TAB WEEKEND SOCCER HIGHLIGHTS: 17 - 19 October 2025
EXHILIRATING WEEKEND AHEAD AS CLUB SOCCER RESUMES
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TAB WEEKEND SOCCER HIGHLIGHTS: 17 - 19 October 2025
October 2025
EXHILIRATING WEEKEND AHEAD AS CLUB SOCCER RESUMES
Big-gun club soccer is back after the international break and TAB football customers are in for an exhilarating weekend with carryover and cash-added pools Friday through Sunday. And excitement is mounting over the likely R100-million Soccer 13 pool next Saturday 25 October.
LIVERPOOL LOOK A BANKER BET IN CARRYOVER SOCCER 13
For many the plum match of the weekend comes at Anfield on Sunday, when Liverpool square up to Manchester United in what is virtually always a ferocious contest between two giants of English football. What’s not so normal is that Liverpool are overwhelming favourites at 8-13 with the draw 18-5 and United at 4-1 and better to win.
The match is included in all TAB’s different soccer bets, including Sunday’s R1.4-million carryover Soccer 13 that is set to total R6 million. This is a weekend packed with opportunities for football fans to win big with added-cash Soccer 6 and 10 pools, a carryover Soccer Any 13 Xtra and a guaranteed R18-million jackpot in the event of a single outright Soccer 13 winner on Saturday.
The Anfield clash is a good chance for Arne Slot’s side to put a run of three successive defeats behind them. They currently trail English Premier League log-leaders Arsenal by just a point and are five points clear of Manchester United, who are in 10th slot with three victories and three defeats in their opening seven games of the league season.
This is the same inconsistency that plagued United last season under Ruben Amorim, who is looking for consecutive EPL victories for the first time since taking charge at Old Trafford.
Liverpool’s new signings have not yet gelled, but on home turf the hosts look a banker bet to win in your TAB soccer bets.
NOT SO EASY FOR ARSENAL AT CRAVEN COTTAGE
Arsenal have a tricky London derby assignment on Saturday away at Fulham, where they have not won over the last two seasons. A trip to Craven Cottage is always a potential banana peel and Fulham are unbeaten at home this season and boast victories over Leeds United and Brentford.
Nottingham Forest kick off the weekend’s EPL programme with Saturday’s lunchtime clash at home to Chelsea. Forest coach Ange Postecoglou is under huge pressure after five defeats in seven games in charge and predictions are rife that he will be sacked if they lose to Chelsea with by ex-Burnley boss Sean Dyche taking over.
Bournemouth and Crystal Palace continue to exceed expectations and square off in an intriguing clash this weekend that Palace are fancied to win. The game is included in Saturday’s R150,000-added Soccer 10 that should generate a total pool of nearly R2 million as a result of the bonus cash from TAB.
In LaLiga, Real Madrid have won seven of eight league matches this season with a draw in the other. They have a two-point lead over Barcelona at the top of the table but face a tricky game away at Getafe on Sunday in M7 of the carryover Soccer 13.
CHIEFS AND PIRATES TRAVEL NORTH TO THE DRC
On the home front both Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates go to Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo for second-round games in African club competitions at the weekend.
In what will be a first for both in their long history, they will be heading outside of the country for the first time together on the same weekend, playing their first-leg ties away at the TP Mazembe Stadium.
Pirates take on St Eloi Lupopo in the African Champions League on Sunday and should win, as should Chiefs who play on Saturday against AS Simba in the Confederation Cup. That clash kicks off the day’s cash-boosted Soccer 10.
LIKELY R100-MILLION SOCCER 13 POOL ON THE WAY
Play a Soccer 13 with TAB next Saturday 25 October and get your chance to win a mountain of cash in a guaranteed R62-million pool.
It’s set to be one of the biggest, if not the biggest, soccer pool in history because the excitement generated by the R62-million guarantee will spark a betting spree that will most likely result in a total pool of well over R100 million!
A Soccer 13 comprises 13 football matches and is easy to play. Just forecast the outcome of each game choosing from three options:
1 = Team A (usually the home team) to win
2 = Draw
3 = Team B to win
You can play a single entry (one choice in each match) or a multiple entry in which you can include one or more result options in one or more of the games. The cost of a single entry is R2 and a multiple entry is R2 per line. It’s easy to calculate the cost of a multiple entry - simply multiply out the number of result options selected in each game and the multiply by two to get the cost.
Here’s an example. Say you select one result option in 10 games and two result options in each of the other three. That gives eight lines (2 x 2 x 2 x 1 throughout) and each line costs R2, so total cost is 8 x R2 = R16.
Soccer 13 has created many instant millionaires down the years so don’t miss your chance to become an instant multi-millionaire on 25 October.
R150,000-ADDED SOCCER 10 POOLS MATCH BY MATCH
Fri 17 Oct – S10 V3
| M1 | Richards Bay vs Orbit College FC | ||
| Team A Wins | Draw | Team B Wins | |
| Richards Bay have won three of their last four games, while Orbit have lost seven of their last 10. Richards Bay are 10th on 11 points vs Orbit 13th on seven points. | |||
| M2 | Andorra vs Granada CF | ||
| Team A Wins | Draw | Team B Wins | |
| Andorra are on a two-game losing streak, while Granada are unbeaten in their last four matches. Andorra are seventh with 14 points, five ahead of 20th-placed Granada. | |||
| M3 | Union Berlin vs Borussia M'gladbach | ||
| Team A Wins | Draw | Team B Wins | |
| Union have won four of their last nine games, while Borussia have avoided defeat in seven of their last 10. Union are 13th with seven points to Borussia's three. | |||
| M4 | Galway United vs Bohemians | ||
| Team A Wins | Draw | Team B Wins | |
| Galway have lost six of their last 10 games, while Bohemians have won nine of the last 15 encounters. Bohemians are fourth with 50 points, 16 more than ninth-placed Galway. | |||
| M5 | Standard Liege vs Antwerp | ||
| Team A Wins | Draw | Team B Wins | |
| Standard have lost five of their last seven games, while Antwerp are winless in their last five. The teams drew 0-0 earlier this year. Both have 11 points. | |||
| M6 | St Patrick's Athletic vs Shamrock Rovers | ||
| Team A Wins | Draw | Team B Wins | |
| Rovers lead St Pat's by 17 points in the table. Both have won six of their last 10 games. Rovers won the last meeting 4-0 in May. | |||
| M7 | Waterford FC vs Derry City | ||
| Team A Wins | Draw | Team B Wins | |
| Derry are unbeaten in six Premier Division games, while Waterford have lost seven of their last nine. Derry won the last meeting 7-2 and are second, 17 points ahead of Waterford. | |||
| M8 | Middlesbrough vs Ipswich Town | ||
| Team A Wins | Draw | Team B Wins | |
| Middlesbrough are winless in their last three games, while Ipswich are unbeaten in their last five. The teams drew 1-1 in their last clash. | |||
| M9 | Real Oviedo vs Espanyol | ||
| Team A Wins | Draw | Team B Wins | |
| Oviedo have lost seven of their last 10 games, while Espanyol won the last meeting 2-0. Espanyol are 9th, six points ahead of Oviedo after eight games. | |||
| M10 | Argentinos Juniors vs Newell's Old Boys | ||
| Team A Wins | Draw | Team B Wins | |
| Juniors top the log with 33 points, 14 more than ninth-placed Old Boys. Juniors have won five of their last 10, while Old Boys are winless in their last five. Last drew 0-0 in April. | |||
Suggested R24 perm: 1 x 1,2,3 x 1,2 x 3 x 1 x 3 x 3 x 1,2 x 3 x 1.
Sat 18 Oct – S10 V2
| M1 | Simba vs Kaizer Chiefs | ||
| Team A Wins | Draw | Team B Wins | |
| CAF Confederation Cup clash. Simba have won three in a row in all competitions, while Chiefs have avoided defeat in seven of their last 10 games. | |||
| M2 | Lecce vs Sassuolo | ||
| Team A Wins | Draw | Team B Wins | |
| Lecce have lost four of their last six games, while Sassuolo are on a two-game winning streak. Sassuolo won the last meeting 2-0. | |||
| M3 | Pisa vs Hellas Verona | ||
| Team A Wins | Draw | Team B Wins | |
| Both are winless in their last 10 games. Verona are 18th in Serie A with three points, one more than Pisa in last place. | |||
| M4 | AmaZulu vs Durban City | ||
| Team A Wins | Draw | Team B Wins | |
| AmaZulu are winless in their last three games, while City have won their last two. City won the last meeting 3-2. | |||
| M5 | Brighton vs Newcastle United | ||
| Team A Wins | Draw | Team B Wins | |
| Brighton are unbeaten in their last four games, while Newcastle have won their last two. They drew 1-1 in their last clash in May. | |||
| M6 | Burnley vs Leeds United | ||
| Team A Wins | Draw | Team B Wins | |
| Burnley are winless in their last six games in all competitions, while Leeds have been unable to win in eight of their last 10 games. | |||
| M7 | Crystal Palace vs Bournemouth | ||
| Team A Wins | Draw | Team B Wins | |
| Palace suffered their first defeat in 19 matches last time, while Bournemouth are unbeaten in their last five EPL fixtures. Last meeting ended 0-0. | |||
| M8 | Manchester City vs Everton | ||
| Team A Wins | Draw | Team B Wins | |
| City are unbeaten in their last seven games in all competitions, while Everton have won four of their last eight. City won the last meeting 2-0. | |||
| M9 | Sunderland vs Wolverhampton | ||
| Team A Wins | Draw | Team B Wins | |
| Sunderland have avoided defeat in seven of their last 10 games, while Wolves have lost six of their last 10. Sunderland are ninth, nine points ahead of Wolves. | |||
| M10 | Magesi vs TS Galaxy | ||
| Team A Wins | Draw | Team B Wins | |
| Magesi have lost five of their last eight games, whereas Galaxy have won five of their last seven. Magesi beat Galaxy in their last clash but are seven points behind them. | |||
Suggested R108 perm: 3 x 1,2,3 x 1,2,3 x 3 x 1,2,3 x 3 x 1,2 x 1 x 3 x 3.
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