SOCCER 10 POOL OF THE DAY
Tuesday 4 April S10 V1
Headline: Sundowns in festive mode after winning title again
Mamelodi Sundowns will be looking to celebrate their coronation as league champions — yet again — when they host Cape Town City at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria tonight. More details at www.soccer6.co.za
M1 Maccabi Tel Aviv vs Maccabi Haifa: Maccabi Tel Aviv won 3-0 when they last hosted Maccabi Haifa in January. Maccabi Haifa have a seven point lead at the helm of the league in Israel.
M2 Mamelodi Sundowns vs Cape Town City: Sundowns have won 11 of 12 home league games this season. City have not won in their past six meetings against the Brazilians, but drawn three of them.
M3 FC Basel vs Young Boys Berne: Young Boys are 15 points clear at the top of the table in Switzerland. They beat Basel 3-0 at home less than one month ago.
M4 Bayern Munich vs SC Freiburg: This German Cup quarter-final tie comes just four days before Freiburg host Bundesliga leaders Bayern in a league clash.
M5 Bournemouth vs Brighton & Hove Albion: The South coast derby sees Bournemouth 12-9 ahead in the win count of past encounters between the two sides, with eight draws.
M6 Leeds United vs Nottingham Forest: Leeds have won twice in their previous 10 outings while Forest have now gone seven games without success..
M7 Leicester City vs Aston Villa: Leicester sacked manager Brendan Rodgers on Sunday and will have ex-Preston North End goalkeeper Mike Stowell as caretaker. Villa were away at Chelsea on Saturday and their 2-0 win saw the Blues manager also fired.
M8 Chelsea vs Liverpool: The past five meetings between these two clubs have all ended in draws. The last three have been goalless.
M9 Athletic Bilbao vs Osasuna: Second leg of the Spanish Copa del Rey semi-final with Osasuna hosing a slender 1-0 lead from last month’s first leg.
M10 Juventus vs Inter Milan: This is the first leg of the Coppa Italia semi-final tie. Last month Juventus won 1-0 away at Inter in Serie A action.
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