Despite appearing to have wrapped up second position in their group, Northern Ireland still have work to do if they want to make it to the playoff stage. Only 8 of the 9 teams that will finish second in European qualifying will have a ticket to the playoffs and those teams will be determined by their overall record which includes goal ...

Real Madrid are heading into a new month without a win at home – something that no one saw coming when they were cruising last season as well as the start of this new season. They have reason to be positive ahead of this game as Espanyol remain a team they can beat any day and their midweek Champions League ...

Newcastle started this new season in an unsurprisingly poor manner after their manager Rafael Benitez failed to sign most of his transfer targets. However, they have recovered well from losing their opening two games to Tottenham and Huddersfield. They won three straight games against West Ham, Stoke City and Swansea and were 4th in the league table at some point before ...

AC Milan survived what would have been an embarrassing draw by netting a late winner in their midweek clash against Rijeka as they won the game 3-2. They had previously led that tie by 2-0. They have been struggling recently as they lost their last league game against Sampdoria. With the amount of money they spent on transfers they know ...

Berlin could have done better in their midweek clash as they lost to Swedish minors Ostersunds however they have established themselves as a strong German side over the years and that has been built on a solid home record. They have scored in all of their home games this year and with Bayern Munich still missing Manuel Neuer they look ...