Goal Rush Saturday

Morning Team Goals

A disappointing 1-2 Saturday for us last week but at least all three games saw two or more goals. This further reinforced those strong trends in the over 1.5 goals in our picks and it may be something you may want to consider moving forward. My main purpose for this column is to hit the over 2.5 goals bets and we did bounce back on Sunday with a tidy and easy cash in a 3-2 Bundesliga game!

There are quite a few games this weekend but rather than spill the beans all at once I thought I would split it down into two columns this week. A column for both Saturday and Saturday should keep you waiting in anticipation tomorrow for the next instalment. Who am I kidding there is only about seven people reading this drivel and maybe it's for the best as we don't want everyone cashing in on this do we!

This is where we stand stats wise for the season so far:

Over 0.5 goals 88-1
Over 1.5 goals 78-11
Over 2.5 goals 57-32
Over 3.5 goals 33-56
Yes on BTTS 53-36
Home wins 44 Draws 13 Away wins 32

Both games today are evening games so either make sure you get your bets on early or that you don't blow your available betting cash on the FA Cup Lottery this afternoon.


L'Orient v Reims @ 11/10 France Ligue One, 7pm Kick Off UK Time
The French Ligue has not been a league jam packed full of goals this season as games in this division average just 2.42 goals per game with over 2.5 goals hitting just 42%. That works in our favour though when we find a game where the stats point contrary to the low scoring expectancy for the league. When L'Orient play fellow bottom half placed sides there have been twenty nine goals in seven games. In the same spot Reims have played two more matches but those eleven games have seen a total of thirty three goals! When the sides met earlier this season Reims ran out 4-1 winners and the final meeting of last seasons campaign saw L'Orient win 3-1 last February in Reims. The home side have conceded two or more goals in five of their last six league outings whilst Reims have failed to keep a clean sheet in any of their last fourteen league games. At this juicy price of well over Even money on the over 2.5 goals we shall rely on the French to give us our first winner of the weekend.

Westerlo v Zulte-Waregem @ 7/10 Belgium Jupiler League, 7pm UK Kick Off Time
If our first game saw us go to unfamiliar places here we return to a well known and well liked League by us goal hunters, Belgium! The Jupiler League is one of the higher scoring European Leagues as it averages 2.82 goals per game and over 2.5 goals strike at a rate of 57%. Historically there has been an avalanche of goals when these sides meet as each of the last four games between the two sides have gone over 3.5 goals. Meetings in Westerlo have gone 5-3 to over 2.5 goals since December 2005 but all eight of those meetings have seen at least two goals. Westerlo have kept just one clean sheet at home all season and have just two shut outs to their name in their twenty three league games this campaign. Zulte have just one clean sheet on the road this season and given the fact they have conceded at least two goals in twelve of their last sixteen games it's hard to see them pitching a shut out here.


Well there we go chaps and chapessess' so let's look to hit 2-0 today and I will be back tomorrow with plenty more goal action.


All the best
Jimmy