Friday 9 September football predictions: With the three days of European cups over, with Champions League, Europa League and Conference League matches already returning next week, the rounds of some of Europe’s major leagues – Liga, Bundesliga and Ligue 1 – kick off tonight.
In Spain, Girona and Real Valladolid face each other. A home victory within reach in Ligue 1 for Lens against Troyes.
In Germany, newly-promoted Werder Bremen got off to a strong start against Augsburg in a match with at least three goals in total.
Other predictions
About goals, look out around Europe for these matches that look spectacular on paper: ADO Den Haag-Jong AZ and Heracles-VVV in the Dutch Eerste Divisie, Nürnberg-Arminia Bielefeld in the German Zweite Liga, Volendam-Go Ahead Eagles in the Eredivisie and Burnley-Norwich in the Championship.
In Serie B there is a great match between two noble decadents of Italian football: Palermo-Genoa.
Predictions: the Seer’s Choice
- Genoa win or draw and at least two goals overall in Palermo-Genoa, Serie B, 20:30
Winners
- Heracles (in Heracles-VVV, Eerste Divisie, 8pm)
- Werder Bremen (in Werder Bremen-Augsburg, Bundesliga, 20:30)
- Lens (in Lens-Troyes, Ligue 1, 21:00)
The matches with at least three goals in total
- ADO Den Haag-Jong AZ, Eerste Divisie, 20:00
- Heracles-VVV, Eerste Divisie, 20:00
- Werder Bremen-Augsburg, Bundesliga, 20:30
The matches with at least one goal per team
- Nürnberg-Arminia Bielefeld, Zweite Liga, 6.30pm
- Volendam-Go Ahead Eagles, Eredivisie, 20:00
- PEC Zwolle-Willem II, Eerste Divisie, 20:00
The sensational
- A tie (in Volendam-Go Ahead Eagles, Eredivisie, 8pm)
