Inhoudsopgave van 27 Mar 2018 - MATCH!

Who’s rocked the Prem in 2017-18? MATCH reveals all! With less than a quarter of the season left to play, we’ve teamed up with our top mates at EA SPORTS to crunch the numbers on the Premier League’s best performers of the campaign so far… SHOT STOPPERS De Gea’s on course to be named the Prem Keeper Of The Yearr for the fourth season in a row! He’s way ahead of any other top-six GK, with 97 saves made! Lower down the league, Pope’s had an unreal season – by these stats, he should be starting for England at the World Cup! TOP SCORERS Salah keeps on getting into the box and scoring goals, and he’s now closing in on the record of 31 goals in a 38-game Prem season!…

ENGLAND UNDER-17S JACK SAYS: “This picture is from the Under-17 European Championship final in 2010, and there’s my baby face! We beat Spain in the final, who had some good players, including Jese Rodriguez who I obviously play with now at Stoke. To win a major tournament, even at youth level, is amazing!” CHELTENHAM LOAN SPELL JACK SAYS: “My hair was really, really short back then – I don’t like that! This was my first loan move, aged 18. Against Northampton, Bayo Akinfenwa stood on my toes for every corner! It was my first taste of pro football, but I took it all in my stride and enjoyed the experience. It was by far my favourite loan move.” CALL-UP TO EURO 2012 JACK SAYS: “I’d been involved with the U21s…

This might not be the title-deciding clash these teams would have been hoping for earlier in the season, but any game between the two London clubs is massive! A top-four spot is still on the line too, so neither side can afford any slip-ups – especially against one of their closest rivals! WATCH I T… Sunday April 1 4pm TEAM NEWS & LINE-UPS CHELSEA NEWS Antonio Conte might be tempted to play ex-Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud, but Alvaro Morata should start. CM Danny Drinkwater was preferred to Cesc Fabregas for the recent clash v Man. United. TOTTENHAM NEWS With Harry Kane out injured, we reckon Heung-Min Son will head the attack instead of Fernando Llorente. His pace and work-rate should make loads of space for Christian Eriksen and Dele Alli.…

ZLATAN’S WORLD CUP COMEBACK? Zlatan Ibrahimovic walked away from international football at the end of Euro 2016, but gossips say the legendary striker is ready for a return! MATCH has been checking out whether it’ll happen or not... BRING IBRA BACK! Ibra told Swedish journos recently that he could return! He said, “I miss the national team. The door isn’t closed for anything. If I want to, I’m there.” He defo sounds keen! Zlatan isn’t just Sweden’s all-time top scorer, he’s in the top 25 for the rest of the world too! The striker bagged 62 goals in 116 games – only six Europeans have more! Although they won 1-0, Sweden didn’t have much of an attacking threat in their play-offs with Italy. When they face off against the top…

110 Serie A club Inter Milan celebrated their 110th birthday at the start of March! Toni Kroos’ brother Felix is also a pro footballer! He plays in midfield for Union Berlin in Bundesliga 2! 200 Petr Cech is the first goalkeeper in Prem history to keep 200 clean sheets. Hero! 50 Mesut Ozil bagged his 50th Prem assist in his 141st PL match – no player has reached the epic landmark in fewer games. Class! Retiring Man. United hero Michael Carrick has won five Premier League titles with the club, plus the Champo League, Europa League, FA Cup and three League Cups! 11 No player has missed more PL penalties than Wayne Rooney! 30 Swansea didn’t have a single shot in their 0-0 draw with Huddersfield – The Terriers had…

DEPORTIVO DESTROYED! Cristiano ended a three-match drought in all comps – his longest in a Madrid shirt for almost seven years – by bagging twice in the 7-1 thrashing of Deportivo in January! PSG PUMMELLED! The legend became the first player in Champions League history to score 100 goals for one club after netting a brace against PSG on Valentine’s Day! GOLDEN GETAFE GOAL! His first strike against Getafe in March brought up his 300th La Liga goal, and he quickly made it 301 in that same game! He’s still chasing Lionel Messi! CHAMPO LEAGUE LEGEND! His opener in Paris in the CL second leg against PSG meant he’d scored in his last nine Champo League games – no-one has ever bagged in more consecutive matches! HAT-TRICK HERO! Cristiano’s four-goal…

FIFA SCOUT – ATTACKING LEFT-BACKS Modern-day full-backs need to give your attacks a helping hand by bombing on down the wings! Check out these four awesome options for the left-hand side! STAR SIGNING ALEX TELLES PORTO Telles’ displays this season earned him a Winter Upgrade, and his new card is sick! With 85 pace and 91 stamina, he gets up and down the wing all game, plus his class 80+ crossing and dribbling stats make him a massive threat going forward! WONDERKID LATO VALENCIA Lato is awesome at bombing down the wing with 84 pace, and his 85 crossing is as good as most other full-backs on the game! If you get him on Career Mode he can play LM as well, and he’s got the potential to hit the…

Cool kit collection! Sam is a big Liverpool and Barcelona fan, and he sent in this cool snap with all of his favourite kits. Awesome! Brighton baller! Lucky Brighton fan Ben was a mascot for their match against West Ham, and he got this cool snap with CB Shane Duffy! The Seagulls won the game 3-1, too! MATCH bath bombs! Who needs soap and bubbles when you can jump into a bath full of MATCH magazines Thanks to Alfie for sending in this LOL snap! WINNER! Congrats to Alfie who won this week’s Lovell voucher! Sit back, read MATCH & relax 2! Henry saw his big brother George in MATCH in January, so he was really keen to get a pic sent in too. Ace! True Toffee! He might live…

1 True or False It was Jose Mourinho’s first win against Chelsea as boss of Man. United! 2 How many English players were there in Chelsea’s starting XI 3 Which of the two mega giants had more possession 4 Name the Chelsea player who gave his side the lead! 5 Did United equalise in the first or second half 6 In what minute was Jesse Lingard’s winner – the 70th, 75th or 80th 7 How many bookings were there in the game – none, two, four or six 8 True or False Man. United didn’t have a goalkeeper on the bench!…