Football Previews

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) ...

The Netherlands will look to end a two-game winless streak when they travel to the Allianz Arena to face Group A3 leaders Germany. The battle for the top spot in the Nations League group looks to be a straight shootout with the Germans currently enjoying the upper hand. Julian Nagelsmann’s side lead their Dutch counterparts by two points at the ...

Belgium will look to win their first game in three tries when they welcome France to the King Baudouin Stadium on Monday. The hosts have had a wobbly start to their Nations League campaign, with their Match Day One win over Israel their only success so far (D1, L1). However, they come into this round with at least something to ...

Greece will look to make it back-to-back wins in this international break window when they host Ireland in their fourth game of the Nations League (B). Greece’s last outing was an emotional one for all involved after the passing of their former player, George Baldock, who died suddenly this week at the age of 31. With the pain still fresh ...

Spain return to Nations League action this Saturday when they host Denmark at the Estadio Enrique Roca. The European champions have won one and drawn  one of their other opening two games so they come into this game trailing Denmark in Group A4 by two points after the opening two rounds. Despite their deficit, La Roja remain favourites for victory ...

Hungary will look to record their first win of the 2024/25 Nations League campaign when they welcome the Netherlands to the Puskás Aréna this Friday. After finishing second in Group A3 in the 2022/23 Nations League following a final-round defeat to Italy, Hungary have started this new campaign in the same group in awful fashion. Marco Rossi’s men were thumped ...

Italy will look to continue their impressive run in the Nations League when they welcome Belgium to the Stadio Olimpico this Thursday. The Azzurri have begun this Nations League campaign in style winning their opening two games by a combined score of 5-2, which included a 3-1 away win against France so given that they are among three teams that ...

After their exertions in Europe, Aston Villa and Manchester United will return to Premier League action this Sunday when they meet at Villa Park for Round 7 of the 2024/25 league season. It was a glorious week for Aston Villa as they beat Bayern Munich 1-0 at home in the Champions League. That win made it two wins in two ...

Manchester City will look to get back to winning ways in the Premier League when they welcome Fulham to the Etihad Stadium on Saturday. The league defending champions are used to winning. However, they are winless in two games after back-to-back draws against Arsenal and Newcastle United. So they come into this tie sitting in second place after relinquishing the ...

La Liga resumes this Friday with Valencia travelling to the Estadio Municipal de Butarque to play Leganes. After eight games, both sides are separated by just two points so a win for either side pushes them further away from the foot of the table. Interestingly, Leganes have a better point-tally, with seven points on the board after eight games. However, ...