Lucky Fish Weekend Soccer Bets: Milan Derby Headlines a Weekend of Big Betting Opportunities

Another weekend of mouth-watering global football clashes, from Europe’s elite to our very own Nedbank Cup, presents a chance to cash in on the action. The headline fixture is the highly anticipated Milan Derby between Italian giants AC Milan and Inter Milan. And while the Premier League takes a brief pause, FA Cup action will still deliver exciting matchups, including Manchester City’s trip to St. James’ Park to face Newcastle United on Saturday.

Lucky Fish has highlighted a selection of soccer fixtures that present exciting betting opportunities for this weekend’s round of matches. Whether you are all about safe bets, bold risks, or simply backing your favourite team, we’ve got something for you.

Best Bet

51/20 Newcastle United | Draw 49/20 | Manchester City 19/20

Man City & Both Teams to Score Yes at 47/20

The Magpies are fresh off a 2-1 win over Manchester United in a league clash, thanks to William Osula’s 90th-minute strike. Eddie Howe’s troops showed class despite playing with ten men for the entire second half following Jacob Ramsey’s red card towards the end of the first half.

Joelinton, Sandro Tonali, Anthony Gordon and Anthony Gordon have been instrumental in Newcastle’s impressive run across all competitions. Fabian Schar, Bruno Guimaraes and Nick Woltemade are all expected to be sidelined with injuries in this clash.

City, on the other hand, failed to close the seven-point gap over log leaders Arsenal when they were held to a 2-2 draw by Nottingham Forest. Despite that disappointment, they will need to shift their focus to their FA Cup battle with Newcastle to reach their fourth successive final.

Pep Guardiola’s star-studded squad will be without injured duo Josko Gvardiol and Mateo Kovacic. Antoine Semenyo, Rayan Cherki and Bernardo Silva impressed in their draw against Forest and are expected to maintain that level of performance.

City has come out victorious in 3 out of the last four clashes against United across all competitions. Interestingly, all four of those games have ended with two or more goals, with both teams finding the back of the net in 3/4 of those ties, opening up a range of exciting betting markets to consider:

• Over 2.5 & BTTS (yes) at 8/10

• Newcastle/Man City & Over 2.5 at 15/20

• Newcastle/Man City & BTTS (yes) at 11/10

• Anytime Goalscorer: Erling Haaland at 17/20

• Anytime Goalscorer: Anthony Gordon at 24/10

Value Bet

49/20 AC Milan | Draw 18/10 | Inter Milan 5/4

AC Milan to win at 49/20

The Derby Della Madonnina will take centre stage on Sunday at the San Siro, in what is expected to be a tightly contested clash. Milan edged Inter 1-0 in their first Serie A clash for the 2025/26 season. Christian Pulisic’s 54th-minute goal secured all three points for the Rossoneri.

Massimiliano Allegri’s men suffered a dip in form, being held to a draw by Como and losing to Parma, but they returned to winning ways by defeating Cremonese 2-0 on Sunday. They are heading to this match well-rested after not partaking in mid-week action, as they are already out of the Coppa Italia.

Inter are on an eight-match winning streak in the league and are currently enjoying a ten-point gap at the summit of the standings. They have been dominating the league since the start of the season, securing 22 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses in 27 matches. They have displayed scoring prowess and are solid at the back, having netted 64 goals and conceded 21.

With Inter target man, Lautaro Martinez, expected to miss out due to a calf injury, Francesco Pio Esposito or Marcus Thuram is expected to lead from the front. While Milan may be without Matteo Gabbia and Davide Bartesaghi.

Form usually goes out of the window in the Milan Derby, with bragging rights on the line, an intense match is expected. Milan has managed to come out victorious in the last two matches, and I feel they are well-positioned to extend their winning streak.

Form clearly favours the visiting team; however, Milan’s tactical adjustments have been paying off when it comes to facing their arch-rivals, and they are eager to close the gap. Back Milan to win at 49/20.

Other Betting markets to explore:

• BTTS (yes) at 11/20

• AC Milan/Draw & No at 28/10

• Over 2.5 goals at 9/10

• Total Corners – Over 9.5 at 19/20

• 2nd half over 1.5 goals at 11/10

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Weekend Treble

• Leverkusen to beat Freiburg at 29/20
• Golden Arrows to beat Durban City at 16/10
• Benfica to beat Porto at 12/10

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