For the second week in a row, the Boom Banker’s 18 odds Home Wins picks for last weekend was only binned by one game. This time, it was Benfica who were held to an upsetting 1-1 draw at home to Casa Pia Lisbon.
On the back of another painful Cut-1, the Boom Banker returns this weekend with a sweet 20 odds Home Wins ACCA drawn from the top and lower leagues across Europe.
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AC MILAN VS UDINESE
Having recently slipped from top spot to third place in Serie A, AC Milan seek a return to winning ways on Saturday evening, when they welcome Udinese to San Siro.
While Milan had lost back-to-back games before playing out a thrilling draw with Napoli last weekend, their visitors are yet to post a league victory this season and also exited the Coppa Italia in midweek.
In the context of two dispiriting defeats during the previous week, Milan’s 2-2 draw with Napoli may feel like a case of two points dropped for the second-city side, after Olivier Giroud’s first-half brace had put them in control at Stadio Maradona last Sunday.
In desperate need of three points from next week’s reverse fixture against PSG, last season’s Champions League semi-finalists must first target their first league win for nearly a month.
Having won six of their last seven Serie A home games – the sole loss coming against potential title rivals Juve – Milan will expect to steady the ship with victory over a struggling side they have tended to dominate in the past.
While injuries continue to take their toll on Pioli’s squad, the Rossoneri have gone unbeaten through 15 of their last 16 league meetings with Udinese at San Siro – and their visitors have not won anywhere since August.
A 3-1 success earlier this year may have given Udinese their first Serie A win over Milan in seven attempts, but repeating that feat seems a tall order for the Fruili side this weekend.
They may have lost to Inter, Juventus and PSG this season, but Milan have been beaten just twice in their last 25 games against teams sitting inside Serie A’s bottom four. Winning 18 times during that period shows that the Rossoneri rarely struggle against Italy’s lesser lights, so an ailing Udinese side are bound for defeat.
This is unlikely to be anything other than a home win for Milan at 1.51 odds on BestBet360.
ROMA VS LECCE
Roma will be seeking to extend their winning run at the Stadio Olimpico when they face Lecce on Sunday.
While Roma may have seen their five-game winning run ended by Inter Milan last weekend (1-0), José Mourinho’s men have made an admirable recovery from their abject start to the season. The Giallorossi sit five points adrift of the top-four after ten rounds, a bridgeable gap as they look to return to the UEFA Champions League for the first time since 2018/19.
A chance to get back on track doesn’t get much more enticing for Roma than the visit of Lecce, an opponent they’ve not lost a home league H2H against since April 1986 (W14, D2). That record could be set to continue given the Giallorossi’s stellar form on their own patch, winning each of the last five matches at the Stadio Olimpico without conceding a single goal!
Lecce find themselves just a point behind Roma in the standings, but their form has fallen off a cliff of late. Since starting the campaign with a five-game unbeaten run (W3, D2), Roberto D’Aversa’s men have failed to win any of their next five (D2, L3), while they were also dumped out of the Coppa Italia by second-tier Parma in midweek.
Roma to win at 1.61 odds on BestBet360 comes handy.
REAL MADRID VS RAYO VALLECANO
Real Madrid will be bidding to continue their strong start to the campaign when they welcome Rayo Vallecano to Bernabeu in La Liga on Sunday night.
Los Blancos were 2-1 winners over Barcelona in El Clasico last weekend, with the result leaving them at the top of the table on 28 points, while Rayo sit in eighth position on 17 points.
Real Madrid were far from their best in the first half of El Clasico last weekend, with Ilkay Gundogan’s sixth-minute effort allowing Barcelona to take a 1-0 lead into the interval, but Jude Bellingham came up with a second-half brace to secure a huge three points for Los Blancos.
Carlo Ancelotti’s side have won nine, drawn one and lost one of their 11 league matches this season to collect 28 points, which is enough to top the table, but they are level on points with Girona.
Atletico Madrid in third are just three points behind with a game in hand, meanwhile, so Real Madrid are far from comfortable at the summit, and they will be eyeing back-to-back wins over Rayo and Valencia at Bernabeu before the season breaks again in November for international matches.
Rayo have also made a strong start to the season, boasting a record of four wins, five draws and two defeats from their 11 league games, which has left them in eighth position in the table on 17 points.
The capital side are just two points behind fifth-placed Real Sociedad and have proved to be a tough nut to crack this term, although too many draws have prevented them from pushing higher up the division.
Rayo were in Copa del Rey first-round action on Wednesday evening, meanwhile, recording a 6-0 victory over Atletico Lugones to comfortably progress to the next stage.
Los Franjirrojos have finished 12th and 11th in their last two La Liga campaigns but look well-equipped to push higher up the division this term, and they are more than capable of making this a difficult match for Real Madrid.
Rayo are a tricky team to beat, and this is unlikely to be a straightforward match for Real Madrid. The hosts were excellent in the second half against Barcelona, though, and they are expected to navigate their way to another three points in Spain’s top flight.
Backing Madrid to secure a comfortable home win at 1.34 odds on BestBet360.
FENERBAHCE VS TRABZONSPOR
Fenerbahce will look to extend their remarkable 10-game winning streak to 11 when they take on Trabzonspor at Sukru Saracoglu Stadium on Saturday night.
Last weekend, the hosts proved once again that their outstanding early form in the league is no fluke as they won 5-0 against Pendikspor, while the visitors had to settle for a goalless draw against Fatih Karagumruk.
Ismail Kartal’s side have made a blistering start to the 2023-24 Super Lig campaign and can be considered one of the best teams in Europe up to this point in the season.
The Yellow Canaries have won their first 10 games and are currently top of the table with the maximum points of 30, albeit only two points ahead of bitter local rivals Galatasaray, who have also performed very well, winning nine out of a possible 10.
Although the team played excellent football in the early part of the season, it seems that Fenerbahce now have even more confidence and have picked up even more momentum in the last month.
Trabzonspor, on the other hand, do not have the luxury of boasting such records as Fenerbahce, but they have nevertheless been in good form so far this Super Lig season, sitting in sixth place with 16 points after 10 games.
They are unbeaten in their last two games – a narrow 1-0 win over Alanyaspor two weeks ago, followed by a goalless draw against Fatih Karagumruk last weekend.
It does not look like Fenerbahce will stop anytime soon, even though the injury list on their side is quite daunting. With all due respect to Trabzonspor, they do not look like a team that could stop the league leaders at this stage of the season.
Fenerbahce to secure a routine home win comes at 1.37 odds on BestBet360.
SC BRAGA VS PORTIMONENSE SC
Portimonense head to Estádio Municipal de Braga on Saturday for the Primeira Liga fixture with hosts Braga.
Braga enter this game after a 3-3 Primeira Liga drawn result against Gil Vicente.
Braga have been conceding pretty frequently of late, although they have also done enough to hit the back of the net themselves. Looking at their last 6 games, Braga have conceded in 6 of them as well as scoring in 6 of those matches. Still, we must now wait to see whether that pattern will continue on here in this game.
Heading into this fixture, Braga have not been beaten in their last 3 league matches at home.
Portimonense will go into this meeting after a 1-0 Primeira Liga win with the eclipse of Estoril in their most recent match.
Looking at their form, Portimonense have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 8 goals overall. At the back, Portimonense clearly had some problems.
It looks more like Portimonense could really find it hard to be putting goals past a Braga lineup who seem set to control this match, should everything go as expected.
Braga to prevail at 1.23 odds on BestBet360.
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