Blackburn Rovers vs Middlesbrough: Middlesbrough to win - 8/5
Blackburn Rovers hosts Middlesbrough in a clash between 11th and 7th in the Premier League table.
Valerian Ismael’s men are on a five game winless run, having drawn 1-1 with Norwich City before suffering defeats to Derby County (2-1), Stoke City (1-0), Cardiff City (2-1) and Portsmouth (1-0).
Michael Carrick’s side have won three, drawn one and lost one of their last five matches, as the Boro have earned victories over Oxford United (2-1), QPR (2-1) and Derby County (1-0) while drawing 0-0 at Luton Town and suffering a 1-0 loss at Swansea City.
Rayo Vallecano vs Espanyol: Rayo Vallecano to win - 17/20
In La Liga, seventh-place Rayo Vallecano meets 16th-place Espanyol.
Vallecano earned a vital 2-0 win at Deportivo Alaves last time out, ending a four game winless run that had seen them draw with Real Sociedad (2-2) and Sevilla (1-1) while suffering defeats to Real Madrid (2-1) and Villarreal (1-0).
Espanyol are on a three game winless run themselves since beating Deportivo Alaves 1-0 on 22nd February, as they have drawn with Girona and Atlético Madrid via 1-1 scorelines on either side of a 2-1 loss at Mallorca.
Augsburg vs Bayern Munich: Bayern Munich to win - 4/9
Top of the table, Bayern Munich travels to eighth-place Augsburg in the Bundesliga.
The home side are in good form of late, as they have won three and drawn two of their last five matches, with those victories coming over Borussia Mönchengladbach (3-0), Borussia Dortmund (1-0) and Wolfsburg (1-0) while drawing with Freiburg (0-0) and Hoffenheim (1-1).
Bayern Munich recently managed to thrash Bayer Leverkusen 5-0 on aggregate to reach the quarter-finals of the Champions League, however, their league form will be a note of concern, as they suffered a shock 3-2 home loss to Bochum before drawing 1-1 at Union Berlin and earning a narrow 3-2 victory over St. Pauli.
Nice vs Nantes: Nice to win - 27/50
Fourth-place Nice goes up against 13th-place Nantes in Friday night’s Ligue 1 action.
Nice will be looking to get their league season back on track having recently suffered defeats to AS Monaco (2-1) and Lyon (2-0) on either side of a 1-1 draw with Auxerre. Prior to those matches, they had beaten Saint-Etienne (3-1) and Montpellier (2-0).
Nantes were beaten 3-2 away at Le Havre in their last outing after previously managing wins over Lille (1-0) and Lens (3-1) on either side of further losses to Strasbourg (1-0) and Marseille (2-0).
Paris FC vs Clermont Foot: Paris to win - 4/9
The final game on this Smart Acca sees third-place Paris FC go head-to-head with 17th place Clermont Foot in Ligue 2.
Paris FC enter this match with four wins from their last five games, having earned victories over Caen (4-2), Lorient (3-2), Annecy (3-2) and Troyes (1-0) while suffering a 3-0 loss at Laval.
Clermont Foot are on a dismal run of form, as in the run-up to draws with Amiens (1-1) and Grenoble (0-0), they had lost games against Guingamp (3-1), Caen (1-0) and Dunkerque (3-0).
