Bayern Munich - Borussia Dortmund (DFB Pokal)

Bayern Munich welcomes Borussia Dormund on "Allianz Arena" in the semi-final match of the Cup of Germany. The meeting is on Tuesday - April 28, 2015. The odds for the game offered by the leading bookmaker bet365 are as follows: 1.57 for a home win, with a draw at 4.20 and 5.75 for the victory of the guests. The hosts removed Bayer Leverkusen on the 1/4 finals after zero draw and a penalty shootout, while the visiting team of Dormund dealt with Hoffenheim with 3:2 after extra time.

Bayern Munich theoretically secured the title in Germany last weekend. Bayern won the match against Hertha with 1:0. The boys of Pep Guardiola had no time to celebrate, because they are in a hard battle on the way to the national cup with Borussia Dortmund. The good news for Bayern`s coaching staff is the returning to the training process of Arjen Robben after treatment of an injury. He is not ready for a starting place and will remain on the bench. Pep Guardiola will not be able to rely on the injured Franck Ribery, David Alaba, Holger Badstuber and Tom Starke. Xabi Alonso will start in the center of the midfield and Bastian Schweinsteiger will remain on the bench. Medhi Benatia returned from injury and will be an option for Guardiola in the central defense of the "Bavarians".

Borussia Dormund won the household with Eintracht Frankfurt at the weekend with 2:0. The "yellow-blacks" approached only three points from the place in the Europa League this fall. Now, Jurgen Klopp, who left the team at the end of the season, is has the most important game of the season. Eccentric mentor of Dortmund shared that dreams to part with Borussia Dormund by winning the German Cup. This, however, passes through the most inhospitable stadium in the country - the "Allianz Arena". The titular guardian of the "yellow and blacks" Roman Weidenfeller is injured and under the frame against Bayern will be Mitchell Langerak. With injuries in the camp of Borussia Dortmund are also Oliver Kirch, Nuri Sahin and Sebastian Kehl. Marco Reus completely healed his injury and will play on the familiar position on the left flank in the scheme of Jurgen Klopp.

Bayern Munich is in a great shape in the recent matches. Bayern has serious psychological advantage over Borussia Dortmund. Supported by its loyal fans, the hosts are a huge favorite in the game and everything else except their victory would be a major surprise.

Recommended bet: For Bayern Munich @ 1.57 at bet365

Immobile replaces Balotelli in Liverpool

The striker of Borussia (Dortmund) Ciro Immobile is close to transfer to Liverpool. Journalist from Sky Sport Italia Gianluca Di Marzio revealed that the management of Liverpool already conducted initial talks with Borussia sporting director Michael Zorc. He will replace the striker Mario Balotelli, who never fulfilled the expectations after his attraction from Milan last summer.

Immobile become a disappointment for Borussia. He came to the team with a reputation for top scorer in Serie "A", but he has only three goals in the Bundesliga. 25-year-old has already announced his house in Germany for sale, and the bosses of "yellow and blacks" are hoping to regain much of the invested 19 million euro.

Nadal reached the quarterfinals in Monaco after 3 sets

The eightfold champion of the tournament in Monte Carlo, Rafael Nadal won the quarterfinals, showed significant improvements in his game. In the match that lasted more than two hours the third scheme prevailed over the No15 John Isner from the United States with 7:6 (6), 4:6, 6 3.
In the fourth game the 208-centimeter giant from Florida had two consecutive break points, but the permeated them, although in both cases he had a chance to finish.

It came to a tiebreak. The exchange of the half came at 3:3. Then the American came to two set balls at 6: 4. Rafael did not flinch and won the next four rallies, and with this the set.
In the second part Nadal reached his first break points at 4: 3 and 40: 0.But Isnar managed to defeat and took his submission. Inspired by the fact he broke immediately afterwards and at 5: 4 served for alignment of the parts. The 29 years old Yankee reached to a set ball, but this time he realized it with his tenth ace in the game.

Rafael made first strike in the final set. He achieved his first break for 3:1. Immediately afterwards, the lefty from Manacor solidified with a game to zero. At 5:3 the Spaniard already has handed for the victory. He led with 40:15 and raised his hands in victory even in his first match point after the ball of re tour of the first US rocket landed in the net.

The former world number one finished with 32 winner hits and only 12 unforced errors. John Isner recorded 45 winners (12 aces) and 46 errors.

For a place in the semifinals on Friday Nadal will argue with David Ferrer.

Emirates ATP Race to London

After the end of the first quarter of 2015 the Male Tennis Association took stock of the situation for the final tournament of the best, which will be held at "O2 Arena" in London from the 15th to the 22nd of November.

The champion of the last three editions of the Masters Novak Djokovic seems unattainable in the rankings Emirates ATP Race to London, which takes into account the results via livescores from the beginning of the year, and not as the world ranking of 52 weekly bases. After the triumph in Miami Novak collected 4385 points, which is more than the sum of the assets of the second Andy Murray (2420) and the third Tomas Berdych (1890).

The world number one Djokovic has so far 25 wins and only 2 losses. He won for the record fifth time the Australian Open in January and triumphed in Indian Wells and Miami. Furthermore he reached the final in Dubai, where he retreat of Roger Federer.

Currently the eight London sites are for Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Tomas Berdych, David Ferrer, Stan Wawrinka, Roger Federer, Kei Nishikori and Milos Raonic. If Federer will manage to qualify for the finals, it will be his record 14th participation. The Swiss ace is the most successful tennis player in the history with six titles and 48 victories in the final tournaments.

The two-time finalist in the Masters Rafael Nadal is the ninth in the ranking, at 165 points from Raonic, which he will easily catch at the season of red.

The Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, who last year until recently was in the fight for the eighth place in London, is currently only the 25th with 450 points. In other words he is with 730 points from the eighth position.

Emirates ATP Rankings

1 Djokovic, Novak (SRB) 4,385
2 Murray, Andy (GBR) 2,420
3 Berdych, Tomas (CZE) 1,890
4 Ferrer, David (ESP) 1,655
5 Wawrinka, Stan (SUI) 1,645
6 Federer, Roger (SUI) 1,515
7 Nishikori, Kei (JPN) 1,350
8 Raonic, Milos (CAN) 1,180
9 Nadal, Rafael (ESP) 1,015
10 Tomic, Bernard (AUS) 800
11 Simon, Gilles (FRA) 785
12 Anderson, Kevin (RSA) 755
13 Troicki, Viktor (SRB) 608
14 Isner, John (USA) 595
15 Monfils, Gael (FRA) 580
16 Garcia-Lopez, Guillermo (ESP) 575
17 Lopez, Feliciano (ESP) 565
18 Cuevas, Pablo (URU) 550
18 Seppi, Andreas (ITA) 550
20 Karlovic, Ivo (CRO) 515
21 Mannarino, Adrian (FRA) 500
22 Gasquet, Richard (FRA) 485
23 Monaco, Juan (ARG) 475
24 Muller, Gilles (LUX) 470
25 Dimitrov, Grigor (BUL) 450
26 Estrella Burgos, Victor (DOM) 427
27 Young, Donald (USA) 410
28 Stakhovsky, Sergiy (UKR) 400
28 Verdasco, Fernando (ESP) 400
30 Fognini, Fabio (ITA) 385
30 Kyrgios, Nick (AUS) 385
32 Bautista Agut, Roberto (ESP) 370
33 Haider-Maurer, Andreas (AUT) 367
34 Darcis, Steve (BEL) 347
35 Harrison, Ryan (USA) 345
35 Johnson, Steve (USA) 345
37 Baghdatis, Marcos (CYP) 342
38 Bedene, Aljaz (GBR) 332
39 Paire, Benoit (FRA) 330
40 Bolelli, Simone (ITA) 325
40 Janowicz, Jerzy (POL) 325
40 Mayer, Leonardo (ARG) 325
43 Vesely, Jiri (CZE) 322
44 Bemelmans, Ruben (BEL) 320
45 Coric, Borna (CRO) 316
46 Smyczek, Tim (USA) 315
47 Kukushkin, Mikhail (KAZ) 307
48 Dolgopolov, Alexandr (UKR) 300
48 Thiem, Dominic (AUT) 300
50 Goffin, David (BEL) 285
51 Duckworth, James (AUS) 283
52 Pospisil, Vasek (CAN) 265
53 Souza, Joao (BRA) 264
54 Kokkinakis, Thanasi (AUS) 259
55 Klizan, Martin (SVK) 250
56 Basilashvili, Nikoloz (GEO) 247
57 Sousa, Joao (POR) 245
58 Berankis, Ricardas (LTU) 240
58 Chardy, Jeremy (FRA) 240
60 Berrer, Michael (GER) 238
61 Nieminen, Jarkko (FIN) 237
62 Delbonis, Federico (ARG) 235
62 Giraldo, Santiago (COL) 235
64 Chung, Hyeon (KOR) 231
65 Dzumhur, Damir (BIH) 220
65 Edmund, Kyle (GBR) 220
67 Roger-Vasselin, Edouard (FRA) 217
68 Schwartzman, Diego (ARG) 205
69 Pella, Guido (ARG) 200
69 Robredo, Tommy (ESP) 200
71 Falla, Alejandro (COL) 195
72 Soeda, Go (JPN) 194
73 Rosol, Lukas (CZE) 190
74 Lu, Yen-Hsun (TPE) 185
75 Vanni, Luca (ITA) 182
76 Becker, Benjamin (GER) 180
77 Ito, Tatsuma (JPN) 179
78 Groth, Sam (AUS) 175
79 Bagnis, Facundo (ARG) 171
80 Almagro, Nicolas (ESP) 170
81 Gimeno-Traver, Daniel (ESP) 169
82 Ilhan, Marsel (TUR) 167
83 Dustov, Farrukh (UZB) 166
83 Kavcic, Blaz (SLO) 166
85 Bellucci, Thomaz (BRA) 165
85 Lajovic, Dusan (SRB) 165
85 Nedovyesov, Aleksandr (KAZ) 165
85 Ramos-Vinolas, Albert (ESP) 165
89 Lorenzi, Paolo (ITA) 161
90 Albot, Radu (MDA) 160
91 Rola, Blaz (SLO) 157
92 Berlocq, Carlos (ARG) 155
92 Dodig, Ivan (CRO) 155
92 Granollers, Marcel (ESP) 155
95 Gonzalez, Alejandro (COL) 154
95 Menendez-Maceiras, Adrian (ESP) 154
95 Smith, John-Patrick (AUS) 154
98 Pouille, Lucas (FRA) 153
99 Authom, Maxime (BEL) 151
99 de Bakker, Thiemo (NED) 151

Ascoli vs Pro Piacenza

The football match between Ascoli and Pro Piacenza is from the 33rd round of the ongoing Championship of the Lega Pro Group B - Centre in Italy. Here are our soccer pick predicted by 11livescores - take a look:
The footballers of Ascoli are on the second position in the provisional ranking with 59 points, having 16 wins, 11 draws and 5 losses in a season. Having played in a total of 32 meetings, there is a positive goal difference of 50:29. As a host, the team has played 16 matches so far - 9 wins, 7 draws and still no home loss. They scored 32 goals in the opponent`s door and allowed 14 goals.
The visiting team of Pro Piacenza is on the 19th place in the rankings with a grand total of 28 points, collected after 10 victories, 6 draws and 16 losses from the start of the Championship, having played in a total of 32 derbies, the team has scored 28 goals in the door of its opponents and has gotten 45 hits. Outside the team has had 16 duels until the moment in which there have been 3 wins, 3 draws and 10 losses. The players scored 10 goals in the door of their opponents and have received 29 hits.
In the last 10 official games, the players of Ascoli have achieved 5 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses with a goal difference of 15:12. In the last 5 home games, the team has had four victories, one draw and one loss. These hosts have scored 11 goals in the door of their rivals and received 4 hits.
In the last 10 official meetings, the team of Pro Piacenza has had 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses, with a total goal difference of 10:16. In its previous five visits, the team has had one win, one draw and three losses. These guests have made 5 goals in the opponent`s door and have allowed them to get 10 hits in their own door.
In its past two home games, the team of Ascoli won with 3:1 against the team of Lucchese and managed to reach a draw of 1:1 with Reggiana. In the last 2 visits Pro Piacenza has had two defeats - with 1:2 and 0:4 by the team of SPAL.
In the last matches between the two teams, the team of Ascoli has had one win and Pro Piacenza has not achieved a win.
Our soccer prediction is 1.