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Our first tip on this list comes from Villarreal against Real Madrid in the Copa del Rey, with Real looking to avenge the 2-1 defeat they suffered to the Yellow Submarine before their Super Cup campaign in Saudi Arabia.

Since their win over Los Blancos, Villarreal were held to a 1-1 draw away at Celta Vigo, however, prior to this, they managed to beat FC Cartagena 5-1, Valencia 2-1 and Guijuelo 2-1 via goals by Gerard Moreno and Arnaut Danjuma.

Real Madrid managed to beat Cadiz 2-1, Real Valladolid 2-0 and Cacareno 1-0 in the run-up to their loss against Thursday night’s opponents, with these victories coming after a shock 3-2 away defeat to Rayo Vallecano.

Cueta will be looking to cause another shock in the Copa del Rey when they host Barcelona.

Cueta have managed to progress to this stage of the competition following superb 1-0 victories over Utrera and Elche on either side of a 3-2 home win over Ibiza.

Before they jetted off to Saudi Arabia for the Supercopa de Espana, Barcelona had been in good form, as they beat Almeria 2-0 and Osasuna 2-1 before drawing 1-1 at home to Espanyol. In their last two matches played in Spain, Xavi’s men beat Intercity 4-3 in the Copa del Rey, before earning a hard-fought 1-0 win over Atletico Madrid as Ousmane Dembele scored the only goal of the game.

Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur go head to head in a vital Premier League encounter at the Etihad Stadium.

The Cityzens form has been uncharacteristically poor of late, as in their last five matches they have drawn 1-1 with Everton, before beating Chelsea 1-0 and 4-0, however, their recent 2-0 and 2-1 defeats to Southampton and Manchester United have started to raise question marks over Pep Guardiola’s side’s chances of winning the Premier League title.

Tottenham’s two wins in their last five matches came at the expense of Portsmouth 1-0 and Crystal Palace 4-0. Their other results have been poor though, as they rescued a 2-2 draw at Brentford from 2-0 down, while suffering 2-0 losses to Aston Villa and Arsenal.

Gent and Sporting Charleroi face off in a match-up between fifth and 11th in the Belgian Pro League.

The home side were 2-1 victors last time out against Kortrijk, bouncing back from a 2-0 defeat to Royal Antwerp and a 0-0 draw at home to Standard Liege. Prior to this, they had beaten Kortrijk once again, by a 4-0 scoreline after an excellent 2-0 win against Club Brugge.

Charleroi have won both of their last two matches by 2-1 scorelines against Cercle Brugge and AS Eupen after suffering 1-0 and 4-1 defeats to Anderlecht and Genk. At the start of this sequence of results, Charleroi had beaten Antwerp 1-0.

The final game on this list comes from the Coppa Italia, where Atalanta takes on Spezia.

Following back-to-back losses to Lecce 2-1 and Inter Milan 3-2, Atalanta last met Spezia earlier on this month in a 2-2 away draw where late goals by Rasmus Højlund and Mario Pasalic earned Gian Piero Gasperini’s men a point. Since then, Atalanta have managed 2-1 and 8-2 victories over Bologna and Salernitana.

Since their encounter with Atalanta, Spezia have managed a 0-0 draw with Lecce and a 1-0 win away at Torino. Prior to these results, they had beaten Hellas Verona 2-1 and drawn 1-1 at home to Udinese.

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