Football

Leaders against underdogs and even though Galatasaray's form is not the best, it is expected that this team will redeem themselves, especially against Karagumruk. Even though this year has not been very successful for Galatasaray club, a team with such talent and kindness must simply defeat the Turkish underdogs. 13 losses out of 18 matches, and 7 of them by a margin of two or more, show that Galatasaray can be predicted for an easy win.

Although Liverpool has been struggling lately, they still need to take points confidently. Points are hard to come by and when they do, it is in difficult matches. Bourne's situation is tragic, not only because of their poor performance lately, but also because their team leader, who scored most of their goals, has left. I don't think anyone can fill his shoes and they are facing a crushing defeat against a gradually improving Liverpool.

The worst defending team in the league, Arouca, has let in a staggering 42 goals and has a -23 goal difference in just 18 league matches. Sporting, on the other hand, is a goal-scoring machine with 50 scored goals in the same number of matches, making them the better team in terms of offense. Therefore, their matchup should be very successful for Sporting. In the second round, Sporting crushed their opponents 6-0 at home, so it is expected that they will have another convincing victory away from home.

I think Real is at a stage where they are walking on thin ice. The dismissal of Alonso, dissatisfaction and booing from fans against Levante as if it were a royal club, a serious statement with the 6-1 win over Monaco, and a victory in La Liga today that would have helped them climb to the top of the standings. Real's "crisis" is just another drama because the quality of football this season has been poor and that was enough to change the coach. The players themselves know that they can only win back the fans and make them happy with results. Villarreal is having a good season, but their main points come from weaker teams, as they fail in those so-called "big games" - losing 0-2 to Barcelona, 2-0 against Atletico Madrid, 3-1 against Real Madrid, and also losing 2-0 to Betis and suffering defeats from Dortmund and Manchester City in the Champions League with scores of 4-0 and 2-0, respectively. Despite a great season overall, Villarreal struggles against stronger clubs.