Just when Monaco fans thought that Thierry Henry has steadied the AS Monaco ship, things began to boomerang again. The former Arsenal star had achieved some form of stability for the faltering French side but on Saturday, it all came crashing down again as they fell to an embarrassing 5-1 home loss against Strasbourg. Monaco had to play at least ...
Read More »Juventus vs Chievo Verona Preview
Juventus came back from their trip to Jeddah with the Italian Super Cup as a single goal from Cristiano Ronaldo was enough for them to see off AC Milan and pick off their first trophy of the season. They host rock-bottom Chievo in this game and they will be looking to secure a 4th consecutive win here while their visitors ...
Read More »Fulham vs Tottenham Hotspur Preview
The injury to Harry Kane and the absence of Heung Min Son has been greatly exaggerated with many fans and pundits believing that it will affect Tottenham’s charge towards the Premier League title. Kane is out until March with a serious injury while Son is away on international duty with South Korea, however, that shouldn’t stop Spurs from beating a ...
Read More »Arsenal vs Chelsea Preview
This is Arsenal’s best chance to close the gap on the top four and anything short of a win would almost end all their chances of making the top four as Manchester United continue to improve by the minute. The Gunners were beaten by West Ham 1-0 last weekend and that result meant they are now six points behind their ...
Read More »Getafe vs Alaves Preview
These are perhaps the top two most underappreciated teams in La Liga this season. They both are not traditional big sides, but they come into this game inside the Spanish top six and within points of the Champions League places. As a matter of fact, Alaves would get into the top three were they to claim all three points in ...
Read More »Levante vs Barcelona Preview
Barcelona will look to do what they couldn’t do when they faced Levante in the first leg of this game last week. The Frogs secured a shock 2-1 win thanks to two goals scored inside the first 18 minutes as Philippe Coutinho’s late penalty became just a consolation goal for the Catalans. However, Levante’s recent record when they visit the ...
Read More »Juventus vs AC Milan Preview
Taking the Italian Super Cup to the Far East is one of the most unpopular decisions that has been made by the Italian football federation. As a matter of fact, playing this game in January is already bad enough, but these teams could care less as they bid to get their hands on the first Italian trophy of the season. ...
Read More »Valencia vs Sporting Gijon Preview
Valencia and Sporting Gijon will take on each other in this return leg of the Copa del Rey round of 16 match. The first leg ended in a 2-1 win for the visitors and Valencia will be looking to take advantage of playing at the Mestalla to see off this Gijon side, but it will not be an easy job. ...
Read More »Manchester vs Wolverhampton Wanderers Preview
Manchester City will be looking to continue their fine run of form as they return to Premier League action in this game. The last time they were in action, Pep Guardiola’s men scored 9 goals past Burton Albion, but the standard of their opponents in this game is different. The Cityzens come into this game on a run of 4 ...
Read More »Real Betis vs Real Madrid Preview
Real Madrid fans will all be praying for 2019 to be a better year than the last part of 2018. This year still started poorly for them as they played out a 2-2 draw with Villarreal and lost shockingly at home to Real Sociedad (2:0). However, last week they put in a solid performance to win against Leganes 3-0 in ...
Read More »Tottenham Hotspur vs Manchester United Preview
Manchester United visit Wembley to take on Tottenham as they continue to chase a place in the Premier League top four. The Red Devils look rejuvenated after they fired Jose Mourinho and made Ole Gunnar Solskjaer their interim manager. They come into this game having won their last 5 games under the Norwegian, but this is arguably the biggest game ...
Read More »Chelsea vs Newcastle United Preview
Chelsea were controversially beaten by Tottenham in their last game, not thanks to a VAR-assisted penalty goal by Harry Kane. The Blues have to move on from that result and turn their attention to the race for a place in the Premier League top four in this game. The Blues head into this week 22 game with problems in attack. ...
Read More »Villarreal vs Getafe Preview
This will be the last game of the day in La Liga and Villarreal will be looking to get all three points as they currently struggle in the relegation zone. Things have looked up since the appointment of Luis Garcia, however, the reality is that they are still in the relegation dogfight ahead of this game. Villarreal’s fans know that ...
Read More »Rayo Vallecano vs Celta Vigo Preview
This is one of the most important games of the Spanish league season as these two struggling teams go head to head here. A win for the home side would see them draw level on points with the teams in the 16th and 17th position in the league table. Collecting all three points would also take them to within just ...
Read More »Barcelona vs Levante Preview
Levante come into this game hoping to get a better result for their offensive efforts than in their other recent games. The home side hasn’t won any of their last four games, but that is largely down to their poor defencive record as they have not been doing badly on the offence. Levante have taken just two wins from their ...
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