A-League 2021-2022

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Macarthur vs Melbourne Victory

Melbourne Victory are undefeated in their last 11 matches, with 6 wins and 5 draws.
Coach Popovic has tightened the defence and they had 4 consecutive clean sheets before last week's 2-1 away win to Newcastle.

Macarthur on the other hand just needs to keep accumulating points with a finals berth far from guaranteed based on their current tally.

Having dropped two of their last three, Macarthur cannot afford anything less than a win here, however it is shaping up as a tough assignment with the Victory on such a good run, with four wins from their last five.

Victory being in such strong form, it is difficult to look past them to win this.

Bet 1: Victory @1.95
Bet 2: Same Game Multi (bet365) - Draw or Melbourne + Over 1 cards for both teams combined + Over 6 corners for both teams combined + Over 1 goals for both teams combined @1.80

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Newcastle Jets vs Central Coast Mariners

The Mariners strike force has been in fine form of late, scoring at least two goals in six of their last seven outings.

The Jets can also score for fun with their open style of play and a lineup lead by Georgian marksman Beka Mikeltadze.

Mikeltadze has not scored the last two games, so he is due for one tonight, especially in this local derby.
The ref is the same one who was assigned the first match between these two sides this season, when he booked 4 players.

Bet 1: Over 2.5 goals & BTTS @1.90
Bet 2: Mikeltadze to score anytime @2.75
Bet 3: Total Asian Cards - Over 4 @1.83

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Wellington Phoenix vs WS Wanderers

The Phoenix play their second match in New Zealand this season. They lost the first one last week in Wellington, 0-4 to the Mariners, but they had one week for the first time in a long time to prepare for this next game.
They've had a gruelling 7 games in 23 days and now they finally had one week to recover and prepare for a game.
They are currently sitting 6th, last play-off spot, with four games to go.
The Wanderers are 10th and they must win all their remaining 4 games to have a chance at play-offs.

Bet: Wellington 0.0 @1.92

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Perth Glory vs Melbourne City Perth are missing most of their players, as they struggle with injuries. Melbourne are with a strong lineup and they need the win to make sure they win the Premier Plate, that is the regular season.

Bet 1: HT/FT Melbourne/Melbourne @1.83
Bet 2: Melbourne -1.5 @1.88

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Brisbane Roar vs Sydney FC

This is the last match of the regular season.
Brisbane has had a season to forget, second from bottom with no chance to go up another spot.
They have a very important Cup game on Friday and they will rest some players.
Sydney has been the disappointment of the season, after many years of being a title contender and a constant play-off presence, they missed out this year. Also in Asian Champions League they disappointed, not winning a single match in their group.

They are fielding a slightly weaker side than normal, but their bench is strong, as most of the first team players are sitting there for this match.
The weather is bad in Brisbane, it is windy and rain is expected.
For Brisbane this is pretty much a rivalry game, as in any sport when a team from Queensland meets a team from New South Wales.
For Sydney, some players will retire after this match, some will be transferred to other teams, some don't know their fate yet.
They are still better, at least on paper, than Brisbane, as they got 8 more points on the ladder.

Given that there is no major pressure on these two teams, I'd go for goals, but the weather is bad, and although I've seen big scores in bad weather, I hope it won't happen tonight.
I expect a low scoring affair, with some yellow cards and Sydney to finish unbeaten here.

Bet 1: Number of Goals - 2 or 3 goals @2.00
Bet 2: Sydney +0.25 @1.75
Bet 3: Asian Total Cards Over 4.0 @1.88

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Australia - Cup

Newcastle Jets vs Perth Glory

The match is played in Newcastle and it's over only 1 leg.
Newcastle are fielding their almost standard team, including the second goalscorer of the league, Mikeltadze.
Perth produced the biggest surprise in the history of A-League when they bet the regular season winners Melbourne City 2-0, with a young squad.
Out of that squad, 5 players are missing today, so even more inexperienced players will face the Jets.
The only first team member is the keeper.

Bet: Newcastle -1 @1.85

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Adelaide vs Melbourne City

These two teams played three times against each other this season. We had 2-2 two times in Adelaide and Adelaide won 2-1 in Melbourne.
Adelaide are coming into this match in great form, having won their last 6, of which 5 at home.
However, they played their last match 3 days ago, a 3-1 home win against Central Coast to qualify for this semifinal.

Melbourne City are the current champions and they've had 9 days to prepare for this match.
These two teams play offensive football, obviously, as I mentioned above, so I'm looking at goals here.

Also, all three matches between these two sides have seen many cards. The ref today, Beath, was in the middle at one of them and he gave 6 yellows and one red.
In the other two matches we had 5 and 7 cards respectively.

Bet 1: BTTS Yes & Over 2.5 goals @2.10
Bet 2: Over 4.5 cards @1.91