MyPa - AC Oulu preview April 24th 2010 18.00 CET

	MyPa	AC Oulu
-0,75	2,5	1,67	0,75
-0,5	2,04	1,96	0,5
-0,25	1,69	2,44	0,25

Edit: official line-ups:

MyPa have been ranked 4th by some local experts and why is that is completely beyond me. They are defensively one the best teams in the League, but that is all they have. The midfield is uncreative, and the strikers are far from top quality. They will end up somewhere in the lower midtable and there is very little difference in quality between a big number of clubs, but there is no reason to believe they will start scoring at will. If they get the first goal they are much more likely to stick with than keep on attacking, so when they win games 1-0 is the most likely outcome.

MyPa had very little chances away at Honka, and they scored the 3-1 consolidation goal late in the match only because they were allowed to.

Oulu won TamU 3-0 in the first round, but it was 1-0 until the 90th minute and TamU had some equalizing chances in the match, and had it been 1-1 at home against a completely out-of-form Tampere bunch there would not be such optimism in the air at Oulu. In the cup Oulu met VPS away, and having made some changes in the defence line they had to settle for a 3-1 loss and getting kicked out of the cup. Whether they do mind it  or not is irrelevant, but I am not yet convinced Oulu is such a force in the League this season, especially in their travels away from the safety of their artificial turf.

The trip is a long one, but Oulu have stayed over night at Lahti and should have fresh legs available today. There are no injury or suspension worries for either of the teams.

Both teams do have a rather tiring style of play with a lot of hard work, pressing and running, and it will be interesting to see which one is the fresher on the second half.

There was some tiny value in the home win, and if you ended up taking it and are available at the computer during the match it is perhaps not a foolish idea to take Oulu + 0,5 or + 0,25 live in the match in case MyPa happen to take the lead in the first half. With a 1-0 result you would get a (less than) double win, but also cover the possibility of a loss.

That is it guys, a lot of reading again today, but as we get into the rhytm of things and get the basis done it should be less talk, more bets.

Tomorrow there is so much action with the Veikkausliiga, Ykkönen and Kakkonen that I am already worried what the previews will look like. Have a good and succesful day!