Round 36 of Premier League
-18h30 ngày 4/5: Arsenal vs Bournemouth
Arsenal only has 3 more rounds left to realize their dream of winning the Premier League after 20 years of waiting. The necessary condition is that they will have to win all the remaining matches, however, the sufficient condition is to wait for Man City to stumble in the last 4 matches, including the make-up match. This is a very unlikely possibility.
The victory over Tottenham in the previous round was enough for Arsenal to maintain the top position in the table, 1 point ahead of Man City but playing 1 more match. Therefore, with any stumble, everything will immediately turn against the ‘Gunners’, and not to mention, in the remaining 3 matches there will be a match that promises to be extremely difficult for MU.
Meeting Bournemouth this round, Arsenal has a great chance to win 3 more points. The away team is now mentally comfortable as they no longer have motivation this season. In the first leg match, Arsenal won 4-0 on their opponent’s field.
In terms of force, at the end of the season, Arsenal has the best force. Jurrien Timber has returned from an ACL injury, having spent two matches with the U21 team. The Dutch player will likely be on the reserve list for the match against Bournemouth. Takehiro Tomiyasu will likely play at left-back, ahead of Jakub Kiwior and Oleksandr Zinchenko.
Probable teams:
Arsenal: Raya; White, Gabriel, Saliba, Tomiyasu; Rice, Partey, Odegaard; Trossard, Saka, Havertz
Bournemouth: Travers; Outtara, Kelly, Senesi, Smith; Kluivert, Cook, Scott, Semenyo; Solanke,Unal
-23h30 ngày 4/5: Man City vs Wolves
Although 1 point behind the leading team, Arsenal, Man City is the team that holds the advantage in the championship race because they have played 1 less match.
If they win all four remaining matches, Man City will certainly successfully defend the Premier League championship.
Welcoming Wolverhampton at home in this round, it probably won’t be too difficult for Man City to win all 3 points and put all their strength into the end-of-season matches. Because Wolves are ranked 11th, and have almost no more goals to strive for once they are safely relegated.
Man City has 3 injured players: Dias, Foden and goalkeeper Ederson. These are all important pillars, however coach Guardiola still has worthy replacements. Goalkeeper Ortega will replace Ederson, while Man City’s attack still has many names such as Haaland, Alvarez, Doku, Grealish.
On the Wolves side, this team has 7 injuries, notably the absence of defenders Rayan Ait Nouri and Craig Dawson, striker Neto can only return from mid-May.
In the last 5 confrontations, Man City won 4 and lost 1, however, their most recent defeat was in the first leg of this season.
Probable teams:
Manchester City: Ortega; Walker, Stones, Slides, Guardiol; Rodri; Bernardo, De Bruyne, Foot, Grealish; Haaland
Wolves: Snake; Semedo, Kilman, Toti; Doherty, Lemina, Gomes, Traore, Ait-Nouri; Cunha, Hwang
Bundesliga round 32
-8:30 p.m. May 4: Stuttgart vs Bayern Munich
With the Bundesliga winning five Champions League spots next season, Stuttgart can celebrate. With 64 points and currently ranked 3rd with 3 more rounds left in the tournament, a ticket to the Champions League seems difficult to escape from Stuttgart’s hands. The last time they participated in this tournament was the 2008-2009 season.
In theory, Stuttgart can even take Bayern’s 2nd place when the gap between the two teams is only 5 points.
However, it is very difficult for that to happen, Bayern has no way of being ranked 3rd, which means losing the ‘seed’ status when drawing the Champions League next season and even having to play in the preliminary round.
In the first leg, Bayern Munich won 3-0 at home and this was also the 7th win in the last 9 times the two sides met.
Although Stuttgart has played extremely impressively this season, in a ‘hand-to-hand’ comparison, it is still far from being comparable to its opponents. Stuttgart’s only advantage in this match is the home field factor. Bayern will probably win hard and narrowly.
This match Stuttgart is missing a series of key players: Zagadou, Nartey, Egloff and Vagnoman are injured. Mittelstadt and Millot are suspended.
On Bayern’s side, De Ligt is recovering from injury, Sane is definitely recovering for the Champions League second leg against Real.
Probable teams:
Stuttgart: Nubel; Stergiou, Rouault, Anton, Ito; Leweling, Karazor, Stiller, Fuhrich; Undav, Guirassy.
Bayern Munich: Neuer; Eric Dier, Upamecano, Kim, Davies; Pavlovic, Goretzka; Gnabry, Choupo-Moting, Tel; Kane.
Round 34 of La Liga
– 9:15 p.m. May 4: Real Madrid vs Cadiz (SCTV15)
With 11 points more than Barcelona with 4 more rounds left in the tournament, Real is only close to winning 3 more points and will officially win La Liga this season.
This is a task at hand for Real Madrid because Cadiz is too weak, waiting for relegation.
