Sports Betting Tips

Roma are in seventh place in Serie A but a win in this first game of the weekend will take them up to third. They have a good chance of doing so as they host SPAL who had a good start to the season but have slumped to 14th after a series of defeats.

The season has so far not been so great for Southampton and they will trudge to the ninth week of matches in the Premier League hoping to have taken good rest from the international break and ready to stabilize. They however have a tough task in their hands, as they face a high flying Bournemouth who are looking to break into the top four.

After a great start to the season, things have not been great for Watford in the past few matches and they will head to their match against Wolverhampton Wanderers seeking a first win in five matches. Their slump has seen them drop to ninth and after the international break they will want to return to winning ways.

Three straight losses have pegged back Wigan’s quest for a playoff slot and going into the 13th week of matches they will be seeking a return to winning ways after going winless in their last three matches and taking on a West Bromwich Albion side on a fine run will test them to the core.

Which West Ham side will turn up for this game? The one that played so well against Manchester United or the side that lost away at Brighton and Hove Albion?  The Hammers will need to be in their best form as they host fifth placed Tottenham.

Manchester City top the Premier League on goal difference from Chelsea and Liverpool but it could have been a two-point lead if they had scored that late penalty against Liverpool. They look to get another home win when they host Burnley who had a terrible start to the season but have won their last two league games.

It is close to a month now since Liverpool last won a match across all competitions, despite boasting of a great attacking team and generally a talented unit and being one of the teams with the most wins this season, they will hope to pile pressure on one of the three winless sides in the league so far – Huddersfield Town - when the two sides face off on Saturday.

Derby County are winless in their last four matches and they will be further tested to the limit when the high flying Sheffield United tour Pride Park for the clash with the Rams. The league leaders carry to the game a fine run and will be hoping to open a bigger gap at the top after a run of results that went their way ahead of the recently concluded international break.

By the time this game begins Barcelona could be down to fourth in La Liga. Both Atletico and Real Madrid can go top of the table with wins but it's Sevila who they'd be taking over from as they are top of La Liga going into this away match at Barcelona.

Montpellier have made a good start to the season and begin the weekend in fourth place but 11 points behind leaders PSG. They host Bordeaux who are seventh in Ligue 1 but will climb ahead of Montpellier if they can get an away win.

Everton start the weekend in 11th place with 12 points from their first eight league games. They haven't been too consistent this season but that seems to be improving with two straight league wins over not the best of opposition. They bid to make it three wins in a row with a home game against disapointing Crystal Palace who are 14th in the table and have already lost five league games this season.

St Etienne are fifth in Ligue 1 and unbeaten at home in the league this season. They try to keep that record by avoiding defeat by Rennes who are 11th in the table with only one away league win this season but picking up after a poor run of form.

Fiorentina’s fire seems to be running out after a fine start to the season and the earlier promise of the team staging a serious challenge for the Serie A title has fizzled out, with defeats to three title challengers – Internazionale, Lazio and Napoli while they also drew with Sampdoria.

The international break must have come at an opportune moment for Besiktas who lost crucial ground in both domestic and European assignments just before the break and as a result, they have fallen three points behind the league leaders. They will be hoping to regain lost ground when they visit Goztepe on Sunday.

Huesca are bottom of La Liga but are only two points away from safety. They have only one league win this season and face a potentially tough game at home to fifth placed Espanyol but the visitors don't have a good away record this season.

The Italian Serie A will have the Milan derby as the top game of the weekend and coming straight from the international break, what a way of introducing the fans back to action! Internazionale, who have straight wins in their last six matches, plays host to Milan, who are unbeaten in eight matches.

Valladoid are seventh in La Liga with Betis eighth and they are both on 12 points for the season so far. 12 is also the total number of goals that the two sides have scored between them in 16 league matches, so this looks like being a tight affair.

Montreal Impact’s back is on the wall, as far as the chase for a playoff spot is concerned and heading to the final two matches of the regular season they know they have no option but to pick wins, even though that will not be enough, as they will still need a favor with the other results, they take on an off color Toronto and they know they can’t afford any slip ups.

Orlando City are doomed to finish bottom of the Eastern Conference after a terrible run of form. They host Seattle Sounders who are fifth in the Western Conference and a win here will confirm their place in the play-offs. 

A real football bonanza is on the cards at the Toyota Stadium when the top two sides in the Western Conference face off early on Monday, with leaders Dallas hosting second placed Sporting Kansas City in their penultimate game of the regular season before heading out to the playoffs.

BB Erzurumspor managed their first league win of the season in their last game, beating Alanyaspor 1 – 0 before going to the international break and as the Super Lig resumes, they will be keen on sinking their teeth into another big gun, Trabzonspor.

Back to back wins just before the international break handed Sampdoria a big boost in their chase for a high finish and upon resumption to league activity, they will be eying a third straight haul of three points in the last game of the ninth round when they host Sassuolo.

Arsenal are up to fourth in the Premier League and only two points adrift of league leaders Manchester City. They have won their last nine league and cup games and bid to reach double figures with a win over 10th placed Leicester City.

Trips to San Sebastian are rarely memorable for Girona, and the Catalans would definitely not have wished for this one, and more so at this particular time. They travel there to face Real Sociedad when they are on a rough patch that leaves them on just nine points from eight matches.