Seattle Sounders will look to get back to winning ways when they take on Eastern Conference opponents Orlando City in Major League Soccer on Wednesday.

The MLS Cup winners suffered an unfortunate defeat at the hands of New York City FC last weekend, and this has seen them drop further down the table. Sounders are currently placed eighth in the Western Conference, eighth points behind Sporting KC, who have played a game more.

Having already been bought by Jose Mourinho twice before, the bookies fancy that Nemanja Matic will be following the Portuguese to Old Trafford before the summer transfer window slams shut.

He had his first stint with the Blues before the turn of the current decade and succeeded in making just two Premier League appearances before Vitesse and later Benfica offered to give him something Abrahamovic’s philosophy of squad building (i.e. buying world class footballers instead of promoting from within), would never permit, the chance to have a consistent run of match appearances.

Although Matic’s stay with the Primeira Liga giants yielded both happy and sad times as the team won a couple of Portugal’s league championships, the back to back Europa League final losses did enough to impress the rest of europe with the progress made by the club as a whole.

Struggling to think of something to bet on while the football season takes a break? Have you ever considered Forex?

If you attempt to make a profit by speculating on the currency exchanges – whether by conventional forex trading or the relatively recent phenomenon of spread betting – it may sometimes seem as if those exchanges have a will of their own. Even the terms in which they are discussed lend fuel to this line of reasoning, with seasoned commentators speaking of the markets ‘reacting nervously’ or ‘responding well’ as if a collection of literally millions of individuals taking part in a global, decentralised market could be treated as a unified organism with a single ‘point of view’.

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.