Football Previews

Carlos Carvalhal has done a good job since taking over at Swansea 3 matches ago. He is yet to lose a game and even knocked out Championship leaders Wolves in their last game. However, the Molineux outfit could replace them in the Premier League next season if they don’t build on that win. They do not have the best home ...

This is one of the most exciting games of the weekend in Europe as two French heavyweights go head to head and Lyon will be hoping to stop PSG from running away with the title. If PSG wins this game, they would make it almost impossible for any other team to catch them this season as they would go 14 ...

This is the biggest game of the weekend in Serie A and for both clubs, it is a must win as they look to recover from their recent slumps and get back into the race for a Champions League spot. The biggest questions for Inter Milan ahead of this game would be: can Luciano Spaletti inspire them to a win ...

  Las Palmas are the whipping boys of La Liga this season and at the half way point of the season their defence are on course to break some of the worst records in the league’s history and they have had more managers than wins so far this season. Paco Jemez is the fourth manager to take charge of Las Palmas ...

  Villarreal were surprise winners over Real Madrid last weekend. Their 1-0 win over the defending champions has piled pressure on Zinedine Zidane at the Bernabeu and more importantly enhanced their reputation as one of the giant killers in the league. They also beat high flying Valencia by the same score line but games like this where you expect them ...

Hertha started their year with a disappointing 1-0 loss at Stuttgart and they will be hoping that their home crowd can cheer them on to victory here. They actually showed a reoccurrence of a side that can struggle in the final third in that game and their fans will hope they have worked on that in the training ground ahead ...

  Getafe have surprised many fans and observers of La Liga this season for a team that has just been promoted to the top flight. They come into this game ahead of Athletic Bilbao by one point and they are both part of a very congested mid table. Their standings in the table means these sides should have less worry ...

Chelsea head into this extra fixture with only one thing in mind – a first win in 4 games. The Blues have been underwhelming recently and their failure to win any of their last four games has seen Liverpool leapfrog them into 3rd place in the Premier League and added this FA Cup replay to their already busy schedule. They ...

PSG are in a good position to wrestle back the Ligue 1 title they lost to AS Monaco last season and this game gives them another chance to increase their points gap on the chasing pack. They have lost only once to Dijon in their last seven meetings and the visitors who are down in mid table look likely to ...

These two sides met in the league cup just a few days back and they face each other in the league here again. AS Monaco emerged as victors in that cup game but they could be in for a shocker here. Monaco drew at the weekend against Montpelier and that is far from an ideal preparation against this Mario Balotelli ...

Manchester United did not make the best of their festive schedules as they failed to win 4 games on the spin at some point and where knocked out of the Carabao Cup by Bristol City. They look to have gotten their winning form back and winning this game would boost their morale further. In-form Jese Lingard helped them to a ...

  Real Betis have been eliminated from the Copa del Rey and they would be delighted for that as they can now focus on moving up the league table. They won their last league game against Sevilla 5-3 – their first derby win in four years and they will be looking to build on that in this game. Fans will ...

  Barcelona will not have looked forward to this fixture when the list was released at the start of the season as this venue is one of the toughest grounds for them in the whole of Spain. Barcelona have not won a league game at Sociedad in almost a decade and that should give the host confidence ahead of this ...

Liverpool’s newest addition Virgil van Dijk had a debut to remember last week Friday as he scored the winner in the FA Cup match against Everton. They now turn their attention to try to stop the seemingly unbeatable Manchester City in this game. The Reds are currently not doing poorly themselves as they are currently on a run of 17 ...

  This game is one of the matches that might end in an unlikely win for the visitors this weekend as Villarreal remain one of the teams good at causing upsets. Their most recent travels to the Bernabeu have not been disastrous so they will head into this game with reasonable confidence. Real Madrid have won only once in their ...