1. Goal-parade at Stuttgart VfB Stuttgart - Leverkusen 2013-08-17 – 15:30 Pick: Over 2,5 odds: 1.68 Bookie: 188bet Stake: 8/10 Stuttgart is in bad shape. They were poor in Europa League qualification against Botev and started this season with a 3-2 loss against Mainz, and in that match they showed quite a lot defensive weaknesses. Now Stuttgart will be further weakened this weekend with the absence of the central defender and a team captain Serdar Tasci who picked up a bad knee injury and will be out of the first team for at least four weeks. Also, another important defender Georg Niedermeier is out of the team for six weeks with a thigh injury. The two central defenders Schwaab and Rudiger are young and not very experienced. As a matter of fact, Daniel Schwaab natural position is the defensive midfield, so he still needs time to adapt at his new defensive position. In attacking line they have Ibisevic, Harnik, Leitner and Traore. I expect at least one goal from the home team. Bayer Leverkusen did a great start with beat Lippstadt (lower league team) 6-1 away in the cup and 3-1 win over Freiburg last weekend. They will have a deadly attack this season, and interestingly all three strikers Heung Min Son, Stefan Kiessling and Sidney Sam scored in the last match. Bayer Leverkusen`s goalkeeper Bernd Leno also played a great match against Freiburg and even managed to stop a penalty shot. Bayer Leverkusen are an entertaining team to watch, their players are very fast, and they continued the trend from last season playing with a quick transformation from defense to offense. The only problem for Leverkusen may be preety new composed defence. Donati (RB) and Spahic (CB) are new in the team and Boenisch (LB) played only 15 games last season (12 starts). So, 3 quarters of the defense is new (statistically speaking) and they may have some problems in the beginning of the season. Bayer Leverkusen have better players than Stuttgart, but last season the home team were well capable of surprising some of the favorites at home, although they finished in the lower part of the table. Bayer Leverkusen are the better team overall, it is still early part of the season, so i would stick with the tradition, and suggest bet at least three goals to be scored in this match.
Posted on: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 10:35:32 +0000
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