Predictions

While football doesn’t stop even in summer, living on the emotions of the America’s Cup, Women’s World Cup, African Cup and European Under-21 Cup, the clubs have already started to work for the next football season. A year that, depending on the country, will begin to staggered periods, but that will have a great and unique appointment for all the potentates of football of the Old Continent: the Champions League. It is no mystery that the most important teams in Europe first point to the main continental competition for clubs and then to their national tournaments. Outstanding examples are those of PSG, Manchester City and Juventus, for years undisputed rulers in their countries, but unable to raise to the sky the cup from their big ears. Let’s take a look at the final victory, also giving some advice on who to bet for the final victory.

The betting sites give favorite to the success of the Champions Manchester City, quoting it at 6.00, before Barcelona at 7.00, Liverpool and Real Madrid at 9.00 and Juventus at 10.00 (odds at 22 June 2019). The last edition of the Champions dei citizens was a real mockery. A safe path up to the quarter-finals collided against an adverse fate that saw them succumb before Tottenham. Guardiola’s men have so much to complain, both against themselves for the many wasted opportunities and against the misfortune for the goal of hand suffered by Llorente and for the goal canceled at the VAR in full recovery and that would have given access to the semifinals. After a long shot and spring Guardiola remained at the helm of the City and we can bet that the Spanish manager will want to strengthen even more a team that seems to have no weaknesses.

Also the Champions of Barcelona had sinister parallels with that of the City. The Spaniards went all the way to the semifinals, where it seemed they had managed to tame Liverpool, giving them a 3-0 win in the first leg at Camp Nou. The unthinkable thing, however, happened in Anfield, where the Reds without Salah and Firmino managed to sell a 4-0 to the Blaugrana in an epic game. Almost a replay of what happened a year ago in Rome. Despite the knockout, Valverde remained in the saddle, but he won’t be able to afford any more false steps from here on in. As La Gazzetta dello Sport explains, in the meantime the club has already put its hands on Frenkie de Jong for 75 million from Ajax, but Valverde will also be called upon to make more expensive investments of past seasons such as Dembele, Malcom, Coutinho and Vidal.

After so many lost finals, Klopp finally managed to raise a trophy to the sky, taking Liverpool back to the top of Europe since Benitez. Paradoxically, the Reds could be one of the few continental club mice to pay more attention to the championship than to the Champions League. The Premier has been missing for 30 years now and the attempts made in recent seasons have all gone wrong, albeit for very little. What is going to start could, so, be really the right year to put our hands on the championship. Especially if you think that the German coach will be able to count on an important budget to support a rose already of the highest quality.

A different speech for Real Madrid that comes from the worst season of recent years. Zidane’s return to the bench has not served to raise the merengues, eliminated unexpectedly by Ajax in Champions, far from Barcelona in La Liga and not competitive even in the King’s Cup. A real disaster following the transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo that has had explosive effects on the whole environment. A total revolution is needed and society has already started to work before time, spending, even before the official opening of the market, more than 300 million, served to bring to Santiago Bernabeu Eden Hazard from Chelsea for 100 million, the star Luka Jovic for 60 million from Eintracht Frankfurt, the central defensive Eder Militao for 50 million from the Port, Ferland Mendy for 48 million from Lyon and the promising 18-year-old Brazilian Rodrygo for 45 million from Santos.

Closing on Juve that for the moment has dedicated itself especially to the issue coach, after having separated with Allegri. Maurizio Sarri will be the coach for the next seasons, called to replicate in Europe what he did, albeit in the Europa League, with Chelsea. In Turin, now, the first important market hits are expected to go with even more conviction to hunt for the Champions.

Two days from the end, in the lead and in the tail is almost everything decided. Barcelona first, Athletic second and Real Madrid third. A three-way fight for fourth place: Getafe at 58 points, Valencia and Seville at 55. Six teams in five points, however, for seventh place, the last useful to ensure the opportunity to play the preliminaries of the Europa League. Huesca and Rayo Vallecano, on the other hand, were relegated to the rear. The last place is played by Girona, Valladolid, Levante, Villarreal and Celta Vigo.

Below, the predictions of our experts for your bets, with an analysis of the best odds of the 37th day of La Liga.

Sunday, May 12, at 18:30

ATHLETIC BILBAO – CELTA VIGO Basques in the middle of Europe, with Celta Vigo need the victory number 13 to try to defend the seventh place. Celta instead in search of points of salvation. 1X2 altitudes: 1.97 – 3.40 – 3.80 Predictive: Goals (1.83)

ATHLETIC MADRID – SEVILLA Athletic without stimuli, Seville chasing fourth place. 1X2 shares: 2.05 – 3.50 – 3.45 Predictive: Goals (1.68)

BARCELONA – GETAFE Just like above, Getafe is fourth and close to the miracle. Dimensions 1X2: 1.50 – 4.35 – 5.95 Predictive: 1 (1.50)

BETIS – HUESCA Betis already safe, Huesca already demoted. Quote 1X2: 1.55 – 4.65 – 5.00 Predictive: 1 (1.55)

GIRONA – LEVANTE Direct clash for salvation, the Girona can’t go wrong. 1X2 odds: 2.20 – 3.50 – 3.10 Predictive: Goals (1.50)

LEGANES – ESPANYOL Leganes already safe, Espanyol trying to play the last cards for Europe. 1X2 odds: 2.40 – 3.30 – 2.90 Predictive: Goals (1.70)

REAL SOCIEDAD – REAL MADRID Real Madrid secure third place, Real Sociedad in the race for seventh. Quote 1X2: 2.95 – 3.75 – 2.20 Predictive: Over 2.5 (1.52)

VALENCIA – ALAVES Valencia wants fourth place, Alaves has deflated but is still in the race for seventh. 1X2 heights: 1.37 – 5.50 – 6.75 Predictive: 1 (1.37)

RAYO VALLECANO – VALLADOLID Rayo Vallecano already demoted, Valladolid thirsty for points to avoid the same end. Quote 1X2: 4.00 – 3.90 – 1.80 Predictive: 2 (1.80)

VILLARREAL – EIBAR Villarreal near the wilderness, can arrive by beating the Eibar. Altitudes 1X2: 1.57 – 4.50 – 4.90 Predictive: 1 (1.57)

Chelsea and Arsenal will compete for the Europa League in an all-English final in Baku. For both teams, winning the competition would be the way to save a season that has been stingy of satisfactions in the league, where Manchester City and Liverpool have made the void, soon reducing the fight for the title to a matter of two.

But how do the two London teams arrive at this derby where the Europa League victory is played?

STATE OF FORM OF CHELSEA

Maurizio Sarri’s first season on Chelsea’s bench was turbulent to say the least. After a good start in the championship there was a crisis of results that soon excluded the Blues from the title race.

At a certain point of the season, after the terrifying 6-0 suffered by Manchester City of Guardiola, the bench of the former coach of Naples seemed about to jump, also because of a difficult management of a locker room perhaps not accustomed to have to deal with a technician like the Tuscan one.

Chelsea arrived at this Europa League final fresh from qualifying for the next Champions League: the 3:0 at Watford and the simultaneous draw of Manchester United, in fact, gave Londoners the mathematical certainty of the return to Europe more important, a goal declared at the beginning of the season.

Sarri can therefore look forward with confidence to the final act of the season, Baku’s final against Arsenal, which could lead him to raise his first trophy as a coach. The Tuscan coach can count on a Kepa in excellent shape, as demonstrated by the two penalties scored in the semifinals won in the lottery against Eintracht Frankfurt, as well as a Jorginho who finally seems to have returned to the levels of his Neapolitan experience.

The sore point, however, is the defense, which as admitted by the same technician, has not yet managed to assimilate his defensive patterns. However, in a dry game anything can really happen and Sarri counts on the desire to raise a trophy by his players and especially Higuain and Hazard, with the Belgian who could be at his last in the Chelsea jersey.

STATE OF FORM OF THE ARSENAL

For Emery’s Arsenal, victory in the Europa League is likely to be crucial to be able to play the next Champions League, given that at the moment the Gunners are equal to points with Tottenham in fourth place, but in reality fifth for a worse goal difference.

This means that unless the Spurs faux pas in the last round of the league, Arsenal only has the Europa League win as a viaticum to return to the Champions League.

However, there is confidence in the environment, both because in Europe the team is transformed, becoming a real goal machine, as demonstrated by the victory by 4 to 2 in the return of the semi-final with Valencia, and because Emery is a true specialist of the Europa League, having won it 3 times with Sevilla.

The Gunners in the Baku final, however, will have to do without Ramsey, who closed the season early, and perhaps Mkhitaryan, because of the political tensions between Armenia, the player’s home country, and Azerbaijan.

BOOKMAKERS’ QUOTAS FOR THE EUROPE LEAGUE FINAL

Obviously the bookmakers have already begun to analyze what could be the outcome of the final in Baku. The balance seems to be leaning in favor of Chelsea, with Sarri who, according to the bookmakers, could therefore be able to raise the first trophy of a career that arrived late at great levels.

In favor of the Blues there is the fact of being in a better position in the championship, even if in a European final and even more in a derby not only national, but also citizen, since you face the two most important teams in London, the predictions must be taken with the pliers.

However, looking at the odds of the most famous online sports betting sites, you can see how the victory of Hazard and his teammates is given at 1.65 times the bet placed, while a success of the Gunners is given at 2.10. An outcome to the penalty shootouts, which could materialize considering the importance of the stake at stake is given instead to 5.75 times the bet, a quota certainly interesting for those who want to bet.

OUR PREDICTION OF THE EUROPEAN DERBY BETWEEN CHELSEA AND ARSENAL

Chelsea this year has lost both the finals it has played and therefore will definitely want to reverse the trend. Sarri is also aware that his reconfirmation is not taken for granted, because despite having achieved the goal set by the club at the beginning of the season, namely the qualification in the Champions League, the feeling with the club and with part of the locker room has never blossomed.

The only way to guarantee a second year at the helm of Chelsea is to win the Europa League. However, in our opinion Emery’s Arsenal is slightly favored, considering not only the caliber of the opponents faced during the journey in the Europa League, where Chelsea faced the first major obstacle only in the semifinals, but also the experience that the Gunners’ coach has in this competition, where it can be said to be practically at home, having won it on 3 occasions with Sevilla.

The certainty is that what will be staged in Baku will be a great game where there will be emotions for those who love football.