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.
18–24 Aug 2026
Full week · 221 matches · 10 picked
Footybot weeks run Tuesday to Monday: the midweek games, then the weekend round.
- Tue 18 5matches
- Wed 19 18matches
- Thu 20 52matches
- Fri 21 15matches
- Sat 22 65matches
- Sun 23 52matches
- Mon 24 14matches
- 1
Newcastle United 2–2 Liverpool FC
Two strong sides · Against the odds: the prediction gave this result 23% · Chances everywhere: 4.2 xG · Standout: Ronald Araújo scored 100.0
- 2
Fulham 2–3 Chelsea
Standout: Pedro Neto scored 100.0
- 3
Manchester City 2–1 Bournemouth
Two strong sides · Standout: Ben Gannon-Doak scored 100.0
- 4
Stade Rennais 2–2 Paris Saint-Germain
Against the odds: the prediction gave this result 24% · Standout: Quentin Merlin scored 100.0 · Breakout watch: Abdelhamid Ait Boudlal
- 5
Botafogo 2–3 Athletico
Chances everywhere: 3.6 xG · Standout: Santiago Rodríguez scored 100.0 · Breakout watch: João Cruz
- 6
Atlético Madrid 2–2 Villarreal
Against the odds: the prediction gave this result 22% · Chances everywhere: 4.3 xG · Standout: Gerard Moreno scored 98.2
- 7
PSV Eindhoven 5–1 FC Groningen
Chances everywhere: 5.6 xG · Standout: Filip Kostić scored 100.0 · Breakout watch: Kodai Sano
- 8
Independiente Rivadavia 1–1 Fluminense
Standout: Kevin Serna scored 100.0
- 9
Genoa 0–2 SSC Napoli
Standout: Antonio Vergara scored 100.0 · Breakout watch: Rafa Marín
- 10
Inter 4–1 Monza
Standout: Filippo Delli Carri scored 93.8