Football Tips 24/02/2014

Parma will be at full strength heading into this important fixture with Fiorentina, they have continues to gain ground on the top 5 in recent weeks and a 4-0 win over Atalanta heading into this will only boost confidence more. The hosts are unbeaten at the Stadio Ennio Tardini since November and even this was a close 1-0 defeat to Juventus, they have a game in hand over most of the league and 2 over this closest rival Verona in 6th, a win here will see them leap frog them. La Viola’s last league fixture saw them fall at home to Inter, an unexpected result considering Milan’s recent patch of form. Parma have hosted Fiorentina 8 times since 2005 and scored in all, this is the visitors 3rd game in 9 days and it will likely show here, a tough away fixture to Esbjerg in just 3 days may lead to rotation against Parma and we see absolutely no reason the hosts won’t score today.

1st place Fenerbhce are 3 points clear of Galatasaray and with a game in hand can further this gap today, despite to difference in league position and bookie odds we cannot see it being as easy as most think. Elazigspor may be 1 points of the relegation zone but they rely on their fairly solid home performances to pick up points and Fenerbahce may find this out the hard way today, their defence is terrible but in terms of scoring they are better than half of the league, they have netted in 9 of the 11 games played at home this season and look good to get another today. ‘Fener’ have actually conceded in 9 of their 10 away fixtures this season and surprisingly come into this game off 3 straight defeats on the road, and not against top sides.

CSKA come into this game off a very successful break in which they won all friendlies, they will be pumped up for the game today and aim to move into 3rd with a win. Chernomoretz did not have as much joy in the break but did finish for the break on a 3 win streak at home, including 2 very impressive 5-0 wins, though both were against teams in the bottom 3. There is a 7 point gap between 10th and Burgas in 11th which shows how poor the bottom 4 teams are. CSKA won the last 2 H2H meetings comfortable picking up 3-0 and 2-0 wins, this will likely be a close game today but the favourites are the visitors and we have to agree.

Bucharest are top of the league having not lost all season, they very comfortable saw off Concordia in all past league meetings, the most recent home and away results ended 4-0 and 6-0 respectively. They are unbeaten on the road in the league since Novermber 2012! This is 19 games away without a defeat. Concordia have lost 3 of the last 4 league games and coincidently their most recent was the 4-0 loss to today’s opponent.