Football Previews

Premier League actions returns this weekend with struggling Newcastle United hosting unbeaten Brentford in the fifth league game of the 2023/24 season. After a positive end to last season, Newcastle would have felt powerful and confident going into the new season, especially given their summer recruitment. But after an opening day 5-1 mauling of Aston Villa, things have gone south ...

After a two-week hiatus in action, the Bundesliga returns this Friday with a blockbuster fixture between perennial league winners Bayern Munich and surprise title contenders and league leaders Bayer Leverkusen at the Allianz Arena. After a disappointing opening to their season where they were beaten in the German Super Cup by RB Leipzig, Bayern Munich come into this tie in ...

La Liga returns on Friday as Alavés welcome Athletic Club to the Estadio Mendizorrotza for the sixth game of the 2023/24 season. The hosts have made a steady start to the new campaign by alternating between wins and losses in their first five games (W2, L3). They opened with a loss to Cadiz but have beaten Sevilla and Valencia–the most ...

Ukraine will take their fight for 2024 European Championship qualification to the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza this Tuesday where they face current defending champions Italy. The hosts are struggling to book their place in Germany with off-field issues plaguing their chances. First, they lost their European Championship-winning coach, Roberto Mancini, before a frustrating 1-1 draw against plucky North Macedonia last weekend ...

Portugal will welcome Luxembourg to the Estádio Algarve this Monday for the Fifth Round of the 2024 European Championship qualifiers. The hosts come into this tie in supreme form, having not tasted defeat since the inception of the qualifiers. They have won four times in five games, impressively doing so without conceding a goal while scoring 15 times. Their incredible ...

Ronald Koeman and his Netherlands side will travel to the Aviva Stadium this Sunday to face the Republic of Ireland in their sixth qualifying game for the 2024 European Championship. The hosts come into this game in poor shape, having won just one of their opening four qualifier games in this campaign. Their last outing was a 2-0 loss to ...

2020 European Championship finalists England will take their quest to secure qualification for the next edition of the tournament to Wroclaw where they face Ukraine in the fifth qualifying round. Ukraine have started their Euro qualifiers well, with two wins and one loss from their opening three games. They sit second in Group C. However head coach Serhiy Rebrov will ...

2016 European Championship winners Portugal will resume their quest for a place in Germany next year when they travel to Bratislava to face Slovakia in Round Five of the 2024 European Championship. The hosts have made a dream start to their European Championship qualifying campaign by remaining unbeaten in their first four matches (W3, D1). They dominated almost every stat ...

France will resume their quest for a place in next year’s European Championship when they welcome the Republic of Ireland to the Parc des Princes this Thursday for the Fifth Round of the tournament’s qualifiers. The hosts come into this fixture in solid form after winning their last four games following their penalty shootout loss to Argentina in Qatar last ...

The Premier League resumes this weekend with Manchester United travelling to the Emirates Stadium to face Arsenal. After back-to-back wins in their opening games, the Gunners’ fast start to the season hit a snag last weekend as they were held to a 2-2 draw against Fulham at home. For the eighth time in nine Premier League games, Mikel Arteta’s men ...

Bayern Munich will look to continue their impressive start to the new Bundesliga season this Saturday when they take on struggling Borussia Monchengladbach. The hosts have endured a miserable start to the league season with a winless start (D1, L1) and seven conceded in those two games. There was so much hope for them when they began their season with ...

West Ham will look to continue their impressive start to the new season when they travel to Bedfordshire to face Premier League newbies Luton Town. This will be a historic night for the hosts who play their first Premier League game of the season at Kenilworth Road, with Luton Town given the permission to host top-flight games after completing the ...

Ajax will welcome Ludogorets Razgrad to the Johan Cruijff Arena for the second leg of their Europa League qualifying playoff. The Dutch giants come into this tie with one leg in the Europa League group stages after a dominant 4-1 win in the first leg in Bulgaria. A hattrick from Mohammed Kudus plus a goal from Brian Brobbey gave Maurice ...

Rangers will travel to the Netherlands this Wednesday to play PSV Eindhoven for a place in the Champions League group stage. Both sides played out a 2-2 draw in the first leg at the Ibrox Stadium last week, with that being a replica of the result in the first leg last year at this stage of the UCL. PSV will ...

Israeli side Maccabi Haifa will look to return to the Champions League this season when they face Switzerland side Young Boys at the Stadion Wankdorf this Tuesday. The host’s first-ever European clash with Israeli opposition ended in a 0-0 draw with Maccabi Haifa, so everything remains to play for when they play the second leg in Bern. Although the draw ...