Corners Picks

Final matches of a group stage of the Champions League will be played this week. Let's look at the corner kicks statistics of teams just before the last round of the main club tournament of Europe.

All teams played 5 matches and only 3 clubs made more corners than opponents in all 5 games. These clubs appeared to be: Barcelona, Real Madrid and Lyon. The Spanish clubs are well known favourites, so such statistics is expected from them. Each of them has the lead in the group with 13 gained points. But quite unexpectedly to see near them Lyon which has only one point in five games. Four clubs won by corner kicks in 4 of 5 games: Atletico Madrid, Sevilla, Manchester United and Bayern Munich. Atletico Madrid, Manchester United and Bayern Munich are leaders of their groups, but Sevilla with three points takes the last place in the group and fight only for the League Europe.

Besides those teams who won by corner kicks in all matches, there are also those teams which lost all matches by corner kicks: FC BATE Borisov and Borussia M'glad. However, both clubs had very serious opponents: Juventus, Manchester City and Sevilla (for German team); Barcelona, Bayer and Roma (for Belarusians). Many teams lost 4 of 5 matches by corner kicks. Among them it is expected to see outsiders of groups - FK Astana, Malmo FF, Dinamo Zagreb, Maccabi Tel Aviv, but quite unexpected to see favourites: Zenit which won all 5 matches and PSG which has already booked its place in the knockout rounds.

By average total quantity of corners per match there are in the lead Borussia M'glad, Arsenal, Valencia, Dinamo Zagreb and Manchester City. In matches with participation of these teams 12 or more corner kicks were delivered on the average. Thus opponents of Borussia M'glad made more than 9 corner kicks on the average, and the opponents of Zagreb Dynamo made 8. But in average total corners of Valencia matches which equals to 12,4, 7,2 corner kicks are the share of football players of Valencia.

And here is the teams with the lowest average total corners: Bayer, Wolfsburg and FC BATE Borisov with less than 8 total corner kicks per match. So FC BATE Borisov delivered altogether just 5 corners in 5 matches, while his opponents made 34.

Also Bayer Leverkusen and PSV are among the teams which are the most low-delivering corners with just 15 corners in 5 matches. Maccabi Tel Aviv and Malmo FF delivered only 16 corners, and Wolfsburg and FK Astana 17. The most of corners made Atletico (41) and Bayern Munich (40) and it is mare than 8 corner kicks per match.

Till now We analyzed attacking potential of teams but let's look at the teams where their opponents delivered the least of corners. Barcelona is in leaders again here: in 5 games it allowed opponents to deliver corner only 6 times (i.e. it is less than 2 corner kicks per match). Leaders in this stats are also Bayern Munich, Manchester United and Real (in matches against these teams opponents made altogether less than 13 corner kicks). Teams which allowed opponents to deliver the most of corners are Borussia from Menkhengladbakh (44 corner kicks in 5 matches), Malmyo (43 corner kicks) and Maccabi (42 corner kicks).

It is expectedly to see Barcelona among leaders bY difference of corners (delivered 6.4 corners more than opponents on the average), and also Bayern Munich (delivered 5.4 corners more than opponents on the average) and Atletico (with the positive average difference of 4,6 corner kicks). From the opposite side - FC BATE Borisov, Malmo FF and Maccabi Tel Aviv. In matches against Belarusians opponents made 5,8 corner kicks more on the average, against Swedes - 5,4 corners more on the average, and against Israelis - 5,2 corners more on the average.

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indiana said:

C...........welcome to the RX site, sure you will enjoy............many good cappers here............good luck with your action...........indy

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Thanks, indy.

On Wednesday Napoli will be host to Hellas Verona in 1/8 Round of the Coppa Italia. As for now Napoli places 3rd place in Serie A, and Verona is the last with no wins in Serie A matches this season.

Napoli failed to beat Roma in last home match, but nevertheless the team come into this match red hot. Neapolitans are used to control the game on the opposite half of field, they make many crosses to opposite penalty area, especially from the left side. Napoli also is strong in heading duels, often creates scoring chances and effectively uses individual skills of their key players.

The last place in the league forces Verona coach to think first of all of that how not to leave Serie A. As the official site of the team informs, the emphasis in match in Naples will be done on young players who aren't so actively involved in league matches. New coach of Verona Luigi Delneri doesn't want to use in a cup match all key players and allows them to have a rest before game in Serie A which is now undoubtedly more important, than Coppa.

As for now bookmaker 1xbet.com gives -2.5 corners handicap for Napoli with 1.72 odd. If to look on the stats, Napoli in the last three head-to-head matches against Verona won by corners. In Serie A matches at home Neapolitans couldn't deliver more corners, than opponent, only in matches with the leaders: Inter, Fiorentina and Juventus. And even there they conceded no more than one corner kick. On the other side Verona won by corners in away matches only against the same outsiders as it is: Carpi and Sampdoria. And let's look at the similar matches of Napoli (where odds on Napoli win were approximately same as now), they won in the last 13 such games by corners. And -2.5 corners handicap was beaten 12 times of 13.

Thus, I think that we will see total domination of home team in Napoli-Verona match. Therefore I expect from Neapolitans active game in attack and as the result huge quantity of corners.

CristRo7 said:

On Wednesday Napoli will be host to Hellas Verona in 1/8 Round of the Coppa Italia.

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Scores on corners 7-3 in favor of Napoli. I congratulate all who bets in this handicap. Well and for the weekend, likely, will be other analysis.

Interesting match between Athletic Bilbao and Levante is coming in Spain La Liga on Sunday 20th December 2015. Athletic Bilbao results in last games are not very good but the team is very impressive at home where lost only to Real and Barcelona. Athletic is used to play in attacking style and make many crosses into opponent penalty area. Levante has problems with goals scoring this season though it creates quite enough goal chances every game.

We paid our attention to the pick of total corners over 10 in this match with 2.01 odd at 188Bet.com. The stats of teams corners says that average individual corners total at home of Athletic Bilbao is 7.00 (including match with Barcelona) and average corners total in Athletic home matches in La Liga this season is 11.29
It is supposed the teams will play attacking football with high speeds on Sunday and many goals and corners should take place.

CristRo7 said:

Interesting match between Athletic Bilbao and Levante

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Scores on corners 10-3 in favor of Athletic. I congratulate all who bets in this total.

Ro7.........nicely done.........indy

AC Milan hosts Bologna in the first match of 2016 year in Serie A. Rossoneri are on the 6th place in Serie A table and struggle for Champions League zone, so today they have to obtain 3 points.


Describing the style of play of Milan, worth to say that the team creates many scoring chances and hardly leaves the field without a goal scored in the last matches. Rossoneri players make a lot of shots on goal, trying to control the ball in the opponent's half of the field. Milan involves two wings while attacking but especially I want to admit Bonaventure on the left.


On opposite Bologna as team from the bottom of the table is trying to build their game of defense. Most of all Bologna's attacks happen because of individual skills of its players.


As you could already guess my today's prediction is for Milan. Suppose Ac Milan win today but I think the bet of Milan corners handicap is more sure. You can take -2.5 corners handicap bet for equal odds at many bookmakers, for example Bet365.


Starting from 2011 Milan delivered more corners than Bologna in all their head-to-head matches. And always -2.5 handicap of corners was beaten by Milan. Lets look at some corners stats of the teams. Milan delivers 6.5 corners on average this season at home and lost just once by corners. Bologna lost 5 of 8 with more than 2 corners in away matches this season.


And finally there is very interesting stats of Milan's corners in matches with similar to Bologna opponents. Milan won 17 of 20 these last matches (where its opponents were approximately the same class like Bologna).

CristRo7 said:

AC Milan hosts Bologna

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The score on corner kicks 10-0. I congratulate all who bet on Milan corners handicap

nice call. keep up the good work.

Interesting match between 2 outsiders of English Premier League Swansea and Sunderland is coming today. Swansea is now going 17th with 4 points ahead of Sunderland. The teams simultaneously flew from the FA Cup on this weekend so now their main goal for the season is to avoid relegation.

Lets look at the corners picks of this match and analyze corners stats of teams. First of all we must admit strong correlation between play of teams and their corners stats. Swansea and Sunderland are among the less delivering corners teams of EPL (just 3.55 corners on average for Swansea and 3.75 corners on average for Sunderland).

Therefore bookmakers set not so high total of corners for this match - just 9.5. But nevertheless odds for under 9.5 total corners seems to be interesting. Only in 2 matches of 9 of head-to-head games teams delivered more than 9 corners.

Swansea home matches corners stats and Sunderland away mathes corners stats confirm our suggestion that there won't be many corners today. Total corners for Swansea home matches is 8.1 on average and the team didn't won any time by corners at home this season. Average total corners in Sunderland away matches is even less than Swansea (only 7.6 per game) and what is more important - just 2.5 corners per game for Sunderland. Sunderland couldn't deliver more than 2 corners in last 5 matches at away.

So our pick is under 9.5 total corners with 1.88 odds at bet365. . Good luck!

CristRo7 said:

Swansea and Sunderland

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Scores on corners 8-6. Pick lose.

Fiorentina will face Torino in 21st round of Serie A. We consider pick on Fiorentina corners quit interesting today because of some reasons: - Fiorentina lost 2 important last games and will be high motivated in match against Torino. - Usually Viola controls play of game and has huge possession advantage on opponent. - Home team is one of the Serie A leaders of delivering corners and won by corners 9 of 10 games at home this season. - Torino lost 4 last away matches by corners in Serie A. It seems the team plays now more in defense unlike the start of season.So corners handicap -2 for home team with 1.85 odds at Bet365 looks very attractive. Good luck!

CristRo7 said:

Fiorentina will face Torino in 21st round of Serie A.

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The score on corner kicks 3-8.

Hoffenheim will face Darmstadt in the last game of Bundesliga 20th game week. The teams are on the bottom of the table and struggle not to be relegated. We suggest the game should be hot and attacking because each team extremely needs to win.In last 2 games Hoffenheim played against top teams Bayern munich and Leverkusen and gained 1 point there that is not so bad. But now in the match with direct competitor of relegation battle only win will be positive result. Nevertheless Darmstadt fight to keep place in the league surprisingly the team is third after Bayern and Borussia Dortmund of away matches results. We suppose today Darmstadt will try to confirm this trend as the opponent is not so strong. Darmstadt plays quite well and creates many chances every game but implementation of chances into goals should be much more better. It is expected that big forward Wagner (194cm height) will be in attacking line today and Darmstadt should have chances "on the second floor".Bookmakers offer for current game total corners of 9.5 with 1.95 odds for over (at Bet365). We consider this total is not so high and the bet on over of 9.5 total corners should be win. In the teams first head-to-head match this season there was goalless draw but 10 corners.Let's look at some stats facts of teams corners. There was 12 times over 9.5 corners in 19 Hoffenheim matches this season and 6 of 9 times it was over at home. Also in Darmstadt away mathes teams delivered more that 9.5 corners 6 of 9 times and avarage total corners of Darmstadt at away is 10.67.So we expect to see today interesting attacking game and believe the corners total will be beaten easily. Good luck! More stats of corners, cards, referees, goals and others can be found on corner-stats.com http://corner-stats.com/tsg-hoffenheim-darmstadt-07-02-2016/bundesliga-germany/match/73784

CristRo7 said:

Hoffenheim will face Darmstadt

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Scores on corners 8-7. Pick win.

Sevilla – Las PalmasSevilla will host one of outsiders Las Palmas in 24th game week of Spanish Primera division. Antalusia team failed in the beginning of the season but then become to play better. Sevilla must gain 8 points to be on the 4th place in the league and these are quite possible to acvieve. Las Palmas takes much less attractive 18th place but the team hope to stay in Primera at the end of season. The bottom of the league table is very close and only one win let take higher place. Consequently, Las Palmas will play at full strength in every match to gain more points.Antalusians are dominant at home because they won 12 matches in a row on own field including games against Real Madrid and Juventus. Las Palmas isn’t such successful team as Sevilla and Antalusians shouldn’t face with big problems in upcoming match. If characterize Sevilla’s style of play should be admited that attacking football of the team is really powerful: Sevilla prefers to attack on wings and creates lots of chances. Players make many shots and make crosses into penalty area. Headers are strong pros of Antalusians. Considering presence in the Sevilla’s squad really good player like Konoplyanka is expected that Las Palmas’s defenders may be passed quite often. Consequently, serves on wings are very dangerous. Las Palmas try to play positioning football controlling the ball on own part of the pitch. Short serves and distant shots are part of Las Palmas playing style. For team is too hard to oppose teams what play actively on wings and in which squads are individually strong players, more powerful than Las Palmas’s defenders.Let’s look at upcoming match according to bets on corners. I offer to look at bet on total over corners in this game. Total over 9,5 is for 1,73 odds at Bet365.Players on avarage take 11,58 corner in Sevilla’s home matches. It is the best result among all teams of Primera. Hosts take on average 6,83 corners, almost 7. Total over 9,5 corners was covered in 11 of 12 home games of Antalusians. Las Palmas takes 4,82 corners, almost 5 during the game at away. Players of Las Palmas took 4 or more corners in last 6 games. Las Palmas played against Rayo, Levante, Atletico, Espanyol. Sporting and Valencia. These football clubs (exept Espanyol) let their opponents take as much corners during the game as Sevilla. Besides, Las Palmas’s total corners was over 9,5 4 times of last 5 games at away.To sum up, we can see that the match for both sides is difficult: Sevilla will try to approach to Champions League, Las Palmas will try to take higher place of the league table. The game is going to be with many chances because both teams need points. And if consider teams’ corners stats, bet on total over 9,5 corners for 1,73 odds at Bet363 is very attractive.http://corner-stats.com/sevilla-las-palmas-14-02-2016/primera-division-spain/match/74389

CristRo7 said:

Sevilla – Las Palmas

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The score on corner kicks 8-3. Pick win.

Roma – Real Madrid


Finally, Champions League comes back from winter holiday and first matches of 1/8 round will be played this week. One of the most ambitious football teams-encounters are Roma – Real Madrid. Both capital football clubs have changed coaches during the season and it effects well. But only one team will play in 1/4 round and one of the coaches will confess in the failure. First match of this competition must be hot. And we will try to analyze it and find interesting bet.


Madrid is a leader in this couple and will try to do its best in first match. Royal football club have changed coach and Zinedine Zidane does not give reason to doubt the correctness of his invitation Away match in Rome will be first serious revision for new coach. Pepe and Gareth Bale won’t play in the upcoming match but the team has good players. Such great players as Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, James Rodriguez will play attacking football and they can cause trouble to the defenders of the opponent. Real Madrid makes a lot of shots on goal rivals, which is the result of the well-prepared attacking play and personal skills of their forwards. Madrid players control the ball in the opponent pinch side and it will be interesting to watch this match. Madrid often create good chances and score goals using short passes to break the encounter’s defense.


Italian club got a set of 4 wins one by one after comeback on coach’s bench Luciano Spalletti and places 4th place in Serie A. Fiorentina takes 3rd place with 2 points ahead Roma. If Roma players keep it up, they will have great opportunity to play in Champions League next year. Roma players prefer playing positioning football controlling the ball on encounter’s field side. Roma teammates usually involve in their attacks wings (especially right), create and realize many chances. Concerning to defense, host defenders often let their opponents make chances but it isn’t dramatically. For Rome is really hard to play against top football clubs: Romans were defeated by Juventus, tie game with Milan and Napoli. Roma was defeated by dominant Spanish team Barcelona in previous group stages. The home match was played better – tie game 1-1. Luciano Spalletti can’t count on Mohamed Salah in the upcoming match. It’s hard to say whether Daniele de Rossi and famous player Francesco Totti will take part in the game.


Let’s look at upcoming match according to bets on corners. Bookies consider that hosts will be favorites and odds on Real Madrid win is 1.71 (1xBet). And I think that it should be counted.


Roma supervised 32 matches in this season. The team won only 17 times on corners. Recently Roma played against not so strong football clubs and there were 2 defeats on corners in matches against Sampdoria and Sassuolo. If look at home Romans matches, team situation is not going to improve: 16 matches, 8 wins and 6 defeats on corners. Barcelona won the game against Roma with corners twice 7-1 and 11-3 in the Champions League of the group stage.


Madrids won 25 of 31 matches on corners this season. Royal club supervised 15 matches away and in 13 of them took corners more than their opponents. Madrids took more corners than encounters in every match they played in CL group stage. Thus, I think that Madrids are favorites in the upcoming match considering corners, if to take to attention match status and previous played games.


Also in my opinion we should take notice on offsides stats. 1хBet bookie line on offsides is 2,36 for Rome win, 4,5 for draw and 2,21 for Real Madrid win. So the chances of the teams to beat each on offsides are equal . But is it really so?


After Luciano Spalletti coming up Romans supervised 6 matches in the league. And only once Rome had more offsides than its encounter. Romans were defeated in the rest of the matches. In last 5 matches Roma’s encounters got 3.6 offsides on average.


After changing Real coach, 6 matches were supervised in the league, 4 times Madrid got offsides more than opposite team. In last 5 matches Real Madrid got 4.2 offsides on average and their encounters just 1.2 offsides.


To sum up, betting on Real win on offsides is very good idea.


More stats of corners, cards, referees, goals and others - http://corner-stats.com