Football Previews

Premier League football returns this weekend with title hopefuls Arsenal hosting top-four-chasing Aston Villa. The Gunners come into this tie on the back of a comeback win over Tottenham on Wednesday. That result ended a run of three games without a win (D1, L2) for Mikel Arteta’s side, also putting them within four points of leaders Liverpool, albeit having played ...

Eintracht Frankfurt will look to continue their brilliant start to 2025 when they welcome Borussia Dortmund to Deutsche Bank Park for their 18th Bundesliga game of the season. Frankfurt ended 2024 poorly after going on a five-match winless competitive run (D1, L4). However, they’ve enjoyed a strong start to the new year, recording consecutive league wins that has seen them ...

Manchester United will look to continue what has been a positive run of results when they welcome bottom-placed Southampton to Old Trafford on Thursday. The Red Devils hosts the Saints after an impressive 2-2 draw with Liverpool and another positive performance in their FA Cup win over Arsenal last weekend. Those results have given the club a huge boost as ...

Arsenal and Tottenham will renew their rivalry this Wednesday when both sides meet at the Emirates in the 21st round of the Premier League season. Both sides come into this tie in contrasting cup and league form. Arsenal were beaten in their last two cup games against Newcastle United (Carabao Cup) and Manchester United (FA Cup), losing on penalties in ...

Nottingham Forest will look to continue their brilliant run of form when they welcome Premier League leaders Liverpool to the City Ground on Tuesday night. By now, it is clear that Forest are this season’s surprise package in the Premier League. The hosts have not only defied many by residing inside the Premier League’s top-four, but their current remarkable six-game ...

Real Sociedad will look to record their first league win in a month when they welcome Villarreal to the Reale Arena on Monday. It’s been a difficult period for the hosts, who are not only struggling through their worst 18-game start to a La Liga season since 2018/19 but also endured an uncertain winter break during which head coach Imanol ...

For the third season in a row, Real Madrid and Barcelona will meet in the final of the Spanish Super Cup when they face each other at the King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah this Sunday. The Suadi Arabian stadium plays host to the 41st edition of the Supercopa de España, the fifth in six years since moving to a ...

FA Cup record holders Arsenal will welcome the current holders Manchester United to the Emirates this Sunday for what is arguably the biggest tie in this season’s third-round draw of the competition. Both teams have 27 FA Cup titles between them, with Arsenal’s 14 titles one more than the 13 Manchester United have won. The Gunners dominated this tournament in ...

Sevilla will look to bounce back from a disappointing Copa del Rey loss when they welcome Valencia to the Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán for their 19th-round game of the 2024/25 La Liga season. After enjoying a spell of strong form across late September and much of October, things have become difficult for Sevilla with inconsistency a major issue lately. This ...

Borussia Dortmund will look to begin 2025 with a win when they welcome Bundesliga holders Bayer Leverkusen to Signal Iduna Park on Friday night. The 2024/25 season has been underwhelming for Borussia Dortmund so far as they come into the second half of the season sitting in sixth place after taking 25 points from their opening 15 games. As such, ...

Real Madrid will look to continue their perfect start to the new year when they face Real Mallorca in the Spanish Super Cup semifinal. Los Blancos have enjoyed a brilliant start to 2025, with an injury-time strike helping them beat Valencia 2-1 in La Liga to make it two wins in a row this year. That result came despite Vinícius ...

After their disappointing Premier League result, Tottenham will welcome Liverpool to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final. The hosts have been trophyless since winning the 2007/08 League Cup. This game now presents them the opportunity to reach their first final in this competition since 2020/21. However, taking that step won’t be easy against ...

After a disappointing league outing, Arsenal will turn their attention to the Carabao Cup where they host high-flying Newcastle United. The Gunners dropped more points in the title race at the weekend drawing 1-1 against Brighton. However, despite the disappointment of that draw, it extended Arsenal’s unbeaten run to 13 games in all competitions (W9, D4), a positive omen as ...

Premier League’s most in-form side, Nottingham Forest, will travel to Molineux Stadium to face one of the league’s most improved sides, Wolverhampton Wanderers. After a terrible run of form under Gary O’Neil, which saw Wolves remain rooted in the bottom three, the hosts have enjoyed some improvement under new boss Vítor Pereira. Under the Portuguese boss, Wolves have taken seven ...

Premier League leaders Liverpool will look to continue their imperious form into 2025 when they welcome fierce rivals Manchester United to Anfield on Sunday. Liverpool have been the best team in the first half of this season and look primed to begin the second half the same way they ended the first. Under Arne Slot, the Reds have lost just ...