The New Year started strongly with red type selection winners at odds of circa 2.50 and 4.50 and our new "blue type" suggestions providing winners at odds of 2.25 and 18.0 (yes, 17-1 +) and that was from just eight Premier League games previewed.

If you would like to take a look at the new format, please email me at gowi8@btinternet.com , a much quieter day today, but a very busy weekend ahead with four newsletters scheduled over Saturday and Sunday.  Having said that, there are basic notes for one of today's FA Cup ties below......

We have eight Coupe de la Ligue (trophy pictured) games this midweek and I sent subscribers a statistical look at how we might expect these (in general terms) to play out, along with previews of today's two matches, the other six ties are scheduled for tomorrow. The stats are below and are a good starting point for looking at the fixtures.....

Monaco got what they needed in midweek and more, with their defeat of Zenit earning them the #1 spot in their group and now they have a lot to look forward to in 2015. Ahead of that game I spoke about their approach and problems......