26 March 2018
Gareth Southgate had the chance to experiment on Friday as England’s World Cup preparation got off to a winning start against an underwhelming Dutch side. England won, but in truth, it was a boring and one-sided contest in the Netherlands. The 1-0 win came thanks to a Jese Lingard strike, but Italy who are also recovering from their failure to make it to the Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup should…
26 March 2018
The last time these two countries played each other, it ended in a manner that the Brazilian team and fans would not want to remember. Germany hammered the Brazilian national team 7-1 in the semifinal of the last World Cup in their own backyard in that occasion and the Tite’s men would be looking for revenge when they take to the field in this game. Germany have not done badly for the past 4…
24 March 2018
Following their disappointing loss to Gillingham a couple of weeks back, Portsmouth needed a win to get their Playoff hopes back on track and that they did with a win away over Oldham the last time out. They are now 5 points behind the 6th position and they need to regularly get the three points if they want to maintain their promotion hopes. Oxford United was another team that would have been…
24 March 2018
The Whitecaps saw their unbeaten start to the season end in a cruel manner last weekend as they were outclassed at the Mercedez-Benz Arena by Atlanta United 4-1, however, they should not allow that dampened their spirit after winning their first two games of the season, and they should be targeting another win in this game. Although they beat both Houston Dynamos and Montreal Impact before their…
23 March 2018
Sweden would be appearing at this year’s FIFA World Cup at the expense of Italy who did not show so much desire to beat them in the qualification playoffs. The Swedes finished second behind France and above the Netherlands in their World Cup qualifying group to set up that playoff clash with Italy which they won 1-0 on aggregate. Chile would not be at the next World Cup later this year thanks to…
23 March 2018
This year’s world Cup in Russia would be Mexico’s 8th consecutive participation in the global showpiece, while their opponents in this game, Iceland would be competing for only the first time as they continue to show that they can thrive as underdogs. Mexico have been drawn in a tough group at the World Cup, but you can expect them to qualify for the next round just as they have done since the…
22 March 2018
These two teams are favourites for the World Cup later this year n Russia and this game gives them an opportunity to test themselves and get a psychological edge over the other. Germany are current world and Confederations Cup champions, and although they fell short at the last Euros, they remain one of the strongest teams in world football at the moment. They won all their World cup qualifying…
22 March 2018
Argentina almost missed out on qualifying for this summer’s World Cup in Russia after a really poor start to their qualification campaign. However, former Sevilla manager, Jorge Sampaoli stepped in and helped them finish inside the South American qualification places by going unbeaten in their last 4 games, picking 6 points out of a possible 12. After the qualifiers, they have played two…
21 March 2018
China’s quest to get among the superpowers of Asian football came up short in the last FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign as they finished 5th to Iran, Uzbekistan, South Korea, and Syria. They did, however, manage to show some good form in the latter stages of that qualifying campaign with wins over Uzbekistan and South Korea, but they still have a long way to go in terms of getting among the big…
21 March 2018
Panama would be competing in their first ever FIFA World Cup in Russia later this year, this feat was achieved thanks to an 88th-minute winner by Seattle Saunders’ Román Torres in their game against Costa Rica. Despite being one of the smallest nations in the world in terms of footballing pedigree, Panama showed some class during the last World Cup qualifiers as they won against Costa Rica and…
19 March 2018
The season has reached a point where every point is very important to every team regardless of whether you are chasing promotion or trying to avoid relegation. These two sides are chasing the three points at stake here for many different reasons. Port Vale are not in their best form at the moment if you judge them by their league standing and the fact that they have no wins from their last 12…
17 March 2018
Villarreal have been one of the teams that does not like getting beat up Atletico over the past few seasons, but this season has seen a huge gap in terms of quality and Atleti could easily take all three points from this game. The Yellow Submarines are not on their best form at the moment as they have only 2 wins from their last 9 games in all competitions, however, their 2-0 win at Las Palmas…