5 Tips for Tuesday’s Action - 10/5/22

The first tip on this list comes from Aston Villa against Liverpool on Tuesday night at Villa Park with Jurgen Klopp’s men needing all three points to maintain their title challenge against Manchester City.

A player that we are focussing on here is Ollie Watkins who memorably managed to score a hat-trick against the Red last season when the Villains ran out as 7-2 winners.

The 26-year-old former Brentford and Exeter striker tallied up four shots on target in this fixture last season and will be looking to add to his tally of 10 goals in 32 games this season in order to extend his lead over Danny Ings as Villa’s top scorer.

In La Liga, Valencia hosts Real Betis at the Mestalla in a battle of 10th and sixth in the standings.

This is a repeat of the Copa del Rey final where Manuel Pellegrini’s men won 5-4 on penalties after a 1-1 draw in normal time.

Betis will have to emerge victorious here if they are to have any chance of catching the Champions League places this season, with their Europa League status already confirmed due to their memorable cup win.

A player to look out for here is former Benfica and PSG forward Goncalo Guedes who is having a decent season for the Bats so far, bagging 11 goals and creating six assists in 33 matches this campaign and has taken a total of 49 shots.

Barcelona goes up against Celta Vigo on Tuesday night in a meeting of second and 12th in the standings, with Xavi’s men looking to wrap up the runners-up spot in La Liga having much improved under the Spaniard’s stewardship.

A player that has been a sensation since joining is former Arsenal man Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, having been allowed to leave in January due to his strained relationship with Mikel Arteta.

The Gabonese striker has managed to fire in 11 goals in 20 matches across all competitions for the Nou Camp club, seeing him sit just one goal behind top scorer Memphis Depay, with an average of a goal every 119 minutes.

The next tip is also from La Liga, as 17th placed Granada go head to head with eighth in the table Athletic Club, with both sides needing a victory to enhance their ambitions.

Granada are just two points above 18th placed Mallorca, whilst Bilbao are four points shy of Real Sociedad who occupies the Europa Conference League qualification place with just three games remaining.

The last time these two sides met, the match resulted in a 2-2 draw at the San Mames back in late November.

Granada will come into this game with decent confidence having thumped relegation rivals Mallorca 6-2 last time out, whilst Bilbao managed superb 3-2 and 2-0 victories over Cadiz and Atletico Madrid before their 0-0 draw with Valencia at the weekend.

Turkish Super Lig champions Trabzonspor takes on Kayserispor in the second leg of the Turkish Cup semi-finals.

Trabzonspor won 1-0 in the first leg as former Aston Villa forward Andreas Cornelius fired in the only goal of the match with just three minutes to go.

In terms of league context, the home side are 15th in the Turkish top-flight, whilst the visitors wrapped up their first league title in 38-years with three games to go at the expense of Fenerbahce.

Trabzonspor have won 22 of their 31 meetings with Kayserispor, with four draws heading into this game, including the last league meeting back in February via a 3-2 scoreline.