The 2-2 draw between Newcastle and Liverpool proved the standout result of the latest round of predictions from Africafoot, with Nasser Eddy’s selection on the match ending level returning a winning price of 4.06.
Four of Europe’s five major leagues began their campaigns last week, providing the Africafoot experts with a series of high-profile fixtures to assess. Their latest review looks back at three matches from La Liga, Ligue 1 and the Premier League, with all of the highlighted selections proving successful.
The most lucrative prediction came at St James’ Park on Sunday, where Newcastle hosted Liverpool on the opening weekend of the Premier League.
Neither side managed to claim the points in an entertaining contest, which finished 2-2. That result matched Nasser Eddy’s prediction that the game would end in a draw.
The selection was priced at 4.06, making it the highest-paying successful bet featured in the weekly review. With the two teams unable to find a winner, the prediction was confirmed.
Earlier in the week, Atletico Madrid began their La Liga campaign at home against Malaga. The fixture, played on 19 August, ended with a 2-0 victory for the hosts.
Arthur Wandji had backed Atletico Madrid to win and had also predicted that Malaga would fail to score. The combined selection was offered at odds of 1.93 and proved correct as Atletico Madrid kept a clean sheet while securing all three points.
The result gave the Madrid club a winning start to the season and fulfilled both elements of Wandji’s prediction: a home victory and no goal conceded.
There was also a successful set of selections from the opening round of Ligue 1. Marseille faced Strasbourg on Friday, 21 August, in the first matchweek of the French league campaign.
Strasbourg endured a difficult evening away from home, losing 4-0 to Marseille. The emphatic result meant that all three bets suggested by Mahamad Sangare were successful.
Among them was a selection on a Marseille victory, which was priced at 1.78. The home side’s four-goal win comfortably delivered that prediction, while Strasbourg were unable to find a response.
The three fixtures therefore produced a flawless record for the bets highlighted in Africafoot’s weekly assessment. Atletico Madrid’s 2-0 win, Marseille’s 4-0 success and the 2-2 draw between Newcastle and Liverpool all matched the recommended outcomes.
The review comes as four of the five major European championships have got under way, with the opening fixtures providing the first significant opportunities of the new campaigns for the analysts whose predictions were examined.
