{"id":514476,"date":"2025-10-20T13:28:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T13:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/514476\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T13:28:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T13:28:10","slug":"monday-footie-fare-tight-games-in-england-spain-and-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/514476\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday footie fare: tight games in England, Spain and Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\tWest Ham might be undone by their fans.\n\t<\/p>\n<p>Several Monday night games across Europe round off the weekend\u2019s return to club football after the international break \u2013 and offer punters chances to recoup losses or build on winnings.<\/p>\n<p>But the wagering isn\u2019t easy, with three highly competitive matches likely.<\/p>\n<p>In England\u2019s Premier League, West Ham fan groups have been threatening to boycott their club\u2019s home game against Brentford in protest against the owners and executive management.<\/p>\n<p>While the action isn\u2019t targeted at the squad or the coach, a significant number of empty seats at the London Stadium could create a negative atmosphere and demotivate the West Ham players.<\/p>\n<p>This factor probably hasn\u2019t been factored into odds on the game: West Ham 2.48, Brentford 2.85, draw 3.50.<\/p>\n<p>With West Ham\u2019s home form being dismal anyway, this might be a good opportunity to pile on Brentford.<\/p>\n<p>In Spain\u2019s La Liga, Alaves (2.41) play host to Valencia (3.35). It\u2019s a mid-table clash, so tactical nuance will be to the fore as both teams seek to avoid defeat and get sucked downward.<\/p>\n<p>Statistics lean towards Alav\u00e9s, whose defensive solidity at home contrasts with Valencia\u2019s travel woes. One bookmaker\u2019s algorithm gives a 47% probability to a home win, with a likely scoreline of 2-1.<\/p>\n<p>Neither side has been particularly prolific in front of goal so bets on total goals should be kept on the low side.<\/p>\n<p>Italy\u2019s Serie A features Cremonese (2.70) up against Udinese (2.60).<\/p>\n<p>Minnows Cremonese had a good start to the season but crashed back to earth last time out with a 1-4 loss to giants Inter Milan.<\/p>\n<p>However, that dose of reality should have refocused I Violini and they will be keen to get back to winning ways. But it\u2019ll be a tight tactical battle with goals at a premium.<\/p>\n<p><strong>All Betway odds correct at time of writing and subject to change.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"West Ham might be undone by their fans. Several Monday night games across Europe round off the weekend\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":514477,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5008],"tags":[748,393,4884,7325,168089,8634,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-514476","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-england","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-laliga","12":"tag-premier-league-epl","13":"tag-serie-a","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115406733855819281","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514476\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}