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Barcelona will try to maintain at least a share of the Spanish La Liga lead when they visit Atletico Madrid on Sunday. Barca (12-2-1) entered Matchweek 16 with an identical record to Real Madrid, who were set to face Villarreal on Saturday. Barcelona's only loss is a 3-1 setback to Los Blancos in November. Atletico (8-3-4) entered the weekend…

First-place Barcelona travel to second-place Real Madrid on Sunday in El Clasico. Top spot in La Liga is on the line as they enter with 22 points each, as both boast a 7-1-0 record. Real are flying high as they are undefeated on the season, while Barca hope to bounce back from their Champions League set back with their European lives hanging in the…

Barcelona are hoping to return to prominence in Europe as their 2022/23 UEFA Champions League journey begins. The Spanish giants were left red-faced last season after their exit at the group stage from the competition. That consigned the Blaugrana to their Europa League debut, where they were beaten by eventual winners Eintracht Frankfurt. Such an…

The most high-profile matchup of this year's Champions League quarterfinals pits defending European champions Chelsea against runaway La Liga leaders Real Madrid. Both these teams are clearly contenders for the tournament title, but they are also both flawed sides, making this matchup all the more entertaining. Real Madrid followed up its emphatic…

The Socceroos should clinch a place in the World Cup Round of 16 if they manage to avoid defeat against Denmark in their final group stage clash. Betting sites make the Danes the heavy favourites to secure victory in this crucial match for both teams. However, Graham Arnold's men can take a great deal of confidence from their impressive performance…

FC Barcelona and Juventus are in the middle of their preseason tour in the United States, two weeks before the start of their respective leagues. Massimiliano Allegri and Xavi are facing the usual issues at this time of year with new signings coming in that need to be integrated in the rosters and the tactics. Last Sunday Barcelona won against Real…

The top two teams in Group D match up as European opponents France and Denmark play for positioning atop the standings. Denmark took France down twice in recent Nations League play, leaving Les Bleus on the brink of relegation from League A which they only narrowly managed to avoid. Yet the defending World Cup champions looked the better side in…

Odds on the 2022/23 La Liga champions reveal Real Madrid as the title favourites ahead of Barcelona. The 2022/23 La Liga season is set to kick off and as always, there are two major teams in the running, Real Madrid and Barcelona. The two giants of the game have combined to win 61 (Real Madrid 35, Barcelona 26) of the total 90 available La Liga…

Real Madrid will be aiming to defend their La Liga title but will face stiff competition from a resurgent, big-spending Barcelona Real Madrid's La Liga victory during the 2021/2022 season was one of the more lopsided wins since Barcelona won by 11 points during the 2018/2019 season. Real dominated the league, winning by 13 points and a…

Barcelona host Athletic Club on Sunday with the Catalan giants maintaining pace with Real Madrid at La Liga's summit. Xavi's side returning to winning form on Thursday against Villarreal with a 3-0 win which moved the Blaugrana to within three points of Los Blancos. Robert Lewandowski scored twice as part of a seven-minute blitz which consigned…

In the 2022 World Cup's Group D, play kicks off on Tuesday, November 22, at 8:00 am ET, with the No. 10 team in the FIFA World Rankings, Denmark, taking on the 30th-ranked team, Tunisia. It's time to continue our soccer odds series with a Denmark-Tunisia prediction and pick. Both these teams have a good chance to beat the No. 38-ranked Australia…

Tunisia play France in the World Cup on Wednesday. Tunisia are hoping for better results after losing 1-0 at the World Cup against Australia. In this game, Tunisia had 58% of the ball possession and 4 of their 13 shots were on target. The opponents, Australia, made nine tries and conceded two goals. Mitchell Duke (23') scored Australia's goal. An…

The beginning of the 2022/23 UEFA Champions League signals the return of Europe, and the World's premier club competition. Last year's competition brought a slate of comebacks with dramatic finishes. Some clubs went on miracle runs, unseating the giants of the game. Individual players put out Herculean goal-scoring performances. This season, expect…

Australia and Denmark meet on Tuesday afternoon with both teams looking to join France in qualifying for the knockout stages from Group C. The Socceroos enjoyed a memorable 1-0 win over Tunisia at the weekend and know that a draw in their final match will should them through to the last 16. Denmark meanwhile only have one point from their two…

France became the first team to qualify for the last 16 of the World Cup as Kylian Mbappe's double sent them to a 2-1 win over Denmark in Group D. Mbappe - fresh from scoring in France's opening night 4-1 win over Australia - scored the first of his two poacher-like efforts when converting a cross from Theo Hernandez on 61 minutes. There was no…

Having lost twice to Denmark recently, France will be taking nothing for granted when they look to secure their qualification for the knockout stages with a game to spare in Group D on Saturday. The defending champions entered the tournament on the back of a dismal Nations League campaign, during which Denmark beat them 2-1 in Paris and 2-0 in…

Premier League betting is back for the new season and everyone's focus is on who will win the title in 2022/23. Manchester City and Liverpool are, understandably, the two big favourites on betting sites to duke it out for the league championship once again. But there remains a handful of hopefuls desperate to put together a title challenge…

Denmark are a much better team than most people give them credit for and they will show it in Qatar at the 2022 World Cup Denmark, ranked 10th in the world, are the best-equipped dark horses to grab an unprecedented World Cup win, just as they did at the UEFA European Championship exactly 30 years ago. Can they go all the way and shock the world…

When they meet on Tuesday at Al Rayyan, the Carthage Eagles of Tunisia and the Red and Whites of Denmark will begin their 2022 FIFA World Cup campaign. With a nearly perfect record in the qualifiers, the Danes qualified for Qatar. They won their first nine games and only conceded three goals during the qualification campaign to comfortably lead…

Denmark will embark on yet another journey to try and lift the Coupe Du Monde trophy. The Danes have performed well in major tournaments recently, reaching the semifinals of Euro 2020 and the round of 16 at the 2018 Fifa World Cup. Group D isn't too competitive for Denmark, aside from having France in the group. Tunisia and Australia shouldn't…

If Denmark have dreams of upsetting France and topping Group D, they must first achieve a positive result in their 2022 World Cup opener against Tunisia on Tuesday. The Danes, led by star Christian Eriksen, upset France twice in Nations League play this past summer, but now must prove they belong at the World Cup too. Still, Tunisia present a stiff…

Xavi Hernandez's side were unconvincing on matchday one but they have the firepower to overcome their upcoming opponents. If you are looking to find out more about how to bet on soccer The now-ubiquitous discussions about which clubs have won and lost the transfer window is a relatively recent phenomenon. There is a tendency to assume that signing…

Four years removed from their second World Cup title, the French national team lands in Doha looking to defend its crown. They'll have a bit of deja-vu as the group they headline is eerily familiar to the one they won in Russia. Didier Deschamps' squad will take on Denmark and Australia again, with Tunisia replacing Peru this time to round out…

With the two biggest clubs in Spain sitting level on points atop the La Liga table, the first El Clasico of 2022/23 brings a certain extra bite to the Bernabeu as one of the greatest rivalries in world football takes the field. Real Madrid host Barcelona with the visitors in first place based on the first tiebreaker: goal differential (+19 vs+12).…

After months of anticipation, excitement and a bit of anxiety, the World Cup will finally kick off this week in a tournament very different to previous ones. While the tournament is usually played between seasons, when the sun is shining and fans can watch the match from a beer garden, players will this year jet off to Qatar in the middle of…

The 2022 World Cup squads are close to being confirmed and we are collating all of them as they are made official. From surprise call-ups to the agony of injury, there has been so much news swirling around which 26 players from each country will be named in their national team squad for the World Cup in Qatar. National team managers have some huge…

This is Denmark's sixth appearance at a World Cup, with their best outing so far a quarter-final defeat at France 1998 to eventual finalists Brazil. Historically they have not posed too much of a threat to the powerhouses of international football, but it might just be a different story this time around. The Danes have been in excellent form over…

In the world's most popular football rivalry, there's no love lost, but this year's El Clasico may have a little extra bite to it. Real Madrid host Barcelona as both are tied atop the La Liga table, though the Blaugrana have the slight edge on goal difference. The two sides are both unbeaten through league play so far and sport identical records…

The Catalans head to the city of Pamplona on Tuesday for a tough looking clash in their final La Liga game before the World Cup The Blaugrana kept another clean sheet over the weekend defeating Almería 2-0 at the Camp Nou. With that win, Barcelona improved to 34 points on the season and extended their goal differential to plus-27 on the…

Barcelona will kick off the final round of La Liga fixtures before the World Cup with a trip to Osasuna on Tuesday. La Blaugrana will be looking to go into the break atop the league table and need to pile the pressure on Real Madrid, who will play their game in hand later this week and could create some distance with a victory. On the other side of…

Two form sides clash in La Liga in midweek, as Osasuna welcome Barcelona to El Sadar. Jagoba Arrasate's men, who finished tenth last term, have made a fine start to their 2022-23 La Liga campaign, winning seven of their opening 13 matches. Xavi's Blaugrana have bounced back from the El Classico loss at the Santiago Bernabeu with four straight…

Barcelona head to the Estadio Mestalla on Saturday night to face Valencia in La Liga, as Xavi Hernandez's men aim to bounce back from their Champions League disappointment in midweek. The Catalans had their exit from the tournament confirmed on Wednesday before losing 3-0 to Bayern Munich and they will have to pick themselves back up quickly ahead…

Barcelona is on the edge of elimination from the Champions League group stage; unfortunately, they are not in control of their own destiny. They will have to beat Bayern Munich but also hope that Viktoria Plzen can pull off an upset victory over Inter Milan. Bayern Munich only needs a draw from their last two matches to secure the top spot in the…

Denmark are quietly confident about their chances at this World Cup, and so they should be: last month they beat France 2-0 to complete a home-and-away double of victories over the world champions in the Nations League. It followed a peerless World Cup qualification in which the Danes racked up goals against decent sides like Austria and Israel,…

Barcelona's chances in the Champions League are hanging on hope and prayer, needing two wins and help. They take on Bayern Munich on Wednesday and our betting picks are high on young midfielder Jamal Musiala to score or grab an assist. What should be, on paper, a clash of two heavyweights could end up being nothing more than a formality on…

The La Liga side will be hoping to claim another victory in Italy but could be in for a tough night when they visit Milan This is a pivotal fixture in Group C of the Champions League as Inter Milan and Barcelona will be looking to take a stronghold on the second spot in the group. Both teams have a loss against Bayern Munich and a victory against…

The Catalans need a win to keep alive their hopes of progressing in the Champions League and they should be backed to defeat the Italians Inter Milan took control of second place in the group with a 1-0 hard-fought victory last week at home against Barcelona. The Catalans will feel like they were robbed as VAR negated a goal because of a handball…

Competition/Round: 2022-23 UEFA Champions League, Group C, Matchday 4 Barcelona Outs & Doubts: Ronald Araujo, Jules Kounde, Andreas Christensen, Memphis Depay, Héctor Bellerín (out) Inter Milan Outs & Doubts: Romelu Lukaku, Marcelo Brozovic, Alex Cordaz (out) Date/Time: Wednesday, October 12, 2022, 9pm CET (Barcelona), 8pm BST/WAT (UK & Nigeria),…

The fourth round of UEFA Champions League group stage matches is here as Barcelona take on Inter Milan. Here we have how to watch, team news, head-to-head, odds, prediction and everything you need to know. Two European giants face off this Wednesday in what should be a fantastic rematch of last week's fixture. There was drama galore at the San Siro…

Barcelona welcome Celta Vigo to the Camp Nou on Sunday evening in La Liga which Xavi Hernandez's men aiming to continue their strong domestic form. The Blaugrana started the weekend top of the table on goal difference ahead of Real Madrid and have racked up six consecutive wins after their 0-0 draw with Rayo Vallecano on the opening weekend of the…

After a miserable few months for Northern Ireland fans, the Euro 2024 qualifying draw has given the Green and White Army reason to be cheerful. Ian Baraclough's team were handed a relatively kind draw in Frankfurt on Sunday morning, landing in the same group as Denmark, Finland, Slovenia, Kazakhstan and San Marino. By contrast, the Republic of…

Among the nations in the top 30 of the FIFA rankings, only three have a lower population than Denmark. Yet, they are up in 10th, ahead of the likes of Germany, Mexico and United States. They have also impressed in the Nations League, finishing just a point off top spot in a group with Austria, Croatia and France. Their win over France on the final…

Chelsea finished in the highest spot of all London clubs last season Bookies think Tottenham Hotspur will be the top-ranked London team in 2022-23 See why we believe Arsenal could surprise the odds The UK's most populous city is home to seven Premier League clubs, three of which - Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, and Arsenal - have won the English…