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Top Facts For Today Games

Man City have won their last 14 matches (Premier League).

Arsenal have won 12 of their last 14 matches against West Ham in all competitions.

Stuttgart have lost 10 of their last 11 away matches (Bundesliga).

Roda have lost 9 of their last 10 away matches (Eredivisie).

Bayern have won 8 of their last 9 home matches (Bundesliga).

Schalke have drawn their last 3 matches (Bundesliga).

Rangers have won 9 of their last 11 away matches (Premiership).

Man City have won 8 of their last 9 matches against Swansea in all competitions.

Rad Beograd have lost 10 of their last 12 matches (Super Liga).

Celtic have won 9 of their last 10 home matches against Hamilton Academical in all competitions.

FK Crvena Zvezda have won 9 of their last 10 matches (Super Liga).

Newcastle have lost 6 of their last 7 matches (Premier League).

Pogon Szczecin have lost their last 6 away matches (Ekstraklasa).

Bayern have won 7 of their last 8 matches against FC Cologne in all competitions.

ENPPI have drawn their last 4 matches against El Entag El Harby in all competitions.

Benfica have won 8 of their last 9 matches (Taça de Portugal).

Everton have won 6 of their last 7 matches against Newcastle in all competitions.

FC Cologne have lost 5 of their last 6 matches (Bundesliga).

Mladost Lucani have won 9 of their last 10 matches against Borac Cacak in all competitions.

Hannover have lost their last 3 away matches (Bundesliga).

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Bayern Munich vs FC Cologne : Match Preview & Prediction

Team News

Bayern Munich
  • Sven Ulreich could return from a muscular problem to replace Tom Starke in goal.
  • Mats Hummels suffered from illness at the weekend and could be forced to sit out a further game, with Jérôme Boateng and Niklas Süle starting at centre-back again.
  • Rafinha could get a chance at right-back if manager Jupp Heynckes decides to give Joshua Kimmich a break.
  • After Javi Martínez and Arturo Vidal started last time out, Sebastian Rudy and Corentin Tolisso could rotate back in this time, with Robert Lewandowski also expected to return up front.
FC Cologne
  • Interim manager Stefan Ruthenbeck continues to with serious injury concerns and does not have many options for changes.
  • Christian Clemens provides a further option on the flanks.
  • Yuya Osaka returns from a one-match ban to start up front.

Match Facts

Bayernhavescored at least 2 goals in their last 8 home matches (Bundesliga).

FC Colognehavefailed to win their last 15 away matches (Bundesliga).

Bayernhavewon 7 of their last 8 matches against FC Cologne in all competitions.

Bayernhave been winning at both half time and full time in 6 of their last 7 matches against FC Cologne in all competitions.

There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 7 of Bayern‘s last 8 home games (Bundesliga).

FC Colognehaveconceded at least 2 goals in 5 of their last 6 matches (Bundesliga).

Prediction

  • Bayern won 1-0 in a difficult game at Frankfurt on Saturday and hope to have more chances on the attack again at home. They have only dropped two league points at the Allianz Arena all season and will rotate again to field a fresh side here.
  • Köln managed to bottle a 3-0 lead in interim manager Stefan Ruthenbeck’s debut on Sunday to lose a must-win home game against Freiburg 4-3. They sit 12 points off the relegation play-off spot now and need a miracle to still avoid going down.
  • Expect Bayern to dominate this game from the outset.

West Ham vs Arsenal : Match Preview & Prediction

Team News

West Ham
  • West Ham’s injury woes have eased but David Moyes will be reluctant to make changes after their 1-0 win over Chelsea on Saturday.
  • Andy Carroll and Javier Hernandez will push for starts, but Moyes may stick with the same XI that stunned Chelsea.
Arsenal
  • Shkodran Mustafi may not recover in time to feature against West Ham on Wednesday, which leaves Arsene Wenger with a problem. Rob Holding may start instead after Per Mertesacker’s poor performance on Sunday.
  • Aaron Ramsey is set for a spell on the sidelines after suffering an injury in their 1-1 draw with Southampton, which could finally pave the way for Jack Wilshere to start a Premier League game.
  • Olivier Giroud, Alex Iwobi and Danny Welbeck will push for starting berths on Wednesday.

Match Facts

Arsenalhavewon 12 of their last 14 matches against West Ham in all competitions.

Arsenalhavescored at least 3 goals in 9 of their last 11 matches against West Ham in all competitions.

West Hamhave seen over 2.5 goals in their last 8 home matches against Arsenal in all competitions.

Prediction

  • West Ham’s shock 1-0 win over Chelsea on Saturday put an end to a six-game winless run. The Hammers are only in the bottom three on goal difference but face another tough London derby here.
  • Arsenal are one point outside the top four after only managing a 1-1 draw with Southampton on Saturday. The Gunners have only won one of their last four away matches ahead of Wednesday’s clash.
  • This fixture has seen a minimum of three goals scored in each of the last six. Arsenal have won five of those and drawn the other. Can the Hammers win consecutive London derbies?
Prediction:

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Serie A – The most competitive league at the moment

Inter has resurrected, Napoli are looking like they could do it, Roma are really strong, Juventus have the credibility to do it again and Lazio could pull a surprise…

Who would believe that Inter Milan would somehow find their way to the top not after one or two games but after sixteen games, and who would believe that Juventus would beat Napoli in their home while Napoli were on an excellent run.

After years of struggle with rapid change of players and coaches…

Inter Milan are finally looking like a team who can run away with the Scudetto. They are the only team together with Barcelona and Manchester City who haven’t lost a league game this season in the top 5 leagues.

Inter Milan have the lethal Mario Icardi who actually had stopped getting recognition from his scandalous private life but now for the excellent player he is and he never disappoints when it comes to scoring goals, and it seems Spalleti keeping Perisic from Man U move has done them extreme good.

Napoli will always show their strength and they somewhat look like they’ll finally get a good run at the Scuddeto this season and even though they look like they are having a dip in form right now, if Sarri could get his mathematics right, they’ll be firing once again.

Juventus are a deceptive team, they often look weak until they meet their strong counterparts and they always grind results against such teams. It must not be forgotten that Juventus were few seasons ago about 14 points away from the top when it was already half of the season, and they still ended up winning the Scudetto, so they are always strong. One can’t afford to be carried away by their inconsistency.

Roma are really looking good at the moment, when you look at their group in the Champions League, you would think they’ll end up in the Europa league, in fact, a lot of people absolutely considered them as the third choice to qualify from the group after Atletico and Chelsea. However, they eventually didn’t just qualify, they qualified as the Group winner.

To tell of the present greatness of the Italian league, Napoli who were Top last week dropped to third after losing for the first time in the league this season against Juventus, they are now back to second after a goalless result at home against Fiorentina, Roma are presently fourth on the log with an outstanding game, if they win their outstanding match, they’ll move straight to third, Lazio are on 5th with two games at hand, if they win those two games, they can fly straight to third position.

In recent years Serie A is just getting better and better and it was about time some team challenged Juventus who made the Scudetto trophy theirs alone. Huge teams like Inter and AC Milan that gave the league strong recognition have lost their fire power especially in Europe and tt’s been long that either of them appeared in the Champions League and they don’t always have a good run whenever they play in the Europa league. However, things are rapidly changing and the competition is getting really tense.

The six times consecutive champions, Juventus, might finally be facing true competition from teams like Inter, Roma, Napoli and perhaps Lazio. Naijabet

Different strategies for making football predictions

Different strategies for predicting football matches. Some popular methods for making football predictions.
How does the weather conditions affect the outcome of football matches

When making your football predictions usually you take into account factors such as statistics, temporary form of team, history, injured and suspended players, but do you check the weather? This often overlooked factor can often influence the outcome of the matches.
Consider the psychological factors

The statistics largely give us an overview of the temporary state of a team, a team traditions, its class, ambitions, and much more. However, how these different factors affect the team in the upcoming match or series of several games? Each player interprets the data differently and makes own conclusions. An interesting question is how the situation around the team affects the psyche of the footballers and the coaches. Often we witness irrational actions of some players or managers. Especially the managers are often criticized for their decisions, which are sometimes even described by football experts as absurd. Nevertheless, most of the critics forget to put themselves in the situation of a manager or player, working under tremendous pressure.
Predicting Half Time/Full Time

A football prediction for half time/full time is rather difficult to make, but it offers quite high odds. Of course, to succeed in such a bet we need a doze of luck. However, we can not rely solely on luck. There are a lot of considerations that can help us in the preparation of such a prediction. The odds, for a complete or partial reversal in the result in the second half of the match, in most cases start at 13.00 and could even reach the attractive 30.00-40.00.
Searching for value against the favorite

Searching the value in every bet is highly essential. In the article “bet with value” we have clearly explained the term “value” as far as the football precitions are concerned. While managing your football predictions, finding the odds, which present probability equal or greater than the one we have decided for the outcome to happen, is of high importance to our success. Thus, we assume that we are beating the house edge given by the bookies and our bet actually has a “value”.

Predicting with exclusion

In most occasions when we are making a football prediction, we try to conclude what will be the final outcome. However, if we want to increase the chances of success, we might want to reason a bit differently. We can make a conclusion on which of the possible outcomes will not occur.
Predicting Under/Over 2.5 goals

Undoubtedly, betting on Under/Over 2.5 goals became very popular. That is why forebet.com is trying to make it very easy for you to make such a prediction. Most of you might have already noticed the good success of the predictions Under/Over which the forebet algorithm is calculating. These predictions are based on pure mathematics and as we can all see it is giving great results in this case.
Home/Away prediction strategy

This is undoubtedly one of the easiest ways to make your predictions, but probably one of the most effective methods. It is thought that about half of the games in all the leagues end in home wins, another quarter in draws and the rest end in away wins. Therefore, we can conclude that home advantage is real. So having in mind only the home/draw/away results of both sides we can calculate the following probabilities for 1/X/2:

PEC Zwolle vs AZ Alkmaar : Match Preview & Prediction

Team News

PEC Zwolle
  • Dico Koppers and Philippe Sandler are the only absent players for PEC Zwolle when AZ visit.
AZ Alkmaar
  • John van den Brom is missing at least three players, but should largely keep things unchanged from last time out.

Match Facts

AZ Alkmaar have been drawing at half time and winning at full time in their last 5 matches (Eredivisie).

AZ Alkmaar have won their last 7 matches (Eredivisie).

AZ Alkmaar have kept a clean sheet in their last 4 matches (Eredivisie).

AZ Alkmaar have scored at least 2 goals in 6 of their last 7 matches (Eredivisie).

There have been under 2.5 goals scored in PEC Zwolle‘s last 3 home games (Eredivisie).

PEC Zwolle are undefeated in 10 of their last 11 matches (Eredivisie).

AZ Alkmaar are undefeated in 9 of their last 10 matches against PEC Zwolle in all competitions.

Top Facts For Today Games

Twente have lost their last 10 away matches (Eredivisie).

AZ Alkmaar have won their last 7 matches (Eredivisie).

Crystal Palace have drawn their last 3 matches (Premier League).

Yeovil have drawn 5 of their last 6 matches (FA Cup).

Ross County have won 9 of their last 11 matches against Kilmarnock in all competitions.

Gent have won 8 of their last 10 matches (Cup).

Pordenone Calcio have won their last 4 matches (Coppa Italia).

Freiburg have won 6 of their last 7 home matches against Borussia M.Gladbach in all competitions.

Piast Gliwice have drawn their last 3 matches (Ekstraklasa).

Kortrijk have drawn their last 3 home matches against Gent in all competitions.

Atalanta have won their last 3 matches against Genoa in all competitions.

Arka Gdynia have won their last 4 home matches against Gornik Zabrze in all competitions.

Bursaspor have won 6 of their last 7 matches against Adanaspor in all competitions.

Trabzonspor have won their last 3 matches (Cup).

Slask Wroclaw have lost their last 3 away matches (Ekstraklasa).

Boluspor have won their last 3 matches (Cup).

Orleans have lost their last 3 matches (Ligue 2).

Jagiellonia Bialystok have won 5 of their last 6 matches against Korona Kielce in all competitions.

Oostende have won their last 3 home matches against Standard Liege in all competitions.

Besiktas have won their last 3 matches against Manisaspor in all competitions.

Mainz 05 vs Borussia Dortmund : Match Preview & Prediction

Team News

Mainz 05
  • Manager Sandro Schwarz could stick with a back-three here as they welcome another attack-minded opponent.
  • Stefan Bell returns from a one-match ban to start at centre-back, while Yoshinori Muto could return from injury to make his comeback up front.
Borussia Dortmund
  • Borussia Dortmund sacked Peter Bosz on Sunday and replaced him with former Cologne head coach Peter Stöger.
  • Marc Bartra could return to the heart of Dortmund’s defence, with Christian Pulisic filling in at right wing-back.
  • Julian Weigl and Nuri Sahin are both expected to return in central midfield, but it remains to be seen whether Stöger will stick with a 3-4-3 formation or switch to a back-four.

Match Facts

There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 11 of Borussia Dortmund‘s last 12 games (Bundesliga).

Borussia Dortmundareundefeated in 15 of their last 16 matches against Mainz in all competitions.

Borussia Dortmundhaveconceded at least 2 goals in 7 of their last 8 matches (Bundesliga).

Borussia Dortmundhavefailed to win their last 8 matches (Bundesliga).

There have been over 2.5 goals scored in Mainz‘s last 3 games (Bundesliga).

Mainz have seen under 2.5 goals in their last 3 home matches against Borussia Dortmund in all competitions.

Mainz have conceded at least 2 goals in their last 3 matches (Bundesliga).

Prediction

  • Mainz have only won one of their last seven Bundesliga games and therefore find themselves back in the relegation mix. They did hold RB Leipzig to a 2-2 draw at the weekend, though, which should restore some confidence in the team.
  • Borussia Dortmund have only picked up three points from their last eight Bundesliga matches and also crashed out of the Champions League group stages with just two points. Peter Bosz was sacked after another home defeat last weekend and his successor Peter Stöger is expected to improve the team’s balance and confidence straight away.
  • Expect this to be an open game with several chances at both ends of the pitch.
Prediction:

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Huddersfield vs Chelsea : Match Preview & Prediction

Team News

Huddersfield
  • Kasey Palmer is ineligible to face off against his parent club in midweek, but Rajiv van La Parra returns from suspension.
  • Steve Mounie should retain his place up front after scoring a brace at the weekend, but Scott Malone will push for a recall at left-back.
  • Michael Hefele returned to training on Sunday but lacks match fitness and won’t feature.
Chelsea
  • Antonio Conte is expected to make changes to the side that slipped to a shock 1-0 defeat away to West Ham on Saturday.
  • Álvaro Morata will reportedly not feature due to fatigue, which means Michy Batshuayi could be handed a rare start in attack. Alternatively, Eden Hazard will play through the middle with Willian and Pedro in support.
  • Antonio Rudiger and Victor Moses will also push for starts on Tuesday, while Danny Drinkwater will come into consideration if he can recover from illness in time.

Prediction

  • Huddersfield ended a four-game losing streak with a 2-0 win over Brighton on Saturday and the Terriers are now five points above the bottom three.
  • Chelsea missed the chance to draw level with Manchester United in second after slipping to a shock 1-0 defeat to West Ham last season. That ended a seven game unbeaten streak for the reigning Premier League champions.
  • Antonio Conte will demand a response from his players but this will be a difficult match for Chelsea. Huddersfield have already beaten Manchester United at home this season and will look to cause another upset here.
  • Chelsea have only won two of their last five away from home in the league, while Huddersfield have won three of their last four at home. Can Huddersfield inflict further misery on Chelsea?
Prediction:

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Top Facts For Today Games

Torino have drawn their last 4 matches (Serie A).

Karabukspor have lost their last 6 matches (Super Lig).

Feirense have lost 8 of their last 9 matches (Liga NOS).

Braga have won 7 of their last 8 matches (Liga NOS).

FC Midtjylland have won 12 of their last 13 matches against Randers FC in all competitions.

Ludogorets Razgrad have won 10 of their last 12 matches (A PFG).

San Martin San Juan have drawn their last 3 matches against Defensa y Justicia in all competitions.

Defensa y Justicia have won their last 4 matches (Primera División).

FC Midtjylland have won 9 of their last 10 matches (Superliga).

Gaziantepspor have lost their last 6 away matches (TFF 1. Lig).

AEK Athens have won 7 of their last 8 home matches (Super League).

APOEL Nicosia have won their last 5 matches (First Division).

Lokomotiv Moscow have won 5 of their last 6 matches (Premier League).

Dinamo Bucuresti have won their last 6 matches against FC Voluntari in all competitions.

Nimes have won 6 of their last 7 home matches (Ligue 2).

Apollon Limassol have won 7 of their last 8 matches against Omonia Nicosia in all competitions.

Lazio have won their last 3 home matches against Torino in all competitions.

Bursaspor have won 6 of their last 7 matches against Adanaspor in all competitions.

AEL Limassol have won 5 of their last 6 matches (First Division).

Apollon Limassol have won 5 of their last 6 matches (First Division).