Today Lens will face Metz at home and if in this match Lens still can't win that would be outrageous. Metz is a promoted Ligue 1 team this season and they are even better than Lens by collecting 5 points from the 4 matches they have played. If you look at the H2H of these two teams, it is surprising that they are equally strong and balanced in several meetings.

I don't think that Metz will be a strong enough opponent this time for Lens and they have to be careful if they don't want Metz to steal 3 points from this away match. Apart from that, I still can't predict who will win, but it should be that Lens will win this time because they have been down for too long and of course they have evaluated all the mistakes they made.

So far the match between Abha and Al-Ettifaq is still 0-0. It seems that Steven Gerrard's team was quite confused about being able to penetrate their opponent's defense. Statistically, Al-Ettifaq actually had full control of the match. On the other hand, we can also see Georginio Wijnaldum who made his debut in this match and of course we are waiting for his contribution as a new Al-Ettifaq player. Meanwhile, Moussa Dembele is expected to score another goal for Al-Ettifaq's victory. The match is still quite long and Al-Ettifaq will definitely win this match if they want to compete at the top.

Barcelona has again secured the services of its young players for a longer period and both players Lamine Yamal and Alejandro Balde have signed contract extensions. It is reported that Lamine Yamal extended his contract until 2026 because the age limit is 16 years and for Alejandro Balde he will be at Camp Nou until 2028. This is a long-term project from Barcelona to retain the next generation of players and they deserve this contract. On the other hand, Barcelona certainly doesn't want any other team to touch these players.

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It's quite strange to see Liverpool's line-up not starting Nunez or Luis Diaz this time and I think even though Liverpool are still one goal behind, they will quickly recover towards the second half. Maybe Kloop wants to try something new or he wants to save the energy of his core players in this match. So Kloop is not really targeting a big win, the important thing is that they can win later. But if you look at the current situation, Liverpool really needs Nunez and Luis Diaz. I hope that in the second half both of them can come in and provide different results for the Reds.

Soon there will be a match that can determine their next position in the standings for the better, namely Bilbao against Cadiz. As we know, both teams currently have the same points and this will be an opportunity for each team to secure full points this week. However, as hosts, it seems that Bilbao cannot be taken lightly because they are very favored to win and Cadiz, although a weak team, has more confidence because they managed to beat Villarreal in the previous match. I think it will be an easy win for Bilbao and if Cadiz can hold on to the draw that's a pretty good result for them.

BREAKING NEWS!

Cristiano Ronaldo will sue Juventus for not paying him around 19.9 million euros. It is alleged that the reason Juventus did this was because they wanted to save finances during the Covid pandemic. Reportedly, Cristiano Ronaldo has now spoken to the Turin prosecutor's office to resolve this issue. It seems like Juventus' internal problems will never end and now they have to face another case with one of their former players, Cristiano Ronaldo. I think this is a lot of money and it is normal for Cristiano Ronaldo to appeal to get his rights. Well, this is another serious blow that Juventus must face and I hope they can take responsibility for what they have done.

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Whether there is Pogba or not, Juventus is still performing quite well and we can see that currently they are in 3rd place in the standings. So far there is nothing to worry about from Juventus and perhaps Chiesa's injury will have quite an impact if there are no developments regarding the injury in this match. Because so far only Chiesa has been able to match Vlahovic in Juventus' attack line. Apart from that, Lazio certainly came with high motivation to be able to steal points from La Vechia Signora in this match and considering that they are still slumped at the bottom of the table, Lazio will try harder this time than before.

As a coach, Erik ten Hag is actually very good at setting player standards or disciplining his players, but sometimes there are players who are also not happy with the rules and maybe that is why Jadon Sancho doesn't want to apologize to him. It is clear here that whatever the problem, the player should be more mature and if he is at fault he should apologize to the coach.

If the rumors about him returning to Dortmund are true, I think that's the right decision because after all, when he was at Dortmund his potential was much better and it's possible there wasn't much intervention there which allowed him to focus more on reaching his peak performance again. I think even if there is an offer from the Saudi league, he will probably refuse it and choose to improve his career first in Europe.

There is no doubt that Liverpool will be able to maintain their winning trend so far this time and I think they will again secure 3 points at Anfield. Previously, Liverpool managed to beat several promising teams such as Aston Villa and Newcastle, but when they face Wolves this should be a much easier match. Apart from that, Liverpool's attacking trio led by Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah are expected to be able to destroy the opponent's defense again. Jurgen Kloop is very confident in his squad which is currently at its peak performance.

Talking about betting, I will take a handicap (-0.75) with odds @1.72 for Liverpool to win and at least Liverpool will score more than 2 goals in the match.

Playing as hosts but PSG still lost and the positive results they obtained previously now had to stop in front of Nice with a score of 2-3. Previously, when PSG took the lead with a goal scored by Mbappe, I thought they would continue to score up to 3 more goals. But it seems that it was Nice who managed to catch up and at the same time were able to turn things around.

Even though in the end Mbappe scored again and recorded a brace, the result did not change and PSG lost by a narrow score to Nice. I don't know what's wrong, could it be that the PSG squad still hasn't strengthened the chemistry between the players and again Mbappe has been an important key to always contributing goals even though in the end they lost in this match.

It is not surprising that this match will end in a draw and I discussed previously that the ideal bet in this match is the BTTS option or over 2.75 goals and sure enough there was a total of 4 goals scored and also both teams scored a goal back. Even though in the final minute Bayern Munich was almost certain to win, Leverkusen received a penalty in the team's injury time which made the score end in a 2-2 draw. However, Bayern Munich and Leverkusen have both given good performances and I am very happy to see these two teams playing so fiercely. An additional 1 goal in this match means that Harry Kane has scored a total of 4 goals so far with Bayern Munich.

Even though Neymar made his debut with Al-Hilal in the second half, he contributed at least 1 assist for Al-Hilal's big win against Al-Riyadh. It seems that seeing this landslide victory makes any team in the Saudi league very scared and it is not surprising because Al-Hilal has the best squad depth for this season. Aleksandar Mitrovic opened the scoring for Al-Hilal in the 30th minute and after that they were unstoppable until they scored another 5 additional goals throughout the 90 minutes. In the final minute Al-Riyadh managed to get a consolation goal and at least they were still able to score 1 goal against Al-Hilal. Now Al-Hilal has returned to the top of the standings which was previously held by Al-Ittihad and I think the competition between the two will continue until the season ends.

It seemed that Vallecano was still too strong for Alaves and the hosts managed to win the match with a score of 2-0. In fact, I thought that Alaves would put up quite a fierce resistance, but just looking at the number of shots on target, Alaves was already badly defeated. Vallecano recorded 11 shots on target and Alaves only 1, the difference is very striking even though ball possession is not much different. This result makes Vallecano move up to 4th position temporarily with 9 points and Alaves has to stay in 12th position. At least now Francisco Rodriguez's squad has good enough capital to be able to maintain its position until next week.

It's true that this happened quite a long time ago, precisely 3 years ago, in the group stage. At that time it was not an away match but at that time Shakhtar were the hosts but whatever the reason, a big team like Real Madrid should not have lost. I think if you look at the same situation now, it's possible that Barcelona will experience something similar if they don't really try to get points in every match. Xavi must be more demanding this time to take the Barcelona squad to the next round and not be allowed to fall in the group phase. However, looking at the performance of one of the young players, Lamine Yamal, it seems like Barcelona will be much stronger this time.

There is nothing to worry about, everything is fine and there is no doubt. I also confirm that every week I am always paid on time and all Stake campaign participants are very happy when that day comes.
Anyway, thank you for giving me the opportunity to join the Stake campaign and I'm grateful to be here for a while longer.

It's not surprising that other EPL teams are hunting for talented young players but they forget about one of the important mature players, namely James Maddison. Spurs were very lucky to get him from Leicester and of course James Maddison is very grateful to Spurs for saving his career. James Maddison in August recorded 1 goal and 2 important assists which led Spurs to achieve positive results so far and he really deserves this award. Wearing the number 10 shirt in one of the big EPL teams is not easy and James Maddison is able to do it well.

Indeed, since last season Lautaro Martinez has always been the club's mainstay when it comes to scoring goals and if we talk about last season he scored 21 for Inter in Serie A. That is a fantastic number of goals and is only 5 goals away from last season's top scorer Victor Osimhen who scored 26 goals for Napoli.

Talking about the Della Madonnina derby this week, it will certainly be a new competition for Lautaro Martinez and Oliver Giroud who are currently at the top scorer's table to continue scoring goals for each club's victory and I can't wait to see who will be the winner in this derby. I was thinking the same thing yesterday even though Inter was superior with various wins last season against Milan, but I think this time Milan will stop that dominance.

Group H may already be certain that Barcelona will be the group winners if they don't suffer the same fate as last season. However, the other three teams such as Porto, Shakstar, Antwerp are dark horse teams which could become a nightmare for Barcelona at any time. We certainly already know that what is shown in the domestic league is very good but sometimes it is not the same as what is done in the Champions League and Barcelona did that last season. Despite all that, I will still favor Barcelona of course and the runners up will probably be Porto or Shaktar.

Another equally exciting match will also take place tomorrow and usually these two teams compete with each other for the top 4 positions in the standings, namely Rennes against Lille. Even in the current standings, the two are next to each other and are only 1 point apart. I think this will be a fierce battle between Rennes and Lille because whoever wins will secure full points to be in the top flight this week. However, if you look at H2H, the results are mostly dominated by draws and occasionally Lille also wins.

Even though this is a home game for Rennes, it looks like they will have a lot of trouble against Lille with that track record. The bookie also offers quite tempting odds, especially if you bet on Rennes winning it will definitely double your money and of course if you bet on Lille you will get more. However, I have a prediction that this match will be a draw or win for Lille, so I will take a handicap bet (0.25) for Lille's advantage with odds @1.94.

I'm quite enthusiastic about this match and I'll probably put it on my betting list. So far there is nothing significant that differentiates the two and in my opinion, even though it is still early in the season, seeing Gladbach only manage to collect 1 point is certainly very bad. On the other hand, the two of them met in the DFB Cup competition last year and at that time Damstadt won with a narrow score. I think this is a fairly even match and in any case Damstadt should not be underestimated. The double chance bet (Damstadt or draw) seems quite attractive with odds @1.61.