+ The first leg of UEFA Europa League tie between Nottingham Forest and FC Porto had evens possession share. But Porto had eights shots on target and Nottingham Forest had two shots on target.

+ Nottingham should be more offensive at City Ground and Porto can also play well in the road games.

+ Crystal Palace are leading by 3-0 in UEFA Conference League quarterfinal tie against ACF Fiorentina.

+ The first leg was an almost evens affair in possession. Crystal Palace had 51 percent possession. They scored twice from four shots on target and and Fiorentina did not score from two shots on target.

+ Aston Villa will face Bologna FC in the second leg of UEFA Europa League quarterfinal.

+ Bologna FC have to make a comeback in this tie. Aston Villa sare leading by 3-1.

+ Blogna had 58 percent possession in the first leg. But Aston Villa scored three times from four shots on target and Bologna scored once from four shots on target.

+ FSV Mainz did pretty well in the first leg of UEFA Conference League tie against Racing Strasbourg. They won by 2-0.

+ Mainz have to defend well in the second leg. They will also immensely get advantage in this tie if they scored another goal.

+ Mainz created seven shots on target in the first leg and Strasbourg created one shot on target.

+ Rayo Vallecano won the first leg of UEFA Conference League tie against AEK Athens. AEK will host the second leg today.

+ Rayo had 46 percent possession in the first leg. They scored three times from four shots on target.

+ AEK created two shots on target and took none of their chances.

+ SC Braga had 62 percent possession in the first leg of UEFA Europa League match against Real Betis. They created seven chances are score once. Real Betis created ten chances and scored once.

+ This tie is tied at 1-1.

+ Real Betis may get help from their fans at Stadio Benito Villamarin.

+ Tampa Bay Rays have won the first two games of this series respectively by 8-5 and 8-3.

+ Rays have a chance to sweep Pirates if they can win the final game tosay.

+ The starting pitcher of Rays is Steven Matz and Jordan Leasure will be in that role for White Sox. Their ERAs are respectively 4.00 and 3.94. Matz has won three of three starts for Rays.

+ Milwaukee Brewers have to win more games and Toronto Jays also need the same. Both teams have not started the new season so well.

+ This is the rubber game of the series.

+ Brandon Sporat is the starting pitcher of Brewers and Patrick Corbin is starting pitcher of Blue Jays.

+ Brandon Sporat will start on the pitching side for Milwaukee Brewers. His earned run average is 10.45.

+ Patrick Corbin will start for Toronto Blue Jays. His earned run average is 9.00.

+ High ERA stats usually balance over a season so the scoring is down to hittets of both teams.

+ Detroit Tifers are third and Kansas City Royals are fourth in American League Central Division. Neither team is doing well.

+ Kadar Monteiro is the starting pitcher of Tigers. His earned run average is 1.74.

+ Kris Bubic is the starting pitcher of Royals. His earned run average is 2.50.