Football Previews

This is the biggest game in La Liga this weekend as Atletico welcome Barcelona to the Wanda Metropolitana in a game that could decide how the title race goes down. Barcelona lost their last game at home to Real Betis and they will be looking to get back to form here. A win for the Catalans would see them keep ...

Tottenham fans have been waiting to play in their new state-of-the-art stadium since the start of the season and while that wait is still ongoing, their team hasn’t been as convincing as in the recent past. However, the Lillywhites have still found a way to get results. They have won 9 league games this season and they come into this ...

After the long and sometimes boring international break, La Liga resumes this Friday as these two teams look for a win that would take them up the league table. Leganes are currently 18th in the league table and a home win would help them move to 16th before the rest of the division play later in the weekend. However, their current ...

Portugal’s Euro 2016 win was unable to spur them into the latter stages of Russia 2018. They struggled but qualified for the knockout stages before being eliminated by Uruguay at the round of 16. Portugal have had to play this competition without Cristiano Ronaldo who has decided to put his international career on hold to focus on his new club. ...

The Netherlands have turned their fortunes around and seem to be back among the big boys of Europe at the moment. They beat world champions, France 2-0 at home in their last qualifying game and come into this game full of confidence as they need just a draw to qualify as the top team from this group which would be ...

While England were sending off Wayne Rooney with a routine 3-0 win over the United States at Wembley, Croatia earned a deserved 3-2 win over Spain at home. That victory has blown group A4 wide open and means that these teams head into this match knowing that anyone of them could top this group and anyone of them could be ...

This is the biggest game in this group at this stage and that is mainly because of Italy’s 1-0 win over Poland in their last game. The race for the top spot has now been narrowed down to these two teams and it will be interesting to see if Portugal can secure a third consecutive win here. Italy were on ...

Netherlands have been on a poor run of form over the past few years and they have missed the last two major competitions. However, having named Ronald Koeman as their new manager they have started their rebuilding process on a good note. The Netherlands may have been beaten by France in the reverse fixture but their 3-0 win over Germany ...

It has been a shocking return to mediocrity for Croatia since they reached the World Cup final in Russia just a few of months ago. They were thrashed 6-0 by Spain in the reverse fixture and were held to a draw at home by England which was largely due to poor finishing from Gareth Southgate’s men. Croatia have beaten only ...

The 2022 FIFA World Cup gets underway this Sunday as host nation Qatar take on Ecuador in the opening match of the tournament. Qatar come into this game having won their last three games on the trot albeit against lesser opposition. Those wins came against Panama, Guatemala and Albania making their preparations successful and a feeling that they may be ...

Monaco are enduring one of their worst ever campaigns and it is a stunning fall from grace for a team that won the French league just two seasons ago/ They are now expected to turn their fortunes around against a PSG side that has won all of their league games so far. Monaco have developed a reputation as a selling ...

The City of Manchester as a whole has so much to be happy about after the midweek Champions League results. Manchester City enjoyed a dominant 6-0 win over Shakhtar Donetsk at home, while Manchester United left it late but still came from behind to record a stunning 2-1 win away at Juventus. However, domestically, these two teams are far apart ...

Borussia Dortmund are flying high this season and their 2-0 loss to Atletico Madrid on Tuesday will definitely be seen as a just a blip, however, that depends greatly on how they perform in this game. They were hot and cold last season and that prompted a change of manager. Under Lucien Favre they have got their swagger back and ...

Atletico Madrid will be looking to cap off a great week with yet another win and head into the International break on a very bright note with a win in this game. They beat Borussia Dortmund 2-0 in the Champions League in midweek and they now look to get another one against this unimpressive Bilbao side. Atleti have some patchy ...

The La Liga table is quite congested at this stage of the season, so these teams should see this game as an opportunity for them to get a result and get up the table. A win for Levante would take them level on points with 3rd place while a win for the visitors would take them up to 9th position. ...