Goals should be on the cards in this last 16 tie. Nigeria have won and conceded in all three of their tournament games so far, while over 2.5 goals has landed in four of Mozambique’s last five games and they have only failed to score in one of those fixtures.

Montpellier have only won four of their nine home games in Ligue 2 this season, losing three of their last six here. Dunkerque are unbeaten in seven league matches and haven’t lost an away game in Ligue 2 since September.

Benfica B have won three of their last four home games in the Portuguese Segunda Liga and should have the beating of a Porto B side sitting 16th in the table. They have won four of their last six home meetings with Porto B, with both teams scoring in all six of these encounters.

West Brom have lost nine away games on the spin and come up against a Leicester side that have won three of their last five at the King Power Stadium. Both teams have scored in each of their last six at home, though, and they are without a clean sheet here in nine attempts, while the Baggies have scored in three of their last five away games.

Egypt look a level above Benin after claiming seven points in three games during the group stages. Benin won one and lost two of their group games and goals have been an issue for the Cheetahs, as they have scored just one goal across their last five games, so back the Pharaohs to win without conceding.

Cleveland has picked it up lately, but not enough to warrant me backing them against the best team in the East. Especially not with Cade Cunningham playing like an MVP candidate. Don’t be surprised if the Pistons win this one outright.

Despite the long losing streak, Indiana almost beat Orlando just 4 days ago when the two teams met in their arena. The venue now shifts to Orlando, the Pacers have covered in 14 of 19 visits there, is it time they finally ended the losing streak? I have them at least keeping close here.

Don’t expect to see a lot of defense here, regardless if Giannis plays for the Bucks or LaVine plays for the Kings. The over has cashed in 18 of 20 meetings, the 10 most recent games between the Kings and Bucks have seen over 250 points scored on average.

It’s the 2nd night of a so called baseball series between the Lakers and Grizz. LA won the first meeting on Friday to go up 2-0 in the regular season series, this is Memphis’s last chance to avoid the sweep. They’ve kept both games close, I cannot trust the Lakers defense here, take Memphis.

Despite the long losing streak, Indiana almost beat Orlando just 4 days ago when the two teams met in their arena. The venue now shifts to Orlando, the Pacers have covered in 14 of 19 visits there, is it time they finally ended the losing streak? I have them at least keeping close here.

Despite the long losing streak, Indiana almost beat Orlando just 4 days ago when the two teams met in their arena. The venue now shifts to Orlando, the Pacers have covered in 14 of 19 visits there, is it time they finally ended the losing streak? I have them at least keeping close here.

It’s the 2nd night of a so called baseball series between the Lakers and Grizz. LA won the first meeting on Friday to go up 2-0 in the regular season series, this is Memphis’s last chance to avoid the sweep. They’ve kept both games close, I cannot trust the Lakers defense here, take Memphis.

A year after Detroit ruled the NFC North and Chicago finished last, the Bears have flipped the script by clinching the 2025 division title at 11-5 behind new head coach Ben Johnson, while the Lions sit at 8-8 and are out of the playoff hunt. Chicago remains motivated despite a 42-38 loss at San Francisco, whereas Detroit has dropped three straight, gone 1-4 in division play, and hasn’t won on the road since Week 10. With playoff seeding on the line for the Bears and the Lions eliminated and unreliable as underdogs, it’s difficult to trust this Detroit squad.

Week 18 closes the 2025 season with a matchup between the Chiefs and Raiders, two AFC West teams going nowhere, but Las Vegas looks like a full-on fade after shutting down key players and getting blown out by the Giants last week in a battle for the #1 draft pick. Kansas City’s season has been ugly, especially with Patrick Mahomes sidelined, yet the Chiefs are still competing, coming off a respectable loss to Denver and benefiting from extra prep time under Andy Reid. Given the Raiders’ apparent lack of effort and Kansas City’s willingness to play it straight, KC should win and cover as road favorites to end their season somewhat on a high.

The line move tied to Josh Allen potentially missing this game has gone too far, as the Jets have completely unraveled, allowing massive scores and losing their last four games by at least 23 points. Even without Allen, Buffalo should be able to dominate a collapsing New York defense, especially at Highmark Stadium, where Mitch Trubisky is more than capable of steering a touchdown-plus win. With seeding still at stake for the Bills and the Jets struggling to score or create turnovers, this matchup strongly favors Buffalo to win by margin.

Baltimore vs Pittsburgh on SNF is as bruising and meaningful as ever, with recent meetings deciding playoff fates and the Ravens winning last year’s Wild Card while the Steelers stole Week 18 in each of the two seasons prior. Pittsburgh comes off an ugly loss in Cleveland, but this kind of spot is where Mike Tomlin thrives, especially as a home underdog, and the potential return of TJ Watt offsets recent offensive struggles without DK Metcalf. Baltimore gashed Green Bay on the ground behind a massive Derrick Henry performance, but with Lamar Jackson banged up and inconsistent, this feels like a spot where the market overvalues the Ravens and gives value on the Steelers catching over a field goal at home.

A year after Detroit ruled the NFC North and Chicago finished last, the Bears have flipped the script by clinching the 2025 division title at 11-5 behind new head coach Ben Johnson, while the Lions sit at 8-8 and are out of the playoff hunt. Chicago remains motivated despite a 42-38 loss at San Francisco, whereas Detroit has dropped three straight, gone 1-4 in division play, and hasn’t won on the road since Week 10. With playoff seeding on the line for the Bears and the Lions eliminated and unreliable as underdogs, it’s difficult to trust this Detroit squad.

Week 18 closes the 2025 season with a matchup between the Chiefs and Raiders, two AFC West teams going nowhere, but Las Vegas looks like a full-on fade after shutting down key players and getting blown out by the Giants last week in a battle for the #1 draft pick. Kansas City’s season has been ugly, especially with Patrick Mahomes sidelined, yet the Chiefs are still competing, coming off a respectable loss to Denver and benefiting from extra prep time under Andy Reid. Given the Raiders’ apparent lack of effort and Kansas City’s willingness to play it straight, KC should win and cover as road favorites to end their season somewhat on a high.

Baltimore vs Pittsburgh on SNF is as bruising and meaningful as ever, with recent meetings deciding playoff fates and the Ravens winning last year’s Wild Card while the Steelers stole Week 18 in each of the two seasons prior. Pittsburgh comes off an ugly loss in Cleveland, but this kind of spot is where Mike Tomlin thrives, especially as a home underdog, and the potential return of TJ Watt offsets recent offensive struggles without DK Metcalf. Baltimore gashed Green Bay on the ground behind a massive Derrick Henry performance, but with Lamar Jackson banged up and inconsistent, this feels like a spot where the market overvalues the Ravens and gives value on the Steelers catching over a field goal at home.

Auckland are top of the A-League table, but their defeat to Newcastle Jets last time out made it two losses from their last five games, and they face a Macarthur side in fine form, with four wins and two draws from their last six outings.

Bobby De Cordova-Reid has scored five goals in the Championship this season and four of those goals have come in his last seven appearances. He should be a big threat against the struggling West Brom.

Ademola Lookman has three goals and two assists in two AFCON appearances so far and the Nigeria forward is the standout pick for an anytime effort in this last 16 tie.

Mohamed Salah has scored in both of his appearances in this competition so far, meaning he has hit two thirds of Egypt’s tournament goals, and he is the standout contender for an anytime goal.

Egypt look a level above Benin after claiming seven points in three games during the group stages. Benin won one and lost two of their group games and goals have been an issue for the Cheetahs, as they have scored just one goal across their last five games, so back the Pharaohs to win without conceding.

Goals should be on the cards in this last 16 tie. Nigeria have won and conceded in all three of their tournament games so far, while over 2.5 goals has landed in four of Mozambique’s last five games and they have only failed to score in one of those fixtures.

Egypt haven’t been scoring heavily, but Benin have conceded at least three goals in three of their last five games and a 3-0 Egypt win is the pick as they have two clean sheets in three games at AFCON.

Leicester have won three of their last five league games at home, two of which finished 2-1. A similar scoreline could be in store for a West Brom side in woeful away form.

West Brom have lost nine away games on the spin and come up against a Leicester side that have won three of their last five at the King Power Stadium. Both teams have scored in each of their last six at home, though, and they are without a clean sheet here in nine attempts, while the Baggies have scored in three of their last five away games.

Benfica B have won three of their last four home games in the Portuguese Segunda Liga and should have the beating of a Porto B side sitting 16th in the table. They have won four of their last six home meetings with Porto B, with both teams scoring in all six of these encounters.

Nigeria are in-form and they look a level above Mozambique. The Super Eagles have hit eight goals across three AFCON games but haven’t kept a clean sheet yet, so they could concede to a Mozambique side that have scored in four of their last five.

West Brom have lost nine away games on the spin and come up against a Leicester side that have won three of their last five at the King Power Stadium. Both teams have scored in each of their last six at home, though, and they are without a clean sheet here in nine attempts, while the Baggies have scored in three of their last five away games.

Benfica B have won three of their last four home games in the Portuguese Segunda Liga and should have the beating of a Porto B side sitting 16th in the table. They have won four of their last six home meetings with Porto B, with both teams scoring in all six of these encounters.

Nigeria are in-form and they look a level above Mozambique. The Super Eagles have hit eight goals across three AFCON games but haven’t kept a clean sheet yet, so they could concede to a Mozambique side that have scored in four of their last five.

Goals should be on the cards in this last 16 tie. Nigeria have won and conceded in all three of their tournament games so far, while over 2.5 goals has landed in four of Mozambique’s last five games and they have only failed to score in one of those fixtures.

Montpellier have only won four of their nine home games in Ligue 2 this season, losing three of their last six here. Dunkerque are unbeaten in seven league matches and haven’t lost an away game in Ligue 2 since September.

Benfica B have won three of their last four home games in the Portuguese Segunda Liga and should have the beating of a Porto B side sitting 16th in the table. They have won four of their last six home meetings with Porto B, with both teams scoring in all six of these encounters.

West Brom have lost nine away league games on the spin and could struggle to end that sequence against a Leicester side with three wins in their last five at home. Over 2.5 goals have been scored in the Foxes’ last 11 games while at least three goals have been registered in five of West Brom’s last eight matches.

West Brom have lost nine away league games on the spin and could struggle to end that sequence against a Leicester side with three wins in their last five at home. Over 2.5 goals have been scored in the Foxes’ last 11 games while at least three goals have been registered in five of West Brom’s last eight matches.

Goals should be on the cards in this last 16 tie. Nigeria have won and conceded in all three of their tournament games so far, while over 2.5 goals has landed in four of Mozambique’s last five games and they have only failed to score in one of those fixtures.

Goals should be on the cards in this last 16 tie. Nigeria have won and conceded in all three of their tournament games so far, while over 2.5 goals has landed in four of Mozambique’s last five games and they have only failed to score in one of those fixtures.

The crisis in East London deepened at the weekend as the struggling West Ham fell to a demoralising defeat to the previously winless Wolves, with that 3-0 reverse seeing the Hammers take an unwanted position as the Premier League’s worst defensive side.They have conceded 41 goals in 20 games, shipping two or more goals in four of their last five matches. Nottingham Forest have hardly had the most successful festive period, but they have won three of their last six away games and scored twice or more in each of those victories. The Tricky Trees have notched two or more goals in four of their last five meetings with West Ham, and they can continue that run on Tuesday.

Defending champions Napoli will be hoping to return to the top of the Serie A table in their midweek meeting with Verona, and they should extend their winning streak to five games and bag a couple of goals en route.I Partenopei have won their last four games by a 2-0 scoreline and have scored at least twice in five of their last six at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, while Verona have conceded nine times across their last five away days and lost 2-0 here last January.

Reigning Premier League champions Liverpool have got their act together after a miserable autumn, but their resurgence could come to an end against an Arsenal side set to take their top-flight crown this year.The Gunners’ potentially record-breaking defence may have taken a turn for the worse, but they have made up for that with an improved attack, and they head into Thursday’s tie having scored nine goals in their last three games.Mikel Arteta’s side have scored twice or more in seven of their last eight games at the Emirates, and Liverpool, who have only kept one clean sheet in their last eight Premier League away games, have conceded five goals in their last two trips to this ground.

A 2-2 draw with Ajax leaves NEC Nijmegen an excellent fourth place in the Eredivisie, and they can keep the pressure on the teams above them by opening gameweek 18 with a victory on Friday.The hosts have the second-best attacking record in the division with an average of 2.53 goals per game, and they have scored 23 of their 43 goals at Gofferstadion.NEC have notched twice or more in all eight of their home matches this season and should continue that streak against Utrecht, who have conceded twice away to Real Betis and Go Ahead Eagles recently.

FA Cup champions Crystal Palace begin the defence of their first-ever major trophy away to one of the lowest-ranked sides remaining in the competition on Saturday, and the Eagles should get off to a flyer in Cheshire.This is the Silkmen’s first third-round appearance since their reformation, but they have conceded four goals in their last two National League North fixtures and could be out of their depth against a Palace side that will be eager to bounce back following a difficult run of form.

Bayern Munich have dropped just four points in 15 Bundesliga games so far, and their rampant attack can take a lot of the credit for their nine-point cushion at the top of the German footballing pyramid.They have scored some 55 goals in 15 matches and have netted three or more goals in five of their last six games. Die Bayern have averaged 3.88 goals per home game in the Bundesliga, while Wolfsburg are without a clean sheet in their last three away fixtures.