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Here are the most popular selections to look out for this weekend on Betking.

Barcelona (vs Osasuna) Saturday

Atletico Madrid (vs Valencia) Saturday

Arsenal (vs Wolves) Saturday

PSG (vs Metz) Saturday

Real Madrid (vs Alaves) Sunday

Leverkusen (vs Cologne) Saturday

AC Milan (vs Sassuolo) Sunday

Atalanta (vs Cagliari) Saturday

Inter Milan (vs Genoa) Sunday

Bayern Munich (vs Mainz) Sunday

Real Madrid to win La Liga is at 2.49 Odds here - https://m.betking.com/en-ng/sports/football/spain/la-liga/outrights

Here are the most popular selections to look out for this weekend on Betking

Real Madrid (vs Celta Vigo) Sunday

PSG (vs Rennes) Saturday

Bayern Munich (vs Stuttgart) Saturday

Newcastle (vs Burnley) Saturday

Inter (vs Como) Saturday

Chelsea to win the Premier League is at 21.00 Odds here - https://m.betking.com/en-ng/sports/football/england/premier-league/outrights

Leverkusen (vs Augsburg) Saturday

Barcelona (vs Betis) Saturday

Galatasaray (vs Samsunspor) Friday

PSV (vs Heerenveen) Saturday

Man City (vs Sunderland) Saturday

Here are the top 10 games you should look out for on Betking this weekend.

Man City (vs Leeds) Saturday

Barcelona (vs Alaves) Saturday

Atletico Madrid (vs Real Oviedo) Saturday

Real Madrid (vs Girona) Sunday

Porto (vs Estoril) Sunday

Aston Villa (vs Wolves) Sunday

Inter (vs Pisa) Sunday

Juventus (vs Cagliari) Saturday

Bayern Munich (vs St Pauli) Saturday

Benfica (vs Nacional) Saturday

Here are the top 10 games you should look out for on Betking this weekend.


Real Madrid (vs Elche) Sunday

Barcelona (vs Athletic Bilbao) Saturday

Liverpool (vs Nottingham Forest) Saturday

Bayern Munich (vs Freiburg) Saturday

Chelsea (vs Burnley) Saturday

PSV (vs NAC Breda) Saturday

Villarreal (vs Mallorca) Saturday

Arsenal (vs Tottenham) Sunday

PSG (vs Le Havre) Saturday

Ajax (vs Excelsior) Saturday

The Super eagles of Nigeria have crashed out of the CAF playoffs, losing 4-3 to DR Congo on penalties. The match ended 1-1 during normal regulation time and both teams could not get a goal during extra time. Nigeria had scored first during the match, taking the lead under 10 minutes but Congo pulled their equalizer back and controlled the rest of the game and extra time but could not simply find the winning goal.

During the Penalty shootout, Super eagle's Goalkeeper Nwabali managed to pull 3 saves but was let down by his players as they simply could not score. This is going to be thje second consecutive World that Nigeria is missing out on after failing to qualify for Qatar 2022.

Atalanta have announced the sack of Head Coach Ivan Juric just a few days after a touchline tussle with Nigerian International Ademola Lookman. Juric who was already on the ropes after a poor start to the season sees his reign cut short after just 15 matches. Sunday's match at home to Sassuolo ended in a 3-0 defeat, this proved to be the final draw for the Croatian coach.

Juric had already been called out in different quarters for his tussle with Lookman who had not taken kindly to been substituted during their Champions League against Olympique Marseille. Now Atalanta can restart their season, however no interim coach has been announced yet.

Here are the Top 10 Games to check out this weekend on BetKing.

Chelsea (vs Wolves) Saturday

Bayern Munich (vs Union Berlin) Saturday

Arsenal (vs Sunderland) Saturday

Leverkusen (vs Heidenheim) Saturday

Atletico Madrid (vs Levante) Saturday

Real Madrid (vs Rayo Vallecano) Sunday

Galatasaray (Vs Kocaelispor) Sunday

Dortmund (vs Hamburg) Saturday

Barcelona (vs Celta) Sunday

Marseille (vs Brest) Saturday

Who do you think is the best striker in the world right now? Harry Kane who is breaking all sorts of record, Mbappe who is out for a fight for the Ballon D'or, Halaand who is about to win the golden boot in Europe and there is also Osimhen who is showing Europe every they must have missed out in not signing him?

Let us do a quick break down.

Harry Kane - 16 Matches, 22 Goals, 3 Assists

Kylian Mbappe - 18 Matches, 20 Goals, 2 Assists

Erling Haaland - 14 Matches, 18 Goals, 1 Assist

Victor Osimhen - 11 Matches, 9 Goals, 0 assists

Number do not lie? Who are you picking as the hottest striker right now?

The Top UCL/Europa selections on BetKing for this Game Week.

1. Arsenal (vs Slavia Prague) Tuesday

2. Barcelona (vs Club Brugge) Wednesday

3. Atletico Madrid (vs Union St Gilloise) Tuesday

4. Chelsea (vs Qarabag) Wednesday

5. Tottenham (vs Copenhagen) Tuesday

6. Newcastle (vs Athletic Bilbao)
Wednesday

7. Aston Villa (vs Maccabi Tel Aviv) Thursday

8. Man City (vs Dortmund) Wednesday

9. Napoli (vs Frankfurt) Tuesday

10. Villarreal (vs Pafos) Wednesday

Real Madrid won the first El Classico of the season as they beat Barcelona 2-1 to go 5 points clear at the top of the La Liga table. Kylian Mbappe and Jude Bellingham scored for the whites while Fermin scored one in between for Barcelona. Lamine Yamal was kept quiet all through the game as he could not find a way past the rugged Real Madrid defence. Mbappe was the mad of the show as he had ttwo amazing goals ruled out for offside and also missed a penalty.

Real Madrid to win the Champions League is currently at 10.00 Odds here - https://m.betking.com/sports/football/uefa/champions-league/outrights

Real Madrid are now 5 points clear at the top of the La Liga Table.

Manchester United finally got 3 consecutive wins in almost 2 years as they beat Brighton 4-2 at Old trafford. Ruben Amorim started with full firepower as Benjamin Sesko, Matheus Cunha and Bryan Mbeumo all started.

Cunha opened the scoring with an amazing finish to the bottom corner before old taker Casemiro added a second via a deflection. Mbeumo made it 3 just before the half time break and everyone thought the game was buried. Brighton however had other ideas.

Former Manchester United boy Danny Welbeck stepped up to put in a sensational Free kick before Kostouslas nodded in a quick corner to make it 3-2. Mbeumo however was not done, adding his second of the evening to end the game 4-2.

With that result, Manchester United are in 4th place on the league table.

Nottingham Forest have reach a verbal Agreement with Sean Dyche to resume as their head coach. After sacking Ange Postecoglou on Saturday, Forest had reached out to Robert Mancini but could not appear to reach an agreement. Sean Dyche has been out of a job after getting fired by Everton last season, He is also a Nottingham native.

Nottingham Forest to relegate is currently at 3.25 Odds here - https://m.betking.com/sports/football/england/premier-league/outrights

Dyche is expected to be announced later on Monday and be in charge for their Europa League fixture.

Back after the international break- here are the most popular Matches to look out for this weekend on Betking
Marseille (vs Le Havre) Saturday

Real Madrid (vs Getafe) Sunday

PSG (vs Strasbourg) Friday

Man City (vs Everton) Saturday

Atletico Madrid (vs Osasuna) Saturday

Barcelona (vs Girona) Saturday

Arsenal (vs Fulham) Saturday

RB Leipzig (vs Hamburg) Saturday

PSV (vs GA Eagles)

Besiktas (vs Genclerbirligi) Saturday

The FIFA World Cup 2026 is 8 months away. Some nations have already secured their position in the cup to be held in 3 countries ( USA, Canada and Mexico), some are still fighting for qualification while others can no longer make it. However, my question today has to do with who is the strongest country going to the World cup and who do we think is going to win?

France to win the World cup is currently at 5.00 Odds here - https://m.betking.com/sports/football/international/world-cup-2026/outrights

Let's start with the most two most obvious country, France and Spain. While Most people would say Spain, I am going with France as the number contender for the World cup. Spain is a close second. Start with squad Quality then you have to consider the coach. France has a coach that has been there, done that with some members of the current squad that actually won the world cup in 2018. Also, should i remind you that they currently have the official best footballer in the world Ousmane Dembele and the actual best footballer in the world (Over the last 2 years at least) Kylian Mbappe. There does not seem to be one actual weakness in the squad......for now.

For the Spanish team, I am still a little skeptical about their defense and there is also the issue of Rodri and his injuries. To be honest, there is probably no Defensive midfielder as good as him when he is fit so that is something. Or is this finally going to be the year for the English? They have the right players, yes.. They have a coach good at winning cup games, yes. So what can possibly stop them? Well, we are about to find out.

There is also Argentina with an aged Lionel Messi, Brazil with one of the best coaches in History.

Which country do you think is going to win the World cup next year or are we finally ready for an African country?

2003/04, that was the season that Arsenal last won the English Premier League or any serious Trophy. Now it is their trophy to lose. Arsenal right now have got the best squad in the world, the depth and quality is enough for even a blind man to see. This weekend, Liverpool lost away to Chelsea, a dying minute goal they have scored so often themselves. Haaland dragged Manchester City across the finish line against a stubborn Brentford but all that did not matter as Arsenal beat West Ham to go top of the table for the next two weeks.

Captain Martin Odegaard was forced off injured but even Arsenal fans were not concerned as they could afford to call on summer signing Zubimendi while Teenage Nathan Nwaneri is also still available. I think Odegaard can be out for the season and they still won't miss him, unlike previous seasons.

Arsenal to win the league is currently at 1.92 Odds here -https://m.betking.com/sports/football/england/premier-league/outrights

The question now is can Arsenal hold and see it through to the end of the season or is Arteta going all out to fight for the League and Champions League title at the same time? We are about to find out.

Here are 10 Matches my Babalawo said to look out for this weekend, remember to bet responsibly o.

Man City (vs Burnley) Saturday
Tottenham (vs Wolves) Saturday
Celtic (vs Hibs) Saturday
PSG (vs Auxerre) Saturday
Inter Milan (vs Cagliari) Saturday
Barcelona (vs Real Sociedad) Sunday
Ajax (vs NAC Breda) Saturday
Galatasaray (vs Alanyaspor) Friday
Liverpool (vs Crystal Palace) Saturday
PSV (vs Excelsior) Saturday

Ballon D'or has come and gone and we have our one true winner Ousmane Dembele, who by all standards had an amazing season. There should be little or not arguments against him winning. However, looking further down the list, there are lot of questions. The first Major one is how on earth did Raphinha end up at number 5? He did not even make the top 3 yet Yamal was number 2, Vitinha was number 3.....How?

Someone should please explain how Raphinha that won Barcelona and La Liga's player of the year ended 5th, especially behind Yamal that was in the same team? Going by trophies, they both won the same amount. By goal contributions, Yamal was 4th ranked in the Barcelona team behind Raphinha, Lewandoski and Ferran Torres so just how did Raphinha end up 5th. The premier League's best Player Mo Salah ended up 4th. How?!!

Raphinha to be La Liga's Topscorer this season is currently at 10.00 Odds here - https://m.betking.com/sports/football/spain/la-liga/outrights

Let's even look at other funny rankings of this Ballon D'or. Michel Olise was 30th, this was one of the top 3 wingers in the world last season. Harry Kane ended up at 13th. Is it that Bundesliga tax is taking a toll? Hakimi did not make it into the top 5. Please let's have a revamp of the voting pattern. Somethings are just not right.

What do you think about this year's Ballon D'or?

What is going with Chelsea Football club? Is it a goalkeeping problem or a coaching issue or the players are just tired. Let me give my opinion first. I think Chelsea were silly not to have paid for AC Milan's Maignan or Donnarumma or any other goalkeeper. It has been obvious for over a season that Roberto Sanchez was just not a top level. Remember this was someone that had become third choice at Brighton before Chelsea brought him in. His situation also highlights a major flaw with football these day with everyone looking for "Ball-playing" Goalkeeper while ignoring the very basic of goalkeeping. Anyway the Manchester united defeat makes it 2 in a row for the Blues, fingers crossed on how their season is going to end.

Is Manchester United having a good season start or Manchester City having a horrible Season start? I need someone to explain to me because at the end of Game week 5, they are both on 7 points? What is going on, Amorim in or Pep out?

Arsenal to win the Premier League is currently at 2.85 Odds here - https://m.betking.com/sports/football/england/premier-league/outrights

Now to the serious teams going for the title, Liverpool's main competition this season is only Liverpool then Arsenal, I am expecting the gunners to put up a good fight especially if they can get a good mentality other than the one they showed at home to Manchester City. After Martinelli's goal, I was expecting them to go for a quick reset but this team were celebrating like they just won the UCL final. Oh well, whatever they are happy about, only God knows. That is 2 points dropped Behind a Liverpool team that has not even hit form yet. Gunners, please remind Arteta that this is golden and last chance.

Wake up London! We have new kings in town or maybe not? Chelsea might have the biggest squad depth in the world right now but I do not think any team has got quality all around as much as Arsenal and that should be scary to everyone else.
Over the weekend, with several stars out injured or rested, Arsenal was able to make light work of Nottingham forest without even moving into second gear. There was no Saka (Out injured), no Saliba, Captain Odegaard was out, Declan Rice was rested for the champions league fixture that came up a few days later. Yet Arsenal was able to put 3 goals past Nottingham. New Signings Eze and Noni Madueke are proving to be solid cover while Zubimendi who has settled in perfect at the base of the midfield, popped up with two goals.

Arsenal to win the league is currently at 2.60 Odds here - https://m.betking.com/sports/football/england/premier-league/outrights

The Champions League kicked off on Tuesday night and while Arsenal found it tough to break down the Bilbao defense in the first half, subs brought on from the bench made all the difference with Gabriel Martinelli and Trossard. Remember Arsenal have still got Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus out with Injury. When they come back, Mikel Arteta is going to have his hands full with options. Hincapie and Mosquera have also been brought in to provide solid cover for Gabriel and Saliba in defence.

Arsenal is finally ready, everyone else had better be afraid.

If your club is not playing in the Champions League this season, no need to read further. This is a conversation concerning the big boys. Lol, sorry, I been just dey joke. But yet! Ladies and not so gentlemen, the UEFA champions league is back and everyone is sitting up. This season, E fit be you o ( I am looking at Arsenal fans).

The first match of the competition is Arsenal away to Athletic Bilbao, what a way to kick off Europe's biggest Club Competition.

Arsenal to win the Champions League is at 8 Odds here - https://m.betking.com/sports/football/uefa/champions-league/outrights

For the next 7 months, I am going to be sharing my thoughts and betting options on each match and club. However, Here are the usual favorites as every year shows us.
Real Madrid
Bayern Munich
FC Barcelona
Paris St Germain
Liverpool
Manchester City

My Underdogs of the year? Look out for Arsenal and Chelsea.

Which club do you think is going to top the group stage this year, who is going to win the Trophy in May? Which player do you think is going to be the best player? Who go be highest goal scorere? Well, drop your answers, season long and we go soon find out.

The Champions League is back

What should we say? Where do we start from? Let's state the obvious, Nigeria is not going to the World Cup, again! The first and most obvious one is why was Gernot Rohr Sacked? Why was Finidi George hired in the first place?

We can't deny the fact that Nigeria has some of the most talented footballers in Africa but yet can not compete regularly, why? The Answer is the Nigerian Football Federation. The NFF often accused of corruption amongst other things can not even seem to get the administrative side of things right. Till date, they have not been able to give a good reason for the firing of Gernot Rohr and even if they do come up with a "Sensible" reason, why was the job given to Finidi George? Why was a man without any notable thing on his CV given the national team job?

Now the likes of Osimhen, Iwobi, Bassey, Ola Aina and the likes are likely never going to play in a world cup. If the NFF has got any shame at all, The entire board should be resigning. This is not to say that the players do not have their own faults but what can one say when we are giving them substandard coaches based on Nepotism?

Do you have any other reason why Nigeria is not going to the World cup?

The transfer window has closed now and the season has started slowly. While we can not judge on who and who are going to be successful signings, we can still discuss on who has got the best squad on papers right now. Here are the top 5 contenders -

1. Real Madrid : With the addition of Trent at right back, Husljen at Center back, talented teenager Franco Mastantuono. New coach Xabi Alonso might just have the best squad on the planet.

2. Chelsea : The London club has the biggest squad depth in the world. With an average age of 23years old, this squad is busting with young talents and only God can say what they can go on to achieve. Already World Champions.

3. PSG : The current Champions League Holders. This team does not seem to have a weakness asides from the lack of depth on the bench but with a fit starting XI, I doubt if there is any club that can go toe to toe with their quality.

4. Liverpool : Premier League champions for a reason and even if they have lost Trent Alexander-Arnold to Real Madrid, Jeremie Frimpong, Kerkez have been brought in to fill the full back positions. However, Liverpool might just have the best attack in the world right now with the addition of Alexander Isak and Hugo Ekitike with Mo salah still there and Florient Wirtz? Best Squad in the world? Just maybe.

5. Arsenal : This was a tough pick because I wanted to say Manchester City but looking at the current Arsenal Squad especially with the addition of Eze and Gyokeres? That is a squad with quality and lot of depth.

Who do you think has got the best Squad right now?

Here are some of last minute deals going on around Europe. The Transfer window closes in a few hours.

Alexander Isak (Newcastle to Liverpool) - 130 Million Pounds
Loic Openda ( RB Leipzig to Juventus) - 40 Million Euros
Antony (Manchester United to Real Betis) - 22 Million Euros
Alexis Sanchez ( To Sevilla) - Free transfer
Gigio Donnarumma ( PSG to Manchester City) - Undisclosed
Jadon Sancho ( Manchester United to Aston Villa) - Loan
Yoane Wissa (Brentford to Newcastle) - 55 Million Pounds

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A man down and still Newcastle were ready to pull the trigger and kill Liverpool. That was a rookie mistake because Liverpool stood up and reminded everyone why they are the current champions. I have spoken about Liverpool's thin squad and how their lack of options especially at the back.. they have already lost first choice right back Frimpong to injury, he won't be back till after the international break. Szobolai started the game at right back whenever Liverpool defended.

Anthony Gordon's red card for s stupid challenge on Van Dijk was enough to let Liverpool beat anything blue and black however this was Newcastle and this was St James' park with the crowd roaring for the full 90+ minutes. Newcastle put up a good fight but that rookie mistake might haunt them for the rest of the season. If anything, this match showed that Liverpool are ready to dig in deep and win dirty if possible.

Salah Off form? No problem. It is going to take a Tsunami to stop them this season everyone be ready!

Arsenal's season has gotten off to an amazing start, 2 matches, 2 wins , 5 Goals scored , 0 goals conceded and the gunners are sitting at the top of the Premier league table. However it seems the evil forces have come out to play very early in the season, Captain Odegaard was forced off with an injury. Shortly after, star player Bukayo also had to be subbed off. On a day when new striker Gyokeres opened his scoring account for the club, the immediate question was if Arsenal was prepared now to cope without Saka. Last season, the gunners suffered a lot in his absence as Odegaard could also not find the right form.

Saka is set to miss the games against Liverpool, City and Nottingham Forest.

Now we are about to find out if they are better equipped especially with the addiction of Noni Madueke and Eberechi Eze (Who was unveiled before the Leeds match). Eze who can play as a 10 and also off the wings should be the obvious replacement but there is also Nwaneri who has been assured of been a deputy to Odegaard this season. Not to mention 15yr old sensation Max Dowman who came off the bench and won a penalty on sunday (Though it night be a little too early for him).

My Prediction is Eze starting on the left against Liverpool and Nwaneri slotting in midfield alongside Declan Rice and Zubimendi. What do you think?

The Greatest show on earth is back, the English premier league! Opening weekend delivered some drama as expected while we got a glimpse of what might happen this season. Note - I think this season is going to be the best season ever considering how everyone including the "Small clubs" have been moving in the transfer market.

Let me start with Liverpool, they need defenders ooo!!! They need at least 2 more defenders.. a utility defender like Hato would have been perfect but Chelsea has got that. They had to sub off Frimpong due to a slight knock and also Kerkez. The problem is they have no quality backup on the bench (Please do not mention Joe Gomez or Robertson). Just pray Van Dijk and Konate do not get any serious injury this season. Attacking wise, Liverpool might be the most dangerous team in England.

Now one bet I want to advise here.. Graham Potter is going to be the first coach to be sacked this season. If he is not fired early enough, West ham are likely going to have a relegation battle on their hands. BetKing has a market for this bet.

Is Pep back, are Manchester City going to take back their title? It looks like it but then again, it is just the first game of the season but it appears they might have the signing of the season their hands with Tijani Reijnders. One Goal, one assist is a good way to announce yourself with King Haaland scoring two to remind everyone why he is the best 9 in England.

Nothing to say about Chelsea, they looked sluggish and worn out against Crsytal Palace and should have lost. I think it is going to take about a month before we can expect anything from them. They have had a long summer and little ot no Pre-season but at the end, that is nobody's business. That sluggishness is also the issue with Arsenal who won at Old trafford but to be honest, they were bad and could not keep up with United and were just lucky. Manchester United fans should be proud and super ready for this season, they can achieve a lot (Only if they get a proper DM).

Bet on Leeds to go back down, forget that they beat Everton 1-0, that team is way unbalanced not to mention the silent war between the Coach and the fans. Aston Villa also don't look ready for this season and could not even get a shot on target against Newcastle. Newcastle have to sort out their Isak issue and fast.. they played well but could not just get a goal.

What are your thoughts on game week one.