08/29/2008 - Leverkusen, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Bayer Leverkusen manager Bruno Labbadia has been impressed by newly promoted Hoffenheim, but the surprising Bundesliga leaders will not pick up points Saturday, according to the coach.
"They will pick up points but not on Saturday," Labbadia said. "It will be hard work but we are Bayer Leverkusen and we are at home."
Leverkusen dropped its opener to Borussia Dortmund but rebounded with a 2-0 win at Stuttgart last week. Bayer will try build on that win at the BayArena.
"Obviously, it was great to pick up three points but also the way we played. We carried on a lot of things from the Dortmund game but with more determination," Labbadia said.
Bayer will be without defender Gonzalo Castro, who joins a growing injury list with a torn muscle.
"It's a bitter blow, especially after he played so well against Stuttgart. But there's nothing we can do about it so we'll have to get on with it," Labbadia said.
Leverkusen has two goals in each of its first two games, but no player has more than one goal. Vedad Ibisevic leads Hoffenheim with three of its four goals.
Hoffenheim is the only team in the league with two wins in its first two games, but those matches were against survivor Energie, which was just five points out of the drop zone last season, and newly promoted Monchengladbach.
Despite the relatively easy opponents, Labbadia believes Hoffenheim has enough quality to be a strong club in the Bundesliga.
"The club has built a great base and sensational structures," he said. "On the one hand this is due to finance but also due to excellent staff."
Hoffenheim also has injury concerns with Andreas Ibertsberger and Chinedu Obasi expected to miss the match.
On Friday, Milivoje Novakovic and Sergiu Radu scored in the second half as Koln defeated Karlsruhe, 2-0, to win its first of the season. Koln had a draw and a loss in its first two matches in its return to the Bundesliga.
Also Saturday, unbeaten Schalke hosts Bochum, winless Monchengladbach hosts Werder Bremen, unbeaten Wolfsburg hosts Eintracht, Arminia Bielefeld hosts unbeaten Hamburg and Energie hosts unbeaten Borussia Dortmund.
On Sunday, defending champions Bayern Munich will try to get its first win when it hosts unbeaten Hertha Berlin and Stuttgart hosts Hannover.
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MySportsbook.com: New College Football Clock Rules Examined
Coaches and bettors alike are desperate to make sense of the new time-keeping rules on the NCAA gridiron. One of the big stories to come out of the Ohio State-Texas clash last weekend was Texas coach Mack Brown's criticism of the NCAA's new clock rules that are intended to shorten the duration of college football games, therefore affecting college football betting.
"They scored with six minutes left and the game was over before we had a chance to do anything," Brown told ESPN.com. "I really hope whoever made these changes will go back and look them over."
Sure, it might be sour grapes; the Buckeyes thoroughly trounced the defending national champion Longhorns 24-7. However, Brown isn't alone in giving the changes their due thought. Bettors are also wondering about them, albeit for a completely different reason. Most experts agree that the changes will result in games being shortened by anywhere from 10 to 20 plays. The obvious consequence is lower scores, with more time rolling off the clock during changes of possession. (The Ohio State-Texas game flew well under the total of 52.)
According to research at the online sportsbook MySportsbook.com, more than 18 plays a game disappeared last weekend into thin air. That's a 10-percent reduction. In 2005, a typical game had 168.58 plays. For 2007 already, it's down to 150.26.
As a result, teams combined to gain an average of about 100 fewer yards a game last weekend versus the 2005 openers. Scoring was also down by about 4.5 points (attention Las Vegas sports lines).
Of course, oddsmakers were able to adjust to the changes before the season started. Proof of that came as the over went a balanced 8-9 at My Sportsbook on Saturday.
Other angles to consider:A shorter game should theoretically result in shorter lines. Whereas Team A might have been a 14-point favorite in a 168-play game (last year), if there are 10 percent less snaps in 2007, the line should also be reduced by 10 percent (to 13 or 12.5). Of course, this is an over-simplification of the matter, but something to keep in mind.
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By adjusting the time-keeping rules to shorten the duration of college football games, the NCAA hoped to make its product more enjoyable for the fans. While the NCAA's success in this regard is still up for debate, bookmakers couldn't be happier with the results.
"We are seeing a massive jump in college football betting," noted the MySportsbook.com management team. "With all the early Saturday games (12 a.m. ET) ending before the second wave begins (3:30 p.m. ET) - something that didn't always happen before the changes - bettors are now able to re-invest their winnings from the morning session in the afternoon games."
While not all bettors will choose to roll over their winnings, it doesn't take much for an impact to be seen on the bottom line. "Not all of the millions of dollars in morning payouts get re-bet. In fact, it's probably only 10 to 20 percent," noted the sportsbook management team. "Still, the increased football betting lines window will create a ton of growth for us over the course of the season."
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