Football Previews

For the second time in as many games, Juventus will lock horns with the league’s leaders. They were victorious over Napoli last time out – a victory that saw Inter overtake Napoli to become Serie A leaders; however will they be able to find success where Napoli couldn’t? Last weekend’s win over Napoli was a classic Juventus win. The champions ...

  Nothing separates these two teams in terms of points ahead of this game. They both have 28 points from 14 matches and they have both qualified for the round of sixteen in the Champions League albeit as second placed teams in their groups. These sides have leaky defences and they will both look to outscore each other. After a ...

After back to back matches on the road, any team who has just returned to the top flight would be delighted to be playing in front of their fans again. However, this applies to a few teams as it does to VFB Stuttgart. Apart from Bayern Munich, the Swabians are the only other team not to have lost a game ...

  This is a clash between two basement sides who will be looking to build on their recent wins and see if they can build some momentum before the new year. Home advantage could help Alaves as they look to get their season back on track. They did great over the past few seasons with Mauricio Pellegrino leading them to ...

With qualification already confirmed for these sides, the top spot in the group is still up for grabs. Zenit are currently top of the group with 13 points from five games while Real Sociedad are closely following them with 12 points after the same amount of games. The home side has to win this game to top the group, while ...

With the two of these sides already through to the next round, changes are expected from both side as finishing second is not such a bad position given their individual forms. These two sides have played some of the most exciting football in this competition and with nothing to play for, expect a very exciting game full of attacking endeavours ...

Arsenal have already secured passage into the next phase of this competition and this game is meaningless as far as they are concerned. However, they will not want to lose at home to Bate Borisov who still have an opportunity to reach the next round despite being bottom of the table. As the Gunners have nothing to play for, a ...

Real Madrid were obvious favourites to advance as top of this group when the draw for the Champions League were announced with Tottenham and Borussia Dortmund expected to fight for the second position. However, things have turned out a little different from expectations. Los Merenges find themselves in second position, three points behind Tottenham who have been impressive so far ...

Shakhtar Donestk are in a position no one expected them to be when the draws were made. With Manchester City, Napoli and Feyernoord other members of their group, many thought they would be finishing the group in third position at best. But Kudos to them, ahead of this encounter, they are currently 2nd in the table, just six points behind the ...

Liverpool did not get their Champions League off to a good start after drawing 2-2 at home to Sevilla but they have managed to rescue their campaign and now sit top of their group heading into this clash. The Reds have the upper hand in this game but they need a win to scale through as group leaders. On the ...

Chelsea enter this game in top spot and with a great chance to qualify as group leaders. They currently top the group by two points and hold a four points gap over Atletico. However, they need nothing but a win if they want to avoid falling into second position as AS Roma hold a superior head to head advantage over ...

This game was earmarked as the top-of-the-group decider when the fixtures list was announced and that looks to be the case. Bayern enter this game trailing PSG by three points as a result of their 3-0 loss at the Parc d’Princess earlier in the season. They will need to score at least 4 unreplied goals for them to top the ...

Manchester United’s triumph over Arsenal at the weekend is arguably the win of the season so far. The Red Devils ran out 1-3 winners but in truth if there was no David de Gea, the Red Devils may have ended that game as the losing side. Jose Mourinho will now demand for more of this from his stars as we ...

  This game brings together this season’s surprise team against perhaps the most disappointing team in the Spanish La Liga and it will be interesting to see if Girona can continue their impressive season or if Alaves will revive their sluggish campaign. Girona come into this game as favourites because of their strong recent form. They are unbeaten in five ...

  Whether Valencia enhanced their title potential by their 1-1 draw with Barcelona last time out is debatable, but they surely proved at the end of the day that they can match the very best in the league. They could have won that game but for a late equaliser from the league’s leaders. They now face another tough test as ...