Football Previews

Juventus and Atletico Madrid meet here in this early season cracker in the Champions League.  Both sides met in the Round of 16 of the competition last season with Juventus edging past Diego Simeone’s side on aggregate.. Juve was kept at bay for much of the first leg until Atletico delivered a huge blow with two late goals to settle ...

Chelsea starts the Lampard reign in Europe in this game as they look to continue their good domestic form so far. The Blues midfielder featured the last time these sides met in the Champions League as the Blues went on to win their one and only Champions League crown in 2012. He will now be leading his former side as ...

Defending Champions Liverpool begin their title defence with this very tough trip to Naples and Jurgen Klopp would be hoping that his players can do better than the last time they were here. These sides were in the same group last season and Liverpool visited the Stadio San Paolo first, but they were beaten 1-0 by the Italians after they ...

West Ham and Aston Villa meet here to serve us our dose of Monday Night Football for this Premier League week. The Hammers would have been delighted by how their season shaped up just before the International Break as they won three consecutive games, having started the season with a 5-0 home drubbing at the hands of Manchester City. Sebastien ...

Barcelona will be looking for only their second win of the season when they take on Valencia here.  The Catalans have struggled this season as they continue to play without the services of Lionel Messi and come into this game 8th in the league table. They started their campaign with a 1-0 loss at Athletic Bilbao before earning a come-from-behind ...

Arsenal will be looking to get back to winning ways when they visit Watford at Vicarage Road for this game. The Gunners come into this after failing to win any of their last two games despite starting the season with two straight wins. They were beaten 3-1 by Liverpool at Anfield and drew 2-2 at home against Tottenham in their ...

Athletic Bilbao will be looking to continue their recent good run of form against Mallorca when they visit them for this game. The home side has struggled at the start of the new season as they failed to score in their opening two games ahead of this one. Since 2012, this fixture has been won by the visitors and Bilbao ...

After having their national anthem played mistakenly for the Albanian national team who played against France on Saturday, Andorra will hope they can spring a surprise and get a result in this game. Les Bleus have traditionally struggled in qualifiers and there were lots of fears when a couple of their top players pulled out of this round of international ...

Germany have continued their poor post-World Cup form at the resumption of International matches.  The German Machines were beaten 4-2 at home by the Netherlands last weekend despite having taken the lead in that game. That latest disappointment follows them being relegated from their Euro Nations League group, so the Germans are a nation in need of a lift and ...

Sweden and Norway renew their rivalry as they both look to qualify for the next Euros and they have both come here in good form. In a group that also has Spain, both of these sides would know that a second-place finish is probably all that is on offer so that makes this game a more important one to win. ...

England will be looking to continue their excellent head-to-head record against Bulgaria when both sides meet at Wembley here.  The Three Lions return from the Euro Nations League to continue where they stopped in the Euro 2020 qualifiers and their fans would be keen on them winning here. England has a solid recent record against their visitors.  The last two ...

Two of Europe’s biggest teams meet in Hamburg as they both look to snatch a victory that would boost their chances of making the EUROS next year. The home side is under enormous pressure after exiting the last World Cup at the group stage and also getting relegated from the EURO Nations League. The Germans have started this qualifying campaign ...

Romania will look to build on their solid start to this qualifying campaign when they take on this Spanish side that has historically found it tough to beat them. The home side has lost just once in their last 12 home games and come here with a record of just one loss to Spain in 6 head-to-head games over the ...

This fixture has become one of the most interesting games in the Spanish league calendar and it is understandable why most people can’t wait for it to start.  This fixture has served over 4.5 goals in 4 of its last 5 renewals. With Villarreal looking generous in defence and Real Madrid fighting hard to stay in the title race, we ...

Arsenal and Tottenham resume their rivalry early this season as the Gunners host the Lilywhites in the first North London derby of the season. Arsenal come into this game after losing 3-1 at Anfield to lose their perfect start to the season.  Unai Emery’s side have nevertheless had a good start to the season and they will look to continue ...