Best Previews

More Sweden Allsvenskan action, this time from Tele2 Arena.

Hammarby are 5^th with 22 points from 13 games after 7 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses. Home form is 5 wins and 1 loss. Recent all comp form is 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses (including friendlies) Goteborg are 8 points below the home side with 14 points, their form is 4 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses. Away form is 2 wins, with 1 draws and 4 losses. Recent all comp form of 3 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses.

Team news: Home side miss Frederik Winther and Mads Fenger while Goteborg miss a lot with Salaou, Dahlberg, Abdullahi, Carneil and Johanssen all out.

Head-to-head statistics: 20 games 9 wins Halmstad, 6 draws and 5 wins AIK.

Betting selection – Men out for the visitors make it a harder task for sure. Hammarby are solid at home, and I take them to get three points. Hammarby win at 19/20 or 1.95 Betfair.

Sweden Allsvenskan action at Orjans Vall.

Halmstad are midtable with 18 points from 13 games after 6 wins and 7 losses. Home form is 4 wins and 2 losses. Recent all comp form is 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses (including friendlies) AIK are 1 point below the home side with 17 points, their form is 5 wins, 2 draws and 6 losses. Away form is winless so far with 2 draws and 4 losses. Recent all comp form of 1 wins and 7 losses.

Team news: Home side miss Naeem Mohammed while Gabriel Wallentin is a doubt. They could have Andreas Johannson back. AIK miss Ali, Beraki and Ellingsen.

Head-to-head statistics: 20 games 6 wins Halmstad, 3 draws and 11 wins AIK.

Betting selection – AIK sacked Henning Berg and brought in Henok Goitom. Both sides are mid for sure but at least Halmstad are decent at home while AIK are not travelling at all. Very short odds AIK, we take Halmstad/Draw double chance at 2.00 or Evens Betfair.

Two of the best sides on the continent meet in Florida in Copa America final.

Argentina made it through with 4 wins and 1 draw to the final. Three group wins over Canada, Chile and Peru and a SF win over Canada to go with a penalties win over Ecuador after a draw at QF stage. Argentina in fact have not lost in 10 games (9 wins and 1 draw) Colombia have 4 wins and 1 draw also. Beating Paraguay, Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia and a draw with Brazil. They are unbeaten in 28 games going all way back to Feb 2022 (22 wins and 6 losses)

Team news: Argentina have a full squad. Colombia lose Daniel Munoz to suspension.

Head-to-head statistics: 15 games 8 wins Spain, 5 draws and 2 wins England.

Betting selection – Super close game this one and a draw is in my mind but Colombia have supreme confidence and ability themselves. I take double chance Draw/Colombia at 1.72 or 8-11 Betfair.

Euro 2024 ends with two of the giants clashing in Berlin.

Spain made the final as the best team in the competition. They have won 5 and drew 1 from six games. Beating Italy, Albania and Croatia in group stages. Beat France and Georgia in 90 mins and Germany in ET of their match. England have been a bit of an enigma so far but are unbeaten also. 2 wins and 4 draws so far. Beating Serbia and Netherlands in 90 mins while drawing with Slovenia, Slovakia, Switzerland and Denmark. They beat Slovakia in ET and Switzerland on penalties.

Team news: Spain will be without Pedri and Perez with injuries but do have Carvajal and Le Normand back from suspension. No issues at all for England.

Head-to-head statistics: 10 games 4 wins Spain, 2 draws and 4 wins England.

Betting selection – Hard to predict this one and Spain rightly favourites. England though have reacted well to going behind in several games so far. Southgate won’t let them fully of the leash, however. I take both score yes at 2.10 or 11-10 888bet.

Top of the table clash at Strandvallen as two of the top three go head-to-head.

Mjallby are 3^rd with 26 points from 14 games. Overall form is 8 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. Home form is 5 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Recent all comp form of 5 wins and 2 losses. Malmo are 9 points ahead of the home side. Overall form is 11 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Away form is 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss. Recent form of an unbeaten run of 8 with 6 wins and 2 draws.

Team news: Home side miss Adam Petersson and Silas Nwankwo. Malmo miss Derek Cornelius to international duty.

Head-to-head statistics: 20 games 4 wins Mjallby,6 draws and 10 wins Malmo.

Betting selection – No doubt Malmo are the best side in Sweden right now but odds of 1.60 on them away to Mjallby seem too short. I take Mjallby +1 AH at 1.70 with Bet365. We get paid on Mjallby win or draw. A 1 goal win for Malmo gets us stakes returned.

Copa America 3^rd place playoff match in North Carolina.

Surprise last 4 side Canada will be keen to sign off with a win. Overall in the competition they have 1 win, 2 draws and 2 losses. Scoring 2 and conceding 5. Beating Peru, drawing with Chile and Venezuela while losing to Argentina twice. Uruguay have beaten Panama, Bolivia and USA with a draw against Brazil and a SF loss to Colombia. Scoring 9 and conceding 2.

Team news: Canada lose Tajon Buchanan. Uruguay miss Araujo, Varela, De la Cruz while Bentancur looks a miss too. Darwin Nunez could be suspended for off field violence too.

Head-to-head statistics: 1 game 1 win Uruguay.

Betting selection – Nothing serious to play for but these 3^rd place playoffs can go off goal wise. Uruguay are missing almost half a team also. Canada will want to end on a high – take both score yes at 5-6 or 1.83 Ladbrokes.

Sarpsborg Stadion for Norway Elireserien action on Friday night.

Sarpsborg are in 13^th with 13 points so far. Overall form is 4 wins, 1 draw and 8 losses. Home form of 1 win and 5 losses. Recent all competition form of 2 wins and 6 losses. Rosenborg are 8^th with 17 points. They have won 5 drawn 2 and lost 6. Away from home is 1 win, 1 draw and 4 losses. Recent all comp form of 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses.

Team news: Winger Niklas Sandberg is injured for home side. Rosenborg have no new injury worries.

Head-to-head statistics: 20 games 5 Sarpsborg wins, 4 draws and 11 wins Rosenborg.

Betting selection – Goals galore for both sides. Odds are short as you would imagine in Norway. Asian line is 3.0 so we get cash back for exactly 3. Sarpsborg have hit the line twice and gone over 5 times in last 7 games. Rosenborg hit line 3 times and gone over 4 in last 8 games. Take Over 3 Asian Goals at 1.93 Bet365.

Norwich and England against Ireland for a place in Euro 2025.

Qualifying Group A3 and big derby match. England sit in 3^rd place with 7 points from 4 games. They have 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. At home they have 1 draw and 1 loss. Recent all competition form is 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. Ireland are bottom of the group after 4 straight losses. They have not scored yet either. Away form is two losses. Recent all competition form is 2 wins, 1 draw and 5 losses. Last time they scored was December last year (7 games ago)

Team news: Injuries take Lauren James, Lotte Wubben-Moy and Kayla Rendell for England. Ireland lose Carusa, Mustaki, Payne and Ohanlon.

Head-to-head statistics: 1 games 1 England win.

Betting selection – England need 2^nd place and automatic qualification. They have to beat Ireland and at odds 1.10 and around that everyone sees it happening. Too short though so take England win to nil at 1.67 or 4-6 10bet.

Two of the old giants clash at Estadio Nivaldo Pereira in Serie A of Brazil.

Vasco are in 13^th place with 17 points from 15 games. Overall form is 5 wins, 2 draws and 8 losses. Home form of 4 wins, 2 draw and 2 losses. Recent all comp form is 3 wins, 2 draw and 3 loss. Corinthians are 17^th with just 12 points from their 15 games. Overall form is 2 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses. Away form of winless with 2 draws and 6 losses. Recent form is 1 win, 4 draws and 3 losses.

Team news: Dmitri Payet is not fit for this one for the home side. Corinthians miss Rodrigo Garro.

Head-to-head statistics: 20 games 8 draws and 12 wins Corinthians.

Betting selection – Crazy recent record for Vasco with no wins for them against Corinthians in last 20 games! I see this ending tonight as Corinthians simply do not travel at the moment – winless in this years Braziliero. Take Vasco da Gama win at 2.20 or 6-5 Betfair.

Brazil Serie A and a top versus bottom clash.

Palmeiras are in 3^rd place with 30 points from 15 games and just 1 point off top place. Overall form is 9 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. Home form of 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. Recent all comp form is 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. Atletico GO are 19^th with just 11 points from their 15 games. Overall form is 2 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses. Away form of 2 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. Recent form is 1 win, 4 draws and 3 losses.

Team news: Palmeiras miss Richard Rios, Cerqueira, Lazara and Rodrigues plus Ze Rafael. Visitors lose Freitas, Henrique and Campanharo.

Head-to-head statistics: 18 games 10 wins Palmeiras, 3 draws and 5 wins Atletico GO.

Betting selection – Pameiras with just one loss in 12 games as they go through the gears, Atletico are actually better away than at home but will have too much to do at Allianz Parque. Take Palmeiras -1.25 at 2.02 Bet365.