Football Previews

Gareth Southgate gave us a glimpse of how his team will be playing at the World Cup on Saturday when they faced Nigeria at Wembley. The Three Lions emerged 2-1 victors thanks to an early goal from Gary Cahill and a second from Harry Kane, however, Nigeria did pull one back from the boots of Alex Iwobi in the second ...

Belgium go into this World Cup as one of the favourites and their fans think it is about time that this generation of players bring a trophy home. They kick started their preparation for the competition with a draw against European champions, Portugal and with Panama and Tunisia in their group, you can understand why they are playing Egypt now ...

Russia’s 1-0 loss to an Austrian team that will not be competing at the World Cup this year shows how bad things have gotten for the Russians. Their preparation for the competition continues to show that they are more likely to exit the competition in the group stage and they have now gone six games without tasting victory. Turkey just ...

This game would have easily been a World Cup semi-final or Quarterfinal match, but the reality is these two teams will not be at this year’s FIFA World Cup after suffering shocking losses in the qualifiers. Sweden finished ahead of the Dutch in their qualifying group stage and went on to beat Italy in the playoffs, so these teams are ...

This is arguably the most exciting warm up friendly for this summer’s World Cup. Most teams look to play lesser oppositions, but brazil have chosen to take on this very talented Croatian side, while there is nothing at stake apart from pride, the players would be looking to stake their claim for a starting place in Russia. Brazil are going ...

Roberto Martinez takes his very talented Belgian squad to this year’s FIFA World Cup as one of the favourites yet again, and many fans feel this is the last chance that this generation has to finally lift a trophy for their nation. Portugal defended all the way to victory at Euro 2016, however, that same group of defenders have aged ...

With a few days to go before their first match at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, France take on Italy in one of the pre-tournament friendlies. The visitors may not have qualified for the World Cup, but they dropped just seven points in qualification and finished second behind Spain in their qualifying group, however, their playoff defeat at ...

Romania may have missed out on qualification for the World Cup, but they come into this game in relatively good form. They recovered well from a loss to Holland to beat Israel away in March and followed that up with another win over Sweden. These results would have boosted their confidence when they come up against a star-studded Chile team ...

LA Galaxy are having one of their toughest seasons in the MLS. Despite being the most successful franchise in the division they were so underwhelming last season that they finished very low on the overall league standings and there are fears this season could end the same way. They signed Zlatan Ibrahimovic this season, yet they are still underperforming with ...

France head into this game unbeaten against the Irish since 1981 and this generation of players will be looking to keep that record intact after this warm up friendly for the World Cup. France have impressed greatly under the leadership of Didier Deschamp and he led them to the Euro final in 2016 where they narrowly lost to Portugal. France ...

This game is between two of the MLS best teams as top of the Western Conference table Sporting KC host third in the Eastern Conference table Columbus Crew. These sides have a close head to head record and they have both proved hard to beat this season. The hosts have conceded just a single goal in their last three games, ...

Real Madrid head into this final with hopes of further cementing their place as one of the competition’s most successful clubs in history. This would be their 16th final and they have won 12 of their previous 15 showing that they are a team for the big occasions. However, Liverpool are a team that thrives as underdogs and we’re in ...

Houston Dynamo had a good season last year as they finished 4th in the MLS Western Conference table. They ended the season just three points from the top and could have finished even higher had they maintained their early season form toward the end of the season. This season did not start so well for them after they recorded just ...

The fans of these two sides would be unimpressed by the way their teams have started the season as they both languish in 9th position in their respective conferences. While their attackers have been doing well, led by foreigners Piatti and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, their defence have been terrible with Montreal conceding seventeen times in their last six games while LA ...

This game was destined to be the game that Barcelona avoids defeat and becomes the first team in Spanish football history in a 38 game season to go unbeaten. Barce faltered against Levante in their last league game and ended the match down 5-4 ending their unbeaten run however they will still be able to celebrate a domestic double here ...