Greek League
2006-12-17 - Egaleo vs Ergotelis
A Sports Betting Pick by EgaleoCity
Both teams had a good start in the season but their pace dropped down and now find themselves in the bottom half of the table.EGALEO
Having not won since 29/10 against Xanthi, with only one draw since then, forced Egaleo to find themselves from the 5th place in the table to the 11 in only 5 games.
In the last match Egaleo managed to take a 2 goal lead in the fortress home of Olympiacos but lost the game with 3 goals in the last 30 minutes.
This is a must win situation for them if they don't want to go in any trouble.
In that effort striker Agritis won't be able to help (it is rumored he is getting a transfer to AEK) as well as regular defender Psomas. In the place of the latter I hope Koubaroulis will be fielded, who debuted against Olympiacos and made an excellent performace.
Croatian duo Maric and Jancetic will be at the disposal of coach Hatzaras again.
In the team there is certainly disappointment for the way the match against Olympiacos was lost but there is also the faith that if the performance of the first half can be repeated, victory can be achieved.
ERGOTELIS
Ergotelis also have a 7 game non winning streak and that has pushed them in the relegation zone after the win of Iraklis.
From the beggining they knew it was going to be a difficult season. A good start has raised hopes in the island of Crete for Ergotelis but the latest results have brought them back to reality.
Ergotelis is a team that is fighting every game and they are not an easy opponent for anyone. Their only abscence for the game is regular defender Hieblinger.
It's games like this that make the difference for relegation candidates so they will battle hard at least not to lose, they have a very poor away form of 0-2-5 though.
HEAD TO HEAD
Only two games have been played between the two teams for the first league and each one have managed a win in their home ground.
Aigaleo v Ergotelis 2:0 08.05.2005
Ergotelis v Aigaleo 2:1 29.12.2004
VERDICT
This is a must win situation for Egaleo, and as Hatzaras stated after the defeat to Olympiacos they have to end the bad streak of reults and finish the first half of the league with a win.
Ergotelis will probably be happy with the draw so i expect a close game at Egaleo again. I believe Egaleo will win but prices of 1.7-1.8 offered certainly don't appeal to me, i would like something in the region of 1.95-2.00.
Maybe the price is so low because of Ergotelis' poor away form. For this game i will risk HT/FT x/1, as all games won by Egaleo this season were draws at half time (either home or away wins), which pays about 4.4-4.5.
Another decent pick is 1-0 correct score, prices over 6.00 are acceptable.
Under 2.5 goals is the strongest pick, priced at about 1.55. If you decide to follow me on the HT/FT or correct score keep the stakes low because these are quite risky picks.
BEST BETTING TIP :
I will go with small stakes for HT/FT bet of X/1and 1-0 correct score
(not big stakes on either of those)
If you do not like risky picks go with under 2.5 goals of 1.55
