Porto v Liverpool Jurgen Klopp’s men travel to Portugal as they take on FC Porto in the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie. The Reds had perfect preparation for this with a solid 2-0 win over Southampton at the weekend, with a lot of the Reds’ players looking superb. Loris Karius has…
Monthly Archives: February 2018
Juventus v Tottenham Tottenham Hotspur face possibly their toughest Champions League match of this campaign on Tuesday evening as they kick-off their last 16 tie against Juventus in Turin. The Old Lady are one of Europe’s most famous clubs and their recent monopoly on Italian football shows the caliber of their side. They’ve not quite…
Deportivo La Coruña v Real Betis – Estadio de Riazor at 20:00 live at Sky Sports Deportivo La Coruna appointed Clarence Seedorf as their new manager on Monday, just 32 hours after dismissing Cristobal Parralo. The Galicians were thumped 5-0 at Real Sociedad on Friday before sacking Parralo 48 hours later. Seedorf becomes Deportivo’s third coach this…
Newcastle v Manchester United Two famous managerial rivals meet again as Newcastle welcome Manchester United to St James’ Park on Sunday. For so many years, Rafa Benitez and Jose Mourinho clashed as managers of Liverpool and Chelsea respectively, so I expect there to be little love lost between the two when they meet again. Manchester…
Tottenham v Arsenal – Wembley Stadium at 12:30 North London bragging rights are up for grabs on Saturday as Tottenham welcome Arsenal to Wembley. Arsenal have started firing Much has been made of the decline of Arsenal in recent years, but could the signings of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Henrikh Mkhitaryan have given Arsenal the firepower…
Stuttgart v Borussia Mönchengladbach – Mercedes-Benz Arena at 14:30 live at Sky Sports Hannes Wolf guided Stuttgart to promotion back to the Bundesliga as second division champions last season despite only arriving in Swabia in September 2016. The 36 year-old guided the Cannstatt Boys to W5-D2-L6 in their opening 13 outings but things soon turned sour…
Strasbourg v Troyes Asian – Stade de la Meinau at 14:00 live at BT Sport Strasbourg fell into the liquidation after a rotten few years in the amateur leagues but have enjoyed a rapid rise since. Back-to-back titles have brought Le Racing back into Ligue 1 for the first time since 2007/08 and Thierry Laurey’s keen to…
Athletic Bilbao v Las Palmas – San Mamés Stadium at 20:00 live at Sky Sports After four seasons holding the fort at Athletic Bilbao, head coach Ernesto Valverde was lured away to Barcelona. With Les Leones never finishing lower than seventh during his reign, they were big boots to fill for Cuco Ziganda, the man stepping up…