Bits and pieces for today ........

Henrik Larsson will be desperate to get on the scoresheet today, when his Helsingborg travel to Orgryte, who are still winless after 10 matches.

The goalscoring machine has returned to Sweden and will want to prove, he still has something to offer.

It looks like being a long season for the home side from Gothenburg and even at this early stage they look firm relegation candidates.

Helsingborg have a few players missing, this affects the bench as much as anything else, the first 11 look strong enough. I take them to get the 3 points today.

This game could also go over, Orgryte are without their first choice goalkeeper, his replacement is nowhere near as good. With some defensive problems in both camps, this is a viable alternative. I know of one very good judge who is already on the "over".

Not much of a price but Patty Schnyder should see off Katarina Srebotnik in Cincinnati. The Swiss player has never lost here, is 8-0, 16-2 in sets and defending champion . Plenty of ranking points to protect and with a good h2h record over her Slovenian opponent. She leads 2-0 , both on hard, in straight sets, including one earlier this year in Miami. Expect Patty to win, but 1.32 is pretty short, 2-0 in sets may be a better option.

Not sure how motivated Marseille are about the Intertoto Cup, feel they would rather concentrate on the league and a Champions League push next season. After drawing 0-0 at home to Dnipro, they travel to the Ukraine for the return. The home side are very well organised by Oleg Protasov, the former coach of Steaua in Romania, who had a good run in Europe last year and had some big wins over French sides.

I like the +1/4 handicap, we can still win a little with any draw and Marseille will progress anyway with a score draw. So, a lot of value, for me, in this bet.

3 points Helsingborg 2.20 ladbrokes

2.5 points Dnipro +1/4 1.92 asian line

1.5 points Schnyder 2-0 sets 1.75 general

Good Luck.