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EADER-STRONG VIKTORIA CHALLENGES GOAL-STARVED SIGMA IN KEY CLASH

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  May 18, 2025 SK Sigma Olomouc - FC Viktoria Plzeň   Andrův stadion, Olomouc On Sunday, May 18, 2025, SK Sigma Olomouc will face FC Viktoria Plzeň in the 34th round of the Chance Liga. The match offers a clash between two teams with different ambitions at the end of the season. SK Sigma Olomouc have won just one of the last eight Chance Liga matches – a 3-0 home victory against České Budějovice on matchday 30. Since matchday 26, only Slovácko and Bohemians have as few wins as Sigma (1; D3 L4), with only České Budějovice recording no win in this timeframe. The home team is thus experiencing a significant results slump. FC Viktoria Plzeň have exactly as many points (68) as they had at this stage of the previous Chance Liga season. However, since the league reform in the 2018-19 season, Viktoria were below 68 points at this stage only once (58 in 2022-23; 55 in 2020-21 when no extra rounds were played). Viktoria have their highest position (2nd) since 2021-22 when they won ...

CERRO LARGO RELIES ON HEADERS AGAINST BRAZILIAN DOMINANCE, VITÓRIA EXTENDS AWAY REVIVAL

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  May 14, 2025 Cerro Largo FC -  EC Vitória Estadio Ubilla, Melo, Uruguay On Wednesday, May 14, 2025, Uruguayan Cerro Largo will face Brazilian EC Vitória in the Copa Sudamericana. The match promises an interesting confrontation between teams with different playing styles and historical trends. Vitória has lost one of their last four away matches in CONMEBOL tournaments (1 win, 2 draws), after having fallen in six of the seven previous encounters they played away from home in these competitions. The Brazilian team has thus shown a significant improvement in their away form. Brazilian teams maintain an unbeaten streak of six consecutive matches without losing when visiting Uruguayan opponents in the CONMEBOL Sudamericana, having won five of those encounters. The last home victory in this history dates back to May 2021, when Peñarol defeated Corinthians 4-0 in the group stage. Vitória can thus continue this impressive series of their compatriots. Cerro Largo is one of two...

GRÊMIO RELIES ON HOME INVINCIBILITY AGAINST ARGENTINE TEAMS, GODOY CRUZ EXCELS IN DEFENSE

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  May 13, 2025   Grêmio - Godoy Cruz   Arena do Grêmio, Porto Alegre, Brazil On Tuesday, May 13, 2025, Brazilian Grêmio will face Argentine Godoy Cruz in the Copa Sudamericana. The clash between teams with different playing styles promises an interesting confrontation and possible extension of several remarkable streaks. Grêmio is unbeaten against Godoy Cruz in CONMEBOL tournaments after three encounters, with two victories and one draw. The only one of these matches that was played in Brazil was in the return leg of the 2017 Libertadores round of 16, when the Tricolor won 2-1. The Brazilian side will thus want to confirm its dominance over the Argentine opponent. Grêmio has lost only one of the 10 matches it has played as the home team against Argentine teams in the group phases of CONMEBOL tournaments, with six wins and three draws. That single defeat occurred 27 years ago, when River Plate won 3-2 in the 1998 Copa Mercosur. This impressive record gives the home tea...

UDINESE SEEKS SURVIVAL AGAINST MONZA IN CLASH OF TEAMS WITH SCORING CRISIS

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  May 11, 2025   Udinese Calcio - AC Monza Bluenergy Stadium, Udine, Italy On Sunday, May 11, 2025, Udinese will face Monza in the 36th round of Italian Serie A. The clash between teams battling in the lower part of the table offers interesting statistical connections and the possibility of extending several streaks. Udinese are unbeaten in their last five matches against Monza in Serie A (2 wins, 3 draws). Only against Pescara (eight), Alessandria (six), and Pisa (six) have the Bianconeri played more games without losing in the competition. Udinese and Monza have both drawn the Bianconeri's home games in Serie A: 2-2 in April 2023, 0-0 in February 2024. Against no team have the Brianzoli drawn three away matches in the competition so far. After a run of five defeats in a row, Udinese have earned four points in their last two Serie A games. The Bianconeri have failed to score in five of their last seven matches, as many as they did in their previous 23 league meetings. ...

DUELS AT "BLUENERGY" MILAN STRUGGLES WITH: TAMMY ABRAHAM AIMS FOR PLATT'S RECORD

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  Udinese – Milan April 11th, 2025, 8:45 PM Friday evening will offer one of the traditional duels of Italian Serie A, when Udinese and AC Milan face each other. Bianconeri will reach a significant milestone against Rossoneri - they will play their 100th match against them in the highest Italian competition. Milan will thus become only the fourth team against which Udinese will play at least one hundred top-flight duels, after Juventus (101), Roma (102), and Inter (104). Interestingly, Milan is the opponent with which Udinese has drawn most often - 36 times (with 19 wins and 44 losses). However, the last draw dates back to February 2022 (1-1, when Rafael Leão scored for Rossoneri and Destiny Udogie for Bianconeri). The Friulians are experiencing a results crisis. After a six-match unbeaten run (4 wins, 2 draws), Coach Cannavaro's men have lost three league matches in a row. If they fail against Milan as well, they would record four consecutive defeats in a single Serie A seaso...