Saturday's Bundesliga, Serie A and Ligue 1 predictions and free football tips

Best bets

RB Leipzig to beat Cologne and both teams to score
2.30pm Saturday
1pt 13-5 bet365

Hugo Ekitike to score at any time for PSG v Toulouse
4pm Saturday
2pts 7-4 bet365

Atalanta to beat Sassuolo
BT Sport 1, 7.45pm Saturday
2pts 19-20 general

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Saturday preview

RB Leipzig are one of the teams looking to benefit from Bayern Munich’s recent slip-ups and they have been backed from 25-1 into a single-figure price to claim the Bundesliga title after winning six of their last seven matches.

They are now just two points off the league-leaders and should be able to get the better of Cologne, who have one win in their last five.

However, both teams have found the net in nine of Leipzig’s last ten league games and Cologne are the top-scorers in the bottom half so both teams can play their part in an entertaining affair, with another Leipzig victory also fancied.

Taking seven points from the last 15 available would be acceptable for most teams but for Paris Saint-Germain it is bordering on a crisis and coach Christophe Galtier has been dealt a number of blows in the lead-up to this match against Toulouse.

Kylian Mbappe, Sergio Ramos and Marco Veratti all definitely miss out and Neymar is a major doubt.

To make matters worse, they face an in-form Toulouse side who have won six of their last seven games in all competitions.

PSG will be hoping their rock-solid home form - they are unbeaten at the Parc des Princes - can pull them through a tricky encounter.

One player they may have to rely on in the absence of some of their attacking stars is Hugo Ekitike.

The youngster has three goals in six league starts this season and managed ten in 15 at Reims last season. Take him to get on the scoresheet again.   

Atalanta have gone on an impressive goalscoring run since the World Cup break, netting 22 times in seven games in all competitions.

That run has pushed Gian Piero Gasperini’s men up the Serie A table and they are now in the top four, with Ademola Lookman the second-top scorer in the division with 12 goals in 19 games. 

The Bergamo club should be able to continue their good form when they visit Sassuolo, who have won just one of their last nine matches.

The visitors have also beaten the hosts in ten of the last 12 head-to-heads and are fancied to carry on their strong league form with another away win.

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