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Boavista are undefeated in their last 7 home matches (Liga NOS).
Rochinha (25/2 m) is suspended.

Pacos de Ferreira have failed to win 15 of their last 16 away matches (Liga NOS). Beavers will be without two key players this weekend, which will make things even more difficult for them. Both Pedrinho (30/3 m) and Ruben Micael (12/0 m) are suspended, so Pacos de Ferreira will be forced into changes in midfield.

I see a great value here for the hosts.

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Sporting are undefeated in 29 of their last 32 matches (Liga NOS). The Lions are in very good shape, last week they win against Porto in semifinal and they will be on the final of the Portuguese Cup against Aves where they are super favorites to victory. This game is crucial for Sporting, they are 3 points away from Benfica and 5 points away from FC Porto. Their focus should now be to try and catch Benfica in second, while also seeing off the threat of Braga in fourth.
William Carvalho is still recovering from injury, meaning Bryan Ruiz and Battaglia will continue in midfield.

Portimonense arrive in this match after 2 defeats, against Chaves and Estoril. They play without any motivation once they are safe from relegation.
No missing players.

Sporting need all three points here to continue the fight for Champions League and are favourites to come away with the win.

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Palmeiras have won their last 4 home matches (Brasileirão). The Verdão won 2-0 away at Boca Juniors yesterday, booking a place in the knockout stages with two rounds to spare.
Michel Bastos is the only absentee.

Chapecoense have started the campaign very bad. They are a team with many limitations particularly in defense and will have big problems against a strong team like Palmeiras.
Luiz Antônio is out after picking up an injury against Vasco. Fabricio Bruno and Neto are also out. Bruno Pacheco is a doubt with muscle pains.

Palmeiras has a great team, big favourites to win Serie A and they are very motivated by yesterday's win. I think they will win this game.

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Santa Clara is in the intense struggle to ascend to the first division. The city is with the club, the direction put the free tickets to this game. the support of the fans will be crucial.

Famalicão is safe from relegation, dont play for nothing. Vasco seabra has some problems with suspensions and injuries. Denner (6/0 d) and Daniel (9/1 d) still injured. Joel (22/1 d) and Vítor Lima (18/2 m) are suspended.

Great value here for the hosts.

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Borussia Dortmund suffer a 2-0 loss against Champions League rival Schalke at the Veltins Arena. This was the second defeat for Dortmund in the last three matches. The big problem for Borussia Dortmund is the injury of the Belgian Batshuayi (41/24 f), he got injured last week and will miss the remainder of the season. Sebastian Rode (0/0 d), Raphael Guerreiro (19/4 d), Erik Durm (0/0 d), André Schurrle (30/7 m) and Zagadou (21/1 d) are also missing. Kagawa (29/7 m) is in doubtful.

Leverkusen are undefeated in 11 of their last 12 away matches (Bundesliga). They lost by Bayern with 2-6 in the midweek DFB Pokal match, bur their recent form has been good, victory 4-1 against Leipzig and 4-1 against Frankfurt in the last two games.
Lucas Alario returns from a three-match ban. Lars Bender (22/3 m) is suspended for yellow cards and Wendell (28/3 d) is ruled out with an ankle injury.

Leverkusen much better in the recent weeks, so they do have good chances to surprise here, 50/50 game.

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Leganes have lost 4 of their last 6 games. Despite this they are in a much more comfortable situation, this team will probably manage to stay in La Liga. There are 15 more points in the game, and they are 12 points away from the relegation zone.
Martín Mantovani (16/1 d), Alexander Szymanowski (14/2 m) and Ezequiel Muñoz (17/0 d) are out.

Deportivo La Coruna have lost just once in their last five games in La Liga. The situation is far from perfect but yet much better compared to the one from two weeks ago. A victory over Leganes could be crucial for Clarence Seedorf.
Sulley Muntari (7/0 m) and Eneko Bóveda (16/0 d) are out.

Deportivo is playing better now and need to take points, Leganes are safe so I expected at least a draw here.

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Palmeiras have won their last 3 home matches (Brasileirão) and their last 3 home matches against Internacional in all competitions. Palmeiras has the full week to prepare this game and this is a great advantage.
Miguel Borja is in doubtful but Roger Machado is hoping he will be fit to start here.

Internacional have failed to win their last 17 away matches (Brasileirão). Inter plays today for the Brazilian Cup and has only 2 days to prepare this game.
Leandro Damiao and Rossi remains sidelined through injury.

I think Palmeiras is the biggest favorite to win Brasileirão and this home game is a good opportunity to start winning.

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Flamengo started well Libertadores with the team having picked up a point at home to River Plate and a victory away at Emelec. They will play with his best team today.
Orlando Berrío and Ederson are out.

Santa Fé is in very poor form and fired their coach due to poor results, they are without a victory in their last 5 games. For Libertadores the Colombians currently have 2 points after drawing with both Emelec and River.
Goalkeeper Leandro Castellanos remains sidelined through injury.

Even without the back of their fans, I think Flamengo are huge favourite and will win fairly comfortably.

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Recife will have many problems this season. They lost first game against America, played very poorly without any game fluency.
Magrão and Rogério are out due to injury.

Botafogo started very will with a creditable draw against Palmeiras. I think they will have a quiet season.
Luiz Fernando is likely to be missing again due to injury.

I think these odds are wrong, great value here for visitors.

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Schalke have won 7 of their last 8 matches (DFB Pokal). They are full of confidence after a deserved 2-0 win over Borussia Dortmund last weekend. Home form is good as they managed 4 wins against Hoffenheim, Hertha Berlin, Freiburg and Borussia Dortmund.
Tedesco rested midfielders Bastian Oczipka and Max Meyer against Dortmund, but both are expected to return for this important semi-final.
Schalke will be without Nastatic (27/0 d) and Breel Embolo (22/3 f).

Frankfurt have only won 1 of their last 5 Bundesliga matches and dropped out of the Champions and Europa League places after a 4-1 defeat at Leverkusen on Saturday. Manager Niko Kovac will move to Bayern Munich in the summer and this caused negatively influence, they started playing really bad since the rumours start. Probably this is the main reason why Frankfurt have underperformed in the last games.
Frankfurt will be without Omar Mascarell (6/1 m), Ante Rebic (26/7 m) and Carlos Salcedo (23/0 d).

With Schalke in top form and Frankfurt going through crisis I think home win has a good value.

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Las Palmas is practically doomed to Segunda Division next season. Last weekend they lost in the last minute against 9 man Levante. They have many defensive problems, conceded 2.03 goals per game on average this season in La Liga, the worst record in La Liga.

Real Sociedad won against Girona 5-0 at the Anoeta last weekend.
There have been over 2.5 goals scored in 11 of Real Sociedad's last 13 games (La Liga). Sociedad have the division’s 4th best goalscoring record, average 1.8 goals per game. Their last two games against bottom opposition they score 8 goals in total.

I expect an open game with at least 3 goals here.

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Vitoria de Guimaraes have won their last 3 matches against Vitoria de Setubal in all competitions. No problems with the team so no changes are expected from the Vitoria de Guimaraes side that won last weekend against Rio Ave.
Probable Line-up: Miguel Silva - Konan, Henrique, Jubal, João Aurelio - Miranda, Mattheus, Heldon, Hurtado, Raphinha - Rafael Miranda

Vitoria de Setubal only won one away league match all season.
Patrick Oliveira (11/2 d) and João Teixeira (23/2 m), two important players, were injured this week and are out.
Probable Line-up: Cristiano - Nuno Pinto, Yohan Tavares, Nuno Reis, Arnold - Costinha, Bonilha, Semedo, Wallyson - Edinho, Andre Pereira

With Peseiro Vitoria de Guimarães is much better and I think they will win again at home.

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Atletico are a very strong home side, they are unbeaten in 13 games with 8 wins and an impressive 9 clean sheets. A big reason for this success beyond the team quality is the fact that their Arena da Baixada home features an artificial turf.
There is no problem in terms of absences or suspensions for Atletico.

Newells have lost 5 of their last 6 games as visitors in the Argentine Superliga. Besides having financial problems at the club, Newells lost key players such as Maxi Rodriguez, Mauro Formica and Ignacio Scocco and their absences has certainly been felt on the pitch, they are now in 23rd place in the Argentine top flight.
Brian Sarmiento (18/4 m) is sidelined.

With Newells without a win away from home since the end of November I see great value here for the hosts.

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Bayern have won their last 7 matches (UEFA Champions League). At home they are unbeaten all season, 17 wins and 2 draws of their 19 competitive games. Last weekend Bayern comfirmed themselves as Champions with a victory against Augsburg, the team can now concentrate fully on a Champions League.
Robert Lewandowski, Mats Hummels, Javi Martinez, Thiago, Thomas Muller and Franck Ribery were rested at the weekend and will return to the starting eleven today.
Arturo Vidal (39/6 m) and David Alaba (32/1 d) are doubts, Manuel Neuer (4/0 g) and Kingsley Coman (32/7 m) are out for this match.

Sevilla without a victory in their last four matches and have lost three of those, go to Germany with a 4-0 defeat away to Celta Vigo on Saturday. Éver Banega is available again after missing the first leg through suspension. Simon Kjaer (26/2 d), Gabriel Mercado (31/0 d) and Sébastien Corchia (18/0 d) are in doubtful. Miguel Layun (27/3 d) is ineligible to play for Sevilla.

Due to the difference in quality I expect a comfortable win for the hosts.

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Big crisis in Sporting. The president suspended some players.
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Arsenal's form has been impressive, they are undefeated in 21 of their last 23 home matches (Premier League). At home they've lost just two of their last 23 league matches.
Mkhitaryan (7/1 m) is a doubt after being forced off in midweek. David Ospina (2/0 g) and Santi Cazorla (0/0 m) are both out too.
Probable Line-up: Cech; Kolasinac, Chambers, Mustafi, Bellerin; Ramsey, Elneny, Ozil, Wilshere, Welbeck; Aubameyang

Southampton have failed to win 17 of their last 18 matches and failed to score in their last 3 matches (Premier League).
No missing players.
Probable Line-up: McCarthy; Soares, Stephens, Hoedt, Bertrand; Lemina, Romeu, Tadic, Davis, Redmond; Austin

I can be expected that Gunners maintain that good form at home against Southampton and I hope another victory for the hosts.

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Vitoria Setubal are on a very positive run of form, winning 4 of their last 8 matches.
Patrick Oliveira (11/2 d) and João Teixeira (23/2 m) cannot face off against Benfica due to the terms in their loan agreements.

Benfica were jump in to top spot in the Primeira Liga last weekend, big big motivation. They have won their last 8 matches and are undefeated in 24 of their last 25 matches against Vitoria de Setubal.
Only Filip Krovinovic (13/1 m) is out and Eduardo Salvio (20/7 m) is in doubtful. No changes are expected from Benfica this weekend.

Benfica have the best away record in the top flight and I think their brilliant form will continue this weekend with another win.

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RB Leipzig are having a great run, they are unbeaten in six matches and have played with strong teams Zenit, Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich in that time.
Halstenberg (23/2 d), Ilsanker (22/0 d) and Orban (33/4 d) are out.
Probable Line-up: Gulacsi; Laimer, Upamecano, Konate, Bernardo; Sabitzer, Keita, Forsberg, Bruma; Augustin, Werner

Marseille have only won one of five away games in the Europa League this season.
Captain and goalkeeper Steve Mandanda (37/0 g) was injured in the last game and may not play again this season, while centre-back Adil Rami (43/2 d) did likewise later in the game with a calf problem, and also misses out, two big absences for the defense. Florian Thauvin (41/17 m) is in doubtful after missing the weekend game with a hamstring problem picked up while on international duty with France.
Probable Line-up: Pele; Sarr, Rolando, Sertic, Amavi; Luiz Gustavo, Zambo Anguissa, Ocampos, Sanson, Payet; Mitroglou

With Marseille without two key players in the defense and Leipzig in a very good run I predict a victory for the hosts.

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Barcelona will be strong favourites to make it through to the Champions League Semi Final. They are undefeated in their last 9 matches (UEFA Champions League). At home, they are unbeaten this season.
Messi is the main man for the hosts, he is in very good shape and fresh, he didn't play for National team and was on the bench last match against Sevilla.
Lucas Digne (15/1 d) and Sergi Samper (5/0 m) are injury doubts for the home side, while Philippe Coutinho (13/3 m) is ineligible.

Roma will not forget the last game against Barcelona two seasons ago at the Camp Nou when got beaten by 6-1 by the Catalans. Away from home the Italians have only won 4 of their last 12 competitive matches.
Rick Karsdorp (1/0 d) remains on the sidelines for Roma. Radja Nainggolan (33/3 m) is also expected to miss out after being forced off with injury at the weekend and it is a big blow.

I expect a dominant Barcelona and a comfortable win for the home team.

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Arouca in great form and in the fight to ascend to the first division. Only one defeat in the last 14 games.
Guimarães B play for nothing, not big motivation.

Great value for the hosts.