Matchday
The week's matches worth a closer look, picked by a fixed rule: strong sides meeting, results against the odds, lots of chances, standout performances, breakout-watchlist players and Scotland's top three.
12–18 Aug 2025
Full week · 144 matches · 10 picked
Footybot weeks run Tuesday to Monday: the midweek games, then the weekend round.
- Tue 12 11matches
- Wed 13 1match
- Thu 14 41matches
- Fri 15 9matches
- Sat 16 37matches
- Sun 17 40matches
- Mon 18 5matches
- 1
Chelsea 0–0 Crystal Palace
Two strong sides · Against the odds: the prediction gave this result 21% · Standout: Estêvão scored 85.4
- 2
Aston Villa 0–0 Newcastle United
Two strong sides · Against the odds: the prediction gave this result 25% · Standout: Fabian Schär scored 85.6
- 3
Liverpool FC 4–2 Bournemouth
Two strong sides · Chances everywhere: 3.5 xG · Standout: Federico Chiesa scored 100.0
- 4
Villarreal 2–0 Real Oviedo
Standout: Santi Cazorla scored 89.0 · Breakout watch: Rafa Marín
- 5
Nice 0–1 Toulouse
Against the odds: the prediction gave this result 20% · Standout: Rasmus Nicolaisen scored 100.0 · Breakout watch: Abdulai Juma Bah
- 6
Mirassol 1–1 Cruzeiro
Standout: Negueba scored 91.0 · Breakout watch: Jonathan Jesus
- 7
Benfica 2–0 Nice
Standout: Kerem Aktürkoğlu scored 93.4 · Breakout watch: Abdulai Juma Bah
- 8
FC Alverca 0–3 Sporting Braga
Chances everywhere: 3.7 xG · Standout: Tiago Leite scored 100.0 · Breakout watch: Diego Rodrigues
- 9
FCV Dender 0–2 RSC Anderlecht
Standout: Tristan Degreef scored 93.9 · Breakout watch: Nilson Angulo
- 10
Botafogo 0–1 Palmeiras
Standout: Jeffinho scored 100.0