Everton vs Burnley ----- English Premier League

Everton's well-oiled machine will seek a third Premier League win in four matches when they welcome Burnley to Goodison Park for Monday's top-flight battle.
 
 
Everton
Being eighth in the rankings, Everton have started their new campaign on a great note. After comfortably dispatching Southampton and playing out an entertaining 2-2 draw with Leeds United, Everton travelled to the South Coast to take on Brighton, getting a 2-0 win at the end. Everton had narrowly missed out on a European spot the last season.
 
 
 
 
Burnley

Burnley were the last safe team in the top flight the previous campaign, and they remained winless in 28 of their total 38 fixtures. Coming to 2021-22, they have a 100% losing record barring a draw. On last time out, Burnley drew 1-1 against Marcelo Bielsa's Leeds United in the league. Prior of that game, they shared a goalless draw with Newcastle United. Burnley had conceded two or more goals in these three fixtures. 

Leeds United vs Liverpool ---- English Premier League

Leeds United will be looking to record their first victory of the 2021-22 Premier League season when they welcome Liverpool to Elland Road on Sunday afternoon for a mouthwatering encounter.
 
 
Leeds United 
Leeds United are currently 15th in the table and are winless in their first three Premier League games with two points. Leeds United had plenty of possession in their latest outing against Burnley but could only settle for a 1-1 draw. Before that, they beat Crewe Alexandra 3-0 at home in England League Cup. Leeds United had conceded two or more goals in seven of their former nine match-ups.
 
 
 
 
Liverpool

Collecting seven points from their opening three fixtures, Liverpool have made a strong start and occupied fifth position. Liverpool's start to the new season has been impressive, as they opened their campaign with a comfortable 3-0 success over Norwich City before running out 2-0 winners over Burnley at home one week later. On last time out, Liverpool played out a 1-1 draw with 10-men Chelsea. 

Birmingham City vs Derby County -------- England Championship

Birmingham City play host to Derby County on Friday evening with the opportunity to move into third position in the Championship standings.
 
 
Birmingham City
Birmingham City went into the international break and played out a 1-1 draw against Barnsley last time out, which kept them at 8th in the table. Coming back to home turf this weekend, Birmingham City are looking for their first win of the season after the 0-2 loss to Bournemouth and goal-less draw with Stoke City. However, their defense played a major role in positive results so far, conceding 3 from 5 so far.
 
 
 
 
Derby County

Derby County’s poor start to the season continued last time out as they played out a 1-1 draw against Nottingham Forest. They won only 1 game so far with the remaining 3 being draws. Derby County were dumped out of the EFL Cup in their previous outing courtesy of a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Sheffield United. Improvements must be made in the attacking third as they average under 1 goal per game. 

FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL) -- Brazil vs Peru

After the suspension of Sunday's clash with Argentina, Brazil return to action on Thursday, when they play host to Peru in World Cup Qualifying.
 
 
 
Brazil
With seven straight victories, Brazil have a flawless record in the CONMEBOL qualifiers. They began with a 5-0 thrashing of Bolivia and a 4-2 win over Peru. Brazil cruised through the group stage of the continental tournament comfortably, with a draw against Ecuador being the only blemish as they collected 10 points from four games. Then they beat Chile and Peru 1-0 in the quarter-finals and semi-finals respectively. On last time out, Brazil took to their training drills after the suspension of their game against Argentina
 
 
 
Peru 

Peru are currently in seventh place in the qualification table and cannot afford another string of defeats this year. Peru come into the game on the back of a creditable pair of results, as they firstly drew 1-1 with Uruguay in World Cup Qualifying in the first game after their Copa America exit. They defeated Venezuela 1-0 on Monday, taking their tally to eight points from eight games after a slow start to the World Cup Qualifying campaign in 2020. 

FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) -- Poland vs England

Wednesday sees England travel to Warsaw to face off with Poland in a 2022 World Cup qualifying game.
 
 
 
Poland
Now boasting 11 goals from their last two games thanks to their previous 4-1 thrashing of Albania earlier this month, Poland have cemented their spot in second place. They have strung together a seven-game winning streak at home in World Cup qualification - scoring at least two goals in each of those encounters. They won their last two qualifiers: they put seven past San Marino in a 7-1 thrashing on Sunday night, before that, they had beat Albania 4-1 at home.
 
 
 
 
England

With 15 points taken from a possible 15 in World Cup qualifying, England have opened up a five-point gap at the top of the rankings. England made it five wins from five and back-to-back 4-0 victories against Andorra at the weekend. Prior of that game, they visited to Hungary’s place and won 0-4. England have amassed a 12-game unbeaten run away from home at this stage. 

FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) -- Azerbaijan vs Portugal

Aiming to climb back to the top of UEFA World Cup 2022 qualification Group A, Portugal travel to Azerbaijan to conclude September's international break on Tuesday night.
 
 
 
Azerbaijan
Claiming their first point of Qualifying, Azerbaijan come into this game on the back of a 1-1 draw versus the Republic of Ireland yesterday. Seemingly destined to exit Group A without a point, Azerbaijan travelled to the Aviva Stadium at the weekend to take on Ireland following three successive losses to Portugal, Serbia and Luxembourg in World Cup Qualifying. They can still only boast just one win from their last 13 games in all tournaments before they meet a Portugal side desperate to reclaim top spot in the group.
 
 
 
Portugal

Portugal got a resounding 3-1 win as Qatar finished with nine men for their weekend friendly battle. Before that, Portugal were minutes away from suffering a humiliating defeat to Ireland, but Cristiano Ronaldo rose highest twice to head home and secured a 2-1 win for Portugal at the end. Now Portugal are in a highly unfamiliar second place with 10 points due to less goal difference than Serbia.

FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF) -- South Africa VS Ghana

South Africa
South Africa has obviously fallen out of the ranks of first-class teams in Africa in recent years. The last time the team participated in the world cup was in 2010. However, from the recent state, South Africa is quite good. After the 0-0 draw at Zimbabwe in the first round of the qualifier, they have achieved 5W-3D in the last 8 games, and all of the last 7 games without concede. It can be seen that the quality of the team's defense is quite excellent.
 
 
 
Ghana
Ghana is undoubtedly one of the strongest teams in Africa. They have many players playing in the mainstream European leagues. Their personal ability must have obvious advantages over South Africa. In the first round of the qualifier, Ghana also beat Ethiopia 1-0 at home and made a good start. However, it should be noted that Ghana's recent away performance is average, with only 1D-3L in the last four away games.