Barcelona vs Real Madrid MatchPlug Match Preview Soccer Prediction and Betting Tips

Real Madrid would visit Barcelona in this first of three games between Spain’s two biggest clubs. The two teams have had very different history in this competition and they would both be looking to get to the final here. Barcelona have won the last 4 Copa del Rey trophy, just when we thought they might lose it in the last round they staged a comeback to beat Sevilla 6-1 at home having lost 2-0 in the first leg. Real Madrid, on the other, hand have won just two Copa del Rey since 2010. With no hopes of winning the La Liga title, Santiago Solari’s men can do with this trophy at the end of the season. Barcelona played out a 2-2 draw in their last game as Valencia came away from Camp Nou with a point. Real Madrid can learn from Los Che who took advantage of Barcelona and hit them on the break two of which resulted in goals. Real Madrid visited Camp Nou earlier in the season and were hammered 5-1, the final game under Julen Lopetegui. Los Blancos were unbeaten on their previous 4 visits to Barcelona though. The most recent cup clasico was the 2014 Final at the Mestalla, won 2-1 by Real Madrid thanks to an 85th minute Gareth Bale goal.

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Everton vs Manchester City MatchPlug Match Preview Soccer Prediction and Betting Tips

Manchester City have the chance to go top of the Premier League just two weeks after they could have been seven points off the top of the Premier League table. The Cityzens slipped up at Newcastle some two matchdays back and that gave Liverpool the chance to open a seven points gap on City, however, the Reds have drawn their last two games to reduce the points gap to just 3 points ahead of this round of games. Everton who are also archrivals to Liverpool would be tasked with doing Liverpool a favour yet again and cause Manchester City to drop points, however, the Toffees are not in their best form heading into this game. Everton have won just four of their last 14 games in all competitions and they have lost 8 of those games. Their head to head against Manchester City is also not impressive as they have won just one of their last 12 league meetings with the Premier League defending champions.

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Celtic vs St Johnstone MatchPlug Match Preview Soccer Prediction and Betting Tips

This is one of the most competitive title races in Scotland in recent history and Celtic would feel they have their work cut out as they bid to win a third consecutive league title under Brendan Rodgers. They are currently 3 points ahead of Rangers who are their main title rivals this season as Steven Gerard looks to topple his former manager. The Bhoys lost their last game of last year before going on a warm weather training camp. They have returned more refreshed and head into this game having won all of their last three games in all competitions, we expect this game to be a similar outcome for them. St Johnstone have been in and out of the Scottish top flight for a while now but they seem to have stabilized and would be looking to finish inside the top six this season. The visitors come into this game in the sixth position. That position was helped by a run of 4 straight wins, they would be looking to get back to winning ways after suffering a 2-0 loss to Hearts the last time out.

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Bournemouth vs Chelsea MatchPlug Match Preview Soccer Prediction and Betting Tips

Chelsea have recovered well from back to back losses to Arsenal and Tottenham to win their last two games and their fans would be expecting them to continue their fine run of form against Bournemouth in this game. The Blues have reached the Carabao Cup final after overturning a first leg 1-0 loss to Tottenham and reached the next round of the FA Cup after beating Shefield Wednesday at the weekend. They are currently well on course to finish inside the top four while they are still competing for the FA Cup and the Europa League, so it looks like this season could end with yet another silverware for the Blues. Bournemouth would also be happy coming into this game after they secured a much needed 2-0 win over West Ham United the last time out. Prior to that win, they were on a run of 4 losses in 5 games and they would be hoping to build a winning run with another victory here.

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Liverpool v Leicester MatchPlug Match Preview Soccer Prediction and Betting Tips

Liverpool were the most decorated club in England for a long period of time, but since the re-branding of the English top flight game and renaming it the Premier League, the Reds have yet to win the competition. In the last decade, they have come close to winning it twice but failed to do so, they are currently top of the Premier League table again here and having lost just a single game in the league season, this could be the year they ended their wait. They come into this game after back to back wins over Brighton and Crystal Palace and their players would be confident of clinching yet another win here. Leicester City have recorded some upsetting wins in the Premier League in the last two months after beating Chelsea and Leicester City. However, the pressure has returned for Claude Puel as his team come here having lost 4 of their last 5 games in all competitions. They have been a bogey team to Liverpool for some time now but the Reds have won the last three meetings between them.

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Borussia Dortmund vs Hannover MatchPlug Match Preview Soccer Prediction and Betting Tips

Borussia Dortmund would be looking to keep up their 6 points gap over Bayern Munich when they host struggling Hannover 96 in this game. The Bundesliga leaders edge out a close contest 1-0 away at Leipzig the last time out to keep themselves firmly in control of the Bundesliga race. That win was their 4th consecutive win. They tend to do even better when they play at home and their fans would be confident that they can record another win a here and keep themselves at the forefront of the title race. Hannover, on the other hand, head to this game after suffering yet another 1-0 home loss at the hands of Werder Bremen. They have managed to collect just 11 points from 18 games this season and come here in the relegation zone. Their current form doesn’t seem to make a case that they can cause an upset, but they were good enough to hold Dortmund to a draw at home in the reverse fixture and they would be looking to do that here as well.

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Paris Saint-Germain vs Rennes MatchPlug Match Preview Soccer Prediction and Betting Tips

This would be the first game that PSG would play without Neymar as the Brazilian begins a spell on the sidelines yet again. Neymar left the pitch in tears having injured himself against Strasbourg last week. The Brazilian was accused of showboating by their opponents in that game and was at the end of some dangerous challenges, but his injury came solely from him kicking the pitch. It would be interesting to see how the French champions fair without him as they go chasing their 11th consecutive home win in the league this season. This game is traditionally one of the toughest for PSG as Rennes tend to know how to get results when they visit the French champions. The last seven games between these sides have all ended in away wins, however, PSG have had to visit Rennes in six of those games. The visitors come here having won 3 of their last 6 league visits to the Parc des Princes, including the last in May last year.

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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.  

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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.

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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.

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