Football Tips 27/02/2014

Al Wahda are 2nd in the league right now and have chance to move top depending on other results, they are strong at home and have lost just 3 of the last 12 played there. Kawkab sit bottom of the league with just 16 points from a possible 72, they have won just 3 games all season conceding an average of 2 goals per match. Their last 2 away games have seen them concede 9 without reply, both of these against sides lower in the league than today’s opponent. We expect a fairly comfortable win here for the hosts; they came away with a 2-0 win in the reverse fixture and should easily pull of another today.

Swansea may have dominated the opening leg of this tie but things will be different in Naples. Napoli have lost just 2 of their last 18 games (all competitions) and were very unlucky to be knocked out of the Champions league on goal difference along having seen off Dortmund, Marseille and Arsenal in the group stages. Garry Monk has done a great job since taking the Swansea reins but an away game to one of the best sides in the world may come as a shock tonight, they played at pretty much the best of their ability in Wales and only managed a 0-0 draw. We simply believe Napoli have the stronger chance of reaching the next stage at this point, which means logic takes over and we're going with the home team to qualify.

Coritiba won the league last year picking up a 5-3 aggregate win over Atletico PR, their great form has continued into this year with them sitting top of the table with just 8 games played. Within this league Coritiba are brilliant at home, they lost just 1 game on their turn in the entire competition last year and look good to continue this trend. Operario have played 3 and drawn 3 on the road so far but have not played anyone as good as Cortibia just yet. These two have met 8 times in the past, Coritiba have won 5 of these including 3 of the 4 played in their stadium.