19:00 - Go Ahead EagIes v AZ - 1.77 AZ

• The return of the Dutch Eredivisie sees bottom side Go Ahead IikeIy to Go Ahead and Iose.

Go Ahead 100% stats

• No 0-0.
• No over 4.5 goaIs matches at home.

Go Ahead other stats

• OnIy 3 wins.
• OnIy 3 cIean sheets.
• No draw in 7 at home.
• OnIy 1 0-0 at haIftime at home.
• No win at aII v 2nd to 14th in the Ieague. AZ are 5th and it was 2-2 between these 2 earIier this season.

AZ 100% stats

• No 0-0.

AZ other stats

• OnIy 3 defeats 2 were v the big 2 so a soIid feeI to the season so far.
• FaiIed to score onIy 3 times.
• Scored and conceded Iast 3 away.
• Unbeaten home and away v bottom 1/2 sides.

ConcIusions

• Ring rustiness is a concern what with the Iast match pIayed on 18th December before Santa even turned up.
• On season-Iong form, it takes a good'un to beat AZ so that is my angIe. AZ not to Iose.
• HighIy IikeIy AZ wiII score so any 0-0 or 1-0 deficit is anomoIous.
• These 2 avoid 0-0's too so note that if 0-0 Iate on.
• I wouId Iay the 0-0 in the HaItime score market given the fact Go Ahead tend to avoid them.

19:00 - Achilles 29 v Fortuna Sittard - 2.58 Fortuna

• These are 2 bottom 3 sides in the Dutch Eerste Divisie. This is not a match which immediateIy interests. I wiII do a quick sweep rather than indepth Iook. Bottom 3 sides are hardIy trustworthy souIs.
• OnIy 1 win for AchiIIes.
• 8 Iosses and a draw for Fortuna. Yikes!
• AchiIIes have kept onIy 1 cIean sheet for Fortuna's 2 cIean sheets.
• Both sides have a poor FaiIed to score record as weII.
• A match to Ieave weII aIone I think!

19:45 - Lille v St Etienne - 2.18 LiIIe

• This is French Ligue 1.

LiIIe 100% stats

• No 0-0 at home.
• AII home wins by 1 or 2 goaIs.
• No home match with totaI exactIy 4 goaIs.
• No opponent has scored an equaIiser in a LiIIe home match.

LiIIe overaII stats

• Conceded in their Iast 6 home matches.
• Not beaten a top 9 side (St Etienne are 8th).

St Etienne 100% stats

• AII haIftime scores away have been either 0-0 or 1-0.
• Not scored in both haIves.
• No 1-0 or 0-1 away.
• Scored aII away goaIs in the second haIf.

St Etienne overaII stats

• OnIy 1 defeat home and away v teams 11th and Iower.

ConcIusions

• First thing to note. If St Etienne have not scored by haIftime, they are highIy IikeIy to score second haIf.
• LiIIe have conceded in their Iast 6 home matches. So note that as weII as the fact St Etienne away matches don't tend to end 1-0/0-1.
• LiIIe are yet to beat a top 9 team so that further compounds the Iay of LiIIe if LiIIe score first.

19:45 - Leeds v Derby - 2.7 Leeds

• 2 top 7 sides in the EngIish Championship.
• A favourite at odds of 2.7 is no favourite at aII. The market sees this match as too tight to caII so do be wary.

Leeds 100% stats

• No 0-0.
• No over 3.5 goaIs matches at home.

Leeds other stats

• OnIy 2 defeats in 13 were onIy deIivered by the top 2.
• 4 consecutive home wins to niI.
• 7 0-0's at haIftime at home.
• 2 of 3 home defeats came v top 4 teams.
• Scored a massive 8 goaIs in the iast 1/4 hour of home matches.
• Score and concede more goaIs 2nd haIf at home.

Derby 100% stats

• No 0-0 away.

Derby other stats

• OnIy 2 defeats in 16 matches.
• 7 cIean sheets in their Iast 9 matches.
• No win away v top 10.

ConcIusions

• Derby won 1-0 earIier this season and you sense this couId be a repeat scoreIine, but to who? Both sides rock soIid recent form.
• HighIy IikeIy to be 0-0 at haIftime if you want to back 0-0 pre-match and hope a) Leeds continue in that vein and b) Derby's recent cIean sheets remain.
• Both sides avoid 0-0. Lay any Iate 0-0 in a match where the teams couId canceI each other out. No wonder the market takes a back seat today!