While England were sending off Wayne Rooney with a routine 3-0 win over the United States at Wembley, Croatia earned a deserved 3-2 win over Spain at home. That victory has blown group A4 wide open and means that these teams head into this match knowing that anyone of them could top this group and anyone of them could be ...

This is the biggest game in this group at this stage and that is mainly because of Italy’s 1-0 win over Poland in their last game. The race for the top spot has now been narrowed down to these two teams and it will be interesting to see if Portugal can secure a third consecutive win here. Italy were on ...

Netherlands have been on a poor run of form over the past few years and they have missed the last two major competitions. However, having named Ronald Koeman as their new manager they have started their rebuilding process on a good note. The Netherlands may have been beaten by France in the reverse fixture but their 3-0 win over Germany ...

It has been a shocking return to mediocrity for Croatia since they reached the World Cup final in Russia just a few of months ago. They were thrashed 6-0 by Spain in the reverse fixture and were held to a draw at home by England which was largely due to poor finishing from Gareth Southgate’s men. Croatia have beaten only ...

The 2022 FIFA World Cup gets underway this Sunday as host nation Qatar take on Ecuador in the opening match of the tournament. Qatar come into this game having won their last three games on the trot albeit against lesser opposition. Those wins came against Panama, Guatemala and Albania making their preparations successful and a feeling that they may be ...