This is a quite interesting change in their odds indeed. I remember a similar change for Milan against Newcastle in the Champions League. Their odds were increasing and Newcastle even became the favourite side in Italy. I still believed in Milan to win. Maybe they couldn't but their performance was just amazing.

This doesn't mean that I expect another amazing performance this time from Chelsea.    But at least they should be able to win here despite the increase in their odds. Chelsea desperately need this win to start rising in the standings.

Bayern Munich are dealing with so many injured players at the same time. But they are still able to stay really strong. In only a few days they are going to play against Copenhagen away. While they are in such a great form I don't expect anything different than an assuring win. Nothing changes for them whether they are home or away side.

I expect a bigger win this time. Manchester United resisted them really well. But there is no way we are seeing the same scenario from Copenhagen. They aren't a serious threat to Bayern Munich. They wouldn't have even been able to score 2 goals against Galatasaray if Galatasaray had better defending.

Chelsea are after Dimarco and Theo Hernandez both according to rumours. However I doubt whether there is a need for more transfers to these areas. They would actually make use of some improvement in performance rather than making new transfers. Because they have already spent like half a billion dollars in the most recent transfer window.

Spending more money isn't the solution to do this. They need to figure out the root of the current problem in the team. I hope they solve the problems as soon as possible. It isn't nice to see one of the biggest teams of the Premier League like this.

Atletico Madrid are in the lead by 1-0 right now in the second half maybe. But the football they have played so far isn't impressive to me. They have only two goal attempts in the whole 55 minutes so far. This statistics is really risky for them. Because as long as they can't increase the goal gap to two they might have to leave the pitch by one point.

Osasuna have had many more attempts than them but they just can't find the target. But they must be still very hopeful as it score is still 1-0. Getting one point would be good enough for Osasuna. But I hope Atletico Madrid manage to win here.

Next time Chelsea are going to play against Fulham in an away game. After getting a critical win against Brighton in the EFL Cup I assume most people will be wondering if there would be another win coming in the Premier League as well. Fulham are also having difficult days recently. Their defense is even worse as they conceded more goals than Chelsea while scoring the same amount.

Chelsea couldn't beat Fulham in their last two head-to-head games in the league. It would be nice to see this streak being broken by Chelsea here. Jackson scored a goal against Brighton so maybe this would make some boost in his self-confidence level to perform much better against Fulham too. I think Chelsea will win by one goal gap.

This week can be a chance for Leverkusen to capture the lead in the standings once again. Because they are going to play against Mainz while Bayern Munich's opponent is going to be Leipzig. It is even an away game for Bayern Munich which could add some extra difficulty to the game. But of course I know how strong they are now. 

Leverkusen's job is very easy on paper. Because Mainz are at the bottom of the standings now. They made a terrible start to the season. I don't think they can resist this powerful Leverkusen here. Leverkusen shouldn't have any problem on winning. Let's see if Leipzig can hold off Bayern Munich as well.

Milan won against Cagliari really nicely by 3-1. Despite getting 1-0 behind first they still didn't have big difficulties in making a strong comeback like this. Okafor scored his first goal for Milan in this game as well which was good to see. Because Milan would really make use of every kind of contribution from their players.

If Milan didn't lose to Inter they would have been the leader now. Because after winning their missing game they have equalized the points with Inter. But that 5-1 loss caused them to stay behind Inter now by score difference. Anyway the most important thing is to be consistent in the most part of the season. I hope Milan can do that.

It seems like things started to go well for PSG a little more these days. That big win over Marseille was unexpected for me honestly. I thought that it would be a close game but Marseille couldn't do much. They were just terrible at defending their opponent as well. This will surely make a nice boost in the morale level of PSG players.

This time Mbappe didn't even score or make an assist. Without his help they won by 4-0. This should be called as progress but I won't be hyped already now. We need to see them maintaining the same team effort for a long time.

Chelsea's winning against Brighton in the EFL Cup was really unexpected for me considering their recent performance. The goal was even scored by Jackson who has been in terrible shape for a long time. Can this be some motivation for Chelsea to start playing better from now on? I really doubt that honestly.

We need to see them winning some games in the Premier League as well. Otherwise this season is even likely to be worse than the previous one as it seems. Chelsea don't deserve to be in this place now. They have spent a lot of money so they should get efficiency from these players at a high level.

The look of the standings is really interesting right now. Because Girona are the leader.    They managed to beat Villarreal away as well lastly and this helped them maintain their lead. Such a dedication really as they managed to make a comeback despite Villarreal's getting 1-0 ahead home first.

However I don't know how much they can resist against teams like Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid. If they managed to get some good amount of points even from this toughest games then I will be really curious about their potential placement at the end of the season. 

Honestly I would really like to see Onana improving his performance. To do this first he needs to improve his concentration level. Because the mistakes he makes recently are really unbelievable and they are costing the Red Devils a lot. Onana isn't a bad goalkeeper normally otherwise. We all must have watched how he played last season.

Onana was praised in the Champions League with his saves at Inter. He can do this again. If we witness this then there wouldn't be any need for Manchester United to find a new goalkeeper. It isn't easy to bring a really quality goalkeeper to the team these days.

I think the same as you. We can't unsee Kane's high effort. His statistics so far are 8 goals, 4 assists in 7 games. This is just an extra performance by him. It is like he was counting the days to join Bayern Munich to continue from where left.    My doubts about him related to adapting to the team were gone quickly.

Kane is already one of the crucial players in the squad. Therefore without him Bayern Munich would be much less productive. I like the way Tuchel's doing his job as well. Just as you said he needed some time given to him. We already knew how quality manager he was.

The opening game on this week is going to be Aston Villa - Brighton. I think this is a candidate to be one of the lovely games of the week. Because both sides have made a really solid start this season. Especially Brighton are near unstoppable because they only lost to West Ham at the beginning. They are following Manchester City - Liverpool duo right behind which is impressive.

Aston Villa are also doing just fine now. After losing to Liverpool they maintained a strong mental and they are on a winning streak of two games. When it comes to the head-to-heads between Aston Villa and Brighton there is an interesting statistics. Aston Villa beat them in their last 4 official games. They are slightly favoured for the win now too. Maybe I can add Aston Villa's double chance to my parlay.  

I see different information on different websites about Vinicius Junior. But it seems like he might be really back by the Las Palmas game. Real Madrid really need him as soon as possible. It would be better if he is fit enough to play against Las Palmas. But he must definitely be fully fit until the Napoli game.

It is going to be the toughest challenge for Real Madrid in the group stage. You know what Atletico Madrid did to them recently. They really need Vinicius' extra contribution to deal with big opponents in a stronger way. When he is back I assume we would watch him beside Rodrygo.

Arda Guler has been really unlucky since the day he joined Real Madrid. He recovered from his injury a short time ago first. Ancelotti also made a statement on this topic and praised his talent. However a very short time after this statement Arda Guler got injured once again. He is expected to be out for 3-4 weeks unfortunately. 

Ancelotti also believes in his talent and it seems like he wants to use him at the earliest opportunity. I hope he doesn't get injured once again after recovering. This kind of talented young players must maintain their health as good as possible to prevent their career from dropping down too much.

Mourinho is a wonderful manager but he just can't make the expected improvement in the Serie A. I appreciated their effort in European competitions for two years of course. But this isn't enough for Roma at all. They need to qualify for the Champions League one way or another. If they can't finish the league in top 4 which seems likely for this season considering their current effort then they will need to win the Europa League title.

They reached the finale in the Europa League in the previous season. It isn't impossible for them to repeat that as long as they maintain the same mentality there. I hope they make it to the Champions League somehow otherwise I expect Mourinho to get sacked.

Tottenham have left a really tough game behind in a good way. They got what they wanted and they could have even won the game if they didn't waste their goal opportunities after it became 2-2. Son is really amazing now and his solid form is very useful for getting advantageous results. He is making up for Kane's scoring productivity a lot.

Next time they have another tough game against Liverpool but this time it is going to be home. If Tottenham manage to win the game then I will be even more expectant from them to fight for the league title after a long time. But while Liverpool are in great shape it will be really difficult.

The group stage hasn't started well for Inter I'm afraid. Real Sociedad made really big difficulties for them. At least Inter didn't lose maybe but they could have played better. But I guess there won't still be a big problem for Inter during the group stage. They should be able to qualify from the group anyway and probably as the leader.

Benfica are technically another favourite to advance to the next stage but they started horrible. That red card ruined the plans and Salzburg benefited from it great. Right now the group is in really interesting situation so it might end pretty close in points at the end as well.

Such a wonderful race weekend for Verstappen! But his performance made the race really boring to watch for me. I at least waited for some competition for other places like podium. But there wasn't any for that either. Ferrari drivers should have been better in this Grand Prix. If they improved the competition level a little more then the race would have been more exciting.

I was really disappointed with Perez's performance. He was like his mind was on something else. Because he didn't seem he was concentrated on the race. His very bad performance led to his retiring the car. But still Red Bull became the champion constructor thanks to Verstappen's high effort.

I think this result might change something about Atletico Madrid's future in this season. I mean this isn't a thing they regularly do. They beat Real Madrid despite most of their past games. They did it against a strong Real Madrid at the same time. I don't know what Simeone did but maybe Atletico Madrid can be more successful in the La Liga this season.

I really appreciated this big victory by them despite losing to Valencia by a big score and getting a draw against Lazio by a last minute goal. They really need this kind of results in big games in the La Liga if they want to be competitive for the league title.