Dave1962

It is difficult to assess the form of the unbeaten French horse, Lynx De Thaix. He has raced three times over hurdles and larger obstacles and has won them all. He has now moved to the UK to be trained by Tom Symonds, who earlier in his career was assistant trainer to Nicky Henderson. The last four horses Tom has sent out have produced one win, one third place, and two unplaced finishes. The jockey takes three pounds off, and underfoot conditions will hopefully be fine for Lynx De Thaix to equip himself well on his British racecourse debut.

In the table, Cheltenham are nine points ahead of Barrow, who have lost their last five away games. Cheltenham won their last home game and also won at Barrow earlier in the season.

Derby, who still have a chance of finishing in the play-offs, take on Sheffield Wednesday, who have already been relegated. Sheffield Wednesday have taken just one point from their last ten away Championship games. Derby have won their last two home games.

Now we are getting towards the serious end of this competition. Every chance managers will choose to play a near full-strength team. If that is the case, then their current Premiership form may come into play. In the Premiership, West Ham are currently in the relegation zone, while Brentford are seventh. Brentford have won their last four away games: three in the Premier League and one in the FA Cup. Brentford have won on their last two visits to West Ham, and in each of those games they kept a clean sheet in low-scoring matches.

Bodø/Glimt dispatched Inter Milan to reach this stage of the competition. Inter Milan were top of Serie A when they lost to Bodø/Glimt. With Sporting playing in what is probably a weaker league, there is every reason to think that Bodø/Glimt can win the first leg of this tie.

It's been nearly thirty years since Newcastle beat Barcelona. At the time of writing, Barcelona have lost their last two away games. In the Champions League, Barcelona beat Newcastle by the odd goal in three back in September last year. Since then, Newcastle have won all their Champions League home games, which were against Benfica, Athletic Bilbao, PSV, and Qaraba?.

With Manchester City already through to the next round, Real Madrid were not convincing in their win against Benfica to reach this stage of the competition. Manchester City won on their last visit to Real Madrid, which was in the first round of matches in this season's Champions League competition.

By their standards, Motherwell are having a fantastic season. They are fourth in the table, one place behind Celtic, who are not having the best of seasons. They beat Celtic when they welcomed them at the end of December. It's been over ten years since Motherwell won at Celtic. However, with the form of these two teams, it is not beyond the realms of possibility that Motherwell can win.