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.
23–29 Dec 2025
Full week · 66 matches · 10 picked
Footybot weeks run Tuesday to Monday: the midweek games, then the weekend round.
- Tue 23 1match
- Wed 24 0matches
- Thu 25 0matches
- Fri 26 17matches
- Sat 27 24matches
- Sun 28 10matches
- Mon 29 14matches
- 1
Arsenal 2–1 Brighton & Hove Albion
Two strong sides · Chances everywhere: 3.8 xG · Standout: Mats Wieffer scored 100.0 · Breakout watch: Mats Wieffer
- 2
Brentford 4–1 Bournemouth
Two strong sides · Chances everywhere: 5.9 xG · Standout: David Brooks scored 100.0
- 3
Sunderland 1–1 Leeds United
Standout: Anton Stach scored 88.7 · Breakout watch: Nordi Mukiele
- 4
Atalanta 0–1 Inter
Two strong sides · Standout: Lazar Samardžić scored 88.1
- 5
AS Roma 3–1 Genoa
Standout: Jeff Ekhator scored 97.7 · Breakout watch: Aarón Martín
- 6
KRC Genk 3–5 Club Brugge KV
Standout: Cisse Sandra scored 100.0 · Breakout watch: Brandon Mechele
- 7
Sporting Braga 2–2 Benfica
Standout: Gianluca Prestianni scored 87.5
- 8
Cremonese 0–2 SSC Napoli
Standout: Lorenzo Lucca scored 100.0 · Breakout watch: Amir Rrahmani
- 9
RSC Anderlecht 1–2 RC Sporting Charleroi
Against the odds: the prediction gave this result 18% · Standout: Kevin Van Den Kerkhof scored 94.9
- 10
Hibernian 3–2 Heart of Midlothian
Standout: Craig Halkett scored 96.2 · Scotland's top three