Football Previews

Southampton were very fortunate to have edged out Swansea City in a relegation battle last season to remain in the English top flight. The appointment of Mark Hughes was credited for their great escape, however, the Welsh man was unable to help them improve this term and with the team in yet another relegation battle, he was relieved of his ...

Liverpool come into this game after an excellent week.  The unexpected defeat of Manchester City at the hands of Crystal Palace and their win over Wolves at Molineux has set Liverpool 4 points ahead of Pep Guardiola’s side and it is their title to lose now. Liverpool have also reached the knockout stages of the Champions League and even Jurgen ...

Inter Milan host Napoli in this Boxing Day clash as they look to close the gap on Juventus and it promises to be an interesting game from two in-form sides. Inter Milan qualified for the Champions League this season but a late capitulation has seen them exit the competition in the group stages. Luciano Spaletti’s men nevertheless are expected to ...

Marcos Silva has succeeded in stabilizing Everton this season after a slow start to his reign, yet the Toffees have failed to beat any of the traditional big six teams for a long time. Everton were beaten 3-1 by Manchester City in their last league game and that was the 16th time they have lost to a big six side ...

Barcelona will be hosting Celta Vigo in this game as they look to secure yet another win after a resounding 0-5 thrashing of Levante last time out. The La Liga leaders ran riot at Levante last weekend, but they have not found much joy in playing Celta Vigo recently as they have only beaten the visiting side 2 times in ...

Roma ended their five game run of no wins when they beat Genoa 3-2 in a thrilling contest last time out. They now face the unenviable trip to Turin to try and win against a Juventus side that remains unbeaten in the Italian top flight this season. The league leaders will be the biggest challenge that Roma face at this ...

Liverpool travel to the Midlands for this Matchday 18 clash with Wolves as leaders of the Premier League and they will be looking to move 4 points clear at the top of the league table before Manchester City play their weekend fixture. Liverpool’s 3-1 win over Manchester United at the weekend was their 5th consecutive win in all competitions. The ...

RB Leipzig travel to Munich hoping to build on their impressive 4-1 win over Mainz 04 at the weekend, while Bayern Munich will be looking to build on their 4-0 win at Hannover.  In any case, this game promises to be a cracker. Bayern have had a poor start to the season and they are now chasing the league leaders ...

Arsenal have had a good season so far under Unai Emery despite the Spaniard inheriting a squad that was low on confidence. He started his reign poorly but quickly turned things around and even led the Gunners to a solid run of 22 games unbeaten in all competitions despite facing Liverpool and Tottenham among other teams. That run eventually ended ...

Manchester City will be heading to Leicester City for the quarter final of the Carabao Cup here as they look to build some consistency after losing their spot at the top of the league with a defeat at Chelsea. The Cityzens won their last two games against Hoffenheim and Everton, but they were been beaten by Chelsea and drew 2-2 ...

Lazio are currently in a really bad place form wise and they would be desperate to end their winless run when they face Atalanta in this game. On Thursday, the visitors recorded yet another disappointing result when they were beaten by Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League however they still qualified for the knockout round of the competition. Lazio are ...

Liverpool and Manchester United suffered contrasting fortunes in midweek in the Champions League. Liverpool needed to win 1-0 with a clean sheet or by two clear goals to reach the round, and the Reds achieved just that in front of a packed Anfield. Manchester United needed to beat Valencia and hope that Young Boys beat Juventus for them to top ...

Valencia should be delighted with their 2-1 win over Manchester United in the Champions League on Wednesday and they will be hoping that can help them get all three points here too. Los Che, like most Spanish teams have struggled for consistency this season and they come into this game closer to the relegation spot than to the top of ...

Everton have had to endure a tough run of fixtures recently and that will continue with probably the hardest of them all when they visit Manchester City for this game. The Toffees have played Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool away in recent weeks, and apart from Manchester United they have given a good account of themselves despite also losing in ...

Leganes have entered a good period of form recently after starting out this season in poor fashion. Former Southampton manager, Mauricio Pellegrino is working some magic at the outskirts of Madrid and his team look like they can cause Celta Vigo some problems here. Leganes joined the Spanish topflight three seasons ago and have ended their last two campaigns just ...