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The first tip on this list comes from Ligue 1, where seventh-place Lorient hosts fifth in the table Rennes.

Lorient have managed three wins in their last five matches, with two of these being in the Coupe de France having thrashed La Chataigneraie 6-0 and beaten Bastia 4-1 on penalties after a 1-1 draw - their other win came via a 2-1 scoreline away at Angers in Ligue 1. Their last two league matches have resulted in a 2-2 home draw with AS Monaco and a 3-1 loss against Marseille.

Rennes have been beaten 1-0 and 2-1 by Marseille and Clermont Foot on either side of an impressive 1-0 win at home to PSG as Hamari Traore scored the only goal of the game. In their last five matches, Rennes have also managed 2-1 wins against Bordeaux and Nice.

Manchester City and Arsenal go head to head at the Etihad Stadium on Friday night in the FA Cup in what should be an intriguing battle.

Pep Guardiola’s men look to have refound themselves in recent matches, as after their 4-0 FA Cup hammering of Chelsea, they were beaten 2-0 and 2-1 by Southampton and Manchester United before a superb comeback win against Tottenham and an emphatic 3-0 victory over Wolves last time out where Erling Haaland scored a hat-trick.

Arsenal have won four of their last five matches following their dramatic 3-2 win over Manchester United thanks to an Eddie Nketiah brace. Prior to this, they had defeated Tottenham 2-0, Oxford United 3-0 and Brighton 4-2, while being held to a 0-0 draw at home to Newcastle United.

In the Turkish Super Lig, fourth-place Besiktas faces off against ninth-in-the-table Alanyaspor at Vodafone Park.

Besiktas are in good form, having won four matches in a row since their 1-1 draw away at Gaziantep on Christmas Day, defeating Adana Demirspor 1-0, Kasimpasa and Konyaspor by 2-1 scorelines, as well as Kayserispor 2-0 last time out as Nathan Redmond got on the scoresheet.

Alanyaspor’s form has been incredibly inconsistent, as in between their 2-2 draws with Fatih Karagumruk and Konyaspor, they beat Kayserispor 3-1 and Trabzonspor 5-0 on either side of a heavy 4-1 loss at Kasimpasa.

RB Leipzig will be determined to cut Bayern Munich’s lead at the top of the Bundesliga to just one point when they host Stuttgart on Friday night at the Red Bull Arena.

Marco Rose’s men are in excellent form, having thrashed Schalke 6-1 at the VELTINS Arena last time out after a 1-1 draw at home with Bayern Munich. On top of this, Leipzig had also managed victories against Werder Bremen (2-1), Freiburg (3-1) and Hoffenheim (3-1) in their last five matches.

Stuttgart are 15th in the table and will be determined to carry on some of their recent form, having earned five points in their last four matches, beating Hertha Berlin 2-1, before losing 2-0 to Bayer Leverkusen and drawing 1-1 and 2-2 with Mainz 05 and Hoffenheim.

Standard Liege against Eupen is the final match on this list, with this being a battle of sixth against 15th in the Belgian Pro League.

The home side had been unbeaten in their last four matches prior to their heavy 4-1 away loss at Royal Antwerp, despite Brighton loanee Steven Alzata equalising for Liege. Before this match, they had beaten Mechelen 2-0 following 1-1 draws with both RFC Serain and Sint-Truiden, while also drawing 0-0 away at Gent.

Eupen have managed two draws in their last five matches, doing so against OH Leuven 1-1 and Zulte Waregem 5-5 on either side of 2-0 and 2-1 losses to Sint-Truiden and Sporting Charleroi. Their last league victory came on 23rd December via a 1-0 scoreline away at RFC Seraing as ex-Gillingham winger Regan Charles-Cook scored the only goal of the game.

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