Football Previews

Arsenal will finally take to the field in Europe’s second best competition in this game. It shows how far down the Gunners have come after they finished a disappointing 5th in the Premiership last season. The uncertainty surrounding Arsene Wenger’s future did not help and that had a major impact on their summer business with many players intent on leaving ...

AC Milan will be looking to make a winning start to their Europa League campaign this season and they look in better shape than their host in this game. Austria Vienna Finished second in the Austrian league last season and their fans are expecting them to challenge for the title this season.  However, they have found it hard so far ...

With Manchester United competing in the Champions League this season, there is a need for a new winner of the Europa League and these two teams will be looking to get ahead of the other in this opener. Group E is a tough group with Lyon, Atalanta and Everton competing with Apollon for two places in the elimination round. Everton ...

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions Tottenham Hotspur  LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION D Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Burnley Aug 27, 2017 English Premier League L Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Chelsea Aug 20, 2017 English Premier League W Newcastle United 0-2 Tottenham Hotspur Aug 13, 2017 English Premier League W Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Juventus Aug 5, ...

Tottenham have risen to the top of English football over the past few seasons but there are still issues left for them to iron out. The Lilywhites have yet to make themselves a force in Europe – they are yet to win more than a game at their new home Wembley and they are yet to pick up a trophy ...

Liverpool have the opportunity to avenge their 2016 Europa League final loss to Sevilla when they host the Spaniards in this game. Jurgen Klopp has brought back Champions League football and Liverpool fans will be hoping that they go all the way to the final of the competition they have won 5 times already. They come into the game on ...

Barcelona have an opportunity to revenge their painful loss at the hands of Juventus in last season’s Champions League quarter finals. Thanks to a 3-0 aggregate score line, the Old Ladies were able to scale through to the semifinals at the expense of the Catalans. A lot has changed since that time and Barcelona will be hoping to inflict some ...

AS Roma will head into this game with a squad that is fully rested after they had their weekend game again Sampdoria postponed due to heavy downpour. That means they have not been involved in competitive football in over two weeks. They lost their last game 3-1 at home to Inter Milan and Atletico Madrid are an equally tough side. ...

Despite being the best team in Scotland last season and winning the league by 30 points, Celtic are yet to make a name for themselves in Europe. Brendan Rodgers has still not tasted defeat in Scotland but to prove himself as a top class manager, he needs to lead his Celtic team into the latter stages of the Champions League. ...

Winning the Primera Liga last season helped Benfica get into the Champions League automatically and subsequently help them get a good draw in the competition. Drawn together with Manchester United, CSKA Moscow and Basel, they have the chance to finish at least second in the group and they need to start off on a winning note. Benfica were knocked out ...

Malaga will be looking to get back to winning ways when they host Las Palmas in this game. They have endured a long run of losses and have started the new league season with two narrow losses. They have failed to net in their last two league outings with both games against Eibar and Girona ending in narrow 1-0 losses. ...

Under Pressure Slaven Bilic welcomes David Wagner’s Huddersfield Town to the Olympic Stadium in this game as he looks to take some pressure off himself. It has been another summer of frustrating signings for West Ham as they still search for their first win of the new season. They have lost all of their games so far albeit those matches ...

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions Lyon LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION D Nantes 0-0 Lyon Aug 26, 2017 French Ligue 1 D Lyon 3-3 Bordeaux Aug 19, 2017 French Ligue 1 W Stade Rennes 1-2 Lyon Aug 11, 2017 French Ligue 1 W Lyon 4-0 Strasbourg Aug 5, 2017 French Ligue 1 L ...

AC Milan have made a stunning start to the new season with their huge summer investment paying off with 4 wins from 4 games so far but SS Lazio will be the toughest test for this newly assembled Milan side. Milan have showed their fans signs of revival following 3-0 and 2-1 wins over Crotone and Cagliari respectively and they ...

Hertha Berlin have become genuine top seven contenders in Germany over the past few seasons after they finished 7th in the last two seasons. Although, they lost seven of their last 12 games of the previous season, they still know how to get results early in the season. They followed a good preseason with a 2-0 win over Stuttgart in ...