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Some games of second round of UEFA Europa League are as follows. The former is the host.
Shamrock Rovers VS AC Mlilan
Lokomotiv Plovdiv VS Tottenham Hotspur
Teuta Durres VS Granada CF
KS Perparimi Kukesi VS VfL Wolfsburg
Servette VS Reims

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Liverpool will fight against Arsenal at Wembley Stadium for the England Association Community Shield. Liverpool was defeated by Man City on penalty last year. Undoubtedly they will struggle for victory this time. Recently, Liverpool get 1 win and 1 draw over VfB Stuttgart in German Bundesliga and Red Bull Salzburg in Austrian Bundesliga. Unfortunately their full back Serginho van Dijk was hurt when against RB Salzburg but it is not serious.


Arsenal always win in the England Association Community Shield. So it is undoubt that they want to keep up their winning chase in the England Association Community Shield this time. There is a bad news for Arsenal is that Andre Marriner is the referee of this match of the England Association Community Shield. Arsenal has never win under his judgement. By the way, Arsenal have a friendly match with Milton Keynes Dons and win at 4-1 in recent days.

It is reported that Genoa wants Mattia Perin on loan for another upcoming season. He was on loan from Juventus at Genoa last season. His excellent playing help Genoa avoid relegation. So Genoa wants to take him on loan again and sign him on a permanent deal. Mattia Perin expressed his gratefulness to Genoa for their trust in an interview because he has not played for nine months until he was on loan at Genoa last season. Besides Genoa, Atalanta, AS Roma plan to sign him.

It is said that the first two rounds of games in Italy Serie A between Inter and Atalanta will be delayed because both of them needed to fight for European games which just finished in these days. There is few time for them to prepare the upcoming season of Italy Serie A. So it is considering that the first two rounds of game will be delayed. But no application has been put forward by these two clubs.

According to an official announcement from Italy Serie A, new season will be start on September 19th 2020 and end on may 23rd 2021.

Shanghai East Asia FC still remain unbeatable since the League, they even beat Beijing Guoan with 2:1 in last round, giving their rival the first loss of the League. Ricardo Lopes de Oliveira and Oscar Dos Santos Emboaba Junior, contributed 7 goals totally, being in steady forms.

Chongqing SWM Motors got a narrow win with 1:0 in last round against Shijiazhuang YongChang FC and got their first win of the new League, which inspire their morale greatly.

Personally speaking, Shanghai East Asia FC took upper hand on overall strength and morale, here I select them.

New York City Football Club were the Eastern Champion of last season, but they were eliminated in the quarter-final. Since the restart of the League, they are still in dissatisfying forms. In last Derby against New York Red Bulls, they lost with 0-1, with only 8 shots and 2 shots OT.

Columbus Crew ranks 10th on eastern League in last season, but since 2020, they performed well with remaining unbeaten in last 14 games, including sweeping Chicago Fire with 3:0 at home. Their top scorer, Gyasi Zardes, even scored goals in consecutive 2 rounds, being in good forms.

New York City Football Club took upper hand with getting 5W-2D-3L in last 10 h2h games against Columbus Crew, according to Goaloong data, and they wining last 3 h2h games at home. But in this time, they will play on neutral field, and Columbus Crew are in better forms, so which side will you support?

Sevilla comes to the final for the fourth time in the last decade which had won 3 trophies between 2014-2016. As one of the most successful club in Europa League, Sevilla gave a strong performance since the La Liga resumed and have been on a long unbeaten run as of now. They contingent overcame Manchester United in the semi-final by 2-1, adding the fourth consecutive win the tournament, which has eliminated Cluj, Roma and Wolverhampton in knockout stage.

Nerrazuri comes to Europa Final after having played against Shakhtar Donetsk, Bayer Leverkusen, Getafe and Ludogorets with five straight wins in a row. They have a very stable performance in offense and had scored 13 goals in last four rounds of this tournament. In such a high level of competitive condition, it looks like the Inter is ready to land silverware in Antonio Conte’s maiden season with the club

This is the first time for these two teams taking on each other in a European competition. It could be anyone’s game and the inference is that more goals are expected in this final. With more experiences of fighting for Europa Champions, Sevilla would be our pick to lift up the trophy, maybe with a draw game in 90 minutes.

Kick Off: 8/19/2020 16:59 Wednesday
Molde performed well on League in this season. After 15 rounds, they have scored 41 goals totally, 2.7 goals per game. Also, their last 13 games were with lots of goals.

KuPs qualified into this round of UEFA Champions League by sitting 2nd on their own League in last season, and they also bounced back to win the League championship title with 5 points advantage. In the new season, they are in steady forms for they just suffered 1 loss since the League, with 90% unbeaten rate. But their defensive sides didn’t perform well recently as they conceded goals in last 5 League games.

There was no h2h game between these two sides. Molde have fierce offenses, here I support Molde will get the result.

Kick Off: 8/19/2020 20:00 Wednesday

Lyon has created lots of surprises for us in this Champions League. First, Lyon could remain unbeaten in 2 legs against RB Leipzig on group stage, and then eliminated Juventus and Manchester City. They have never been such optimistic before. They can be called the biggest dark horse in this Champions League season.

As for Bayern Munchen, their overall forms in the second half of the season are really good. Not only did they successfully win the Bundesliga championship, but also have a winning record in the Champions League. They are the only team that did not lose points during this UEFA period, including sweeping FC Barcelona with 8-2 and eliminated them successfully.

Bayern Munchen took upper hand with winning past 3 h2h games against Lyon. In this round, I think Bayern Munchen will get the result in this game.

Celtic FC
Celtic FC won the last League championship title at last season, 13 points ahead of the second position. In the new season, they achieved 1W-1D.

KR Reykjavik
KR Reykjavik were also the champion of last Iceland Premier Division, with over 70% win rate and just 2 losses. In the new season, they got 5W-2D-2L after 9 rounds, ranking 2nd on League table. but their recent forms are mediocre as they just won 1 out of last 4 games.

Head to Head
Celtic FC won last 2 h2h games against KR Reykjavik, without conceding any single goal. Also, Celtic FC’s home win rate in last 2 seasons reaches 90%, so here support Celtic FC in this round.

RB Leipzig
Stable defense has always been RB Leipzig’s advantage. Although they just rank third in the Bundesliga, they are one of the three teams scoring more than 2 goals per game. Their offensive ability is inferior only to Bayern and Dortmund. Also, they are one of best defensive team on League. In the round of last 16, they were faced with Tottenham without conceding any goal in 2 legs, which shows that their anti-counterfeiting tactics were excellent.

Paris Saint Germain (PSG)
PSG won four domestic competitions champion including France Super Cup, Ligue 1, French League Cup and French Cup this year. However, PSG have not been in their best forms on UEFA Champions League. Compared to RB Leipzig’s first entry into the Champions League semi-finals, the last time for PSG to reach the semi-finals was 25 years ago, so they will also cherish this opportunity.

Verdict
3 out of RB Leipzig’s last 6 games were with high-scoring, while PSG also have fierce offensive line. Here I will pick something on goals.

Inter Milan
Inter Milan beat Bayer Leverkusen with 2:1 in Quarter Final and advances successfully. Also, they achieved consecutive 5 wins recently, being in good forms. However, Sanchez may be absent in this round due to injury.

FC Shakhtar Donetsk
FC Shakhtar Donetsk got a big win with 4-1 in last round against Basel. Their forward, Moraes, scored 4 goals totally in last 3 games on UEFA Europa League. Moreover, they won 8 out of last 10 games recently, being in fierce forms.

Head to Head
Inter Milan kept unbeaten with getting 1W-1D in last 2 h2h games against FC Shakhtar Donetsk when back to UEFA Champions League in 2005. Both sides are in fierce offenses, here expect a high-scoring clash.

RB Leipzig VS Atletico Madrid -- UEFA Champions League Quarterfinal
Match Time: 13/8/2020 20:00 Thursday
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RB Leipzig Recent Form (all competitions): WDWDLW
RB Leipzig ended the Bundesliga season in third place with 66 points. With fierce offenses, they couldn’t score a single goal in 1 out of last 10 games. On UEFA Champions League, they even beat Tottenham Hotspur on back-to-back field. However, their top-scorer, Timo Werner, has been transferred into Chelsea, which may affect their offensive strength in this game.
Possible starting lineup: Gulacsi; Klostermann, Upamecano, Halstenberg; Mukiele, Laimer, Sabitzer, Angelino; Nkunku, Olmo; Schick

Atletico Madrid Recent Form: (all competitions): DWDWWD
Atletico Madrid performed well since the restart of La Liga with unbeaten record(7W-4D) in last 11 games. In La Liga, Atletico Madrid ended the season in 3rd place with 70 points, with the advantage of goal difference. Although their offensive strength is not the best, their defensive sides performed stably.
Possible starting lineup: Oblak; Trippier, Savic, Gimenez, Lodi; Llorente, Partey, Saul, Koke; Felix, Costa

Verdict:
Atletico Madrid is slightly favorite here. Atletico Madrid knocked out last season’s champion Liverpool in Round of 16. With their effective defenses, a low-scoring clash will be expected here.

Atalanta Recent Forms (all competitions): WDWDWL
Atalanta are in good forms in recent games for they won 9 out of last 13 rounds since the restart of the Serie A. But in last game against Inter Milan, Atalanta lost with 0-2 at home, then they lost the second place in Serie A. On Champions League, Atalanta has knocked out Valencia from the competition before the pandemic, which got them into this Quarterfinals.
Possible starting lineup: Sportiello; Toloi, Caldara, Djimsiti; Hateboer, De Roon, Freuler, Gosens; Gomez, Malinovskiy; Zapata

Paris Saint Germain (PSG) (all competitions): WWWWWW
Although PSG’s recent forms are excellent, but they are still not on their highest competitive level in 2 competitive games in the last few weeks, but PSG has won two trophies in those two games, Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue. On UEFA Champions League, after losing to Borussia Dortmund in the first leg of Round of 16, PSG beat Borussia with 2-0 in the second leg, and with that, PSG has qualified to this Champions League Quarterfinals.
Possible starting lineup: Navas; Kehrer, Silva, Kimpembe, Bernat; Gueye, Marquinhos, Herrera; Sarabia, Icardi, Neymar

Verdict:
PSG is on a 10-game winning streak, but Mbappe will be absent for this game. Atalanta and PSG have never played before, and if Atalanta gets a win here, this would be the biggest success in the club history. But this is the first time for Atalanta to enter the UEFA Champions League Quarterfinal, so they may be inexperienced enough. So here I still support Paris Saint Germain (PSG) in this round.

Wolves Recent Forms (all competitions): WWDWWW
In last round of Europa against Olympiakos Piraeus, Wolves used a 3-4-3 offensive formation. With a fast-break goal from the main center forward, Jiménez, they dominated this game first. However, according to GoaloNG data for this game, their possession rate and number of shots were not as good as their opponents. If it is not for the poor shooting accuracy of their opponent, Wolves will be likely drawn or even overtaken. The team must wake up and be cautious in this game, for their opponent, Sevilla, is a strong giant on La Liga.
Possible starting lineup: Patricio; Boly, Coady, Saiss; Doherty, Dendoncker, Moutinho, Neves, Vinagre; Jimenez, Jota

Sevilla Recent Forms (all competitions): WWWDWW
Sevilla were faced with the Serie A giants, AS Roma, in the last round. The 4123 formation adopted by Sevilla help them to establish a huge advantage. The number of shots is twice as many as their opponent, and the ball possession rate is close to 60%. The final victory is well deserved. To be mentioned, Sevilla remained unbeaten in all competitions for 18 rounds.
Possible starting lineup: Vaclik; Navas, Carlos, Kounde, Reguilon; Fernando, Jordan, Banega; Ocampos, En-Nesyri, Munir

Head to Head:
Wolverhampton and Sevilla have never played against each other, but Sevilla's recent form is excellent. Here we predict a low-scoring clash.

FC Shakhtar Donetsk Recent Forms (all competitions): WWDWWW
FC Shakhtar Donetsk beat VfL Wolfsburg with 3:0 in second leg of last stage, and finally promoted with total score as 5:1. In last 10 games, they achieved 8W-2D, with 80% win rate. With considerable strength, they won previous 4 games on UEFA Europa League, with winning all odds.
Possible starting lineup: Pyatov; Dodo, Kryvtsov, Matviyenko, Bolbat; Antonio, Stepanenko; Marlos, Patrick, Taison; Junior Moraes

Basel Recent Forms (all competitions): DWDDDW
Basel's performance on UEFA Europa League were surprising. On group stage, they got 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, then they beat APOEL Nicosia and Eintracht Frankfurt with total score as 4-0. Although they only got 41% possession, the team still created 19 counterattack opportunities with its tough defense. Their true strength should not be underestimated.
Possible starting lineup: Nikolic; Widmer, Van Der Werff, Alderete, Petretta; Xhaka, Frei; Stocker, Campo, Pululu; Cabral

Head to Head:
According to GoalooNG data, Basel just won 1 out of last 5 h2h games against FC Shakhtar Donetsk, while FC Shakhtar Donetsk performed fiercely on their offensive sides for they have scored 10 goals totally in previous 4 rounds. Frankly, I will pick FC Shakhtar Donetsk to get a narrow win.

Manchester United Recent form (all competitions): DWLDWW
Manchester United performed well since the restart of the League, and they achieved 4th position on Premier League finally and qualified into next UEFA Champions League. On UEFA Europa League, they eliminated LASK Linz successfully. During this time, they totally got 6W-3D-1L, being in high morale.
Possible starting lineup: De Gea; Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Williams; Pogba, Matic; Greenwood, Fernandes, Rashford; Martial

FC Copenhagen Recent form (all competitions): LDLWWW
As the giants of Denmark Superligaen, FC Copenhagen is also considerable in strength. They won the championship title again in this season and on Europa League, they also bounced back to eliminate Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyesi with a total score of 3-1. So the team’s morale is also very high, but the problem is that Copenhagen’s form is not table enough, especially as away side. They just scored 1.3 goals per game in the past 10 games. The offensive performance in the game was relatively average and only scored 1.3 goals per game. It can be said that there are both advantages and disadvantages.
Possible starting lineup: Johnsson; Varela, Nelsson, Bjelland, Boilesen; Mudrazija, Zeca; Biel, Wind, Jensen; Kaufmann

Verdict:
Manchester United is undoubtedly the strong team on Premier League, while Copenhagen is much inferior in terms of fame and they are not good at away games. In this game on neutral field, I think United will get another nice win to advance into the semifinals.

UEFA Europa League Quarter Final, Inter Milan and Bayer Leverkusen are meeting on Merkur Spiel-Arena in Germany.

Inter Milan Recent form (all competitions): DDWWWW
Inter Milan defeated Getafe with 2:0 in last 16 and promoted into this stage successfully. In that game, Inter has had 53% goal possession rate, 5 shots on goal, 2 corner kicks, 4 big chances created, and 77% correct passes. Also, their recent performances are steady and they have remained unbeatable for 9 games. Moreover, they also performed well on their defenses. Inter is a good team, and they will fight for this game with their best forms.
Possible starting lineup: Handanovic; Godin, De Vrij, Bastoni; D'Ambrosio, Barella, Brozovic, Gagliardini, Young; Martinez, Lukaku

Bayer Leverkusen Recent form (all competitions): WDWLWLW
Bayer Leverkusen got a narrow win in last 16 with 1:0 when against Glasgow Rangers, and advanced into Quarter Final with total score as 4-1. To be mentioned, they have just been scheduled for 2 games in these 2 months, so their forms may be untrustworthy. Also, their performances on defensive sides are mediocre as they conceded 16 goals totally in last 10 games.
Possible starting lineup: Hradecky; L.Bender, S.Bender, Tapsoba, Wendell; Aranguiz, Palacios; Diaby, Havertz, Bailey; Volland

Verdict:
Inter Milan are in steady forms recently and their offenses are fierce, while Bayer Leverkusen performed better on offense than defense. Personally speaking, Inter is the better team here and I will choose something on goals.

Bayern Munchen
Bayern Munchen had achieved 18 consecutive victories in all previous events, and their striker, Robert Lewandowski, also won the Bundesliga Golden Boot again as the best scorer. With powerful offenses, their advantage can be said to be very obvious.

Chelsea
Chelsea are in unsteady forms recently as they lost 2 out of last 3 games, including losing to Arsenal on England FA Cup and missing the champion title.

Head to Head
Bayern Munchen kept unbeaten in last 5 h2h games against Chelsea. In first leg between these two sides, Bayern Munchen beat Chelsea with 3:0 on away field, taking massive advantage. To be honest, I don’t expect Chelsea to get the result, but they should be able to score at least 1 goal.

Preview:
Due to the injury problems and changing coach, FC Barcelona has not played as strong as before this season. In January, FC Barcelona, at the top of the League table, changed their coaches and entered into an adjustment period. However, then they were eliminated on Copa del Rey by Athletic Bilbao, and points on La Liga were continuously drawn by Real Madrid. After the restart of the League, they lost consecutive games and were finally overtaken by Real Madrid. The current Champions League has become Setien's last straw.

As for Napoli, they invited Gattuso to take the lead. Surprisingly, they won the championship title on Coppa Italia, which boost their morale greatly. Since the re-start of the League, they also performed well with getting 7 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. Unfortunately, in the first half of the season, they lost too many points and their opponents played steadily, so they failed to qualify for the next Champions League.

Head to Head
In first leg between these two sides, FC Barcelona ended the game with 1-1 on away field, having an away goal advantage, while Napoli must score at least one goal if they want promotion. I think Barcelona will get a nice win here.

FT: 2:1

In second leg of UEFA Champions League 1/8 Final, Manchester City will be faced with Real Madrid in Etihad Stadium.

Manchester City are in fierce offense for their total goals on Premier League are 16 goals more than the Champion, Liverpool. Moreover, on home field, they scored 3 goals per game. In the final battle of the League, they did not spare any effort to sweep Norwich with 5-0. Although they did not win the league champion title in the end, they showed a king style.
They also performed well in the UEFA Champions League. They advanced into the group stage with an unbeaten record, and in the first leg, they beat Real Madrid with 2-1. In theory, as long as they are unbeaten or with 1 goal difference loss, they could even promoted successfully.

Real Madrid won the La Liga championship title, 5 points ahead of FC Barcelona. With 25 goals, They became the strongest defensive team in La Liga with only conceding 25 goals totally, showing Zidane’s strong coaching ability. The record of 10 consecutive victories since the restart of La Liga shows that the team's state is quite fierce, but it is worth mentioning that Real Madrid have conceded a lot of goals in the Champions League as they have conceded 8 goals in 6 games on group stage.
What makes the situation worse is that in the first leg of the clash, their captain, Ramos, will be absent because of a red card. According to Goaloong statistics, in the past 6 Champions League matches without Ramos, Real Madrid only achieved 1 win and 5 losses.

Head to Head
They were 7 h2h games between these two sides in past 10 years, and Manchester City got 2W-2D-3L. Real Madrid need a must win, while Manchester City just need to keep unbeaten or even a narrow loss. So Manchester City will be expected higher in this round.

Juventus won the Serie A champion last week, 1 point ahead of the second place, Inter Milan. Back to February, in first leg between Lyon and Juventus on this UEFA Champions League, Juventus lost with 0:1 as visitors. So they need to score another 2 goals in this round If they want to promote into next stage.

Lyon performed well in Friendly games on July with getting 4W-1L. in last French League Cup final, they missed the championship tile on penalty fight with 5:6. Fortunately, they took upper hand in first leg against Juventus.

Head to Head:
Juventus took upper hand with getting 3W-1D-1L in last 5 h2h games against Lyon. Although Juventus lost first leg, they won the Serie A champion, being in high morale. Juventus will be trustworthy in this round.

Basel performed well in this UEFA Europa League for they won 4 out of last 5 rounds and they also beat Eintracht Frankfurt in first leg on away field with 3:0. To be mentioned, as for Eintracht Frankfurt on group stage, 6 out of these 7 games were with at least 3 goals totally.

Here support Eintracht Frankfurt in this round.

FC Shakhtar Donetsk won the championship tile of Ukrainian Premier League with 82 points. In first leg of this UEFA Europa League 1/8 Final, FC Shakhtar Donetsk defeated VfL Wolfsburg with 2:1 on away field, being in upper hand.

As a strong team on German Bundesliga, they got 7th position with 49 points on League, but they lost 2 out of last 3 League games, being in dissatisfying forms. And they lost first leg against FC Shakhtar Donetsk, resulting in psychological disadvantage.

In 1/8 Final of this UEFA Europa League, Manchester United will meet LASK Linz in Old Trafford.

Manchester United beat Leicester City with 2:0 in the end of this English Premier League, and got third prize finally. They once kept unbeaten in 14 League games, being in good forms. In first leg between these two sides, Manchester United swept LASK Linz with 5:0 on away field.

In 1/8 Final of this UEFA Europa League, Inter Milan will be faced with Getafe in Giuseppe Meazza.

Inter Milan defeated Atalanta with 2:0 in last round, ending this season with second position. In last 3 League games, they got all wins with winning all odds, being in high morale.

Getafe lost the last La Liga game with 0:1, and finally ended the League with 8th position, being in mediocre forms. To be mentioned, Getafe has more rest time, so they have physical advantage.

There is no h2h game between these two sides, but Inter Milan performed better in recent games. I think Inter Milan will be expected to get the result.