TAB WEEKEND SOCCER HIGHLIGHTS: 23 – 25 OCTOBER 2026
R200,000 CARRYOVER SOCCER 10 POOL THIS FRIDAY
TAB soccer customers will lack for nothing this weekend, both in terms of chances to win piles of lovely cash and top-drawer football action. This Friday night’s R200,000 carryover Soccer 10 includes the home legs of CAF Champions League clashes for Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns, as well as the English Premier League match between Ipswich Town and Notts Forest.
PIRATES AND SUNDOWNS LOOK BANKER BETS TO WIN
Both Pirates and Sundowns both look banker bets to win in the carryover Soccer10, which should total over R2 million. That’s as long as both teams focus on the job at hand and don’t fall prey to overconfidence.
Pirates have the easier task of the two. They take on Namibia’s African Stars at the Orlando Amstel Arena and go into the clash with a 1-0 advantage from the away leg last weekend. Pirates have made an excellent start to the new season under Abdeslam Ouaddou. They did lose to Sundowns in the MTN8 final, but never really got into top gear in that match and there was little disgrace in losing to one of the best teams in Africa.
The Buccaneers currently trail log-leaders Sundowns by only a point in the Betway Premiership table, but have a game in hand and are well placed to retain the league title they won last season for the first time in 14 years.
Sundowns, the reigning African champions, haver a tougher task tonight against Angola’s Wiliete, who held them to a goalless draw in the first leg of their final Champions League qualifier.
There’s no doubt that Sundowns were not at their best in Angola and with home advantage and a better-quality team in every respect, it will be a real shock if they don’t crush Wiliete at Loftus Stadium.
The Ipswich-Notts Forest clash could go either way which is reflected by the betting (Ipswich 3.1 to win, Forest 2.31 and the draw 3.55). Newly promoted Ipswich are pretty organised under manager Gary O’Neil and have three EPL victories to their credit already this season, whereas Forest are wallowing one from both with just five points to show from their first seven league games.
Forest, however, looked good and held their own against reigning champs Arsenal for a long time last weekend before a late deflected goal by Noni Madueke saw then suffer their third successive defeat. For our money if Forest can deliver a similar performance against Ipswich they will go home with all three points.
CARRICK’S BEST MOVE IS TO SIDELINE FERNANDEZ
The game that will grab the interest of most football fans this weekend is the Manchester United-Bournemouth clash at Old Trafford on Sunday.
United with only one league victory this season and a crushing 4-1 defeat by Como in a Champions League game midweek are back in the mire and struggling – pretty familiar territory for the club in recent years.
Team captain Bruno Fernandez slated manager Michael Carrick’s tactics in a TV interview after the Como defeat and the real point of interest will be if Carrick drops Fernandez from the squad on Sunday. That would be the right move by Carrick, who really has his back to the wall with the current group of players, several of who are in the last year of their contracts and others who wanted out before the season started.
Victories for Chelsea and Atletico Madrid look the top banker bets for Saturday and recommended bankers for Sunday are away wins for Brentford and Juventus.
R200,000 CARRYOVER SOCCER 10 MATCH BY MATCH
Friday 23 October – S10 V1
M1 Mamelodi Sundowns vs Wiliete: This R200,000 carryover Soccer 10 should total over R2 million and provides an exciting start to the weekend. First two matches are CAF Champions League clashes and Sundowns, unbeaten in last 10 games, need to win after drawing the reverse fixture 0-0 a week ago. Angolan outfit Wiliete are unbeaten in their last nine games.
M2 Orlando Pirates vs African Stars: Pirates have won eight of last 10 games and beat Stars 1-0 in the reverse fixture last weekend. Must be fancied to win again on home turf.
M3 Sochaux vs Annecy: French Ligue 2. Annecy are eighth with 13 points and two ahead of 11th-placed Sochaux, unbeaten in eight of last nine games.
M4 VfB Stuttgart vs Borussia M’gladbach: Stuttgart have won six of last nine games and are 13th in Bundesliga with six points. M’gladbach have lost all six league games this season and are bottom of the log. Stuttgart won last meeting 3-0 away.
M5 Brest vs Nice: Brest unbeaten in last three games and Nice winless in eight of last 10. Brest are 10th in Ligue 21 with nine points, one ahead of Nice. Last meeting ended 2-2, but Nice have won seven of last 15 meetings to Brest’s three.
M6 Kortrijk vs KV Mechelen: Both have won just one of eight league games this season with Mechelen 14th in Belgium’s Jupiler Pro League with six points, three ahead of Kortrijk.
M7 Torino vs AC Monza: Torino, 10th in Serie A with 10 points, host 14th-placed Monza. Both are hitting form and Torino have three wins from last five league games, while Monza have won two of last three and trounced Cagliari last time. Monza won last meeting 1-0 away in Coppa Italia.
M8 Bolton vs Middlesbrough: Middlesbrough unbeaten in last six games and third in Championship, eight points ahead of 15th-placed Bolton. Middlesbrough won last meeting 3-0 and lead head-to-head win tally 12-2 in last 15 meetings.
M9 Deportivo Alaves vs Malaga: LaLiga clash. Alaves winless last five games and Malaga winless in last 10. Alaves seventh with 11 points, seven more than Malaga in 20th.
M10 Ipswich Town vs Nottingham Forest: Newly promoted Ipswich holding their own and 10th in English Premier League with nine points, four more than Forest in 19th (five points). Forest won last meeting 4-2 away in March last year.