18 April 2023
Real Madrid will look to seal their place in the semi-final round of the UEFA Champions League when they travel to London on Tuesday to face a struggling Chelsea side. The Blues are presently out of sorts in all competitions, having yet to win a game since a 2-0 win over Borussia Dortmund in early March. A disappointing 2-1 loss to Brighton last weekend was the latest in poor results. The loss…
12 April 2023
Chelsea will travel to Santiago Bernabeu this Wednesday to face Champions League holders Real Madrid in the first leg of their 2022/23 UCL quarter-finals. Both sides have been meeting regularly recently, with this being their third straight meeting in this competition, having faced themselves on their way to the title win in 2021 (Chelsea) and 2022 (Real Madrid). But for this edition, Carlo…
12 April 2023
AC Milan will square up with Serie A rivals Napoli this Wednesday in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League quarter-final round. Both sides are part of the six Italian teams still in European club competitions this season, with Inter Milan (UCL), Juventus and AS Roma (both Europa League) and Fiorentina (Conference League) the other four teams. Yet this fixture is the biggest of the clashes…
11 April 2023
Inter Milan will travel to Portugal this Tuesday to face 22022/23 Champions League dark horses Benfica in the first leg of their quarter-final doubleheader. The hosts have enjoyed a remarkable UCL campaign and come into this tie as one of the four sides yet to lose a game in this campaign. They finished top of their group ahead of PSG and qualified for this stage by beating Club Brugge 7-1 on…
11 April 2023
The Champions League returns this week as Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich travel to the Etihad to face Manchester City in the first leg of the quarter-final round. Both teams are among the few favourites to win the title this year, given their quality and wealth of resources, and will have a go at each other on Tuesday when they face off in the UK. But Pep Guardiola’s side come into this tie…
15 March 2023
After their impressive weekend showing in Serie A, Napoli will turn their attention to their quest to secure a place in the quarter-finals of the 2022/23 UEFA Champions League. The Partenopei responded to just their second loss of the Serie A season by comfortably beating Atalanta last time, increasing their gap at the summit to 18 points. A first Scudetto since 1990 now looks like a formality,…
15 March 2023
Real Madrid and Liverpool will renew their European rivalry this Wednesday when both sides meet at the Santiago Bernabeu in the second leg of their Champions League knock-out tie. Both sides played an entertaining first leg at Anfield, with Real Madrid securing a massive 5-2 win despite falling 2-0 before the first half-hour. That win at Anfield extended Real Madrid’s Los Blancos’ unbeaten run in…
14 March 2023
Manchester City and RB Leipzig will face off at the Etihad this Tuesday for the second leg of their Champions League knockout tie. Pep Guardiola’s side come into this tie on a run of four consecutive wins since their 1-1 draw with Leipzig in the first leg. Their most recent outing was a 1-0 win over Crystal Palace, a win that kept them close to Arsenal in the title race. The win extended their…
14 March 2023
Inter Milan will look to seal their place in the 2022/23 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals when they travel to Portugal this Tuesday to face Porto in the second leg of their knockout tie. Porto were narrowly beaten 1-0 in the first leg in San Siro, with a late Romelu Lukaku goal the difference that night. The defeat in Milan was followed up by another narrow 2-1 loss to Gill Vicente in the…
8 March 2023
Tottenham and AC Milan will face off in North London this Wednesday for the second leg of their Champions League knockout tie. Tottenham lost 1-0 in the first leg at the San Siro, with an early goal by Brahim Díaz the difference on the night. But, unfortunately, it was by the same scoreline that the hosts fell to defeat in Premier League action at the weekend, too, going down against…
8 March 2023
Bayern Munich will welcome Paris Saint-Germain to Allianz Arena this Wednesday as both sides battle for a place in the quarter-finals round of the 2022/23 UEFA Champions League season. The Bavarians hold a slender advantage going into this second leg after a 1-0 win in Paris a fortnight ago. The win forms part of a run of five wins from their last six competitive games (L1). After reclaiming the…
7 March 2023
The Champions League returns this Tuesday with high-flying Portuguese side Benfica hosting Club Brugge in the second leg of the knockout round. The hosts have one foot in the next round after a 2-0 win over their visitors in the first leg of this tie. Since that win in Belgium, the Primeira Liga leaders have won three successive league games by a two-goal margin. So confidence should be sky-high…