Football Previews

  Borussia Dortmund have set the pace early in this season as they sit 5 points clear at the top of the Bundesliga table – a standing that has led defending champions Bayern Munich to fire Italian manager, Carlo Ancelotti. They have been solid if not spectacular setting a new record of keeping a clean sheet in their opening 5 ...

There was so much high hopes that this could be Liverpool’s season to finally win the Premier League as the returning of Sadio Mane from injury was accompanied by the signing of Mohammed Salah. However, with a few weeks gone there is more scepticism as the Reds keep facing familiar defensive lapses. They drew their last game against Newcastle which ...

This game will be the biggest test to Barcelona’s title ambitions so far this season and we expect them to face a tough task if they are to eventually leave the Wanda Metropolitano with a win. Atletico Madrid will be looking to end Barcelona’s 100% record this season but they have to do what they have failed to do over the ...

  Although they started the season strongly, Levante have been awful recently and their fans will hope that they have recovered well from the international break to get their season going again while Espanyol have started to improve and they are always a strong side when they play at home. Espanyol have begun the season well – they ended last season ...

This game pits two French heavyweights together against eachother. Both Lyon and AS Monaco have been impressive this season especially when it comes to scoring goals and this game has the making of a thriller written all over it. Lyon have become specialists in drawing games having drawn four of their last five matches and losing the other to league ...

7th in the table Flamengo will look to get into the top five when they host Fluminense in this game. Flamengo have gathered 39 points from 26 games after winning 10, drawing 9 and losing 7 of those matches. They are five points ahead of Athletico-PR and 5 points behind 4th placed Cruzeiro. This game could take them above Botafogo who have ...

Gremio welcome Cruzeiro in this Brazilian Serie A game as they look to build on their 1-0 win over Fluminense last time out. Gremio are currently third on the league table with 46 points from 26 games, one point behind Santos who are currently second and 2 points ahead of their visitors in this game. They will be looking to get ...

Ecuador play host to Argentine in what will be the last chance for the Argentines in this game. Messi and Co. are expected to win this game at all cost and it will be interesting to see how the already eliminated Ecuador approaches the game also. The Ecuadorians win over their visitors in the reverse of this fixtures in 2015 remains ...

Brazil has already booked their place in Russia so the Chileans are the only ones who need a big performance in this game. That being said the Brazilians have been dominant and will not let this game spoil their impressive unbeaten run since coach Tite took over. Brazil remains unbeaten in their last 16 competitive games taking themselves far ahead ...

This game would have been a different or easier task if things had been as the Dutch men thought they would. Sweden’s 8-0 demolition of Luxembourg means that the Netherlands will have to beat them by 7 goals to qualify for the playoff spot. Realistically that is an almost impossible job to perform but we expect this game to be ...

Having already qualified for the World Cup this game should be a walk in the park for Spain and we pity the Israelis who have been one of the most under-performing competitors in this series. The Israelis managed to end a five game winless streak with a less than impressive 1-0 win over Liechtenstein on Friday but that will not ...

Wales and Republic of Ireland will be looking to end their respective campaigns on a high. The Welsh men will be looking to take out their visitors and clinch at least the playoff ticket. They have bagged two wins and two draws from their last 4 home games and they look likely to continue that run in this game. Both ...

Scotland did their chances of making it to the playoffs the World of good by securing a dramatic late win against Slovakia a few nights back. Now they need to win this game and their 2nd place in the group will be all but guaranteed although they still have to hope that they are not the unlucky last team that ...

After missing the last two major tournaments, Denmark have done very well to get themselves back into reckoning for next summer’s World Cup in Russia with 4 wins from their last 4 games helping them close in on the ticket. A win in this game would see them qualify for at least the playoffs and with their visitors enduring a ...

After their performance at Euro 2016 many have tipped France to win the world cup next year but the French have to qualify first and that requires a lot of work from them. They are currently top of the group but Sweden are following them closely and if they fail to win this game, they could end up second on ...