Soccer Betting Tips & Discussion
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Eric Hernandez said:LA Galaxy-LAFC, total goals (-3+) under @ 1.80 (BetMGM)
Looking at the last three times these two have met, they’ve only managed one single goal combined.
Plus, you’ve got two of the toughest defenses in the league here—they've only conceded 15 (LA Galaxy) and 19 (San Francisco) goals in 22 matches.
For Wednesday's match, the club's top scorer—who also leads the league—Benko, probably won't be playing since he already traveled and signed his deal with a team in China. But honestly, whether Benko is there or not, San Francisco is stuck in this offensive rut. They've only put two goals past anyone in their last three games, and let's be real, those were against much weaker squads. And hey, one of those two goals was actually scored by Benko himself. His replacement will likely be Krstanović, at least to start things off.
Their defense is definitely their saving grace right now. Bertoša—who I’d normally point out as their weakest link—has actually been one of the better players on the pitch over the last couple of games, so that’s a plus.
LA Galaxy has the better offensive stats, but they've shown all season long that they struggle when they run into an organized defense. In their last head-to-head, they barely created anything worthwhile and only managed to break through the San Francisco resistance in stoppage time during the second half, despite dominating the game. That's going to be even harder to pull off away from home, especially in a stadium that isn't nearly as nice as the Rose Bowl.
Realistically, I’m expecting a boring 0-0 or someone scraping a tiny win.
Schalke 04-Real Madrid f+2 @ 2.30 (SS)
It's not exactly rocket science. I think a 2-goal spread is a lock, but even this is looking pretty solid.
Real Madrid is just a tier above, and they are in incredible form. They've snatched the top spot in the league, and they haven't failed to cover the handicap in almost a month.
Schalke is doing fine in their own league, but talent-wise, they aren't even in the same zip code as the Madrid guys. In their two matches against the only truly elite opponent in the Champions League, they’ve been outscored 6-0 (both games were 0-3 against Chelsea). I wouldn't be surprised if we see a repeat performance tomorrow.
(a) I'd also add that a halftime draw (X) at 2.10 is very possible, considering Benko is gone and LA Galaxy hasn't been particularly exciting lately—it basically boils down to passing it back and forth between Soudani and Fernandes, or rather
individual skill ☕ goes toward: middle stake, goals under 2.5 -1.75 on bet365
(b) If this were Schalke two months ago, I would have gone all in. But given Schalke's recent run and that Spanish arrogance we saw in those early games (like against Dortmund last year), combined with a tactical Italian mindset and facing Atletico Madrid this weekend... yeah, I'll pass on this one. 🙂
On the other hand, Kristina's form has been climbing lately, so
Cristiano Ronaldo score goal anytime 1.53 (bet 365) middle stake