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This Thursday in Budapest, two best teams in Europe will fight: Bayern - the European champions and Sevilla - the winners of the Europa League. Bayern is heading into the game following a major 8-0 win over Schalke in the first leg of the Bundesliga. Meanwhile, Sevilla's opening match in La Liga has been postponed. The German team have won each of their last 22 matches and have an unbeaten streak of 31 matches. Bayern last lost back in December 2019 when they were beaten 2-1 by Borussia Monchengladbach. Bayern have scored three or more goals in seven of their last 10 matches.

Sevilla have not played in competition since beating Inter in August, but they did have a friendly against Levante. The Spaniards have scored in each of their last six matches. In their last 32 matches, Sevilla have not scored in just three matches. One of the most successful teams in the Europa League, Sevilla will play in the Super Cup for the sixth time. Of their previous five, they managed to win only one - beating Barcelona 3-0 in 2006. It will be the second time they will face a non-Spanish team. Given the high performance of both teams, I think there will be a lot of goals, but Bayern will win.

Braga have seen BTTS in 4 of their last 5 matches.
Santa Clara have scored 9 goals in their last 4 matches.
The Azores club could be a tough nut to crack.

Braga played two preseason friendlies, a 2-1 defeat against Benfica and 2-2 draw against Real Valladolid.

Carlos Carvalhal’s side started the new Primeira Liga with a trip to Porto. André Castro gave them the lead but Porto took a 2-1 lead and made it 3-1 after Raúl Silva was sent off.

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- Willem II have lost by 2+ goals in 4 of their last 7 Eredivisie matches;

- Rangers have won 7 of their last 9 Europa League qualifiers;

- Steven Gerrard’s side sit top of the Scottish Premiership.

- Willem II kept it going in the Eredivisie with a 4-0 home win against Heracles on Sunday. Vangelis Pavlidis was at it again with another two goals, Görkem Saglam and John Yeboah completing the rout.

With heavy defeats against Leicester and Everton in their opening two games, there’s no respite for newly promoted West Brom.

Chelsea are the visitors to the Hawthorns this weekend and manager Slaven Bilic will be hoping that the signing of ex-Chelsea veteran, Branislav Ivanovic, can help shore up a defence that has already conceded 8 Premier League goals in their first two games.

Frank Lampard will have been disappointed with his team’s lacklustre display against Liverpool on Sunday when they were well beaten in a 2-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge.

It may take some time for him to bed in all his new signings but he will be demanding a much improved performance against the Baggies and I fancy a comfortable 3-0 win for the Blues.

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Sporting Lisbon endured a disappointing end to the 2019-20 Primeira Liga season but can kick start their new campaign with victory in their first competitive match – a Europa League qualifier at home to Aberdeen.

Despite their poor run of results at the end of the season, Sporting still finished fourth in the latest edition of the Primeira Liga and reached the last 32 of the Europa League last term, winning five of their eight matches.

Man City’s cup date with Bournemouth on Thursday follows hot on the heels of the Citizens’ fine 3-1 win at Wolves on Monday evening, and with little time to rest between games, Pep Guardiola has already admitted that his XI will be flooded with kids and fringe players against the Cherries.

City, who won the Carabao Cup in each of the last three seasons, could hand minutes to players like Tommy Doyle and Adrian Bernabe this week, while highly-regarded 17-year-old striker Liam Delap – son of former Stoke defender Rory – looks set for a senior debut.

Jason Tindall will feel like his Cherries team have an opening to cause an upset at the Etihad this week against a makeshift City team, and as a result, Bournemouth might play with a little more adventure than they might have against a full-strength Citizens XI.

That in turn, promises to make Thursday’s third round cup tussle an exciting contest. An average of 4.2 goals per 90 minutes hit the net in the last five meetings between these clubs at the Etihad Stadium, and I expect their latest clash this week to be similarly thrilling, albeit for different reasons.

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Centre-back Eric Garcia, midfielder Bernardo Silva and left-back Oleksandr Zinchenko are all missing through injury. Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has already said that he is likely to make wholesale changes for this clash.

Ilkay Gundogan tested positive for COVID-19 so is unavailable while centre-back Aymeric Laporte and winger Riyad Mahrez are just returning from injury so are unlikely to be risked. Forward Sergio Aguero is also missing through injury.

Goals to Dodi Lukébakio and Matheus Cunha made it 2-2, Peter Pekarík made it 3-3 but their defence continued to let them down. Dodi Lukébakio scored his second goal in the 83rd minute but they couldn’t find an equaliser.

Hertha Berlin won 4-1 at Werder Bremen in their frist Bundesliga match of the season. Peter Pekarík, Dodi Lukébakio and Matheus Cunha established a 3-0 lead with Jhon Córdoba coming off the bench to add icing on the cake.

📍 The Spaniards have seen at least three goals in four of their five matches in this competition. Their previous two were incredible clashes, as they lost 3-2 to Real Madrid and 5-4 against Barcelona, both in extra time.

📍 Those 2-2 and 4-4 draws within the 90 minutes were entertaining in themselves, while we expect a repeat of that against a Bayern side who scored eight against Schalke on Friday night. That has us backing over 3.5 goals as our first prediction.

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Bayern Munich approach this clash in imense form, having won 22 consecutive matches. They look far too strong for Sevilla here. Bayern have put eight goals past both Schalke and Barcelona in their last four games, so we expect them to comfortably win this clash.

As a result, we’re going with a 3-1 correct score prediction given the Bavarians’ scoring form and Sevilla’s record of conceding goals in the Super Cup.

It's not been a great start for Derby. Not a point on the board yet in the league and their only win so far came on penalties against Barrow in the Carabao Cup.

Blackburn, meanwhile, ran riot against Wycombe last week and Adam Armstrong looks to have really settled into a No 9 role for them. He will score plenty of goals this season, and could fire them to another win at Pride Park.

Prutton predicts: 1-2

Source: SkySports

Bayern Munchen will be aiming to lift yet another prestigious trophy when they take on Sevilla in the UEFA Super Cup at Puskas Arena. The mighty Bavarians did well to beat PSG in the Champions League final last term, and they are seen as hot favourites to win Thursday’s showdown as well. Thiago Alcantara is no longer part of the squad as he joined Liverpool, but summer signing Leroy Sane is likely to prove a handful for the opposition defenders.

Kingsley Koman, who was tested positive for coronavirus, is unlikely to feature against Sevilla. Los Sevillanos, on the other hand, head into the match with Ever Banega and Sergio Reguilon, who left the club in the summer transfer window. Considering that Bayern Munchen crushed Schalke 8-0 in their Bundesliga opener, we do not believe that Sevilla, who have yet to start the new La Liga campaign, are capable of spoiling FCB’s party in Bucharest.