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Spain vs Sweden: Euro 2020 team news and prediction

by Ben McAleer at Monday, Jun 14 2021 12:05
Spain vs Sweden: Euro 2020 team news and prediction Spain get their Euro 2020 campaign up and running on home turf tonight when they face Sweden in Seville. La Roja's preparation for the tournament hasn't been ideal, but they are at least unbeaten in eight in the build up to tonight's contest.Ahead of this Group E clash, we provide the necessary pre-...
Categories: Euro 2020

England star Grealish misses out on Nations League XI to ex-Man Utd flop

by Ben McAleer at Monday, Nov 16 2020 11:45
England star Grealish misses out on Nations League XI to ex-Man Utd flop Netherlands at long last earned their first victory under Frank de Boer over the weekend, securing a 3-1 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina, and are the dominant side in the UEFA Nations League team of the week. Chelsea fans will be happy, too, to see two representatives in the best XI after their resp...
Categories: Best XI

Roma star partners Real Madrid ace in attack in League B best XI

by Ben McAleer at Wednesday, Nov 21 2018 16:02
Roma star partners Real Madrid ace in attack in League B best XI Bosnia, Sweden, Ukraine and Denmark were all promoted from League B in the UEFA Nations League after topping their respective groups and it’s no wonder that all four are represented in our best-rated XI.However, while the quartet excelled, it’s Gareth Bale who landed the top individual a...
Categories: Best XI

UEFA Nations League round-up: Monday's top performers in detail

by Ben McAleer at Tuesday, Sep 11 2018 10:45
UEFA Nations League round-up: Monday's top performers in detail As the first international break of the season draws to a close, there were another eight UEFA Nations League matches on Monday night as Portugal got their campaign up and running against Italy. Here, we run through the top performers from the eight games.Malta 1-1 Azerbaijan: Tamkin Xalilzada - 7.5...
Categories: Tournament Focus

WhoScored's worst-rated team of the 2018 World Cup

by Ben McAleer at Tuesday, Jul 17 2018 16:30
WhoScored's worst-rated team of the 2018 World Cup As the teams of the World Cup are rattled out, now is as good a time as any to focus on the worst rated XI of the tournament. Here, we take a closer look at those who flattered to deceive using our unique rating system of those to make at least four appearances at the World Cup, with three of those ...
Categories: World Cup

2018 World Cup Team of the Tournament: Sweden's Granqvist puts in captain's performance

by Ben McAleer at Monday, Jul 16 2018 14:40
2018 World Cup Team of the Tournament: Sweden's Granqvist puts in captain's performance Sweden performed well to secure top spot in a group containing both Mexico and Germany and their quarter-final finish is commendable to say the least.Many expected the Scandinavian’s to leave Russia early, yet they very much exceeded expectations, with their resolute backline the foundation fo...
Categories: World Cup

Russia dominate quarter-final best-rated eliminated XI

by Ben McAleer at Sunday, Jul 8 2018 11:45
Russia dominate quarter-final best-rated eliminated XI While four nations were celebrating, four were left reeling from what could have been. Here, we run through the best-rated WhoScored.com XI of those to have exited the World Cup at the quarter-final stage…Alisson - BrazilThere was little Alisson could have done for Belgium’s two goals. ...
Categories: World Cup

Player Ratings: Sweden 0-2 England - Maguire continues to flourish for Three Lions

by Josh Wright at Saturday, Jul 7 2018 17:38
Player Ratings: Sweden 0-2 England - Maguire continues to flourish for Three Lions A closer look at the performances and explanation of the player ratings from England’s 2-0 win over Sweden in the quarter-finals of the 2018 World Cup.Sweden - 6.36Robin Olsen - 5.63 - Did well to prevent Raheem Sterling from scoring a one-on-one in the first half, but should have come and cla...
Categories: World Cup

Sweden vs England Confirmed XIs: Southgate opts against changes for quarter-final clash

by Josh Wright at Saturday, Jul 7 2018 13:45
Sweden vs England Confirmed XIs: Southgate opts against changes for quarter-final clash Gareth Southgate has resisted the urge to make any changes from the team that started Tuesday night's penalty shoot-out triumph over Colombia in the round of 16, meaning Dele Alli, Kyle Walker and Ashley Young have recovered from knocks.England are playing for a place in the last four of the 2018 Wo...
Categories: World Cup

Sweden vs England - Are England over-reliant on set-pieces at the 2018 World Cup?

by Josh Wright at Thursday, Jul 5 2018 15:37
Sweden vs England - Are England over-reliant on set-pieces at the 2018 World Cup? Not only have England now won a knockout game at a major tournament for the first time since 2006, but by eliminating Colombia on penalties, the Three Lions have won a shoot-out for the first time in their World Cup history. It looked like curtains for Gareth Southgate’s men after they concede...
Categories: World Cup