When it comes to Dortmund and Sevilla, I also think that they are big candidates for winning the EL championship. But I see Sevilla being one step ahead of Dortmund in this competition for the championship. Because Sevilla are a much more experienced team in this tournament. Becoming the champions four times in last ten years should be enough to tell something about it.  But we really can't know what team can make it when it comes to the EL. Maybe we will have a very unexpected champion team. |
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Tottenham haven't still started playing very impressively I think. Yeah, they have been getting much better results since Antonio Conte came to the team. But they are still not too good when it comes to their performance. And we saw that against Chelsea last night also. They were like not even in the field. They tried something in the second half, yes but it was still not good enough. But I really hope that they can improve their performance much more than this.
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I think that a really tough away match is waiting for Barcelona in two days. Because their opponent is going to be Granada and Granada have been really successful in their last home matches in the league. They won their last three home matches. And I can't say that Barcelona's away performance is very bright. As a result, I expect Barcelona to have a hard time. They need to win this to maintain a win streak but maybe they won't be able to. I think each team would score.
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Maybe the source is not very credible. But it claims that Manchester United are aiming to sign Wolves midfielder Ruben Neves in this month. He is one of the talented midfielders I believe. He is 24 years old now and his market value seems to be 40 million euros currently. He still has a contract running until June 30, 2024 though. And he is an important part of the Wolves team now. So I don't think that Wolves will let him go that easy. They would demand a great sum for him to think about selling him. https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/17228121/man-utd-ruben-neves-january-transfer-mendes-wolves/ |
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It is really unbelievable for me to see Manchester United having a huge problem against Wolves. Don't get me wrong, of course. I don't mean that Wolves are a weak team in this league. It is the opposite. They can make surprises against the biggest teams also as they have capable players. But the main problem was that Manchester United performed very badly. And this caused them to get an unexpected 1-0 loss in Old Trafford. A team like Manchester United should be able to do more than this. If they performed in a great way but still lost, then I would regard them as unlucky. But it was not the case obviously. I hope that Rangnick can make this team more powerful in time especially before the end of the season if it's possible. Rangnick should be building a better team for the 2022-2023 season. This season is basically wasted for Manchester United.Their only target is to reach the fourth place to qualify for the UEFA Champions League in the next season. Very weak game against Wolves indeed.I was expecting Ronaldo to score again,but this time he could be barely seen on the field. Maybe the Man United owners will have to spend millions of pounds to buy Levandowski or Haaland in the next transfer market. Phil Jones isn't good enough for Manchester United,so Rangnick will have to buy better defenders as well. The problem here is that Ralf Rangnick is only an interim manager. I mean that he has a contract running until this summer. After it runs out, his future is going to be decided by Manchester United. He hasn't been too bad generally so far. But if the team don't improve their performance in some weeks, it doesn't seem like that they will be able to finish the season at a good position in the standings. In that case, Manchester United might try to sign a deal with Zinedine Zidane or another big manager like him. |
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There has been a big decrease in Lazio's performance in this season of the league. But their recent results weren't very bad. They lost only once in their last five matches. But a tough match is waiting for them now. They are going to host Empoli in two days. Empoli could be having one of their best times in the Serie A after years. They are right behind Lazio in the standings now. But their last result was really bad against Milan. They lost 4-2 home. Maybe Lazio can benefit from this and make their win streak three matches.
Empoli lost vs Milan but they won vs Napoli earlier. Meanwhile, Lazio played lately vs teams standing at the end of the table which means winning vs them isn't a surprise. I would say Lazio is favourite indeed but I don't consider the game easy for them and Empoli can manage to grab 1 or more points depending from its performance that day. I remember Empoli's match against Napoli also. It was a really unexpected win for me honestly and most people were thinking the same too. They are capable of shocking any big team this season. This is a sure thing. But on the other hand, this is a must-win match for Lazio too. Because only three days after this match, Lazio are going to be playing an away match against Inter. And they'd like to win before this one surely. We'll see if they'll succeed. |
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Sevilla wants to score full points. I have seldom seen a tendency for them to score more goals. Also Cadiz is probably at the bottom of the points table. Even then, I would not call this team weak. They drew the match against Real Madrid. Their goal was also to draw against Sevilla. If Cadiz had scored a goal they would have drawn the match 1-1 by any means. Civil experienced team. Even if they win only 1-0, I would say they played well.
I still don't want to understand how in the hell Cadiz managed to draw with Real Madrid in that match.  They didn't do something special actually. They just hoped for Real Madrid to miss all the chances they got. Real Madrid got nearly 40 shots in that game as far as I can remember. Cadiz got lucky then. But Sevilla didn't let it happen again. They scored and defended Cadiz really well. It was a deserved win. |
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Bayern Munich are going to be playing a home match against Gladbach next. Here, Bayern Munich are very highly the favourite to win. Gladbach are really far away from their usual performance in the previous seasons. They got really embarrassing results in the recent times. Some weeks ago, I remember that Gladbach conceded 14 goals and scored 2 goals in only 3 matches. And I think that Bayern Munich will defeat them by at least 3 or 4 goals.
but sometimes what we predict easily turns out to be very difficult. in theory, Munich should be able to win easily with lots of goals. but the match on the field belongs to those who are better prepared. we can see how Munich's match against Bielefeld which Munich won with only 1 goal. even Bielefeld has been under Gladbach this season. the definite favorite is still for Munich, even with an 80% win prediction. but predicting the number of goals created in that match will be a surprise for us. Maybe you will turn out to be right and we won't watch so many goals and a win by a big gap. Because Bayern Munich succeed in surprising us sometimes by having unexpected results against much weaker teams. But this time, I think that it won't happen. Maybe Bayern Munich can see this as a revenge match also considering the DFB Pokal match previously. As long as they play as always, their probability of winning by a big gap will increase highly. |
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It is really unbelievable for me to see Manchester United having a huge problem against Wolves. Don't get me wrong, of course. I don't mean that Wolves are a weak team in this league. It is the opposite. They can make surprises against the biggest teams also as they have capable players. But the main problem was that Manchester United performed very badly. And this caused them to get an unexpected 1-0 loss in Old Trafford. A team like Manchester United should be able to do more than this. If they performed in a great way but still lost, then I would regard them as unlucky. But it was not the case obviously. I hope that Rangnick can make this team more powerful in time especially before the end of the season if it's possible. |
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Sky Sports says that there are four teams already that are interested in signing a pre-contract agreement with Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger. These teams are Real Madrid, PSG, Bayern Munich and Juventus. Rudiger still hasn't decided to extend his contract with Chelsea. And it looks like Chelsea will have a really hard time keeping him at the team. Among these candidates, PSG or Real Madrid could sign him I think. But Bayern Munich also have an advantage in this race as Rudiger is German. https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12508364/real-psg-bayern-and-juve-open-rudiger-talks-rangnick-an-admirer |
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There has been a big decrease in Lazio's performance in this season of the league. But their recent results weren't very bad. They lost only once in their last five matches. But a tough match is waiting for them now. They are going to host Empoli in two days. Empoli could be having one of their best times in the Serie A after years. They are right behind Lazio in the standings now. But their last result was really bad against Milan. They lost 4-2 home. Maybe Lazio can benefit from this and make their win streak three matches.
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Sevilla had a really tough away match against Cadiz yesterday. But thankfully, they managed to beat their opponent by 1-0 with the goal Ocampos scored. After the Atletico Madrid match, he is again the life saver for his team as he scores the winning goal. On the week Real Madrid got a shocking loss against Getafe, it was a crucial win for Sevilla. Now the gap between them is 5 points again and Sevilla have one match missing also. They can even decrease it to 2 points.
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Bayern Munich are going to be playing a home match against Gladbach next. Here, Bayern Munich are very highly the favourite to win. Gladbach are really far away from their usual performance in the previous seasons. They got really embarrassing results in the recent times. Some weeks ago, I remember that Gladbach conceded 14 goals and scored 2 goals in only 3 matches. And I think that Bayern Munich will defeat them by at least 3 or 4 goals.
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The last match of the round 21 is today: Manchester United v Wolves. First of all, I don't expect a one-sided match. Because Wolves never should be underestimated. There is only one team between them in the league standings now. And Manchester United are 6 points ahead of Wolves. As Manchester United haven't been losing for six weeks, they are in a better shape. And Manchester United defeated Wolves by 1-0 in their last head-to-head home match in the EPL. I think that they will win again by the same goal gap.
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It looks like there is another comfortable match waiting for Inter on the new match week of the league. But Bologna are not one of the teams that should be underestimated also. They are one of the middle-placed teams right now and they were better than this some weeks ago. They have the strength to be able to surprise even Inter which are the current leader in the standings. Therefore, Inter should play attentively to keep winning. And I see a possibility for us to see a draw by goals from each side.
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Sporting managed to satisfy the expectations last night by defeating Portimonense in a home match by 3-2. Paulinho did a splendid job by making a hat-trick and having a big role in this important win. It was important because there is a huge match tonight. Porto have a home match against Benfica. Porto have been the dominant side in their home matches against Benfica lately. I don't think that they will lose this match also. But a probable tie would create a nice advantage for Sporting in the standings. I said Paulinho can change the game and he did a hat-trick in only 18 minutes. It was a great comeback but Pedro Sa's red card made things easier for Sporting for sure. Today in away game Braga won with six goals and Vitor Oliveira made a hat-trick in 21 minutes. It was an impressive performance by whole team. Now Porto is leading with two goals and if they win the game they will be the new leader. Benfica will be seven points behind both Porto and Sporting which is a big problem for them. He really did an awesome job in this game. Sporting hoped for the Porto v Benfica match to end in a draw. But Porto weren't intending to let such thing happen. They destroyed Benfica by 3-1 in this match and captured the lead. They have the same points with Sporting now though. This was a really bad result for Benfica as they are trailing behind Porto and Sporting both now in the standings. Because the point difference has increased to 7 now. |
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There is not much time to go for the Getafe v Real Madrid match today. Real Madrid are the absolute favourite team here obviously. But they should still play carefully as they are going to play against an unbeaten team for some weeks. Getafe can be seen as near the relegation area but thanks to their recent form they got out of a worse situation. But I feel like that it's time for them to lose. Real Madrid should be able to destroy them by a decent goal difference.
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The Milan v Roma match on the coming week will be really interesting I think. Maybe there is a gap of ten points between these two teams in the standings currently. But this could be misleading also as we saw how perfect Roma performed against Atalanta previously in the Serie A. Milan should be very careful in their defense as Roma have dangerous attacking players. Especially Tammy Abraham is very effective in scoring lately. As long as Milan do this, I think they will have a chance to beat their tough opponent.
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Nets really surprised me by the result they got against Clippers last night. In their home court, they were beaten by 120-116. It was a so competitive game that I really appreciated Clippers' effort also. Because they were deprived of Paul George in this one also who is one of their most crucial players. But thanks to a strong team play, they somehow managed to win by a close gap. Harden was still the player of the game of course. He got a great triple-double with 34 pts, 12 reb, 13 ast. If Durant was able to score at least the same amount of points as Harden's, Nets would have won this game.
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The most popular match today is of course Arsenal v Manchester City. Arsenal are continuing to surprise everyone with their great performance in each game recently. They have a four-game winning streak in the Premier League right now. And we are seeing them at the fourth position in the league also. After an incredible adventure, they have made it to this position. And I hope that they can manage to finish the season at a decent position too. But here, I don't suppose they have much chance against Manchester City considering their current form. Manchester City are in a wonderful shape and they wouldn't let Arsenal win this match. But maybe, Arsenal could find a way to draw with them at least. But if I bet on this match, my choice would be "both teams to score".
@jakdanyel I have a strong feeling that Manchester City will win this game with ease, because there’s a certain fear factor associated with them and with Arteta missing it’s advantage for City. Lastly I don’t expect Arsenal to score, but I expect City to score at least 3 goals and this is my gut feeling only so good luck for your wager. My bet has won. However, I must admit one thing especially that Arsenal played even better than Manchester City until the red card. This was unexpected for me and most people I guess. Manchester City had a big difficulty against an opponent in the league for the first time for a while. After seeing this great effort, I really wished Arsenal to get a deserved win also. But the red card messed everything up for them. They still managed to secure the 1-1 score until the last minutes though but they couldn't prevent the second goal of their opponent a few minutes before the final whistle. |
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