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LIVERPOOL v EVERTON Liverpool need to win the Merseyside derby at Anfield to move off the bottom of the table and grab their first victory of the season! LAST TIME THEY MET… Everton’s four-match unbeaten run in the derby came to an end in May when they lost 3-1 to The Reds! ONE TO WATCH! The Women’s Super League’s top scorer Chloe Kelly has already bagged as many goals for Everton this season as she did in her previous two league campaigns put together! TOTTENHAM v ARSENAL Spurs will move level with their local rivals and the reigning WSL champions with a victory at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium! LAST TIME THEY MET… Arsenal thrashed Spurs 6-0 in pre-season, while The Gunners won 10-0 in their last competitive meeting! ONE TO…

HIGH-FLYING CITY! Man. City are gonna be reaching new heights this campaign – their sponsors, Etihad Airlines, have painted one of their brand-new planes City blue! PES 2020 PUMAS! eFootball PES 2020 have released their second data pack, including updated player faces, gameplay fixes and new kits and boots – just like these Puma kicks! BALL BLOOPER! Puma released La Liga’s winter ball recently, but players and fans complained that it was too hard to see, so now it’s only gonna be used if it snows!…

ALISSON LIVERPOOL When you look at all the prizes he picked up in 2018-19, Alisson has got to be a real dark horse for the Ballon d’Or award! Liverpool’s No.1 kept the most Prem clean sheets in his debut season, helped The Reds win the Champo League trophy and then lifted the Copa America with his nation Brazil over the summer! 2018-19 HONOURS… Champions League CL Goalkeeper Of The Season The Best FIFA Goalkeeper Champions League Squad Of The Season Premier League Golden Glove Copa America Copa America Golden Glove UEFA Super Cup BALLON D’OR CHANCES? LIONEL MESSI BARCELONA The five-time Ballon d’Or winner must fancy his chances after lifting FIFA’s Best Men’s Player prize back in September! He fired Barcelona to a second straight La Liga title in 2018-19,…

CZECH REP. W. v ENGLAND W. Tuesday, November 12, 7.15pm This is The Lionesses final match of the calendar year, so gaffer Phil Neville will be desperate to cap off 2019 in style! CHELSEA W. v MAN. UNITED W. Sunday, November 17, 2pm United could announce themselves as title challengers by winning at the home of the 2018 WSL champions! TOTTENHAM W. v ARSENAL W. Sunday, November 17, 3pm It’ll be a big shock if Tottenham win the first North London derby in WSL history – they lost 6-0 to Arsenal in the summer! SCOTLAND v KAZAKHSTAN Tuesday, November 19, 7.45pm It’s been a year to forget for Scotland, but at least they have a chance to end it with a victory in front of their fans! CYPRUS v SCOTLAND…

BOWEN Hull winger Jarrod Bowen has been on fire with five goals in four games for the Tigers! AINSWORTH The longest serving manager in the EFL helped guide Wycombe to the top of League One! FOREST GREEN Rovers beat their fierce local rivals Cheltenham 2-1 away to go top of the League Two table! STOKE Preston reported The Potters for trying to poach boss Alex Neil, but then dropped the complaint! GRIMSBY FANS Mariners fans travelled over 300 miles to Plymouth, only for the game to be called off! SOUTHEND The worst defence in the EFL conceded 40 goals before anyone else had reached 30!…

1 RAHEEM STERLING Man. City to Real Madrid £80 million £80 million is nowhere near enough to afford Sterling, but gossips reckon Real will throw Gareth Bale into the deal too! We can’t see City accepting, though – the England hero’s one of the best forwards in Europe! 2 JADON SANCHO Borussia Dortmund to Liverpool £120 million The Reds didn’t make any major signings last summer, so they could be saving up for a big deal! Sancho would make their wicked attack even more unstoppable and, if he does leave Dortmund, Liverpool will lead the race! 3 ERLING HAALAND RB Salzburg to Juventus £34.5 million Europe’s biggest clubs are queuing up to sign the Norway teenager, who’s taken the Champions League by storm! Although…

10 RADJA NAINGGOLAN CAGLIARI ★ CAM Nainggolan is an absolute machine in central midfield! He’s awesome at winning the ball back with 90 slide tackling and 88 aggression, and when he gets it he can pass, dribble or shoot like a total boss! 9 MARCOS ACUNA SPORTING ★ LW Acuna can play left wing or at left-back, so he combines solid defensive stats with quality dribbling and crossing. He needs energy to get up and down the flank too and, with 90 stamina, he’s got tons of it! 8 MARCELO REAL MADRID ★ LB The Real Madrid superstar is still the only defender on FIFA with five-star skills, and he has all the dribbling and crossing ability of a world-class winger! With rock-solid defensive stats and a turn of pace…

TYRONE MINGS The Villa CB wasn’t expecting to make his England debut last month but, after The Three Lions lost to Czech Republic, he was called into the starting line-up against Bulgaria! The tall defender put in a calm and composed display, keeping a clean sheet on his first start! We reckon Mings deserves to keep his place after a strong October in the league, too! ROSS BARKLEY There’s areal battle between England’s attacking midfielders – Barkley, Mason Mount and James Maddison are all potential starters, while Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Dele Alli and Jesse Lingard are fighting to get back into Gareth Southgate’s plans! Barks hasn’t been at his best for Chelsea this season, but he got two goals and an assist in a classy performance v Bulgaria! BEN CHILWELL Danny…

Fun footy tour! Nadeem lives in California, but his footy side San Clemente Surf toured the UK this summer! They took on Man. City, Man. United and Aston Villa academies, and he even got to meet Red Devils ledge Andy Cole! Demon drawer! Massive Liverpool fan Sean has two huge hobbies – catching up on the footy news in MATCH, and drawing his fave Reds players! Keep up the great work, mate! Arsenal away day! Bournemouth fan Dan got this cool snap taken on an away day at The Gunners’ Emirates Stadium. Wicked! MATCH Vote! We had a recent poll on MATCH’s website asking who’s going to win next month’s Ballon d’Or award! Here’s what you said… SEND YOUR PICTURES TO... Email: match.magazine@ kelsey.co.uk Facebook: www.facebook.com /matchmagazine Twitter: www.twitter.com /matchmagazine…

GUNNERS LANDMARK! Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang hit his 50th goal for Arsenal v Wolves – he’s the quickest player to reach that milestone for The Gunners since Ian Wright! CREATIVE KING MADDS! James Maddison created eight goalscoring chances for Leicester against Crystal Palace recently – more than any Englishman since Wayne Rooney in 2013! THREE LIONS LEGACY! England’s players will wear individual legacy numbers on their shirts against Montenegro to mark the order that they’ve represented The Three Lions. Classy!…

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ROSS BARKLEY ENGLAND FAB FACT!  He scored four goals in his first eight England games in 2019, which trebled his international goal tally. Legend! SCOTT MCTOMINAY SCOTLAND FAB FACT!  The clash against Russia in September 2019 took the midfielder into double figures for Scotland caps.Ledge! ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI POLAND FAB FACT!  Lewa’s the first player ever to score in each of the first ten games of a Bundesliga season! JOSH MAGENNIIS NORTHERN IRELAND FAB FACT!  His goal v Greece back in 2015 helped Northern Ireland qualify for Euro 2016! ROMELU LUKAKU BELGIUM FAB FACT!  The Inter powerhouse bagged nine goals in his first 11 Serie A games in 2019-20. Lethal! JOAO FELIX PORTUGAL FAB FACT!  The wonder kid made his senior debut for Portugal in their Nations League semi-final win over…

REP. OF IRELAND v DENMARK Monday, November 18, 7.45pm For the second time in two years, Ireland have the task of beating Denmark to reach a major tournament. In 2017, they were drawn together in the World Cup play-offs, but Christian Eriksen scored a hat-trick as the Danes won 5-1 in Dublin! Since then, the two sides have played three times and drawn all of them, so this will be well tight! AZERBAIJAN v WALES Saturday, November 16, 5pm Wales do still have a chance of qualifying automatically for Euro 2020, but they can’t afford any more slip-ups. They need six points from their last two games, starting with a trip to the nation that almost held them to a draw in Cardiff two months ago. Gareth Bale bagged the…

EFL CLUB FOCUS THIS WEEK: PETERBOROUGH FACTFILE Nickname: The Posh Date founded: 1934 Stadium: London Road Capacity: 15,314 Did You Know? No EFL team scored more goals in the first three months of the season! PLAYING STYLE It’s no surprise that Posh score so many goals when you see how they set up! Their strikers are quick and prolific, and they’ve got two class playmakers in Marcus Maddison and George Boyd pulling the strings in CM! DARREN FERGUSON The son of Sir Alex Ferguson is one of Peterborough’s greatest ever gaffers! In three different spells at the club he’s won three promotions – and is chasing a fourth after returning in January. He recently took charge of his 400th game for the club! MARCUS MADDISON The Newcastle youth academy product…