7/24 Plays - We! Are! Back! (Patreon)

Hey gang!

A MUCH needed week off. Arms all healed up, puppy is happy for the most part, and most importantly mentally I feel entirely refreshed. All the BS aside - I felt like the week of no stress for the most part was really needed. I'm all ready to sit down and spend the next 10 months grinding out these leagues and games with y'all! Thank you all again for your patience and understanding through this month! Less than 30 days from now, we'll be back into all our favorite leagues in Europe!

We're keeping the 3 game system for the time being! Here's the three plays I have! Also at the bottom of this post I've posted some League start information - as well as a list of players who I'll be keeping a very eye on for ATGS (AnyTime Goal Scorer) lines if you want to screenshot and save those names!

GOLD PLAY

Viking FK v Aalesunds FK. Viking over .5 1h TT + Viking over .5 2h TT. (Viking to score in Both Halves). -125. 1pm ET. Norway Eliteserien

- Good ol’ Aalesunds aka the worst away team in Norway is back! With 7 away losses in a row and the 2nd most goals conceded in Norway with 33 with 15 games, this is looking to be another tough one as they take on a Viking side who are riding a hot streak and have numerous goals scoring threats (Sander Svendsen, Zlatko Tripic, Lars-Jorgen). I have Viking winning 3-0 or 3-1 here, so maybe look at TT here as well, but I really like the value of scoring in both halves. Aalesund often concedes early, so 1-0 in the first 20 minutes followed by a defensive collapse late could be in the cards.

SILVER PLAY

Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar v Fylkir Reykjavik. Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar over 1.5 TT. -130. 3pm ET. Iceland

- Fylkir is the worst team in Iceland defensively. They are also one of the worst away teams in the league, having conceded in EVERY. SINGLE. GAME. ON. THE. ROAD. THIS. SEASON. Looking at their last five away games they’ve conceded 12 games as well. This is a really bad team who came off a weird 0-0 draw. Meanwhile the really long team has had back to back games without goals in ages, and they’ll be looking to bounce back by beating the absolute heckj out of Fylkir here at home. They had two games on the road, now are back at home where they’ve scored 14 goals in their last 5 home games.

BRONZE PLAY

Libertad Asuncion v Guairena FC. Libertad ML + Under 3.5 goals. -105. 7pm ET. Paraguay Primera Division.

This is a bit of a tricky one because this new season in Paraguay just started up and we’re only two games into the new split. Libertad has started off red hot. 2 wins, 5 goals scored and 0 conceded. Meanwhile Guairena is off to a good start but is still outclassed a bit here and is not great on the road. They did have a huge win against Cerro but to be fair, Cerro was dragging through a brutal Copa Libertadores series and didn’t seem fit at all in that matchup. Libertad should win here – but they rarely have high scoring wins. They have had 18 games straight across all competitions go under now – so expecting to see that continue with a 2-0/2-1 kind of win here!

IMPORTANT START DATES

- 2ND Bundesliga: July 28

- Belgium: July 28

- Championship: Aug. 4

- Azerbaijan: Aug. 4

- EPL: Aug. 11

- Eredivisie: Aug. 11

- Ligue 1: Aug. 12

- LaLiga: Aug. 12

- Turkey: Aug. 13

- Portugal: Aug. 13

- Bundesliga: Aug. 18

- Serie A: Aug. 19

ATGS LOOK-OUTS

- Mauro Icardi – Galatasaray (Turkey)

- Goncalo Ramos – Benfica (Portugal)

- Wilfried Zaha – Galatasaray (Turkey)

- Hugo Cuypers – Gent (Belgium)

- Ayase Ueda – Cercle Brugge (Belgium)

- Victor Osimhen – Wherever he ends up

- Niclas Fullkrug – Werder Bremen (Germany)

- Taty Castellanos – Lazio (Italy)

- Enner Valencia – Fenerbahce (Turkey)

- Alexandre Lacazette – Lyon. (France)

- Jonathan David – Lille (France)

- Tasos Douvikas – Utrecht (Netherlands)

- Santiago Gimenez – Feyenoord (Netherlands)

- Xavi Simons – RB Leipzig (Germany)

- Kyogo Furuhashi – Celtic (Scotland)

- Kevin Van Veen – Motherwell (Scotland)