Football Previews

Manchester City will look to continue their perfect start to the season when they welcome Arsenal to the Etihad Stadium this Sunday. After storming to the title last season, the Cityzens have continued their dominance of the league this campaign, winning all four of their league games—the only side with a 100% record. Norwegian forward Erling Haaland has been at ...

Crystal Palace will look to get their first league win of the season this Saturday when they welcome Manchester United to Selhurst Park for their fifth Premier League game of the season. After a brilliant end to last season, Oliver Glasner’s side were expected to kick on this season after successfully keeping the core of their team, except Michael Olise, ...

La Liga returns this weekend with Sevilla travelling to the Estadio Mendizorrotza to play Alaves in the first game of Matchday six. Alavés have had their best start to a La Liga season in six years, with a return of seven points from their opening five matches (W2, D1, L2). However, manager Luis García is urging fans not to get ...

Last year’s Europa League winners, Atalanta, will begin their journey towards another European campaign this season with a home game against Arsenal. Atalanta has enjoyed a stop-start yet entertaining start to the season. This continued on Sunday as the reigning Europa League champions came from behind to beat Fiorentina 3-2, with all the goals in the first half. With their ...

Just over a year after meeting in the final of this competition, Manchester City and Inter Milan will meet again but this time in their opening game of the newly expanded Champions League. Manchester City triumphed in the aforementioned game, beating Inter 1-0 to lift their first and only Champions League title to date. After winning the Premier League title ...

Liverpool’s 2024/25 Champions League journey will begin this Tuesday when they travel to the San Siro to face AC Milan. Both teams are among the biggest teams in this competition with Real Madrid being the only side with more European Cup/Champions League titles than AC Milan (seven) and Liverpool (six). Apart from being European royalty, both sides have a lot ...

Osasuna will look to make it back-to-back league wins when they travel to the Campo de Futbol de Vallecas on Monday to face Rayo Vallecano. After narrowly surviving last season, the hosts would have been hoping for a better start to this campaign. However, they have been poor in their  opening four games of the season. They won their first ...

Tottenham and Arsenal will renew their rivalry this Sunday when they meet at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for the 65th North London derby in the Premier League. Tottenham have an inferior record in this fixture having beaten the Gunners just 15 times so far (D25, L24). Even more depressing for Spurs’ fans is that they enter this fixture in patchy ...

After a two-week pause, the Premier League returns again this weekend with Chelsea travelling to the Vitality Stadium to face Bournemouth in their fourth league game of the season. Bournemouth didn’t wish for the September international break as they were in good form beforehand. After drawing in the opening two rounds, Andoni Iraola’s side became the first ever Premier League ...

After a two-week hiatus, the Bundesliga returns this Friday with Borussia Dortmund hosting Heidenheim in the first fixture of Round 3. Dortmund’s start has been underwhelming so far with one win and a draw from their opening two games against Eintracht Frankfurt (W:2-0) and Werder Bremen (0-0) but the good thing is that they have yet to concede a goal. ...

The Netherlands will take on Germany this Tuesday in their second Nations League group-stage game. The Netherlands opened their Nations League campaign in style scoring five times against Bosnia & Herzegovina. They only had to net once to equal their record of scoring in 26 consecutive internationals on home soil but needed two late strikes to make things comfortable against ...

France will welcome Belgium to the Groupama Academy Stadium this Monday for their second Nations League game. The 2018 World Cup winners began their bid to win a second Nations League title with a surprise 3-1 home defeat to Italy, a game they lost despite taking the lead inside the first minute. So, the hosts come into this tie on ...

Reigning European Championship and Nations League champions Spain will look to record their first win in the 2024/25 Nations League edition when they take on Switzerland at the Stade de Genève on Sunday. Switzerland opened the first round of Group A4 fixtures with a 2-0 defeat to Denmark last Thursday so they will be desperate for a win here to ...

It’s a new era for the national teams of Ireland and England who will be playing their first game under new managers during their Nations League group-stage meeting at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Ireland is now managed by Heimir Hallgrímsson – the Icelandic coach who jointly managed his home nation when they famously eliminated England from Euro 2016. The ...

France and Italy will renew their football rivalry this Thursday when both sides meet at the Parc des Princes for their first game of the 2024/25 Nations League campaign. This is France’s first game since their painful semi-final defeat to Spain at the European Championships. They will be looking to start well here as they attempt to win a second ...