Tabla de contenidos para 4 May 2021 en MATCH!

8 Neil Warnock earned a record eighth promotion after guiding Cardiff to the Premier League in 2017-18! Adebayo Akinfenwa’s goal v Bristol City last month was his first since a League One victory over Doncaster in February 2020! 90+ Nobody has completed more dribbles in the Champo this season than Ovie Ejaria! 800+ Defender Dean Lewington has made over 800 appearances for MK Dons! He’s the longest-serving player in dthe EFL. Hero! Sylvan Ebanks-Blake remains the only player to have won back-to-back Championship Golden Boots! 106 Reading’s 106-point campaign in 2005-06 is yet to be beaten by any side in the Championship! Nottingham Forest almost landed Tottenham’s Gareth Bale on a loan-to-buy basis in 2009. Imagine that!…

GERMAN GROUNDS SCRATCHMAP! Bundesliga fans, listen up! We have a Maps International Scratch Off German Football Grounds Print to give away to one lucky MATCH reader! For more information, just visit mapsinternational.co.uk and follow them on social media @mapsinter THE GOAL HANGER PRINT! After Callum Robinson’s goal was voted MATCH’s April GOTM, we’ve got a wicked print from footy designer The Goal Hanger up for grabs! Visit thegoalhanger.co.uk for more jaw-dropping designs and follow @The_Goal_Hanger on social media HOW TO ENTER! WWW.MATCHFOOTBALL.CO.UK Then click ‘WIN’ in the navigation bar on the MATCH website. Full T&Cs are available online.…

ARSENAL v WEST BROM Arsenal’s 4-0 win against West Brom at the Hawthorns in January was one of their best performances of the season in the Premier League! They should have more than enough to pick up another three points in this game! LEICESTER v NEWCASTLE Leicester are set to feature in their first FA Cup final since 1969 this month, but first they’ll want to secure their place in the Champo League! As for Newcastle, they’ll be keen to end a difficult season on a high! LIVERPOOL v SOUTHAMPTON Former Liverpool flop Danny Ings will be looking forward to returning to Anfield for this game, providing he’s fit! The 28-year-old striker netted the winner when these two sides last met at St. Mary’s in January! SHEFFIELD UNITED v CRYSTAL…

CHELSEA V READING This season’s WSL title race between Chelsea and Man. City has been one of the most exciting in recent years! Fresh off the back of their Champo League semi-final against Bayern Munich, The Blues finish their domestic campaign against mid-table Reading! FIXTURE FACTS! → Fran Kirby scored a four-goal haul when they thrashed Reading 5-0 back in January. Wowzers! → The Royals failed to register a single shot on target v Chelsea in their home clash. That’s poor! WEST HAM V MAN. CITY For the sixth season in a row, Man. City are finishing in the top two of the WSL! We’ll be keeping our eyes out for Chloe Kelly, who’s already bagged 11 assists in 2020-21 and is aiming to finish the season above Katie McCabe…

ONLY 5 WEEKS TO GO KICL-OFF JUNE 11 IN-FORM ITALY! European giants Italy are one of the hottest teams on the planet right now, so they’re one of the big favourites to land their first major international trophy since the 2006 World Cup in Germany! THEY’RE GONNA WIN IT! ✔ They’ve won their last six games in all competitions and are on a jaw-dropping 25-game unbeaten run! ✔ They’ve got an easy-ish draw in Wales, Turkey and Switzerland and get to play all their group games in Rome! ✔ Gaffer Roberto Mancini combines youth with experience to form an exciting team for now and the future! IT’S NOTGONNA HAPPEN! ✘ Quite a lot of their younger stars have never featured in a major international tournament before! ✘ They failed to…

Paul Mullin Cambridge FACT FILE! POSITION… Striker AGE… 26 VALUE… £100,000 FORMER CLUBS… Huddersfield, Vauxhall Motors, Morecambe, Swindon & Tranmere TOP SKILL… Scoring goals for fun! BOOTS… Nike Mercurial Vapor DID YOU KNOW? Mullin broke the club’s record for the most goals scored in a single season back in March! Harvey Elllott Blackburn FACT FILE! POSITION… Winger AGE… 18 VALUE… £15 million FORMER CLUBS… Fulham TOP SKILL… Beating defenders for fun! BOOTS… New Balance Furon DID YOU KNOW? He’s only made two appearances in the Premier League for Liverpool! Jonson Clarke-Harris Peterborough FACT FILE! POSITION… Striker AGE… 26 VALUE… £225,000 FORMER CLUBS… Coventry, Southend, Bury, Oldham, Rotherham, MK Dons, Doncaster & Bristol Rovers TOP SKILL… Staying ice-cool in front of goal! BOOTS… Nike Phantom Venom DID YOU KNOW? He’d never…

EMILIANO BUENDIA NORWICH The 23-year-old was already one of the highest-rated Championship players on FIFA 21, even before the season kicked off! We expect him to continue picking up tons of special cards in 2021-22 as well, but in the Premier League for The Canaries! ADAM REACH SHEFF. WED. It’s been a nightmare season for Sheffield Wednesday, but Reach has been one of their shining lights! He’s capable of playing several roles, but he’s impressed most as a wing-back. His 82-rated in-form card is insane! CHARLIE WYKE SUNDERLAND Even though Clarke-Harris looks set to win the 2020-21 Golden Boot in League One, Sunderland’s Wyke has pushed him all the way! He’s benefitted from the delivery of Aiden McGeady at the Stadium of Light and looks ready to now test himself…

ARSENAL v WEST BROM The Gunners should be able to do the business, especially at home! MATCH SAYS 3-0 YOU SAY FULHAM v BURNLEY If Fulham can’t win this, they’re destined for the Championship! MATCH SAYS 1-1 YOU SAY LEICESTER v NEWCASTLE Vardy and Iheanacho are gonna send Fantasy Footy owners wild! MATCH SAYS 3-0 YOU SAY MAN. CITY v CHELSEA With their eyes on the title, City will be gunning for their revenge! MATCH SAYS 2-1 YOU SAY ASTON VILLA v MAN. UNITED We reckon Aston Villa might be in holiday mode already – away win! MATCH SAYS 0-2 YOU SAY LEEDS v TOTTENHAM We fancy Ryan Mason’s team to get a big three points on the road! MATCH SAYS 1-2 YOU SAY LIVERPOOL v SOUTHAMPTON Liverpool have dropped…

THE LOUDEST! BEX SAYS: “The loudest on the pitch is the GK, Fran Kitching - she’s always talking and giving information. Chloe Dixon is the loudest off the pitch!” FUTURE GAFFER! BEX SAYS: “Kasia Lipka is always thinking about the tactics before, during and after games! Leandra Little is our captain and she’s a great leader and always keeping us focused. Courtney Sweetman-Kirk also knows her stuff and does great analysis on Sky Sports, so those three would be very good managers!” MS SUPERSTITIOUS! BEX SAYS: “When I was younger, I used to kiss the back of my CR7 Mercurials thinking it’d make me play like Cristiano Ronaldo! Haha, it obviously worked!” SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICT! BEX SAYS: “There are a few players who like to use social media! Nom Hartley…

GRIEZMANN The France star scored a brace v Villarreal recently, including a really classy chip! SHAW He’s now created 65+ chances this season – more than any other Prem defender! MOORE He’s the first Cardiff player to score 20 goals in a league season since 2009-10! WERNER Timo ended an 11-game goal drought, but missed a sitter v West Ham! BELLINGHAM The England CM picked up the first red card of his career against Wolfsburg! LENO The Germany goalie dropped a real clanger in the Prem defeat to Everton!…

EFL SPECIAL FIFA 21 Challenge! Which of these Championship midfielders is better at passing? TRANSFER TRACKER! Can you name the recent clubs that Cardiff’s Kieffer Moore has had permanent spells at? 2016-17 Forest Green 2017-18 ? 2018-19 ? 2019-20 ? 2020- Cardiff FLASHBACK! Which 2020-21 Championship star is playing for Newcastle in 2014? CLUB SHARESRS! Which cool EFL club have these Prem stars all played for? MEGA MASH-U P! Name the EFL goal king in this mega weird pic! EFL BRAIN-BUSTER! How much do you know about the Football League? CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SPECIAL WHO AM I? Can you work out the CL superstar from the three clues below? I’ve won more than 90 caps for my country Brazil! I spent eight years bossing the defence for PSG! I made my…