Table of contents for 2 November 2021 in MATCH!

HOME NATIONS! Sadly, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland won’t be at Qatar 2022. Scotland and Wales have a great chance of reaching next year's play-off stage, if they can finish second in their groups. Even if Wales finish third, they should make the play-offs as one of the Nations League group winners. England need four more points to secure their spot in Qatar! ALREADY THROUGH Apart from the hosts Qatar, Germany and Denmark became the first two teams to qualify for next year’s awesome event! New Germany coach Hansi Flick has a year to get to know his best side, while the Danes have totally rocked Group F – they won their first eight games without letting in a single goal. They’re on fire! POTENTIAL SHOCKS! There are…

ENGLAND v ALBANIA TALKING POINT After last month’s disappointing home draw with Hungary, Gareth Southgate’s side desperately need a positive reaction! They know four points from two games will be enough to qualify as winners of Group I, so getting a win here is obviously the most important thing! However, can they also play with a bit more creativity and freedom than their boring display at Wembley last month? WATCH IT! England v Albania Friday, 12 November 7.45pm ★ ITV THE GAME There’s obviously loads at stake for Albania as well! The away side know that only a win would see them have any chance of catching England at the top of the table, while a draw could also see them miss out on second spot – and a play-off…

MATCH’s TOP 20! Check out our league table after Gameweek 9! TRANSFER IN… Here are our biggest signing tips ahead of this fortnight’s action! CONOR GALLAGHER MF★C. PALACE £5.7 MILLION After their recent trip to City, Palace have a really decent run of PL fixtures, so Gallagher is a genuinely good option right now! KAI HAVERTZ MF★CHELSEA £8.1 MILLION We fancy Havertz to finally haul in this week’s clash with Burnley! If Lukaku is fit, he’s another Blues player you have to own too! IVAN TONEY FW★BRENTFORD £6.5 MILLION Toney busted net in his side’s home clash with Norwich last season, and MATCH is backing him to do so again this gameweek! TRANSFER OUT… You should consider dropping these heroes for this fortnight’s action! NICK POPE GK★BURNLEY £5.4 MILLION If…

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GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2022! Guinness World Records, the global authority of record breaking achievements, has launched the new Guinness World Records 2022 – and we’ve got four copies to give away! Out now, Guinness World Records 2022 is packed with remarkable humans, talented pets, incredible vehicles, impressive sporting legends and latest cutting-edge science. Visit guinnessworldrecords.com for more information! NACON MG-X CONTROLLER! Thanks to our mates at Nacon, we’ve got one of their new MG-X controllers to give away – an Xbox controller especially designed for mobile gaming on Android. Sick! For more info on the Nacon MG-X and lots more jaw-dropping gaming gear, head over to nacongaming.com now! HOW TO ENTER! WWW.MATCHFOOTBALL.CO.UK Then click ‘WIN’ in the navigation bar on the MATCH website. Full T&Cs are available online.…

1 JESSE LINGARD MAN. UNITED £15million With his contract running down, we’ve heard through the grapevine that Man. United will accept cut-price bids for Jesse Lingard! West Ham are obviously keen to bring the England playmaker back to the club after his sick loan spell, but we reckon he’s also the perfect profile for The Magpies. They need some extra creativity! 2 FEDERICO CHIESA JUVENTUS £102 million The new owners will want to make at least one marquee signing – like when Man. City landed Robinho back in 2008 for a British transfer record! Our Italian spies reckon their top target is Italy and Juventus winger Chiesa, whose £102 million release clause becomes active next summer. They reckon he’s gonna be a future Ballon d’Or winner! 3 KALIDOU KOULIBALY NAPOLI…

TONEY WHY HE’S ON FIRE! Since the start of 2019-20, no player has scored more goals in the top four tiers of English football than Toney! His teammates have started comparing him to legend Didier Drogba! DID YOU KNOW? His penalty against Wolves was his tenth from the spot for The Bees! BOWEN WHY HE’S ON FIRE! The winger is one of just two West Ham players to have scored ten or more goals and provided ten or more assists in the Premier League since he made his Hammers debut last year! DID YOU KNOW? He’s completed more Prem dribbles than any other team-mate this season! DUFFY WHY HE’S ON FIRE! Seagulls fans were scared after selling Ben White to Arsenal over the summer, but Duffy has been the perfect…

FUTSTARS OF THEMONTH! Check out some of the best Ultimate Team cards that we came across in October! CRISTIANO RONALDO Ones To Watch (OTW) is the yearly promo in FUT given to high-profile superstars who transferred over the summer, with items upgrading based on how they perform throughout the season – and CR7 was the highest-rated squad member in OTW 1! HEUNG-MIN SON Even though he only got an assist for Tottenham in their victory over Aston Villa last month, the South Korea forward was Man of the Match by a mile! That saw him named in Team of the Week 3, alongside fellow Premier League ballers Cesar Azpilicueta and Phil Foden! ALESSANDRO BASTONI Talking about Team of the Week, the international break meant there were some sizzling stars in…

Mane New Balance Centurion Boots Liverpool forward Sadio Mane entered the Premier League’s 100 Club last month after scoring the opener against Watford, and New Balance rewarded the speedster with his own custom-made Furon kicks! As well as the sick golden soleplate, it also features Sadio’s logo and the words ‘100 goals’ on the heel to celebrate his epic achievement! newbalance.co.uk Nike Phantom GT Boots This brand-new Nike Phantom GT feels like it could be a limited edition Nigeria look to go with their groovy green and black kit, but it’s actually got nothing to do with the African nation! The ‘Shock wave’ silo is available with a high or low-cut collar, and was launched on its own without its other mates the Tiempo or the Mercurial! Price: £259.95 nike.com…

DATA HUB The brand-new Data Hub means managers will benefit from the same methods and analytics that real clubs use to fuel their success! Mega detailed data like Pass Maps, Zone Maps and Match Momentum provide in-depth information on how your team keeps possession, in which areas of the pitch they perform the best and how well your substitutions worked. Well useful! ACE ANIMATIONS Football Manager has never been the most realistic game when it comes to graphics, but this year they’ve introduced a brand-new animation engine and a host of AI improvements to make it the most life like game to date! Player movements, especially dribbling, definitely feel more natural when you’re watching in 3D mode! DEADLINE-DAY DRAMA Here we go! Transfer deadline day is one of the most…

LEAVING CHELSEA! TOMORI SAYS: “Since I’ve moved to AC Milan, I haven’t really thought about it. It was a difficult time. Every footballer wants to play and show themselves on the pitch, and when you’re not able to do that it’s difficult. I didn’t really dwell on it and I moved on. It’s part of foot ball, part of life. Now I’ve overcome that, I want to take it even further and keep progressing!” JOINING AC MILAN! TOMORI SAYS: “I’m sure that everyone in football knows AC Milan, how big of a club it is! There is a pressure to win and perform, with so many fans in the stadium and around Milan as well. You definitely feel the weight of the club, the history. The need to win is…

SOCCER SCRAMBLE! Can you re-arrange these letters to find five Premier League stars? NAME THE CLUB! Which WSL club’s recent record is this? BAGUS BADGE! Name the EFL club that this badge belongs to! HIGHER OR LOWER? Raheem Sterling scored three goals at Euro 2020! How did these other stars compare? ACE ACTIVITY WORDSEARCH Can you find England’s 30 most-capped players in this grid? Adams Ball Banks Barnes Beckham Butcher Campbell Charlton Cole Ferdinand Finney Gerrard Hart Lampard Lineker Moore Neville Owen Pearce Peters Robson Rooney Sansom Scholes Seaman Shilton Sterling Terry Wilkins Wright ANSWERS Soccer Scramble: 1. Bryan Mbeumo; 2. Danny Welbeck; 3. Sergio Reguilon; 4. Ilkay Gundogan; 5. Andros Townsend. Name The Club: Arsenal. Bogus Badge: Millwall. Higher Or Lower?: 1. Higher; 2. Lower; 3. Lower; 4. Higher;…