Table of contents for 5-Nov-2019 in MATCH!

BUNDESLIGA GERMANY After eight Bundesliga games this season, just two points separated first-placed Monchengladbach and ninth-placed Bayer Leverkusen – at the same stage last year, there was already an 11-point gap between first and ninth! There’s a huge match this week in the German league, too – Bayern Munich welcome Borussia Dortmund to the Allianz Arena on Saturday! SERIE A ITALY Last season, Juventus won their eighth Serie A title in a row – arecord among the top five Euro leagues! Napoli were their closest challengers, but they still finished 11 points behind, while this year it’s Inter’s turn to try to knock the giants off their perch! They’ll be crossing their fingers that massive rivals AC can take points off Juve when they meet this weekend! LA LIGA SPAIN…

HOW HE WON IT! MATCH scouts picked out the Prem’s four best players from October, and asked our fans on social media to vote for the best! Jamie Vardy just edged out Foxes playmaker Youri Tielemans by four votes to land our prize. Well tight! MEGA MOMENTS! Here’s why Vardy s was chosen as MATCH’s monthly winner! OUT-FOXED! LIVERPOOL 2-1 LEICESTER OCTOBER 5 Vards came into the month off the back of an awesome brace v Newcastle, but he couldn’t carry that goalscoring form into Leicester’s clash with Liverpool! The striker was starved of any real service, and struggled to make an impact against Reds beasts Virgil van Dijk and Dejan Lovren! The international break was a good excuse to do some extra work on finishing… GAME CHANGER! LEICESTER 2-1…

DE BRUYNE 2019-20 Prem Stats GAMES 9 ASSISTS 9 CHANCES CREATED 36 PASS SUCCESS 83% TOP SKILLS ASSISTS MACHINE EAGLE-EYED VISION PERFECT PASSER Incredibly, last month’s game against Crystal Palace was the first Premier League match this campaign that De Bruyne had started and not picked up an assist – he’s been on sizzling form this season! As well as grabbing more Prem assists than any other player, he’s also created more chances for his side than any other team-mate! STERLING 2019-20 Prem Stats GAMES 9 GOALS 7 DRIBBLES 30 TACKLE ATTEMPTS 20 TOP SKILLS DRIBBLE KING ACE POSITIONING RAPID RUNS Razza is among Man. City’s top five for attempted Premier League tackles – that proves that he puts just as much effort into hounding down defenders as he does…

DID YOU KNOW? Only two games in London have ever had a bigger crowd than Charlton’s record attendance! STADIUM FACTS TEAM: Charlton BUILT: 1919 CAPACITY: 27,111 RECORD ATTENDANCE: 75,031 v Aston Villa, February 1938 NEAREST NEIGHBOUR: Millwall LONGEST JOURNEY: The Riverside, Middlesbrough, 220 miles…

MY NEXT CLUB – RB LEIPZIG If anyone can end Bayern’s Bundesliga dominance, Leipzig can! STARS Rapid striker Timo Werner is the goal machine and star of this Leipzig team, but there’s loads more talent in the rest of the squad. Dayot Upamecano will be one of the best defenders in the world, and Emil Forsberg is a class playmaker! BOARD Leipzig are all about developing young players, so you’ve got toget a quality academy up and running, and sign some players with world-class potential. With a big budget of around £50 million, you should have more than enough to spend! TOP TIP Only one Leipzig player is over 30, so it’s one of the youngest squads in Europe! You need to spend time training up all your awesome young…

V. GUIMARAES v ARSENAL Wednesday, 3.50pm Before The Gunners travel to Leicester, they face a midweek trip to Portugal in the Europa League to take on Vitoria! MAN. UNITED v P. BELGRADE Thursday, 7.45pm Many experts see the Europa League as United’s best chance of silverware this year, so they’ll take this seriously! CHELSEA v CRYSTAL PALACE Saturday, 12.30pm Palace have won two of their last four visits to their London rivals’ ground, and will have their eye on another big upset! ENGLAND W v GERMANY W Saturday, 5.30pm The Lionesses failed to hit top gear against Portugal and Brazil last month, so they need to bounce back v Germany! WOLVES v S. BRATISLAVA Thursday, 8pm Wolves lost their last home game in the Europa League against Braga, so they’ll…

195 Combined Prem points last season! Liverpool: 97 Man. City: 98 184 Combined Prem goals last season! Liverpool: 89 Man. City: 95 44 Combined Prem head-to-heads! Liverpool: 19 wins Man. City: 9 wins 17 Combined Guardiola v Klopp games! Klopp: 8 wins Guardiola: 7 wins 3.3 They’ve averaged over three goals per game in their last ten Premier League head-to-heads. Exciting!…

TEAM NEWS Jurgen Klopp’s squad is looking pretty fit and healthy right now, so his main decision is probably gonna be who starts in midfield! We think it’ll be Jordan Henderson, Fabinho and Georginio Wijnaldum, but the likes of Naby Keita, James Milner, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Adam Lallana are pushing too! LIKELY LINE-UP TEAM NEWS Other than Oleksandr Zinchenko, Leroy Sane and Aymeric Laporte, plus doubts over Rodri, Guardiola has got a strong squad to choose from! With Otamendi and Stones fit again, we reckon they’ll start together in defence, while he may choose to play Fernandinho and David Silva in a 4-2-3-1 formation! LIKELY LINE-UP KEY CLASHES MATCH SAYS VAN DIJK V AGUERO VVD will use his physical presence to try to bully Kun out of the game, but…

1 LIVERPOOL V GENK Last time out, Liverpool smashed Genk 4-1 away, so they’ll be massive favourites at Anfield. If other results go their way, victory for The Reds will take them within one point of a place in the second round, and that’ll be a big boost for them with loads of big games coming up over the next month! 2 REAL MADRID V GALATASARAY Real Madrid picked up their first CL win of the season against Galatasaray two weeks ago, but they can’t afford to take their foot off the gas. They haven’t won any of their last three CL games at the Bernabeu and, if they fail to win this one, Zinedine Zidane could come under serious pressure! 3 CHELSEA V AJAX Two of the most exciting…

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THE NUMBERS GAME! How many goals did Aston Villa put past Norwich last month? TROPHY TIME! Which Prem hero is hiding behind the PL trophy? PREVIOUS CLUBS! These heroes joined their current clubs from which teams? GAME CHANGER! Which Everton defender got a red card v Burnley in October? ODD ONE OUT ! Which team hadn’t won a home match by the end of October? MEGA MASH-UP! Name the Prem baller in this mega odd pic! SPOT THE BALLI Mark where you think the ball is in this cool action pic! NAME THE COUNTRY! What countries do these Prem stars call home? PREM STARS ! Which teams do these Prem heroes play for? MATCH! WINNER! Who scored Arsenal’s winning goal against Bournemouth at the Emirates Stadium last month? FACE TO…

VAN DIJK 2019-20 Prem Stats GAMES 10 DRIBBLED PAST 2 CLEARANCES 48 AERIALS WON 52 TOP SKILLS HERO HEADING LEGENDARY LEADER CLASS COMPOSURE Last season’s Premier League Player Of The Year has continued his wicked form into 2019-20 – no Liverpool star has made more clearances, blocked more shots or won more aerial duels than the legendary centre-back. He’s up against one of the league’s best strikers in Sergio Aguero on Sunday, so he can’t let hisconcentration slip! ALEXANDERARNOLD 2019-20 Prem Stats GAMES 10 CHANCES CREATED 37 INTERCEPTIONS 14 CROSSES BLOCKED 6 TOP SKILLS DRIVING RUNS PINPOINT CROSSES CHANCE CREATOR People talk loads about Liverpool’s awesome front three but, after ten Prem matches, Trent had created more Prem chances than any other player – over double the amount of Mohamed…

Invisible friend! Marcos Alonso is shaking hands with somebody… Sneaky Seagull! McGinn was confused why he couldn’t hit top speed! Short shorts! The next match, CR7 is just gonna turn up in trunks! Poch in the middle! The Spurs players were getting their own back! Prem floaters We don’t mean that sort of ‘floaters’, readers! Saints siesta! James Ward-Prowse played way too much FIFA the night before! Sidibe gets shirty! Everton’s Djibril Sidibe is a huge fan of the new West Ham shirt! Roly record! Bobby was trying to beat the all-time roly-poly record! Throw-in fail! You know managers can’t take throw-ins, Ole… Jurgen jokes! Which Premier League team loves ice-cream? . . .Aston Vanilla!…

WEEKLY TOP 20! Check out MATCH’s league table after gameweek ten! TRANSFER IN… Check out some of the in-form heroes you need to snap up! PAULO GAZZANIGA GK TOTTENHAM £4.4 MILLION With Hugo Lloris out until the end of December, Gazza is Spurs’ new No.1! We’re backing him to keep a clean sheet v Sheffield United! FIKAYO TOMORI DF CHELSEA £4.8 MILLION Chelsea have kept two clean sheets in their last two Prem home matches, and they’re back at The Bridge this weekend v Crystal Palace! JAMIE VARDY FW LEICESTER £9.2 MILLION Vards has scored more goals against Arsenal than any other opponent – and that’s who The Foxes are up against this week! TRANSFER OUT… Here are some players you might want to dump! JOHN LUNDSTRAM DF SHEFF. UNITED…

RIANNA DEAN FACTFILE Age: 21 Position: Forward Club: Tottenham Country: England HER STORY… ➔ Dean started her career at Tottenham’s big north London rivals Arsenal, and announced herself as one of the best young talents in England by scoring 37 goals in just 20 games for their academy in 2016-17! ➔ The lethal striker only made one senior appearance for The Gunners before joining Millwall, and scored six league goals in her only campaign there. Tottenham then snapped her up ahead of their first-ever season in the Championship! ➔ Last season, Dean was the star of Spurs’ promotion run! Only one player in the league scored more than the goal machine, and that form has continued into this year’s WSL! HER STYLE… ➔ Dean is a real penalty-box poacher –…

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The record win in competitive footy in England came in an FA Cup match way back in 1887 – Preston beat Hyde 26-0! Everton won the first-ever competitive Merseyside derby in 1894! The dad of Sean and Matty Longstaff was the first-ever ice hockey player to win 100 caps for Great Britain. Well sporty genes! Reading Women’s Fara Williams is the only player in WSL history to grab at least three assists in one game more than once. Ledge! Luka Milivojevic was the first Prem player to get five yellow cards this season. Naughty! Liverpool play nine games than a in month less December between and January! Ipswich were the only EFL team to still be unbeaten after 11 matches this season – they ended up losing their 12th game!…