Major Leagues Predictions / Results

We are having a series of major leagues having mid-week fixtures. Before my predictions, here are some results of games played last night.

Carling Cup Round 3

Arsenal 2-0 Newcastle
Blackpool 2-1 Southend (AET)
Burnley 0-1 Portsmouth
Luton Town 3-1 Charlton (AET)
Man City 1-0 Norwich City
Reading 2-4 Liverpool
Sheff Utd 5-0 Morecamb
West Brom 2-4 Cardiff City

Bundesliga

Dortmund 0-3 Hamburg
Hertha Berlin 1-3 Hansa Rostock
Duisburg 0-2 Schalke
Wolfsburg 1-1 Werder Bremen

La Liga

Sevilla 2-3 Espanyol

Predictions for mid week

Bundesliga

Arminia Bielefled 2-1 Hannover
Bayern Munich 3-0 Cottbus
E Frankfurt 2-1 Karlsruhe
Nurnberg 0-2 Bayer Leverkusen
Stuttgart 2-1 VfL Bochum

Serie A

Catania 1-1 Empoli
Fiorentina 1-2 Roma
Genoa 0-1 Udinese
Inter Milan 2-0 Sampdoria
Juventus 2-1 Reggina
Lazio 1-0 Cagliari
Napoli 2-0 Livorno
Palermo 1-1 AC Milan
Parma 1-1 Torino
Siena 1-2 Atalanta

La Liga

Athletic Bibao 1-3 Athletic Madrid
Barcelona 2-1 Real Zaragoza
Deportivo 1-1 Recreativo
Mallorca 1-0 Real Valladolid
Murcia 2-1 Almeria
Osasuna 2-0 Levante
Racing Santander 1-2 Villarreal
Valencia 2-0 Getafe
Real Madrid 3-0 Real Betis

Now for some soccer news around the world. Benetiz would not guarantee hat trick hero Torres a starting berth for the game vs Wigan this sat. The question here is if someone is on red hot form, still do not play in the first eleven is really surprisely.

English Giants Chelsea faces an acid test with Hull City in the Carling Cup. One can bet if Chelsea lose tonite, heads may start rolling at the Bridge...

With a victory over the weekend, Barcelona would look to build on it for the match vs Real Zaragoza where a reunion of Gabriel Milito and Diego Militio since the departure of Gabriel for Barcelona in the summer. Although Ronaldinho would still out with an injury, Barcelona should be able to overcome Zaragoza.