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  May 24, 2025   FC Viktoria Plzeň - FK Jablonec   Doosan Arena, Plzeň On Saturday, May 24, 2025, second-placed Viktoria Plzeň will face the excellent spring-season performers Jablonec in the 35th round of the Chance Liga. The duel at Plzeň's Doosan Arena will offer a clash between two teams currently in top form in the Czech top flight. FC Viktoria Plzeň are still second in the table and can reach their highest league position since the 2021-22 season when they won the championship title. For Plzeň, it would be their eighth second place and their 15th placement in the top 3 of the league table. Only Sparta (28) and Slavia (22) have finished the season in the Czech league's top three more often. The Plzeň team is among the most offensively dangerous squads across Europe this season when it comes to goals after high pressing. Viktoria has scored 10 goals from high turnover situations in this Chance Liga season – the only club in the top 10 European competitions to scor...

  May 13, 2025   Academia Puerto Cabello - FBC Melgar   Estadio Complejo Deportivo Socialista, Puerto Cabello, Venezuela On Tuesday, May 13, 2025, Venezuelan Puerto Cabello will face Peruvian Melgar in the Copa Sudamericana. The clash between teams with different ambitions promises an interesting confrontation and the possibility of extending several remarkable streaks. Melgar has already defeated Puerto Cabello in this edition of the Sudamericana (1-0 at home) and will seek to win consecutive games against Venezuelan teams for the first time in CONMEBOL competitions, after nine previous direct encounters. The Peruvian side thus has an opportunity to achieve its small milestone. Puerto Cabello is experiencing its longest unbeaten streak as a home team in CONMEBOL competitions after avoiding defeat in their three most recent matches (2 wins, 1 draw). Now, the Venezuelans will aim for their first consecutive home victories at the continental level. Puerto Cabello is on...

  May 8, 2025   Manchester United -  Athletic Club   On Thursday, May 8, 2025, Manchester United will host Basque side Athletic Club in the return leg of the UEFA Europa League semifinal. The "Red Devils" enter the home fixture with a luxurious three-goal advantage from the first leg in Bilbao, which they won 3-0, and are well-positioned to advance to the European competition final. European cup history is clear in this regard. In major European competitions, only one team has ever won the first leg away from home by three or more goals and still failed to progress. This unfortunate distinction belongs to Maccabi Tel Aviv against Olympiacos in the 2023-24 Conference League round of 16, when after a 4-1 away win, they lost 6-1 at home after extra time. Matches between Manchester United and Athletic Bilbao promise an offensive spectacle. In the five previous meetings between these teams, a total of 22 goals have been scored (average of 4.4 per game), with the "Red ...

  May 7, 2025   Atlético Grau - Grêmio   On Wednesday, May 7, 2025, Peruvian side Atlético Grau will face Brazilian Grêmio in a return match of the CONMEBOL Sudamericana group stage. The duel between the home team and the Brazilian favorite promises an interesting confrontation of different playing styles and impressive statistical trends. Grêmio has won their last three games against Peruvian opposition in CONMEBOL competitions, including the first match-up with Atlético Grau in the 2025 Sudamericana (2-0). The "Imortal," as the Brazilian team is nicknamed, can reach four wins in a row against Peruvian teams in continental tournaments for the first time in their history. The Brazilian side also boasts an excellent record in the CONMEBOL Sudamericana group stage, where they have not lost any of their nine games so far (7 wins, 2 draws). Only three teams in the history of the competition have achieved a longer unbeaten run in this phase of the tournament: LDU Quito (11...

  Bayern Munich v Internazionale April 8th, 2025 The tenth mutual encounter between these giant clubs will offer a battle of opposites - phenomenal attack against an almost impenetrable defense. The Bavarian side has been more successful in five of the previous nine duels, including the last meeting in the Champions League, when they won both home and away 2-0 in the 2022-23 group stage. However, history shows an interesting paradox. Although Inter has won only two of seven matches against Bayern in the Champions League (1 draw, 4 losses), whenever both teams met in the knockout phase, the Italian club advanced. This happened in the 2009-10 final (2-0) and in the 2010-11 round of 16, when Inter progressed thanks to the away goals rule (3-3 aggregate score). Inter is a true nightmare for Bayern in the knockout phase. Only Real Madrid (seven times) has eliminated the Bavarian side from the Champions League more often than the Nerazzurri (twice), who are one of only five teams to...