Football Previews

AS Roma will look to get some breathing space when they welcome Torino to the Stadio Olimpico this Thursday. After their highs last season, the hosts have endured a terrible start to this season taking just ten points from their first nine games (W2, D4, L3). Their last outing was their biggest and most embarrassing of the season, as they ...

Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City will renew their rivalry this Wednesday when they meet in the Carabao Cup round of 16. Tottenham qualified for this stage of the tournament courtesy of a 2-1 win over Coventry in the last round. That win forms part of a return of seven wins from their last nine games (L2). However, the last game ...

Serie A continues this Tuesday with AC Milan facing Napoli in one of the biggest fixtures of Round 10. The hosts have endured unexpected downtime ahead of this Serie A clash with Napoli after Saturday’s game against Bologna was postponed due to flooding. Milan president Paolo Scaroni called the decision “incomprehensible,” especially as Milan will have to play this game ...

Athletic Bilbao will travel to the Estadi Mallorca Son Moix this Monday to face Real Mallorca in their 11th-round game of the 2024/25 Spanish Primera season. Mallorca have started the season brilliantly, taking 17 points from their opening ten games (W5, D2, L3). It is the best they have accumulated after ten top-flight matches since 2009/10. This has left them ...

After their midweek exertions in the Champions League, Arsenal will welcome Liverpool to the the Emirates for the biggest game of Round 9 in the 2024/25 Premier League season. The Gunners come into this tie on the back of a narrow 1-0 win over Shakhtar Donetsk in the Champions League. That win followed up a disappointing 2-0 loss to Bournemouth ...

Fresh from breaking Manchester United’s record of 25 games without defeat in the Champions League, Manchester City will turn their attention to the Premier League where they face struggling Southampton. The Cityzens continued their rock-solid start to the 2024/25 season in midweek defeating Sparta Prague 5-0 in the Champions League to make it four competitive wins on the bounce. That ...

The Premier League resumes this Friday with Nottingham Forest making the short trip to the King Power Stadium to face Leicester City. Leicester come into this tie on the back of a dramatic comeback win over fellow promoted side Southampton. After falling two goals behind, the Foxes fought back to win 3-2, handing them a second consecutive win in the ...

Manchester United will travel to Turkey this Thursday to face one of their former managers, Jose Mourinho, and his Fenerbahce side. The legendary Portuguese manager has been around three clubs since leaving Old Trafford, winning a European title with AS Roma since then. Fenerbahce is the latest club where he is trying to win a big trophy, and there is ...

Barcelona will renew their great European rivalry with Bayern Munich this Wednesday when both sides meet in the third round game of the 2024/25 expanded Champions League. Both sides have squared up many times in the past, with this game being their 16th meeting in Europe. Barcelona, managed by former Bayern coach Hansi Flick, come into this tie flying high ...

Less than four months after meeting in the Champions League final, Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund will square up again in the third game of the expanded Champions League season at the Santiago Bernabeu. Real Madrid secured a 2-0 win over Dortmund to win their 15th Champions League crown during their meeting in June. The Spanish giants are among the ...

Nottingham Forest will look to get back to winning ways when they welcome Crystal Palace to the City Ground on Monday. After narrowly surviving the drop last season, Nottingham Forest have started the season respectably, losing just once in seven games (W2, D4). Their most impressive win in that period came in a historic 1-0 win over Liverpool at Anfield ...

Liverpool will be looking to keep their place at the top of the Premier League table when they welcome Chelsea to Anfield this Sunday. The Reds have enjoyed a good start under Arne Slot with nine wins and only one defeat in ten games this season. The Dutchman’s troops have been helped by the league’s best defence, which has conceded ...

After the second international break of the season, the Premier League returns this Saturday with Arsenal travelling to the Vitality Stadium to face Bournemouth. Bournemouth would have welcomed the international break as a chance to regroup following a run of three defeats from their four most recent Premier League matches (W1). The most recent was away to Leicester City (1-0). ...

After a two-week hiatus, the Bundesliga returns this Friday with Borussia Dortmund hosting St Pauli in the first game of Round 7. It’s been a wild two months for Dortmund fans who have seen their team undulate between being title contenders and relegation material. The hosts went from beating Celtic 7-1 in the Champions League to losing 2-1 to Union ...

Portugal will travel to Hampden Park this Tuesday to face Scotland in their fourth game of the 2024/25 Nations League group stage. Scotland come into this game in dour form having suffered their third straight Nations League defeat in a 2-1 loss to Croatia last time out. After they lost their opening two games against Poland (3-2) and Portugal (2-1) ...