The Cleveland Indians will head to Overstock.com Coliseum to open a 3-game series after a day rest against the Oakland Athletics. Cleveland are now leading the League with the best record of 19-8 and are now going on a very nice streak of 6 in a row (sweeping both the Royals and Tigers at home). The starting pitcher will be the right-hander Fausto Carmona, 2-3, 5.15 ERA in 6 starts for the Indians and 3-5, 5.54 ERA when pitching against the A`s. Oakland,  just 15-14 are 3rd in the AL West trying to continue where they left of at the won series against Texas (3-1), winning their last 2 straight. Righty Tyson Ross will take the mount for the A`s, just his 2nd year in the big leagus, going on a 1-2, 2.76 ERA with just 2 innings pitched against Cleveland.

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Ofcourse we may take into consideration its a Europe League semi-final and the match could be quite tightly one with few goals. On the other hand,when i imagine about what kind of teams will come out on the field, Villareal and Porto a two attack-minded teams you can expect a lot of goals from them. Porto as hosts of the meeting have first chance to win tonight, and i belive theyll try to get a solid advantage for second game from Spain. The hosts looks really strong these days in Portugal as well as outside in Europe League, especially in terms of offensive power. Villareal reached the semi-final after defeating Napoli, Leverkusen, and Spartak Moscow in play off stage.

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Varaždin is better team, but after placements in the Cup finals ( in wendsday they beat Cibalia) they for reward  not trained two days. Because off some tired players Varaždin coach Toplak said:  some rotation players who have played less will get a chance just like: Dudić, Punčec, Sušac, Tkalčić, Golubar, Posavec, Hojski, Aganović…

Lokomotiva have some good players and after they change coach they playing better especially in the defense. New Coach Kruno Jurčić is solid motivator and knows how to get players to give 100%. They need a win because they are fighting for survive in 1st division. Last game against Rijeka ( 0-0 ) they are play better but didnt score. Today again

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Washington, D.C. (Sports Network) – Thierry Henry scored two goals as Red Bull New York rolled to a 4-0 win over D.C. United on Thursday night at RFK Stadium in Major League Soccer.

Henry scored in the 12th and 38th minutes, notching his second and third goals of the season and fourth and fifth in his MLS career. Henry set up New York’s third goal by Joel Lindpere, and Juan Agudelo capped the scoring.

New York (3-1-2) won for the first time on the road this season – it failed to score in its first two away games – and moved into first place in the Eastern Conference.

D.C. United (2-3-1) was shutout for the first time this year, although Branko Boskovic hit the frame twice in the second half, and lost at RFK for the first time this season.

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ACTIVE PICKS (4)    FREE BETS (9) Andrey Golubev vs. Victor Hanescu

Well, Andrey Golubev has already three defeats in a row, a reason enough for why the bookies have rated these two players with almost equal chances. Aa a player Andrey Golubev possess more nad better qualities than the romanian player Victor Hanescu who has a better record recently. Hanescu did played some nice tennis at Casablancabut that I will say that only due to the fact that he has been in the competition for three rounds cause certain on the court he didn’t impressed too much with the stability. H

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