Football Previews

Manchester City will look to bounce back this weekend when they welcome Tottenham to the Etihad. City have recently endured a miserable run of form, losing four straight games in all competitions before the international break. Two of those losses came in the Premier League–a pair of 2-1 losses away to Bournemouth and Brighton–which left them trailing league leaders Liverpool ...

After a two-week hiatus for the international break, Bundesliga football returns for the last lap of 2024, with Bayern Munich hosting Augsburg for the 11th-round game this Friday. Bayern Munich has enjoyed a good four months this season, winning eight of their opening ten league games while remaining the only Bundesliga club yet to taste defeat. They are also on ...

Brazil will look to wrap up 2024 with a win when they welcome Uruguay to the Estádio Fonte Nova for their 12th game of the CONMEBOL qualification cycle for the 2026 World Cup. Brazil’s patchy form towards qualification for the tournament continued in their last outing as they were held to a 1-1 draw away to Venezuela. That result would ...

Group A1 leaders Portugal will look to wrap up their Nations League group stage campaign with a win when they travel to the Stadion Poljud to face Croatia. The hosts were last season’s Nations League runners-up but will enter this last group game still not entirely sure of their place in the quarter-finals of the current campaign. A shock 1-0 ...

Italy and France will renew their rivalry this Sunday when both sides meet at the San Siro for the last game of their Nations League Group (A2). Both sides have a history in competitive action having famously met in the FIFA World Cup final in 2006. Italy won that game thanks to a penalty shootout win that was arguably made ...

The Netherlands will return to Nations League action this Saturday when they welcome Hungary to the Johan Cruijff Arena. Ronald Koeman’s men and Hungary are battling for second spot in this group, with Germany already the outright group winners heading into the penultimate game. Both sides are tied on five points, so the winner of this clash will actually secure ...

Portugal will look to continue their impressive Nations League form when they welcome Poland to Porto this Friday. Both sides met just under five weeks ago in Warsaw, with Portugal recording a 3-1 win that ensuresthey enter the penultimate round of Group A1 game top of the table. This will be the 15th H2H between the sides and the seventh ...

Belgium will look to bounce back from their terrible run of form when they welcome Italy to King Baudouin Stadium for their Round 5  Nations League group-stage game. The hosts have endured a tough Nations League cycle, winning just one game out of four (D1, L2). As such, they come into this tie with a place in a relegation play-off ...

After their midweek exertions in Europe, Chelsea and Arsenal turn their attention to the Premier League where they both meet at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea enter this tie as the side in better form after winning three of their last five games in all competitions (D1, L1). The most recent in that sequence was an 8-0 home win over Noah in ...

Liverpool will look to continue their terrific form this season when they welcome struggling Aston Villa to Anfield this weekend. The Reds top the Premier League and Champions League standings, and they have been so hard to stop, losing just one game in all competitions this season. That shock defeat to Nottingham Forest has long been forgotten, but they know ...

La Liga returns this Friday with Rayo Vallecano hosting Las Palmas. The hosts were forced to sit out the last round of La Liga action as their game away to Villarreal was postponed following the devastating floods in the region. They will now hope to pick up right where they left off, having lost just one of their last eight ...

Tottenham will travel to Turkey this Thursday for their Europa League fixture for the week. Galatasaray are the hosts of the North London club and they will be looking to climb above their visitors at the top of the Europa League table. Okan Buruk’s side have enjoyed a good season so far. They come into this fixture on the back ...

Paris Saint-Germain will welcome Atletico Madrid to the Parc Princes this Wednesday for their fourth Champions League game of the season. Despite both sides being regulars in this competition, this will be the first competitive meeting between them. Luis Enrique’s men could really do with this being a successful maiden meeting given their slow start to the competition this year. ...

Fresh from storming to the top of the Premier League table, Liverpool will now look to climb to the summit in the Champions League when they welcome Bayer Leverkusen to Anfield on Tuesday. The Reds came from a goal down to defeat Brighton on Saturday. That win was enough to push them to the top of the league table, thanks ...

Fulham will look to open the month of November with a win when they welcome Brentford to Craven Cottage on Monday night. After recording two consecutive wins to end September, the Cottagers failed to win any of their league games in October without a win (D1, L2). Throwing away leads have contributed to their poor returns, with their 1-1 draw ...