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Matchday 6 is in the books and some of the biggest teams in Europe remain in the danger zone. PSG and Manchester City are fiddling with missing out on the knockout stages altogether and their chances may well hinge on their head-to-head clash next matchday. Meanwhile, Liverpool remained perfect as Barcelona joined them in punching their tickets to an automatic Round of 16 bid. Giants rise and fall today on Coffee with a Kick.

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It’s Manchester Derby weekend and I’m pretty sure we’ll actually get our rivalry bout this matchday. Both clubs are coming in unusually battered and broken with City having lost in the midweek and United only having a win of Everton to show for their managerial change. Will either side emerge from the Emirates with a smile on their face? We’ll predict who’ll be laughing come Monday today on Coffee with a Kick.

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It was a rollercoaster pair of matchdays with upsets, collapses, cancellations, and controversies, and our picks show it. AKA: it went poorly. Chelsea continued their run of peak form, while Liverpool dropped some points. City is still a bit in the wilderness, but Bournemouth’s on a tear. On top of it all, a ref got fired for possible matchfixing and general unfairness. It’s a lot to unpack today on Coffee with a Kick.

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It’s the last Champions League action of 2024 and some squads are in desperate need of a result if they want to keep their hopes alive for any sort of good seeding or even in general. PSG is on the outside looking in while Monaco is on a bye. We’ll take a shot at the breadth of all the action today on Coffee with a Kick.

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We’ve got some big rivalry matches this weekend with the Merseyside and West London Derbies. That’s Everton vs Liverpool and Tottenham vs Chelsea for the uninitiated. Also City look to keep up their recuperated momentum with KDB back at the helm, so buckle up for some goals to be scored and tempers to run hot as we prognosticate about the results for this weekend today on Coffee with a Kick.

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We’re back from Thanksgiving break and things certainly have descended into a bit of chaos and rather quickly. City have fallen out of Champions League qualification, Aston Villa out of Europe entirely, and Leicester fired their manager. It’s a mondo episode covering the past three matchdays, so there’s a lot to cover today on Coffee with a Kick.

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It’s a midweek of EPL action on the slate and there are some teams in desperate need of improvement. You know who you are; I don’t need to spell it out. Elsewhere, a resurgent United takes on a stalwart Arsenal and we for some reason come up with way too many Biblical allusions. You’ll have to figure that out yourself. The doldrums of winter begin today on Coffee with a Kick.

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We’ve entered a very busy season for club soccer. There’s not another international break until mid-January, so minutes, injuries, matches, wear, and tear will start to build up on these top tier clubs. How well will they be able to manage the burden? The midseason slog begins today on Coffee with a Kick.

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It’s sort of slim pickings here on the other side of the international break. The best match should be a good one between City and Tottenham, but other than that, it’s like we’ve been put on a bit of a diet before Thanksgiving. Still, we’re here for it all today on Coffee with a Kick.

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I suppose adages stick around because they are true and this matchday certainly proved our International Break refrain correct. Some of the big boys took their matches for granted and paid for it in the end. Just a friendly reminder that there are no off weeks in the Premier League this season. Sheffield got sent down, remember? Chaos reigns today on Coffee with a Kick.

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