Football Previews

Portuguese league defending champions Sporting CP will begin their defense of the title this Friday when they welcome Vila do Conde-based side Rio Ave to the Estádio José Alvalade. Sporting stormed to the 2023/24 Primeira Liga title in style beating their closest rivals Benfica by ten points. However, they began the new season poorly surrendering a first-half three-goal lead before ...

Ajax will continue their quest for a place in the 2023/24 Europa League group stage when they face Greek side Panathinaikos in the group stage playoffs this Thursday. Pananthiakos booked their place after beating Bulgarian side Botev Plovdiv 6-1 on aggregate in the last round. Both wins followed back-to-back friendly wins over AEK Larnaca and Netany meaning that Diego Alonso’s ...

After concluding their pre-season tour of the United States, Premier League giants Arsenal will return home this Wednesday when they face German Bundesliga defending champions Bayer Leverkusen at the  Emirates Stadium. The Gunners were beaten 2-1 by Liverpool in their last friendly with first-half goals from the Reds condemning them to their first loss during their off-season tour. Having beaten ...

Chelsea and Real Madrid will square up for a pre-season friendly at the Bank of America Stadium this Tuesday. Carlo Ancelotti’s men have had a poor outing in their pre-season games. Since beating Albacete in their first friendly game, Los Blancos have lost back-to-back games against Borussia Dortmund and Barcelona, failing to score on both occasions. Although pre-season form often ...

Manchester City will continue their tour of the United States this Saturday with a game against fellow Premier League side Chelsea at the Ohio Stadium. Since winning the 2023/24 Premier League title, Pep Guardiola’s side have been in terrible form losing the FA Cup title to Manchester United before losing all three of their pre-season friendly games to Celtic, AC ...

Austrian Bundesliga side SK Rapid Wien will face Polish side Wisła Krakówin in the second leg of their 2024/25 Europa League second qualifying round at the Allianz Stadion. The hosts come into this tie with a 2-1 lead from the first leg match. Despite playing with ten men for over 45 minutes of the game following a first-half red card ...

Belarusian side Dinamo Minsk and Bulgarian side Ludogorets will square up this Wednesday in the 2024/25 Champions League qualifying round. Both sides are playing in their second UCL qualifying game this season with Dinamo Minsk beating Armenian side Pyunik 1-0 over two legs to qualify for this round. However, the hosts, who will be playing this game outside of their ...

Turkish giants Fenerbahce will look to book their place in the next round of the Champions League qualifiers when they take on Swiss Super League side Lugano at the Ulker Stadium Şükrü Saracoğlu in Istanbul. Jose Mourinho’s side come into this tie with a one-goal advantage after coming from a goal down to win their opponents 4-3 in the first ...

After one month of action, the 2024 Copa America will conclude this weekend when Argentina and Colombia meet at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida. The reigning champions Argentina are making a record 30th appearance at the competition’s pinnacle with their triumph in the last edition’s final making them the favourites here. In fact, not only did Argentina win ...

After a month of endless football, the 2024 European Championship will climax this Sunday when three-time winners Spain face last-time finalists England at the Olympiastadion. Despite having a relatively low profile pre-tournament, Spain have been the best team in Germany this summer. La Roja have won four of their five games at the Euros, with their 2-1 win over hosts ...

Canada and Uruguay will face each other this Sunday in the third-place playoff of the 2024 Copa America. Canada were eliminated in the last round by Argentina with goals from Julian Alavarez and Lionel Messi’s first goal in the tournament denying Jesse Marsch’s side the chance to reach the final. Although the Maple Leafs will be disappointed about the result, ...

The Netherlands and England will clash this Wednesday in the second semi-final of the 2024 European Championship. After finishing third in the group stages, the Dutch national team have gone from strength to strength in the knockout phase of Euro 2024. The Oranje followed up their brilliant 3-0 win over Romania in the Round of 16 with a 2-1 comeback ...

Three-time European Championship winners Spain will look to become the first team to book their place in the final of the this years edition when they face France in the semi final this Tuesday. Spain qualified for this stage by beating hosts Germany 2-1 in extra time after a nail-biting 1-1 draw in normal time. The win ensured that Luis ...

The Netherlands could have gone home at the group stage of the 2024 European Championships because of that famous loss to Austria, but they are now one of the favourites to win the competition. However, their next obstacle is a Turkey team that has been in fine form so far and has been impressive. Virgil van Dijk and his teammates ...

England faces Switzerland for a place in the semi-final of the 2024 European Championships and their fans will hope they perform better in this game. The Three Lions are fortunate to have reached this stage because they have not impressed considering the quality of player in their ranks. Their group stage games were poor to watch despite featuring Phil Foden, ...