The Newcastle vs Nottingham match is underway and as expected we definitely want to see Newcastle win again. Previously, Newcastle lost against a team in the relegation zone with a score of 1-0 and no one expected Newcastle to be so under pressure in that away match. Newcastle cannot afford to lose any more points and must secure 3 points at home to continue improving their current position in the standings.

Statistics record that Newcastle and Nottingham's meetings, whether home or away, are always dominated by Newcastle's victory and of course this record is enough to prove that they will win again and at the same time overtake West Ham. Eddie Howie needs to provide the right strategy and also utilize the existing squad so that they can win decisively in this match without having to struggle to turn things around if they concede first to Nottingham.

This match is still quite a long way off, about 2 weeks away, but that's okay, we'll start discussing it. Here, Monaco is not only favored because it is in a better position, but home advantage also greatly influences its victory later. Seeing the odds given by the bookie is a strong reason for us to bet on Monaco and the chances of Reims losing are very large.

Maybe we will see these two teams continuing to attack each other and no one doing full defense considering that both teams need 3 points to move forward. Monaco's target is to overtake Nice and Reims' target is to occupy 5th place and I think the match will be quite tough. But I can't deny that Monaco will win and it will definitely be a narrow victory for Monaco considering that Reims has a pretty strong defense.

Bayern Munich's advantage is that they have good squad depth, but that doesn't guarantee that everything will go well until the end of the season. Leverkusen is more than that, they have a squad that is in its prime and also a young coach who has a modern vision in football, so as long as Leverkusen's strategy cannot be read by Bayern Munich or other teams, they will continue to move forward without losing. I don't doubt this considering that many big European teams are waiting for the arrival of Xabi Alonso and he is the coach who can revive Leverkusen since last season and this season they have far exceeded anyone's expectations. So, Bayern Munich should start to be wary of their chances of winning the title again this season because it could be stolen by Leverkusen.

Arsenal is one of the teams that must be able to compete in all existing competitions, including the Champions League. The reason is that this team from London is currently in intense competition with other clubs in the domestic league and on the other hand they also have to think about their chances of qualifying from the round of 16 against Porto. As we know, Porto is not an easy team to beat and this team will definitely make things difficult for Arsenal in the future. If the aggregate ends in a draw, it will certainly put everyone on the cusp of death because they have to try hard to qualify, even having to go through extra time or a penalty shootout.

Mikel Arteta must start moving quickly and if possible add to the squad which he feels is lacking by buying several more players in January. Because being able to advance to the last 16 of the Champions League is a rare thing for them and they are able to do it with the squad they have built in the past few seasons. So Mikel Arteta certainly doesn't want to experience difficulties against Porto later and must be sure he can escape with promising results.

Things like this are nothing new in La Liga and indeed the level of violence is still too high for a big league. Even though they also often campaign against racism in their league tagline, this is just a formality because the reality on the ground is different. Kubo received unsportsmanlike treatment from the Cadiz players and it was strange to see the referee's decision to only give a yellow card. However, Kubo couldn't protest too much considering he is a player from Asia who is currently pursuing a career abroad.

So Kubo realized that he didn't have the strength to fight further against the result of the foul and the only one who could appeal or protest was the club that currently houses him, namely Real Sociedad. But I also doubt that Real Sociead will appeal this lack of sportsmanship and perhaps they will just be more silent. Despite all that, at least Kubo did not suffer a serious injury and will still be able to strengthen Real Sociedad.

This is a very dark end to 2023 for Manchester United after only being able to occupy 4th place in the Champions League group stage and being eliminated, on the other hand in the EPL they currently sit in 8th position in the standings. It's ironic that one of Europe's giant clubs with a long history has to experience something like this and tonight they will still have a match against Aston Villa.

I will not be so optimistic for the Red Devils squad because their opponents will be a team that has managed to perform very well this season and is currently in 3rd place in the standings. Even Aston Villa is ready to enliven the title race this season after managing to appear consistent and also having the same points as Liverpool. Aston Villa is also only 1 point away from the current leaders, namely Arsenal, and they need a win over Manchester United to make it easier for them to occupy the top position.

Manchester United's chances of winning are almost zero and if Manchester United can hold Aston Villa to a draw that will be as good as they can get. Old Trafford will not be as scary as it was a few years ago and several mediocre teams have proven that they have beaten Manchester United at home since last season. I also wonder whether Erik Ten Hag's fate will still be safe if Manchester United loses again.

I think all teams will definitely experience a deadlock in the remainder of the season and Inter is no exception, so let's see what happens to them in the future. Because it is not easy to maintain a top position in the midst of fierce competition and often undesirable things happen. Such as player injuries, card accumulation, and also a decline in player performance. Here, Lautaro Martinez may be the spearhead for scoring goals and he is also the temporary top scorer in Serie A, but that also does not guarantee that his performance will continue to be consistent.

There are always times when a team experiences a decline which will make them fail to widen the gap, especially when playing against a weak team who needs points to improve their position in the standings, which will make it difficult for other strong teams to get full points. Moreover, Inter still has to focus on the Champions League and as you said, player rotation will make the team unstable in other competitions. So Juventus will take advantage of Inter's busy schedule to continue progressing without obstacles and unless Inter is eliminated from the Champions League then the real competition will only begin.

It is impossible for PSG to miss the figure of Neymar considering that the costs incurred by PSG are too large.

Well, Lucas Beraldo is indeed a quite promising center back and at least PSG talent scouts are moving quickly to secure the services of this young player. The reason is that next season Sao Paulo will drop to the 2nd division of the Brazilian league after being relegated this season and PSG don't want to miss out on bringing in one of their talented players. Usually players who play as central defenders can also be relied on when needed to fill the defensive midfielder position and that is not much different from their initial position.

Liverpool is indeed one of the teams that is also interested in bringing Lucas Beraldo to Anfield but unfortunately they lost in the competition with PSG. In fact, if we think about it, a better destination would actually be Liverpool for a player his age, but perhaps Liverpool was less intensive in their bid process.

As one of the promoted teams this season, Al-Riyadh has to be sad because they are not quite ready to be in a more competitive competition with strong teams in the SPL and they have to be willing to languish longer in the temporary relegation zone. The results of these 4 defeats also really hit them because they lost 12 points from that match.

Together with Al-Riyadh, Abha and Al-Hazem each within 2 points and this is indeed a fierce competition for teams in the relegation zone to see who is free first and will also determine their chances of staying in the Saudi league next season. The distance between several teams above the relegation zone is also not large enough so that anyone who is currently above Al-Riyadh will certainly not be distracted considering that they could be the team that enters the next relegation zone.

Moreover, Liverpool has always won dramatic wins in the final minutes of the match in the last few matches and the atmosphere at Anfield is what supports the players not to give up. They are not afraid in the slightest when they are at home and it is the visiting team who is always under pressure. I am also tired of seeing Manchester City always being champions but there is little doubt that in the remainder of this season they will recover and start to slowly rise again.

If we talk about another team outside the league that was able to beat Liverpool at Anfield this year, it was Real Madrid, who managed to beat Liverpool with a landslide score of 2-5 in the 16th round of the Champions League last season. Indeed, Arsenal is actually capable of doing it and if that happens then Arsenal will now lead by 2 points. But unfortunately Liverpool's prestige against teams in the EPL is still high so they are trying to protect their goal from conceding again.

Juventus is in a safe position at the moment, I mean they will not be distracted by the teams below them and will be fully focused on competing with Inter. In fact, the difference in points from Milan is 7 points and at least Milan can only hope that Juventus suffers 2 defeats if they want to overtake them. Apart from that, Juventus is increasingly at an advantage because it is only 4 points away from Inter and one failure experienced by Inter will make their chances of occupying the top position easier.

This is a place that Juventus could have secured last season if they had not been hit by problems and received a points deduction. Juventus is one of the big teams in Serie A and I see that they are still a consistent team despite all the problems that exist. When compared to Roma or Milan, Juventus are on a different level and I think they deserve to be closer every season to winning the Scudetto.

The hunt for young players from Brazil has now become a trend and this time it is PSG's turn to succeed in getting a five-year contract agreement with Lucas Beraldo. He is still 20 years young and is an important central defender for the Sau Paulo team. Lucas Beraldo will immediately undergo a medical test this week and he will soon be announced as PSG's new recruit in January.

It seems that PSG has started to get rid of the habit of spending on star players and this time is trying to put hope and trust in talented young players. I think this is the right step and instead of spending too much money on one player, it is better for them to make a clear investment in young players. Well, this is also a regeneration step for PSG's defense and I hope Lucas Beraldo's career will continue to shine with PSG.

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For Granada, I agree that Real Betis will get 3 points again, but against Celta Vigo, this will be quite a fierce match. This is not to underestimate Real Betis, but actually Celta Vigo is able to keep up with Real Betis even though they are currently slumped in the relegation zone. Moreover, if we look at the H2H statistics between Real Betis and Celta Vigo, the results are dominated by draws, so the possibility that Real Betis will get a draw is still possible. But I won't deny that Real Betis can win at home to Celta Vigo because in the H2H Real Betis also proved they are capable of doing it.

However, if we want to bet, it is better to take the BTTS (Yes) betting option or draw no bet for Real Betis considering that the draw result is still quite high in this match. Apart from all that, Real Betis must win so they can gain full points again and break the previous series of draws.

Liverpool's draw against Arsenal continues to extend their unbeaten record at home. There is not a single team in the EPL that can beat Liverpool at Anfield this year. It seems that Anfield still feels haunted in the eyes of all EPL teams and this also gives a sign that any team that will be Liverpool's opponent at Anfield will certainly not go home with full points.

Liverpool players have still maintained their consistency throughout this season and they can always turn things around when they get full support from the fans. If Liverpool are able to maintain their unbeaten record at home this season, it is not impossible that they will win the EPL title this season and at the same time break the dominance of the existing competition between Arsenal and Manchester City.

The problem is that Claudio Echeverri is not a genuine product of La Masia, so I say that if he joins Barcelona in the future. I also understand that Barcelona is a place for young players who have successfully developed through their academy and players like Gavi and Pedri are just a few of the many players they have developed.

Moreover, Barcelona will not be able to bring in Claudio Echeverri because of FFP problems and this has been confirmed through a report post from Fabrizio Romano. For Kalvin Philips, he came at the wrong time because there was already a better player in his position, namely Rodri. I'm not saying that Kalvin Philips is bad and he is indeed a good player but he is currently not really needed by Manchester City.

Barcelona is only good as a forum for young players and with the financial problems they currently have, of course even young players who want to join will consider their options. Now young players have to be much more realistic and not only chase titles but their future is also something to take into account. It is impossible for them to give up their careers just to make a club happy and will get a small wage to play for a big club unless these young players are willing to give it all up and defend the club they love without any strings attached.

It seems like there is a gap between players and coaches for this song and indeed Barcelona is slightly ahead because they have a coach who has been irreplaceable in the last 2 seasons. Meanwhile, Napoli have a good squad but not their current coach. I think the match will be full of surprises and we can see that these two teams are at the same level. However, this is the first time for Barcelona to be in the last 16 after two consecutive seasons they failed to reach this round. Apart from all that, I am curious whether Barcelona will win the two legs against Napoli or have to return home after the long journey they have been on since the last few seasons in the Champions League.

Basically, gambling addiction is a very troublesome thing, especially since it can destroy a person's life. I think gambling addiction can be categorized if someone does it every day and even when they lose continuously and for someone who does it because they want to relieve stress once or twice a week that is not considered a gambling addiction.

Everyone can categorize themselves as being heavy gamblers or not and as long as they fail to control themselves then they are definitely addicted to gambling. However, this does not ignore the fact that sometimes there are gamblers who have run out of money but still borrow money from their friends and that is where the peak of gambling addiction becomes increasingly difficult to stop. So again, being able to stop gambling is something you can do yourself, not someone else.

Al-Wehda's victory means they are now in 8th position in the standings and succeeded in shifting Al-Ettifaq's position. I think Al-Wehda is indeed capable of doing it because their opponent is Al-Riyadh who are currently at the bottom of the relegation table. Al-Wehda did not hesitate to win with a score of 3-1 in this match and at the same time Al-Riyadh's hopes of getting out of the relegation zone had to be temporarily postponed.

Apart from that, Al-Wehda is now increasingly threatening Al-Ittihad's position and if Al-Wehda wins again in the next match then the points tally for both will be the same as 28 points. But that is if Al-Ittihad loses against Al-Nassr and I think we all know that Al-Ittihad is not promising this season and this possibility will be very profitable for Al-Wehda.

Currently Dortmund is in 5th position in the standings and this is almost similar to what they achieved last season. Maybe I wouldn't be surprised if in the remainder of the season they start to compete again at the top and this is still very likely to happen. I don't doubt Dortmund and maybe Edin Terzic must be able to prove his capacity again as Dortmund coach so that this can be achieved.

Some people have started to doubt Edin Terzic's performance because he is considered to have failed to provide a suitable competitive place for Dortmund this season and sometimes what some people say is also true. But if he is able to bring Dortmund back to a positive winning trend then everyone will support him again and it will also make Dortmund return to where it should be. The first thing Dortmund must do is shorten the distance with Leipzig so that this can be realized again. Having Leverkusen and Stuttgart at the top makes the Bundesliga this season even more colorful and I like that.

Ademola Lookman is indeed a key player for Atalanta and if you look at his contribution this season he has scored 6 goals and 3 assists for Atalanta. It's just that every opportunity failed in this match and he failed to provide better hopes for Atalanta. I think Atalanta is also confused when facing an equally strong team and they seem to have difficulty breaking down their opponent's defense.

In the end, Atalanta only sat back in 8th after this defeat and failed to shift Roma's position in the standings. However, their position is a little threatened because Lazio and Torino are starting to overshadow them with a difference of only 2 points. In the next match against Lecce, I hope Atalanta can win again and I will bet on Atalanta winning in this match later.