Cody Gakpo scored twice as Liverpool comfortably saw off struggling Ipswich to maintain their six-point advantage at the top of the Premier League.
Riccardo Calafiori fired 10-man Arsenal to a Premier League win at Wolves after Myles Lewis-Skelly's controversial red card.
Manchester City kept their fading Women's Super League title hopes alive with an entertaining victory away to Aston Villa.
Bournemouth delivered an attacking masterclass to stretch their club record unbeaten Premier League run to 11 games and bring high-flying Nottingham Forest crashing down to earth at the Vitality Stadium.
Napoli staged a rousing comeback to secure a 2-1 victory over Juventus in Saturday's action-packed clash, handing the visitors their first Serie A defeat of the season.
Wednesday’s dramatic 4-2 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain left Manchester City on the brink of an early UEFA Champions League exit, with their worst campaign under Pep Guardiola threatening to reach a new nadir.
In the Premier League, however, City have turned something of a corner lately, taking 10 points from their last four games to boost their hopes of a top-four finish. They have a chance to move into the Champions League spots on Saturday, when they welcome Chelsea to the Etihad Stadium.
Two Calcio giants will convene at Stadio Maradona for a keenly awaited contest, as Serie A leaders Napoli play host to unbeaten Juventus on Saturday.
A gap of 13 points separates the sides, with the in-form Azzurri intent on extending their five-game success streak against Juve on home turf.
Arsenal will be looking to bounce back from their most recent setback in the Premier League when they face a Wolves side still within the relegation conversation.
Liverpool are aiming to extend their advantage at the Premier League summit on Saturday afternoon when they host Ipswich Town.
High-flying Nottingham Forest will test their mettle against another in-form Premier League side in Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Arend Slot has been a major influence on the Liverpool head coach’s career and remains heavily involved in their hometown club, Bergentheim, where the younger Slot started out and still makes guest appearances.
Guardiola did not quite say City, who face Chelsea at home on Saturday, had completely lost their 'fear factor'.
The Bianconeri’s coach, Motta, named his squad list after a pre-match press conference on Friday, confirming that Kolo Muani would be part of the team.
Mikel Arteta's team are in talks with the 18-year-old over a possible deal with the club viewing him as a first-team squad addition despite his relative inexperience.
Los Rojibancos are yet to sign any new players in the mid-season window despite battling across three fronts in 2025.
Milan have been attempting to add another attacker to strengthen Sergio Conceicao’s options throughout January.
It took just six minutes for the Scotland international to claim his first of the evening. A well-worked Torino move saw Samuele Ricci carry the ball to the byline before cutting back to his teammate, who took a touch to stop the ball dead in the area before firing one in off the crossbar for 1-0.
The England defender completed a medical with the seven-time European Cup winners on Thursday.
The Bianconeri are preparing for a crucial Serie A meeting with Antonio Conte’s Napoli on Saturday.
Arsenal have been short of attacking options after losing Bukayo Saka to a long-term hamstring injury and striker Gabriel Jesus with an anterior cruciate ligament injury.
Eddie Howe and his players were due to fly to Hampshire on Friday afternoon but dangerously high winds forced the cancellation of a raft of flights to and from Newcastle airport. The north east is currently under an amber weather alert, with wind speeds expected to reach up to 90mph.
The league leaders will host 18th-placed Ipswich at Anfield on Saturday, having won the reverse fixture 2-0 on the opening day of the season. Reflecting on the differences he has seen in his team since their trip to Portman Road, Slot said: "The fact was that I only worked with 13 or 14 players for a 1½ weeks back then.
Solanke was one of 14 senior players absent from Spurs' 3-2 win at Hoffenheim in the Europa League on Thursday.
The 20-year-old has been heavily linked with an exit this month amid interest from Napoli and Chelsea.
On 88 minutes it seemed very far from on as Harry Maguire missed a header to enable Cyriel Dessers to steal in and equalise with aplomb. But, then, Bruno Fernandes’s late strike grabbed the points, his winner following Jack Butland’s odd, back-fisted punch for an own-goal opener that will haunt the No 1 for many a day.
The Biancocelesti have been top of the Europa League table from the start of the season and need only one point to be sure of staying there throughout this phase of the competition, as they have now opened up a three-point gap as leaders with a goal difference of +13.
Spurs have struggled domestically in a difficult season and Sunday's defeat at Everton left them 15th in the Premier League.
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Wood has been one of the stars of the season so far, scoring 14 goals in 22 Premier League appearances to help Forest to third in the standings.
Two domestic strugglers collide in the Europa League on Thursday evening as Tottenham Hotspur travel to Hoffenheim on Matchday 7 of the league phase.
Fenerbahce face a tough home game in the Europa League this Thursday when Ligue 1 outfit Lyon, who sit three points behind top-of-the-table Lazio, make the trip to Istanbul.
With their knockout place confirmed with two rounds remaining, Europa League leaders Lazio welcome fellow top-eight contenders Real Sociedad to Stadio Olimpico on Thursday.
Manchester United can briefly put their Premier League struggles to the back of their minds when they take on Rangers in the UEFA Europa League on Thursday – though they don’t have much room for manoeuvre in that competition either.
Allowing B teams from Women’s Super League and Championship clubs to play in the Women’s National League has been put forward as part of plans to restructure tiers three to six of the English women’s pyramid from the 2026-27 season.
The 25-year-old has agreed a contract until June 2029, with add-ons rising to £4m.
After five and a half years with Manchester United, moving clubs was never going to be pain-free for Hayley Ladd.
The head coach claimed that his public comments after Sunday’s 3-1 defeat by Brighton at Old Trafford were aimed more at his underperformance than his players.
Spurs are at breaking point before they face Hoffenheim in their penultimate game of the first phase of the Europa League on Thursday, with only 13 first-team players travelling to Germany.
There were 53 minutes on the clock and Manchester City looked ready to breathe life into their ailing Champions League campaign. And yet the current edition of Pep Guardiola’s serial Premier League champions have come to lack the old certainties. They are vulnerable to high-tempo flurries from the opposition.
A brace from Rodrygo – one coming from a sublime Jude Bellingham assist – put Madrid 2-0 up at half-time at the Santiago Bernabeu, before Kylian Mbappé added a third. Vinícius scored twice to complete the win, and assure Madrid of a place in the playoffs for the knockout phase.
Women's Super League side Aston Villa have appointed Natalia Arroyo as their new head coach.
Carlo Ancelotti’s were not been at their best in the opening stages, but it mattered not as they led at the Santiago Bernabeu with their shot of the match, which came from Rodrygo Goes. Vinicius Junior’s cross was deflected into the path of the 24-year-old by Jude Bellingham, and he made no mistake.
Only a heavy defeat in Girona next week will prevent the Gunners - who are third - finishing in the top eight places and therefore bypassing the play-off stage of the competition.
The hosts were dominant in the opening stages, and they came close on two occasions as Tijjani Reijnders and Rafael Leao were both denied by saves from Paulo Gazzaniga. The woodwork was also struck twice as Theo Hernandez’s mis-hit effort clipped the crossbar, while former Valencia midfielder Yunus Musah crashed a strike back off the post.
The Nerazzurri had conceded only one goal in six European games, during their 1-0 defeat to Bayer Leverkusen, so knew a victory here would practically secure a top eight finish. Hakan Calhanoglu, Francesco Acerbi and Yann Bisseck were still out of action, but Marcus Thuram returned to the starting XI. The hosts missed Angelo Preciado, while Lukas Haraslin, Albion Rrahmani and Indrit Tuci were not fully fit either.
The top eight in the league phase progress automatically to the next stage and a win for Bayern would have ensured they were almost there with one game to go.
Manchester City avenged their derby defeat against Manchester United in the WSL last weekend by punching their ticket to the semi-final of the League Cup at their neighbours’ expense.
Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City meet at the Parc des Princes in arguably the most important game across matchday seven of the league phase in the Champions League on Wednesday night.
Many would have expected this to be a dead rubber at the beginning of the competition, but it has since taken on huge importance for both after dreadful starts on the continent.
Victory against the Croatian side would put Arsenal on the verge of qualifying directly for the last 16 with a trip to Girona next week in their final fixture to come.
The club are 13th in the Champions League, having reached last season’s final, and 10th in the Bundesliga, 20 points behind the leaders, Bayern Munich.
However, this victory at Benfica was far from straightforward, with three goals in 20 minutes seeing the Catalans come back from 4-2 to take the game with a 5-4 scoreline.
Vangelis Pavlidis’s hat-trick had given the hosts a two-goal half-time lead and they were 4-2 up with 12 minutes to play before Hansi Flick’s side pulled out a sensational victory, sealed by the Brazilian with a finish on the break, seconds after Benfica had appealed in vain for a late penalty.
Salah's goal came when he latched onto a brilliant Curtis Jones through ball and slotted over the advancing Lucas Chevalier in the 34th minute.
Diego Simeone made two changes to the side that lost to Leganes last weekend, with Jose Maria Gimenez and Marcos Llorente returning to the line-up. Atleti were tasked with bouncing back from their first non-victory in 15 matches, although their objective started poorly as Pablo Barrios was sent off for a high challenge on Leverkusen defender Nordi Mukiele.
The Rossoblu were hoping to at least leave the Champions League experience with a victory after amassing only two points from six games. Michel Aebischer and Niccolò Cambiaghi were out of action, with Lewis Ferguson not at 100 per cent. Borussia Dortmund were flying high on 12 points, but coach Nuri Sahin was facing the possibility of the sack after three consecutive Bundesliga defeats that saw them slide to 10th place.
Wilfried Singo headed home the game's only goal on Tuesday night as a below-par Villa were unable to convert their opportunities.
The last five of Liverpool’s wins in this competition have seen them also keep a clean sheet. If they win without conceding in this match, they will become just the second team in European Cup/Champions League history to win six in a row without conceding, after Leeds United in 1969-70.
Barcelona will aim to post their sixth Champions League victory in seven matches this season when they take on Portuguese giants Benfica in Lisbon on Tuesday night. Hansi Flick's side are currently second in the Champions League table, boasting 15 points from their opening six matches.
Atletico Madrid will be bidding to bounce back from their shock La Liga defeat to Leganes when they resume their Champions League campaign with a contest against Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday night.
The deal is worth €35 million ($36.2m) for the 19-year-old Brazil youth international. He's signed a four-and-a-half year contract until 2029.
The Italian coach is desperate to prove his doubters wrong, feeling now as much as ever that the coverage of him and his team has been overly negative.
Atalanta are currently in 13th place in the Champions League standings after six matches, but could secure their position in the play-off round with a victory against the Austrian outfit on Tuesday night.
The 20-year-old defender is the club’s first January signing and City also have a deal in principle to buy the forward Omar Marmoush from Eintracht Frankfurt.
Panic had set in after another lead was frittered away, shoddy handling from the erratic Robert Sánchez gifting a mediocre Wolves an equaliser at the end of an average first half, and the winless Premier League run was in danger of ticking up to six.
Lemina, 31, wants to leave the club and asked not to play in their 3-0 defeat at Newcastle last Wednesday.
Napoli are hoping to sign Garnacho as a replacement for Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, who joined Paris Saint-Germain over the weekend. Antonio Conte has identified the Argentine as his preferred choice on the January transfer market, while Premier League side Chelsea are also said to be interested.
However several things must fall into place for the operation to be consummated.
Enzo Maresca's Chelsea are set to welcome Wolverhampton Wanderers to Stamford Bridge on Monday night in what could be a significant match in the race for Champions League football and Premier League survival.
The Blues are sixth in the table with 37 points and are just one point from fifth-placed Newcastle United, while Wolves were beaten 3-0 by Newcastle on January 15 and are in 17th place with 16 points, level with 18th-placed Ipswich Town.
A number of clubs have expressed an interest in signing the Brazil international in January. Real Betis are leading the race and although an agreement has not yet been reached, the LaLiga side are growing increasingly confident.
Ella Toone scored a hat-trick on her Women's Super League return from injury as Manchester United beat Manchester City in a thrilling derby at Etihad Stadium.
The defeat leaves United in 13th with 26 points, 10 points above the relegation zone, on a day when fans and former players paid tribute to the late Denis Law.
The final scoreline flattered the losing side. Everton – a team that had scored 15 league goals all season before Spurs arrived – were three up at half-time and lamenting the fact it wasn’t six.
After letting slip a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with Brentford in their last league outing, Pep Guardiola's side returned to winning ways in emphatic fashion.
Chelsea strengthened their position at the top of the Women's Super League table as they cruised to victory over West Ham at the Chigwell Construction Stadium.
The Nerazzurri took a while to break down Empoli at San Siro, finally bending back the goalkeeper’s fingertips with a Lautaro Martinez curler from distance into the far top corner.
Arsenal continued their flying form under new head coach Renee Slegers with a thumping 5-0 win over Women's Super League strugglers Crystal Palace.
It was a dreadful start to proceedings for the hosts as Las Palmas scored after 26 seconds, courtesy of Fabio Silva. However, they were not behind for long as Kylian Mbappe converted a penalty on 17 minutes after Rodrygo Goes was fouled inside the area by Sandro Ramirez, who had set up the visitors’ goal.
Roma restarted in the best way after the defeat against Inter in the last round, beating the league leaders Juventus 3-1 at Tre Fontane and interrupting an unbeaten run that the Bianconere had carried on for 17 rounds of the championship.
Nottingham Forest continue to defy expectations this season and can extend their eight-game unbeaten run when they welcome struggling Southampton to The City Ground.
Nuno Espirito Santo's side had won seven on the spin before Tuesday's 1-1 draw with table toppers Liverpool, results that have solidified their spot within the top four. Champions League qualification remains a distinct possibility for the Midlands club, who have been exceptionally consistent this term. (Source: 90min.com)
Manchester United are searching for successive Premier League victories for the first time since November when they welcome Brighton & Hove Albion to Old Trafford on Sunday.
The Red Devils were uninspiring in their 3-1 victory over Southampton on Thursday evening, requiring a late Amad Diallo hat-trick to avoid a miserable upset at the hands of the league's worst side. The Ivorian has often been the club's saviour during a drab campaign and spared their blushes with three goals in 12 minutes. (Source: 90min.com)
Two Premier League ever-presents meet at Goodison Park on Sunday afternoon as Tottenham Hotspur travel to Everton.
These historic clubs have been trophy-shy in contemporary times, and perhaps both clubs see a little bit of themselves in the other. The pair of inherently pessimistic fanbases have been subject to bleak 2024/25 campaigns thus far, although many would argue that Everton are performing to pre-season expectations. (Source: 90min.com)
Manchester City are on their travels again this weekend as they face Ipswich Town in the Premier League.
With Pep Guardiola accepting that his team will not be securing their fifth league title on the bounce this season, the Spaniard will be considering his priorities with a crucial Champions League clash with Paris Saint-Germain on the horizon. (Source: 90min.com)
Manchester United will make the short trip to the Etihad Stadium for Sunday's derby clash with Manchester City Women. The hosts are sitting in second place in the Women's Super League table, while the visitors are one point adrift in fourth position. (SportsMole)
United returned from the mid-season winter break in style last Saturday, defeating West Bromwich Albion 7-0 in the fourth round of the Adobe Women's FA Cup, and now attentions turn back to the league.
West Ham United welcomes Chelsea in the first Women’s Super League weekend since the winter break. Sonia Bompastor and her team are unbeaten, only losing points to Leicester City last year. The Blues started 2025 with a Cup tie win over Charlton.
West Ham United was supposed to face Liverpool in the Cup competition but like many other games it was postponed due to the weather. (Source: women'sfootball)
Chelsea will resume their Women's Super League title defence when they travel to the Chigwell Construction Stadium for Sunday's meeting with West Ham United. The Blues are sitting six points clear at the top of the table, while the visitors will head into the weekend in 10th position.
Real Betis are close to striking an agreement to sign Manchester United winger Antony on loan for the remainder of the season, reports have revealed.
According to Fabrizio Romano, conversations are now at an advanced stage, with Antony expected to spend the remainder of the season on loan with Betis. The Brazilian is thought to be keen on rebuilding his career in La Liga and has given priority to Betis' interest in the face of competition from Greek side Olympiacos. (Source: 90min.com)
Arsenal resume their 2024/25 season after a month away at home to Crystal Palace in the WSL on Sunday afternoon. Renee Slegers has been appointed as the full-time Head Coach after a hugely successful 11 game spell as interim and this will mark the first game of her more permanent tenure. (Source: Arseblog)
Arsenal will play their first match of 2025 when they welcome Crystal Palace for Sunday's Women's Super League clash. The Gunners are sitting in third place in the WSL table, while the Eagles are propping up the standings with just five points to their name.
Leicester manager Amandine Miquel says that she wants to add attacking players in the January transfer window, but will only sign players she believes will suit the club.
Only one of the last 16 competitive games between Roma and Juventus has ended in a draw, with the Bianconere winning 11 to Roma’s four. That draw came on 5 March, 2022.
Wellington Phoenix came from two goals down to seal a remarkable 3-2 win over Newcastle Jets on Sunday afternoon, sealed by substitute Manaia Elliott’s 98th-minute Olimpico stunner at Porirua Park.
The Phoenix were chasing a fourth-consecutive home win at Porirua Park but two first-half goals to Jets star Sheridan Gallagher presented the ninth-placed Jets with a magnificent chance to earn a shock win on the road. (Source: aleagues.com.au)
Sydney FC and Central Coast Mariners shared the spoils in a goalless 0-0 draw between the two sides at Leichhardt Oval on Sunday evening.
The Mariners dominated the first half but couldn’t capitalise on their ascendancy, with Sydney keeper Brianna Edwards producing a string of big saves to keep her side in the contest. (Source: aleagues.com.au)
Adelaide United have jumped Brisbane Roar into third spot on the Ninja A-League table after a 3-2 win over the Queenslanders at Perry Park on Sunday night.
Last season’s wooden spooners are enjoying a remarkable revival in 2024-25 and took another big stride toward a top-four finish with a hard-fought road win over the Roar. (Sources: aleagues.com.au)
Arsenal had a late goal ruled out by VAR as Aston Villa recovered from two goals down to claim a dramatic 2-2 draw which leaves the Gunners six points behind leaders Liverpool.
Darwin Nunez was the hero for Liverpool, scoring twice in stoppage time to seal a dramatic late win over Brentford and send the Reds six points clear at the top of the Premier League table.
La Liga leaders Atletico Madrid's club-record 15-game winning run has come to an end with a surprise defeat at neighbours Leganes.
It had been a strong performance from the visitors, but they were punished for wasted first-half chances when Sarri picked up a loose ball in the box and fired home in the 89th minute.
Leon Goretzka scored twice as Bayern Munich held on against Wolfsburg to go seven points clear at the top of the Bundesliga table.
Scott McTominay and Romelu Lukaku scored as Serie A leaders Napoli beat title rivals Atalanta. Mateo Retegui spun and shot a fantastic effort into the top corner to give the hosts the lead.