And when it comes to the Salzburg v Bayern Munich matchup, we can already consider Bayern Munich as the highly favourite side very clearly. Bayern Munich shouldn't have much difficulty in destroying Salzburg in both matches of this draw. Bayern Munich are even one of the most favoured teams for the Champions League title too. They gave their best against PSG last season but they still were eliminated. But this time, they might want to revenge on them in case they get a draw against each other again.

The main event of this Saturday will definitely be the Manchester City v Chelsea match for sure. It is one of the crucial matches regarding the race for the lead. There is not actually a very fierce race between them for now as Manchester City are so far ahead of Chelsea like ten points. But there is an opportunity ahead of Chelsea to lower this gap. They need to play like they did against them in their last two head-to-head matches in this stadium. If they do this, they can have a serious chance for even getting a win.

Normally, the postponed matches are going to be played in around a week. But I see that two matches have already been postponed once more. These matches are Barcelona v Rayo Vallecano and Mallorca v Real Sociedad. But thankfully, this postponements aren't due to covid-19 this time. The reason is that there are domestic cup matches then. And I hope that the rest of the matches can be played without a problem. In the other case, their schedules will be even tighter in the future.

We will see what Inter will do in the remaining tough matches for them. There is a really tough fixture waiting for them on the approaching weeks. Firstly, they are going to play against Atalanta away. After that they have a match against Empoli home. And right after that, two very difficult consecutive matches are going to be waiting for them. These are against Milan home and Napoli away. In this difficult schedule, I wonder what Inter will do. If they still continue to get this kind of results, then they would become the champions as they will deserve the title the most.

There are only three days for the opening match in the 19th week of the league. And we are going to be starting with a really great match also: Dortmund v Freiburg. It is a match between the 2nd and 4th team in the standings. Because of this reason especially, I will be waiting for a really close match. Dortmund got a spectacular win against Frankfurt as they made a comeback from a 2-0 score. And this time, Dortmund will want to secure an easier win. But I reckon that it won't be that easy. But at the end, Dortmund still should be able to win.

I really appreciated Sporting's performance in the group stage. Because I assume that most of us expected Ajax and Dortmund to advance to last 32 round. But Sporting made people surprised by moving Dortmund out of their way. But I reckon that this is the end of the road for Sporting definitely. Because they have a matchup against one of the favourites of the title now which is Manchester City. I reckon that Manchester City will beat them in both matches and continue.

Inter are an unbelievable club now. Still, there are no team to end their winning streak. Lazio were close to doing it but they lost by 2-1 also. And Inter have increased their winning streak to eight matches. They are very determined to win the title second time in a row. People were curious about whether Simone Inzaghi would be as successful as Conte. But it looks like he can be as long as they play like this. But this time, I expect Milan and Napoli especially to compete with them for a very long time.

If there is an unimportant cup for top clubs of the Premier League, it is definitely the EFL Cup. Because that one has a much lower quality than the FA Cup. Maybe FA Cup is not as prestigious as the Premier League of course but it is the second biggest tournament in England I believe. The top clubs are trying their best in their tight schedule. And there haven't been much surprise in the FA Cup when it comes to its winners. Generally, the top clubs have won it so far.

This is really interesting news if it is true of course. Because Barcelona have an aim to reach an agreement with Manchester United midfielder Bruno Fernandes. But they won't start their attempts to sign him already now. It looks like they are going to go after Erling Haaland first. If they fail in signing Erling Haaland, then they are going to go for Bruno Fernandes. I know that these players are playing in different positions. But the reason here should be about their finance. In the end, they will have to spend a great deal of money to be able to sign Erling Haaland.

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Manchester City want to secure a big point gap with the rest of the teams before the next round of the Champions League. They already have a big gap with the others but they have still four matches before the Sporting match in the Champions League. And two of them might be tough for them. One of these matches is against Chelsea in a week. Chelsea are one of the most powerful teams now. Even though the match is in Etihad, Chelsea still have the potential to surprise City. And the other match is against Southampton. In Etihad, Southampton obtained one point by a 0-0 result. City will need to play really carefully not to do the same mistake.

Phoenix Suns are having just a great season and it is really hard to stop them. But Miami Heat made it last night by beating them, 123-100. They beat Suns even in an away game which makes the win more special for them. Heat just destroyed them especially in the second quarter and managed to keep the gap at a high level to the end. And this was the game Tyler Herro being the player of the game for sure after some break. He scored 33 points and played a big role in this victory.

It was a great performance by Real Madrid last night surely. I was expecting Real Madrid to win this match firstly but maybe it would have been by a close difference. But Real Madrid had no intention to do such thing. They literally demolished Valencia by a 4-1 score. Benzema and Vinicius Junior were just superb. Each one of them scored two goals in this match. And Benzema has consolidated his lead in the top scorers standings by 17 goals. He scored this amount of goals in 20 matches which is really impressive. It is like Benzema is having even his best performance in a season maybe.

When it comes to the Everton v Leicester match, I reckon that Leicester can win this match. Because Everton are having a so terrible season that they have made many simple point losses. Their struggle can help Leicester continue to win. I can't say that Leicester are playing well this season also. They are far worse than their last season performance. But they are still strong enough to beat this version of Everton without looking at if it is a home or away match.

I reckon that covid-19 also had a role in Bayern Munich's loss against Gladbach. But the main reason was not that I reckon. Bayern Munich are just having a hard time against Gladbach in the current season which seems to be the real deal. It has already been proven by Bayern Munich also by their results against Gladbach previously. I don't want to even talk about the 5-0 loss.    And here, they experienced another loss this time by 1-2 in Allianz Arena.

And I think that this is a golden opportunity for Dortmund to drop the point gap with them to 6 as long as they succeed in beating Frankfurt this evening. It is a hard match for Dortmund and they have many players absent too. But I reckon that they will somehow make it with the help of Haaland too.

Granada v Barcelona match could be another interesting one today. Barcelona are highly the favourite club for this match by an odd around 1.60. I find it interesting actually because bookmakers clearly underestimate Granada for this match. I think in the opposite way. Bookmakers might know something as they consider Barcelona being very close to win. But I'm expecting Barcelona to have a big difficulty in this match. And maybe it could even end up with a draw too.

Brooklyn Nets are still having a really bad run recently. In the game that Kyrie Irving played also, they finally won after a break of three games. But last night, KD-Harden duo couldn't do what they wanted exactly and they lost to Bucks home by 121-109. Giannis had an impressive performance having 31 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists. B. Portis was also good having 25 points and 12 rebounds. KD played still strongly but Harden lacked his usual performance.

Congratulations to Aston Villa for being able to sign Barcelona player Philippe Coutinho on loan. They signed him on loan with an option to buy. In this transfer, Steven Gerrard was a really big factor of course. They know each other closely considering their history at Liverpool. I think that this is a good signing for Aston Villa. I know that Coutinho couldn't show his talent much at Barcelona. But he was really great when he was in the Premier League. I hope to see him performing well again.

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Tottenham are newly starting to get efficiency from Harry Kane. Antonio Conte has become the new manager and it looks like this helped Kane's motivation increase a great deal. If he keeps getting better and better in time, Tottenham will be able to become more effective in scoring. And this will help them win their matches easier than before. Until then, Tottenham might continue to have some problems on it. Son can't carry the team by himself in the end.

I'm planning to watch the Real Madrid v Valencia match tomorrow night. This is an important match for both sides of course. Real Madrid lost to Getafe in their last match by 1-0 away and it was unexpected for all of us I assume. They would definitely want to be forgiven by their supporters by defeating Valencia in Bernabeu. And on the other hand, Valencia have been in a really solid shape for weeks. Maybe they got an interesting loss against Espanyol last week but I still expect to see a solid team. But at the end, Real Madrid would most probably be victorious.

In my opinion, the Lyon v PSG match will be the most important one among all the matches this weekend. Both teams have important missing players. Lionel Messi is one of them also for PSG. His current condition is doubtful though but he might still not play due to getting covid-19. Neymar is injured right now too and he is expected to return on late January. But I reckon that PSG would still do a great job with Mbappe especially and Di Maria. But this is going to be really tough for them also. And I wouldn't be surprised if we see a draw at the end.