January 21, 2019 - Matchplug Blog

Melbourne City vs Western Sydney Wanderers MatchPlug Match Preview Soccer Prediction and Betting Tips

Melbourne City would be looking to get back to winning ways after back to back matches without a win. The host were on a good run of form before playing two matchdays back as they had won 4 of 5 games.

However, they were beaten by South Coast Mariners on the 16th and were held to a draw by Perth Glory the last timeout.

They offered very little going forward in their game against Glory and Warren Joyce would be hoping for a better performance from his players in this game.

Western Sydney Wanderers are on an awful run of form ahead of this game as they have lost six of their last seven games and come here on a run of five consecutive defeats.

This terrible run of form has seen them collect just 9 points from 14 games this season and their fans would only hope that they can keep things tighter at the back for this game as they have conceded 15 goals in their last 6 games.

They are currently third from bottom on the league table, while Melbourne City are 9 points off the top of the league table and would be looking to get a win here to help them close the gap.

Benfica vs Porto Match Preview Soccer Prediction and Betting Tips

This is arguably the biggest game in Portugal this week as two of the country’s big teams go head to head to determine who would be reaching the league Cup final on Saturday.

FC Porto currently lead the Portuguese league table and look set to win the title again this year, but Benfica who just fired their manager would be looking to stop them from winning the league and Cup double by the end of this season.

This game would be played on a neutral ground and should offer both teams an equal chance of winning and it would be interesting to see who come out on top.

FC Porto collected the league title from the hands of Benfica last season and they look to have kept their momentum going into this season, winning the Super Cup within the last 12 months as well.

The last five games between these sides have seen less than 3 goals scored in total while the last two meetings have ended in 1-0 wins for each side.

AS Nancy vs EA Guingamp Match Preview Soccer Prediction and Betting Tips

EA Guingamp come into this week after what is arguably the most difficult weekend of their careers. They had beaten PSG 2-1 in the French Cup just a week back, but their return to the venue of their biggest result this season was a more terrible one.

They were beaten 9-0 by Thomas Tuchel’s men as Neymar and Co. took their time to exert revenge on the 2014 French Cup winners. That result ended a good spell of 4 wins in 6 games for Guingamp and their confidence must have taken a big hit ahead of this game.

They has just 2 shots on target and faced 12 shots on target in that game, but they would feel this game would not come with so much work like the weekend’s.

Their opponent are also having a bad season in the French second tier. Nancy are bottom of Ligue 2 and come into this game on the back of two consecutive losses.

In those losses, they showed signs of improvement though and their fans would be hoping that they can keep that up when they host this struggling Ligue 1 bottom side.

These teams have only faced off twice since 2005 with Guingamp winning both clashes, 2-0 in 2016 and 1-0 in 2017.