Chelsea vs Everton: Preview and Expert Football Prediction

Chelsea will look to make it four consecutive wins when they welcome struggling Everton to Stamford Bridge this Saturday. The Blues have put together a sting run of results to rekindle their top four hopes and buy under-fire manager Graham Potter more time. The Chelsea manager was in danger of getting sacked last month after overseeing a run of just one win in eleven competitive games (D4, L6).  But three straight wins in all competitions have restored the right mood at Stamford Bridge and the fans’ confidence. Additionally, their tally of five goals from their last two games hints that they may have finally overcome the attacking woes that have plagued them earlier. Read more: Udinese vs AC Milan: Preview and Expert Football Prediction Their target will be to build on that brilliant run against a struggling Everton side who haven’t won in the league at  Stamford Bridge since 1994–an incredible 27 Premier League games (W15, D12). However, given how tough they seem to be under Sean Dyche, the Toffees will fancy their chances of getting a result. The visitors have become less vulnerable under the former Burnley coach and recorded three wins under his watch. They defeated top six hopefuls Brentford 1-0 last time, meaning that since Dyche’s arrival, only five PL teams have picked up more points than them (ten – W3, D1, L3). But the fact that none of those wins came on the road will be a cause for concern. Also, Everton have earned fewer points on the road (18) than any of the 17 PL sides to feature across both seasons. Click here to get the correct score prediction for games.

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Southampton vs Tottenham: Preview and Expert Football Prediction

Tottenham will take their fight for a top-four finish to Saint Mary’s Stadium this Saturday, where they will face a struggling Southampton side. The Saints remain rooted at the bottom of the Premier League table but are fighting hard to ensure they escape the drop. Despite scoring just two goals, they have scrapped hard to collect seven points from their five Premier League fixtures under interim manager Rubén Sellés. Read more: Borussia Dortmund vs FC Koln: Preview and Expert Football Prediction But their increasingly desperate bid to get off the bottom of the table will face some stern tests in the next month when they host top-four clubs Tottenham and Manchester City. However, some positive upsets, such as their 1-0 triumph at Chelsea on Sellés’ PL debut, could be key to saving the team from relegation. But delving deeper into their miserable campaign suggests it’s not likely to happen consistently. In fact, against the nine clubs ranked above Chelsea going into this round, Southampton lamented a winless D2, L9 PL record, conceding 3+ goals on six occasions, including a 4-1 loss away to Tottenham in the opening round. Meanwhile, Tottenham strengthened their grip on fourth position with a 3-1 win over Nottingham Forest last time out. The win was their fourth consecutive win at home in the Premier League. However, embarrassing losses to both Wolves (1-0) and Leicester City (4-1) in their last two PL trips has shown that when travelling to clubs with survival as their sole focus, they have the potential to be overwhelmed.  But given that they have won four of their last six meetings with Southampton, they will fancy their chances of ending their four consecutive losses away from home here. Meanwhile, two of the last 30 PL matches involving either club ended in a draw. So we can expect a direct win in this game. Click here to get direct win predictions.

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Atalanta vs Empoli: Preview and Expert Football Prediction

Atalanta’s quest for a top-four finish in the Italian Serie A will continue this Friday when they welcome Empoli to Bergamo. The hosts are fighting to return to continental football next season after an eight-place finish kept them off a place in any of the UEFA competitions.  But it’s been a poor recent run for Atalanta who, following Saturday’s 2-0 defeat at Napoli, are now winless in four successive Serie A outings (D1, L3). As a result, La Dea have fallen out of the top four and they now face a huge challenge to try to get back into those positions. Read more: Real Betis vs Manchester United: Preview and Expert Football Prediction They finished the last round six points adrift with their tally of 42 points after 26 games their lowest in four years. Their main issue has been a lack of goals, as they’ve managed just one across their last four league matches.  Empoli have shut them out in three of their last four H2Hs at this venue (W1, D2, L1), though it should be noted that Gian Piero Gasperini’s men have netted at least once in all of their nine matches against teams starting this round 14th or below, thus not enthusing them about their arrival. The hope for Atalanta is that the visitors will visit Gewiss Stadium in pretty rotten form, with no league win in seven outings (D3, L4). Their main issue have been defending set-pieces this season, as there’s only one side that has conceded more Serie A goals from set-pieces (nine) than Empoli. At the other end of the pitch, there are only three teams who have scored fewer league goals (23) than Empoli. So, improving in both boxes will be crucial if the Blues are to have any chance of beating one of the sides featuring in the top ten ahead of the round for only the third time this season (D4, L8). Click here to get today’s football prediction.

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Nottingham Forest vs Newcastle United: Preview and Expert Football Prediction

Top four hopefuls Newcastle United will travel to City Ground this Friday to face Nottingham Forest in their 28th Round game of the 2022/23 Premier League season. Forest are fighting for their lives in the Premier League, with their goal for the season still to secure a place in the top flight. Having moved away from the bottom three of the Premier League table with a series of positive results just before and after the World Cup break, Forest’s early season problems have resurfaced. Steve Cooper’s side come into this fixture without a win in five games (D2, L3). Their most recent outing was a 3-1 loss to Tottenham, meaning that they are now just two points above the relegation zone as they fight to avoid an immediate return to the Championship.  Read more: Arsenal vs Sporting Lisbon: Preview and Expert Football Prediction But the Tricky Trees have a decent record at home with the bulk of their poor form coming on the road. They are currently on an impressive nine-game unbeaten run at the City Ground (W4, D5), helping them to collect 20 of their 26 points this season on home soil. Eddie Howe’s Newcastle will look to make it two league wins in a row for the first time since November when they travel to City Ground on Friday. The Magpies ended a run of five games without a win across all competitions (D2, L3) when they secured a late 2-1 win over Wolves last time out. That result rekindled their hopes of qualifying for a UEFA competition for the first time since 2006/07, as they are now just four points behind fourth-placed Spurs.  Ahead of their visit to London, they will be confident of a positive result, given that they are unbeaten against Forest in the top flight since 1988 (W6, D4). However, they need to find their goal-scoring touch in order to record a positive result here and finish in a Champions League place, as they have netted just once in their last four PL away fixtures (D3, L1). Click here to get 100 percent winning tips.

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Arsenal vs Sporting Lisbon: Preview and Expert Football Prediction

Arsenal will look to book their place in the next stage of the Europa League this Thursday when they take on Portuguese side Sporting Lisbon in the second leg of their Europa League knock-out tie. The hosts come into this game after an impressive 3-0 win over Fulham in the Premier League. The result maintained the Gunners’ five points lead at the top of the Premier League table and extended their unbeaten run in all competitions to six games (W5, D1). After securing a 2-2 draw in the first leg of this tie, Mikel Arteta’s side have it all to play for now at the Emirates. The fact that they are at home in this second leg will give them a big boost, given that the Gunners have seven wins from nine home games against Portuguese clubs in European competition (D1, L1). Read more: Napoli vs Eintracht Frankfurt: Preview and Expert Football Prediction. Mikel Arteta’s side have also won five of their last seven UEFA ties in which they drew the away leg first, so they will be confident of winning here. However, the hosts have yet to concede a home UEL goal this term (W3), so Sporting will have a mountain to climb to bridge that defence on Thursday night. But the Portuguese side have goals aplenty in them. They followed up their 2-2 draw with Arsenal last Thursday with a brilliant 3-0 win over Boavista in the Portuguese league. The win extended their scoring run in all competitions to ten games and was the sixth time in the last ten games they have scored 2+ goals in a game. The Lions are also unbeaten in all competitions in their last seven games (W5, D2) and so will be confident of a good result at the Emirates. Moreover, they have progressed from their previous six ties against English sides in the knock-out stages of UEFA’s second-tier club competition. Still, they are winless in their last nine away games against English opposition in major European competitions (D4, L5). So the signs point to an Arsenal win here and an over 2.5 goals game in favour of the Gunners.

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Real Betis vs Manchester United: Preview and Expert Football Prediction

Manchester United will look to complete the job they started at Old Trafford last week when they face Real Betis in the second leg of the 2022/23 Europa League season. Both teams met in the first leg of this tie last week, with United securing a 4-1 win. So the hosts have a mountain to climb to overcome a three-goal deficit against one of Europe’s most in-form teams. However, Betis manager Manuel Pellegrini has refused to give in, with the Chilean saying, “I don’t think a knock-out game is ever over” ahead of a first competitive meeting of the sides on Spanish soil. Pellegrini has good reason to believe that, given he’s lost just one of seven home meetings against United throughout his career (W4, D2), with that record including a 4-1 win over the Red Devils whilst in charge of Manchester City in 2013.  Read more: Arsenal vs Sporting Lisbon: Preview and Expert Football Prediction But continuing that trend will require Los Verdiblancos to rediscover their home form, with Betis having won just one of their last seven games at Estadio Benito Villamarín, including three losses from their last five matches. Manchester United have one leg in the next round after that dominant first-leg win. Yet the Red Devils cannot take anything for granted at this tournament stage. The visitors have already avoided defeat on two UEL trips to Spain this term (W1, D1), and a third successful visit will secure their safe passage into the quarter-finals as their three-pronged trophy hunt continues. Erik ten Hag’s men won all three of their European road trips in the group stage, although a return of just two wins from six away games in 2023 (D2, L2) suggests United can be vulnerable away from Old Trafford. But they will be confident of seeing this through, having lost just once in their last 14 competitive games (W10, D3). Click here to get the correct score prediction for this game and others.

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Napoli vs Eintracht Frankfurt: Preview and Expert Football Prediction

After their impressive weekend showing in Serie A, Napoli will turn their attention to their quest to secure a place in the quarter-finals of the 2022/23 UEFA Champions League. The Partenopei responded to just their second loss of the Serie A season by comfortably beating Atalanta last time, increasing their gap at the summit to 18 points. A first Scudetto since 1990 now looks like a formality, so they can turn their attention to reaching the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League (UCL) for the first time in their history. Read more: Real Madrid vs Liverpool: Preview and Expert Football Prediction After a dominant 2-0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt in the first leg, Luciano Spalletti’s men are firmly in the driver’s seat ahead of the return fixture. The hosts have lost just one home game by a three-goal margin since 2013, so they will be confident of another dominant home win here. Eintracht Frankfurt travel to Naples amidst a four-game winless run (D2, L2), with the Eagles’ latest setback coming in a 1-1 draw against relegation-threatened Stuttgart in the Bundesliga last weekend.  Coach Oliver Glasner believes his side is ‘capable of extraordinary achievements’, and their positive record against Italian sides on the continental stage suggests they could pull another rabbit out of the hat (W5, D2, L3). First, however, they travel to Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, a Stadium where no one has beaten Napoli in the UCL since 2017 (W8, D3). Although the German outfit saw two of their three group-stage victories come on the road, they’re the lowest scorers still left in the competition (GF: 7), so overturning a two-goal deficit appears unlikely.  Meanwhile, Napoli’s UCL matches average four goals per game this season – the second-highest among teams remaining in the competition. So we can expect an over 2.5 goals game this Wednesday in Naples.

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Real Madrid vs Liverpool: Preview and Expert Football Prediction

Real Madrid and Liverpool will renew their European rivalry this Wednesday when both sides meet at the Santiago Bernabeu in the second leg of their Champions League knock-out tie. Both sides played an entertaining first leg at Anfield, with Real Madrid securing a massive 5-2 win despite falling 2-0 before the first half-hour. That win at Anfield extended Real Madrid’s Los Blancos’ unbeaten run in this fixture–it was their sixth win in seven unbeaten games against the Reds (D1).  So they will come into this fixture with the psychological advantage given their superiority in this fixture and the fact that they face Liverpool at home, where they have won each of their last four UCL games by a combined scoreline of 12-3.  Read more: Manchester City vs RB Leipzig:  Preview and Expert Football Prediction However, Carlo Ancelotti’s side have performed uncharacteristically since that whopping win at Anfield, with their 3-1 win over Espanyol at the weekend their only win in the four subsequent matches (D2, L1) since the win over the Reds. But, despite that patchy form, history is firmly on their side here as out of the 37 ties in UEFA competition where Real Madrid were victorious in the first leg away from home, they’ve failed to progress to the next stage only twice. Liverpool are still looking to get their season on track after a series of false dawns. The Reds led Madrid 2-0 in 25 minutes at Anfield and could have been four goals up in that game. Yet they capitulated severely in front of their fans when it mattered the most. A 7-0 win at Anfield followed the loss to Madrid, yet an embarrassing 1-0 loss at the weekend to Bournemouth brought them back to earth. They will travel to Madrid looking to do what many of their fans will consider impossible–overturning a three-goal deficit at the Santiago Bernabeu. However, if there’s any side that can stage a comeback in the Champions League, it has to be Liverpool, who are one of just four teams to have overturned a UCL first-leg deficit of 3+ goals when they did so against Barcelona at Anfield in 2019. To succeed here, Jurgen Klopp’s men must emulate a performance similar to their second-leg display in the 2008/09 UCL last 16, where they inflicted what is still Madrid’s heaviest UCL defeat with a 4-0 win.  Meanwhile, both teams have found the net in 16 of Real Madrid’s last 20 home UCL matches. So the best bet here will be a BTTS/GG prediction.

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Manchester City vs RB Leipzig:  Preview and Expert Football Prediction

Manchester City and RB Leipzig will face off at the Etihad this Tuesday for the second leg of their Champions League knockout tie.  Pep Guardiola’s side come into this tie on a run of four consecutive wins since their 1-1 draw with Leipzig in the first leg. Their most recent outing was a 1-0 win over Crystal Palace, a win that kept them close to Arsenal in the title race. The win extended their unbeaten run in all competitions to eight games (W6, D2), so they are the favourites to win this tie and progress to the quarter-finals of this competition for a sixth consecutive season. Read more: Girona vs Atletico Madrid: Preview and Expert Football Prediction Meanwhile, City are currently on a six-game winning run at the Etihad, so Leipzig must be at their best to win this game. The German side are a formidable opponent these days under Marco Rose. However, they come into this tie in good shape, having won six of the eleven games they have played this year, losing just twice (D3).  A 3-0 win over Borussia Mönchengladbach at the weekend kept them on course for a top-four finish in Bundesliga. So the goal here will be to secure a place in the UCL quarter-finals for the first time since the 2019/2020 season when they reached the semifinals. However, they have a bad record against English teams in this round, with their last entry into the UCL Round of 16 ending at the hands of English opposition, one of two multiple-goal defeats they suffered on trips to England (5-0 and 2-0) in 2020/21.  Click here to get the Direct win predictions for this game.

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Porto vs Inter Milan: Preview and Expert Football Prediction

Inter Milan will look to seal their place in the 2022/23 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals when they travel to Portugal this Tuesday to face Porto in the second leg of their knockout tie. Porto were narrowly beaten 1-0 in the first leg in San Siro, with a late Romelu Lukaku goal the difference that night. The defeat in Milan was followed up by another narrow 2-1 loss to Gill Vicente in the Portuguese league. However, ahead of this game, they have won back-to-back league wins, with a narrow 3-2 win over Estoril last weekend. Read more: AC Milan vs Salernitana: Preview and Expert Football Prediction With eight points behind Benfica in the Portuguese league, they will be desperate to go far into UCL to keep their season alive. Yet, history indicates their prospects of progressing beyond this state are slim, especially as the Portuguese side have been eliminated from six of their last seven two-legged UCL ties when trailing after the first leg. However, Inter Milan come into this tie on the back of a poor showing in the league. Like their hosts, they are sitting second in the title race, a long way off Napoli after a shock 2-1 loss to strugglers Spezia. The three-time UCL winners will look to immediately bounce back by building on their advantage from the first leg, but a less than inspiring record of just one win from their last eight away matches to Portuguese sides in European competition (D3, L4) indicates there is still plenty of work to be done. Also, the fact that Porto have won each of their last four home European games against Italian sides should give the hosts some confidence that they can take advantage of Inter’s poor form and advance to the last eight for a third successive time. Click here to get accurate bets tips today.

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