TAB WEEKEND SOCCER HIGHLIGHTS: 11 - 13 April
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TAB WEEKEND SOCCER HIGHLIGHTS: 11 - 13 April
April 2025
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The 2024-25 football season is hurtling towards the finishing line and TAB is spicing up the brew for customers this weekend. From Friday through Sunday you will find cash-boosted pools offering likely mega payouts, including two carryover Soccer 10 pools and a guaranteed R5.7-million Soccer 13 Jackpot for players who forecast all 13 games correctly. You can get your chance to win piles of cash for as little as R2, so have a go!
SA’S BIG THREE ALL IN ACTION IN SUNDAY’S CUP SEMI-FINALS
There’s great soccer action in several countries to bet on through the weekend, but locally all eyes will be on the semi-finals of the Nedbank Cup, which feature the three big names in South African football.
Both cup matches are being played on Sunday to give Mamelodi Sundowns and Orlando Pirates maximum time to recover from successful midweek exertions in African Champions League quarter-final second legs.
Sundowns held Esperance to a goalless stalemate in Tunisia on Tuesday night, giving them a 1-0 aggregate win and a semi-final clash with Egyptian giants Al Ahly, and are back home to host Kaizer Chiefs in the Nedbank Cup semis.
Pirates are also through to the ACL semis after a goalless encounter at home against MC Alger on Wednesday night and take on Marumo Gallants in the first of the semis on Sunday at the Orlando Stadium.
Barring flat performances, both Pirates and Sundowns look obvious bankers to win, which will set up a repeat of last season’s Nedbank Cup final between the current holders and the league champions - and hopefully another repeat in the ACL final!
Sundowns and Chiefs meet for the fourth time in all competitions this season, with the Brazilians victorious in the first three. They won the league matches 2-1 and 1-0, and also claimed a handsome 4-0 success in the Carling Knockout. In fact, Sundowns have not lost any of their last 12 meetings with Chiefs in a run dating back to 2021 that includes nine victories.
To that you can add that Sundowns currently head the Betway Premiership table with nearly double the points amassed by Chiefs, so statistically there’s nothing to suggest Amakhosi have a significant chance of winning.
Pirates and Gallants have met twice in the league this campaign and the games could not have been more different. The Soweto side romped to an 8-1 success at home and became the first team in PSL history to score seven goals in a single half of league football. But in the return fixture in Bloemfontein in March, Gallants emerged 2-0 winners.
Pirates are the cup kings though and have only lost one home tie in the competition since 2008. So even taking into account the unpredictability of knockout football, it will be a major shock if Pirates and Sundowns are not the finalists in the Nedbank Cup.
Sunday’s big Soccer 13 comprises top-tier matches from five countries including four English Premier League clashes. Home wins for Liverpool, Newcastle and Chelsea look potential banker bets, as does Fiorentina at home to Parma in a Italian Serie A game in Florence. Parma are struggling to stay above the relegation zone and have won only one of their last 10 games.
Home wins for Athletic Bilbao against Rayo Vallecano in LaLiga and Sirius against Brommapojkama (no win against Sirius since 2015) in an Allsvenskan match are other bankers to consider.
MATCH PREVIEWS OF WEEKEND’S R200,000-ADDED SOCCER 10 POOLS
Friday 11 April - S10 V1
| M1: NEC Nijmegen vs RKC Waalwijk | TEAM A WINS | DRAW | TEAM B WINS |
| Challenging Friday night pool and a R200,000 carryover should ensure a bumper pool of about R2 million! NEC have been unable to win in eight of their last nine Eredivisie games, while Waalwijk are winless in their last six. NEC won the last meeting 3-0 in November and have won five of the last seven. They are 13th with 30 points, 11 more than Waalwijk. | |||
| M2: Bari 1908 vs Palermo | TEAM A WINS | DRAW | TEAM B WINS |
| Bari are winless in their last five Serie B matches, whereas Palermo have won two in a row. Palermo won the last meeting 1-0 and have won four of the last seven encounters. Palermo are seventh on the log on 42 points, two places and two points above Bari. | |||
| M3: Wolfsburg vs RB Leipzig | TEAM A WINS | DRAW | TEAM B WINS |
| Wolfsburg have lost three in a row while Leipzig have avoided defeat in seven of their last 10 games. Leipzig won the last clash between them 1-0 in the German Cup and are fifth in Bundesliga with 45 points, seven more than Wolfsburg. | |||
| M4: Derry City vs Drogheda United | TEAM A WINS | DRAW | TEAM B WINS |
| Derry are unbeaten in their last four games, while Drogheda have avoided defeat in seven of their last eight. The teams last met in the FAI Cup in which Drogheda won 2-0. Drogheda head the Irish Premier League but are just four points ahead of sixth-placed Derry after eight games. | |||
| M5: Lens vs Reims | TEAM A WINS | DRAW | TEAM B WINS |
| Lens have lost five of their last eight Ligue 1 games and Reims six of their last 10. Lens won the last meeting 2-0 and have won five of the last seven encounters. Lens are ninth with 42 points, 16 ahead of 16th-placed Reims. | |||
| M6: Notts County vs Salford City | TEAM A WINS | DRAW | TEAM B WINS |
| English League Two clash. Notts have lost four of their last eight games, while Salford are unbeaten in their last four and won the last game between them 3-0 in December. Notts are sixth with 68 points, 10 ahead of 11th-placed Salford. | |||
| M7: Udinese vs AC Milan | TEAM A WINS | DRAW | TEAM B WINS |
| Milan travel to face Udinese, who are on a three-game losing streak in Italy’s Serie A. Milan won the last clash between them 1-0 and have won three of the last seven meetings to Udinese’s two wins. Milan are ninth on the log with 48 points with Udinese 11th on 40. | |||
| M8: Westerlo vs Sporting Charleroi | TEAM A WINS | DRAW | TEAM B WINS |
| Westerlo have avoided defeat in seven of their last nine games and Charleroi in seven of their last 10. Charleroi have won five of the last six encounters and head Belgium’s First Division A with 45 points, 21 ahead of Westerlo. | |||
| M9: Burnley vs Norwich City | TEAM A WINS | DRAW | TEAM B WINS |
| Burnley are unbeaten in their last six games and top the English Championship with 84 points. Norwich have won just two of their last 10 and are 11th with 52 points. Burnley won 2-1 when the teams last met in December. | |||
| M10: Valencia vs Sevilla | TEAM A WINS | DRAW | TEAM B WINS |
| Valencia are unbeaten in five consecutive LaLiga games, while Sevilla have lost three in a row. The teams last met in a 1-1 draw in January. Sevilla are 12th with 36 points, two more than 15th-placed Valencia, who beat Real Madrid 2-1 away last weekend. | |||
Suggested R72 perm: 1 x 1,2,3 x 2,3 x 1,2,3 x 1 x 1 x 1,2 x 3 x 1 x 1.
Saturday 12 April – S10 V3
| M1: Venezia vs AC Monza | TEAM A WINS | DRAW | TEAM B WINS |
| R200,000 carryover pool with a Serie A clash in Italy kicking it off. Both are winless in their last 10 games and drew 2-2 draw last October in their last clash. Venezia are 19th in Serie A with 21 points, six ahead of bottom-of-log Monza after 31 games. | |||
| M2: Bochum vs Augsburg | TEAM A WINS | DRAW | TEAM B WINS |
| Bochum have lost two in a row in the German Bundesliga, while Augsburg have avoided defeat in seven of their last eight league games. Augsburg won the last meeting 1-0 last November and are 11th on the table with 39 points, 19 ahead of Bochum. | |||
| M3: Borussia M'gladbach vs Freiburg | TEAM A WINS | DRAW | TEAM B WINS |
| Borussia are unbeaten in their last four games, while Freiburg are winless in their last five. Freiburg won the last meeting 3-1 and have not lost to Borussia in their last seven encounters. Borussia are sixth in Bundesliga with 44 points, two ahead of seventh-placed Freiburg. | |||
| M4: Holstein Kiel vs St. Pauli | TEAM A WINS | DRAW | TEAM B WINS |
| Kiel are winless in their last five games and St. Pauli have failed to win in nine of their last 10. St. Pauli won the last meeting between the teams 3-1 and are 15th in Bundesliga with 26 points, eight more than Kiel. | |||
| M5: Hoffenheim vs Mainz 05 | TEAM A WINS | DRAW | TEAM B WINS |
| Hoffenheim are winless in their last four Bundesliga games and Mainz in their last three. Mainz won the last meeting 2-0 and have won four of the last six matches between the sides over the last three years. Mainz are currently fourth on the log, 19 points ahead of Hoffenheim after 28 games. | |||
| M6: Brighton vs Leicester City | TEAM A WINS | DRAW | TEAM B WINS |
| Brighton are on a three-game losing streak, while Leicester City have lost nine in a row and are headed back to the Championship. Brighton are ninth in the English Premier League with 47 points, 30 more than Leicester. | |||
| M7: Nottingham Forest vs Everton | TEAM A WINS | DRAW | TEAM B WINS |
| Notts have won five of their last six games in all competitions, while Everton have improved under manager David Moyes and have drawn five of their last six. Notts won the last meeting between them 2-0 and are third in the EPL, 22 points ahead of 15th-placed Everton. | |||
| M8: Southampton vs Aston Villa | TEAM A WINS | DRAW | TEAM B WINS |
| Already relegated Southampton have lost eight of their last 10, whereas Villa had a seven-game winning streak ended by PSG in a Champions League clash in Paris midweek. Villa are sixth in the EPL with 51 points, 41 ahead of bottom-placed Southampton after 31 games. | |||
| M9: Getafe vs Las Palmas | TEAM A WINS | DRAW | TEAM B WINS |
| Getafe have won five of their last eight games, while Las Palmas are winless in their last 10. Getafe won the last meeting 2-1 and are 11th in LaLiga, 13 points ahead of 19th-placed Las Palmas after 30 games. | |||
| M10: Monaco vs Marseille | TEAM A WINS | DRAW | TEAM B WINS |
| Monaco have won four of their last eight French Ligue 1 games, while Marseille have lost four of their last six. Marseille won the last meeting 2-1 in December and are second with 52 points, two ahead of Monaco in third after 28 games. | |||
Suggested R144 perm: 1,2,3 x 3 x 1,2,3 x 1,2 x 3 x 1 x 1,2 x 3 x 1 x 1,2.
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