Andy Brassell's Weekend Football Tips Including West Ham Vs Leeds United
European football expert Andy Brassell is back after the final international break of the season to share his three best selections for this weekend's action across Europe's top leagues.
As always, Andy will provide a fourth selection exclusively for Gambling.com account holders, using the latest odds from Grosvenor.
Andy has been a writer and broadcaster on European football for 20 years, featuring on TalkSPORT, On The Continent, The Guardian, Sky Sports and TNT Sports.
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Stuttgart Vs Borussia Dortmund, Saturday 5.30pm
The unstoppable force meets the immovable object is how this one might be framed on paper, with the Bundesliga’s third best home record meeting the division’s second-best away record.
Yet there’s more to it than that. It has felt that this season, outside the inevitable Bayern, has increasingly been Stuttgart’s, and when they trounced Augsburg on the road to finally take third spot before the international break, it felt long overdue.
League Comparison:
Position | Team | Played | Points | GD |
2nd | Dortmund | 27 | 61 | +30 |
3rd | Stuttgart | 27 | 53 | +20 |
Back on paper, and they still trail second-placed Dortmund by eight points, but Sebastian Hoeness’ team have a razor-sharp attack led by Deniz Undav and have only lost once in the league since being hammered in early December.
With BVB riding out the drama of a change of sporting director and the contract saga of Nico Schlotterbeck, this could be the home side’s moment.
Andy's Panel Selection 1: Stuttgart Vs Borussia Dortmund: Stuttgart To Win - 13/10 With Grosvenor
Andy Brassell's Weekend Tips:
- Andy's Panel Selection 1: Stuttgart Vs Borussia Dortmund: Stuttgart To Win - 13/10 With Grosvenor
- Andy's Panel Selection 2: Atletico Madrid Vs Barcelona: Under 2.5 Total Goals - 31/10 With Grosvenor
- Andy's Panel Selection 3: West Ham Vs Leeds United: West Ham To Win - Evens With Grosvenor
Atletico Madrid Vs Barcelona, Saturday 8pm
Whenever these two meet it matters. However, on this occasion it matters a lot more to one team than to the other.
Barcelona are protecting a four-point lead at the top of the table, a race in which Atletico have not been involved for a while, though such is their point advantage over fifth place that they are virtually guaranteed a Champions League spot.
League Comparison:
Position | Team | Played | Points | GD |
1st | Barcelona | 29 | 73 | +50 |
4th | Atletico | 29 | 57 | +37 |
Speaking of which, the upcoming quarter-final between the pair means this will be the first of three confrontations in 10 days, and few would blame Atleti for holding a bit back for the two that really matter.
Meanwhile, Barcelona, who are 5/4 favourites on betting apps to win this weekend, will need to get a result (in all of those games) minus the injured Raphinha, who is expected to miss the next five weeks.
Andy's Panel Selection 2: Atletico Madrid Vs Barcelona: Under 2.5 Total Goals - 31/10 With Grosvenor
West Ham Vs Leeds United, Sunday 4.30pm
An FA Cup quarter-final should be a joyous occasion, but with both of these in the thick of the relegation battle in the Premier League, you would forgive either coach or squad for having their mind on other things.
The Nuno Espirito Santo bandwagon has really started rolling in recent weeks though their poor display last time out at Aston Villa was a slink back into bad old habits when they could afford it the least.
GAME STAT:
BTTS & over 2.5 goals has landed in
each of the last 5 Premier League meetings
Leeds’ intimidating gait at home - and their decent haul of points there - can fool one into thinking their all but safe in the Premier League when, in reality, they only have four points more than the third-bottom Hammers.
Daniel Farke's side have won just twice in the league since late December. Notably they have only beaten Premier League opposition on the road once this term and that was Wolves back in September, when Vitor Pereira was still in charge.
Andy's Panel Selection 3: West Ham Vs Leeds United: West Ham To Win - 7/5 With Grosvenor
Andy's weekend treble pays out at around 13/1 with Grosvenor.
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