Friday 7 October football predictions, hectic pace in all the major European leagues. Almost every day is played in what is a real tour de force before the long break for the World Cup in Qatar in November and December.
The Serie A will restart – after the three days of Champions League, Europa League and Conference League which saw Napoli, Inter, Milan, Juventus, Roma, Lazio and Fiorentina playing – only tomorrow, while Bundesliga, La Liga and Ligue 1 will already take the field tonight.
In the Bundesliga, a goal-scoring match between Hoffenheim and Werder Bremen is to be expected, while in the Spanish La Liga, Rino Gattuso’s Valencia will face Osasuna. As well as being one of the surprises at the start of the season, Osasuna are traditionally a tough customer when playing at home.
Other predictions
Lyon, fresh off four consecutive defeats, have decided not to sack coach Bosz: against Toulouse a return to winning ways is expected in a match with at least three goals in total. There is also a Serie B fixture between two of the nobility of Italian football, who only last year faced each other in A: Genoa and Cagliari.
Predictions: the Seer’s Choice
- Genoa win or draw and at least two goals overall in Genoa v Cagliari, Serie B, 20:30
Winners
- Lyon (in Lyon-Toulouse, Ligue 1, 21:00)
- Hoffenheim (in Hoffenheim-Werder Bremen, Bundesliga, 20:30)
The matches with at least three goals in total
- Arminia Bielefeld-Karlsruher, Zweite Liga, 6.30pm
- Dordrecht-PEC Zwolle, Eerste Divisie, 20:00
- Jagiellonia Bialystok-Wisla Plock, Ekstraklasa – Poland, 20:00
- Lyon-Toulouse, Ligue 1, 21:00
The matches with at least one goal per team
- Roda JC-VVV, Eerste Divisie, 20:00
- Hoffenheim-Werder Bremen, Bundesliga, 20:30
- Genoa-Cagliari, Serie B, 20:30
The sensational
A tie (in Osasuna-Valencia, La Liga, 21:00)