Game Reviews

Villarreal – Barcelona

Villarreal welcome Barcelona in one of the most interesting matches of La Liga’s 17th round. Both teams lost their games in the Copa del Rey during the week. Villarreal were beaten by Real Sociedad, while Barca lost their visit to Athletic Bilbao at the San Mames. Both teams are currently holding a place in the Top 4 of the La Liga. Barcelona are just three points behind the current leader...
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Rapid Wien – Athletic Bilbao

The Allianz Stadion in Wien will host the game between Rapid Wien and Athletic Bilbao in the last round of the group stage of Europa League.  Rapid are without any chance to progress in the next phase of the tournament, while Athletic are already qualified for the 1/16-finals. The question now is if they can finish first in the group, taking the leading spot from Genk. In the same time Genk are...
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Serie A

Almost everything that happened in the Italian Serie A last weekend was in Juventus’ favour. The Old Lady won the big derby against Napoli - one of the biggest contenders for their crown, while in same time Roma lost two points during their visit against Empoli. All of this allowed Juve to gain four points advantage in front of Roma after the first eleven rounds of the championship. The loss...
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Italian Serie A

It’s a new season in the Italian Serie A, but everything is going just like the last few years - Juventus are leading the table, Roma and Napoli are following them, Milan are again very inconsistent and Inter are just a pure disaster. So, nothing new to see here, right? The simple truth is that Juventus are just a level above everyone else in Italian football right now. It’s true that The...
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Barcelona – Manchester City

Barcelona against Manchester City is arguably the big derby of the night at the Champions League on Wednesday. Barcelona’s former manager Josep Guardiola is coming back to the Camp Nou once again, after he already did it with Bayern Munich in 2015. It was not a fortunate experience for Guardiola then, after his team was beaten with 3-0. Now he will have the chance to show a different face...
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Napoli – Roma

If there is anybody who can stop Juventus in the Serie A right now, this must be either Napoli or Roma. The standings after the first seven rounds are also proving it, with these two teams being right behind the reigning champions. And now they are about to meet each other for a first time this season. Napoli welcomes Roma at the Stadio San Paolo in Naples, after losing against Atalanta in the...
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Germany – Czech Republic

The reigning world champion Germany started well its World Cup 2018 qualification campaign, winning against Norway away from home in their first game from Group C. Now the German team is about to play its first game at home, hosting the strong team of the Czech Republic. This game will be another repeat of the dramatic Euro 96 final, but certainly it’s all very different now. Germany is one of...
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Jagiellonia Białystok – Pogoń Szczecin

Jagiellonia Białystok are the current leader in the Polish Ekstraklasa and now they will have the chance to remain on the top, winning their home game against Pogoń Szczecin. Jagiellonia are in a brilliant run of four consecutive games in the Ekstraklasa, which is explaining why they are ahead of everybody else in the league at this very moment. Jagiellonia won seven of their ten games...
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Atletico Madrid – Bayern Munich

Atletico Madrid against Bayern Munich is one of the big derbies of this week’s Champions League schedule. The game will be played at the Vicente Calderon in Madrid and it’s safe to say that these two teams will lead a fight for the first place in Group D of the tournament. Far from surprise, Atletico and Bayern started with a win their participation in the Champions League for this season....
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Las Palmas – Real Madrid

It’s all about redemption for Real Madrid, after the Los Blancos made their first wrong step in La Liga for this season against Villarreal at home. Now Zinedine Zidane’s team is travelling to Las Palmas with nothing, but all of the three points in mind.  Despite losing two points against Villarreal at the Santiago Bernabeu, Real Madrid are still ahead of everybody else in La Liga. Their...
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