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Juventus, Dortmund and Monaco in Europe's top tips this weekend

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Juventus, Dortmund and Monaco in Europe's top tips this weekend There are huge matches in all of Europe's top five leagues in which the outcomes could have a decisive say on the final standings in the league. JUVENTUS v INTER - Juventus to win (Juventus -1) @2.40Inter are in tremendous form in the league and couldn't have picked a better time to face Juventus. T...

Blistering league form has Aspas gunning for regular Spain spot

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Blistering league form has Aspas gunning for regular Spain spot Home comforts have Iago Aspas on the cusp of being a regular Spain international, as this La Liga campaign has seen the 29-year-old bounce back from disappointing jaunts away from Balaidos in recent years. Three seasons spent with Liverpool and Sevilla cumulatively stunted his progress, but since re...

Celta Vigo & Sisto hit their stride in yet another win over Barca

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Celta Vigo & Sisto hit their stride in yet another win over Barca Four weeks into the season, Eduardo Berizzo may well have wondered what had happened to the Celta Vigo squad that cantered into the Europa League places at the tail end of the last La Liga campaign.After opening the season with a 1-0 defeat at the hands of newly promoted Leganes, Real Madrid were ne...

Manchester derby and more in this week's top tips

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Manchester derby and more in this week's top tips That moment when the two enemies appear on the field, and all you can in the calm before the storm is the noise of their rivalry filling the empty space. That is what happens when Pep Guardiola and José Mourinho are within a few metres of grass from one another. Although this time, there is s...

Player Focus: Nolito Continues to Improve as Barca Interest Mounts

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Player Focus: Nolito Continues to Improve as Barca Interest Mounts Arguably the most remarkable scoreline of the season across Europe thus far, Celta Vigo's 4-1 rout over Barcelona highlighted the fact that the blaugrana have most certainly regressed after ending the previous campaign in spectacular fashion.The game also showcased just what confidence can do for a ...

Team Focus: Berizzo Overseeing Bright Start to Life at Celta Vigo

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Team Focus: Berizzo Overseeing Bright Start to Life at Celta Vigo The ‘Zlatanesque’ back-heeled volley scored by Celta Vigo’s Pablo Hernández in his side’s 2-2 La Liga draw at Atlético Madrid on Saturday was perhaps the most unexpected moment of improvisation the Spanish season has seen so far. It was, however, also in keeping...

Player Focus: Rafinha Realising Potential at Celta Vigo

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Player Focus: Rafinha Realising Potential at Celta Vigo The kids from La Masia seem to popping up everywhere these days; after Gerard Deulofeu's headline stealing shows for Everton, it's quite easy to forget about another player from one of the most famous youth academies in the world, who is also developing in style.Rafael Alcântara, aka Rafinha, ...

Player Focus: What Iago Aspas Can Add to Liverpool

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Player Focus: What Iago Aspas Can Add to Liverpool Iago Aspas is another interesting piece acquired with a view to fitting into the Liverpool puzzle, be it in a future featuring Luis Suárez or perhaps without the Uruguayan. The 25-year-old’s rise has been quite spectacular over the last two seasons, as he’s navigated from the grit...

WhoScored Tipster: Final Day of the Season in La Liga

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WhoScored Tipster: Final Day of the Season in La Liga Barcelona have long since had the title sewn up in La Liga, but it would be wholly incorrect to call the season done and dusted in the Spanish top flight. On the last day of the season, the final Champions place is still to be decided, with Valencia and Real Sociedad in the running, while at the oth...

League Focus: The Relegation Battle In La Liga

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League Focus: The Relegation Battle In La Liga Relegation - one of the game’s necessities. After a long drawn out season, teams that have failed to muster an adequate number of points feel the ice cold grip of footballs’ Grim Reaper tighten around the neck of an unsuspecting club.It's happened with Reading and Queens Park Rangers in ...