Andy Brassell's Weekend Football Tips Including Liverpool Vs Manchester City
European football expert Andy Brassell is back to share his three best selections for this weekend's action across Europe's top leagues using the latest odds from LiveScoreBet.
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.
Alaves Vs Atletico, Saturday 3.15pm
The always restless Diego Simeone must have been tearing his hair out over the last few weeks; having beaten Real Madrid in an epic derby the international break arrived to halt momentum and separate him from his players.
Now Atletico get back on the La Liga horse with a tough fixture, having already folded alarmingly on one trip to the north-east having been heavily beaten at Athletic (though they since won at Real Sociedad).
League Comparison
Position | Team | Played | Points | GD |
2nd | Atletico | 7 | 16 | +9 |
6th | Alaves | 7 | 11 | +5 |
Alaves, meanwhile, are overachieving under Quique Sanchez Flores and a particularly difficult opponent at their Mendizorroza home, even if they were beaten by Valencia in their last home game.
With the rugged Lucas Boye and the revitalised Mariano Diaz, they have the forward players to make this a first game back at it that Atleti will not enjoy.
Andy's Panel Selection 1: Alaves Vs Atletico: Alaves/Draw Double Chance - 10/11 With LiveScoreBet
Andy Brassell's Weekend Tips:
- Andy's Panel Selection 1: Alaves Vs Atletico: Alaves/Draw Double Chance - 10/11 With LiveScoreBet
- Andy's Panel Selection 2: Cologne Vs B M'gladbach: Over 3.5 Total Goals - 11/10 With LiveScoreBet
- Andy's Panel Selection 3: Liverpool Vs Man City: Man City To Win - 7/5 With LiveScoreBet
Cologne Vs B Monchengladbach, Sunday 2.30pm
Borussia M'gladbach’s new coach Alexander Blessin has his work cut out even taking into account that the season is only four games old.
His predecessor Eugen Polanski was finished off by a pointless start, which has been extended since his exit, and their defensive issues are such (16 conceded so far) that they have become the first team in Bundesliga history to lose successive home games despite scoring three times in both of them.
League Comparison
Position | Team | Played | Points | GD |
13th | Cologne | 4 | 4 | -3 |
18th | B M'gladbach | 4 | 0 | -10 |
Blessin made St Pauli a tough nut to crack in his previous job but has had little time to work with a full squad during the international pause.
Their fierce local rivals Cologne will aim to add to their misery in this derby and though their performances have been better than their results so far, they have via Said El Mala and Ragnar Ache the firepower to do just that.
Andy's Panel Selection 2: Cologne Vs B M'gladbach: Over 3.5 Total Goals - 11/10 With LiveScoreBet
Liverpool Vs Manchester City, Sunday 4.30pm
Outside finals and playoffs, can there ever have been such a highly scrutinised game in recent European football history as this one?
The eyes of the world will be fixed on Anfield as we simply don’t know what to expect for the first game since the overwhelming guilty verdict handed down to City after the long running investigation for financial breaches.
League Comparison
Position | Team | Played | Points | GD |
1st | Man City | 5 | 15 | +8 |
8th | Liverpool | 5 | 9 | +3 |
With the amount of airtime debate the matter has hogged it’s easy to forget that Enzo Maresca’s side go into Sunday’s game atop the table with a 100% record - and his players will surely welcome a chance to just get and play, particularly in a game of substance.
Whatever atmosphere the visitors face, Liverpool have blown hot and cold so far and will probably be without Alexander Isak and Cody Gakpo for this one, making a stiff test even harder.
Andy's Panel Selection 3: Liverpool Vs Man City: Man City To Win - 7/5 With LiveScoreBet
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