Table of contents for 05 August 2025 in MATCH!

Northampton Town FC Holiday Course Session! We’ve teamed up with Northampton Town FC to offer a fantastic chance for five young football fans to win a session on their epic Holiday Courses! WHAT TO EXPECT… Whether you’re a budding striker or a solid defender, this is your moment to train like the pros with the Cobblers coaching team! Open to boys and girls, there are fun, skill-building sessions throughout the week with amazing prizes and experiences to be won! Don’t miss out on the opportunity to sharpen your skills, make new friends, and enjoy unforgettable football moments! 5 WINNERS! CLOSING DATE: AUG.26 The winners will be contacted by Northampton Town FC after the closing date, and the prize will be arranged by the club and each winner. For more information…

ARSENAL Manager: Mikel Arteta Captain: Martin Odegaard Stadium: Emirates Stadium Last Season: 2nd BUKAYO SAKA He missed a chunk of last season due to injury, but Bukayo is back in business! Even with The Gunners’ summer signings, he’s still top dog at the Emirates and is guaranteed goals and assists for his side. We can’t wait to see how he links up with lethal striker Viktor Gyokeres! ONE TO WATCH MAX DOWMAN Last season, Ethan Nwaneri and Myles Lewis-Skelly broke through from the academy to the senior set-up – and this year it could be the 15-year-old’s time! The attacking midfielder played his first senior game for Arsenal in pre-season! LAST SEASON IN NUMBERS 10 Arsenal were the only side to have six different players with 10+ goals and assists combined…

SPAIN Real Madrid have been busy this summer trying to help new manager Xabi Alonso create a squad capable of overthrowing Barcelona at the top of the table! Trent Alexander-Arnold and Dean Huijsen have joined exciting wonderkid winger Franco Mastantuono in signing for Los Blancos! Over at champions Barca, they've signed Sweden skiller Roony Bardghji and Marcus Rashford to support attackers Raphinha and Lamine Yamal, who’s now rocking their iconic No.10 after Ansu Fati’s exit. Atletico Madrid added LB Matteo Ruggeri, CM Johnny Cardoso and creative kings Alex Baena and Thiago Almada to their side! DIDYOU KNOW? Nico Williams reportedly turned down a move to Barcelona and signed a new deal at Athletic Club, including a release clause worth around £85 million. Wow! FRANCE PSG have swept aside almost anything…

Gunners star boy! Arsenal fan Theo posed with tons of his MATCH magazines and Gunners programmes! MATCH mania! A big MATCH thumbs up to Harvey for posing with all his magazines! Quality trackie! We’re huge fans of Federico’s retro Italy tracksuit top. Drip! Demon drawings! Liverpool fan Jacob has been busy doing loads of epic footy drawings. Keep it up! Sick set-up! Massive Chelsea fan Elliot transformed his bedroom into his own amazing football den! Rocking Red! You better believe Bertie is a massive Liverpool fan – check out all his gear! SEND YOUR PICTURES TO… Email: match.magazine@kelsey.co.uk Facebook: www.facebook.com/matchmagazine x www.x.com/matchmagazine…

VIKTOR GYOKERES £58m from Sporting Arsenal fans have been biting their nails for ages waiting to seal this deal – and it’s finally done! The Gunners agreed a fee with Sporting that may rise to £64 million for the Sweden striker, who has seriously levelled up his skills since leaving Coventry in the summer of 2023! BRYAN MBEUMO £65m from Brentford Another of the summer’s big transfer sagas was finally over when Man. United sealed the deal for Mbeumo! In his first interview with The Red Devils, the deadly Cameroon forward spoke of how he joined the “club of his dreams” – just like Matheus Cunha did earlier this summer. Man. United clearly still have enormous pull! HUGO EKITIKE £69m from E. Frankfurt Liverpool continued their summer spending spree by…

WEST HAM v CHELSEA The Hammers’ poor H2H record v Chelsea isn’t going to get better! MATCHSAYS 0-2 YOU SAY BOURNEMOUTH v WOLVES We fancy The Cherries to nick the points in a fairly even encounter! MATCHSAYS 2-1 YOU SAY BURNLEY v SUNDERLAND Neither side is going to be happy with the outcome of this result! MATCHSAYS 0-0 YOU SAY CRYSTAL PALACE v NOTT’M FOREST A rivalry’s brewing between these two due to the Europa situation… MATCHSAYS 1-1 YOU SAY MAN. CITY v TOTTENHAM It might feel like City’s Spurs curse is starting to lift after this result! MATCHSAYS 3-1 YOU SAY BRENTFORD v ASTON VILLA We think it will be a repeat of the scoreline from their March H2H! MATCHSAYS 0-1 YOU SAY ARSENAL v LEEDS Leeds are winless…

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MUST-HAVE STARS! We reckon you must have these heroes in your team for 2025-26! WILLIAM SALIBA DF ★ ARSENAL £6 MILLION We’re guessing that almost everyone will have either Saliba or Gabriel in their starting squad – both are great choices! COLE PALMER MF ★ CHELSEA £10.5 MILLION After a record price hike last summer, CP starts the season at the same price as he was at the start of 2024-25. Phew! MOHAMED SALAH MF ★ LIVERPOOL £14.5 MILLION Despite the Egyptian King’s hefty price tag, it’s impossible to overlook last season’s FPL points record breaker! NEWSIGNINGS! Take note of some of these new Prem signings for 2025-26! CAOIMHIN KELLEHER GK ★ BRENTFORD £4.5 MILLION We think the Bees GK could get tons of bonus points this season, so he’s…

FLIP FOR IT! You’ve got a 50/50 chance of getting these tough questions right. Tick the answer that you think is correct! 1. Which Dutch club has Liverpool new boy Milos Kerkez played for? AZ ALKMAAR PSV 2. Which shirt number does new signing Rayan Cherki wear for Man. City? NO. 27 NO. 29 3. Which newly promoted Premier League club has a larger stadium? LEEDS SUNDERLAND 4. Which team has the most all-time Premier League points? ARSENAL MAN. UNITED 5. Which African nation does Antoine Semenyo play for? GHANA SENEGAL 6. Which player has more all-time Premier League appearances? YOURI TIELEMANS JACOB MURPHY STAT ATTACK! Which player does this stat refer to? He had the best take-on success rate of any Prem player to attempt 100+ take-ons in 2024-25!…

24 Crystal Palace’s new left-back Borna Sosa got 24 Bundesliga assists across a three-season period at Stuttgart! Touchline interviews with subbed players and camera access to dressing rooms are set to feature in Premier League TV coverage in 0 Myles Lewis-Skelly played 20+ Prem games last season and wasn’t dribbled past once. Top! 53 Mathys Tel went on 53 dribbles for Tottenham in just 13 Premier League games last season! 19 Ahead of 2025-26, Erling Haal and had scored an incredible 19 goals in just 11 Prem matches during the month of August. Lethal! 25 The record number of Prem goals scored in the month of August is held by former Man. Cityand Man. United striker Andy Cole! Everton new boy Thierno Barry says two of his footy idols are…