May 11, 2018 - Matchplug Blog

Gremio vs Internacional Match Preview, Football Prediction and Betting Tips

This game is one of the biggest derbies in Brazilian football league, and the hosts who have been in the better form would be looking to show that they are superior over their visitors in this game.

After beating Internacional on their way to winning the Campeonato Gaucho, and having won the Continental trophy last year while their visitors were playing in the second tier, Gremio would feel like the kings of Porto Alegre and they would want to do more to prove that here again.

Gremio come into this game in sparkling form after winning their last three home games in the league, cup, and continental matchups, they have also netted the average of 4.33 goals in those matches. They are now to win all three competitions and their first league title since 1996.

Internacional, on the other hand, are struggling at the moment and their fans are already fearing for the worse should they lose this game. After winning their opening league fixture, they have lost their last four on the bounce ahead of this match.

Gremio knocked Internacional out of the Campeonato Gaucho quarter-finals earlier on in the year with a 3-2 aggregate win. The hosts also beat the visitors 2-1 in the regular stage of the competition. The last Serie A meetinga between the two came in 2016, with Gremio taking 4 points from a home draw and an away win.

FC Dallas vs LA Galaxy Match Preview, Match Prediction and Betting Tips

Last week’s 1-1 draw against LAFC makes FC Dallas the first team to take a point off the competition’s newest Franchise at home. That result was made more impressive due to the fact that Dallas had been beaten 3-1 by Eastern Conference favourites New York City FC the previous weekend.

Dallas loss to NYCFC is their only loss so far and they have been impressive although 50% of their matches have ended in draws. One of their strengths is their defence as they have let in just seven goals all season, making them the best defence in the competition. They have also struggled a bit up front with just eleven goals scored so far. They have remained unbeaten at home this season although 3 of their 5 home games have ended in draws.

The excitement that trailed the start of LA Galaxy’s season has subsided after they fell to a third straight defeat following their 1-0 win over Chicago fire over a month ago. Houston Dynamos, Atlanta United and New York Red Bulls have all beaten the Galaxy in their last three MLS games and they have lost their last four games overall.

They are now out of the playoffs’ place and they would look to get a win here that would get them back into that position. The last time they visited Dallas, they were mauled 5-1 and although they haven’t been beaten by that kind of margin this season, they would have to be careful not to fall for it.

LA Galaxy have lost four won one and drawn one of their last six meetings with Dallas.

Middlesbrough vs Aston Villa Match Preview, Football Prediction and Betting Tips

Both of these teams were promotion favourites and they would have been keen to avoid each other in the playoffs, however, a stoppage-time goal from Patrick Bamford set up this tie and they would both be looking to get ahead of each other and book a place in the Playoff finals.

There has been huge transfers between this sides in recent season and this game could be what decides which club got the better of the Albert Adomah-Adama Traore swap deal in 2016. while Adomah has netted 14 times this season, he seems to be out of form heading into this match, meanwhile, Adama Traore is beginning to show signs that he has become mature by producing results from his unpredictability.

Boro are the form team ahead of this game as they collected 10 points from their final ten games to push themselves into a relegation Playoff place, while Aston Villa have struggled of late and their bad form was partly the reason why they missed out on automatic promotion.

Villa have scored more than a goal in only one of their last 6 games, with many of their star men struggling form, they could suffer a heavy defeat in this first leg. Villa have won on 4 occasions in their last five visits to Boro.