Table of contents for 4 October 2022 in MATCH!

LE CLASSIQUE PSG v MARSEILLE The two most successful Ligue 1 teams are also the only French teams to have won major European trophies! Marseille supporters still brag about being the only French side to win the Champions League, but they’ve been second best behind PSG in the league for quite some time. In fact, they’ve only beaten PSG once in their last 25 head-to-heads in all comps! I’M SUPPORTING… DER KLASSIKER B. DORTMUND v BAYERN MUNICH People always talk about Bundesliga being a two-way battle between Bayern and Dortmund, but let’s be honest – it’s been super one-sided for the last decade! Bayern’s title success in 2021-22 was their tenth successive league victory, finishing eight points ahead of Dortmund. Bayern have won their last eight head-to-heads, scoring at least…

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MATCH’S TOP 20! Check out our league table after Game week 8! TRANSFER IN… Here are our biggest signing tips ahead of this fortnight’s action! REECE JAMES DF★CHELSEA £6 MILLION Wolves and Aston Villa are struggling for goals so clean sheet bonuses could be available, while his attacking stats are strong! JARROD BOWEN MF★WEST HAM £8.1 MILLION Fulham and Southampton had just one clean sheet combined after seven Prem game weeks so Bowen could haul! ALEKSANDAR MITROVIC FW★FULHAM £6.9 MILLION Mitro loves a goal in London so West Ham away followed by Bournemouth’s visit to Craven Cottage is perfect! TRANSFER OUT… You should consider dropping these stars for this fortnight’s action! ANDY ROBERTSON DF★LIVERPOOL £6.7 MILLION Robbo is just returning from injury and faces Arsenal away and then Man. City…

BEST PREM XI! Of the 23 top-rated Premier League players, Man. City boasted the most with eight ballers! Liverpool (6), Chelsea(3), Tottenham (3) and Man. United (3) were the other four teams represented, while Arsenal surprisingly didn’t have a single star rated above 84! THE BEST-RATED BALLERS ON FIFA 23! For the fifth year in a row, Lionel Messi has received the highest rated card on the game – but this year four others join him! Karim Benzema, Robert Lewandowski, Kevin De Bruyne and Kylian Mbappe also received a 91 OVR, while the 90-rated Cristiano Ronaldo received a brutal-6 Pace downgrade! TOP THREE LION! Yet again, England captain Harry Kane is rated as the best England player on the game, although he hasn’t managed to keep hold his 90-rated card…

ONLY 6 WEEKS TO GO! AFRICA’S ANSWER? An African nation has never reached the semi-finals of the World Cup in the competition’s history! Senegal, winners of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, are hoping to change that. MATCH checks out their chances of success… THEY’LL MAKE THE SEMIS! ✔ Winning this year’s AFCON ended a long trophy drought for the nation and boosted their confidence bigtime! ✔ They’ve got quality ballers all over the pitch, Including Edouard Mendy, Kalidou Koulibaly and Sadio Mane! ✔ They should progress from Group A a head of both Ecuador and Qatar, although Netherlands will be tough! SORRY, SENEGAL FANS! ✘ As good as their first XI is, they haven’t got tons of strength on the bench to freshen things up if needed! ✘ They’ve…

Neymar-sterpiece! Daniel drew PSG superstar Neymar celebrating a goal against Real Madrid! Haaland superfan! Nicholas woke up extra early just to draw MATCH this Erling Haaland cartoon. Love it, mate! Happy birthday! Massive Liverpool fan Flynn celebrated his 11th birthday recently with this epic cake! We hope you saved MATCH a slice! Darwin drawing! Samuel was desperate to see his drawing of Darwin Nunez in his favourite footy mag! Colourful cleats! Sam designed these bright boots for MATCH to wear in 2022-23. Nice one! Super sketch! We need to give a MATCHY round of applause to Louie for this epic drawing of Man. United baller Tyrell Malacia! SEND YOUR PICTURES TO… Email: match.magazine@kelsey.co.uk Facebook: www.facebook.com/matchmagazine Twitter: www.twitter.com/matchmagazine…

NEW VOTING RULES! France Football announced back in March that the rules for voting have changed, with the award based on performances over a single season (2021-22) rather than a calendar year. Also, winning trophies is now less important, so the prize should reflect the best footballers from each season, rather than simply who lifts the most silverware! OTHER AWARD winners! The Yashin Trophy for the best keeper is clearly a two-way battle between Real Madrid’s Thibaut Courtois and AC’s Mike Maignan – they’re the only two GKs who made the Ballon d’Or shortlist! The Kopa Trophy winner for the best young player is harder to call, with Jude Bellingham the current fave ahead of Eduardo Camavinga, Gavi, Florian Wirtz and Bukayo Saka! BALLON D’OR WINNER! YOU SAY… BALLON D’OR…

RULE 1 You must have at least two goalkeepers in your PL squad! RULE 2 You can’t have more than three players from the same side 1 THE SHORTLIST Alisson, Liverpool David De Gea, Man. United Hugo Lloris, Tottenham Jordan Pickford, Everton Aaron Ramsdale, Arsenal OTHER: Write on your voting form! 2 THE SHORTLIST Matty Cash, Aston Villa Tariq Lamptey, Brighton Kieran Trippier, Newcastle Kyle Walker, Man. City Kyle Walker-Peters, Southampton OTHER: Write on your voting form! 3 THE SHORTLIST Rayan Ait-Nouri, Wolves Ruben Dias, Man. City Fabinho, Liverpool Rico Henry, Brentford Nathan Patterson, Everton OTHER: Write on your voting form! 4 THE SHORTLIST Sven Botman, New castle Nathan Collins, Wolves Virgil van Dijk, Liverpool Ben White, Arsenal Joe Worrall, Nott’m Forest OTHER: Write on your voting form! 5 THE SHORTLIST Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Tottenham Jorginho, Chelsea Lloyd Kelly, Bournemouth Tyrone Mings, Aston Villa John Stones, Man. City OTHER: Write on your voting form! 6 THE SHORTLIST Jonny Evans, Leicester Gabriel, Arsenal Marc…

Tuesday 11 October, 8pm 1 AC MILAN v CHELSEA Chelsea last visited the world-famous San Siro stadium in the 2009-10 Champions League campaign, when they lost 2-1 to Inter! The last time they played Milan there was even longer ago – back in 1999. Unfortunately for The Blues, they haven’t won on any of their four trips to the ground! Tuesday 11 October, 8pm 2 CELTIC v RB LEIPZIG This is Celtic’s second home match of the group stage after their opening round defeat to reigning champions Real Madrid! The home supporters will have more positive vibes ahead of this one after beating the Bundesliga club 2-1 at Celtic Park in the 2018-19 Europa League group stage! Wednesday 12 October, 8pm 3 RANGERS v LIVERPOOL It’s a massive week of…

6 QUESTIONS ON… GABRIEL JESUS 1 How old did the striker turn in April 2022 – 24, 25, 26 or 27 years old? 2 True or False? His favourite footballer growing up was Frank Lampard! 3 Which Brazilian side did he join Man. City from – Sao Paulo or Palmeiras? 4 How many goals did he score in 159 Prem games for City – 28, 58, 78 or 98? 5 True or False? His trademark call celebration is a tribute to his mum who calls him before every match! 6 Who did he make his Gunners Prem debut against back in August? WIKI WHO? Can you name the player from their stats on Wikipedia? BAGUS BADGE! Name the EFL club this badge belongs to! MATCH! WINNER! Who scored Atletico’s stoppage time…