Football Previews

Manchester City’s title challenge has suffered  some major assaults over the past few weeks but thankfully they have been able to overcome. Guardiola’s men will feel a first defeat is closer than ever. They came from behind to win at Huddersfield last weekend and required a last gap Raheem Sterling goal to win against Southampton in midweek. They have now ...

  Sevilla may be having an inconsistent season but they remain one of the sides to beat at home and in Europe. The Seville based side are one of three teams that could make it to the next round in their Champions League group and they will be have one eye on their next Champions League game against Maribor next ...

Arsenal trashed Huddersfield in midweek 5-0 at the Emirates following their last gasp 0-1 win over Burnley last weekend. Their last few matches have seen them turn on the style as some of their important players like Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil have started proving their worth. That win over Huddersfield however came with a little bad news as star ...

The rivalry between Napoli and Juventus has been huge for some time now but this season’s threatens to be the biggest with the Serie A title looking like it could end up in Naples. Napoli currently top the league table and remain unbeaten locally. They have achieved this with an attractive brand of attacking football that may make Juventus’ more ...

  These two teams will consider this game a very important one to their season. Malaga are in trouble this season with a relegation fight looming. They have taken just 7 points from 13 games this season but will feel they can get all three points against this equally struggling Levante side. Malaga have scored at least 1.5 goals per ...

  Thanks to a late goal from substitute Christian Santos, Alaves head into this second leg with a 1-0 advantage. Getafe will be heading into this game in high spirits and they will be looking to overturn that lone goal defeat. Alaves were finalists at the Copa Del Rey last season but they have been underperforming this season and enter ...

Stoke City proved once again that they are not able to preserve a lead and that their defence needs restructuring when they threw away their lead to lose at bottom of the table Crystal Palace over the weekend. They took the lead via Xherdan Shakiri in that game but were powerless to stop Mamadou Sakho from helping the Eagles to ...

Manchester City have been outstanding this season and given the quality of the Premier League, they are arguably the most outstanding team in Europe. However, they needed luck to win over the weekend and that they got against a Spirited Huddersfield side. That win means they have not dropped a single point both in the Premier League and Champions League ...

Watford beat Newcastle 3-0 at Saint James Park over the weekend, a win that shows why Marcos Silva is a wanted man right now. The Hornets started the season well and even spent a few weeks inside the top four and prior to last weekend’s win, they defeated West Ham 2-0. They are now 8th in the league table, just four ...

Leicester City have not improved  much since Claude Puel took over and their last match against West Ham was a show of how lackluster they can be as they really did not create much in the way of chances but managed to get one point after 90 minutes. They face a Spurs side who were also held by managerless West ...

  This is a close game to predict – Espanyol have been terrible this season when many expected them to build from where they left off last season and perhaps make the top five meanwhile Getafe have been impressive since their return to the La Liga. Quique Sanchez Flores will be looking for his players to go for all three ...

AS Monaco host PSG in this game hoping to avoid falling 9 points behind the Ligue 1 leaders. The defending champions look desperately out of depth and their 4-1 home loss to RB Leipzig in midweek will have seen their morale drop down further. That loss was their 4th in their last ten games and they have won only three ...

  This could easily pass as the biggest test each of these sides would face this season but Valencia have been the most impressive of the two sides. Los Che come into this game off the back of some convincing wins at the Mestalla. They have scored 15 goals there this season including some outstanding results like 5-0 vs Malaga, ...

Borussia Dortmund host second placed Schalke 04 in this week 13 game as they look to get their season back on track. Dortmund have plunged into crisis since early October and have won only one of their last eight competitive games. They started this season well but have now been eliminated from the Champions League. Despite Dortmund’s poor form, one ...

Liverpool capitulated in a typical manner in midweek as they relinquished a 3-0 lead to draw 3-3 at Sevilla. The Reds have been poor at the back in recent seasons and that game showed that they have not improved that part of their game. They are currently unbeaten in their last five games in all competitions and are 5th in the ...