MATCH! 6 April 2021

1 Man. United have conceded just one goal in this year’s Europa League, fewer than any other team! 20 United have only lost one of their past 20 knockout stage matches in the Europa League! 4 In the last round, Amad Diallo became the fourth-youngest player to score for The Red Devils in a major European competition! 7 Bruno Fernandes has been involved in seven goals in nine Europa League games since joining the Manchester club! 455 Only one player left in the tournament has completed more passes than Arsenal’s Granit Xhaka this season! 27 No side has scored more goals in this season’s Europa League than The Gunners’ 27! 88 Arsenal boast an 88% pass completion rate this season–no team has a higher pass success rate! 19 No player left in the Europa League has completed more dribbles this season than Nicolas Pepe! THEIR OPPONENTS! La…

SOLID SHOT-STOPPERS Thibaut Courtois and Marc-Andre ter Stegen are undoubtedly two of the best goalkeepers on the planet! The Real Madrid goalie has kept 11 league clean sheets in 2020-21 compared to Ter Stegen’s nine, but the Barcelona GK has played fewer matches – so his clean sheet percentage is higher. The German GK has also averaged more saves per game! DEFENSIVE ROCKS Gerard Pique missed three months of action earlier in the season with a knee injury and picked up another problem that saw him miss all of Barcelona’s matches in March! Luckily for Barca, the 34-year-old should be fit this week. Real Madrid’s Sergio Ramos meanwhile could be playing in his last El Clasico if he leaves on a free this summer! GOAL MACHINES Lionel Messi scored 16 league goals in his first…

FRANCE v ENGLAND WATCH IT! France v England Friday, April 9★8.10pm TALKING POINT England have one of the most in-form players in world football right now – Chelsea forward Fran Kirby! The 27-year-old scored 13 goals in her first 14 matches of 2021 in all competitions and is ready to make her long-awaited international return. She missed the friendly v Northern Ireland in February due to injury and hasn’t played for her country since the 2019 World Cup in France. Wow! THE GAME You can’t get a much tougher test than away against France! Les Bleues are the third-ranked nation on the planet right now, three places above England and just behind the United States and Germany! They’ve got some of the planet’s hottest talents in Wendie Renard, Amandine Henry, Eugenie Le Sommer, Amel Majri and…

WATCH IT! 1ST LEG ★ TUESDAY, APRIL 6★ 8PM WATCH IT! 2ND LEG ★ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14 ★ 8PM STAR MEN! KEVIN DE BRUYNE KDB bagged his first Champions League goal of this season with an absolute screamer against Gladbach in the last 16! Man. City and their Belgian wizard are both desperate to add a Champions League winner’s medal to their already impressive collections! ERLING HAALAND Goal machine Haaland just can’t stop scoring in the Champions League! The Dortmund striker is currently this season’s top scorer with an incredible ten goals in just six matches, and now faces his dad Alf-Inge’s ex-side in a mega exciting game! TALKING POINT The big news is that Jadon Sancho returns to the Etihad after leaving as a teenager back in 2017! He’s turned out to be one of Man. City’s…

WATCH IT! 1st LEG ★ TUESDAY, APRIL 6 ★ 8PM WATCH IT! 2nd LEG ★ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14 ★ 8PM STAR MEN! KARIM BENZEMA Real Madrid’s super striker has hit five in six Champo League matches this season! Benzema starred in Real’s last 16 second-leg tie against Atalanta, tapping in their opener in their epic 3-2 aggregate win, and is now eager to lift the CL for a fifth time! MOHAMED SALAH Speedster Salah scored twice for Liverpool over two legs v RB Leipzig in the last 16! The Egyptian forward has five goals in the competition this season and could be the difference for The Reds as they aim to reach a third CL final in four years! TALKING POINT This game is the repeat of a recent Champions League final! Liverpool met Real Madrid in the…

WATCH IT! 1st LEG ★ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7 ★ 8PM WATCH IT! 2nd LEG ★ TUESDAY, APRIL 13 ★ 8PM STAR MEN! ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI Last season’s CL top goalscorer netted in both legs of Bayern’s 6-2 aggregate victory v Lazio in the last 16! With an incredible 35 goals in 25 Bundesliga games so far this season, Lewa is Bayern’s best hope of winning the Champo League for two years in a row! KYLIAN MBAPPE Mbappe’s spectacular hat-trick stunned Barcelona in the first leg of the last 16! The France star added another to his tally in the second leg as PSG advanced 5-2 on aggregate. With Mbappe firing in the goals, this could finally be PSG’s year for glory! TALKING POINT Obviously the main talking point here is that this is a repeat of last year’s final!…