Oracle of DelphiBundesliga, March 17
March 17th 2007 12:32
Frankfurt – Bayern M.
Frankfurt is undefeated in three last games, and in the last one they’ve drew with Nurnberg 2:2. They are in dangerous position, currently in relegation zone and they need badly any point from this match. But they have big squad problems as both , first and second choice goalkeeper are not in team as well as influential midfielder Streit , so probable squad will be:
1. Oka Nikolov, 2. Patrick Ochs, 16. Christoph Spycher, 23. Marco Russ, 27. Sotiris Kyrgiakos, 4. Christoph Preuss, 6. Michael Fink, 10. Markus Weissenberger, 11. Michael Thurk, 14. Alexander Meier, 19. Naohiro Takahara
Bayern is laying on 4th , 6 points under current leaders Schalke and they still have title hopes. They play good lately winning two and drawing one match in last three Bundesliga matches. They also have few injury worries as Pizzaro is out while Lucio is doubtful for this match. However, Bayern have good tradition against Frankfurt and I think they are in better position to win this match. Probable starting eleven should be:
1. Oliver Kahn, 2. Willy Sagnol, 3. Lucio, 5. Daniel van Buyten, 21. Philipp Lahm, 17. Mark van Bommel, 20. Hasan Salihamidzic, 23. Owen Hargreaves, 31. Bastian Schweinsteiger, 10. Roy Makaay, 11. Lukas Podolski . Both teams needs points today , but in my opinion Bayern have more qualities and they should win this one . It will be a hard match , so medium stakes will be enough. Bayern AH -0.5 (1.73 @ StanJames).
Hannover – Hamburg
Hannover is laying on 7th place and they have ambitions to take one of the UEFA Cup spots. They play good lately , especially at home winning against teams like Dortmund or drawing in last game against current leaders Schalke. Soren Halfar and striker Brdaric are out while Tarnat is doubtful , so team could look :
1. Robert Enke, 2. Vinicius, 2. Frank Fahrenhorst, 6. Steven Cherundolo, 18. Michael Tarnat, 8. Altin Lala, 10. Arnold Jan Bruggink, 11. Szabolcs Huszti, 14. Hanno Balitsch, 26. Jan Rosenthal, 24. Jiri Stajner .
Hamburg is still relegation threatened team , but in last games they have good results, beating Dortmund, Schalke, Werder and in last home match drawing with Leverkusen at home 0:0. It’s bit unexpected good performances as they was very poor almost whole season. They have great need for points, so certainly they have strong motivation today. But against well performing Hannover it won’t be easy. HSV is without Vincent Company , Juan Pablo Sorin is ,Guerrero, Abel, Guy Demel and Mario Fillinger, so probable line up will be:
1. Frank Rost, 3. Thimothee Atouba, 4. Bastian Reinhardt, 5. Joris Mathijsen, 7. Mehdi Mahdavikia, 14. David Jarolim, 23. Rafael van der Vaart, 27. Alexander Laas, 28. Nigel de Jong, 30. Collin Benjamin, 11. Ivica Olic
This will be one close match , but I think home side are closer to the win. But it’s too risky to pick clear Hannover win ,so I will go for Hannover AH 0(1.80 interwetten).
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