Japan lost from Iraq is very surprising result because just like people said before Japan squad was filled with plenty of the players who play at european teams such as Wataru Endo, Takefusa Kubo or Minamino so i thought the match against Iraq should be easy for them especially in the first match Japan have already to win with huge scores from Vietnam but apparently Iraq was performing more good than them and with this result i think Iraq is became an the first team who qualified on group D and in the last match if Iraq can able to overcomes Vietnam then they will being an group champion

About Indonesia i have been watching this match yesterday and i think their performance is more good than when they were beated Iraq in the first match although during the match Indonesia was playing with under pressure but i think Indonesia defensive lines was more solid in this match and for 3rd match against Japan this is hard match for them because during the history Indonesia was never able to beat Japan even Indonesia was often to lost with big scores from Japan especially after beated by Iraq i am sure Japan will playing with all of their key players and pushing to win because Japan required to win if they want to qualified

Bayern Munich is similar just like Manchester City and they are lucky because since group stages these teams always be gets easy opponents so that's why without any trouble Manchester City and Bayern Munich can successfully to qualified with unbeatable status and after drawing for round of 16 both teams also gets easy opponents too because Manchester City will fight against Fc Copenhagen and Bayern Munich opponent is Lazio and indeed Lazio president Claudio Lotito has been confirmed Lazio is unlucky because they gets hard opponent on round of 16 because he know Bayern Munich is strong candidate for the trophy and it's hard to beat them

I think this has been discussed before and not required to analyzed more because obviously from the experience and achievement Bayern Munich much better than Lazio so that's why some people predict this should became an easy match for Bayern Munich and they will be advances to the quarterfinal stages without any problem however for the first leg Lazio as a host and the bookmakers provide high odds for Lazio @6.20 and Bayer Munich has low odds @1.54

If i am not mistaken Armando Broja is from Chelsea Academy and he was loaned several times to the different clubs to gets more minutes to play and he has impressive performance on those clubs at that time but i don't know why when Armando Broja return to Chelsea he was unable to performing well and the speculation about his future now appears because he was not first option for Mauricio Pochettino especially Chelsea has Jackson and Nkunku so i don't think Broja will gets any place on Chelsea starting lineup for each matches so probably leave Chelsea is good for his career

Actually Chelsea considering to hold this player because Broja can be used as the substitution of Nkunku or Jackson but Chelsea are willing to listen the offers from those who want to buy him and Chelsea recently has provide his price tag approximately 35-50 millions but with his quality i am not sure there is a team who dare to buy Broja with his current price tag and even Wolves don't have any plan to buy him this january because Wolves only want to loan him which most likely this offers will be refused by Chelsea

Last summer Gift Orban was into radar several big teams just like AC Milan, Tottenham and Barcelona this because Gift Orban can successfully to impress these teams when he still playing at FC Stabaek and when Gift Orban decide moved to KAA Gent he still able to managed his performance which make those teams above will thinking possibility to buy him but i don't know why this transfer never happend and now Lyon has successfully to gets his signs and apparently Lyon has really know his potention so they dare to give Gift Orban long term contract duration

Front lines indeed one of the biggest weaknesses for Lyon because from all of the current striker which they have only Alexandre Lacazette who can able to performing well with scores 8 goals during this season but other players just like Rayan Cherki or Mahamadou Diawara is unable to play as expected besides that Lyon will lost Ernest Nuamah because this player defend Ghana at Africa Cup however Gift Orban can be played in different positions just like a winger or centre striker but Gift Orban previously only playing with small team and i am sure he will required more time to adapt with Lyon so lets see this could be a good transfer or not

I am looking forward to see De Rossi debut match against Verona tomorrow because basically Verona is weak team in Serie A but Roma condition doesn't really good especially we still don't know Roma under De Rossi will be able to performing well or not and in the first meeting Roma have to lost from Verona with narrow scores so De Rossi have to bringing Roma to gets revenge from Verona and if we talking about the statistics Roma at home was quite impressive this season because in the last 8 home matches Roma is still unbeatable

But indeed Roma only gets 1 wins from 6 matches in Serie A and De Rossi has hard task to improved Roma performance until end of this season and about team condition previously under Mourinho Roma was often to play with 3-5-2 formation because Mourinho is the manager who likes to play with defensive style but confirmed De Rossi will attempts to used different strategy just like 4-3-3 so probably we will see Roma will playing with slightly attacking and about Roma front lines usually Lukaku will played along with Dybala but recently Dybala got injured and he will be doubtful to play and about betting options Roma has odds @1.46 obviously they are the favourite but i am not sure this could be a good pick or not

Koln vs Dortmund

After get the winning result from Darmstadt today Dortmund want to resumes their winning streak by attempt to beat FC Koln and it's dissapointing to see Koln performance this season because they only gets 2 wins during this season and with only collect 11 points and occupy 17th place i think it's very hard for Koln to bounce back even in my opinion they will be one of the team who will be relegated this season and for Dortmund i have to says their performance is very unstable and now they have to hard struggling to improved their position on league standings and obviously i wouldn't counted them as strong contender for race title

Talking about this match Dortmund will lost at least 5 players who got injured but Julian Brandt, Niclas Fullkrug and Donyell Malen will be available today because they are in the good fitness but hopefully the manager will played Jadon Sancho since the beginning of match because last week his debut was run well because Sancho performance is very impressive and he was made 1 assist and help Dortmund to collect 3 points from Darmstadt and for Koln Davie Selke will be doubtful to play and Dortmund has good odds in this match @1.71 and probably this is safe bet or over 2.5 goals also seem good pick because in my opinion there is a chance for Dortmund to win with big scores

Alaves vs Cadiz

Home team Alaves had better position on league standings because they can able to occupy 13th place and currently Alaves has been collect 20 points from 5 wins and 5 draw and for their opponent Cadiz the performance of this team was very poor that during this season Cadiz only can able to collect 9 points and they only gets 2 wins and their last winning was happened on September last year when they can beat Villarreal and since that match Cadiz was never gets the winning results again until today

Indeed according to the head to head statistics i can see Cadiz has good records from Alaves but i think currently was different because if we compared the performance between these team Alaves performance was slightly better than Cadiz moreover Alaves at home was quite good because they can able to gets the winning results several times at their home ground and from total 5 wins which they got this season 4 of them came from home matches so these records is proven Alaves sometimes can able to performing well at their home and against Cadiz i think Alaves has good chance to being an the winner of this match and my prediction is Alaves can beat Cadiz but with narrow scores and Alaves has odds @1.79

Mo Salah have to replaced at the end of first half when Egypt fight against Ghana today because apparently he has hamstring injury and this make Salah have to ended his journey at Africa Cup because most likely he will be absense when Egypt playing against Cape Verde for third match of group stages and Egypt without him seems can't do anything because they were failed to win from Ghana

About Salah Injury still no update news regarding his injury but hopefully he can be recover soon and during this season Salah was played 20 times and scores 14 goals so these records is proven he is very important player for Liverpool and for left winger there was no player has the consistency of Salah when playing on that position moreover Liverpool will facing tight schedule because this weekend Liverpool have to playing against Bounermouth and FA Cup 4th round against Norwich so losing him is big lost for Liverpool and i think obviously that will greatly affect to Liverpool's performance

The speculation about Henderson future at Al-Ettifaq has been ended that after playing at Saudi Pro League with Al-Ettifaq for 6 month finally Henderson has decide to leave this team because Henderson and Al-Ettifaq have reached an agreement to terminate the contract and Ajax would be his new club and at Ajax Henderson hopes he can able to reach his shape again however just like i said before some of European players has starting not comfortable to playing at Saudi Pro League because they were failed to adapt with the atmosphere and the cultures of this league so huge salary doesn't guarantee will makes them happy to playing at there and after Henderson i am sure there will be another players who possibly leave Saudi Pro League this January

Napoli can able to bounce back now that playing as host Napoli have already to leading the game by Giovanni Simeone goal at first half and Alessio Zerbin has being an super subs because he can scores 2 goals however Napoli might be not in the good shape because before this match they were suffering several loses but now they have already reach to the final match so this is good time for them to gets the trophy although Super Coppa is not major competition in Italy but at least if they can win in the final match Napoli will ended this season with 1 trophy

For upcoming match between Inter Milan vs Lazio and we all know Inter Milan was very strong in Serie A but at Coppa Italy Inter Milan was failed to defend their title because at that time Inter Milan lost from Bologna so they might be will utilized this competition to gets their first trophy this season and not required to analysis because obviously from team condition and recent performance Inter Milan much better than Lazio moreover Inter Milan as defending champion in this competition so they obviously want to beat Lazio and advances to the final match so my prediction for this match is Inter Milan will be able to beat Lazio

According to the starting line up when Valencia defeated by Celta Vigo yesterday i can see Valencia at least used 3 reserved players into that match and some of their key players also was replaced in the middle of the game so this proven Valencia didn't give their priority to Copa Del Rey match because Valencia manager Ruben Baraja wasn't targetting the trophy from that competition so i think he will considering the match on Laliga is more important than Copa Del Rey match moreover Valencia is quite good on Laliga currently because just like you said they now can occupy 8th place which this is good position if compared to their position last season

According to their schedule Valencia will gets hard opponent this weekend because as a host they have to fight against Bilbao so i assume Ruben Baraja have to ensure all of Valencia players in the good fitness before this match so that's why Valencia looks not too serious for the match against Celta Vigo yesterday and we all know Bilbao was very strong this season this because from 14 matches in all competitions Bilbao can gets 11 wins and these results also makes them can able to occupy 3rd place and i will looking forward to see the outcomes from this match but i feel like Bilbao will being an the winner of this match

Arsenal should be gets new striker indeed and this is one of the most important weaknesses Arsenal have because since last season they have not had a sharp striker but although this winter Arsenal was linked to several strikers just like Ivan Toney from Brentford and Bologna player Joshua Zirkzee but recently Arteta has been confirmed that Arsenal will not buy a new player this winter because the financial condition of Arsenal which make this team will not able to bought a player moreover recently Arsenal have a plan will permanent David Raya status and besides that last summer Arteta have already to spend approximatelly 200 millions for players transfer

Arteta says he will attempts to maximize the potential of the current players which mean if his statement is true then Arsenal is really playing without new striker until end of season then he will do the same formation with 4-3-3 formation and used Gabriel Jesus, Nketiah or Kai Havertz as centre striker for each matches and for upcoming match Arsenal will fight against Crystal Palace and this is good chance to bounce back and collect 3 points from this match considering Crystal Palace condition also doesn't really good

I have been notice Brest achievement this season because they have a potention to finish at higher positions on league standings compared to last season and their performance much impressive now because from 10 latest matches in all competitions Brest can able to gets 7 wins and only lose twice even from those matches Brest can gets 6 cleansheet and from these statistics we can see Brest has strong balanced to attack and defense and if they can able to managed their performance until end of this season i think they have a good chance to finish at top 5 and playing at European competitions which is this was never done before

Previously Brest target is only to avoiding relegation zone because the owner know it's hard to compete with big teams just like Monaco, Lille or Marseille for european zone but surprisingly Brest has fantastic performance this season and until week 18 Brest have already to collect 34 points with only gets 4 loses but after fight against FC Trélissac at France Cup Brest will gets hard match next weekend because they have to fight against PSG and most likely Brest will suffering their 5th loses from this match because we all know PSG is unstoppable at this league and it's very hard to beat them

Nenad Bjelica has hard job to this team because he have to bringing Union Berlin to avoiding relegation zone but indeed since Nenad Bjelica arrived to this team Union Berlin have already through an 4 matches in Bundesliga and the results isn't quite bad because from those matches Union Berlin can able to gets 2 wins and only suffering one loses so these records has been indicated there is a hope for this team to survive at Bundesliga 1 and currently Union Berlin only playing at Bundesliga because they have been eliminate on champion league and DFB pokal i think this is good opportunity for them to more focus for league matches only because their schedules are not tight compared to other teams

Next weekend Union Berlin will attempts to gets the winning result from Mainz and according to the meeting statistics i can see Union Berlin has good records from Mainz because in the first meeting on August last year Union Berlin can able to win with big scores from Mainz besides that Union Berlin still unbeatable from Mainz since 2021 so if Union Berlin can able to performing well i think it's not difficult to collect 3 points from this match moreover Mainz performance was so poor this season because until week 17 Mainz only able to get 1 win

Previously Mourinho has been twice to train Chelsea on season 2004 and season 2013 and last time he train this team Chelsea was unable to performing well under him so it make Chelsea have to sacked him so i don't think Mourinho will return to Chelsea for the third time especially Chelsea condition is not really good currently however indeed after Roma sacked him then people will starting to speculate which team will being an his destination but indeed when he still train Roma some of Saudi Arabian clubs were showing their interest to him even they offering high salary if Mourinho willing to moved to Saudi Arabian so probably Mourinho will considering the offers from them

Besides that Mourinho probably want to find new challenge and Saudi Pro League is the right place for him but if he want to stayed and train european teams then he was linked to several teams just like Newcastle and after gets poor results this season then there is a rumour Newcastle want to sacked Eddie Howe and Mourinho name was appears as the replacement of Eddie Howe and probably if Mourinho moved to this team he can bringing Newcastle to performing well again

Atalanta is really in the good shape because they can resumes their positive trend that after eliminate Milan on Coppa Italy Atalanta can able to win with big scores from Frosinone and next weekend Atalanta will fight against Udinese but this team cannot be underestimate because Udinese can make big teams get in trouble even Udinese has successfully to stole points from Milan and recently from Fiorentina so Atalanta should be careful to them moreover in the first meeting Atalanta only able to playing draw from Udinese

Talking about league standings indeed Atalanta opponent is relative easy compared to Fiorentina because next weekend Fiorentina will facing hard match against strong team Inter Milan and we all know Inter Milan was very strong this season and it's hard to beat them even big possibility Fiorentina will be lost however indeed this is good chances for Atalanta to taking over 4th place from Fiorentina and assuming Fiorentina lost or draw from Inter Milan then if Atalanta can able to overcomes Udinese then 4th place will belongs to them and actually it's not really hard to beat Udinese if Atalanta can able to performing well moreover Atalanta also quite strong during playing at their home

Mourinho has been make Roma playing quite consistent at European competitions because after gets European Conference League trophy Mourinho can able to bringing Roma reach to the final match of Europa league last season although Roma failed to gets the trophy at that time i think this achievement will be hard to be repeated by other managers and i am not Roma fans but i was a bit dissapoint with Roma owner why they were taking the risk by sacked Mourinho and hire Daniele De Rossi as the replacement of Mourinho and as a manager we all know Daniele De Rossi is lack of experience to train big teams

For Daniele De Rossi this is his first experience to playing at Europa League as a manager and i feel pesimistic he can able to bringing Roma to overcomes Feyenoord because if we see from the performance during this season obviously Feyenoord is much better than Roma because at Eredivisie Feyenoord can able to occupy 2nd place so Daniele De Rossi has hard job to improved Roma performance but the match against Feyenoord will be held in February and before this match Roma will at least go through 4 matches in Serie A and we can see the results of those matches as the indicator Roma under De Rossi because if they can gets positive results from those matches then there is a chance for Roma to beat Feyenoord

All teams in the group A will playing today and according to the schedules the host Qatar will playing against Tajikistan and China vs Lebanon

Qatar vs Tajikistan

Qatar was in the good shape because in the first match they can able to beat Lebanon with scores 3-0 so i am sure they are in the high of motivation want to resumes their winning streak and if Qatar can beat Tajikistan today then their step will be more easy to qualified to the next round but Tajikistan also cannot be underestimate because they were successfully to stole 1 point from China which is one of favourite team in group A and Tajikistan latest performance also very impressive because from 7 latest matches Tajikistan only lost once so it's not easy to beat this team and my prediction is Tajikistan will playing more defensive and they will attempt not to lose so there is possibility this match result will ended to draw

China vs Lebanon

Both teams was not in the good shape because they only gets 1 win from 5 latest matches and i haven't checked the odds for them but i will assume China is the favourite and Lebanon as underdog team and the draw result from Tajikistan is not really satisfied for China because now they have to hard struggling if want to qualified to the next round even so with Lebanon the loses from Qatar makes them in the difficult situation and if Lebanon lost again then obviously they will not be qualified and about the outcomes of this match i feel like China has good chance to be the winner of this match

Unai Emery said he was very confident to Aston Villa current squad because without star players Aston Villa still able to compete from 3 different competitions because besides Premier League Aston Villa also still playing at Conference League and FA Cup because recently Aston Villa has able to advances to round of 16 for Conference League and on FA Cup too Aston Villa has successfully to beat Middlesbrough and advances to 4th round and they will fight against Chelsea on that competition this weekend and although Aston Villa owner wasn't targetting the trophies this season but Unai Emery says he will try his best for those competitions

Talking about Aston Villa indeed last week they had just slipped because Everton was successfully to stole 1 point from them but i think it is not a big deal because at least their position still at top 4 on league standings and for their next opponent on Premier League at the end of this month Aston Villa will playing against Newcastle at their home ground Villa Park and this is good opportunity for Aston Villa to bounce back because Newcastle was not in the good shape and they were suffering 4 losing streak at Premier League besides that  i am sure Aston Villa had ambition want to gets revenge from Newcastle because in the first meeting they lost with big scores

After the loses against Mönchengladbach Stuttgart will facing Bochum this weekend and on the paper this should be easy match because at the beginning of this season both teams has been met and at that time Stuttgart can win with big scores 5-0 and Stuttgart conditions doesn't really good recently because they only got 2 wins from 5 latest matches in Bundesliga moreover losing some players just like Guirassy makes them in the difficult situation so if Stuttgart failed to win again from this match then their position will be overtaked by Leipzig if this team win from Leverkusen

Bochum has interesting records at their home because from 8 home matches total they got 5 draw and only lost once so these records is proven Bochum at home was hard to defeated so although from recent performance and the position on league standings Stuttgart was more better but i think Bochum had a potention to make Stuttgart get in trouble especially just like i said before Stuttgart will playing without their main striker Guirassy so my prediction is Stuttgart will be very difficult to scores and i think big possibility this match will ended to draw