Football Previews

This ground has not been very nice to Atletico Madrid in recent seasons and they may struggle to get a win here again depending on how strong of a lineup they field. Diego Simeone’s men would feel they are out of contention for the La Liga title as Barcelona hold an 11 points advantage over them and they now focus ...

Real Madrid should understandably field a weakened team for this game as they have already lost the La Liga title to Barcelona and Zinedine Zidane can now focus on winning the Champions League. Their next European commitment is scheduled for next week against Bayern Munich. Zidane rotated heavily in their last match against Malaga and they still came out 2-1 ...

Bayer Leverkusen come into this DFB Pokal semifinal game with hopes of reaching their first final since 2009 and they would be looking to take their good league form into this game. They currently have a 4 points cushion on fourth position and that would see them play in the Champions League football next season if they can keep their ...

Just over a month ago before the international break, West Ham were a club in trouble after fans protested when they were thrashed 3-0 by Burnley at the London Stadium. Credit to their stars however as they have stepped up to the plate and secured one win and a draw in their last two matches, the last of which was ...

The last time Real Madrid won the La Liga was after a win at this ground, however however regardless of the amount of goals they score to win this game, they will still not be able to catch Barcelona who are already 15 points ahead of them. The next time these two sides meet will most likely be in the ...

The City of Paris is prepared to crown PSG as winners after this game provided that they win so we expect the Champagne to be on ice as the game goes on. A win here would make PSG winners of 5 of the last 6 French Ligue 1 titles and there is no bigger opponent than the current reigning champions, ...

Barcelona looked set to win the treble this season and everything seemed to be going according to plan until a terrible night in Rome saw them lose 3-0 and that knocked out of the Champions League on Tuesday. They now face the biggest test of their La Liga season with a resurgent Valencia side visiting the Camp Nou in this ...

Tottenham would be delighted to be facing Manchester City at the moment as the Cityzen’s season looks like it is about to collapse and end in the worst possible fashion. Spurs should fancy their chances of delaying City’s title celebration here again. Spurs beat Stoke City 2-1 away in their last league game to make it 4 wins on the ...

Wolfsburg’s 2-0 win over Freiburg last time out helped them stop a run of eight games without a win (5 losses and 3 draws), and 3 games without a goal. They will now look to move clear of the relegation zone with another win here. However, if they lose here and Mainz wins against Freiburg, they could find themselves inside ...

This is one of the most interesting games of the weekend in La Liga as these two sides are the surprise packages of the season so far. Girona who are competing in their inaugural season have been impressive, they seem like they will be staying in the top flight for a long time, while Betis have been very impressive under ...

Sporting Lisbon’s loss in the first leg of this game was followed by some theatrics after the club presidents slated the team on Facebook. 19 players reacted to the post by demanding for an apology and the president reacted by telling the 19 players that they were suspended. Well, no one was suspended and the team came together to get ...

Marseille are suddenly in a position that could end their time in Europe this season after a promising run. They lost 1-0 in the first leg of this game and while that is not a major score line, their failure to score an away goal may come back to haunt them in this game. They drew their very next game ...

SS Lazio’s season is looking like it would have a perfect ending after their 2-1 win over Udinese helped them climb to third in the Italian league. Losses for Roma and Inter played to their advantage in that case, but they are also looking to win the Europa League and secure passage to the Champions League group stage. The Italians ...

What was looking like a promising season for CSKA Moscow is finally turning into a nightmare for their fans. The Russians’ time in the Europa League looks like it is just one fixture away from coming to an end as they head into this game. They lost the first leg 4-1 and they now face an uphill task of winning ...

When this draw was made Juventus would have been delighted that they were given an early chance to avenge their loss in last season’s final and continue their quest to finally win a Champions League crown. However, they were outclassed in the first leg 0-3 by Los Merenges and they now face an almost impossible task to turn it around ...