Kick Off: 1745, 06/07/2017 Stadium: Daugava Crusaders will take a 3-1 lead to Latvia for the second leg of their Europa League qualifier against Liepaja and the feeling is they may need that advantage to advance. Liepaja took quite a while to get going in the first encounter but finished … Read more
Kick Off: 2000, 06/07/2017 Stadium: Tallaght Stadium TV: Eir Sport Shamrock will be hopeful of progressing in the Europa League when they defend a 1-0 aggregate lead against Stjarnan in Dublin on Thursday. Gary Shaw struck after 38 minutes of a fairly scrappy encounter to give Rovers victory in Iceland … Read more
Kick Off: 1700, 06/07/2017 Stadium: LFF Stadionas Trakai created a favourable impression in the first leg of their Europa League tie with St Johnstone and look a value bet to claim victory again in Lithuania. Saints were left to rue a few missed chances at McDiarmid Park but Tommy Wright … Read more
Kick Off: 1830, 04/07/2011 Stadium: Estadio Algarve TNS face an uphill battle to stay in the Champions League as they travel to take on Gibraltar title holders Europa trailing 2-1 from the first leg. The Welsh outfit have reached the second qualifying round in each of the last five seasons, … Read more
Kick Off: 1930, 04/07/2017 Stadium: San Marino Stadium Linfield will be looking to wrap up a lucrative clash with Celtic when they travel to San Marino to face La Fiorita in the second leg of their Champions League qualifier. The Northern Ireland title holders would have liked a more emphatic … Read more
Kick Off: 1300, 02/07/2017 Stadium: Spartak Stadium Portugal will be without Cristiano Ronaldo for the Confederations Cup third-place play-off but are still fancied to prove too strong for Mexico in Moscow. Ronaldo has been released to spend time with his new-born twins but we reckon Fernando Santos can still call … Read more
Sunday’s Confederations Cup final in Saint Petersburg promises to be a cracking contest and we’ve asked the bwin blog editors for their expert Chile vs Germany predictions. These teams drew 1-1 during the group stage and came through contrasting semis, with La Roja beating Portugal on penalties and Die Mannschaft … Read more
Kick Off: 1900, 02/07/2017 Stadium: Saint Petersburg Stadium TV: ITV Chile were tipped for Confederations Cup success in our pre-tournament preview and we’re sticking with the South American side to see off Germany in Sunday’s final. These two teams came through the semis in contrasting fashion but we reckon La … Read more
Kick Off: 1945, 30/06/2017 Stadium: Krakow Stadium TV: Sky Sports 1 We picked out Spain as the team to follow in our pre-tournament preview of the European Under-21 Championship and are more than happy to stick with them in the final against Germany. Big guns such as Real Madrid star … Read more
Kick Off: 1900, 29/06/2017 Stadium: Fisht Stadium TV: ITV Germany have exceeded our early expectations at the Confederations Cup and are now fancied to reach the final at the expense of Mexico. When Joachim Low named a largely second-string squad for the trip to Russia, we thought the World Cup … Read more
Kick Off: 1945, 28/06/2017 Stadium: Windsor Park Linfield have been handed a golden opportunity to reach the second qualifying round of the Champions League for the first time in five years after being drawn to face La Fiorita of San Marino. David Healy’s side did the league and cup double … Read more
Kick Off: 1900, 28/06/2017 Stadium: Kazan Arena TV: ITV The cream has risen to the top in the Confederations Cup and we’re sticking with Chile to edge out Portugal in the first of two cracking semi-finals. La Roja were our pre-tournament pick to lift the trophy and the 2015 and … Read more
Kick Off: 1700, 27/06/2017 Stadium: Tychy Stadium TV: Sky Sports England have made good progress throughout the European Under-21 Championship and are rated a value bet at odds against to reach the final at the expense of Germany. The Three Lions were crushed 4-0 by the same opponents in the … Read more
Kick Off: 1600, 25/06/2017 Stadium: Spartak Stadium TV: ITV4 Chile only need to draw with Australia to reach the Confederations Cup semi-finals but it will be a surprise if they can’t brush aside a game but outgunned Australia outfit. With four points from two games, the South Americans have shown … Read more