Preview: Basel vs. Fiorentina Seeking to overturn a 2-1 first-leg deficit, Fiorentina travel to Switzerland to face Basel at St Jakob-Park for the second leg of their Europa Conference League semi-final on Thursday night. A place in next month’s showpiece event in Prague is up for grabs, with the victors of this contest to face either AZ Alkmaar or West Ham United. Basel were staring down the barrel of defeat,…
Preview: Barcelona vs. Real Betis Barcelona will be aiming to return to winning ways in La Liga when they continue their domestic campaign at home to top-four challengers Real Betis on Saturday night. Xavi’s side suffered a 2-1 loss at Rayo Vallecano on Wednesday but are still 11 points clear of second-placed Real Madrid at the top of the table on the same number of matches (31), while Real Betis…
Preview: Barcelona vs. Atletico Madrid One of the biggest fixtures on the Spanish football calendar will take place at Camp Nou on Sunday afternoon, with Barcelona welcoming Atletico Madrid in La Liga. The home side are comfortably top of the table, sitting 11 points clear of second-placed Real Madrid, while Atletico occupy third position, only two points behind their Madrid rivals on the same number of games (29). Barcelona have…
Preview: Getafe vs. Barcelona Barcelona will aim to bounce back from a shock goalless draw with Girona when they face Getafe at the Estadio Coliseum Alfonso Perez on Sunday. Despite Monday’s result, Barca remain 13 points clear at the summit of the La Liga table, with 15th-placed Getafe trailing the champions elect by 42 points. Having struggled towards the bottom end of the table for much of the season, Getafe…
Preview: Barcelona vs. Girona Barcelona will be aiming to bounce back from their heavy Copa del Rey defeat to Real Madrid when they resume their La Liga campaign at home to Girona on Monday night. Xavi’s side are currently top of the table, 11 points clear of second-placed Real Madrid, while Girona sit 11th, seven points clear of the relegation zone in Spain’s top flight. Barcelona are in pole position…
Preview: Barcelona vs. Real Madrid Familiar El Clasico foes Barcelona and Real Madrid meet for the fifth time this season in the second leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final at Camp Nou on Wednesday evening. La Blaugrana came away from the Santiago Bernabeu with a 1-0 first-leg lead last month, and either Osasuna or Athletic Bilbao will await the aggregate victors in the trophy match. So often the hero…
Preview: Elche vs. Barcelona Barcelona will be looking to open up a 15-point lead at the top of the La Liga table when they travel to bottom-of-the-division Elche on Saturday night. The visitors entered the international break off the back of a 2-1 victory over Real Madrid at Camp Nou, while Elche suffered a 2-0 defeat at Real Sociedad, which left them rock bottom on 13 points. Unless something extraordinary…
Preview: Roma Women vs. Barcelona Women Roma Women continue their first Women’s Champions League campaign with a difficult quarter-final tie against Barcelona Women. The Italian side will have home advantage for the first leg, which will take place at the Stadio Olimpico on Tuesday in front of at least 35,000 supporters. Roma Women collected 13 points from their six group games to finish in second place and one point behind…