Football Previews

The last two times Manchester City have visited this ground, they have not only won, but in emphatic fashion. City beat the Hornets 5-0 in May of last year – 4 months later, they recorded a 6-0 victory with Sergio Aguero netting 5 times. This game should be much harder for the unbeaten Premier League leaders however Watford have conceded ...

Liverpool suffered their 4th consecutive away loss in the Champions League when they were beaten 2-1 by PSG on Wednesday and they now turn their attention to the Premier League where they have been more efficient. The Reds are yet to lose a league game this season and they have won 10 of their 13 league games in this campaign. ...

Tottenham travel for this North London derby full of confidence as they look to build on a recent run of 6 consecutive wins. The Lilywhites haven’t won a game at the Emirates since 2010 but they should feel that they have a chance to change that record in this game. This derby has been dominated by the home team for ...

Barcelona will be looking to get back to the top of the La Liga table when they welcome struggling Villarreal in this game. The Catalans are currently 2nd in the league table at the moment and that is partly because the Spanish top flight has been full of upsets since the start of this season and these two teams have had ...

Southampton are struggling to stay up yet again after miraculously surviving relegation last season. The Saints were beaten by Leicester City in the Carabao Cup in midweek to pile more misery on Mark Hughes’ side. They come into this game having won just one Premier League game all season. Southampton have lost 7 of 13 league games and slid into ...

Real Madrid recovered from their shock 3-0 loss at Eibar last weekend to beat AS Roma 2-0 away in the Champions League in midweek and they will be looking to win their 6th game in 7 attempts when they take to the field in this game. Los Blancos are currently 6 points off the top of the league table and ...

This game is one of the most important that this struggling Rayo Vallecano will play this season as they look to avoid having too much to do in the second half of the season. The hosts are already sitting 6 points from safety at this stage of the season and they face an Eibar side that just defeated Real Madrid ...

This is the closest group in this competition as every team in it goes into this match day with a chance to make the round of 32. Rangers can end this Thursday top of the group or totally out of contention, and that can happen if they lose this game while Spartak Moscow wins their match. The former Liverpool captain’s ...

Chelsea finally felt what it’s like to be defeated at the weekend as a well-drilled Tottenham side beat them 3-1 at Wembley and they now look to get back to winning ways here. The Blues have won 4 consecutive games in the Europa League group stages so far this season. They are 6 points clear of Vidi and 9 points ...

It is never an easy task to qualify from a Champions League group that has Barcelona and Inter Milan, but Tottenham are making this one even more difficult to think about. The Lilywhites were beaten by Inter Milan in Milan and expectedly lost to Barcelona at Wembley, however, they failed to beat PSV away from home before staging a late ...

When the draw was made for the Champions League group stage, many expected that this game would be between the top two teams in this group, but as we enter the last two games of the group stages, only two points separates the top team and the bottom team in this group. PSG are currently third in the group standings ...

Juventus would have been left very disappointed by their 2-1 loss to Manchester United in their last Champions League game. The Old Ladies led the game until the dying minutes before capitulating and losing 2-1. They now look to atone for that loss by securing a home win that would place them in position to qualify as group leaders. Prior ...

Manchester United will be looking to get over their disappointing goalless home draw against Crystal Palace by taking all three points in this game. A victory for Jose Mourinho’s men and another win for Juventus over Valencia in Turin would send the Red Devils through to the next round with a game to spare. Their win over the Old Ladies ...

This game sees Real Sociedad continue their search for a first home win of the season against a Celta Vigo side that hasn’t done badly but still fired their manager during the international break. Celta Vigo went into the international break with just 3 points separating them from seventh position, however, their board still decided to fire Antonio Mohamed who ...

Real Betis will be looking to get a second consecutive away win in the league when they visit Villarreal in this game. They beat Barcelona 4-3 in their last league game at the Camp Nou – a win that inflicted a first home defeat in two years on the Catalans. Villarreal are struggling this season and it is a surprise ...