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Southampton - West Ham 13/04/2013 15:00 GMT

Southampton team has achieved outstanding results in their last three matches, beating Chelsea, Liverpool and Reading. Thus Southampton got away by six points from the relegation zone and victory in this meeting will strengthen the position of the teams in the standings. The hosts will look for the first goal in the match, which will greatly affect the outcome of the game, given that West Ham had lost all their away matches this season, when the first goal has been in their net.

Aston Villa - Fulham FC 13/04/2013 15:00 GMT

Fulham has never beaten Aston Villa at Villa Park and the hosts will try to make sure that the tradition will continue. Aston Villa is in a serious danger of relegation and three points from this match are a must for the team, in view of the heavy fixtures until the end of the season. The greatest threat to the hosts of course is Dimitar Berbatov, who is in excellent shape and with his scores he has already sent a team to the Championship - Queens Park Rangers.

Valenciennes FC - AS Saint-Étienne 12/04/2013 19:30 GMT

Saint Etienne is making an extremely strong season and qualifying for the Champions League will be well deserved for this team. The team even managed to achieve victory over the multimillion selection of PSG as a guest. Overall Saint Etienne has only 2 losses in its matches as a guest this season and in this game it is very likely that these statistics will be preserved.

Real Betis - Sevilla FC 12/04/2013 21:00 GMT

The derby of Sevilla will be a great delight for the fans of football later tonight at 23:00. Matches between these two teams are full of surprises and predicting is relatively difficult. Betis are performing better this season than its biggest rival Sevilla and the team has a real chance of qualifying for the European tournaments. The poor performance of Sevilla as a guest this year and the bad current form of the team provide a great opportunity for Betis to achieve valuable victory and improve his stats from the matches against city rivals.

SC Freiburg - Hannover 96 12/04/2013 19:30 GMT

This year's surprise in the Bundesliga - the team of Freiburg faces Hannover in pursue to qualify for a place in Europe.

FC Basel - Tottenham 11/04/2013 20:05 GMT

Tottenham will have to look for goals, if the team wants to move forward in the Europa League. For the first time this season it can be clearly said that the Spurs are in pretty poor form with only 1 win in their last 6 games. In their home match against Basel, Tottenham was unpleasantly surprised by the great performance of the guests and the result 2-2 is not entirely deserved. Basel was closer to the win in this meeting, and for the next match the bookmakers mark Basel as the favorite.

Newcastle Utd - SL Benfica 11/04/2013 20:05 GMT

The ambitious manager of the "Magpies" will undoubtedly seek the sensation, win with 2 or more goals against Benfica and thus qualify for the semi-finals of the Europa League. After the important victory over Fulham in the last round of Premier League, Newcastle climbed away from the relegation zone and now the team can safely concentrate on the quarterfinal Europa League clash. Win by 2 goals against a great performing team this season of Benfica seems highly unlikely, but with the support of their faithful audience, Newcastle will do everything possible to achieve the win.

Rubin Kazan - Chelsea FC 11/04/2013 17:00 GMT

The away goal which Rubin managed to score gives the team hope and it is clear that this battle is not over. English clubs traditionally perform poorly in Russia, which is understandable considering the severe weather conditions there, the long distance the have to travel from England and of course the passionate supporters of Russian clubs. Chelsea enters this game with a serious advantage of two goals, but the team of Rafa Benitez is has not been convincing as a guest this season.

FC Barcelona - Paris St. Germain 10/04/2013 19:45 GMT

FC Barcelona does not make any mistakes on Camp Nou this season in the Primera Division and Champions League and it definitely is is the favorite to win this match. "Catalans" demonstrated a great play even without Messi last week that, who had a slight injury in his visit to the Parc des Princes. Messi is still in question for this match but his possible absence is not likely to be fatal for the hosts.

Juventus FC - Bayern München 10/04/2013 19:45 GMT

Juventus has an extremely tough task tonight to move forward in the tournament. "The Old Lady" will have to score at least two goals in this game, after losing 2-0 in the away match in Munich. An early goal for the home side will definitely make this encounter very exciting, but judging by the performance of both teams from the previous game, then Bayern should continue to the semi-finals quite deservedly. However, last night we witnessed unexpected turn of events at both quarterfinal matches, where the favorites were outplayed. Borussia Dortmund was even very close to a surprising defeat. These matches have proven that in the Champions League, especially in this phase, anything is possible and we should not count Juventus out.

Interesting facts about the quarterfinal matches of the Champions League

Borussia Dortmund - Málaga CF 09/04/2013 19:45 GMT

• Only once the team of Borussia Dortmund failed to score a goal in a home game this season.
• Malaga has no loss in 10 of its last 11 Champions League matches.
• Only Lewandowski, Götze and Reus have scored a total of 50 goals this season.
• Borussia Dortmund win

Galatasaray SK - Real Madrid 09/04/2013 19:45

Real Madrid completely killed the intrigue in this quarterfinal clash, winning 3-0 in the previous game against Galatasaray. However, Mourinho said that in football miracles happen, but his team will be as focused and motivated to hopefully prevent such a "miracle" of occuring. With the likes of Drogba and Sneijder and their home advantage, Galatasaray has the strength to reach the victory over Real Madrid, but such with 3 or more goals difference is highly unlikely.

Borussia Dortmund - Málaga CF 09/04/2013 19:45 GMT

Jurgen Klopp rested most of his key players this weekend, but after his team was trailing by 1:2 in the result he had to put into play some of them in the second half. Quickly they changed the outcome of the game and Borussia scored three unanswered goals. The hosts expects their oponenet with full strength and will try to score an early goal in the match. This will force Malaga to attack after the 0:0 in the previous match. Accordingly, the guests will leave large spaces for the fast players of Borussia, who with a bit of luck could have decided the outcome of this clash in their favor in the first meeting.

Manchester United - Manchester City 08/04/2013 20:00 GMT

The Manchester derby will once again offer a lot of emotions and delight to the football fans. Although the hosts almost at 100% have secured the title in the Premier League, this city ​​derby cannot be ignored by either party. The first goal of this meeting will be of great importance in view of the fact that none of those teams has lost a match this season, if they have scored the first goal.

AS Roma - Lazio 08/04/2013 19:45 GMT

This Monday night we expect a serious clash between Roma and Lazio in the derby of Rome on Stadio Olimpico. Victory in the Rome derby brings to the team more than only the three points, according to the coach of Aurelio Andreazzoli, but this is clear and to his rivals from Lazio.

Inter Milano - Atalanta Bergamo 07/04/2013 19:45 GMT

In recent performances on home ground Inter is not so convincing having lost the by Juventus in the previous round and Bologna before that. However, the team continues to battle for a place in Europe and it is time to gain points over its main competitors - Roma and Lazio who will face each other in the derby of Rome on Monday.

Tottenham - Everton FC 07/04/2013 14:05 GMT

Tottenham played a very poor game against Basel in the Europa League during the week and the only positive thing for Tottenham was the won point. Bale, Lennon and Gallas got injuries in this match, which is quite a problem for André Villas-Boas. The meeting with Everton is a direct clash for qualifying for the Champions League, but unfortunately for both managers they will not be able to rely on most of their key footballers.

FC Barcelona - Real Mallorca 06/04/2013 21:00 GMT

At first glance this seems to be an easy victory for Barcelona with their outstanding statistics at home, against the team from Mallorca with their traditionally weak performances as a guest.

Montpellier HSC - Valenciennes FC 06/04/2013 19:00 GMT

During this season in the French Ligue 1, Montpellier is very strong at home and will again seek to make their fans happy with a victory over Valenciennes. The hosts are unbeaten in their stadium in 11 games, but are in a bad series of three games without a win in the league. Players must see in the upcoming clash a perfect opportunity to end this series, but they also have to realize that against a team in danger of relegation everything can be expected.

Granada CF - Real Betis 05/04/2013 20:00 GMT

Three players of Real Betis are with suspension for the important visit to Granada. Betis still has a real chance of qualifying for the Europa League as for now the team is just two points behind the sixth place in the standings. Granada itself is dangerously close to the relegation zone and the current form of the team does not give its supporters hopes of remaining in the Primera Division.