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.
30 Dec 2025 – 5 Jan 2026
Full week · 90 matches · 10 picked
Footybot weeks run Tuesday to Monday: the midweek games, then the weekend round.
- Tue 30 11matches
- Wed 31 0matches
- Thu 1 16matches
- Fri 2 5matches
- Sat 3 26matches
- Sun 4 31matches
- Mon 5 1match
- 1
Chelsea 2–2 Bournemouth
Two strong sides · Against the odds: the prediction gave this result 22% · Chances everywhere: 5.4 xG · Standout: David Brooks scored 100.0
- 2
Crystal Palace 1–1 Fulham
Against the odds: the prediction gave this result 21% · Chances everywhere: 3.5 xG · Standout: Tom Cairney scored 100.0 · Breakout watch: Kevin
- 3
West Ham United 2–2 Brighton & Hove Albion
Chances everywhere: 5.0 xG · Standout: Kaoru Mitoma scored 85.7 · Breakout watch: Lewis Dunk
- 4
Lazio 0–2 SSC Napoli
Standout: Pedro scored 94.1 · Breakout watch: Amir Rrahmani
- 5
AS Monaco 1–3 Olympique Lyonnais
Standout: Adam Karabec scored 89.8
- 6
Toulouse 0–3 RC Lens
Against the odds: the prediction gave this result 23% · Breakout watch: Cristian Cásseres Jr.
- 7
Lille 0–2 Stade Rennais
Against the odds: the prediction gave this result 20% · Standout: Ludovic Blas scored 87.8
- 8
Espanyol 0–2 FC Barcelona
Standout: Fermín López scored 100.0
- 9
Atalanta 1–0 AS Roma
Standout: Kostas Tsimikas scored 92.4
- 10
Inter 3–1 Bologna
Chances everywhere: 3.9 xG · Standout: Nadir Zortea scored 92.0