The Most Statistically-Backed Match Result & BTTS Tips - 18/5/22

In the Australian A-League play-off semi-finals first leg, Adelaide United go head to head against Melbourne City.

Adelaide come into this game in superb form, having won all of their last five games, following a 3-2 win over Sydney, as well as back to back 2-0 victories against Perth Glory and Brisbane Roar. Since then, United have also defeated Western United 2-1 and Central Coast Mariners 3-1.

Melbourne actually won the league itself prior to the play-offs and beat Wellington Pheonix last time out via a 2-1 scoreline after suffering shock 2-0 and 3-0 losses to Perth and Melbourne Victory. Prior to the aforementioned results, Patrick Kisnorbo’s side thumped Sydney 4-0 and Wellington Phoenix 6-0.

The next tip comes from Group A of the Copa Libertadores where group leaders Palmeiras of Brazil go up against Ecuadorian outfit Emelec.

Palmeiras have won all four group stage matches, having defeated Wednesday night’s opponents 3-1 late last month thanks to strikes by Rony, Gabriel Veron and Breno Lopes.

Prior to their victory in Ecuador, Palmeiras had beaten Corinthians 3-0 and have since hammered Independiente 5-0 in the Copa Libertadores, before drawing 1-1 with Fluminense and defeating RB Bragantino 2-0.

Emelec had drawn 1-1 with both Independiente and Deportivo Tachira in Group A before their defeat to Palmeiras and managed their first win in this season’s competition last time out by thumping Tachira 4-1 away from home.

In the League Two play-off semi-finals second-leg, Northampton Town hosts Mansfield Town at Sixfields, looking to avenge their 2-1 loss to the Stags in the first leg.

The Cobblers were beaten 2-1 at Field Mill as Rhys Oates and Jordan Bowery both struck in the first half, but, cut the deficit thanks to a goal from ex-Burnley full-back Ali Koiki around the hour mark.

Northampton were famously denied promotion due to Bristol Rovers’ dramatic 7-0 win over Scunthorpe United on the last day, meaning that their 3-1 victory at Holker Street against Barrow was in vain. Prior to this, Jon Brady’s men had drawn 1-1 with Exeter City and beaten both Leyton Orient 4-2 and Harrogate Town 3-0.

Nigel Clough’s side are unbeaten in their last five following their 2-1 win over Wednesday’s opposition. Prior to this, they had drawn 2-2 with both Forest Green and Salford City, as well as beating Stevenage and Crawley Town 2-0 in back to back league matches.

In the Europa League final, Eintracht Frankfurt takes on Rangers at the Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan in what is set to be an intriguing encounter.

Frankfurt come into this game in poor league form, having drawn 2-2 and 1-1 against Mainz and Borussia Monchengladbach, as well as losing 2-0 to Bayer Leverkusen. However, they did beat West Ham 3-1 on aggregate to progress through to the final.

Rangers have won four matches in a row since their 1-1 draw away at Celtic, having beaten RB Leipzig 3-1 at Ibrox in the second leg of the semi-final, before defeating the likes of Dundee United 2-0, Ross County 4-1 and Hearts 3-1.

The final tip on this list comes from Italy’s Serie B play-offs, as Brescia takes on Monza in the first leg of the semi-finals.

Brescia come into this game having drawn with Perugia 1-1 after earning a thumping 3-0 victory over Reggina. Prior to this, they had been beaten 1-0 by Cittadella, as well as only managing 1-1 draws against SPAL and Monza.

Prior to their 1-1 draw with Brescia, Monza had beaten Cosenza 2-0, but, since then they have suffered a heavy 4-1 loss to Frosinone, beaten Benevento 3-0 and lost 1-0 away at Perugia.