Football Previews

Hoffenheim host bottom-of-the-table Paderborn looking to move up to 5th in the Bundesliga table before other teams play their games. Hoffenheim suffered from overachieving and qualifying for the Champions League last season and they didn’t end the season well. They have no European commitments this season but had to deal with the loss of their former manager who jumped ship ...

Villarreal will take to the field in this game against Eibar looking to continue their impressive start to the season. The Yellow Submarines didn’t start the season in the best of fashion after they collected just two points from their opening 3 league games. They have however become a better team since then and come into this game having won ...

Chelsea will be looking to avenge the 4-0 loss they suffered at the hands of Manchester United when both sides met at the start of the league season, while Manchester United will be looking to build on their recent away win against Norwich City. Frank Lampard has enjoyed early success in his reign as Chelsea boss so far.  The Blues ...

Liverpool welcome crisis club Arsenal back to Anfield for this Carabao Cup game as they look to continue their unbeaten start to the season. The Reds showed a winning mindset that they have become synonymous with on Sunday when they came from a goal down to beat Tottenham. At some point in that game, Liverpool were almost two goals down, ...

If the idea of picking up a cool $1 million at a poker table – with no investment – sounds good, then pay attention.  Americas Cardroom (ACR) offered its $5 Million Venom this past summer and the event was off the charts, setting records unlike any online poker event has ever done. The $5 million prize pool was easily surpassed, ...

Barcelona had their game against Real Madrid called off at the weekend due to understandable fears of civil unrest in Catalonia.  The postponement of that game allowed them to rest some more ahead of this match and their fans would hope that they can earn their 12th consecutive home league win here. Real Valladolid have made a good start to ...

Tottenham will be the next team that attempts to beat Liverpool at home and Mauricio Pochettino’s men will be looking to end the Red’s unbeaten run that stretches to the end of last year. Liverpool fell just short of recording an 18th consecutive win in the Premier League when they were held to a 1-1 draw by Manchester United at ...

This game sees two sides with the joint best defencive records in La Liga this season going head-to-head.  Both teams have conceded just 5 times in 9 league games so far and they have both struggled at the other end of the pitch. Just like Atleti, Bilbao has netted just 8 goals this season and they have also both drawn ...

Villarreal showed some character when they beat Espanyol 0-1 away from home in their last league game.  They had been beaten 2-1 by newly-promoted Osasuna just before the International break and needed a response which they provided. They were helped by a series of fine saves from goalkeeper Asenjo in that game and they will now be looking to build ...

Celtic fans would have been disappointed that they didn’t make the Champions League group stage this season, however, their team’s performances in Europe’s second top competition this season hasn’t been so disappointing. The Celts have made a fine start to the competition after winning one and drawing one of their opening two group games to stay first in their group. ...

Two of this group’s big three sides come head-to-head in what should be two games to determine who finishes behind Barcelona in the group, but first they play in Milan. Inter have started their domestic season well and despite a defeat to Juventus, they have remained the main challengers to the Old Ladies for the Scudetto title. However, their form ...

Manchester City will continue their quest to win the Champions League when they host Atalanta in this game while the Italians will be looking to throw spanner into the plans of Pep Guardiola’s side. City come into this game after a hard fought 2-0 win over Crystal Palace at the weekend but Pep can be happy as he didn’t have ...

Brescia welcome Fiorentina for this game in Serie A as they look to get their first home win of the campaign.  Fiorentina come here after a good run of form and they will be looking to continue their rise up the table with another win here. The home side have won just one of their last 5 league games and ...

Manchester United welcome Liverpool this weekend as they look to recover from a very bad start to their season while Liverpool will be looking to equal a record of 18 straight Premier League wins and continue their perfect start to the season here. The Red Devils have been struck with injuries and come into this game with uncertainty over the ...

Atletico Madrid and Valencia meet here in what should be one of the most closely-contested games this weekend with both teams looking to maintain their recent unbeaten run. Atleti haven’t been absolutely fantastic, but Diego Simeone’s side come here having not conceded a goal in their last 5 games.  They have however, won just two of those matches with the ...