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Bayern Munich Vs Real Madrid: Familiar Enemies Meet Again

Both Real Madrid and Bayern Munich are no strangers to getting to the finals of the UEFA Champions League. Take for instance, Real Madrid, the most successful team in the history of the Champions League who won twelve times and have been the runner up for three times. Bayern Munich on the other hand are the third most successful team in this competition have won it five times and have been the runner up for five times. Statistically, Real Madrid has met Bayern Munich for fourteen times. Out of the fourteen encounters, Madrid has won seven of the times and have drawn only once against Bayern Munich. This means that the probability of Bayern Munich winning this match against Real Madrid is 42.9%. Real Madrid has won the Champions’ League for two consecutive times (ie 2016 and 2017) and are looking forward to inking their name in the sands of the Champions’ League by winning it for the third conservative time. They are not doing so well in the La Liga and are looking forward to cla...

Liverpool Vs Roma: Whose magic will work tonight?

Liverpool may have had history of being arguably the most successful team in England. Having won the Champions’ League cup for five times ie 1977, 1978, 1981, 1984 and 2005 they are no strangers to the world of Champions’ League. Roma, on the other hand, have won no Champions’ League cup before, the closest they have been is losing the cup at the finals to Liverpool in 1984. So in tonight’s game, the question on everyone lips is “Can Roma beat Liverpool to progress to the final stage of the Champions’ League?” Let’s take a look at this intriguing statistics. Overall, Liverpool has played Roma seven times and in these encounters, they have won two of them, drawn one and lost four of the matches. If statistics are anything to go by then Roma stands 57.1% chance of winning against Liverpool tonight. There is a caveat here – Liverpool has performed relatively well under the management of Jurgen Klopp. He has uplifted Liverpool from a team which was in disarray to a team which is the e...

Can Juventus find the magic to beat Real Madrid?

Following yesterday’s surprise and stunning victory of Roma against Barcelona, everyone is asking whether Juventus can replicate that magic against Real Madrid by overturning the 3 goals deficit. Juventus can be described as the unfortunate king of Champions’ League; they have lost six finals more than any team in the history of Champions’ League and people keep on asking, ‘Will this season be anything different?’ The prospects of Juventus winning against Real Madrid is a foregone conclusion, it will be a close to impossible task considering every single odd that is fighting them. The biggest odd they are facing is Christiano Ronaldo who can outshine himself any day and anytime. Although Real Madrid are not doing so well in the Spanish La Liga, they have focused all their attention on the Champions’ League and will not let this opportunity slip by.  When it comes to football statistics, the chance of Juventus winning against Real Madrid is 46.2% and they stand at a 15.4% cha...

Tottenham Vs Stoke City: The most underrated game that can change the Premier League

As the Premier League comes a close, not only are teams struggling to get into the top four, some teams are struggling not be at the bottom four.  This game is a match between a team in the top four and a team in the last four. Each of these two teams is interested in winning in other to be in a comfortable position for the next season of the Premier League. Talking about Stoke City, they are currently at the 19th position and Paul Lambert needs to get his boys at their all-time best if they still dream of playing the Premier League next season. The point difference between them and Huddersfield is only four and hence each game is as precious as the last played. What of Tottenham? They are currently 4th with 64 points. The team occupying the 5th position is Chelsea and they are at 56 points.  Though an 8 point difference is quite comfortable, they cannot simply lose games as it may eventually lead to woes they never anticipated. Statistically, Stoke City are no match for ...

Everton Vs Liverpool: A match between hope and confidence.

The confidence of Liverpool may have shot up after thrashing Manchester City by 3 goals to nil in the Champions’ League. Gradually, they are getting back their finesse as the powerhouse of the English Premier League. Their match against Everton will show whether their phenomenon performance against Manchester City was as a result of tactical prowess of Jurgen Klopp or a fluke. Everton, on the other hand, are no pushover. Their performances in the Premier League for the past ten years have been phenomenon. They have been a threat to big teams for some time now. A look at their last ten encounters with Liverpool shows that they have been defeated by Liverpool six times and for the rest of the four games ended in a draw. In terms of probability, they have a slim chance of winning against Liverpool, their best could be only a draw. For Liverpool, winning against Everton will further cement their position in the top four position. With 32 games, they lead Tottenham by only 2 games wh...

Liverpool Vs Man City: A Tale Of Two Hungry Teams

No one can dispute the fact that Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City has been on fire. From sitting comfortably on top of the Premiere League to a very successful Champions’ League, Manchester City have been unstoppable. But there is a Catch 22 about this whole Liverpool Vs Manchester City game. No matter the results, an English team will be evicted from the Champions’ League leaving only one English team to fight for the prestigious title. At this juncture of time, a win for Liverpool will be a very tough task but fairly not impossible since Liverpool has the reputation of winning against big teams in the Premier League. Manchester City boss, Pep Guardiola, has had a stunning history with the Champions’ League – from Champions’ League success with Barcelona and a fairly success with Bayern Munich. As things stand now, things are going so well for him at Manchester City and they being on the top spot proves it. But Liverpool boss, Jurgen Klopp isn’t doing badly himself. His team is ...

Bayern Munich Vs Sevilla: An Unfortunate Giant Vs An Underdog

Sevilla come off this game as the underdog and when an underdog meets a world acclaimed champion, it is either they beat out a champion or get reminded that in football class is permanent and it will take more than being an underdog to outpace a world class team like Bayern Munich. But for Bayern Munich, all is not rosy as it seems. Their performances against Spanish teams have been anything but glamourous. For instance, in 2014 they were defeated by 5-1 aggregate against Real Madrid in the Champions’ League. In 2015, they were defeated by 5-3 aggregate against Barcelona in the Champions’ League semi-finals. They were equally unlucky in 2016 when they faced Athletico Madrid, they lost 2-2 aggregate (defeat on away goals). In 2017 again, they faced another awful defeat against Real Madrid on 6-3 aggregate. Will tonight’s case be different? Bayern Munich need to win this match to show one thing, that they are not vunerable to Spanish teams. A win against Bayern Munich will be deli...