Manchester United will play their first European game of the season when they face FC Twente in the first group stage game of the 2024/25 Europa League season. This is the fourth time since Sir Alex Ferguson left Old Trafford that the Red Devils have followed a Champions League campaign with participation in the Europa League. Erik ten Hag’s side ...
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Real Madrid will look to make it five consecutive wins in all competitions when they welcome Alaves to the Santiago Bernabeu on Tuesday night. The La Liga defending Champions are yet to click into top gear this season but they have continued to win games. Los Blancos recorded their fourth league win of the season last weekend when they beat ...
Read More »Real Betis vs Mallorca Preview
Real Betis will return to La Liga action this Monday when they welcome Mallorca to the Estadio Benito Villamarín for their sixth league game of the season. After earning back-to-back wins in La Liga – both at home – Betis now have the opportunity to secure three successive league victories at the Estadio Benito Villamarín for the first time in ...
Read More »Manchester City vs Arsenal Preview
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 ...
Read More »Crystal Palace vs Manchester United Preview
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, ...
Read More »Alaves vs Sevilla Preview
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 ...
Read More »Atalanta vs Arsenal Preview
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 ...
Read More »Manchester City vs Internazionale Preview
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 ...
Read More »AC Milan vs Liverpool Preview
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 ...
Read More »Rayo Vallecano vs Osasuna Preview
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 ...
Read More »Tottenham Hotspur vs Arsenal Preview
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 ...
Read More »AFC Bournemouth vs Chelsea Preview
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 ...
Read More »Borussia Dortmuns vs FC Heidenheim Preview
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. ...
Read More »Netherlands vs Germany Preview
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 ...
Read More »France vs Belgium Preview
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 ...
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