Matt Jones

We're into the home stretch across European soccer's domestic campaigns now, with thoughts set to turn to the UEFA Champions League final and the World Cup after this weekend. There's a lot to enjoy over the coming days. In Germany and England, there are intriguing domestic cup finals to savor. Elsewhere, there are crucial games […]

The domestic soccer calendar is beginning to wind down across Europe. Though the end of the season brings an inevitable injection of drama. It should come in so many different forms over the course of the next few days. There are playoffs to get into the top flight, relegation and title deciders, derby showdowns and […]

There are just four fixtures to go in the 2017-18 Serie A season. And my word, do we have a title race on out hands. Napoli's remarkable win over Juventus last weekend puts them within a point of the league leaders and defending champions. Coming up for both sides are crucial away fixtures that may […]

This weekend features a fantastic selection of soccer to watch. Most excitingly, there's the reemergence of cup matches on the calendar. A final in Spain and two semi-finals in England. Elsewhere, there's a decisive weekend in Italy, as the major challengers to the long-term dominant force have one final opportunity to thrust themselves into contention […]

After a thrilling set of UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, domestic matters take focus again this weekend across Europe. There are three derby matches to enjoy, two that'll be key in determining Champions League qualifiers and one in which the destination of the divisional title can be decided. In the one remaining alive title race in […]

Loads of big games this weekend. Not big in the sense that they'll decide titles—as established last week, most leagues in Europe are wrapped up now—but fixtures steeped in tradition. Huge derby matches all over the place. There's three of them to enjoy over the course of the next few days and they're bookended by […]

Making these selections for the best five fixtures of the weekend is becoming more challenging. Because while there are a number of high-profile encounters across Europe this weekend, in the grand scheme of things they mean little, with numerous league titles already effectively wrapped up. For now, we’ve sold out to the big names in […]

After last weekend's action saw a number of alpha outfits in their respective leagues reassert their dominance in the race for titles, the potential pretenders for prizes will be out to fight back. That'll certainly be the case in Italy, where the long-time leaders face a testing away game after a heavy loss on Sunday. […]

There are certain weekends in a domestic football schedule that have the potential to shape the course of a season. In Italy and Spain, this feels like exactly that. Especially in Serie A, where six of the top seven sides will go up against one another, meaning the race for the title and the Champions […]

Some days are just made for soccer, aren't they? This Sunday is one. There's a cup final, a big rivalry on the field and a feud poised to be ignited off it too in this week's selections. Additionally, there are battles between big names in Germany and Italy, as the race to secure UEFA Champions […]

After a long week with UEFA Champions League and Europa League matches as well as plenty of midweek games from around the world, we have five intriguing matches in store for us this weekend. All kickoffs listed are Eastern United States time zone. EIBAR VS. BARCELONA Saturday, February 17, 10:15 a.m. ET, beIN SPORTS, […]

For those wanting a title race to enjoy in one of Europe's top five divisions this season, Serie A is the last salvation. There are two teams going toe-to-toe at the summit of the table, with both sides winning their last seven in succession; there's just a point between them ahead of what should be […]

The race for second place in a number of European leagues is currently more exciting than the battle for the top. So it's no surprise this week's feature includes a number of tussles involving those sides. Indeed, in Germany, Spain, France and England there are four matches involving eight sides who will be hopeful of […]

The Premier League takes a backseat this weekend, with the fourth round of the FA Cup the focus of the country's biggest clubs, not to mention a few humble ones too. On Friday, two worlds will collide, as a fourth-tier outfit will host one of the top flight's juggernauts, who are set to showcase their […]

With just one title race still being run in earnest across European football’s top five divisions, for the remainder of the 2017-18 campaign we’ll have to take enjoyment from games in isolation. The one title tussle of major interest is in Italy, although what looked at one point like it was going to be a […]