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Arsenal defeated Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 in round 12 of the 2025/2026 edition of the Premier League. A thoroughly dominant display from the Gunners saw them go six points clear at the top of the league table. Meanwhile, Spurs stay at ninth place. Eberechi Eze found the net three times in...

Olympique de Marseille succeeded in getting a very important away win at the Allianz Riviera, beating OGC Nice 1-5 in the derby. The win helps Les Olympiens pile additional pressure on PSG in the title race. The fact that they were able to win by such a large scoreline away to...

Currently, players born in 2007 are in their second year in the U19s and therefore still play at the youth level. Among Bundesliga clubs, only one player born that year is already getting consistent minutes: Karim Coulibaly at Werder Bremen. But for VfB Stuttgart, one of the most promising midfielders in...

Raffaele Palladino was recently appointed as the new head coach of Atalanta, following the sacking of Ivan Jurić, with La Dea occupying the 13th spot in Serie A, having won only two games, drawn seven, and lost two out of 11 games. Despite achieving results in the UEFA Champions League, it appears that Atalanta’s management was not satisfied...

When Sandro Wagner was appointed as manager of FC Augsburg this summer, expectations rose very quickly. It looked like a perfect match. For the club, it was the opportunity to finally shake off its image as the 'Plain Jane' of the Bundesliga. Augsburg have played the same season on repeat...

Juventus met Sporting CP for the fourth fixture of the UEFA Champions League in a game that ended with a 1-1 draw. The draw can be considered positive for Sporting CP, as the Portuguese side was able to secure one point from a complicated away game, despite being capable of...

The DFB-Pokal has its own set of rules, which is a very popular saying in Germany. While in the Bundesliga, only one or two teams typically compete for the championship, the German Cup has been open to everybody over the last couple of years, with four different teams winning the...

Sunday Bundesliga games are reserved for teams that play in European competitions, so the league's best teams typically play on Sundays. This Sunday, VfB Stuttgart hosted 1. FSV Mainz 05 for the last game of the eighth matchday this season. VfB Stuttgart and their head coach, Sebastian Hoeneß, have been...

PSG faced Strasbourg at the Parc des Princes for the eighth fixture of Ligue 1, and the game ended in a very entertaining 3-3 draw that does not help anyone except Olympique de Marseille. After winning their match against Le Havre, they can benefit from this draw and move closer to the...

People often obsess over formations and forget that it is the personnel and the actions behind the structure that determine whether a formation becomes functional or not.  The numbers on paper are just a base or a reference point.  What matters is how the system breathes, how players interpret their...

The Bundesliga title race has been dominated by two clubs over the past 15 years. Bayern Munich have been the serial winners of the league, with only Bayer Leverkusen being able to beat them out over the course of a season in recent years (2023/2024). In their first season under...

Milan van Ewijk’s path has been anything but straightforward. Born in Amsterdam on the eighth of September, 2000, and of Surinamese descent, he didn’t come through one of the big Eredivisie academies. After spending time in Feyenoord’s youth setup, he had to start over at Excelsior Maassluis, playing senior football...

Juventus faced AC Milan at the Allianz Stadium in Turin, and the match ended in a 0-0 draw that certainly did not suit either team. Both sides had goal-scoring opportunities in the match, but neither team was capable of exploiting them as they should have, missing a golden chance to...

Kamaldeen Sulemana has recently joined Atalanta from Southampton for a fee that reached £18m. He follows his former head coach Ivan Jurić, who also had his first experience in the Premier League managing the Saints last season. Although Jurić’s experience with Southampton was unsuccessful, leading to relegation despite high hopes for...

It is easy to lose track of the number of players Chelsea have purchased since the new ownership took control at Stamford Bridge.  The club’s model has focused on the pursuit of high‑ceiling youth, banking on contracts of extraordinary length and the potential of later resale value. Among that recruitment...

Even though Leverkusen and Mönchengladbach are relatively close to each other, most fans wouldn’t call the game a derby, simply because it lacks tradition. Still, this Sunday's game between Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Mönchengladbach in the BayArena had a lot of eyes on it, but not for the right reasons....

Juventus played their first UEFA Champions League match of the 2025/2026 season against Borussia Dortmund, and the game ended with a very dramatic late draw after the Bianconeri scored their fourth goal to equalise. The result cannot be considered positive for Juventus, as they were playing at home and were...

Bradford City have long been one of the biggest ‘fallen giants’ in English football. Last appearing in the Premier League in 2000/2001 when they finished bottom of the table, the Bantams spent the last six seasons in EFL League Two before finally managing to earn promotion to the third tier...

The Dutch Eredivisie is already approaching its fourth matchday, and after three games, a huge surprise has emerged at the top. Instead of the usual names like Ajax Amsterdam, PSV Eindhoven, Feyenoord Rotterdam or AZ Alkmaar, NEC Nijmegen are leading the league heading into the weekend. Scoring 12 goals while conceding...

Fenerbahçe hosted Benfica at the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League playoff round, which determines which team will advance to the League Phase. The match ended with a disappointing 0-0 draw from the perspective of Fenerbahçe, the home side. Sarı Kanaryalar were not able to impose their...