The European football league summer break is upon us, as the Spanish La Liga, French Ligue 1 and Italian Serie A, this weekend, become the latest Europe’s top leagues to draw the curtain on their 2022/2023 seasons.
Amidst the excitement of the last day of the season rush across leagues in Europe, the Boom Banker’s well researched 18 odds Home Wins selections are largely drawn from those matches of high significance and huge consequences.
Let’s play along!
PSG VS CLERMONT
Aiming to celebrate their Ligue 1 title coronation in the right way and end another turbulent campaign with a flourish, Paris Saint-Germain welcome Clermont to the Parc des Princes for Saturday’s finale.
Christophe Galtier’s team wrapped up their 11th top-flight crown in a 1-1 draw with Strasbourg last weekend, while their visitors are certain of a top-half finish in a campaign that has exceeded all expectations.
As was the case 12 months ago, confirmation of PSG’s status as top dogs in France was followed by relatively muted celebrations, as Les Parisiens successfully retained their crown despite failing to assert their dominance on the Stade de la Meinau turf.
Success for PSG on Saturday would take them onto 27 victories and 88 points for the campaign – a higher tally than Mauricio Pochettino achieved in the 2020-21 (82) or 2021-22 (86) seasons – and the champions’ most recent encounter in front of their own fans ended in a 5-0 thrashing of Ajaccio.
However, the Parc des Princes is not the same stronghold it once was for France’s top dogs, who have suffered defeat in three of their last five Ligue 1 home games and have not kept back-to-back clean sheets on their own turf all season long – music to the ears of an over-achieving Clermont.
Making their debut in the top flight last year and staying up by the skin of their teeth in 17th place – a ranking which would have demoted them this time around – Clermont have been one of the most surprising success stories of the current campaign, cementing themselves as a top-half outfit thanks to a magnificent springtime spell.
Sitting pretty in eighth in the table, Les Lanciers cannot drag themselves into the top seven this weekend and may be bumped down to ninth – Nice are only one point adrift of Gastien’s side – but little can dampen the spirits of Clermont, whose tally of 56 points is the highest for a team in their second Ligue 1 campaign for 34 years.
PSG’s depleted defence is hardly impenetrable on the Parc des Princes turf, but in what will likely be the farewell match of Galtier, Messi and others, the champions should grind out a professional win to give their departing contingent the perfect send-off.
This is unlikely to be anything other than a home win for PSG at 1.20 odds on BestBet360.
NAPOLI VS SAMPDORIA
Two teams at opposite ends of the Serie A standings meet at Stadio Maradona on Sunday, as champions Napoli host relegated Sampdoria on the final day of the season.
A historic campaign for the Partenopei saw their 33-year wait for a Scudetto finally ended, while their Ligurian counterparts fell apart at the seams and will finish rock-bottom regardless of the result this weekend.
There is no doubt Napoli’s recent results have not matched their fantastic form throughout most of the season, but with the title long since sewn up they have been undertaking a victory tour over the past few weeks.
Ahead of their final fixture, Napoli sit 16 points ahead of second-placed Lazio, with 87 points already in the bag: the club’s second-highest tally in a Serie A campaign, behind the 91 picked up under Maurizio Sarri in 2017-18 – and that was still not enough to take top spot from Juventus.
In addition to blitzing their way to the Champions League quarter-finals before tamely surrendering to Milan, the Azzurri have scored the most goals (75) in Italy’s top flight this season, and they may fancy their chances of adding more during Sunday’s season finale.
Having found the net 49 times in their last 19 league games against Sampdoria – at an average of 2.6 goals per match – Napoli have also won each of their last eight Serie A meetings with the Genoa club.
That long run of losses represents Samp’s worst streak against a single opponent, and before they journey down to Naples this week, their last away win against Napoli came back in April 1998. Since then, there have been 12 defeats from 14 subsequent attempts.
Such fortunes closely mirror the Blucerchiati’s awful 2022-23 campaign, in which they have scored only 24 goals – one fewer than Osimhen – and posted just 19 points so far.
With history already made and several key men planning their exits, Napoli have been waning for a while now. However, they will want to sign off a superb campaign in style, so can put poor Samp to the sword again and reach 90 points for the season.
Napoli to win at 1.21 odds on BestBet360 comes handy.
ZENIT SAINT PETERSBURG VS FAKEL VORONEZH
Fakel Voronezh will visit Gazprom Arena on Saturday for the Russian Premier League showdown with home team Zenit St Petersburg.
Zenit St Petersburg head into this match coming off the back of a 1-1 Premier League tied result vs Sochi.
Zenit St Petersburg haven’t had any problems with scoring, hitting the target in each and every one of their last 6 games.
They have totted up the amount of 16 during that time while also conceding a total of 9. That sort of trend isn’t assured to be sustained into this match, however.
Fakel Voronezh go into this meeting following on from a 2-1 Premier League win with the defeat of Krylia Sovetov in their most recent outing.
Vadim Evseev’s Fakel Voronezh have seen their efforts on goal rewarded 8 times throughout their previous six matches. The number of goals that they have conceded during those matches equals 5.
The Zenit St Petersburg boss Sergei Semak will be grateful not to have any fitness worries whatsoever ahead of this match with a fully injury-free squad ready to go.
Backing Zenit to secure a comfortable home win at 1.63 odds on BestBet360.
FC COPENHAGEN VS RANDERS FC
Copenhagen will be looking to end their title-winning season on a high when they host Randers at Parken on Sunday evening in the Danish Superliga.
The hosts are looking forward to Champions League football next term after securing the Danish crown, while Randers know they need three points this weekend to have any chance of finishing higher than sixth.
Copenhagen sealed the Superliga title on Monday evening with a 2-1 win at Energi Viborg Arena against Viborg, with first-half goals from Jordan Larsson and Diogo Goncalves securing a much-need maximum.
Having won their last three matches in the league since a damaging 3-2 loss at title rivals Nordsjaelland at the beginning of May, Copenhagen have really found their rhythm at the perfect time to run clear of the rest in Denmark.
Randers travel to Copenhagen on Sunday as the division’s out-of-form side having lost their last five games in the Superliga – any faint hopes of challenging for a European spot have well and truly vanished.
Copenhagen will be in celebratory mood on Sunday with their Superliga title already secured, and the visit of an out-of-form Randers will offer up the chance for the hosts to show off in front of their home faithful.
A trip to face the champions is probably the last thing Randers crave after a five-game losing run – it could be a case of damage limitation for the Horses on Sunday.
Copenhagen to secure a routine home win comes at 1.32 odds on BestBet360.
SC DNIPRO-1 VS KRYVBAS
Dnipro-1 will take to the pitch with away team Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih at Dnipro-Arena in the Ukrainian Premier League game on Sunday.
Dnipro-1 will be wanting a better result here after a 3-0 Premier League loss in their previous game against Shakhtar Donetsk.
It has been a rare occasion in recent times that Dnipro-1 haven’t conceded. The reality is that Dnipro-1 have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, giving up 8 goals during that time.
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih will go into this meeting following a 0-2 Premier League win vs Metalist 1925 Kharkiv in their last outing.
For 6 of the previous six games involving Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, a notably low volume of goals have been struck between them and opposing sides. The overall average goals scored per game in that spell comes to a meagre 1.17, with the average goals for Kryvyi Rih being 0.83.
Dnipro-1 will probably dominate possession and create several successful chances.
Dnipro-1 to prevail at 1.41 odds on BestBet360.
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