Nick Dorrington

Fast-starting Tottenham Hotspur face a tough test of their credentials when they host Manchester City at their eponymous stadium on Saturday (5.30pm; TV: Live on Sky Sports).

Spurs are second in themore…

Can Southampton continue their promising start to the season by taking three points from the visit of Newcastle to St Mary’s on Friday (8pm, live on Sky Sports)?

Saints finished 11th last season but hadmore…

Burnley have made a poor start to the season and could really do with getting some more points on the board when they host Chelsea at Turf Moor in the EPL on Saturday (3pm; TV: Live on BT Sport).more…

Two sides who have both made pretty good starts to the new campaign meet when Tottenham Hotspur host West Ham on Sunday (4.30pm, live on Sky Sports).more…

Before the only partially more serious business of their respective UEFA Nations League fixtures, England and Wales meet in an international friendly at Wembley on Thursday (8pm, live on ITV).more…

Chelsea have their sights set on further consolidating their top four place when they travel north to take on Sheffield United at Bramall Lane on Saturday (5.30pm, live on Sky Sports).

Chelsea have been one of themore…

Manchester United need to maintain the pressure on the two teams directly above them in the table by taking all three points from their trip to relegation-threatened Aston Villa on Thursday (8.15pm).

Man Utd have won each ofmore…

In the cluster of sides competing for European qualification, Arsenal welcome Everton to the Emirates on Sunday (4.30pm, live on Sky Sports).

With under a third of the season left to play, there are a multitude of different possibilities atmore…

Competing at different ends of the EPL table, Aston Villa host Tottenham Hotspur this weekend (2pm Sunday, live on Sky Sports).

Aston Villa are embroiled in what is probably a five-team scramble to avoid joining Norwich inmore…

Sheffield United will hope to continue their superb campaign by taking all three points when they host a struggling Bournemouth side at Bramall Lane on Sunday (14:00 GMT, live on BT Sport).

Sheffield United have outperformed even the most optimistic of expectations in their first top-flightmore…

Burnley and Arsenal are level on points in the middle of the table ahead of their meeting at Turf Moor on Sunday (14:00 GMT, live on Sky Sports).

The teams may both have accumulated the same total of 30 points, but they’ve got there in very different ways. Burnley have won nine, lost 12 and drawn just three of their 24 matches, while Arsenal havemore…

Watford could continue their dramatic uptick in form when they host Tottenham Hotspur at Vicarage Road on Saturday (12:30 GMT, live on BT Sport).

It wasn’t long ago that Watford were plum last in the table, but they come into this weekend’s encounter on the back of four wins in their last five league matches that have served not only tomore…

Last updated January 15th, 2020

Wolverhampton Wanderers and Tottenham Hotspur are separated by just a place and a point in the Premier League table. Wolves do the hosting when they meet at Molineux (2pm Sunday).

Wanderers have the slight edge, sitting sixth to Tottenham’s seventh, and come into the fixture onmore…

Last updated August 6th, 2020

Two local rivals very much in need of victory to boost their hopes of meeting their seasonal objectives meet when Manchester City host Man Utd in the 179th Manchester Derby at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday (5.30pm live on Sky Sports).

Two-time reigning Premier League champions, Man City, need three points to continue clinging onto themore…

Last updated November 28th, 2019

The two teams at the very bottom of the Premier League table meet when Southampton host Watford at St Mary’s on Saturday (5.30pm live on Sky Sports).

Both sides have struggled badly so far this season. Watford are dead last, with just one victory and eight points to their name from their first 13 matches of the campaign. Southampton are amore…

Last updated November 16th, 2019

With qualification for Euro 2020 now sealed, England have only pride and honour to play for when they travel to Pristina to take on Kosovo on Sunday (5pm live on ITV).

England confirmed their place at the tournament with a 7-0 thrashing of Montenegro at Wembley on Thursday. The occasion of the country’s 1000th international fixture, 147 years aftermore…

England can confirm their place at Euro 2020 with victory at home to Montenegro at Wembley on Thursday (7.45pm, live on ITV).

England’s 100% record in the qualifying campaign was ended by a 1-2 defeat away to Czech Republic in the first of their two fixtures last month. However their 6-0 win away to Bulgaria in themore…

Expect plenty of goals when Atalanta host Manchester City in their Champions League group stage encounter at the San Siro in Milan on Wednesday (8pm live on BT Sport).

Man City ran out 5-1 winners when they met in Manchester two weeks ago and matches involving these teams inmore…

Two teams who have underperformed this season meet when Everton host Tottenham Hotspur at Goodison Park (4.30pm Sunday, live on Sky Sports).

Everton were one of a clutch of sides considered as viable challengers for a top-six finish this season if one or more of the usual occupants endured a difficult campaign. Instead, they find themselves inmore…

Liverpool have a strong recent home record against Tottenham Hotspur and can be expected to extend that for another year when they host them at Anfield on Sunday (4.30pm live on Sky Sports).

Liverpool won 2-1 at Anfield last season to extend their unbeaten run there against Spurs tomore…

Chelsea will aim to maintain a strong run of form when they travel to the Netherlands to take on Ajax in the third match of their Champions League group at the Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam on Wednesday (5.55pm, live on BT Sport).

Chelsea come into the fixture on the back of five consecutive victories in all competitions, including amore…

England need to recover from a surprise defeat when they travel to Sofia to take on Bulgaria in a Euro 2020 qualifier at the Stadion Vasil Levski on Monday (7.45pm, live on ITV).

England top Group A on 12 points, the same total as a Czech Republic side who have played a game more butmore…

Last updated October 11th, 2019

England have carried a perfect record through Euro 2020 qualifying to date and can again be expected to triumph away to Czech Republic at the Sinobo Stadium in Prague on Friday (7.45pm, live on ITV).

England began the qualifying process by thrashing the same team 5-0 at Wembley in March, withmore…

Manchester United host Arsenal at Old Trafford in a battle of two top-four Premier League hopefuls on Monday (8pm live on Sky Sports).

Both sides missed out last season, Arsenal much more closely so than Man Utd, but both are among the teams expected to compete for a place there this time around. They currently rankmore…

Last updated September 20th, 2019

Two teams who have made very solid starts to the season butt heads when Southampton host Bournemouth in a south coast derby at St Mary’s Stadium on Friday (8pm BST, live on Sky Sports).

Coming into the fixture, the squads have identical records in terms of results and goal difference. Both sit inmore…

Chelsea begin their Champions League campaign at home to Valencia at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday (8pm, live on BT Sport).

Chelsea made the most of their failure to qualify for last year’s competition by going all the way in the Europa League, defeating Arsenal in the final for their fifth European trophy. This time around, they aremore…

Last updated September 10th, 2019

England will be confident of continuing their perfect start to Euro 2020 qualification when they host Kosovo at Southampton’s St Mary’s Stadium (7.45pm Tuesday, live on ITV).

England have won three out of three to top qualification Group A despite having played at least amore…

After a pair of crushing victories in their opening Euro 2020 qualifiers, England now host Bulgaria at Wembley (5pm Saturday, live on ITV).

England began the qualifying process with a 5-0 thrashing of Czech Republic at Wembley in March, with Raheem Sterling scoring a hat-trick. They followed that up a few days later withmore…

On the back of a couple of missteps, Manchester United could really do with taking all three points when they travel to St Mary’s to take on Southampton on Saturday (12:30pm, live on BT Sport).

United began the season with a 4-0 thrashing of Chelsea but have picked up just a single point frommore…