Day: October 9, 2023

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Rennes – PSG

Rennes hosts PSG at the Roazhon Park in a match from the 8th round of the French Ligue 1. Keep up with us and our free football tips for that game. 

Let’s start with the hosts. Rennes are 6th in the league with 11 points and a record of two wins and five draws. As you can see, Rennes are doing draws more often than they are winning. This is something the manager Bruno Genesio and his players will try to change, but against PSG it’s going to be difficult.

Last weekend Rennes finally won again after a run of consecutive draws. Les Rennais faced Nantes at home and enjoyed a 3-1 win at the Roazhon Park. Benjamin Bourigeaud and Arnaud Kalimuendo scored from penalties while Desire Doue also put the ball in the net. 

The 22-year-old Moroccan striker Ibrahim Salah is Rennes’ leading goalscorer since the beginning of the season – he has scored three times. This is a huge improvement for him as he didn’t score a single goal in the Ligue 1 during the 2022/23 campaign.

PSG approach this visit to Rennes from 5th place in the standings. The truth is Luis Enrique’s team didn’t have the best start of the season. So far the champions have won just three of their seven matches played.

Last weekend PSG made their third draw for the season. Enrique’s boys faced Clermont Foot away from home, but the match ended with no goals scored – 0-0. 

Despite putting his stars on the pitch, Luis Enrique didn’t find the formula to win against Clermont Foot. PSG’s new attacking trio of Mbappe, Dembele and Kolo Muani still don’t work as expected. Especially in Dembele’s case, he’s heavily criticized for his lack of contribution in terms of goals and assists. 

What Luis Enrique must do now is make Ousmane Dembele feel comfortable on the pitch. The French winger arrived from Barcelona, but he’s still adapting to his new life in France. At certain moments he doesn’t look confident enough maybe because his adaptation is going slower than expected.

Kylian Mbappe on the other hand is doing more than well – seven games in six matches played for PSG in the Ligue 1. In the summer it was not completely clear if he’s going to remain at the club, but now the French international is doing very good. Mbappe is going to be the main threat for Rennes’ defense when these two teams meet.

Nuno Mendes, Presnel Kimpembe and Marco Asensio continue to recover from their injuries. Meanwhile, Goncalo Ramos is trying his best to return in the line-up after Kolo Muani’s arrival.

That’s the free football tips for the Ligue 1 clash between Rennes and PSG at the Roazhon Park. The hosts are one of the best teams in the country, but they are rarely winning since the beginning of the season. Now they have a serious task to challenge the reigning champion. Let’s see if PSG can finally show their true qualities here – it’s going to be an interesting game for sure.

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MLB EXPERT PICKS: Atlanta Braves VS Philadelphia Phillies betting Predictions

Philadelphia is on the road as they travel to play Atlanta in Braves VS Phillies Game 2 of their best-of-five series tonight. In the opening match of the series, the Phillies detected the tone by securing a 3-0 shutout victory to steal home-field advantage away from the club that posted the top record in the majors this season. Will Philadelphia win a 2-0 series advantage or will Atlanta even the series?

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Predictions And Betting Preview For Atlanta Braves VS Philadelphia Phillies MLB Playoffs

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  • Venue: Truist Park, Atlanta, Georgia.
  • When: Monday, 9th October, 2023
  • Time: 23:07 PM.
  • Teams to play: Braves and Phillies. 
  • MLB Expert Picks: MONEYLINE 1.67.

Odds by 1XBet and BetMGM.

Betting On Atlanta Braves

  • 1XBet Spread: -1.5
  • 1XBet Moneyline: 1.67
  • 1XBet Over/Under: Over 8.5
  • BetMGM Spread: -1.5
  • BetMGM Moneyline: 1.65
  • BetMGM Over/Under: Under 8

Atlanta Braves won 104 matches in the regular season but their bats failed to connect in the opening game of this series against the Philadelphia Phillies. They will now try to pick themselves up off the mat and square the series to avoid a 2-0 series deficit. Last Saturday night, Atlanta ended with only five hits, all singles, with no player recording more than one in the game.

Max Fried takes the mound for the Braves, making his first start postseason after 14 regular season appearances in an injury-ridden campaign. Fried finished the year 8-1 with a 2.55 ERA, .1133 WHIP, 18 walks and 80 strikeouts over 77.2 innings of work. He is 2-0 with a 2.65 ERA, a 1.06 WHIP, five walks and 17 strikeouts over 17 innings of work.

Betting On The Philadelphia Phillies

  • 1XBet Spread: +1.5
  • 1XBet Moneyline: 2.401
  • 1XBet Over/Under: Under 8.5
  • BetMGM Spread: +1.5
  • BetMGM Moneyline: 2.25
  • BetMGM Over/Under: Over 8.

The Philadelphia Phillies resumed their strong play from the wild card round as they totally stifled the Braves lineup in a shutout victory. For this match, Philadelphia will want a 2-0 series lead behind strong pitching. They have allowed only two runs in their first postseason matches.

Zack Wheeler is on the mound for the Phillies, logging his second start of the postseason after 32 regular season starts in this contest. Wheeler finished regular 13-6 with a 3.61 ERA, a 1.078 WHIP, 39 walks and 212 strikeouts over 192 innings of work to date. In the postseason, he is 1-0 with a 1.35 ERA, a 0.75 WHIP, no walks and eight strikeouts. Zack is 12-7 with a 3.18 ERA, a 1.212 WHIP, 54 walks and 173 strikeouts over 170 innings of work against them.

MatchPlug Prediction For Atlanta Braves VS Philadelphia Phillies 

Both the Braves and Phillies lineup are looking tough right now, but Philadelphia has better mound options presently. The Phillies should get a slim advantage in this contest.

Prediction: Atlanta Braves Moneyline. 

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AC Milan register Olivier Giroud as goalkeeper after save against Genoa

AC Milan, has signed French striker, Olivier Giroud as one of the goalkeepers in the club after his remarkable save against Genoa.

Last Saturday night, Milan suddenly found themselves in a position where they needed to improvise after their first-team goalkeeper Mike Maignan was given a red card in the 98th minute after the club used all their substitutes.

Maignan got a red card after the VAR showed that he used his knee on Caleb Ekuban of Genoa. As such, an on-field player had to take over as a goalkeeper for the remainder of the match.

In an interesting turn of events, Olivier Giroud is renowned at Arsenal, Chelsea, and France national team as a top goalscorer was assigned the duty of a goalkeeper.

Before the event, AC Milan already had a 1-0 lead at the Luigi Ferraris stadium, thanks to a goal from ex-Chelsea winger, Christian Pulisic in the 87th minute. Hence, Milan pulled out all the stops to escape with a narrow 1-0 victory.

In the 105th minute of the game, the hosts got a good chance to score a very late equalizer when George Pușcaș lurched forward with hopes of getting the end of a leading pass but, Giroud rushed off his line and punched the ball away to keep Milan in the lead.

Due to the unprecedented save, AC Milan decided to register him as not just their striker, but one of the goalkeepers too via their website.

On the list of Milan’s goalkeepers, Olivier Giroud was put ahead of the club’s first-choice goalie Mike Maignan, followed by two backup goalies Antonio Mirante, and Lapo Francesco Maria Nava.

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Roma manager Mourinho: I really like how Paredes plays.

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Fourth Dortmund win in a row: “We can still do a lot more!”

After four consecutive wins in a row, things are not only continuing in the right direction in the table for Borussia Dortmund, but the form curve is on the rise. The team’s strong performance in the win in Hoffenheim on Friday last week was topped up with an incredible first half (against Milan) and the best second half of the season (the 4-2 win against 1. FC Union Berlin) in a space of eight days.

A tweak from Edin Terzic was the determining factor. After a first period in which there were just a few chances and from mostly set pieces too, Borussia’s coach found not only the right words for Dortmund during half-time team talk but the right defence too and the centre-backs further forward.

The coach sympathised with Jamie Bynoe-Gittens, who was put on the line to implement his tactical tweak. “It had nothing to do with his performance,” Terzic stressed, adding: “He was actually one of the liveliest in the first period.” The reason for the winger’s substitution: “We wanted to also have Jule Brandt in the centre in order to create numerical superiority.”

Dortmund which had been 2-1 down at the break, turned the tides within five minutes. A result of the tactical switch – “We wanted to build up with three players so that Emre had the game in front of him and was slightly deeper than the two other centre-backs” – led to the moment in the 49th minute when Mats Hummels who was assisted by Emre Can in the opposition half, passed the ball to Nmecha, who sent it to Nico Schlotterbeck. What happened next was a remarkable goal, the perfect long-range shot into the Union net.

“He doesn’t hit the ball so well in training,” said Terzic with a grin on his face. “I hit it – the fact that it went in like that was very good,” Schlotterbeck said succinctly, before adding: “We played a very good game in the second half. We changed positions very often, we were very flexible on the pitch, and Marco and Julian were super in the spaces in between.”

Reus and Brandt combined to deliver a goal that gave Dortmund 3-2. Julian Brandt cleared a Christopher Trimmel cross in his own penalty area and Marco Reus then showed his astounding mastery of the game. The second he got the ball in his own half, he kept his eyes on Brandt and moved forward at the exact pace that Brandt needed to run past him. A pass right into his path, a short touch and a shot at head height for the opposition goalkeeper that he couldn’t stop.

“When we get the ball into dangerous areas, then we pose a danger,” explained centre-forward Niclas Füllkrug, who had opened the scoring at 1-0 in the match. He emphasised “the force and energy with which we approached the second half: We then played really super football.”

If Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich moved past Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga table last Sunday, then the team will spend its international break in fourth position (or higher) and will want to continue the trend in a fortnight’s time.  “We’re on a decent path,” emphasised Nico Schlotterbeck, “but we can still do a lot more”.

More Bundesliga News:

Former Tottenham midfielder Gus Poyet says Harry Kane won’t regret his move to Bayern Munich.

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Barcelona boss Xavi: Granada draw undeserved

Barcelona coach Xavi was frustrated after their 2-2 draw with Granada. He insisted that the score was not worthy of the performance the team produced.

“We deserved more; we had patience, we dominated… We take away an insufficient point,” the coach said.

“Perhaps it’s the match where we’ve had the most possession and also many chances. The pity is that we had to come back from 2-0 down,” he continued. “It was a good game in terms of play but not in terms of the result.

“The first goal is a mistake. We had talked about the midfielders pressing, being very aggressive, and it happened. The instruction was clear it, to play it forward. And it hurt us too quickly.”

Regarding the second goal, he noted, “They caught us on the break again. We knew Bryan was a bullet, that he went a lot down the right and that they relied on him a lot on the counterattacks. It’s not easy to stop when he’s in full stride.” Xavi said.

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Arsenal coach Arteta: ‘Blame me for Raya jitters’

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has defended shot-stopper David Raya after last Sunday’s match. The on-loan keeper, who took over from Aaron Ramsdale as the no.1 for the Gunners, maintained a clean sheet in the 1-0 win over Manchester City at home on Sunday.

But, the keeper struggled with passing from out the back in the Premier League clash.

After the game, Arteta spoke to reporters: “It’s my fault, all my fault. They can pull me up on it because I asked him to do that, especially against this team, you just have to do other things and you’re get in big trouble.

“I think he was excellent, the way he dominated his box, the way he came out for crosses and set-pieces, the height that he played at.

“He’s got big ones because the crowd go like this with the players. I’ve seen it, the players start to kick balls everywhere and I said to him, you don’t do that, make sure you don’t do it, and he didn’t do it.

“At the end, he got rewarded because the team started the game that we wanted to play much better, so a big compliment to him.”

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Man Utd coach Ten Hag predicted for Ajax return

Dutch journalist Mike Verwijn reports that Erik Ten Hag’s position at Man Utd is in doubt. And he says that there is a chance that Erik will return to Ajax to replace Mark Steijn.

“It is a club that does not hesitate to dismiss trainers, so the team has to perform quickly,” fellow reporter Valentijn Driessen said about Ten Hag’s position at Man Utd.

“I think that Steijn hopes that Ten Hag can hold on for a while.”

Verwijn said: “Well, I don’t know.

“You hear people talking about that, like: would Ten Hag want to return? He has now tasted the Premier League and I think that after his successful period at Ajax, there will be more interest in him.

“On the other hand: it is a wonderful moment to join Ajax now. It couldn’t get much worse, so I think that if he is fired, he will become a candidate again in the long term.”

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Manchester United interested in Brazilian teens Luis Guilherme and Lorran

English Premier League giants, Manchester United have cast its net into the Brazilian youth football market. Manchester’s chief John Murtough is scouting Palmeiras midfielder Luis Guilherme and Flamengo winger Lorran. Both Brazilian footballers are 17 years old.

Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano says: “Keep an eye on United in South America because they sent scouts, as well as Chelsea, to follow Lorran from Flamengo.

Lorran

“United scouts were in attendance, but from what I’m hearing there’s one more player being monitored.

“This is Luis Guilherme. Someone from United’s scouting department is travelling around Brazil to keep an eye on these players.

“Let’s see what’s going to happen, on Guilherme are more than five important European clubs, from Germany, England, and other countries.

“Let’s see what United decide to do because they are scouting many players in South America.”

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Benfica’s João Mário speaks: “We were the team that wanted it the most”

Fans had to wait until ‘90+3’ to celebrate the António Silva goal that gave Benfica 3 points against Estroil (0-1), at Estádio António Coimbra da Mota. Midfielder João Mário analyzed the game, while also highlighting the importance of a fair win, in a “difficult game’’.

“We faced a good opponent, whose quality is not represented by their position. A very well-organized team, physically strong… They played good, they had merit. We had several chances that we could not materialize during the game, and that’s it”, analyzed João Mário, in the flash Interview, just after the final whistle.

“They had some opportunities, just like us, especially in the first half. When you play away and don’t score right away, the game gets harder, but we deserved the win. We were the team that wanted it the most and created more goal opportunities”, added the midfielder.

When asked about the significance of the triumph at Amoreira, João Mário had no doubts: “There will be a break [national teams], yes, but there was also a loss [Inter Milan] and we wanted to react. We did it, and in this game, we have to focus on the three points, which is the most important thing.”

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PSG bounce back from Newcastle disgrace with Rennes win

Luis Enrique understood that he needed to respond after suffering a 4-1 loss to Newcastle United in the Champions League in midweek, and PSG delivered their answer last Sunday night.

Paris Saint-Germain took on undefeated Rennes at Roazhon Park in Ligue 1. Vitinha stood in for Randal Kolo Muani in the line-up and got himself on the scoresheet in a 3-1 victory.

The Parisians had a shaky start when Arnaud Kalimuendo-Muinga tested Gianluigi Donnarumma on six minutes, inducing a good save.

Vitinha’s efforts were what broke the deadlock with an excellent strike from 20 yards out, curling the ball into the top corner beyond Steve Mandanda.

PSG delivered an opener that subdued Rennes and Acharaf Hakimi exploited this laps four minutes later, doubling his team’s lead.

Warren Zaire-Emery assisted Luca Hernandez’s goal in England on Wednesday and this time he added another inch-perfect delivery for the fullback. He did well to place his header beyond Mandanda to compound the hosting team’s woes.

Amine Gouiri pulled one back for Rennes, giving them hope with a strong header, but it was shortlived as Muani entered the field and played like someone who had a point to make.

Entering immediately after Rennes’ goal, Muanu scored with his first touch to tap in a cross from Ousmane Dembele, later scoring a second goal which was ruled as an offside in the build-up.

This result now means that PSG can benefit from Brest’s draw with Toulouse to regain their spot in the top three of Ligue 1. With eight matches played, the current champions are two points behind AS Monaco and one behind Nice.

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