BETTING: Wk 31 - Midweek tips 1/2 Mar 2011

ENGLAND
Lay Colchester at Bristol Rovers @ 2.50 (2 pts)
Although generally speaking Rovers are on a shocking run (3 points from possible 24), they do show signs of life at home, with a recent win against Oldham and a decent scoring record of late for a team in such a poor league position.
Colchester haven't scored more than 1 in an away match in their last 7, with 5 blanks.  They also haven't won away since 30th October.

Aldershot v Gillingham draw @ 3.45 (2 pts)
Before losing at home to Port Vale last time out, Aldershot had drawn 5 in-a-row.
Gillingham have drawn 5 of their last 6 (3 away).

SPAIN
Sevilla v Gijon - Asian handicap Gijon +1.0 & +1.5 @ 1.80 (2 pts)
Sevilla have won only 3 home games by more than a single goal this season, and only 1 against a bottom-half team (Levante).
Despite Gijon's seemingly poor away record, they have in fact done very well (in asian handicap terms) against elite & top sides.  They only lost by a single goal away to Barca and Espanyol, and drew away to Valencia & Villarreal. Actually, in 10 games against the current top-7, they have only lost by 2+ on two occasions, including a 2-0 against Sevilla in the reverse fixture.

Villarreal v Hercules - either team scores 0 @ 2.04 (2 pts)
As I said the last time Hercules were away, the main reasoning here is that they have scored a pathetic 3 away goals all season and ironically, 2 of those came in their first game of the season away to Barcelona of all teams!  They haven't scored away in the league since late October, a run of 8 games during which they have shipped 16 goals and picked up just 1 point.