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Aston Villa goalkeeper Emi Martinez is seeking to end any quarrel with PSG star Kylian Mbappe. He paid tribute to Kylian after winning the Yashin Trophy as the Ballon d’Or’s Goalkeeper of the Year. Martinez wants to end tensions regarding his World Cup celebrations earlier this year.
While speaking to France Football, he said: “If Kylian made me suffer? Yes, it is not for nothing that he is considered one of the best players in the world. I have a lot of respect for him, as a player and as a person.
“Obviously, there are images that have been taken and something, which has nothing to do with my personality, has been created. Kylian is an example to follow. This guy is great and already has a World Cup with France, in addition to giving me a hat-trick in the final.
“I think he can be proud and that the French too. If he’s the best attacker I’ve faced? Yes clearly. When Messi and Ronaldo stop, I think he will take over and win lots of Ballons d’Or.”
Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund have now entered the race for Chelsea defender Trevoh Chalobah. In the last stages of the summer window, Bayern Munich made a serious play to get Chalobah on loan from Chelsea.
But Munich ran out of time to conclude the deal before the window closed. However, Bayern is still keen on getting the 24-year-old to this side.
Chalobah has been associated with Juventus and Roma. Now BILD reports that Borussia Dortmund is showing interest in the Blues defender.
Both Dortmund’s sporting director, Sebastian Kehl and coach, Edin Terzic like Chalobah. Borussia hopes to take the player on loan in January with an option to buy.
Real Madrid midfielder Jude Bellingham feels that Leo Messi deserved to win the Ballon d’Or. Messi won the trophy for the eighth time after leading Argentina to their 2022 World Cup victory.
Kopa Trophy winner Bellingham backs the Messi vote and says: “He is an incredible player, that is why he has eight awards. Without a doubt, Messi is one of the best footballers in history.
“He is incredible, for all the work he has done, not only for what he has seen in the World Cup.”
Asked about winning the Ballon d’Or himself, Bellingham said: “Honestly, I still don’t think about it. Today I was here collecting the award thanks to the work of my teammates in the team and in the England team.”
St. Louis finished at the top of the Western Conference standings in their debut season, three points above the Seattle Sounders. They are without a victory in their last two league outings, failing to score in those games too.
The team witnessed a drop in form recently and has recorded only two victories in the MLS since August. At home, they have won four of their last six MLS matches and will want to leverage home advantage in this matchup. They have won their two home meetings against Sporting Kansas City with an aggregate score of 8-1 and are a strong favourite.
Betting On Sporting Kansas City
1XBet Spread: -1.5
1XBet Over/Under: Under 6
1XBet Moneyline: 1.256
Sporting Kansas City, on the other hand, secured their place in the playoffs through the newly-launched Wild Card games last week. They met with San Jose Earthquakes on Wednesday, with the game finishing with a goalless draw after 90 minutes. Goalkeeper Tim Melia played the hero for Kansas City, facilitating an important save in the first penalty in the shootout, which they won 4-2.
It was an excellent performance from Melia who won his last 7 shootouts with Sporting Kansas City.
MatchPlug Prediction For St. Louis VS Sporting Kansas City
Home advantage plays a crucial role in the MLS and, considering the 100% record for St. Louis against Kansas City, experts back them to secure a win.
For a second campaign in a row, FC Cincinnati and New York Red Bulls will play in the opening round of the MLS Cup playoffs, with the first match of the Cincinnati VS Red Bulls series happening at the TQL Stadium happening today. A 5-2 win over Charlotte FC in the Wild Card round set New York into the next stage, while Cincinnati played Atlanta United in a 2-2 draw in their last regular season meeting of 2023.
With 20 wins recorded during the 2023 regular season, Cincinnati have won numerous MLS matches this year, combining as they did in their last three regular seasons. Cincy won 14 regular season encounters this year by one goal while posting clean sheets at their home.
Sunday will be the first time they are the hosts in an MLS playoff fixture, and this club were almost perfect at TQL stadium during the recent domestic campaign, emerging victorious in 13 of their 17 matches played in Cincinnati while taking just two losses.
Betting On New York Red Bulls
1XBet Spread: 0
1XBet Over/Under: Under 2.5
1XBet Moneyline: 3.485
Today will be the Red Bulls’ first post-season match away from home since 2021 and they have lost five consecutive playoff contests away, with the last victory happening at Toronot in the 2017 Eastern Conference Semi-finals, winning that game 1-0 but losing the tie on away goals.
New York has been knocked out in three of their last four First Round playoff games when netting first, plus last year versus Cincinnati when they gave up twice in the final 16 minutes, losing 2-1. They have never lost in three past visits to TQL Stadium, defeating Cincinnati earlier in the month by a 2-1 score.
MatchPlug Prediction For Cincinnati VS New York Red Bulls
With Cincinnati’s squad, there is a low chance that the Red Bulls will be as aggressive today as they were against Charlotte early in the week. New York’s power is in the state of their defense, but Cincinnati is good at winning close encounters and experts expect them to break through tonight.
Houston Dynamo will welcome Real Salt Lake at the Shell Energy Stadium tonight in the first leg of the Dynamo VS Salt Lake MLS Cup playoffs in round one.
With 51 points secured from 34 matches, Houston Dynamo ended in fourth place in the Western Conference table in the regular league campaign. They ended with consecutive wins, beating Colorado Rapids 5-1 and then eliminating Portland Timbers 3-1 on the road on the final day.
Dynamo, who won the US Open Cup last month after defeating Inter Miami in the finals, will want to continue on the same note here and clinch a large lead into the second leg tonight, on the road against Salt Lake.
Betting On Real Salt Lake
1XBet Spread: +1.5
1XBet Over/Under: Under 2.5
1XBet Moneyline: 5.05
For Real Salt Lake, they just got a point fewer than Houston Dynamo and concluded with a position adrift of them on the table.
Unlike Dynamo, Salt Lake seemed to lose momentum towards the end, taking a 3-2 defeat at the hands of Sporting Kansas City before a 2-2 draw with LA Galaxy. However, in the last, they closely beat Colorado Rapids thanks to a 74th-minute strike from Diego Luna.
MatchPlug Prediction
Houston Dynamo will be confident of their chances in this game, especially after defeating Real Salt Lake in both of their meetings so far this year, but tonight’s game will be close since it is a two-legged knockout affair. They expect it to end in a draw, with all to play for in the return leg.
In the last six games it played in Serie A, Internacional has three victories and three defeats, so they’ve been quite inconsistent lately. On that note, they defeated Santos 7-1 in the last round, so they are probably feeling confident presently.
Generally, Internacional is close to the middle of the standings but is also only five points above the relegation zone. For team news, Hugo Mallo and Lucas Ramos are out with injuries.
Betting On Coritiba
1XBet Spread: +1.5
1XBet Over/Under: Under 2.5
1XBet Moneyline: 8.2
BetMGM Spread: _
BetMGM Over/Under: Under 2.5
BetMGM Moneyline: 7.75
Coritiba in its last six matches in the league, were defeated four times, so their chances of staying up are pretty slim at this point. After all, they are now ahead of America MG in the standings and eleven points behind the first club in the relegation zone.
When it comes to team news, Coritiba’s starting central defender Benjamin Kuscevic is out with an injury, alongside a few more bench players.
MatchPlug Prediction For Internacional VS Coritiba
Internacional have been placed as the favourites to win this game over Coritiba, with the probability rating of an away win put at 42%. They are also priced at 20/21 (1.95) to net the match’s opening goal tonight.
Vizela have sat through a turbulent campaign so far this season and presently find themselves just outside the drop zone. They were held to a goalless draw by newly-promoted Farense in their last Primeira Liga outing before defeating thir-tier club Atletico CP 1-0 in the Taca de Portugal last weekend.
They are 15th position in the league table with only six points from eight matches. They are two points ahead of Estoril Praia at the bottom of the group and will want to widen that gap with this game.
Betting On FC Porto
1XBet Spread: -1.5
1XBet Over/Under: Under 2.5
1XBet Moneyline: 1.45
BetMGM Spread: _
BetMGM Over/Under: Under 2.5
BetMGM Moneyline: 1.43
FC Porto has had a considerably solid beginning to their league campaign and can call themselves early title contenders. They defeated Portimonense 1-0 in their last league game before securing a 4-1 comeback victory over Royal Antwerp in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday.
Porto sits third in the Primeira Liga standings with 19 points gathered so far. They will want to maintain this good run of form when they play tonight.
MatchPlug Prediction For Vizela VS FC Porto
Vizela’s latest score resulted in a four-game winless streak and they will now want to build on that tonight. But, they have lost two matches at the Estadio do FC Vizela and might struggle for this fixture. FC Porto on the other hand, are on a three-game victory streak after losing their two matches before then. They have won six of their last seven road games across every competition and should find this one easy to win too.
La Liga continues this weekend with another set of matches, as Deportive Alaves take on Atletico Madrid in Atletico Madrid VS Alaves in crucial battle for supremacy at the Estadio Wanda Metropolitano today.
Atletico Madrid is in fourth position in the league table presently and have been fairly impressive so far this campaign. Madrid was held to a disapppointing 2-2 draw by Celtic in their last meeting and will need to make a comeback this season.
Madrid has an excellent squad within its ranks and will intend to maximumly utilise their purple patch. Antoine Greizmann has been impressive for Atletico and will want to mark a mark this evening.
Betting On Alaves
1XBet Spread: +1.5
1XBet Over/Under: Under 2.5
1XBet Moneyline: 9.6
Deportivo Alaves are presently in 17th position in the La Liga rankings and haven’t given their best performance so far this campaign. The visitors played out a 1-1 draw against Villareal last week and will need to take things further in this fixture.
Alaves have won just one of their last 12 matches on the road against Aletico Madrid in La Liga, with that victory during this period, happening a 1-0 scoreline back in May 2003.
MatchPlug Prediction For Atletico Madrid VS Alaves
Deportivo Alaves fall short performance wise this season and will clash with a formidable force this weekend. Atletico Madrid is the better team on paper and should be able to win this match.
Napoli is in fourth position in the league table presently and are yet to make their stride this season. The Neapolitan club edged Union Berlin to a 1-0 victory in the UEFA Champions League this week and will be confident entering this match.
They have a good current record against AC Milan and have won 13 out of the last 35 matches played between the two clubs, unlike AC Milan’s 10 wins. Napoli has lost just three of their last nine matches against Milan in the Serie A, but lost their most recent encounter by a 4-0 scoreline in April 2023.
Betting On AC Milan
1XBet Spread: +1.5
1XBet Over/Under: Under 2.5
1XBet Moneyline: 3.37
AC Milan is presently in second position in the Serie A standings and have been quite impressive so far this season. They fell to 3-0 loss suffered at the hands of PSG in their last Champions League match and will need to make a comeback this weekend.
Milan have stepped up to the plate this season but have not been at their best performance this week. They will still be smarting from losses against PSG and Juventus and have a point to prove tonight.
MatchPlug Prediction For Napoli VS AC Milan
Napoli packs a punch for its matches, but will need to be at their best for this fixture with AC Milan. Both clubs have some issues to fix at the moment and may end this game in a draw.
Final Prediction: Moneyline.
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