Great Britain’s women made a winning start to their Olympic campaign but are expected to face a tougher test when they meet hosts Japan on Saturday. Team GB began with a 2-0 victory over Chile – just as we predicted at 4/1 – and are top of Group A after the opening round of matches.
Mexico head into the quarter-finals as the 6/4 favourites in the CONCACAF Gold Cup winner odds and will hope to prove why when they face 22/1 outsiders Honduras. Mexico have won the Gold Cup a record 11 times including three of the last five editions so there is plenty of reason to think they are the team to beat.
Qatar are playing at the CONCACAF Gold Cup as part of their preparations for hosting next year’s World Cup and it has been so far so good. They qualified for the quarter-finals as winners of Group D with seven points from their three matches and are favourites to reach the last four.
Lionel Messi will look to extend his record of six Ballon d’Or titles when the annual football award returns. The 2020 award ceremony was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic but with football’s return to action, the 2021 edition will see the voting commence.
Great Britain are one of the leading medal contenders in the women’s Olympic football and will hope to show why when they begin their campaign against Chile. England’s run to the World Cup semi-finals two years ago suggests a squad with three players from Scotland and Wales to strengthen it should be capable of reaching the latter stages.
The men’s Olympic football tournament gets under way on Thursday and we have analysed the chances of the leading teams. No European country has won the competition since Spain in 1992 but they are the favourites as we make our Olympic men’s football predictions.
The women’s football at the Olympics has more prestige than the equivalent for men and we have taken a look at the leading contenders to win gold. With no age restrictions in place, many of the top players in the world will be on show at the Tokyo Games so here is our assessment of the best Olympic women’s football predictions.
With Euro 2020 now over, attention is shifting to the upcoming domestic football season but the competition’s impact may be felt here as well. Until the first ball of a new campaign is kicked, the attention of fans tends to be fixated on the transfer market, where the Euro 2020 stars will have drawn the attention of the game’s big spenders.
The delayed European Championship captured our attention this summer, with domestic football taking a back seat after a long season. Club and league rivalries are still bubbling away though, so we tracked the fortunes of every player during the tournament in our Euro 2020 stats to see who contributed the most to it.
With Euro 2020 now over, attention will switch to the new domestic season and we’re tracking the latest Harry Kane transfer news to see which teams could make a move. The England captain enjoyed another impressive tournament as his four goals helped the team go agonisingly close to winning the Euros, with Kane threatening to repeat his Golden Boot success at the 2018 World Cup.
Bayern Munich are red-hot favourites at 1/6 to claim a 10th straight German title under new boss Julian Nagelsmann in bwin’s Bundesliga winner odds. The Bavaria-born 33-year-old earned rave reviews for his work with Hoffenheim and RB Leipzig.
Inter Milan are 2/1 in bwin’s Serie A winner odds after enduring a turbulent off-season since their runaway title triumph. Despite finishing 18 points clear at the top of the table, the Nerazzurri parted company with Antonio Conte, reportedly due to cost-cutting measures.
Colombia have looked solid during the Copa America knockout stages and are rated a percentage pick to edge out Peru in the third-place play-off. Some star names will be missing from both teams but Los Cafeteros appear to have the better strength in depth.
Harry Kane has been trimmed to 3/1 in bwin’s Euro 2020 top scorer odds after grabbing England’s winning goal against Denmark. The Tottenham striker took his tally to four, just one behind joint leaders Cristiano Ronaldo and Patrik Schick ahead of Sunday’s final.