#Pitstips - Football

Draw No Bets -
Sochaux, Auxerre, St Etienne

Wins -
Livorno, CSKA, Pro Vercelli

Asian -
Bologna

Both to score? No
Penerol v Velez,

Football Tips

AC Milan, Atletico Rafaela, Independiente, Malaga 8pm, Cagliari 2pm, PSV,

Football Tips - Serie A, Germany and French action!

Serie A, German and French tips today!

PS - A great win for Sociedad last night by the way, a 3-1 away win v Athletic which gave me a nice profit.

Football Tips - FSV, Tours, Dijon. Draw No Bet.

Financial Spread Betting - Shit. Where do we start? #pitstips

Just three days ago Pitstips was sitting pretty with a profit of almost £400. Today has been a catastrophe only helped by a decent last couple of hours of trading.

News from the US wasn't good first thing after news from the Federal Reserve put a dent in the opening prices. Immediately Eurasian Natural Resources hit my stop limit which I've really pissed off about. At its worst today it was down around 25 points, at its height Eurasian alone was going over the £100 mark. I had to take a profit of around £50.

The introduction of Premier Oil, Qinetiq and SIG couldn't have happened at a worst time really as I opted for £2/p. Everything took a hit basically apart from Mytrah ironically who is now entering profit territory. Aberdeen was a faller, trading lower by 16 points. Vodafone is also beginning to vex me. Down £30 as I type. This has been thrown a downward couple of days though and hopefully there will be some takers going through next week.

When all is said and done, I suppose at least the share prices were curbed although there was great pressure on the stop limits around midday. We're up £220 with equity of £561. The Eurasian thing has really pissed me off though and finished only 10pts down. If it plummets to hell in the next week then it will at least take the sting out of it.

I've learned a valuable lesson today though in terms of share volatility based on government announcements. I have sailed close to the wind with some stop limits and it was borne out today that they shouldn't be set too near.

Hopefully we can get something out of tomorrow. The FTSE 100 fell by 103pts and the FTSE 250 an astounding 185pts, where most of my portfolio is based. A hard day.

Financial Spread Bets - Three companies added. SIG, Premier Oil and Qinetiq #pitstips

SIG is a supplier of building products. Their share value dipped as low as 81 in June 2012 but since then they have recovered well and have hit a high of 144. Pitstips believes that this trend will continue. SIG was 144.5 at start with £2/p.



Premier Oil is where we're at next. In March of last year they hit 452, something that the brokers' ratings are eying up again. They have risen from just under 320 in December to 384 yesterday. Pitstips believes there are more gains to be made. Entry level was 391 at £2/p. 19 of 26 brokers have rated this as buy or stronger with price targets ranging in and around the 500 mark with some brokers.

Qinetiq were a company that I looked at in January and am kicking myself a little for not following my gut instinct. They were 185 when I tagged them and since then have gone to 211. Is this about the ceiling? I'm not so sure. 8 brokers indicate hold, buy or strong buy. Their market capital is £1.36bn although their target price is around this mark. I believe that it will see gains though.

Football Tips - Draw No Bet Treble. Cluj, Genk, Dynamo Kiev #pitstips

Nothing major today, pitstips doesn't like betting on Cup competitions, but this is just a little something. £3 treble on Dynamo Kiev, Cluj and Genk.

Football Tips - Charleroi to triumph in Belgian League #pitstips

 

Charleroi host Cercle Brugge in this Belgian League enounter today, and Pitstips is going crazy here. Charleroi who lay 12th out of 16 teams play the basement club Cercle Brugge, who have picked up just 14 points all season and who haven't won a game since the 17th November. Furthermore, Cercle haven't won an away game all season!

Charleroi are no Barcelona, losing 15 games out of 26. And, their scoring record is amongst the poorest in the league scoring just 24 goals all season. They have however won 3 of their last 8 games. Charleroi also beat who they are supposed to beat. The top half teams are a complete write off, they frequently get destroyed. They do however have a win against top of the league Anderlecht to brag about. 

But the bottom half of the table is a different matter entirely with them winning 3 out of five games at home and 3 out of 7 games away. 

My prediction then is a resounding lumper of Charleroi. £50 of the Queen's!

Football Tips - Munich to beat Arsenal, Malaga Draw No Bet #pitstips

Football Tips - Rafaela to win, draw no bet #pitstips

Football Tips - FC Koln and Lazio. Draw No Bet #pitstips

£20 on FC Koln, £20 on Lazio. Both Draw No Bet.

In the 2nd German Division St Pauli host FC Koln. The home team have lost twice at home this season but have only registered one win over a team higher than them. That was on the 1st December against Kaiserslautern. They also have the lowest goals for tally in the league with just 19 goals, so they are lacking firepower up front.

FC Koln are currently 9th and haven't lost since the 4th November and before that the 21st September. They are very measly also conceding just 22 goals this season. My tip is FC Koln which KO at 7.15pm.

The next game is very straightforward. Lazio are the better team but recent form has been terrible. They drew 3-3 in midweek against Monchengladbach and really need to get their Champions League position sewn up. They need a result here. Sienna have been in good shape recently winning 2 of their last 4.

This really could go either way, but the logic here is that the star studded Lazio simply can't afford to lose this one and that talent will out. Siena I believe have punched well above their weight in recent weeks and are due a fall. Lazio is the tip. KO 7.45pm.

Football Tips - Nurnberg, Austria Vienna, Hoffenheim and Cagliari. Draw No Bet. #pitstips

£20 each on the above Draw No Bet.

The first game is a 2pm kick off between Pescara and Cagliari. Although Pescara are at home they have the 19th/20 worst home record in Serie A winning four games, drawing 1 and losing 7. Their last home win was on the 21st December 2012. Cagliari had an appalling end of November right through December getting beaten every game. But since the 13th January they are unbeaten and their last two games they have beaten AS Roma and drew with Milan. Confidence is high I believe and I think they will win.

Game 2 is on at 2.30pm, Nurnberg v Hannover. Nurnberg are 14th to Hannover's 10th Nurnberg have only lost two home games all season and one of those was to Leverkusen a top side. They have only lost twice to any teams in the bottom half of the table also. Hannover have only won two games away from home this season though losing 8, so I think the odds favour the home team.

At 3pm we go to Austria for Rapid Wien v Austria Wien. I'm really looking forward to this one. Although Rapid are the home team the odds for Austria were remarkable when you consider they haven't lost this season. Granted the league is very small, but they currently sit top 7 points clear of second placed Salzburg. Rapid have won 5 and lost 3 in the league. But I just feel that an unbeaten team will have the odds even if they are the away team.

And finally, and to conclude for Paul Parkman, Hoffenheim play Stuttgart. This is a tale of two shite sides. Hoffenheim have only won one game since early November and went on a run of six straight defeats. But, they have won 3 and drawn 3 in the league at home and they also beat Stuttgart 3-0 in September. Stuttgart are on a major slide, losing their last five games. In those 5 games they have shipped 14 goals! Confidence is low and I back Hoffenheim.

Football Tips - Dusseldorf, Getafe, Chievo and Mechelen. Draw no bets #pitstips

The first game kicking off at 2.30pm is between Fortuna Dusseldorf and Furth. Dusseldorf are one place above the relegation zone whilst Furth are bottom. This is a big game for both teams. Gurth did beat Shalke 2-1 away from home before last game, but apart from that they have only one other win this season against Mainz, away from home. Whilst the table doesn't lie, Dusseldorf on the other hand have home wins against some very good sides, like Frankfurt, Hamburger and Hannover 96.

Getafe v Celta Vigo is next. Getafe are 12th and have just come off a 6-1 trouncing by Barcelona. They also have been on a bit of a slide of late winning just one home game since the first of December. Meanwhile though Celta have their own worries, in the relegation zone and winning just once away from home this season in the league. This game is a 3pm kick off.

The next game on at 5pm is Chievo v Palermo. Palermo are rooted to the bottom of the table picking up just 18 points all season. Their away record is abysmal winning none this season. Meanwhile Chievo's home form would put them tenth in the league winning 5 games. A tip for Chievo.

And the last tip of the day is the 7pm kick off, Lierse v Mechelen. Lierse are on home soil but Mechelen have only lost 2 of the last 9 games. Mechelen beat Lierse at home earlier in the season 3-0 and will be helped by the fact that Lierse haven't won a home game since the 17th November. Mechelen away is the tip.