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The first game on this list comes from Liga NOS, as Arouca takes on Benfica.

Arouca are in decent form heading into this match, having beaten Portimonense 4-0 and Estoril 2-0 on either side of a 1-1 away draw with Chaves. Prior to this impressive run of results, Arouca had been thrashed 5-1 by Porto after suffering a 1-0 defeat to Rio Ave.

On the other hand, Benfica have won three of their last four matches since their 3-0 loss away at Sporting Braga. Roger Schmidt’s side have managed 1-0, 3-0 and 2-0 victories over Portimonense, Santa Clara and Pacos de Ferreira, while drawing 2-2 with Sporting Lisbon on 15th January.

In the Turkish Super Lig, fourth in the table Besiktas travels to tenth place Fatih Karagumruk with both sides in decent form.

Andrea Pirlo’s side have drawn their last three matches, doing so by 2-2 scorelines against both Alanyaspor and Kasimpasa, as well as 3-3 with Konyaspor. Prior to this, they have managed impressive 4-2 and 4-1 victories over Kayserispor and Trabzonspor.

Besiktas have won all of their last five matches, having beaten Alanyaspor 3-0, Kayserispor 2-0, as well as both Konyaspor and Kasimpasa by 2-1 scorelines and Adana Demirspor 1-0 as ex-West Ham left-back Arthur Masuaku scored the only goal of the game against the latter.

An out-of-form Inter Milan side hosts Atalanta at the San Siro in the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia.

Inter have won three of their last four matches since their 2-2 draw away at Monza, having defeated Parma 2-1 in the Round of 16, as well as Hellas Verona 1-0 and Cremonese 2-1 on either side of a shock 1-0 home loss to Empoli.

Atalanta are in terrific form of late, as prior to their 2-0 win over Sampdoria and 3-3 draw with Juventus, they hammered Spezia 5-2, Salernitana 8-2 and even defeated Bologna 2-1. Interestingly, in their victory over Sampdoria, ex-Everton forward Ademola Lookman scored his 12th league goal of the season.

Union Berlin and Wolfsburg face off in the DFB Pokal on Tuesday, with Union hoping that their good home record over the visitors will continue.

Union have won all of their last three matches, having beaten Hertha Berlin 2-0, as well as Werder Bremen 2-1 and Hoffenheim 3-1 since their 4-1 loss to Freiburg and 2-2 draw with Augsburg.

Wolfsburg suffered a 2-1 away defeat to Werder Bremen, succumbing to a late Niclas Fullkrug brace. Prior to this, they had won their last four matches after beating Hertha 5-0, Freiburg 6-0, Hoffenheim 2-1 and Borussia Dortmund 2-0.

The final game on this list comes from Newcastle against Southampton in the semi-final of the League Cup, with everything to play for as the Magpies have a narrow 1-0 aggregate lead over the Saints heading into the second leg.

Since their shock 2-1 loss to Sheffield Wednesday in the FA Cup, Newcastle have beaten Leicester 2-0, as well as Fulham and Southampton 1-0 on either side of a 0-0 away draw with Crystal Palace.

Southampton’s results have picked up in their last five outings, having beaten Manchester City 2-0 in the quarter-finals, as well as Everton and Blackpool by 2-1 scorelines on either side of 1-0 defeats to Newcastle and Aston Villa.

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