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On Tuesday, two European legends will fight for the right to participate in the Champions League semi-final. Bayern Munich and Juventus - these are the most successful clubs currently in their countries and occupy the first places in the standings. Their dominance is shown by the fact that Bayern leads by 20 points to the second - Borussia Dortmund and Juventus to Napoli by 9 points.
The match between the teams of Sporting Braga and Sporting Lisboa will be played on 01/04/2013 at Estádio Municipal de Braga.
The away win over Tottenham last weekend, put Fulham at the 10th position in the table and gave the team hopes of overtaking Swansea and West Brom in the standings. Led in attack by Dimitar Berbatov, Fulham can
achieve better ranking and seek victory over any team in the Premier League. Martin Jol is expected to rely on the eleven that took the three points at the White Hart Lane.
Chelsea is the team that dominates in the FA Cup in recent years. Currently, Chelsea hasn`t got a single loss in their last 28 games in this tournament, which gives high confidence to Rafael Benítez` players. After it is certain that the Premier League title will be won by Manchester United, Chelsea is expected to be the more aggressive and ambitious team for the victory in this meeting, which will bring the team from London closer to a valuable title this season.
Sunday's clash between Brest and Lille seems unbalanced, given the statistics in the league. Brest team occupying 17th place in the standings, has 1 win in 8 games. Guests from Lille had five straight wins, but lost in their last match against Brest and definitely will try to stop any negative series.
In the previous match between these two teams, Aston Villa brought major surprise with its strong victory at Anfield with 1:3. The situation for the both teams in the standings is critical and they need a lot of points to achieve their goals. Liverpool is 3 points behind the 6th place, but with a game more than Everton, while Aston Villa is in serious threat of relegation as the team is just three points above the 18th Wigan, but with a match more.
After winning the League Cup the team of Swansea started performing rather poorly in the Premier League. The team has four defeats from its last six matches, but the home defeat by Arsenal last weekend was only the third for the team this season. Swansea is very strong in front of its own audience and the task ahead of Villas-Boas and his team is very difficult.
In recent years, Newcastle has become a rather convenient opponent for Manchester City. The "Magpies" don`t have a win against City since 2005 in a league match and have lost the last 6 such clashes in all competitions. Newcastle is second in the rankings for the least won points from away matches of this season in the Premier League, as only Reading has won less points. 8 of the last 10 games of the "Magpies" as a guest are losses, and in this meeting the team will face one of the best hosts in the Premier league.
Derby County, currently positiioned in the middle of the table, meets the last-placed Bristol City in the round after the break for the World Cup qualifiers.
Montpellier still has a real chance to enter the top 4 in the standings and thus qualify for the European football competitions. The team is behind only four points from the fourth place and draw in
this meeting can be decisive in the battle for the top 4 places. Montpellier is relatively inconsistent in its performances this season, often alternating strong and weak games. However, the team is in decent form as
has lost only 2 of its last 6 games.
In recent years, the draw prevails in the encounters between these two teams. The situation in the 2.Bundesliga standings offers conditions for yet another match without a winner between Erzgebirge Aue and 1860 München. The hosts cannot afford to lose, as the team is quite close to the relegation zone and should take advantage of its matches at home. Erzgebirge Aue however, is in rather poor form as of its last 6 games has only one victory.
Is Penev`s team able to reach the win at Copenhagen? In view of the team`s performance so far and its ambitious coach, it is certain that all Bulgarians are hoping for a glorious victory. Everyone in Bulgaria`s squad may regret the draw from the home game againts Denmark, when even whit a man less Bulgaria played better than their opponent. The upcoming clash with Denmark represents a great opportunity for Bulgaria to pull away in the standings from the other two main pretenders for the second place.
Spain and France stand in direct clash for the first place in their group, which immediately gets the team in the World Cup finals. After failing at home against Finland, the Spaniards left behind 2 points from "Roosters" and eventual loss or even a draw in this match can crash the hopes of the team for a first place in the group. The main reason for this is the fact that this is the second meeting between Spain and France, and the other three teams in the group seem easy to overcome for the "Roosters".
Hercules team is in a very bad situation and to the end of the season they will have to get quite a few points to avoid relegation. Hercules currently occupies the penultimate place in the standings by 5 points from the 18th Rescue position.
Villarreal is facing a poor performing lately team of Recreativo (Huelva) in a match of the Spanish Segunda Division. Recreativo conceded 4 consecutive losses, but the decent results earlier in the season put the team in the middle of the table. The guests have no real chances to get among the first 6 teams in the standings, but are also 9 points above the relegation zone, which means the team has no real struggle for this season.
About 8 teams from Ligue 2 have a real chance to qualify for the Ligue 1 this season. The battle for the top 3 places in th standings is fierce, and the team of Caen is just 3 points behind the third position, but with a game less and significantly better goal difference than Guingamp, who currently occupies the third place. Undoubtedly, Caen will do everything possible to take full advantage of the home game against Istres.
An interesting fact regarding the matches between these two teams over the past 13 years is that none of them has ended in a draw. Northampton has 7 wins against 6 for Oxford. Both teams are in pretty good form as managed 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss of their last 6 games.
In Group A of the World Cup Qualification UEFA the teams of Croatia and Belgium lead the standings with 10 points for each undisturbed by the other national formations. The third team in the table, which is Serbia has collected only four points and respectively the win from this meeting is mandatory for the team, if Serbia is to enter the serious battle for qualifying for the World Cup in Brazil.
Stevenage team will travel 308 km distance to Bury for a match of the English League One hoping to improve its record against the team currently positioned at the bottom of the table.
Dynamo Dresden and Köln meet in interesting clash in the German Bundesliga.
After 25 games, the hosts take 16. place in the standings, while guests from Köln gradually established themselves as one of the leaders in the league and are currently fourth.
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