Football Previews

Current European Championship holders Italy will continue preparing to defend their crown in June when they face Ecuador in New Jersey, United States on Sunday. Both sides are meeting for the first time in nearly two decades and this game is expected to be a spectacle. After a calamitous ending under former boss Roberto Mancini, the Azzurri have found their ...

England and Brazil will square up this Saturday in arguably the biggest international friendly fixture of the March 2024 international break. Both sides are preparing to participate in a major tournament in June. England will play in the European Championship in Germany while Brazil is among the contingent travelling to the United States for the 2024 Copa America. Even with ...

Spain will host Colombia this Friday in their first round of international friendlies in this month’s international break. La Roja have already booked their place in Germany for the 2024 European Championship so this is their first warmup game for the showpiece later in the summer. They take on Colombia in London, hoping to improve on their unbeaten head-to-head record ...

Wales and Finland will battle to become one of the three teams joining the European Championship party in Germany later this year when both sides meet in the qualifiers on Thursday. The two nations are playing at this stage after failing to book an automatic spot from their respective groups. Both sides played in the previous edition, but one of ...

Liverpool and Manchester United will renew their rivalry this Sunday when both sides meet at Old Trafford in the FA Cup quarter-final. Manchester United qualified for this stage of the FA Cup by beating lower oppositions Wigan, Newport, and Nottingham Forest in the previous rounds so Liverpool will be their biggest opponents in this tournament so far and they will ...

Manchester City’s last game before the March international break comes up this Saturday against Newcastle United in the FA Cup quarter-finals. City booked their place at this stage of the FA Cup courtesy of a 6-2 thrashing of Luton Town away from home in the last round. After a 1-1 draw with Liverpool in the Premier League at the weekend, ...

La Liga resumes this Friday with Real Sociedad playing host to Cadiz in the curtain raiser of Round 29. Sociedad put the disappointment of crashing out of the Champions League behind them at the weekend when they beat Granada 3-2 away from home. That win ended a run of four straight defeats in all competitions for the Andalusian club. However, ...

West Ham will look to overturn a narrow one-goal deficit in the Europa League (UEL) when they host Freiburg on Thursday in the second leg of their UEL knockout tie. A late goal by Michael Gregoritsch secured a 1-0 first-leg win for Freiburg in Germany handing them the advantage in this fixture. The game was not without drama and controversy ...

Inter Milan will travel to the Wanda Metropolitano this Wednesday to face Atletico Madrid in the second leg of their Champions League round of 16 tie. Atlético Madrid come into this second leg needing a big performance to overcome a one-goal deficit after they lost the first leg 1-0 at the San Siro two weeks ago. That meeting in Milan ...

Arsenal and Porto will meet at the Emirates for the second leg of their Champions League knockout game. Both sides met at the Estádio do Dragão two weeks ago with Porto snatching a 1-0 win right at the death despite Arsenal seeing more of the ball. The Gunners had 62% ball possession but recorded zero shots on target throughout the ...

Newcastle will look to make it two consecutive Premier League wins for the first time since September when they travel to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea. The Blues are also desperate for a win after a troubling few weeks that has seen them win just once in four games (D2, L1). Two of those draws came in the Premier League ...

Liverpool and Manchester City will resume their rivalry this Sunday when both sides meet at Anfield in a game that could decide where the title ends this season. Both sides enter into this tie sitting in first and second place and separated by just one point after 27 games each. There is a chance of things shuffling up this weekend ...

Arsenal will look to go top of the Premier League table when they welcome Brentford to the Emirates Stadium this Saturday. The Gunners made Premier League history over the weekend as they became the first side in English top-flight history to win three successive away games by five or more goals with a 6-0 thumping of Sheffield United. Not only ...

La Liga resumes this Friday as Barcelona host Mallorca in the 28th Round of the 2023/24 season. Barcelona’s season continued to unravel last weekend as they were held to a goalless draw against Athletic Bilbao while losing both Pedri and Frankie de Jong to long-term injuries during the game. The draw on Sunday was the tenth time they’ve dropped points ...

Portuguese football club Benfica and Scottish giants Rangers will square up at the Estádio da Luz on Thursday in the first leg of their Europa League knockout tie. Benfica qualified for this stage of the Europa League courtesy of a 2-1 aggregate win over Toulouse in the playoffs. The hosts began in the Champions League this season though, meaning that ...