Table of contents for 1-Oct-2019 in MATCH!

BEST TEAM… After winning the Champo League, two Liverpool stars made FIFA’s best XI, but we were pretty shocked there was no Andy Robertson or one of The Reds’ front three! The 2019 attacking quartet is actually exactly the same as it was in last year’s XI... BEST GOAL… DANIEL ZSORI Messi almost bagged the best goal award too, but was runner-up to Hungarian youngster Zsori! The 18-year-old won the Best Goal prize for a stoppage-time overhead kick, which sealed his side the win just after coming on as a sub for his league debut! BEST PLAYER... LIONEL MESSI The top three candidates for the award were UEFA’s POTY winner Virgil van Dijk, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi – and it was the Barcelona hero that was crowned FIFA’s Best…

DEVELOPMENT CENTRE One of the best things about FM is turning young talent into world-beaters, and now it’s gonna be even easier with the class, all-new Development Centre! CLUB VISION Keep the board happy by working on the new ‘Club Vision’! It’s split into three categories – club culture, ongoing objectives and their five-year plan! IMPROVED GRAPHICS This year’s game is the most realistic ever, with managers and players more lifelike and pitches even affected by different weather conditions! BACKROOM STAFF We always rely on help from our backroom staff for tips on player form and fitness, and in FM20 you’ll have more support than ever before!…

11 No player has scored more Prem hat-tricks than Aguero! 9 Nine of his 11 PL trebles have been hit at The Etihad – the most by a player at a single stadium! 239 He’s City’s all-time record scorer – and their only player to bust over 200 nets in all comps! 39 Unsurprisingly, he’s also City’s top scorer in European competitions! 5 He’s one of just five players to score five goals in a single PL match – and the only hero to do so for City! 23 He scored his five goals v Newcastle in 2015 in just 23 minutes – the fastest five-goal haul in the PL! 20 If he nets 20 PL goals this season, he’ll be the first-ever player to reach the milestone in six…

LUTON ANDREW SHINNIE FAB FACT! He’s only played once for Scotland,but grabbed an assist in a 2-1 win over Luxembourg in 2012! BIRMINGHAM LUKAS JUTKIEWICZ FAB FACT! He was one of just four stars to get double figures for goals and assists in the Championship in the 2018-19 season! BLACKBURN ELLIOTT BENNETT FAB FACT! His younger brother Kyle is also a pro footballer, who played over100 times for Portsmouth! BRISTOL CITY BENIK AFOBE FAB FACT! He was part of the England squad that lifted the 2010 U17 European Championship trophy, but went on to play for DR Congo! DERBY KRYSTIAN BIELIK FAB FACT! The Poland international could become The Rams’ record signing if certain transfer clauses are met! LEEDS EDDIE NKETIAH FAB FACT! The deadly goalscorer hit 23 goals for…

1 BATTLE OF THE CHAMPIONS! It’s called the ‘Champions’ League – and that’s definitely what this clash is! Back-to-back Prem winners Man. City take on the holders of the Croatian league – and Dinamo Zagreb have lifted 13 of the last 14 Croatian titles! It’s also the first time that City are facing a side from Croatia in Europe... 2 THE BIG BOYS ARE IN TOWN! When the draw was made, this was the clash Tottenham fans were most excited about – welcoming Bundesliga champions Bayern to north London! They got the better of Bayern’s rivals Dortmund in last season’s run to the final, so they’ll be confident of picking up three points in front of their fans! 3 MANE MEANS BUSINESS! Sadio Mane has been on absolute flames so…

MATCH checks out the sizzling BARCELONA wonderkid taking La Liga by storm! EMERGENCY BACK-UP! Barcelona began the season without the injured Messi or Luis Suarez, so Fati had to be called into the squad. He became the second-youngest player in the club’s history when he came on in their 5-2 win against Real Betis, and was back on the bench at Osasuna a week later… INSTANT IMPACT! With the champions trailing 1-0 at half-time to Osasuna, Ernesto Valverde turned to Fati. Six minutes after the restart, the winger broke into the box to get on the end of across, and powered in the equaliser with his head – becoming the club’s youngest ever La Liga scorer! MAKING HISTORY! Fati made more history when he made his full debut against Valencia,…

THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO THE TOTAL PREM LEGEND! There’s no doubt about it… SERGIO AGUERO is one of the Premier League’s best-ever players! As he steams towards his place in the top five of the Prem’s all-time top goalscorers, we check out his epic career so far! KUN ARRIVES! On 28 July 2011, Man. City paid a club-record fee for Aguero from Atletico Madrid – around £38 million! He was 23 at the time, and had been linked with a mega move to Real Madrid and Juventus – as well as City! With Edin Dzeko wearing No.10, Kun was handed the No.16 shirt, which he wore until the 2015-16 campaign! DEADLY DEBUT! Aguero made his City debut a month later against Swansea in the league, coming on as a sub…

KAI HAVERTZ BAYER LEVERKUSEN A few weeks ago, we predicted that Havertz would be among FIFA 20’s best wonderkids – and EA didn’t let us down! The 20-year-old is a huge talent – he’ll be in loads of Bundesliga FUT squads, and you’ve got to sign him on Career Mode too! SANDRO TONALI BRESCIA Tonali was a real hidden gem on FIFA 19, but the secret’s out now – the midfielder’s one of the most exciting talents in Europe! He’s got a decent OVR to begin with, but he becomes a world-class player after a few solid seasons on Career Mode! IBRAHIMA KONATE RB LEIPZIG Konate is one of the best wonderkids on the new game, and one of the most exciting defenders too! He’s got speed, strength, top tackling…

THE LOWDOWN WHO? Saint-Etienne and Lyon – two of Ligue 1’s most successful clubs! WHERE? The two cities are only 35 miles apart, making them one of the closest rivalries in France! WHAT’S THE BEEF? This is a local rivalry between neighbouring cities that don’t like each other, but it’s been added to by the success of the two clubs. Saint-Etienne won eight titles in 13 years in the 1960s and ’70s, while Lyon were champs seven years in a row between 2002 and 2008! HEROES & VILLAINS Saint-Etienne fans were gutted when Bafetimbi Gomis left to join their biggest rivals, but it got even worse when he banged in a 30-yard screamer against them! Saint-Etienne’s legendary striker Herve Revelli is the fixture’s top scorer, while Nabil Fekir was a…

CHLOE KELLY HER STORY… The young striker came through the ranks at Arsenal, and made her full debut for the north London club when she was just 17 in a crunch League Cup clash against Watford, busting net after just 22 minutes! After putting pen to paper on her first professional contract with The Gunners in 2016, she spent two separate loans spells at Everton – and convinced The Toffees to make her move permanent in January 2018! She was a really key figure for the Merseyside club in the first half of 2018-19, but her campaign was brought to an end by a bad ankle injury back in February. She’s fit again now and ready to reach her potential! FACTFILE Age: 21 Position: Striker Club: Everton Country: England HER…

Marc Albrighton is nicknamed ‘Sharky’ by his Foxes team-mates! Real Madrid CB Sergio Ramos has his own horse stables in Seville, and one of his horses is actually a world champion! 2 David de Gea has already kept as many clean sheets at Old Trafford this season as he did in the whole of 2018-19. Wowzers! 24 The average age of Bournemouth’s starting XI against Everton was 24 – their youngest-ever line-up in a Premier League match! 35 Sadio Mane has never lost a Prem home game that he’s scored in! 3 Kevin PrinceBoateng bought three cars in one day when he was at Tottenham! 41 Brazil and PSG star Formiga is now the oldest-ever scorer in the Women’s Champo League! 16 Diego Simeone’s 16-year-old son Giuliano has joined Atleti’s…

1 FINAL-DAY DRAMA! MAN. CITY 3-2 QPR MAY 13, 2012 The other goals on this list might have been more outrageous, but what this goal meant makes it Aguero’s best-ever Prem strike! City needed three points to seal their first league title for 44 years ahead of huge rivals United, but were drawing 2-2 with QPR with seconds left to play... step forward Sergio! He showed sick composure to skip past a man in the box and blast it home – winning his side the title in jaw-dropping fashion on goal difference! 2 BLUES BELTER! MAN. CITY 6-0 CHELSEA FEBRUARY 10, 2019 You should remember this goal, because it only happened last season! Kun had just missed an absolute sitter to put his side 2-0 up against Chelsea,…

THE SCENE... It was a cold and rainy October day in Newcastle, and reigning Premier League champions Man. United were in town. The Magpies were looking for revenge after just missing out on the 1995-96 title and, although the weather was grim, the result wasn’t! THE TEAMS... WHAT HAPPENED? An unlikely hero in CB Darren Peacock gave The Magpies the lead before club legends David Ginola, Alan Shearer and Les Ferdinand made it 4-0! But the most iconic goal of the lot was Philippe Albert’s cheeky chip over Peter Schmeichel to make it five! WHAT CAME NEXT? More heartbreak for Newcastle! Just like the previous season, they fought The Red Devils hard for the Prem title, but ended up in second place once again – seven points behind back-to-back winners…

Harry’s honker! The whole stadium heard that one! Hide-and-seek! Tom Davies was hiding from Everton boss Marco Silva! Who ate all the pies? Neymar by the looks of it! Cherry crash! Wilson and Ake might need to see adoctor ASAP! Hunting Hazard! Who knows what Eden Hazard’s searching for? Haka hero! Lampard’s really getting into the 2019 Rugby World Cup spirit! Boot sale! Is Lozano trying to flog his footy cleats? Tettey’s terror! What has Alexander Tettey seen behind his team-mates? Karate kid! Grealish has definitely been practising his karate kicks! Salah shutout! Sticking your head to his legs is one way of slowing Salah down! Shirt shocker! Did Maguire’s shirt shrink in the wash or something?…

LEEDS v WEST BROM The Champions League might grab the headlines on Tuesday night, but this is gonna be a tasty Championship clash! BESIKTAS v WOLVES Wolves’ first away Europa League game is gonna be well memorable – Besiktas’ Vodafone Park stadium will be bouncing! AZ ALKMAAR v MAN. UNITED United can’t afford to underestimate AZ – the Dutch side lost just one of their first 12 league home matches in 2019! YOUNG BOYS v RANGERS Young Boys have an even better home record than AZ – they recently lost just once on a 36-league home game run! CELTIC v CLUJ The Scottish champions have to win their home matches if they’re going to qualify from their proper tricky group! ARSENAL v STANDARD LIEGE Both of these teams won their…

eFootball PES 2020 Mobile PES 2020 launched last month on Xbox One and PS4, and in October the mobile version of the wicked game drops too! With Finesse Dribbling, better graphics and even more new partnerships with the likes of Juventus, Man. United and Bayern Munich, it’s more fun than last year’s mobile game! Price: Free App Store adidas 2019-20 Official Champions League Football You would’ve spotted the official adidas Champo League footy in the first round of CL fixtures! The blend of blues, orange and yellow are supposed to represent the passion of fans, while the famous UCL stars are bigger than ever! Price: TBC adidas.co.uk PSG 2019-20 Third Shirt To celebrate 30 years of making PSG’s strips, Nike have basically copied the same third kit the club was…

Goal Machines 2020 Book! To celebrate the release of MATCH Goal Machines 2020, we’ve got five copies of the epic book up for grabs! It counts down the Top 100 net-busters on the planet and is packed with elite stats, ace quizzes and cool competitions! MATCH Goal Machines 2020, published by Pillar Box Red Publishing Limited, is available now in all major retailers including Bookpeople, Amazon and WH Smith. Smart Ball! This wicked counting Smart Ball with light and sound features lets you challenge yourself and your mates to see who can bust out the most keepy-uppies and tricks – and we’ve got five up for grabs to give away to our lucky readers! Smart Ball is available from all good retailers including Smyths, Amazon and Argos. For more info,…