Eastern Conference leaders Toronto FC will take on bottom club DC United in Major League Soccer on Saturday night.

The Canadian-based franchise have lost just twice in their opening 15 games of the season, and this has propelled them to the top of the league standings. On the other hand, DC United have suffered the exact opposite with 10 defeats in 14 outings. The game could be termed as a one-sided encounter on paper, but Toronto recently faced a 3-0 thumping at the hands of New England, who are seventh in the table.

Spanish side Real Madrid could be the first side to successfully defend the Champions League title they won last year.

After seeing off a resilient Atletico side, they made the final against Juventus who had defeated French side Monaco in the semis as well. Madrid have an excellent attack but they would come against a side with top notch defence this year.

LA Galaxy will be making the trip to Minnesota United full of confidence. Manager Curt Onalfo has started making an impact on the team, despite the club being away from a consistent set of results.

The team lost a number of key players like Steven Gerrard and Robbie Keane over the summer. Hence, they were always expected to struggle at the start of the 2017 campaign. This has only been compounded by the absence of key players like Ashley Cole and Giovanni Dos Santos in the first few games of the season. Now, though, LA Galaxy are unbeaten in the last three matches as they head into the game against Minnesota United.

The 28 year old Brazilian midfielder Paulinho made his way into the Chinese Super League back on June of 2015 as he joined Guangzhou Evergrande by signing a 4 year-long deal.

Paulinho appears to be going through a memorable period of time as he helped Guangzhou Evergrande in winning the Chinese Super League during the 2016 season.

The world of soccer betting continues to grow in China despite heavy crackdown from the authorities.

More and more people are getting involved in this growing business and police is finding it hard to cope with the situation.

Last week itself hundreds of illegals bookmarkers have been arrested by the Chinese police, but the situation continues to become worst. This is mainly due to the fact that betting is illegal in China and betting companies are trying hard to make money.

West Ham have had a mixed 2017 with three wins and three defeats in the eight games.

Two of those games have finished as a draw. The club will be taking on Chelsea on Monday night hoping to create a major upset in the Premier League title race. The blues will be visiting the London stadium in order to get a victory that would preserve their lead at the top of the table. Chelsea would have seen rivals Tottenham and Manchester City get wins during the weekend. The result puts a lot of pressure on the blues. It is one of the reasons for West Ham receiving a lot of value picks going in their favour.

When it comes to gambling in football, this is a subject that is very sensible and controversial as many players and even officials in the sport have done it.

Some have been caught while others haven’t but nonetheless, strict rules have been implemented in order to restrict any activity that is related or have to do with gambling.

Claudio Ranieri has now become the favorite to get sacked by the bookmakers.

Indeed the poor form of Leicester City and their proximity with the relegation zone appears to be too much, and many soccer betting sites have placed Ranieri as their favorite.

Chelsea have a tough London derby against Crystal Palace this weekend as they hope to set a new club record of 11 successive victories in one campaign.

Even though it will be against a team that has conceded a large number of goals and lost 21 games in 2016, bookmakers are expecting it to be a tough game for Antonio Conte’s team nonetheless. Chelsea have an impressive record away at Selhurst Park, which should especially give the table leaders a lot of confidence. However, they would have seen Crystal Palace put in a shift in the 2-1 loss against Manchester United in a few days ago.

Former Rangers midfielder Joey Barton has been given a one-match ban after having been found guilty of betting on football matches.

Barton is currently without a club after his contract with Rangers was terminated in early November. He will have to face the ban if ever he signs for a new club in January. The Rangers management has stated that they were disappointed with the way things have happened as they were hoping that Joey Barton would have been an asset for the team.