This weekend’s top-flight match schedule. 🗓️

Our top three picks for the weekend. ✅

19:00 — Le Havre vs PSG

19:00 — Nice vs Rennes

21:05 — Lille vs Lens

20:45 — Troyes vs Le Mans

15:00 — Strasbourg vs Auxerre

17:15 — Lyon vs Angers

17:15 — Paris FC vs Monaco

20:45 — Marseille vs Toulouse

21:00 — Villarreal vs Espanyol

14:00 — Levante vs Atletico Madrid

16:15 — Rayo Vallecano vs Celta Vigo

18:30 — Real Betis vs Malaga

21:00 — Barcelona vs Alaves

14:00 — Getafe vs Sevilla

16:15 — Racing Santander vs Real Madrid

18:30 — Elche vs Valencia

21:00 — Athletic Bilbao vs Real Sociedad

20:30 — SV Elversberg vs Mainz

15:30 — Augsburg vs Freiburg

15:30 — Borussia Monchengladbach vs SC Paderborn 07

15:30 — Bayer Leverkusen vs Stuttgart

15:30 — Schalke 04 vs RB Leipzig

15:30 — Werder Bremen vs Hoffenheim

18:30 — Bayern Munich vs Borussia Dortmund

15:30 — Union Berlin vs FC Cologne

17:30 — Eintracht Frankfurt vs Hamburg

13:30 — Chelsea vs Man Utd

16:00 — Bournemouth vs Leeds

16:00 — Brentford vs Nottingham Forest

16:00 — Coventry City vs Sunderland

16:00 — Hull City vs Ipswich

16:00 — Man City vs Brighton

18:30 — Tottenham vs Crystal Palace

21:00 — Aston Villa vs Fulham

17:30 — Liverpool vs Arsenal

Top 3 Stats:

CXSports says: Facts are hard to ignore. And the facts here say that Le Havre is the weakest team in the league on just about every measure. They are 18th of 18 with two points from eight games. They scored just 1.0 goals a game while conceding 1.9 in a league where the average side does 1.5 each way. And, as if that wasn’t bad enough, at home they’re even worse — they’ve only scored two goals in four league games this season and have no home league win in nine straight matches. And that’s not all — it gets even worse. Their defence is deteriorating with a pretty clear trend — after only conceding four goals in the first four league games, they’ve now gone on to concede eleven in their last four.

Now, of course, for all of their woes, there is one potential sign of hope. Last weekend, Le Havre lost 4-3 at Marseille, which is hardly the sort of scoreline “the worst team in the league” would generally achieve at Marseille. However, there’s some fine print that’s worth reading here. They were 4-0 down before they managed to score. And all three of their goals make up more than a third of their season’s total of eight. And that means the other seven games produced just five between them. So make of that what you will — either it’s a sign they’re getting the offense together. Or it’s an exceptional anomaly taken against an overly complacent Marseille that lulled itself into thinking 4-0 meant it could fall asleep at the wheel.

As for PSG, what do we need to say? They have six straight wins in six straight matches across all competitions with 18 goals scored against just 7 conceded. And yes, they are without their star forward, their captain, and one winger, and there’s a good chance they will rotate somewhat given they have a Champions League trip just four days away. But does any of that really matter against the worst team in the league? No, it doesn’t.

As such, we expect a clean PSG win here, albeit with fewer fireworks than one might expect given the paper differences — between missing players and potential rotation, we won’t be surprised to see a slow start.

Score prediction: 0-2 for PSG

Bet: PSG Victory

Odds Range: 1.19-1.36

Bet: Both Teams to Score (No)

Odds Range: 2.04-2.28

Top 3 Stats:

CXSports says: Let’s do some maths. Bayern’s currently scoring at a rate of 3.57 goals a game (25 scored in 7 games). Meanwhile, the league average is 1.78. Now divide Bayern’s goal average by the league average and round down to the nearest whole number, and you should get a number that looks something like “2”. And here’s the best part (for Bayern) — 18 of the 25 goals contributing to its massive goal average came in three home games. And this match is a home game.

As for Dortmund, they’re not terrible — they’ve scored 12 in seven, or 1.71 a game, which leaves them just shy of the league average. But, if we’re being honest here, an average attack against a twice-the-average attack (and even better at home) doesn’t really stand much of a chance unless they can somehow lay claim to having a very good (if not exceptional) defence.

On the plus side, Dortmund’s defense isn’t nothing — they’ve only conceded four goals in seven games, and they’ve kept five clean sheets. And that sounds good, right? That is, until you do a little more math — with five clean sheets, that means they conceded all four of their goals in just 2 games. And once you look at who those five clean sheets were against, that 4-conceded-in-7-games tally doesn’t look so great. Why? Because all five clean sheets came against teams now sitting 11th or lower. What’s more, the best side Dortmund has met all season was 6th-placed Bremen, who scored twice against them in the league and twice again in the cup. Meanwhile, Bayern’s actually been tested against top-five competition twice this season (Freiburg in 3rd and Leipzig in 5th), and it beat both of them with a 9-2 aggregate scoreline. So, given that context, it’s probably not worth getting too excited about Dortmund’s defensive prospects against Bayern.

As such, expect Bayern to dominate this one and score multiple goals, with the only real positive thing to come from Dortmund being a potential goal.

Score prediction: 3-1 for Bayern Munich

Bet: Bayern Munich Victory

Odds Range: 1.22-1.40

Bet: Over/Under (Over 2.5)

Odds Range: 1.18-1.27

Top 3 Stats:

CXSports says: If we look at just one half of the numbers here, this game looks like it could be close — the two defences here are identical, with both sides having conceded exactly 11 goals in 10 games. However, if we look at the other half of the numbers, things suddenly look much more unbalanced.

For its part, Barcelona currently scores precisely 4 goals a game — 40 scored in 10 games played. Alaves, meanwhile, only scores 1.4 a game (14 goals in 10 games).

Based on that alone, we think it’s pretty safe to say that this game has only one realistic outcome in terms of who wins or looses. And it’s clear the team on the winning half of that equation is going to be Barcelona. So the only real question is about the scoreline — can Alaves score anything, and can they keep Barcelona on a tighter leash?

As for the scoring bit, we don’t hold high hopes for Alaves — they’ve only scored 3 goals in 4 away games this season. Meanwhile, their last six league games delivered just 4 goals scored (against 8 conceded). Oh, and not that this is relevant to their scoring chances here, but those last six games delivered zero and just 2 points out of the 18 on the table. And that includes a loss at home to Valencia (19th of 20) and a draw against Malaga (bottom of the table). So it’s safe to say that not only is Alaves a side that can’t win — it’s a side that can’t score (much).

As such, expect this to end in a clear Barcelona win with a slim chance of Alaves even managing to get on the scoreboard.

Score prediction: 3-0 for Barcelona.

Bet: Barcelona Victory

Odds Range: 1.05-1.12

Bet: Over/Under (Over 2.5)

Odds Range: 1.15-1.23