Football Previews

The 2024/25 La Liga season begins this Thursday with a game between Athletic Bilbao and Getafe at the Estadio San Mamés. After winning the Copa del Rey and finishing fifth in La Liga last season, Bilbao may struggle to improve on a hugely successful campaign again. The Basque club have largely been quiet in the summer transfer market but keeping ...

Champions League defending champions Real Madrid will face Europa League defending champions Atalanta in the 2024/25 season’s Super Cup game at the PGE Narodowy Stadium in Warsaw. Real Madrid beat Borussia Dortmund 2-0 in June to qualify for this showpiece and another win here will establish them as the outright most successful team in this competition ahead of AC Milan ...

Rangers will welcome Ukrainian side Dynamo Kyiv to Scotland this Tuesday for the second leg of their Champions League qualifier. The hosts will be playing this game at Hampden Park due to the delayed work at Ibrox Stadium so while it is in Scotland, it is not technically at their home stadium. After holding out for a 1-1 draw in ...

Barcelona will host AS Monaco on Monday in their final pre-season game before the new season begins. The Catalan side returned from their tour of the United States last week. Barca faced Manchester City, Real Madrid and AC Milan during their trip to the States but only recorded a direct win against their rivals Real Madrid, needing penalties to beat ...

After returning from their United States pre-season tour, Liverpool will take on Sevilla at Anfield this Sunday in their penultimate friendly game before the new season begins. The Reds have enjoyed a productive pre-season winning all three of their friendly games including an impressive 3-0 win over their fierce rivals Manchester United last time. Despite their impressive showings, there has ...

Manchester City and Manchester United will renew their rivalry this Saturday when both sides meet in the 2024/25 Community Shield. The game heralds the beginning of the new season with this fixture being the last game of last season’s domestic campaign where Man United had the upper hand courtesy of a 2-1 win in the FA Cup final. Therefore, reigning ...

Portuguese league defending champions Sporting CP will begin their defense of the title this Friday when they welcome Vila do Conde-based side Rio Ave to the Estádio José Alvalade. Sporting stormed to the 2023/24 Primeira Liga title in style beating their closest rivals Benfica by ten points. However, they began the new season poorly surrendering a first-half three-goal lead before ...

Ajax will continue their quest for a place in the 2023/24 Europa League group stage when they face Greek side Panathinaikos in the group stage playoffs this Thursday. Pananthiakos booked their place after beating Bulgarian side Botev Plovdiv 6-1 on aggregate in the last round. Both wins followed back-to-back friendly wins over AEK Larnaca and Netany meaning that Diego Alonso’s ...

After concluding their pre-season tour of the United States, Premier League giants Arsenal will return home this Wednesday when they face German Bundesliga defending champions Bayer Leverkusen at the  Emirates Stadium. The Gunners were beaten 2-1 by Liverpool in their last friendly with first-half goals from the Reds condemning them to their first loss during their off-season tour. Having beaten ...

Chelsea and Real Madrid will square up for a pre-season friendly at the Bank of America Stadium this Tuesday. Carlo Ancelotti’s men have had a poor outing in their pre-season games. Since beating Albacete in their first friendly game, Los Blancos have lost back-to-back games against Borussia Dortmund and Barcelona, failing to score on both occasions. Although pre-season form often ...

Manchester City will continue their tour of the United States this Saturday with a game against fellow Premier League side Chelsea at the Ohio Stadium. Since winning the 2023/24 Premier League title, Pep Guardiola’s side have been in terrible form losing the FA Cup title to Manchester United before losing all three of their pre-season friendly games to Celtic, AC ...

Austrian Bundesliga side SK Rapid Wien will face Polish side Wisła Krakówin in the second leg of their 2024/25 Europa League second qualifying round at the Allianz Stadion. The hosts come into this tie with a 2-1 lead from the first leg match. Despite playing with ten men for over 45 minutes of the game following a first-half red card ...

Belarusian side Dinamo Minsk and Bulgarian side Ludogorets will square up this Wednesday in the 2024/25 Champions League qualifying round. Both sides are playing in their second UCL qualifying game this season with Dinamo Minsk beating Armenian side Pyunik 1-0 over two legs to qualify for this round. However, the hosts, who will be playing this game outside of their ...

Turkish giants Fenerbahce will look to book their place in the next round of the Champions League qualifiers when they take on Swiss Super League side Lugano at the Ulker Stadium Şükrü Saracoğlu in Istanbul. Jose Mourinho’s side come into this tie with a one-goal advantage after coming from a goal down to win their opponents 4-3 in the first ...

After one month of action, the 2024 Copa America will conclude this weekend when Argentina and Colombia meet at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida. The reigning champions Argentina are making a record 30th appearance at the competition’s pinnacle with their triumph in the last edition’s final making them the favourites here. In fact, not only did Argentina win ...