Atletico Madrid

Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona - Match Preview - La Liga

18:36

A look ahead to the La Liga clash at the Vicente Calderon Stadium.

 It's a big game for:  

 Luis Enrique. He may not be an on field player but the manager of the Catalans is under fire due to his previous results with the club, losing to PSG 4-0 and edging out Leganes 2-1.




Best stat:

 26. The Barcelona forward will get a chance to add his impressive tally of 26 goals against Atletico Madrid and could move ahead of Real Madrid for the first time since months.
Player to watch:

 Arda Turan. The Turkish international has missed the last two weeks due to a hamstring injury but will return to the Barcelona squad and could be useful in the midfield.

Form guide:

 Atletico Madrid. WWWDW
FC Barcelona. WLWDW
Odds:

 Atletico win. 2/1
Barcelona win. 23/17
Draw. 5/2

EPL Fixtures

EPL Fixtures - Week 26

20:20

Saturday, 25 February
Crystal Palace
8:30 PM
Middlesbrough
Hull City
8:30 PM
Burnley FC
Everton
8:30 PM
Sunderland
Southampton
Postponed
Arsenal
West Brom
8:30 PM
Bournemouth
Chelsea
8:30 PM
Swansea City
Watford
11:00 PM
West Ham
Sunday, 26 February
Tottenham
7:00 PM
Stoke City
Man. City
Postponed
Man United
Tuesday, 28 February
Leicester City
1:30 AM
Liverpool
All times are in India Standard Time



Crystal Palace has this one in the bag.
Hull and Burnley, no one can tell.
Everton, will win easily.
Arsenal and Southampton postponed.
Chelsea will win against Swansea.
Leicester will lose against Liverpool, following the sacking of their manager, Claudio Raneiri.
Tottenham will have a tough match against Stoke.
Manchester derby postponed.
West Ham are the favorites against Watford. 





Daily Futbal

Real Madrid vs Valencia - Match Report - La Liga

15:31

Real Madrid shocked by Valencia as the European Champions lose 2-1.

 Early goals from Simone Zaza and Fabian Orellana helped Valencia to shock Real Madrid at the Mestalla.

 Valencia scored in the 4th minute when Diego Alves played a ball to Simone Zaza who took a half-turned and shot a volley past Keylor Navas on his far post and gave Valencia the lead. 1-0. Goal. Valencia.

 Valencia scored again after 5 minutes when Nani played a through ball to Fabio Orellana who finished it past Keylor Navas, but Navas could've saved that. 2-0. Goal. Valencia.

 Cristiano Ronaldo had a shot skidded past the post but it eventually found James Rodriguez whose shot was blocked by Munir on the goal line.

 Keylor Navas saved a free kick in the 31st minute which was going into the top corner of the net.
Cristiano Ronaldo got one back for Real just before the half-time when Marcelo cross in and Ronaldo jumped the highest and scored with his head. 2-1. Goal. Real Madrid.

 Varane, who was not having a great match, nearly gave Valencia another goal when he fumbled the ball in his feet and Zaza picked it up, before Navas came out of his line and saved Real.

 Karim Benzema was denied by Diego Alves when the Frenchman picked up a Toni Kroos free kick in the 68th minute, but it was ruled as a foul.

P.S. No match facts this time. Stay tuned till next week for more Real Madrid updates. Check out the match preview on 25th February; Atletico Madrid vs Barcelona. 

Daily Futbal

Real Madrid vs Espanyol - Match Report

13:12

Gareth Bale scores on his return as Real Madrid beat Espanyol 2-0. 

 Gareth Bale returned from his ankle injury and joined the score sheet with Alvaro Morata as Madrid beat Espanyol 2-0 at the Santiago Bernabeu.

 Real had a wonderful opportunity in the 30th minute when Lucas Vazquez picked up a dreadful pass from Piatti, Vazquez then passed it to Ronaldo on the right wing who crossed it in to Morata, but Morata failed to connect to it.

 Seconds later Cristiano Ronaldo had the ball in the back of the net, but he was ruled offside by the linesman.

 But two minutes later Real took the lead with Morata who headed the ball in the back of the net after Isco's cross found him at the back post. Goal. 1-0. Real Madrid.

Cristiano Ronaldo had a chance to double Real's lead in the 69th minute but the cross from Morata was just too high for the Portuguese.

 Gareth Bale doubled Real's lead in the 83rd minute when Real were on a counter attack and Gareth Bale, with his speed got a pass from Isco and finished it sweetly past Diego Lopez. Goal. 2-0. Real Madrid.
Match Facts:

                               RMA                                                            ESP

                               68%                      Possession                   32%

                               12(3)                    Shots(on goal)             3(1) 

                               12                          Fouls                            13 

                               3                            Yellow Cards                4

                               0                            Red Cards                     0

                               4                            Offsides                        1

                               13                         Corners                          2

                               1                            Saves                            1

Daily Futbal

Real Madrid vs SSC Napoli - Match Report - UEFA Champions League - 1st Leg

16:40

Real Madrid come from a goal behind to win the 1st leg of their UEFA Champions League Round of 16 tie against SSC Napoli.

 The defending champions came from a goal deficit and won 3-1 at the Santiago Bernabeu, thanks to goals from Karim Benzema, Toni Kroos and Casemiro.

 Real got off to a good start with Ronaldo and Benzema combining the latter passed to Benzema whose powerful shot at near post was saved by Pepe Reina, single-handedly. 

 Insigne put Napoli ahead in the 8th minute when he caught Keylor Navas off-guard and fired a shot from nearly 35-yard out and gave Napoli the lead. 0-1. Goal - Napoli.

 Real found the back of the net after 10 minutes when a wonderful out-footed cross by Dani Carvajal found Karim Benzema who headed the ball past Pepe Reina. 1-1. Goal - Real Madrid.
Real took the lead in the second half through Kroos. The German international got a cross from Cristiano Ronaldo and fired it without taking a touch, Reina was standing helpless at his near post. 2-1. Goal - Real Madrid.

It was game over for Napoli when Casemiro scored a sensational volley from 25-yards out in the 54th minute. 3-1. Goal - Real Madrid.

 Napoli had a chance in the dying minutes when a looping header from Insigne met Callejon who scored but was ruled off side.
Match Facts:

                      RMA                                                               NAP

                               50%                       Possession                      50%  

                               20(6)                     Shots(on goal)                8(2)

                                9                            Fouls                               12

                                2                            Yellow Cards                    2

                                0                            Red Cards                         0

                                7                            Offsides                            1

                                5                           Corners                              1

                                1                            Saves                                3
                

Daily Futbal

Real Madrid vs SSC Napoli - Match Preview - UEFA Champions League - 1st Leg

19:18

It's a big game for:

Marek Hamsik. The Slovakian has performed brilliantly in the past games. In their 7-1 victory over Bologna two Saturday's ago, he scored a hat trick and has been in sensational form. He is capable of producing magic at the Bernabeu. 


Best stat:

 30. The encounter comes 30 years after the last times these two teams met in the European Championship. Real Madrid won that 3-1 on aggregate.
Player to watch:

 Cristiano Ronaldo. The 2016 Ballon d'Or winner is always the main attraction. The 32-year old has scored 17 goals this season, grabbing one in the 3-1 victory over Osasuna. But has scored only 2 goals in the Champions League, he would be looking to improve that record against Napoli.



Form guide:

 Real Madrid: WWDWL
Napoli: WWDWW
Odds:

 Real Madrid win: 13/25
Napoli win: 51/10
Draw:7/2                                                                            via: 888 Sport

Barcelona

Paris Saint-Germain vs Barcelona - Match Report - UEFA Champions League - 1st Leg

18:14

Paris Saint-Germain thrashes Barcelona as Di Maria hits a double.

 The Parc des Princes witnessed a goal scoring spree from the home side as the French Champions humiliated the Catalans 4-0 with goals from Julian Draxler, Edinson Cavani and Angel Di Maria scoring two.

 The result equalled Barca's worst in Europe. Barcelona was outclassed by Paris Saint-Germain with likes of Andres Iniesta, Luis Suarez, Lionel Messi and Neymar.

 Angel Di Maria opened the account for the home side by curling a free kick from 30-yards out and Marc-Andre Ter Stegen could only watch the ball go in the back of the net.


Neymar's powerful shot was kept away from the goal by keeper Kevin Trapp. 

 Messi gave up possession to Rabiot in midfield. Veratti then passed it to Draxler who finished it past Ter Stegen and doubled PSG's lead.

 The 3rd goal of the match was scored in the 54th minute by Angel Di Maria again. Getting the ball at shooting distance and curling it from his left foot past Marc-Andre.

 Thomas Meunier played a wonderful through ball to Edinson Cavani, who slotted it past helpless keeper Marc-Ander Ter Stegen.
Match Facts-

                                 PSG                                                               FCB

                                  43%                    Possession                       57%

                                  16(10)                Shots(on goal)                 7(1)

                                  14                        Fouls                                12

                                  1                          Yellow Cards                     3

                                  0                          Red Cards                          0

                                  0                         Offsides                              0

                                  2                         Corners                              4

                                  1                         Saves                                 6

Barcelona

Barcelona vs Paris Saint-Germain - Match Preview

15:25

It's a big game for:

 Edinson Cavani. The Uruguayan has scored 25 goals for the French champions in the domestic leagues and 6 in the Champions League. Also, Barcelona manager Luis Enrique has said to goal.com that Edinson Cavani could upset Barcelona. 
Best Stat:

 3. Barcelona have won the last 3 matches played between these two teams and would be looking to set the record straight again.
Remember when:

 The deadly trio of Messi-Neymar-Suarez helped Barcelona to come from a goal behind and beat PSG in the UEFA Champions League 2014/15 group stage.
Player to watch:

 Luis Suarez. is the highest goal-scorer for the Catalans this season having scored 18 goals in the Liga but just 2 in the Champions League. He would be looking to continue his Liga form in the Champions League also.
Previous meetings:

 Barcelona 2 (Neymar 2) - Paris Saint-Germain 0.  April 2015.
Barcelona 3 (Neymar, Suarez 2) - Paris Saint-Germain 1 (Mathieu o.g.). April 2015.
Barcelona 3 (Messi, Neymar, Suarez) - Paris Saint-Germain 1 (Ibrahimovic). December 2014. 
Form guide:

 Barcelona- WDWWD.
Paris Saint-Germain- WWWWD.
Match odds:

 Barcelona win: 6/5
PSG win: 5/2
Draw: 5/2                                                                                          
                                                                                                via- bet365.com



Daily Futbal

Real Madrid vs Osasuna - Match Report

17:05

Cristiano Ronaldo and Isco put Zidane's men top.

 Goals from Cristiano Ronaldo, Isco and Lucas Vazquez helped Real to stay clear a point at the top of the table, having played 2 games less.

 The first half was overshadowed by Osasuna right-back Tano, fracturing the tibia and fibula of his right leg in a collision with Isco. Keylor Navas had to stretch out to his bottom left corner when a deflected shot was about to go in the goal.

 Cristiano Ronaldo gave Real the lead in the 24th minute when he got a through-ball from Karim Benzema and scored with his first shot of the night. 1-0. Goal- C.Ronaldo.

But Osasuna refused to stay down and equalised in the 33rd minute with a brilliant chipped goal from Sergio Leon. 1-1. Goal- S.Leon.

Benzema was denied by the Osasuna goalkeeper, Salvatore Sirigu, who stretched out to the feet of Benzema to deny him after taking the shot from the pass by Ronaldo.

 Keylor Navas proved that he is the man at the Real Madrid goal with a series of brilliant stops in the 43rd and the 47th minute and silenced the critics. 

 Isco got the loose ball in the 18-yard box when Benzema lost it due to some strong challenges from the Osasuna defenders, but Isco was quick to react and scored with his right foot. 2-1. Goal- Isco.

 Sirigu denied Cristiano Ronaldo with a sharp, low 1v1 save in the 74th minute and kept Osasuna's hopes alive.

 Real should have got a penalty in the 78th minute when Ronaldo controlled the cross Vazquez with his chest and Osasuna's defender struck his arm out to stop Ronaldo to get to the ball before Sirigu collected it.

 Lucas Vazquez missed an open goal when a cross from James Rodriguez made the keeper committed but a strong tackle by Oier made the Spaniard miss an open goal.

 But Lucas Vazquez made amends for his mistake as he chipped the ball over a committed Sirigu and signalled game over for Osasuna in the 90+2 minute. 3-1. Goal- L.Vazquez.
Match Facts- 

                               RMA                                                            OSA

                               66%                  Possession                        34%

                               12(6)                Shots(on goal)                  11(8)

                                8                      Fouls                                  10 

                                2                      Yellow Cards                       3

                                0                      Red Cards                           0

                                3                      Offsides                              3

                                2                      Corners                              3

                                7                      Saves                                 2





EPL Fixtures

EPL Fixtures - Week 24

14:32

Saturday, 4 February
Chelsea
6:00 PM
Arsenal
Watford
8:30 PM
Burnley FC
Southampton
8:30 PM
West Ham
Everton
8:30 PM
Bournemouth
West Brom
8:30 PM
Stoke City
Hull City
8:30 PM
Liverpool
Crystal Palace
8:30 PM
Sunderland
Tottenham
11:00 PM
Middlesbrough
Sunday, 5 February
Man. City
7:00 PM
Swansea City
Leicester City
9:30 PM
Man United
All times are in India Standard Time

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