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Soccer · Top 20 leagues · Weekend soccer · Fri, Sep 4 – Mon, Sep 7

Weekend soccer. Rich clubs, weak opponents.

Friday through Monday, SharpFaves reads the top 20 leagues, keeps the three richest clubs in each, takes the weakest opponent in every league, then prints only the 10 easiest of those.

Scouted sides
300
With a line
300
League winners
10
Window
Fri–Mon

Locked slip · Weekend soccer ticket

10-leg parlay

Weekend soccer · Fri, Sep 4 – Mon, Sep 7 · Eastern

Combined

+3258

33.58

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10/10

  1. -500

    83.3%

    Coventry City (P17) is the weakest of the three richest squads’ matchups — lowest in the table versus Arsenal vs Chelsea (P4) and Chelsea vs Arsenal (P2).

  2. -138

    58.0%

    Remo (P19) is the weakest of the three richest squads’ matchups — lowest in the table versus Palmeiras vs Botafogo (P12) and Cruzeiro vs Athletico-PR.

  3. -355

    78.0%

    Urawa Red Diamonds (P17) is the weakest of the three richest squads’ matchups — lowest in the table versus Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs Fagiano Okayama (P13).

  4. -600

    85.7%

    Schalke 04 (P17) is the weakest of the three richest squads’ matchups — lowest in the table versus Borussia Dortmund vs TSG Hoffenheim (P13) and RB Leipzig vs Werder Bremen (P15).

  5. -255

    71.8%

    Valencia (P16) is the weakest of the three richest squads’ matchups — lowest in the table versus Real Madrid vs Real Betis (P7) and Atletico Madrid vs Athletic Club (P12).

  6. -240

    70.6%

    Atlanta United FC (P13) is the weakest of the three richest squads’ matchups, sitting below New York City FC vs Nashville SC (P1) and LAFC vs Real Salt Lake (P10).

  7. -157

    61.1%

    KFUM Oslo (P13) is the weakest of the three richest squads’ matchups, sitting below Bodo/Glimt vs Fredrikstad (P7) and Viking vs Sandefjord (P12).

  8. -285

    74.0%

    Al Shabab (P13) is the weakest of the three richest squads’ matchups, sitting below Al Ahli vs Al Riyadh (P12).

  9. -135

    57.4%

    Atlético de San Luis (P13) is the weakest of the three richest squads’ matchups, sitting below Club America vs Tijuana (P3) and Toluca vs Puebla (P8).

  10. -233

    70.0%

    C.D. Nacional (P11) is the weakest of the three richest squads’ matchups, sitting below FC Porto vs Moreirense (P10).

Full 20 · bench

9 to add

  1. 11

    Olympiacos

    €178m · Super League Greece · vs Volos NFC

    Sat, Sep 5, 12:00 PM

    -475

    82.6%

    Volos NFC (P9) is the only Friday–Monday opponent among Olympiacos, Panathinaikos, PAOK.

  2. 12

    Internazionale

    €730m · Serie A · vs Napoli

    Sat, Sep 5, 12:00 PM

    -150

    60.0%

    Napoli (P10) is the weakest of the three richest squads’ matchups, sitting below Juventus vs AC Milan (P3) and AS Roma vs Atalanta (P5).

  3. 13

    Galatasaray

    €395m · Süper Lig · vs Istanbul Basaksehir

    Fri, Sep 4, 1:00 PM

    -131

    56.7%

    Istanbul Basaksehir (P9) is the only Friday–Monday opponent among Galatasaray, Fenerbahce, Besiktas.

  4. 14

    Racing Club

    €68m · Argentine Primera · vs Atlético Tucumán

    Sun, Sep 6, 8:30 PM

    -120

    54.5%

    Atlético Tucumán (P8) is the weakest of the three richest squads’ matchups, sitting below River Plate vs Independiente Rivadavia (P6) and Boca Juniors vs Gimnasia (Mendoza) (P1).

  5. 15

    Club Brugge

    €199m · Belgian Pro League · vs Lommel SK

    Fri, Sep 4, 2:45 PM

    -380

    79.2%

    Lommel SK (P8) is the only Friday–Monday opponent among Club Brugge, Genk, Union SG.

  6. 16

    Strasbourg

    €308m · Ligue 1 · vs Troyes

    Sun, Sep 6, 9:00 AM

    +130

    43.5%

    Troyes (P6) is the weakest opponent among this weekend’s Paris Saint-Germain, Monaco, Strasbourg games (Paris Saint-Germain vs AS Monaco (P1) and Monaco vs Paris Saint-Germain (P12)).

  7. 17

    Feyenoord Rotterdam

    €206m · Eredivisie · vs NEC Nijmegen

    Sat, Sep 5, 10:30 AM

    +100

    50.0%

    NEC Nijmegen (P7) is the weakest of the three richest squads’ matchups, sitting below PSV Eindhoven vs Ajax Amsterdam (P4) and Ajax vs PSV Eindhoven (P2).

  8. 18

    Celtic

    €114m · Scottish Premiership · vs St Mirren

    Sat, Sep 5, 3:00 PM

    -131

    56.7%

    St Mirren (P2) is the only Friday–Monday opponent among Rangers, Celtic, Hearts.

  9. 19

    FC Midtjylland

    €105m · Danish Superliga · vs FC Nordsjælland

    Mon, Sep 7, 1:00 PM

    +110

    47.6%

    FC Nordsjælland (P1) is the only Friday–Monday opponent among Midtjylland, Copenhagen, Brondby.

Implied

3.0%

$10 pays

$335.77

$100 pays

$3,357.70

Fri–Mon soccer10 easiest of 199 on the bench

How the desk picks

Six checks, one weekend soccer ticket

  1. 01

    Friday–Monday

    Only soccer matches kicking off Friday through Monday Eastern. Live and final stay on the board; the slip is unplayed legs.

  2. 02

    Top 20 leagues

    Big five, Portugal, Netherlands, Saudi, Liga MX, Brazil, then Turkey, MLS, Argentina, Belgium, Greece, Denmark, Scotland, Austria, Norway, and Japan.

  3. 03

    Top 3 by value

    In each league only the three richest squads by Transfermarkt squad value are eligible — e.g. La Liga is Real Madrid (€1.46bn), Barcelona (€1.27bn), Atlético (€661m).

  4. 04

    Easiest opponent

    Among those three fixtures, take the club facing the weakest opponent: table place, goal difference, form, and whether the other side is also a giant. Example: Madrid vs Betis, Atlético vs Athletic, Barça vs Valencia → Valencia is the softest, so Barcelona is La Liga’s #1.

  5. 05

    Best 10 of 20

    One pick per league, then those winners are re-ranked by opponent weakness. Only the 10 easiest spots make the weekend soccer slip. Squad value is printed next to each name.

  6. 06

    Prints at 8 AM

    Weekend soccer prints Friday at 8:00 AM Eastern and freezes through Monday. Clicking another tab does not reprint it. Only Rescout does.

Scout board

Top 3 by league

Leagues ranked by the combined Transfermarkt value of their top 3. Every block is always #1, #2, #3 — a club with no Friday–Monday game still sits in its seat.

Rank

#1 · Premier Leaguetop 3 €4.02bn

#2 · La Ligatop 3 €3.39bn

#3 · Bundesligatop 3 €2.09bn

#4 · Ligue 1top 3 €2.02bn

#5 · Serie Atop 3 €1.83bn

#6 · Primeira Ligatop 3 €1.25bn

#7 · Süper Ligtop 3 €957m

#8 · Eredivisietop 3 €664m

#9 · Brasileirãotop 3 €606m

#10 · Saudi Pro Leaguetop 3 €573m

#11 · Belgian Pro Leaguetop 3 €416m

#12 · Super League Greecetop 3 €385m

#13 · Argentine Primeratop 3 €310m

#14 · Liga MXtop 3 €288m

#15 · Scottish Premiershiptop 3 €277m

#16 · Danish Superligatop 3 €222m

#17 · MLStop 3 €220m

#18 · Austrian Bundesligatop 3 €209m

#19 · Eliteserientop 3 €151m

#20 · J1 Leaguetop 3 €61.9m