Tag: match previews

  • Champions League – Ranking the Knockout Stage Matches

    Champions League – Ranking the Knockout Stage Matches

    Some matches are better than others, and it’s no different among the 8 clashes in the Champions League knockout stage. Real Madrid and Manchester United take center stage obviously, but the names of Arsenal, Bayern Munich, AC Milan and Barcelona don’t necessarily make their clashes better in quality than those with “smaller” names in them.

  • Premier League – Christmas & New Year’s Matches

    Premier League – Christmas & New Year’s Matches

    Among the Holiday shopping and cheers, the most wonderful thing about Christmas and New Year’s is the English Premier League carrying on like nothing’s going on, with 39 matches in 11 days, as Manchester United try to keep Manchester City and Chelsea off their back. Biggest matches of the upcoming two weeks? Chelsea visiting Everton in Goodison Park on December 30.

  • Champions League – Game Day 6 Predictions

    Champions League – Game Day 6 Predictions

    After a night of surprises, the second half of this week’s Champions League dose continues with the always entertaining group of death; Real Madrid arrive in Germany to play against Borussia Dortmund while Ajax host Manchester City. Elsewhere, battered Milan play against a red hot Malaga team and the Paris Saint-Germain show arrives in Kyiv to play Dynamo.

  • Champions League – Game Day 5 Predictions

    Champions League – Game Day 5 Predictions

    The Champions League returns with Groups E-H and the European champions, Chelsea, travelling to Ukraine and facing a very strong Shakhtar Donetsk. Barcelona and their defensive holes host Celtics while Manchester United, with similar problems, have Braga home for dinner at the Old Trafford.

  • Premier League – Match Week 7 Predictions

    Premier League – Match Week 7 Predictions

    The seventh round of matches in the 2012-2013 Premiership season kicks off as the tired champions host a team they struggle against, Sunderland; League leaders Chelsea have a relatively easy match at home against Norwich; Arsenal travel not to far in another London derby against West Ham while Manchester United travel to Newcastle.

  • Champions League – Game Day 4 Predictions

    The group of death in the 2012-2013 champions league goes into the second round of play, as a stuttering Manchester City host a struggling (in Germany) Borussia Dortmund side, while Real Madrid travel to Amsterdam, facing Ajax but thinking about Barcelona. Arsenal will try and put the Chelsea defeat behind them when hosting Olympiacos.

  • Champions League – Game Day 3 Predictions

    The second round of group stage matches in the 2012-2013 Champions League begins with Chelsea travelling to face Nordsjælland in Denmark, Juventus hosting Shakhtar, Bayern Munich travelling to Borisov, Benfica hosting Barcelona in a very intriguing match while Manchester United travel to Cluj.

  • Premier League – Match Week 6 Predictions

    Saturday will the major day of the weekend, kicking off with the biggest match, the London derby between Arsenal and first place Chelsea going at it at the Emirates, while Manchester United close the day by hosting Tottenham at Old Trafford. Champions Manchester City have a tough visit at Fulham, while Liverpool will try and get their first win of the season at Norwich.

  • English Premier League – Match Week 5 Predictions

    A very interesting weekend, with most of the focus on the Sunday matches, as Arsenal travel to face the champions Manchester City and Manchester United visit Anfield, playing Liverpool in the Merseyside derby. League leaders Chelsea play on Saturday, hosting the always difficult Stoke City at Stamford Bridge.

  • UEFA Champions League – Game Day 2 Predictions

    The second night of the Champions League features groups E-H, including the match in focus, as European champions Chelsea host the returning Juventus, undefeated in 42 straight matches in Italy. Finalists Bayern open the year at home against Valencia, just like Barcelona, with an easy opener at home against Spartak Moscow.