fixtures 8/4/12

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21:00 PSG - Marseille (over 2,5)

Huge game tonight in Paris.Must say Psg has more to fight for,but still these is biggest game in France full of tension.Real example is missing of guests spectators.PSG needs win badly.Their streak of 3 games without win brought them in second place,3 points behind leaders and game less.Things not doing so bright lately with just 2 points in last 3 games,and especially PSG defence was very vulnerable.

Disappointing season for guests.They somehow managed duo to luck to go to quater finals of CL,but things in championship are very bad.Marseille is 10 points behind Europe spot,and they are without win in 8 games,with 5 loses.

both teams have almost full squads,their missings are not so important here.PSG is favorite here,as they badly need win in championship race.On the other hand Marseille is really bad recently,but these kind of games are very often real opportunity to show much better play.Both teams will not have problems with motive here,they will want good game.Really big game,and i see a high scoring one.GL

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16:00 Mallorca - Granada (over 2,5)

Mallorca are searching for 6-7 points more in La Liga in order to be mathematically safe with Granada laying two points lower in the classification. The last two defeats add extra pressure in Mallorca while Granada traveled in high morale after winning the 6-pointer in Santander.

Mallorca have only young striker Alvaro unavailable. Caparros called Crespí, Tejera and Ogunjimi in the squad. Tejera has been recently recovered. He can be helpful in the middle line and in the wings. The other two spend more time in the stands.

Granada traveled with an almost full squad and only the keeper Robeto is a new loss. Yegba and Diakhate remain out with José Juan, Fran Rico, Borja Gómez, Allan Nyom and key forward Carlos Martins recovering their knocks and suspensions.

Hard call this is. Granada will play in full squad for the first time in the last month and we know that they can be really dangerous. On the other hand, Mallorca are strong at home. Real and Barcelona had a hard time at the Iberostar where Atletico and Villarreal both lost recently. The over2.5 sounds like the wiser option.

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17:30 Hamburg - Leverkusen 2

Leverkusen just fired their undesirable coach Robin Dutt, new manager Sami Hyypia and new coach Sascha Lewandowski (Hyypia is their real coach but working without approve certificate) attracted large number of press, they are suddenly brings back the laughter. “Laughing pros, smiling fans, brilliant sunshine... The Leverkusen pros were in a really good mood at that moment.”Hyypia no doubt was the great player and also is a great person, done model job in Liverpool, Finland national team and also Leverkusen, won all respects and also is the `close big brother` of most of the Leverkusen players, I am sure that he is the best choice of Bayer at that moment. Legend player Michael Ballack suddenly fully recover from injured and ready to play, the whole team finally back in positive atmosphere, they have hugh motivation to fight for next season European games ticket, and even going to fight against their former coach Dutt, except Ballack, keeper Adler and attack midfielder Barnetta both come back and ready for this game.

Hamburg just took a hard win against Kaiserslautern, but their opponent no doubt is the toothless and weakest team in Bundesliga, before that win, Hamburg only took one point from last 6 games, they lost most of the quality after sport director Frank Arnesen forced to reduce military expenditure budgets. Moreover, they are facing serious missing problem in this home game, most importance defender Diekmeier and on form winger Jacopo Sala both injured in Kaiserslautern game are definitely absence, midfielder Gojko Kacar suspended because accumulated 5 yellow cards, midfielder Tomas Rincon and striker Jose Guerrero both go on absence because injured and long-term suspension, those missing already are the big blow for Hamburg.

Misfortunes not yet all, Hamburg still have a bigger secret worry, their great form goalkeeper Jaroslav Drobny just got questionable left thumb injury on Tuesday training, need examine and wait medical report until Friday, but preliminary estimates is not so optimism to back in Sunday game. Drobny is the real pillar of Hamburg in 2012, save the team many many times by his own hands, was the best player in the games against Monchengladbach, Stuttgart, Schalke and Kaiserslautern, I am sure that without him, Hamburg already conceded much more goals, but the most misfortune is Hamburg even without a standard reserve keeper, second choice keeper Tom Mickel also injured, if Drobny can`t play, they forced to use 34 year old Sven Neuhaus, who never play any game in Germany Bundesliga.

Hamburg only left thin manpower at that moment, and most of their main players are out of form, captain Heiko Westermann seem downgraded in recent months, Frank Arnesen already told their best striker Mladen Petric can leave in the end of season, because Hamburg can`t afford his high salary, the agreement is peace separate, but Petric seem totally lost his form and scoring ability after that.

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18:00 Olympiakos - Kerkyra (over 2,5)

This is the last home match of the season for Olympiakos and they will probably celebrate the championship at a full and enthusiastic stadium. In few words, this is gonna be a party and the hosts will have to make it look good by offering a nice performance, many goals and finally enjoy the fans. On the other side there is Kerkyra, which tries to avoid relegation but with minimal chances, I have to add. They should try to defend, I guess, but it seems they are not even good at that as 7 of their last outings have gone over 2.5 goals, a really weird statistic for a greek superleague side. Whatever they do their defense is gonna crack early and this should be just the start the goals chorus. I can't say whether it will reach 7-2, which was the score at the previous Oly's game at home (under similar circumstances) but it can get close. Kerkyra can contribute by themselves but Oly by their own are expected to offer at least 3 at the scoring sheet.