Real Madrid 3-1 (4-1 on agg.) Atalanta Real Madrid have been a shadow of their once-dominant selves for long stretches this season. But Los Blancos turned in a vintage performance as they eased past Atalanta 3-1 in their round-of-16 second leg to return to the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time in three years.
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Manchester City 2-0 (4-0 on agg.) Borussia Monchengladbach Manchester City strolled into the Champions League quarter-finals with something to spare after putting on a first-half show against Borussia Monchengladbach at the Puskas Arena. The Foals came into the game on a six-match losing streak and they were staring down the barrel in this match when
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AC Milan vs Manchester United AC Milan and Manchester United still have everything to play for when the two European giants collide at San Siro for their Europa League round of 16 second leg. Milan hold the slight advantage heading into the match after a late away goal earned them a 1-1 draw in the
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Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-1 Liverpool Diogo Jota’s return to the Molineux went according to plan as he haunted his old team during Liverpool’s latest victory here in the Premier League. The former Wolverhampton Wanderers forward scored the only goal of the match towards the end of the first half, and that was enough for the struggling
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The 2021 NBA trade deadline on March 25th is coming up soon, and the speculation about which star players could be on the move is starting to heat up. Speaking of, the Miami Heat are being linked with some of the biggest names on the trading block. Meanwhile, other top contenders – notably the Los
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Chelsea vs Atletico Madrid I doubt either manager would ever admit it but, to my reckoning, this Champions League encounter is far more important for one club than the other. How can that be you may ask when the financial lure of the competition -especially during a pandemic – is as highly attractive to club
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Bayern Munich vs Lazio When FC Bayern welcome Lazio for their Champions League Round of 16 second leg tie on Wednesday we can guess, with some confidence, which team will be heading to the quarter-finals. A 4-1 win in Rome has put the Bundesliga giants in complete control and while I accept heroic comebacks do
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Atletico Madrid are feeling the pressure at the top of La Liga. The leaders dropped two more points away to Getafe over the weekend, which has seen their advantage shrink to six points. And chances are it will go down to just four points with red-hot Barcelona likely to beat bottom-club Huesca. The Rojiblancos’ form
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Atletico Madrid are feeling the pressure at the top of La Liga. The leaders dropped two more points away to Getafe over the weekend, which has seen their advantage shrink to six points. And chances are it will go down to just four points with red-hot Barcelona likely to beat bottom-club Huesca. The Rojiblancos’ form
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It was another action-packed weekend in Serie A, which continues to produce drama, despite an absence of passionate Italian fans. Among the Serie A 2021 highlights this weekend was a first club hat-trick for more than half a century, the end of a 17-match run without victory and a perfect hat-trick in just 22 minutes.
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Manchester United 1-0 West Ham United Ahead of this Sunday evening Premier League encounter, I had suggested this may be West Ham’s best chance to win at Old Trafford for the first time in 13 years. Certainly, they were a side in form, winning 26 points from their past 12 games (five more than United)
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Arsenal 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur A second-half penalty converted by Alexandre Lacazette gave Arsenal all three points in a pulsating North London derby. Premier League: Arsenal vs Spurs is all about the bragging rights in North London, and Mikel Arteta’s side deserved this victory, though a late rally from Tottenham shredded some nerves. After Erik Lamela
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FC Bayern remain top of the Bundesliga tonight, after another round in the German top-flight threw up some big results and outstanding performances. Here at SBOTOP we backed Die Bayern to sweep Bremen aside and so they did, strolling to a 3-1 victory. Second-placed Red Bull lost ground as they were held to a 1-1
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Manchester City vs Borussia Monchengladbach Manchester City are back in Champions League action this week, when they meet Borussia Monchengladbach in Budapest on Tuesday night. The Sky Blues are in a commanding position in the tie, already two goals to the good and they come up against a Monchengladbach side woefully out of form and
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Real Madrid vs Atalanta After crashing out of the Champions League round of 16 in each of the last two seasons, Real Madrid are in a good position to return to the quarter-finals this time around. Los Blancos will head into their second leg at home against Atalanta with a 1-0 lead to protect after
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Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Liverpool At the beginning of this season, you wouldn’t have pitched the Premier League meeting between Wolves and Liverpool as a midtable clash but, amazingly, with 10 games left to play that’s pretty much what it is. Liverpool will start the game in eighth place in the league table, way off the
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Leeds United 0-0 Chelsea This may have been a Premier League stalemate but it was no bore draw. In front of England manager Gareth Southgate, there was no shortage of action nor commitment in an entertaining encounter which left the home side largely satisfied in midtable and ever closer to their minimum target of survival.
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Two of the hottest NBA teams headline tomorrow’s games as the Phoenix Suns and the Denver Nuggets are slated to defend home court. The Suns and the Nuggets are both enjoying five-game winning streaks, but they will be in for a huge test when the Pacers and the Mavericks visit town. On the other hand,
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Sevilla vs Real Betis This upcoming matchday of the La Liga will offer us another fun contest as Sevilla take on Real Betis at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan Stadium on Sunday night. Sevilla and Real Betis add another chapter to their storied rivalry here at the 100th edition of the El Gran Derbi. These two squads will fight
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Manchester United vs West Ham United Sunday night in the Premier League was almost unheard of until Covid-19 resulted in staggered kick-off times nine months ago. Since then, it’s quite exciting to have such a football fix to round off the weekend and this clash, between the sides in second and fifth places respectively, has
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