ACE WEEKEND POOLS

- S10 V3

M1 Salernitana vs Frosinone: Here’s a great chance to kick off the weekend with a big win - the pool starts with a R100,000 carryover boost and should total some R2 million. There have been four draws in the last six matches between these two Serie A clubs with a win apiece.

M2 Gaziantep vs Istanbulspor: Gaziantep have lost all five of their opening games of the new Turkish Super Lig season, while Istanbulspor have only two points but have played two games less.

M3 Go Ahead Eagles vs Fortuna Sittard: Last season in Dutch Eredivisie action, Sittard beat Go Ahead 2-0, both home and away.

M4 VfB Stuttgart vs SV Darmstadt: Stuttgart have scored 14 goals in their opening four games of the new Bundesliga season. Darmstadt got their first point last weekend in a 3-3 draw with Borussia Moenchengladbach.

M5 Lecce vs Genoa: After five games, Leece have yet to lose in Serie A this season.

Friday 22 Sep

Genoa are unbeaten in their last 11 meetings with Lecce.

M6 Standard Liege vs Westerlo: Standard’s away win at Eupen last Sunday was their first of the new season. Westerlo are bottom in Belgium’s top league after six successive defeats.

M7 St Patrick’s Athletic vs Dundalk: St Pats are unbeaten in their last five home games against Dundalk, who are also seven points behind them in the Irish Premier League standings.

M8 Birmingham City vs Queens Park Rangers: Birmingham did the double over QPR last season with a 2-0 home victory and a 1-0 away success at Loftus Road.

M9 Monaco vs Nice: Always a fiercely contested derby in France’s Ligue 1, Monaco will look to avenge a 3-0 home loss in February when the two rivals last met.

M10 Deportivo Alaves vs Athletic Bilbao: Bilbao moved up to third in the LaLiga standings after last weekend’s success. Alaves have won their last two home games this season.