Finally Borussia Dortmund are beginning to pick up the pace and are trying to get to the top of the league if only they were very serious in the two matches they drew against Bochum and Heidenheim they would had been among the top 3 in the league, although the current win against Hoffenheim has taken them to the top of the table and if Leverkusen or Bayern  Munich losses they would be in the top 4.

 But it's a good thing  they moved back to the top 4 at this early stage because this current win would build the confidence of the players and since they've reached the top 4 currently they would be very serious not to carelessly drop any points, Dortmund are still very strong league contenders,but I hope they perform well in their next match against one of the top Serie A team Milan in the Champions league.

Once again Ronaldo has lead his team to victory and they have finally secured  the top four  to put them infront as one of the strongest contenders of the league though they're still in 3rd position and 1 point below the league leaders, the gap is not very big and any error from the league leaders would put Al-Nassr in the 1st position which is their target this season, Ronaldo is currently leading as the highest goal scorer in the league and if he continues to score in every match it would be hard for other competitors to catch up with him, even with his age he still find a way to put the ball in the net.

 Al-Nassr next match would be against Istiklol which is their 2nd game I'm the AFC Champions league group stage, they're currently the leaders of the Group E which comprises of Istiklol, Al-Duhail and Persepolis and I expect Al-Nassr to win the match before playing Abha who ate currently in 13th position at home, if you check the past 5 matchdays of the league you'll see that Al-Nassr are the most outstanding and have won all their past 5 league matches.

Even though Barcelona wins i think they're not going to win very easily Sevilla would make it very tough for them to easily win the game and  they have work very hard to get past their defense,also I notice that since the arrival of Sergio Ramos the defense line of Sevilla have become stronger and it would very important against Barcelona because they're a very strong attacking team that likes to be very possessive so to play against them Sevilla needs to be very strong defensively.

 The fact that they're playing at a neutral ground is fair enough for both sides, but Barcelona are more favorites cause their current performance is better than that of Sevilla and they got a better attacking line that could cause havoc to the Sevilla defense if they don't perform well but I won't be suprised if Barcelona get another draw again.

The only team I'm pretty sure that are capable of winning the UCL back to back is Realmadrid they've done it severally over the years but Pep Guardiola is one coach that's full of suprises and could set another record for Manchester City this year, I won't underestimate his ability after winning the treble last summer, though it's not going to come easy, because the competition this season for the UCL is tougher than the previous.

 City are the trophy defenders and have been in good performance this season and would even top their table in the group stage so I'm not suprised that they're the bookies favourite but let's not write off teams like Intermilan, Bayern Munich, Barcelona or even Realmadrid that's won the trophy more than everyone, Realmadrid lost the trophy to City last season and would do everything possible to reclaim it this season.

Eddie Howe's team is back in a good shape and they even won against Manchester City in the EFL tournament I think winning against a big team and removing them from the tournament would boost their confidence level and also bring happiness to the dressing room, their next EPL match would be very easy for them cause they're playing against a weaker team that's yet to win any matches.

 Burnley are still at the bottom of the table and would find it very difficult to win against Newcastle, they even lost their Last match in the EFL tournament and could still lose against Newcastle, Burnley plays good football and could suprisenly dominate the match like they did against City and United but the problem with  them is that they lack experienced finisher to help them score goals which is a big advantage for Newcastle.

This is a good new for Marseille bases on the fact that the Saudi's are big spenders and would invest alot into the team to make them one of the strongest teams in the world and the choice of keeper they're targeting for the project is a type that would develop the team into a better standard, he's a three time champions league record holder and has a lot of experience from his coaching days at Realmadrid.

 This could mean the end of dominance for PSG in the Ligue one cause they'll now have another team that could challenge them financially and also attract quality players to the team, I love this incoming development because the competition in the France league would now get very tougher other than one team winning the league everytime.

It suprises me that De Gea is yet to find another team since he left Manchester United, left for me I think they shouldn't had let him, they should had kept him as a second option to fight for a spot with Andrea Onana, such keeper with a very good potential shouldn't be without a club and I expected Bayern Munich or Real Madrid to get him since their 1st choices are both injured but they decided to sign other younger keepers instead De gea, i feel it's due to his age and they targeted younger goalies for a long term interval.

 De Gea should had accepted a chance to move to a Saudi club and get playing time instead of being without a team currently because it could make him decline in form, I hope he get a team by the winter window, De Gea is currently 32 and might not last very long as buffon but he's still very good and could play till 35 or late 30's.

In my opinion I think for Mbappé to remain at PSG next summer depends on their performance in the Champions League and even if they win the league trophy it won't be enough to keep him in the team, lets not be quick to forget that he almost forced himself out of the his current team, and even had a secret contract negotiation with Realmadrid, which made PSG to increase his release clause and I was surprised to see him sign another 1 year contract with them.

 But in the new contract he signed, Mbappé is free to  negotiate with any team of his choice after this season but PSG would sell him for the right price though they would still try as much as possible to keep him but like I said earlier, their performance in the Champions League determines whether Mbappé would remain in the team or not, else I think he could move to Realmadrid by summer.

Hoffenheim would be playing with a home advantage but Dortmund are favorites to win the match even though they're not really playing as better as they did last season, they're currently below Hoffenheim who are a pont above them in the league table, so far Dortmund are still unbeaten in the league but have only been able to win 3 matches the rest 2 are draws and they don't need another draw they need to secure the 3points so as to catch up with Bayern Munich and Leverkusen.

 If they win against Hoffenheim it would give them a boost in the league therefore they need to be in their best performance not lose, cause hoffenheim are doing good currently and shouldn't be underestimated, however I believe Dortmund would win because in the previous matches they dominated more and even won them home and away last season.

You're right, Bruno Fernandes might be able to play in the flank, but he'll not be at his best cause he doesn't have the pace to put the opponets wing back on the run, therefore if Eric Ten Hag wants to see the best of Bruno against Crystal Palace, he should play him in the attacking midfield role then play either Mason Mount or Pellistri from the right wing, Mount is also a versatile player and he's got the pace and can put a cross to Højlund from the wing.

 Manchester united are not completly out of options when it comes to wingers cause Gernacho could be used in place of Rashford, he played full time against Crystal Palace in the EFL and performaned very brilliantly therefore i think Erik Ten Hag could consider starting Gernacho in place of Rashford since he's not performing very welĺ yet.

Roma suffered an embarrassing defeat against Genoa away from home and are currently 16th in the table, i don't they look serious this season because they've only won 1 game and the rest are 3 loses and a draw, if they continue to perform poorly they could end up in the relegation zone and that could kill the confidence level of the players.

 Time is not on Mourinho's side he needs to come up with a better strategy so as to save the team from ending up in the relegation zone, else the board might  lose patience and begin to look for a replacement, getting sacked this season would be very embarrassing and bad for Mourinho's career, therefore winning is what he needs currently to save his managerial role in Roma.

They're in the 30th minute of the game and Al-Nassr are yet to score, the game is still goalless draw but i expect the visiting team to win the match, because they're currently the favorite and are ahead of the home team in the table, Al-Nassr are currently in the 4th position while Al-Ta'ee are 12th but I'm still suprised that they're making it tough for Al-Nassr to score yet.

 If you check the stats you'll see that Al-Nassr are performing better and deserves to score a goal in the 1st half, they created more chances and just recently converted one of the chances with a fine shot from one of their star players Talisca, im expecting more goals in the match from either Mane or Ronaldo and for Al-Nassr to keep a clean sheet in the game.

Barcelona had an opportunity to top the league but they gave it up with a draw against Mallorca and have given their rivals an opportunity to top then in the league, if Realmadrid wins against Genoa they would be the at the top of the league and even though Genoa are at the top currently and in a very good form, it's still very possible that Realmadrid would beat them.

 Sevilla haven't really been impressive but they could make the game very tough for Barca but i don't think Xavi would like to drop another point if not he'll be giving his rivals an opportunity to top with some points, their defense was careless against Mallorca so they ought to be careful not to make same errors with Sevilla that are a more tougher team in the Laliga.

They might not be with their preferred 1st choice Manuel Neuer but they still got 2 good goalkeepers that could start against Leipzig and i love the competition that the new Israeli goalie is giving to Sven Ulreich, because he has to sit up and start performing at his best without depending much on the defenders,  not all shot are meant to be stop by the defenders, their are some outside shots that requires the goalies effort to stop them and whereby he fails to do that then he's giving the coach chances of replacing him with other options.

 But i think Tuchel would still give Ulreich another chance against Leipzig, although Bayern Munich defenders have a role to play in helping them not concede much but Ulreich still got his own role to try stop as many direct shots as possible if not he might lose his starting role to Daniel Peretz.

Well Mbappé is a very good player, a top class for that matter and would make a perfect striker for Realmadrid he can also be played from the flanks, like in cases where Vinicius Junior is not available, his addiction to Madrid would be very perfect for the club and would also reduce the pressure of scoring goals that's been mounted on Jude Bellingham, but we all know there are other suitable players that could handle the striker postion and are good finisher like Mbappé as well.

 For instance the Napoli striker victor osimhen who is rumoured to be in crisis with his current team and could leave the team, probably by next summer, he is a good finisher and could perfectly replace Joselu and also the Bayer Leverkusen sensation, Boniface, have been very impressive since last season and is currently one of the best performing finishers currently i think he make a very good striker for Madrid too.

The bookies favors Chelsea to win the match and if you check their past 5 matches you'll  see that Chelsea have been more dominant and have won about 3 out of 5 with Fulham winning just 1, but with the current performance of Chelsea i doubt if they'll be able to defeat Fulham away from home, even though the had managed to win Brighton in the EFL tournament because Brighton are not a team to be underestimated.

 But i agree with you when you mentioned that the best possibility is a draw, Chelsea would dominate the game as usual but would find it difficult to get a goal due to lack of a good finisher and even though they managed to score a goal, Fulham would reply, or the game could probably end with a goalless draw,  Fulham are playing at home which gives them more advantage over Chelsea.

Luis Enrique is a very good coach, atleast we've began to see some changes in their pattern of gameplay and the players are beginning to understand themselves better, i believe this is just the beginning of their success this season and sooner when the new players have fully adapted to the game play and learn to communicate better amongst themselves on the pitch we'll begin to see them at their best performance.

 Mbappé is the star player at PSG, just like Messi is to Intermiami, Haaland is to Mancity and Harry Kane is to Bayern Munich, and their not big team that won't rely on their star player, else why is he their player? And since the board has given him the task of delivering the UCL, Mbappé has a very good role to play for him to be able to success since he's their star player, and i believe Luis Enrique would try as much as possible to help them achieve success in both the domestic and major league competitions.

I think he'll remain in Realmadrid for the rest of the season, i don't know about next summer, but Ancelotti is going to finish the rest of the season at Realmadrid, moreover Realmadrid are not really struggling they're actually doing fine and are currently in the 2nd position of the Laliga table, they were just so unfortunate to suffer a loss in their derby game against Atletico Madrid but then they're still ahead of their rivals Barcelona in the table.

 Realmadrid so far have survived without Benzema and Vinicius Jnr who's currently out of the team due to a long injury spell, thanks to the goals from Jude that's helped them get this far, as for Rodrygo, he was very impressive for the team last season, though he's not really performed as better as last season but he's scored a goal and also assisted another, what Realmadrid needs right now is a very good finisher as good as Benzema, Rumors have it that they've also listed, the Napoli sensation, Victor Osimhen as one of their target next summer.

I don't think Sancho would help the team as well, instead of allowing his pride make his form to reduce more why not apologise to the coach so as to start training with the first team, maybe the coach would give him a chance to prove himself and show to the fans that the coach was wrong, by displaying a very good performance on the pitch, after all Wambissaka was also called and even benched for Dalot but the coach but he worked hard to improve and impressed the coach.

 Erik Ten Hag is the coach of Manchester United and he knows what's best for his team, if they coach says you're not doing fine, or meeting up with his standards, then it's left for the player to be very punctual in the training ground and work hard to be at his best, instead of replying back to the coaches comment like Sancho did, a disrespect to the coach is like disrespecting the club, Sancho won't dare try such a thing if it were in Sir Alex Ferguson's era, i don't even think he would've made the 1st team.

If they don't improve their current performance,i don't think they'll able to face Liverpool, City, or Arsenal maybe they could play draw against Manchester United but one thing im sure is that they would not finish in the top 4 it would take a miracle fot Pouchettino to make it to the top 4, they could manage to finish top 10 but that's if they would improve their current EPL performance.

 A win against fullham would be very beneficial to the team because it would not only boost their confidence level but also give a good impression to the board that their hope for success in the future, we all know that theirs this motivation that comes to winning games, the more they win the better chances they have to perform well in their next matches, Chelsea really needs to do everything possible to win against Fulham.