’t like the sarcasm to be honest.
80/1 shot at paddy power Stoke Everton West brom man city and spurs/Liverpool draw. worth a quid. another few shock results tonight in spain amd italy and so it continues, bookies must be loving it just now raking it in
Craig, Zaragoza losing was a slight shock but I thought the other two could have gone either way.
West Brom 9/4 @betvictor must be super single yi think, Swansea strong at home and are a decent team under laudrup but west brom just keep getting better this season and thought they would’ve bn bout 6/4
Craig, haven’t looked at Wednesday yet. Still trying to get my head round Tuesday’s card which looks as tough as taking on Colin Baker in an eating contest.
It was tricky games to call tonight
Doesn’t look much better tomorrow nyte
haha, aye he’d gi the guy fi man v food a run for his money haha. inter been far too inconsistent now for any league challenge, think they turn a corner then they get beat. only btts tomorrow if make it down the bookies in time but as always prob put longshot on wi few draws in the mix just for an interest wi soccer special on SSN
Craig, there looks a few draws for sure. Inter didn’t fill me with a lot of confidence and seemingly were missing a few players as well as the coach being in the stand.