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Posted on: 11 Aug 2023
FORFAR ATHLETIC almost lost manager Ray McKinnon to English football in the summer, but he’s still at Station Park and can guide his side to a win over Elgin City on Saturday. The former Falkirk and Morton boss really improved the Loons last season, but seemed set to go to Forest Green Rovers with Duncan Ferguson before the former Everton […]
Posted on: 10 Aug 2023
Aberdeen haven’t beaten Celtic at Pittodrie since 2015, but they will fancy their chances against a Hoops side who have defensive issues on Sunday.
Posted on: 10 Aug 2023
Rangers have not yet gelled yet after bringing in nine arrivals this summer, but they are expected to brusg aside Livingston on Saturday when they visit Ibrox.
Posted on: 09 Aug 2023
Newcastle United and Aston Villa were two of the eye-catching sides of the Premier League last season and theirn opening day meeting promises to be a cracker.
Posted on: 08 Aug 2023
Treble winners Manchester City start the Premier League with a Friday night trip to newly-promoted Burnley as the eagerly-anticipated new campaign kicks off.
Posted on: 08 Aug 2023
Hibs entertain Luzern at Easter Road with both the Scots and the Swiss coming off poor weekend results. This should be an entertaining Europa Conference League clash.
Posted on: 04 Aug 2023
HAPPY new season and HEARTS can get their campaign off to a flyer with a win in Perth against St Johnstone at 5/4. The Jambos have had a bit of a strange summer – they have this confusing managerial structure with Frankie McAvoy and Steven Naismith in the hotseat, but no one is quite sure who’s actually pulling the strings. […]
Posted on: 02 Aug 2023
Sheffield Wednesday were promoted from League One and Southampton were relegated from the Premier League and the two sides will do battle on Friday night in the Championship’s curtain raiser.
Posted on: 31 Jul 2023
Hibs were humiliated in Andorra last week in the first leg of their Europa Conefernce League tie and daren’t choke again in front of their own fans on Thursday when they welcome Inter Club to Edinburgh for the return.
Posted on: 28 Jul 2023
Dundee need to beat Caley Thistle in a live Viaplay Cup group section game on Sunday and Tony Docherty’s newly-promoted side are warm favourites to do so.
Posted on: 26 Jul 2023
Viaplay Cup group leders Forfar Athletic have won all three games in their group and travel to St Mirren on Saturday, who are three leagues above them and need to win.
Posted on: 24 Jul 2023
Kilmarnock entertain Raith Rovers in the third game of their Viaplay Cup groups and both clubs are unbeaten so far ahead of this encounter in Ayrshire.
Posted on: 23 Jul 2023
St Johnstone entertain Ayr United in Viaplay Cup clash at Perth and the outcome could go a long way to see who ends uo winning their section.
Posted on: 20 Jul 2023
Dunfermline and Kilmarnock have both already chalked up easy wins against Annan Athletic in the Viaplay Cup and meet in Fide in the group stages on Saturday.
Posted on: 19 Jul 2023
Partick Thistle of the Championship host League One Falkirk with both sides off to a decent start in this Viaplay Cup group section, but the Jags are strong favourites.
Posted on: 16 Jul 2023
Motherwell got their Viaplay Cup campiagn off to a solid dtart with a win at Elgin City in the weekend and next up is a trip down to Dumfries for Queen of the South’s first game of the campaign.
Posted on: 13 Jul 2023
Motherwell ended last season superbly and will want to pick up where they left off when they travel north to face League Two strugglers Elgin City in the opening Viaplay Cup game.
Posted on: 06 Jul 2023
England Under 21s have yet to concede a goal on their march to the Euros finals, but they face a Spain team who have looked very impressive too in what should be a belter in Batumi.
Posted on: 03 Jul 2023
England have what looks like a penalty kick to reach the Euro Under 21s Final for the first time in 14 years when they meet an Israeli side in the semi-finals they have already comfortable beaten in the group stages.
Posted on: 26 Jun 2023
England have already won their group and face a disappointing Germany side on Wednesday who must win and hope Israel defeat the Czechs in the other game for them to squeeze through.
Posted on: 23 Jun 2023
England got off to a solid start in the Under 21s Euros with an opening day win over the Czechs and now face an Israel side who held Germany to a draw with ten men.
Posted on: 21 Jun 2023
England Under 21s kick off their Euros Finals campaign with a game against the Czechs in Georgia. Lee Carsley’s kidsare among the tournament favourites to win it.
Posted on: 19 Jun 2023
Scotland have already got one foot in Germany after a famous win against Erling Haaland and co. in Norway, but they face a difficult challenge against a tricky Georgia side who have enjoyed some good results of their own.
Posted on: 18 Jun 2023
Northern Ireland were incredibly unlucky when VAR denied them a late equaliser in Denmark on Friday and they must try and pick themselves up against dark horses Kazakhstan in Belfast.
Posted on: 16 Jun 2023
Hosts Netherlands and Italy were both disappointing in their Nations League semi-final defeats and now meet in the third and fourth place play-off on Sunday.
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