Football Previews

Danish club side FC Copenhagen will welcome Icelandic club Breidablik to Parken Stadium this Wednesday for the second leg of their Champions League group stage qualifier. The hosts come into this tie in a strong position after a 2-0 win over Breidablik in the first leg. In a broadly even game, it took two early goals from Jordan Larsson and ...

Greek football club Panathinaikos will welcome Ukrainian side SC Dnipro-1 to Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium this Tuesday for the second leg of their Champions League qualifier. The hosts welcome the Ukrainians to Athens with the advantage having won the first leg at the Kosicka futbalova arena 3-1 courtesy of goals from Andraz Sporar, Filip Djuricic and Fotis Ioannidis. They come into ...

2023 Women’s World Cup co-hosts Australia will look to record their second win in the competition when they welcome Canada to the Melbourne Rectangular Stadium. After opening their World Cup group stage with a narrow 1-0 win over Ireland, Australia were expected to seal progression to the next round when they faced Nigeria in their second game. But a 3-2 ...

Manchester City will continue their Asian tour with a game against Atletico Madrid on Sunday. This time, the Cityzens travel to Seoul and will face Diego Simeone’s side at the Seoul World Cup Stadium. Pep Guardiola’s side continued from where they left off last season, opening their pre-season games with wins against Yokohama F. Marinos and Bayern Munich. Both games ...

Barcelona and Real Madrid will renew their rivalry, albeit in a friendly game this Saturday when they meet at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The Spanish giants have both enjoyed a successful pre-season tour in America, with Real Madrid facing Manchester United in their last game, while Barcelona faced Arsenal. Los Blancos won their game against the Red Devils 2-0 ...

England will play their second 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup game this Friday when they face Denmark at the Sydney Football Stadium in Sydney. The Three Lionesses opened their group stage game with a narrow 1-0 win over minnows Haiti with Georgia Stanway’s retaken penalty proving the difference. Although the performance in that win was far from their best, it ...

Australia will look to make it two wins in two Women’s World Cup games when they face African heavyweights Nigeria at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. The hosts began their group stage campaign with a narrow 1-0 win over the Republic of Ireland with a penalty goal from stand-in captain Steph Catley making the difference. Their failure to score from ...

Bayern Munich and Manchester City will continue their preparation for the new season when they meet at the National Olympic Stadium in Tokyo this Wednesday. The Bavarians, who began their pre-season tour with a 27-0 mauling of Rottach-Eggern will be looking for another win when they face City in Tokyo. Having narrowly won the Bundesliga title on the last day ...

Switzerland will look to book their place in the knockout round of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup when they face Norway at the Waikato Stadium on Tuesday. The Red Crosses opened their World Cup campaign in Australia/New Zealand with a morale-boosting 2-0 win over the Philippines on Friday. The win marked their first 90-minute victory in nine attempts, putting ...

Italy women and Argentina women will battle for maximum points on Monday when both sides face off at Eden Park in their first group stage game of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Italy will look to qualify from this group ahead of Argentina, Sweden and South Africa. The Azzurri ladies went fully professional following last year’s European Championships and ...

The Netherlands will begin their Women’s World Cup campaign this Sunday when they face Portugal at the Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin. The Dutch ladies who were runners-up in the last edition of this tournament come into this year’s edition with just one thing in mind–to win it. Andries Jonker’s side suffered a 2-0 defeat to the USA in the ...

European champions England will start their quest to conquer the world when they take on Haiti at Lang Park on Saturday. The Three Lionesses travel to Brisbane as one of the pre-tournament favourites having been crowned European Championships and La Finalissima winners in the last 12 months. Little wonder coach Sarina Wiegman believes her team are in a “good place” ahead ...

The FIFA Women’s World Cup continues on Friday with Spain facing Costa Rica at the Wellington Regional Stadium. Spain are Group C favourites ahead of Costa Rica, Japan and Zambia. Despite the tension in their camp, Spain have suffered only one loss in their last 14 matches (W12, D1). That record is made more imposing with the eleven accompanying clean ...

The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup begins this Thursday with the tournament’s co-hosts New Zealand taking on Norway at Eden Park. New Zealand come into this tournament looking to make it to the knockout round for the first time after five previous group-stage failures. They have been put in the same group as Norway, Switzerland and the Philippines so they ...

Manchester United will continue preparing for the new season this Wednesday when they take on French Ligue 1 side Lyon at Murrayfield, Edinburgh. The Red Devils opened their pre-season account with a 2-0 win over Leeds United in Oslo. After playing a goalless first half of the game, Erik ten Hag’s side who were the better team for much of ...