Football Previews

Villarreal are in need of a good result in this game after a disappointing start to the new season. They have lost their two fixtures in the league so far after falling 1-0 to Levante and 3-0 to Real Sociedad. In all fairness those were away games and their chances of winning weren’t great but playing at home this time ...

Defending champions AS Monaco will look to continue their impressive start to the season when they visit troubled Nice in this encounter. Nice have started the season in a dreadful manner and they are still looking for their second win in all competitions. They finished last season in 3rd position ahead of Olympique Marseille and Lyon and many tipped them ...

AS Roma have a chance to turn their dismal season around when they visit Sampdoria in this game. Sampdoria have continued their impressive scoring record from last season coming into this game. They scored in over 80% of their matches last season and have already scored 4 goals in 2 games this season and with AS Roma struggling with some ...

VFL Wolfsburg were very lucky to survive relegation last season with a late run of 1-0 victories good enough to see them finish 16th in the league table – a position that was one of the worst in the club’s history. Their major problem last season was lack of goals and star attacker Mario Gomez helped with the goals that saved ...

This looks like one of the most interesting game of the weekend as both teams have started the new season in slightly uncharacteristic fashion. Valencia look to be making progress under their new manager while Atletico Madrid have looked vulnerable in defence and this could be the season that they finally start leaking in goals. Valencia remain one of the ...

After the madness and distraction of the transfer window we are back to focus on the Premier League as Liverpool and Manchester City open up this weekend’s fixtures in this thrilling encounter. The hosts failed to add Alexis Sanchez to their team on the final day of the transfer window and will now focus on winning the league with the ...

Metz would have wished not to play PSG at this time with both teams enjoying contrasting fortunes. The hosts have endured a shocking start to this campaign and after four rounds of matches, they are still searching for a first point of the season. They currently lie bottom of the league table after losing all of their matches so far ...

Bordeaux face one of their toughest opponents early this season when they visit a Marcelo Beisla led Lille this weekend. Lille have started the season in an inconsistent manner after failing to follow up an opening day 3-0 thrashing of Nantes with another victory. After that game, they failed to record any further victories, losing two consecutive games against Strasbourg ...

Hamburg look to have gotten over the disappointments of the 2016/2017 season where they struggled to retain their top flight status as they now have two wins from their opening two games and they will be looking to add RB Leipzig to the list of teams they have conquered this season. However, they have secured those two wins over Augsburg ...

Leganes survived relegation last season thanks mainly due to their good start to the season and with two games played already, theyhave started the season brightly. They currently have a 100% record and they will look to add Getafe to their list of early casualties when the newly promoted side visit them in this game. Leganes may have won their ...

Brazil travel to Colombia for this match in great shape after winning all of their qualifying games so far. They edged out the stubborn Ecuador comfortably 2-0 last weekend and will be expected to also ease past the Colombians here with no pressure on them but beating Colombia would represent a tougher task for them to accomplish. This game may ...

After a dismal Euro 2016, Turkey were hoping to redeem themselves by qualifying for next year’s World Cup in Russia but that is looking unlikely at the moment after their 2-0 loss to fellow contenders Ukraine last weekend – a result that has put them under immense pressure heading into the remaining three games. The Turks currently sit 4th in the ...

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions Iceland  LAST FIVE GAMES DATE COMPETITION W Iceland 1-0 Croatia Jun 11, 2017 World Cup Qualifying – W Republic of Ireland 0-1 Iceland Mar 28, 2017 International Friendly W Kosovo 1-2 Iceland Mar 24, 2017 World Cup Qualifying – L Mexico 1-0 Iceland Feb 9, 2017 International Friendly ...

Italy had not lost a qualifying game in 11 years prior to facing Spain away in their last game however Isco had plans to ruin their dream and he did as he inspired Spain to an unlikely 3-0 victory which has all but ended the Italians dream of making it to the world cup through automatic qualification. The Italians have a three ...

Republic of Ireland will be looking to confirm their place in the World Cup next year by beating the Serbs in this game. They are unbeaten in this qualifying series as they sit second in their group and are just 2 points behind top of the table Serbia whom they host in this encounter and two points ahead of Wales ...