English Premier League -- Chelsea vs Manchester United

After the 1-1 draw with Burnley before the international match day, Thomas Tuchel's team's fate in the Premier League also improved as the shining Blues beat Leicester City 3-0 at King Power. Then the Champions League holders beat Juventus 4-0 at Stamford Bridge. The victory over Juventus marked Chelsea's ninth victory in nearly 10 games. The league leaders still led Manchester City by three points and concede four of the league's lowest goals in the whole season - but three of them have come at home.

 

 

 

 

Manchester United are currently seven places and 12 points behind Chelsea. No Manchester United fan needs to remind Ole Gunnar Solskjaer how his rule achieved the worst results in Watford in the last Premier League game. Solskjaer lost five of his last seven Premier League games at Manchester United. Fortunately, Michael Carrick led the Red Devils to win the much-needed Champions League knockout seat in the 2-0 victory over Villarreal in midweek.

 

History may be on the side of the Red Devils because they have been unbeaten in the last seven Premier League games against Chelsea. But now Tuchel's team have shown an unstoppable momentum, Chelsea should should have no problem ending their winless record against the Red Devils.

England Championship -- West Bromwich(WBA) vs Nottingham Forest

West Bromwich got 22 points from their first 10 Championship games this season, which showed that the head coach had made the right technical tactics. However, they have just grabbed 11 points in last nine matches, the most recent disappointment was a goalless draw with Blackpool. They currently rank 3rd in the league table with 33 points, eight points behind Bournemouth.

 

 

 

 

Nottingham Forest's performance this season is not ideal. So far, the team have achieved 6W-6D-7L after 19 rounds of league matches. They currently rank 13th in the league list with 24 points. Their home performance is poor, but they perform better away, with an unbeaten rate of 78%. Nottingham Forest have remained unbeaten away in the past 7 champions league matches and won 4 victories.

 

In terms of historical confrontation performance, West Bromwich kept unbeaten against Nottingham Forest for the past four times, slightly occupying a psychological advantage. Coupled with the home advantage in this game, West Bromwich is worth looking forward to win.

Spanish La Liga -- Athletic Bilbao vs Granada CF

Athletic Bilbao drew Levante 0-0 in the last round and achieved a winless record of 3D-1L in the last four rounds of the league, whose state has declined compared with some time ago. Their defense has two main international players of the Spanish national team, Iñigo Martínez and Simeón. They have only conceded 8 goals in the league so far, and the number of goals conceded is the lowest currently in La Liga. However, only 11 goals were scored in the first 13 rounds of the league by them, whose the attack power is not satisfactory.

 

 

 

 

Granada have lost to RCD Espanyol on the road and suffered a disastrous defeat to Real Madrid at home in the last two rounds, and the team scored only one goal and conceded six goals, whose defense exposes many loopholes. What's more unfavorable for Granada is that their away game has never been their strength for having only won Levant who are at the bottom of the table in the last nine league away games.

 

The recent state of the two teams is relatively low, but Athletic Bilbao are obviously dominant in the overall strength, and they have the upper hand in home field in this game. Therefore, it is predicted that Athletic Bilbao will win this event.

UEFA Europa League -- Leicester City vs Legia Warszawa

The UEFA Europa League returns this weekend and will see Leicester City host Legia Warsaw at the King Power Stadium on Thursday.

 

Leicester City

Leicester City sit third in the group with five points. They have not delivered their best performances in this competition and are winless in their last 3 games across all competitions. A 2-2 draw against Napoli in their first game was followed by a 1-0 loss to Legia Warsaw. The Foxes then picked up their first win, beating Spartak Moscow 4-3 before drawing 1-1 against the same opponents in their last Europa game.

 

 

 

Legia Warszawa 

Currently crashing and burning in defence of their Ekstraklasa title this term, Legia Warszawa have managed to stay in 2nd position, a point clear of Leicester City for this week.  Legia Warszawa started the season with 1-0 wins against Moscow and this foe in away and home games respectively. They have since lost by 3 goals to Napoli both home and away as they were beaten 4-1 by Napoli last time out in Group C. 

 

Leicester City have been far from their best in the Europa League so far. However, Legia Warszawa have picked up just one win in their last nine games across all competitions. Judging by recent form, the hosts should pick up three points on Thursday.

UEFA Champions League -- Sheriff Tiraspol vs Real Madrid

Sheriff are one of the most surprising teams in the Champions League this season. They beat Donetsk and Real Madrid in the first two rounds. However, due to the strength gap between them and the strong teams, the team were defeated by Inter twice in a row. They currently rank 3rd in the group, are only three point gap from the second Inter Milan, and there is still hope to qualify. The winning rate of the last 10 games of them has reached 80%. But Sheriff have conceded up to 7 goals in the previous four rounds of group games, and the loopholes in defense are large.

 

 

 

Real Madrid have continued to maintain their strength recently. After the 4-1 away victory over Granada in the last round of the league, they have achieved 6W-1D in nearly seven matches, surpassing Real Sociedad by one point and ranking the top of the league. In the Champions League, although Real Madrid had lost before, they quickly recovered their state and won two games in a row. Now they have reached the top of the group state. They can lock a qualification as long as winning this game. Benzema has scored 14 goals this season and Vinícius has scored 10 goals. Both of them are in excellent condition. But Hazard, Rodrigo and others continued to miss the game due to injury.

 

The recent state of the two teams looks quite good, but there is always a wide gap in overall strength. The data gives strong support to Real Madrid in the away game from the beginning, completely ignoring Sheriff's victory at the Bernabeu. This game is optimistic about Real Madrid's victory.

 

UEFA Champions League -- FC Barcelona vs Benfica

FC Barcelon

After the disastrous defeat to Benfica and Bayern in the first two game of Champions League group state, Barcelon beat Dynamo Kyiv twice at home and away. At present, they rank second in Group E with 6 points. If Barcelona lose to the Portuguese giants again, they risk being usurped by Benfica. Moreover, given that they face the leader Bayern in the final group game, they'd better win this game, not even a draw. Xavi's opening game as a new manager ended perfectly with a 1-0 victory over the Espanyol on Sunday. Barcelona have been unbeaten in their last four games and have scored goals in the last seven home games.

 

 

 

 

Benfica

Although the 3-0 victory over Barcelona in the second game attracted attention, the two disastrous defeats in Bayern Munich greatly reduced Benfica's hope of winning a place in the knockout of the Champions League. If Benfica takes all three points and separates from Camp Nou, they will get the second place in the group, if fails, they will have to occupy a place in the Europa League. The visitors could afford to rest a number of their top players on Friday for their Taca de Portugal meeting with Pacos Ferreira and still got a 4-1 victory.

 

Xavi will certainly provide a more reliable defender for the game and ensure that the team are in the top two. Benfica will not be easily defeated and have good memories of their battle with Barcelona in September, but we still expect Xavi's rule to continue here in a perfect way.

New York City Football Club vs Atlanta United

Atlanta United will do battle on Sunday as they prepare for the looming MLS Cup Playoffs fixture versus New York City FC.

New York City Football Club

New York City Football Club are in fourth place in the league table at the moment and have also been excellent this year. However, New York City have won only two of the last six regular season games on the home pitch. They held second-placed Philadelphia Union and shared a 1-1 draw with them in their previous game. New York City FC’s defence is solid as they have only conceded 4 goals during the past 6 games.

 

 

 

 

Atlanta United 

While Atlanta United spent vast amount of money to create a strong squad all over the place, it did not bring them the immediate regular-season glory. Atlanta United are in fifth place in the MLS Eastern Conference standings and have punched above their weight this season. They edged FC Cincinnati to a 2-1 victory earlier this month. Atlanta United will go into this unbeaten in the last six MLS affairs.

 

 

Prediction

Atlanta United have stepped up towards the latter stages of their campaign and will also be confident on Sunday. However, New York City hold a slight upper hand at the moment and should be able to win this game.