Stats Lille OSC – Paris Saint Germain

For eight years now, Paris Saint Germain has been able to bring the French Super Cup to Paris. Last season, PSG won the trophy by knocking out Olympique Marseille 2-1. Lille OSC has never managed to do that. On Sunday, that could be the first time for the reigning national champion.

At the beginning of April this year, Lille and PSG played a league match against each other. In Stade de Princes, LOSC triumphed 0-1. Paris St. Germain also failed to win the league match in Lille last season. In Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille, it was a 0-0 draw.

In preparation for the new season, Lille completed a moderate practice campaign. Last Sunday, Lille lost 2-0 to FC Porto. Lille also lost 0-1 to KAA Gent. The match against Waasland-Beveren was won 0-2. It was a 1-1 draw against KV Kortrijk.

Paris Saint Germain have completed six practice matches before meeting Lille in the Super Cup. They won against Le Mans 4-0, Augsburg 2-1 and Orleans 1-0. At the Spanish Sevilla, it was a draw 2-2.

Odds Lille OSC – Paris Saint Germain

The Belgian betting shops have already circled the French Super Cup in red on the agenda for a long time. The pre-odds are very high for every football punter who wants to score with the Super Cup this weekend. Profits from Lille can give you the highest reward. The odds for a Lille win are quoted at x 4.30 times your stake.

The pre-odd in the 1×2 game system in case of a tie is x3.65 times your stake, which can also be a hefty reward. Will PSG put the ninth cup in a row in the cupboard by beating Lille? You can expect a payout of x 1.84 times your play amount if Paris Saint Germain is victorious!

Game Modes

Do you also want to score with the bookmakers during the match? Then Live Betting is really something for you. The betting on the team that you expect to be more assertive can then be determined based on developments during the match. For example, suppose there is a game image or position change due to a substitution or red card. In that case, you can immediately switch with your prediction.

Most Belgian betting shops offer firm combination deals for the French Super Cup. Are you going for a double chance, and do you think Lille will equalize? Then you will receive x 1.79 times your investment back. An excellent combination if you already play via the 1×2 game system.

Do you think you know the correct score? Then play along via the online bookmakers with the Correct Score game option. If Lille wins 1-0, your stake x 11.50 will be worth more. If PSG wins 2-0, the betting shops will payout x 6.90 times your bet amount, which is always a good thing during the holiday season. The highest odds in Correct Score mode are x 250.00 times your stake and will be paid out if Lille – PSG goes 4-4 in regular time.

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The four quarter-finals UEFA Champions League

The first two returns of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals will be completed on Tuesday evening. Chelsea and FC Porto compete against each other in London. Simultaneously, the top match between Paris Saint Germain and Bayern Munich is finished in Paris.

Chelsea – FC Porto

The Chelsea – FC Porto match is 2-0 for the London team after the first leg. Mason Mount, ex-Vitesse, was responsible for the 0-1. After the break, defender Benjamin Chilwell doubled the score: 0-2. As a result, Chelsea is in good shape with the return in their own stadium still ahead. Coach Thomas Tuchel: “The most important thing for the return is that we forget that we have a good starting position. Last week’s victory is in the past and in top sport. The past is totally irrelevant,” Tuchel said at his press conference on Monday.

“It might be easier for Porto than for us because they know they have to score twice anyway. We must not lose our heads and play the best possible match imaginable. My team is tough to play against and does not have to be afraid of anything.”

Chelsea already fueled confidence for the return match against FC Porto on Saturday by winning the away game against Crystal Palace 1-4. Four days after the second meeting with the Portuguese, “The Blues” awaits the all-important showdown with Manchester City in the FA Cup semi-finals.

“If we want to end the season with a prize, we have to win the next two games. Otherwise, it will be difficult”, Tuchel emphasized at the end of the press conference.

Paris Saint Germain – Bayern Munich

Last week, it went very spectacularly at the top match of this round. PSG brutally took a 0-2 lead with goals from Kylian Mbappé and Marquinhos. Bayern seemed to have no chance to go down, but Bayern attacker Maxim Choupo-Moting brought back the tension before half-time: 1-2.

Shortly after the mandatory break, it even became 2-2. Good-old Thomas Muller took care of the equalizer. Man-of-the-match, however, became Mbappé. The PSG star signed for the winning goal in the 68th minute: 2-3. Bayern coach Hans Dieter Flick: “The opponent (PSG, ed.) Has scored three goals from few chances. But the way we played was impressive, “said the Bayern coach after the 2-3 defeat at home.

Flick continues his analysis: “With our chances, we could have achieved a good result with three goals against. We were clearly not efficient enough, but I am delighted with our performance, even if you don’t like to lose at all. We have one more game to go. We want to go to the semi-finals. We cannot change the result of this evening, but we can arrange it next Tuesday.”

Attacker Thomas Müller realized that Bayern was mainly responsible for the defeat. “Of course, you can discuss the goals against. But we just have to make more goals ourselves. If it becomes 5-3 or 6-3, then nobody can say anything about it. Now we have to catch up. If we had had the killer instinct, we would have seen a completely different match.”

Borussia Dortmund – Manchester City

Finally, the game is between Dortmund and Manchester City. City won 2-1 in Manchester and will still have a lot to do with Dortmund in Germany. Pep Guardiola: “We are not going to Dortmund to defend now. We also want to dominate and exert pressure in Germany. We will have to enforce our place in the semi-finals of the Champions League ourselves.”

Liverpool – Real Madrid

At Liverpool – Real Madrid, the tension seems to be gone. Real won 3-1 and seemed to have given the English champion the final blow in the first leg. “Everyone says Real Madrid is the favourite, and we have no problem being the challenger,” Klopp added. “We are not out for revenge here,” he told a press conference on Monday. “I don’t really believe in revenge, but it would be nice to get through it. Madrid is excellent. This game has nothing to do with our somewhat lesser Premier League season. If we are better than Real Madrid or score more goals, we can move on to the next round.

Jurgen Klopp keeps confidence and says: “We are still in the race for semi-finals.” “We are still in the race to make it to the Champions League semi-finals. We have to make up for the 1-3 deficit on Real Madrid on Wednesday. That’s not going to be easy because they are perfect at the moment. They are also very experienced. If a club knows how to win the Champions League, it is Real Madrid.” Klopp thus refers to the recent final victories of the Spanish football superpower. Real won the tournament in 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018.

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The history between Ajax Amsterdam and AS Roma

The history of matches between Ajax Amsterdam and AS Roma is short. Only in the 2002 – 2003 season was Ajax Amsterdam – AS Roma already played at the international level. That was then for the Champions League. Ajax won that diptych by winning 2-1 at home and closing the away match in Rome with 1-1.

Furthermore, no duels have been played between the Italian Serie A team and Ajax. We can say that Ajax managed to qualify at the expense of Young Boys (3-0 and 0-2), while AS Roma turned out to be better than Shakhtar Donetsk (3-0 and 1-2). 

Who is the favourite at Ajax Amsterdam against AS Roma

The online bookmakers see Ajax as a favourite in this game. Why do you think? First of all, Ajax is the home team and because the team of trainer Erik ten Hag is tough to beat this season. Even in the Eredivisie match against SC Heerenveen, Ajax did not play well but managed to win with Ajax a 1-2.

AS Roma, on the other hand, seems to be struggling with form. The Italian league has not won three times in a row: 2-0 loss against Parma, 0-2 defeat against Napoli and 2-2 against Sassuolo last weekend.

Which odds will Ajax and AS Roma get?

The pre-match odds confirm the team’s favourite status from Amsterdam in the match Ajax Amsterdam – AS Roma. For a win of the home team, the bookmakers paid an average of 2.00 times your stake. Almost double your investment!

You will find higher odds at the betting offices where you can play in the Europa League if you choose AS Roma as the winner. A winning bet on the Italian Serie A formation, where Rick Karsdorp plays, gives you an average: x3.65 times the stake paid out. This quotation is used by Bwin.com, among others. If there is no winner on Thursday, the payout will be roughly the same. On average, the online bookmakers pay 3.80 times the playing amount to gamblers who made a winning prediction on a split in the Johan Cruijff Arena.

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Frank de Boer: “Still nine games to go”

The World Cup qualification towards Qatar 2022 consists of ten matches. The away game against Turkey was perhaps the most difficult right away. It immediately went (well) wrong, but according to national coach Frank de Boer, this is not a reason for panic: “Of course this was not good and we are also very disappointed by this defeat. But there are still nine games to go. It is important to turn your back and turn the tide quickly.”

Lesson ineffectiveness

De Boer emphasized that Latvia is a different country from Turkey, which he thinks has put a good pot on the mat: “The Turks have taught us a lesson ineffectiveness. We still have to analyze our mistakes with the first and second goal, but you can say that they handled the chances we gave them well. They have not been in front of our goal very often, but it was also immediately dangerous if they were there. The Turks played well, but we normally have to beat Turkey. It went wrong several times at crucial moments, and we also have a few bad luck at decisive moments. The Turks should not complain about happiness,”, Frank de Boer concludes his analysis.

Georginio Wijnaldum: “Giving away too many opportunities.”

After the match against Turkey, captain Georginio Wijnaldum said that at times situations that occurred on the field were not appropriately handled: “We have given away too many chances. We also have some bad luck with the referee, but we also neglect to intervene properly when necessary. There are more than fifteen seconds between the moment we claim a penalty and their goal. In that, we had time to put things right. We don’t do that, and you will already be behind the facts in the first half”, said the visibly disappointed midfielder of Orange and Liverpool.

The Netherlands at home against Latvia: “Response Saturday”

Burak Yilmaz (Lille) was the big man with the Turks with three hits. There was actually not a single star on the Dutch side, and there was mainly talk about the lack of Jasper Cillessen and Virgil van Dijk.

According to Wijnaldum, something really needs to change if the Netherlands plays at home against Latvia on Saturday in the Johan Cruijff Arena: “If you look at our game, it really needs to be improved. We do not give home at crucial moments. We just have to reach our normal level, and then there is nothing wrong. In this kind of matches, we should not look at the ref but at ourselves. We must respond to Latvia on Saturday. It must be better, and we will do everything we can.”

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Statistics of Club Brugge and Royal Antwerp

With seventy points, Club Brugge is invariably the leader of the Belgian league. Royal Antwerp is in second place with 51 points. The Great Old is followed by KRC Genk, which is in third place with 49 points. Because the points are halved before the start of the playoffs, each issue is of great importance.

Head 2 Head

Royal Antwerp has never been able to beat Club Brugge against Jan Breydel in this century’s competition. Last year, Antwerp’s team did win the cup final of the Bruggenaren with 0-1, but that match was not played in Bruges. Even a draw did not occur in those 21 years. The last league match against Jan Breydel was 1-0 for Club.

Current form Club Brugge

Two weeks ago, Club was knocked out of the Croky Cup by Standard Liège, which hit hard in Bruges. The people from Liège were 1-0, too strong for coach Clement’s formation. Blauw-Zwart recovered quickly and three days later beat Zulte Waregem 3-0. The match was then drawn 1-1 at Charleroi away from home. Last weekend, Club Brugge defeated KAA Gent 0-4 in the Ghelamco Arena.

Current form Royal Antwerp

After not winning three matches in a row in the Pro League, coach Vercauteren’s team triumphed in the last game against KV Kortrijk 4-2. A week earlier, the match on the move at OH Leuven was lost 2-0. At the end of February, Sint-Truiden was also not beaten at home: 0-0.

Patch basket

The rag basket has drained considerably at Club Brugge. However, Noa Lang has to pay attention to not be suspended. Club’s left-winger has four yellow cards to his name.

Royal Antwerp player Matheus is still injured in his calf and will not travel to Bruges. Dieumerci Mbokani and Abdoulaye Seck are both suspended and have to hum a match.

The prognosis for Club Brugge – Royal Antwerp

Club Brugge has got the players fit again, and we think that no point is left on Jan Breydel. Our betting tip is 3-1 for the Bruggenaren. Do you also expect this or want to enter a different result on the bookmakers’ bet slip? You are entirely free to play your own game. The odd overview below gives you an indication of the average odds.

Odds Club Brugge – Royal Antwerp

The match in Bruges gets tough odds from the bookies. On average, the highest odds are used when Royal Antwerp wins. Your stake can become worth x 6.25 times more if The Great Old is victorious. A tie is worth an average of x 4.15 times your stake in the 1X2 game system. Do you think Club Brugge wins? Should this happen, every player who predicted this in advance via Betstations.com will get x 1.47 times the stake richer.

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Ronald Koeman: “We believe in the Copa del Rey finals”

It is the third time in a month that FC Barcelona will play against Sevilla on Wednesday. The first leg in the Copa del Rey yielded nothing for the trainer Ronald Koeman (2-0), but last weekend the La Liga match against Sevilla was won 2-0 and that gives trainer Koeman hope for the cup return in Camp Nou. “We certainly believe in it. We have shown that we can achieve that result, but Wednesday will be another game. It is up to us to show that we have faith. If we play again like Sunday, then we can certainly make it”, Koeman promises.

Statistics

In the first leg, it was Sevilla FC who managed to win 2-0. The team from the orange city managed to score twice against the “big” Barça. The two goals did not come from Luuk de Jong but from Sevilla players Jules Kounde and Ivan Rakitic. Barcelona clearly had nothing to say and still has to work hard in Camp Nou.

Head 2 Head

Seventeen days after the cup match in Seville, the teams also met in La Liga. This competition match was played again in Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán, and this time Barcelona managed to win against Sevilla: 0-2. It was Ousmane Dembélé and Lionel Messi who scored for the Catalan squad. On Wednesday, the teams will meet for the third time in less than a month.

Current form FC Barcelona

With last week’s 0-2 victory, FC Barcelona managed to conquer a second place in La Liga from arch-rival Real Madrid. With 53 points, there is still a lot to be done to keep up with leader Atletico Madrid, which has 58 points. In the competition, Barcelona is back in the top three. Still, things are not going so smoothly in the Champions League. Two weeks ago, Koeman’s team lost 1-4 at home against Paris Saint Germain in France.

Current form Sevilla FC

Sevilla was also not very lucky in the Champions League. At home, the team of trainer Lopetegui was unable to beat Borussia Dortmund 2-3. A few days later, there was the 0-2 lost league match at Camp Nou.

Sevilla is fourth in La Liga. The last league game to be won was the game against Osasuna on February 22. That became 0-2, partly thanks to a goal from Luuk de Jong.

What are the injuries?

For trainer Koeman, there is a lot to puzzle for the return against Sevilla. With the injured Ronald Araújo, Pedri, Miralem Pjanić, Sergio Roberto, Philippe Coutinho and Moussa Wagué, the rag basket is anything but empty.

Sevilla trainer Lopetegui cannot have Marcos Acuña and Lucas Ocampos on Wednesday. Both are injured and have to drop out for the return of the half cup final.

What do we expect from FC Barcelona – Sevilla?

FC Barcelona is not happy with the number of injured players. However, we still expect trainer Koeman to find solutions and win against Sevilla. Do you also think this, or do you have another prediction in mind? In the odd overview below, you will find the average odds at the several bookmakers.

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Dutch Eredivisie football

Ajax also came through unscathed last weekend. The team of trainer Erik ten Hag did not have to make too much effort against Sparta and won quite easily against Sparta 4-2. The team is therefore working towards next Thursday quite relaxed. However, the same also applies to Lille. The French team won quite easily with 4-1 against Lorient and therefore still leads the league table of Ligue 1 in France.

Ajax Amsterdam – OSC Lille: Ajax on guard

Despite the victory, however, Ajax will have to be wary of the leader of the French Ligue 1. One goal is enough for them to reach the eighth-finals. And Erik ten Hag’s team escaped that scenario in the previous encounter. What also does not help, is in all probability the absence of the duo Noussair Mazraoui and Nicolas Tagliafico for health reasons.

Erik ten Hag: “Fought back after falling behind”

Trainer Erik ten Hag is therefore still far from rich against Lille: “In the first match, we showed excellent field play and the team fought back on the character after the gap. But the return will be quite a fight. It is not without reason that they are at the top in France. ”

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“Players must lead the way”.

“There are leaders, and they are leaders like Pique, Sergi Roberto, Busquets and Messi. There is enough strong personality to take the lead in FC Barcelona. These players have to lead the way and are important to show young players where we are going,” Ronald Koeman told the press.

Recently there was heavy criticism of the FC Barcelona head coach from the media. The press stated that Koeman continues to rely on the experienced players of Barça for far too long and is not innovative enough.

Koeman remains committed to the vision.

At the moment, however, Koeman does not take much notice of all the criticism and simply continues to rely on his experienced players and wants to keep them in the most important games of the season.

In an interview from 2019, Koeman was not yet the coach of FC Barcelona. The trainer spoke differently about drawing up young versus old talent. For example, Koeman said: “We are Dutch, and we are not afraid to place young players and are used to that. I always say, when I can choose from a player of 30 years or another player of 22 years, with exactly the same performance, I will choose the player of 22 years. This is because here in the future, and that is necessary to continue the overall football quality.”

Ronald Koeman will be back in the La Liga competition with his Spanish team tomorrow. On Wednesday, February 24, 2021, at 7 p.m. FC Barcelona will play against Elche in-house.

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“hungry for victories”

The German football formation Red Bull Leipzig will therefore play the first match on home soil. The team has been in good shape for months and are still hungry for victories in the brutal fight against Bundesliga greats Bayern Munich.

Besides, the Germans realize that now is the right time to claim a famous victory over one of Champions League history’s most successful teams. A win against a team like Liverpool will undoubtedly bring extra motivation for the football club from Leipzig.

Much potential for Red Bull Leipzig

Red Bull Leipzig is not inexperienced in the Champions League itself and managed to push through to the semi-finals of the million ball last season under Julian Nagelsmann. An excellent performance, and it shows once again how much potential there is in the German team. A logical expectation is that this first match between RB Leipzig against Liverpool should be awarded to the home team. Although the bookmakers themselves think otherwise. Liverpool is simply a favourite with a quotation of x 2.27 at Toto.nl. A prediction of winnings for Leipzig will give you more than three times (!) Your bet, namely with odds of x 3.05 at the bookmaker. Will it remain undecided between Leipzig and Liverpool this Tuesday evening? With the highest-rated odds of x 3.60, you grab the highest possible win amount when placing a 1 × 2 bet.

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Ronald Koeman believes in his team against PSG

The machine that Ronald Koeman has put together finally seems to be running flawlessly, and that is just in time. On Tuesday, the squatter awaits PSG, the losing finalist (0-1 loss against Bayern Munich) last season. Koeman knows that advancing to the quarter-finals is a great challenge. “But we really believe we can continue. We have to do everything right to really overcome PSG.”

Statistics

FC Barcelona qualified as number two in Group G for the knockout phase. Juventus became group winner thanks to a 0-3 win in Barcelona. Both teams ended the group stage with 15 points, Juventus got the group win because of the mutual result.

Paris Saint Germain started the CL campaign very weakly. It lost the first and third games. It then seemed to get into trouble because RB Leipzig and Manchester United made score points. Thanks to three victories in a row, the French champion managed to save his life and even become group winner in Group H.

Head 2 Head: FC Barcelona – Paris Saint Germain

The last time that both top clubs met was in 2017. Also then in the context of the Champions League. Paris Saint Germain started the diptych very strong and won 4-0. However, FC Barcelona made the comeback of the century by winning 6-1 in-house and still giving the French a look.

Current form FC Barcelona

Although FC Barcelona went down in the Copa del Rey last week (2-0 loss at Sevilla), the form is generally acceptable and rising. Last weekend, the team reinforced that by winning 5-1 against Alaves.

The team of Koeman – who has now been the head coach at La Blaugrana for seven months – seems ready (just in time) for an epic battle with the French champions Paris Saint Germain.

Current form PSG

The trainer Pochettino had to get used to the change of trainer but has also gained momentum. At the end of January, they lost 3-2 to the puny Lorient, but then followed four victories: three in Ligue 1 and one in the Coupe de France. Last weekend, Nice put aside 2-1. Mitchel Bakker came in for Draxler (the 1-0) maker, and Xavi Simons was in the match selection but did not play. He was allowed to participate in the 0-1 cup match against Caen. Even then, Draxler was the player who was replaced to bring a Dutchman into the lines.

What do the bookies predict for FC Barcelona – Paris Saint Germain?

Online bookmakers are betting on a profit for FC Barcelona. A winning prediction on the home team will get you as good as twice your amount of money invested: x 1.98. Will Paris St. Germain in Spain take an essential step towards the Champions League quarter-finals by winning this away match? Then you can score big with a pre-odd of x 3.20. In case of a tie, the profit bonus increases a little more. On average, you take almost four times your stake. You are currently paid out x 3.80 times the amount you bet if you place a correct prediction on a draw at the several bookmakers.

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