Posts By: Brian Gilliland

Lille – AS Monaco, Picks and Tips Lille started the season as champions, but without the man who brought them the title last season – Galtier. He chose Nice for financial reasons, as Lille remained at the same ceiling, and even sold some of the players with whom they finished champions. And the results have… Read more »

Marseille – Feyenoord, Picks and Tips The difficult moment came for Olympique Marseille just before the ‘double’ against Feyenoord. They had lost away to PSG, then had two wins, but then came the defeat in Eindhoven and the last game, in which Sampaoli’s team was beaten 0-3 at home by rivals Lyon. There are three… Read more »

AS Roma – Leicester, Picks and Tips The dilemma for the players in the Italian capital at the end of the season is whether they will play in the Europa League, the Conference League or miss out on Europe altogether. There are basically 4 teams fighting for two European spots, this especially since the Coppa… Read more »

Eintracht Frankfurt – West Ham, Picks and Tips Frankfurt – West Ham starts from a minimal lead for the Germans, who won the London leg 2-1. Meanwhile, Frankfurt lost away to Bayer Leverkusen in the last round. It was 2-0 to the hosts in a game in which Glasner, Frankfurt’s Austrian coach, rested several starters…. Read more »

Rangers – Leipzig, Picks and Tips Rangers still have a slim chance of winning the Scottish title again, but they have a chance of winning a major trophy. “The Blues hope to make a big game of it in the Rangers-Lipzig duel and bring the fans some end-of-season joy. The most recent match for the… Read more »

Real Madrid – Manchester City, Picks and Tips Very little was missing for Real to be OUT of the Champions League after just 30 minutes of the Guardiola symphony. Mahrez’s short corner shot and Foden’s almost lethal counter-attack could have taken City to 4-0, turning the rest of the game into a Blues party. The… Read more »

Bournemouth – Nottingham Forest, Picks and Tips Two games remain for Bournemouth, including Tuesday night’s game against Nottingham Forest. In the event of a win, Bournemouth knock Nottingham out and are as good as back in the Premier League. Last time out, Bournemouth won 3-0 away to Blackburn. Solanke opened the scoring in the 21st… Read more »

Villarreal – Liverpool, Picks and Tips At the moment, Villarreal is in a less than pleasant situation domestically. “The ‘Yellow Submarine’ has a slim chance of qualifying for the Champions League again, with the Spaniards’ main objective being direct qualification for the Europa League. Villarreal has had an excellent UEFA Champions League season and can… Read more »

West Ham – Arsenal, Picks and Tips West Ham have a very difficult end to the season, with matches every third day. The Hammers are coming off a 1-0 defeat at Chelsea. The goal didn’t come until the 90th minute, but Tuchel’s side dominated the game. West Ham finished the game a man down after… Read more »

Anderlecht – Club Brugge, Picks and Tips Despite qualifying for the play-offs, Anderlecht are far from the form they showed several years ago. Of the 4 Jupiler League play-off participants, Anderlecht and Antwerp are the only teams that seem to be out of the title race. However, Anderlecht are happy to secure qualification for a… Read more »

Milan – Fiorentina, Picks and Tips Stefano Pioli’s side are two points clear at the top of the Italian league table. “The Rossoneri have scored 60 goals and allowed 30 goals. Milan has only four defeats this season. The Italian leaders have an impressive run of 12 consecutive games without defeat in Serie A. Before… Read more »