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Aves having picked up 4 points from their opening 2 games. They opened up with a 0-0 draw away against Pacos Ferreira and battered Rio Ave 3-0 at home in their second game. In domestic league things are different, they sit 16th in the table and in the relegation zone.

Benfica are on a good run of form in all competitions having won their last 7 games and winning 9 of their last 10. They beat Rio Ave 2-1 in the opening game of this cup and then followed that up with a solid 2-0 win against Pacos Ferreira. Progression to the Semi Finals of this competition will be seen as a minimum objective. They are on a good run of form in all competitions having won their last 7 games and winning 9 of their last 10. The visitors have won the last 6 head to head meetings and won 10 of the last 11 games.

Benfica are much better of the two sides and I think they will win comfortably.

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Man Utd are undefeated in their last 6 home matches (Premier League). Ole Gunnar Solskjaer got off to the dream start as Manchester United caretaker boss after thumping Cardiff 5-1 on Saturday. It's the first time United have scored five goals in a single Premier League match since Sir Alex Ferguson. It will be a perfect opportunity for United to make it two wins on the bounce given the opponents have been struggling badly in recent weeks.
Alexis Sanchez, Chris Smalling and Scott McTominay remains sidelined.

Huddersfield have lost five Premier League matches in a row. The most recent of failures came on Saturday afternoon when they lost 1-3 at home to fellow strugglers Southampton. David Wagner's side are heading to Old Trafford at the worst possible time for Solskjaer's first home game in charge of the Red Devils.
Huddersfield are without Aaron Mooy Adbelhamid Sabiri, Tom Smith, and Daniel Williams here. Rajiv Van La Parra and Jonathan Hogg are both slight doubts for The Terriers as well.

I think United will play positive football with an attacking intent that leads to a comfortable win today.

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Setubal suffered a loss on the road, last weekend, against Portimonense. In midweek the hosts forced SC Braga into extra-time but ended up losing. There might be some tired legs and head coach Lito Vidigal might have to make some changes.
Nuno Pinto, who was a regular starter as left-back, was diagnosed with a lymphoma and will put his career on hold.

Santa Clara performed well against FC Porto last time out and were very close to get a point against the defending league champions.
Tiago Santana and Denis Pineda remain sidelined and are ruled out of Saturday's match. Anderson Carvalho picked up his fifth yellow card of the season and will serve suspension here.

Santa Clara have had three-extra days to plan and prepare for this match and will hope to at least get a point here.

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Feirense have failed to win their last 11 matches (Liga NOS). At home, they could register only one win from their last five attempts. The hosts are in very bad shape, they are winless in 10 of their last 12 games.They suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of Braga last weekend by 4-0.

Portimonense was unbeaten in four of their last six fixtures. They won their last game, at home, against Setubal. It was a complete performance by the home team, and they absolutely dominated every area of the game-play.

The home team is one of the weakest in the league, great value for the visitors.

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Borussia M.Gladbach have won their last 10 home matches and have scored at least 2 goals in their last 12 home matches (Bundesliga). They are currently the second-best team in Germany. They hold the second position and has secured 29 points on the board. The team won nine matches, drew two and lost only three. Gladbach won their last match against Stuttgart 3-0.
They are without defender Mamadou Doucoure, Mattias Ginter and Jonas Hofmann.

Nurnberg have failed to win their last 9 matches (Bundesliga). The team occupies the 15th spot after posting 11 points from their 14 matches so far. They lost their last game against Bayern Munich, the final score was 3-0. The visitors boast the league's worst away record in Bundesliga.
Enrico Valentini and Eduard Löwen are both out.

Gladbach is clearly favourite here, the best home teams with 7 straight wins awaits the worst away team without away victory since the start of the season.

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Cagliari will be without four first-team regulars against Napoli due to injuries and suspensions. They are without D. Srna (D 13/0 - suspended), L. Castro (M 10/1 - injured), L. Ceppitelli (D 8/0 - suspended), C. Lykogiannis (D 3/0 - injured). Doubtful topscorer L. Pavoletti (A 13/6).

Napoli with full squad.

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Braga have won 18 of their last 21 home matches (Liga NOS) and have scored at least 3 goals in their last 3 home matches against Feirense in all competitions. The hosts sit third in the Primeira Liga table, just three points behind league leaders Porto and one behind second placed Sporting. Their record reads eight wins, three draws, and just a single loss.
Matheus, who is a long-term absentee, remains the only injury concern for Braga.

Feirense have lost 13 of their last 15 away matches (Liga NOS). The visitors are the 16th team in the table and has 10 points so far in their campaign. Their record reads two wins, four draws, and six losses.
Philippe Sampaio and Rafael Crivellaro remain sidelined and will be out of action here. Edson picked up his fifth yellow card of the season against Marítimo and will serve a one match-ban. Tiago Mesquita and João Silva are doubts.

Braga are strong favourites to win and will probably dominate from start to finish.

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Chaves are currently bottom of the table. They have been unlucky in recent weeks and they will desperately hope to benefit from new manager bounce here. Last match Chaves lost 1-0 with 56% of the possession, more corners, and more shots than Belenenses during the 90 minutes. Daniel Ramos was sacked on Monday and Tiago Fernandes has replaced him.
Maras and João Teixeira are still sidelined, while Bruno Gallo, Niltinho and Lionn are doubts for the home side.

Moreirense were also beaten 1-0 last weekend against Santa Clara.
Ricardo Almeida is a long-term absentee. Ivanildo was sent-off last time out and will not feature here.

Chaves have won three of the last four league meetings between the two sides and will hope that continues in Tiago Fernandes' first game.

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Valencia have lost 4 of their last 6 matches at home and failed to score in 6 of their last 8 games (Champions League). The hosts are going to finish as third in the Group H, they’ve booked only one victory in the campaign and they are also having troubles in the La Liga. They played poorly last game against sevilla and got a lucky goal in the last miunte to tie up the game.
Jose Gaya is suspended for the hosts here, while the likes of Cristiano Piccini, Gabriel Paulista, Kevin Gameiro, and Jeison Murillo are all injury doubts. Daniel Parejo, Carlos Soler and Geoffrey Kondogbia are one booking away from a one-match ban in the Champions League and won't be risked here. Marcelino rest players played thinking about the hard game of Saturday in Eibar. Guedes sure will not be and back Murillo and Gabriel either.

Manchester United managed to earn their place among the top 16 teams. Jose Mourinho’s side haven’t lost in the last five matches in all competitions. They are finally playing good footbal.
Victor Lindelof and Alexis Sanchez are ruled out of this one, while Matteo Darmian, Eric Bailly, Anthony Martial, and Chris Smalling are all doubts.

Great value for the visitors here.

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Huesca are still winless since the opening day of the season. They are winless in their last 16 matches in a row, and in their last eight home games. Last match Bilbao destroyed Huesca at Huesca’s home 0-4. The hosts are rooted to the foot of the table with just 7 points on the board and are already 7 points from safety.
Luisinho, Ruben Semedo and Carlos Akapo are out injured. Key man Alex Gallar is out until February.

Real madrid face the worst team in the league. Last match Real Madrid destroyed Melilla, at home, in Copa Del Rey, the match ended 6-1 in favor of the hosts.
Gareth Bale is fit again and should start. Casemiro and Toni Kroos are in doubtful.

Real Madrid will easily win this match.

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West Ham are undefeated in their last 6 matches against Crystal Palace in all competitions. The recent run of good form has helped West Ham move closer towards the top half. The Hammers were able to secure an impressive 3-1 victory over Cardiff in the midweek match. The hosts have been pretty efficient in the final third lately. They scored four goals past Burnley and three past Newcastle and Cardiff each.
West Ham will be without Marko Arnautovic who went off in the previous match with a hamstring injury. Aaron Cresswell, Ryan Fredericks, Andriy Yarmolenko, Carlos Sanchez, Manuel Lanzini and Winston Reid are all out.

Crystal Palace have failed to win 9 of their last 10 matches (Premier League). The visitors fell to 15th after a disappointing 3-1 loss to Brighton & Hove Albion on Tuesday evening despite playing against 10 men for over an hour. This is a bad period for the Palace, they have lost five and drawn one of their last six away games in all competitions.
Christian Benteke, Scott Dann and Connor Wickham are out.

I think this game presents a great opportunity for the Hammers to make three wins in a row in the Premier League.

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Levante confidence will be high in the home camp after their 3-0 win in the league on Monday against Bilbao. This is a nice opportunity to the team reached the last 16 round of Copa del Rey. They have a positive 1-1 draw from the first leg played in late-October at Estadio Anxo Carro.

Lugo have been dreadful travellers of late in Segunda and we can hardly see them pulling off an upset here at Estadio Ciudad de Valencia. They are winless in past five away fixtures and they failed to find the back of the net in four previous games on the road.

Great value for the hosts.

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Fluminense are currently enduring one of the worst runs in their entire history, having not won any of their last 8 games, losing 6 times and not scoring a single goal in the process. The hosts will be tired after their Copa Sul-America defeat to Atlético-PR in midweek with a 4-0 aggregate. The club is in big crisis with fans clashing with police and protests against the board ensuing, whilst manager Marcelo Oliveira has also been sacked, leaving Fabio Moreno in temporary charge this weekend.

Good opportunity for America to save from relegation.

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Roma have won just 1 of their last 5 Serie A matches and find themselves in a very disappointing 7th place in the table, just below the qualification zone for Europe. They have recorded 19 points from 13 games. They won five games, drew four, and lost four, scored 22 goals and conceded 16 in Serie A. Last Serie A game the hosts suffered a surprising defeat against Udinese.
Roma will be without a number of key players Stephan El Shaarawy (11/5 F), Edin Dzeko (12/2 F), Daniele De Rossi (9/0 M) and Lorenzo Pellegrini (10/1 M). Javier Pastore (7/2 M) and Diego Perotti (1/0 M) are both injury doubts too.

Inter Milan are having an excellent domestic campaign, they are at the 3rd place with 28 points from their 13 games. The visitors have nine wins, one draw and three losses, scored 25 goals and conceded 10. Away from home it gets even better, with them winning 7 of their last 9 trips. Last game Inter completely dominated Frosinone with a 3-0 score.
Dalbert (5/0 D) is the only confirmed absentee for Inter Milan. Sime Vrsaljko (6/0 D) and Radja Nainggolan (9/2 M) are doubts.

Inter go into the match in much better form than Roma and I think they will win.

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Southampton have been poor this season. They have failed to win their last 9 matches (Premier League) and are in the relegation zone with just 8 points. The hosts has not won against the Red Devils at home since 2003.
Sam Gallagher is ruled out for The Saints. Shane Long, Ryan Bertrand and Danny Ings are doubts for the game.


Man Utd have won 8 of their last 10 away matches against Southampton in all competitions. United aren’t in a great situation either though, they are 7th in the league at the moment. Mourinho will be happy to get Southampton in the next game, so that he can possibly get his team back to winning form.
Romelu Lukaku, Ashley Young and Paul Pogba were dropped to the bench against Young Boys on Tuesday night but will more than likely be restored to the starting line-up today. Victor Lindelof, Alexis Sanchez and Marcos Rojo are ruled out through injury. Ander Herrera, Matteo Darmian, and Antonio Valencia are all doubts.

I can expect a win for the visitors, great value in this odd.

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Bayern are undefeated in 13 of their last 14 matches (UEFA Champions League). The Bavarians were successful in the first Matchday of the current campaign as well beating the Eagles 0-2 at Luz via goals from Robert Lewandowski and Renato Sanches.
Bayern are without trio Corentin Tolisso, James Rodriguez and Thiago Alcantara.

Benfica side aren’t in great shape and have won just 2 of their last 6 competitive games. In the Champions League they have won just once this season, beating the lowly AEK, drawing at home to Ajax, and losing the other 2 matches.
Full backs Yuri Ribeiro and Tyronne Ebuehi are both out with ligament injuries. Eduardo Salvio is suffering from an ankle problem and it is a big blow.

I think Bayern should win confortably here.

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Covilhã plays in the second Portuguese League, the team is in very bad shape, currently come from two consecutive defeats, the last of them at home to Académica. The hosts are in a bad situation in the league that is the priority of the club.

Moreirense is a Primeira Liga team and this season they are having the best start ever in Liga Nos. They are in 6th place in the championship and come from a good series of results. The visitors come from 4 consecutive victories in total. Tomorrow they will play with the best starting line-up.

Great value for the hosts.

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Granada are in good shape and they played fantastic. No important missings.

Gijon are without some important players, Canella (9/0 d), Molinero (14/0 d), Isma Cerro (2/0 A), Cristian Salvador (6/0 m), Isma Cerro (A 2/0), N. Blackman (A 3/0), Pelayo Morilla (M 2/0) and Noblejas (1/0 d).

I expect an easy win for the hosts.

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Peru have been pretty good since the World Cup. The hosts lost to Netherlands and Germany (2-1 each), but bounced back in an impressive fashion later on. They stormed Chile 3-0 and draw 1-1 with United States. In front of their fans they’ve won 6 of their last 7 home internationals with the only exception being a 1-1 draw with Colombia

Ecuador have lost 5 of their last 6 away games. Their most recent matches saw them lose to Qatar and draw with Oman and two years have now passed since they beat fellow South American opposition, a 3-0 win over Venezuela in November 2016. They’ve lost 9 of their 12 away fixtures against South American teams.

Great value for the hosts.

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Milan is in big injury crisis, Ivan Strinic (6/0 D), Mattia Caldara (0/0 D), Davide Calabria (8/1 D) and Lucas Biglia (9/0 M) are all sidelined. Gennaro Gattuso has a raft of other injury concerns as well, Mateo Musacchio (10/0 D), Gonzalo Higuaín (9/5 F), Giacomo Bonaventura (8/3 M) and Hakan Calhanoglu (9/0 M) are all in doubtful.