Football Outright Tips

We’re backing PSG to win the competition and the Golden Ball recipient will almost certainly come from the champions’ squad. Georgian attacker Khvicha Kvaratskhelia stands out as a strong outside candidate after an excellent finish to the campaign with PSG.

Real Madrid, Pachuca, Al-Hilal, Red Bull Salzburg and Pachuca make up Group H and these four teams could provide the most goals in the group stages. Real are a level above all their rivals and could wrack up the goals, while Salzburg, Al-Hilal and Pachuca should all be able to hurt each other.

PSG will carry a lot of confidence into the Club World Cup following their historic treble-winning season.

They have looked almost unstoppable since they recovered from a 2-0 deficit to beat Manchester City in January, and their young stars will be eager for more silverware in Les Parisiens’ maiden Club World Cup adventure.

Kylian Mbappe won the European Golden Shoe thanks to a phenomenal end to the season, and he continued that form into the international break last week.

The Real Madrid star has scored 12 goals in his last eight appearances for club and country, netting 45 goals in total this season.

Flamengo should be able to get out of a Group D that contains Chelsea, LAFC and Espérance de Tunis. If they can get out the group they only need to win one knockout fixture to reach the last eight, and their strong form in South America suggests the Brazilians could be potential dark horses at the Club World Cup.

Alexander Sorloth was Atletico Madrid’s top marksman in La Liga with 20 goals but he only managed four further strikes across 15 appearances in cup competitions. In contrast, Julian Alvarez came into his own in the cups with 12 goals in 17 appearances – giving him a total of 29 strikes across all comps – and seven of those efforts came across his 10 outings in the Champions League. Alvarez stands out as the best bet to be Los Colchoneros’ leading scorer in the States.