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Barcelona is now 5 points behind La Liga's leaders Real Madrid and can't afford any more slips. Real's home match against Athletic Club should be an easy win (Real -1.5 AH is advised), therefore Barcelona must go to Estadio La Rosaleda in Malaga for the 3 points as well. Barcelona will enter this weekend's round of La Liga fixtures with a psychological advantage after beating Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey this week and we can see them get the 3 points easily. There is no value in the 1.38 odds currently available for Barcelona's win, however a -1,-1.5 asian handicap has a decent value and it is a very probable result. Malaga - Barcelona live soccer streams are available online and we do encourage you to check out this event and consider live betting as well. Our prediction for Malaga - Barcelona: Barcelona -1,-1.5 @ 1.7 (Pinnacle)

In our opinion the "main event" of this week's Premier League is not Arsenal - Manchester United but the clash between Manchester City and Tottenham. Live betting will be the key to considerable profit here as the teams from first and third place get ready for fantastic clash. Man City is in first place with 51 points followed closely by Man Utd, only 3 points behind. Tottenham is in 3rd place, just 2 points behind United and as United faces a difficult away game against Arsenal, this is a chance for both City and the Spurs to make it count in the Premier League table. The 3 points can go either way, however City does have the mathematical advantage. The best way to bet on this event is to follow it live, Manchester City - Tottenham live soccer streams are available online. You can see how the play goes and take into consideration Tottenham +0.5 AH as a valuable bet. Our soccer predictions for the Manchester City - Tottenham match are: Both teams to score and Over 2.5 goals

Hamburger SV was our pick for another evening full of European Soccer. Most gamblers want to stay away from CL and Europa League events as they consider these events unpredictable. We tend to disagree here and state that with a good analysis and some relevant information on your side, you can predict the outcome of such an event. We did so with Hamburger this evening, and the team from Germany proved we are right once again. They settled the match in the first half, with 2 spectacular goals from Mathijsen (23') and van Nistelrooy (40'). Anderlecht scored a goal just before half time, Legear (45'), but there hopes for a draw were ended by Jarolim (78') that provided a safe advantage for Hamburg. The game ended 3-1 and Hamburg are favorites to advance. The bottom line is... Yes these type of matches are quite difficult to predict and it's hard to find a decent odd with value. But with good info, hard work and a bit of luck on your side, you can make profit from European mid-week events, just like we did this week with Hamburg and Over 2.5 in Manchester - AC Milan.

Well well... here goes another splendid night of European soccer.  The first thing we have to talk about is the shock of Real Madrid knocked out by Lyon. I wonder how many tipsters could have predicted that. We would love to be smug about it and say we knew, however that would not be true... nobody could have predicted Real's elimination and that's that. What a good tipster could have done is avoid this pick as there simply was no value in it... the -1.5 asian handicap, that had decent odds, was way out of this universe considering this level of play. So to sum it up ... for Real... it's OVER... sadly they did not make it to the next step Now the second match of the night: Manchester United - AC Milan. Is it over for Manchester as well? And you might be surprised by our answer but yes it's OVER.... over 2.5 goals... our tip for today, that had a splendid odd, as high as 1.96. We are particularly happy with this pick as the odds the bookies had on this event were simply a gift... How can you price the over in the Real game with only 1.6... considering that Real clearly ...

Dear members and visitors we are pleased to announce that Sampicks will return to the old tipping method that we used throughout last year. Even if in our 14 months of providing paid picks we only had 2 months that were not closed in profit, it is very obvious that the profit we make recently is smaller then the one we used to make for our members in the past year. That is why we will return to our old way of providing tips, we will place more confidence in the SAM system and try to reduce the influence that our tipsters have. Also we will start providing a limited number of tips each month in order to eliminate the guess work and increase our hit rate to the usual 75-80%. We also will provide the first tips free of charge to any user that is not a member but is interested in receiving it. In order to receive our first picks for this weekend, simply send an e-mail with the subject "Free picks" to sales@sampicks.com and we will include you in our weekend newsletter. We are hoping that more of our visitors choose to play our weekend picks and turn out a decent profit. We ...

When Arsenal met Hull City, we had a good idea that Arsenal would be able to win the match. They are a good team and they usually do well in spots like these. Because we figured that they would be able to take care of Hull City with relative ease, we were prepared to give our clients an Asian handicap play on the match. We gave out Arsenal -1, -1.5, which meant that if they won by two goals or more, both bets would be a winner. The match did not start out well, as we had Hull City score the opening goal. That put Arsenal behind, but they were able to fight back in order to take care of Hull City. They scored two goals to get the game back in their favour, and there were multiple chances for them to tack on the big third goal. Unfortunately for our bettors, they were not able to get the third goal, and the bet ended in a bad way. Half of the stake for our bettors was lost, and half of it was returned, since the -1 portion of the bet was a push. This was a solid pick that we felt ...

On February 4th, we put out one of our solid paid tips on Spanish Cup soccer. We had solid information heading into that game that said Sevilla would take down rival Athletic Bilbao. Though the game was not an easy one, it came back a winner for all of our subscribers. In a game like this, we expected Sevilla to have plenty of opportunities to score goals and that came to fruition. The game went deep into the second half as a tie, with Sevilla having numerous opportunities to take control of the game. Then, with the game tied 1-1 and in the 84th minute, Sevilla had a nice run and drew a penalty in the Athletic Bilbao box. This is the type of opportunity that should have brought a winner, but Sevilla missed the penalty. When the game pushed forward to extra time, Sevilla only had a couple more opportunities left before the game would have to end in a draw. They took advantage of one of those chances in the 92nd minute, though, sparing no time and scoring the game winning goal then. Our players had to sweat it out a little bit, but in the end, our ...

In sports betting, there are going to be some times where you think you are on the right side, but luck jumps up and takes a winner down to being a loser. This was the case last week, when we thought we had pinned yet another winner in soccer. Unfortunately for us, bad luck can stop even the best of picks. In the Catania vs. Bologna game, we thought there would not be much scoring. With that in mind, we put out a pick of under 2.5. The January 18th match looked very good for us for a long while, with the game riding at a 1-1 tie for quite some time. Fate had it that a late goal would spoil all of the fun, though. In the 86th minute, a goal was scored to knock the pick on its belly and make the over 2.5 a winner. Though it looked so good for so long, the late defensive mishap cost our backers their stake in the game and reminded us all yet again that there are going to be some times when the result does not match the play on the field. Unfortunately, that's the way it goes in sports ...

We gave a pick on Zwolle in the Netherlands second division to take down rival Agovv. The pick was a straight bet on Zwolle to win, and for a while it looked as if it would come up a loser. Zwolle did not come out of the gates strong and although they were the superior team, they trailed the match 1-2 heading into the halftime break. Whatever was said at the break was stirring, though, as Zwolle stormed back to take control of the match. They did not waste much time in asserting their dominance, tying the match early on in the second half, before finally taking the lead. They held on to blank Agovv in the second half and win the match 3-2. Though it was not the easy, stress free type of victory that followers of our picks have grown accustomed to, it was a win just the same. Given the 3-2 win for Zwolle, everyone who played our pick and had money on that side came home a winner once again. Watching the second half, it was easy to see that they were the better team and the result carried that out.

Your faith in professional tips should be renewed with the pick we provided for this week's match between Wycombe and Macclesfield. We usually give out these types of winners for our free tips, but this football pick was one of our paid ones. We had strong information that indicated Wycombe would win the match in a walk. Fortunately for us and all our subscribers, the match was a correct pick. Wycombe had no trouble dispatching Macclesfield, as they took control of the match early and never let go of that control. If you had money riding on Wycombe, you were fortunate because the game was decided well before the final whistle. As we assumed, the two teams had a major difference in overall talent and this was one bet that seemed to be way too easy. With our information and analysis of the match, we were able to deliver yet again on our paid tip. The 4-0 shutout for Wycombe was as dominant a performance as you will see on the pitch. They never let the match hang in doubt, a tribute to both their fine play and our excellent tipping ability.