Football Previews

After a harsh penalty loss to Chelsea in the Super Cup, Villareal kick off their La Liga campaign with a visit from Granada this Monday. The Yellow Submarines have not won a game since their penalty win over Manchester United in the Europa League final—a run of seven games that include club friendlies. Unai Emery’s side are looking to build ...

Tottenham and Manchester City will do battle this Sunday at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in what is the biggest game of the opening weekend of the 2021/22 Premier League season. The hosts who are likely to lose star striker Harry Kane to their rivals will welcome the Premier League defending champions to London, with the mind of landing the first ...

English Championship defending champions Norwich City will play their first game of the 2021/22 Premier League season when they welcome Liverpool to Carrow Road this Saturday evening. The Canaries secured promotion to the Premier League after one season in the Championship. They will hope to get their season going on a positive note when they welcome Liverpool. Daniel Farke endured ...

The 2021/22 Premier League season kicks off this Friday with Arsenal visiting the Brentford Community Stadium to play League newcomers Brentford. The London-based newcomers gained promotion to the top-flight for the first time since the 1946–47 season after a play-off win over Swansea City, ending a run of nine playoff failures and many near misses. They become the 59th venue ...

Scottish minnows St. Johnston will look to continue their quest to play in the 2021/22 Europa League this season when they host Turkish big hitters Galatasaray this Thursday at the McDiarmid Park in Perth. This match is the second leg of their Europa League group stage qualifier and will see the home stadium filled to capacity for the first time ...

Champions League winners Chelsea will take on Europa League winners Villarreal this Wednesday for the Super Cup tie. The two teams will meet at Windsor Park in Belfast in a one-off tie that will see the winner take home the first club trophy of the new season. Chelsea defeated Premier League rivals Manchester City in the finals to lift their ...

AS Monaco will host Sparta Prague this Tuesday at the Stade Louis II for the second leg of their Champions League third qualifying round. The French side defeated their opponent by two goals to nil in the first leg thanks to goals from Aurélien Tchouaméni and Kevin Volland. They will look to complete the job in France in front of ...

Liverpool will play the last of their pre-season games on Monday when they take on Spanish side Osasuna at Anfield. The Premier League side have been preparing for the coming season and will be facing Osasuna as their last friendly before the Premier League season starts. With lockdown eased in England and clubs allowed to fill 75% of their stadiums, ...

Montpellier will kick off their 2021/2022 Ligue 1 season this Sunday when they welcome Marseille to the Stade de la Mosson in Montpellier. The 2011/12 Ligue 1 winners finished in 8th place last season–six points behind their Sunday opponents. They will look to begin the season better than they began the last one when they lost 2-1 to Rennes in ...

PSG will begin their journey to reclaim the Ligue 1 title this season when they travel to the Stade de l’Aube in North Central France to face Ligue 1 newcomers ES Troyes AC. The home side gained promotion to the top flight by finishing top of the Ligue 2 table last season. Although they finished the season five points clear ...

The French Ligue 1 curtain-raiser comes up this Friday with Monaco hosting Nantes in the Stade Louis. The hosts are hoping to improve on a third-place finish from last season and will be heading into this game with the desire to kick off with a win to ensure that they set the early pace in the league proceedings. Niko Kovac’s ...

After crashing out of the Champions League qualification, Scottish Premiership side Celtic will look to qualify for the Europa League when they take on Czech Republic side Jablonec on Thursday in the third qualifying round of the Europa League. The hosts qualified for this stage of the competition after finishing third in the Fortuna Liga last season. The Czech side ...

Spartak Moscow and Benfica will square up this Wednesday at the Otkrytiye Arena in Moscow for the first leg of the Champions League third qualifying round. The Russian side are guaranteed European football this season as they could still drop to the Europa League if they cannot progress to the Group stages of the UCL. However the hosts will look ...

Steven Gerrard will look to book a place in the 2021/22 Champions League group stage when he leads his side out at the Eleda Stadion in Malmö, Sweden this Tuesday to face Malmo FF in the first leg of the 2021/22 Champions League group stage qualifying round. Malmo became eligible to play in this competition by winning the Swedish domestic ...

The 2021 CONCACAF Gold Cup final comes up this Sunday as the tournament hosts USA face holders Mexico at the Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada. Gregg Berhalter’s side secured a spot in the final after a one-nil win over Qatar in the last round. After being held by the Asian side for much of the game, an 86th-minute strike by ...