The 2022/2023 European football league season officially comes to a close this weekend with the final of the UEFA Champions League taking place at Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey.
With Europe’s elite leagues now fully on summer break, the Boom Banker’s well researched 13 odds Home Wins selections for this weekend are largely drawn from leagues across South America, Asia and lower leagues in Europe.
Let’s play along!
MANCHESTER CITY VS INTER MILAN
The Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadium was the scene of one of the most dramatic Champions League finals this century when Liverpool came from 3-0 down to beat AC Milan on penalties in 2005 and all signs point towards another dose of Milanese pain when the blue half of the city travel to Istanbul on Saturday.
Manchester City, hunting for the last missing jewel in their gaudy crown, are huge favourites to complete an historic treble and, should they live up to their favouritism, would match their cross-city rivals’ 1999 achievement on Saturday.
Pep Guardiola’s side, who lost their only previous Champions League final appearance in 2021, are the competition’s top scorers with 31 goals scored and have not lost any of their 12 outings.
Inter tasted defeat twice – both to Bayern Munich – in the group stages but are unbeaten in the Champions League since then, including a famous win over AC Milan in the semi-finals.
However, Manchester City are arguably the best side in world football and will pose a much greater threat than any team they have faced so far.
That being said, the Cityzens have not been perfect, especially at the back. They have conceded in 11 of their last 17 in all competitions and in six of their last seven away from the Etihad, while their only away win in the Champions League this season came all the way back in September against Sevilla.
Since breaking out of a bad run in March, Inter Milan have scored in 16 of their 17 games in all competitions and have scored nine goals in six knockout ties this term. Given Manchester City’s defensive frailties, backing both teams to get on the scoresheet looks a solid option for Saturday.
Manchester City to prevail at 1.47 odds on BestBet360.
SHANGHAI PORT FC VS NANTONG ZHIYUN
Fresh off the back of their first defeat of the season, Shanghai Port welcome Nantong Zhiyun to the Pudong Football Stadium in round 12 of the Chinese Super League on Friday.
The visitors moved away from the bottom of the table last time out courtesy of a deserved win over Qingdao Hainiu and will look to build on that result.
Shanghai Port were sent crashing back to earth in the new Super League campaign as they were beaten 1-0 by Chengdu Rongcheng when the sides squared off last Saturday.
Prior to that, Javier Pereira’s side were unbeaten in their opening 11 matches of the season, including five wins on the bounce preceding their defeat to Rongcheng.
A run of 26 points from their first 11 matches sees Shanghai Port sit at the top of the Super League table, three points above second-placed Chengdu Rongcheng.
Their impressive start to the season has been owing to the solid job done at both ends of the pitch, as they have scored 19 goals so far and boast the division’s second-meanest defence, with eight goals conceded.
Nantong Zhiyun, on the other hand, picked up a much-needed victory last time out, when they beat 10-man Qingdao Hainiu 1-0 at the Rugao Olympic Sports Center.
Shanghai Port suffered a slight bump in the road last time out, but they boast the firepower needed to bounce back and get the job done. While Nantong Zhiyun will be looking to build on their win over Qingdao Hainiu and put together a run of form, the hosts are expected to ease to a comfortable victory in this one.
Shanghai Port to win at 1.28 odds on BestBet360 comes handy.
YOKOHAMA F. MARINOS VS KASHIWA REYSOL
Kashiwa Reysol are the guests at Nissan Stadium on Saturday for the Japanese J1 League clash with home team Yokohama F. Marinos.
Yokohama fans will want a repeat of their previous result, being the 2-3 J1 League victory versus FC Tokyo.
Yokohama are looking to stay at the top of the table while slipping 17th place in the standings is a big blow for Kashiwa Reysol. In the last six games between these two teams, however, Yokohama have been unable to bring about in huge dominating run but they did pick up a big win in the recent fixture back in June 2022.
Kashiwa Reysol have not beaten Yokohama in away games against them for the last 6 matches in the league.. They haven’t also won away from home in the past 2 league games.
It’s likely that Kashiwa Reysol will have to play really well to get a goal against a Yokohama lineup who have all the attributes to really boss this match.
This should be a convincing victory for Yokohama at the end of the 90 minutes.
Backing Yokohama to secure a comfortable home win at 1.62 odds on BestBet360.
HÄCKEN GOTHENBURG VS MJÄLLBY AIF
Mjällby AIF will be the visitors at Bravida Arena on Sunday for the Swedish Allsvenskan fixture with home side BK Häcken.
Häcken will be looking for another win after the 0-2 Allsvenskan success over Varbergs BoIS. Mjällby, on the other hand, come into the clash following on from a 0-1 Allsvenskan win versus IFK Göteborg in their last fixture.
A look at their previous results shows that Häcken haven’t been beaten in the league by Mjällby in their last 5 matches. The hosts haven’t been defeated in their previous 4 home league matches.
Coming into this meeting, Mjällby have not won against Häcken when having played them away from home in the previous 7 matches in the league.
No doubt, Mjällby will likely create enough chances to score against this Häcken lineup, but that is unlikely to be as many as the goals that they could concede.
Häcken to secure a routine home win comes at 1.35 odds on BestBet360.
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