Table of contents for 24-Oct-2017 in MATCH!

Is CR7 about to draw level with Messi for Ballon d’Or wins? The shortlist for the 2017 BALLON D’OR has been revealed, and once again it looks like a straight fight between the two most successful winners of the award! Can anyone challenge CRISTIANO RONALDO and LIONEL MESSI ? MATCH takes a look at the top-quality shortlist! THE FAVOURITES! Between them, these two have won every Ballon d’Or since 2008 – and this year they should make it ten in a row! Ronaldo is the big fave after a Champions League and La Liga double, but his early season struggles and Messi’s Argentina give the Barça star a chance! THE CHALLENGERS! Neymar’s move to PSG was all about getting his hands on this trophy, but this year will probably be…

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Bournemouth welcome champs Chelsea to the Vitality Stadium this weekend hoping for an upturn in form! The Cherries look set for a relegation scrap this season, and they’ll find Gy it tough against The Blues – in their last three meetings, the Londoners have won ? by an aggregate score of ? 10 -2! Can defender Nathan Ake keep the score down against his old side? ONES TO WATCH! Nathan Ake – Bournemouth Eden Hazard – Chelsea Saturday October 28 5.30pm LEICESTER V EVERTON These two clubs would have backed themselves to challenge the top six at the start of the season, but that’s not gone to plan so far! Both teams need to kick-start their campaign and will see this game as a good chance to do it. The…

5 QUESTIONS ON... KEVIN DE BRUYNE 1 How many major trophies has the classy assist machine won – three, four, five, six or seven? 2 How old is the City and Belgium star – 23, 25, 26 or 28 years old? 3 How many international games has the sick baller played for Belgium – under 50 or over 50? 4 True or False? He used to play for City’s mega rivals Man. United! 5 Which top-quality boot brand does the Etihad superstar wear – adidas, Nike or Under Armour? CLOSE-UP! Which cool playmakers have we zoomed in on? Retro MATCH ! Which season is this cover from? Man. United won the FA Cup, while arch rivals Man. City bagged the League Cup! Playmaker Mesut Ozil topped the Prem assists chart…

ARE YOU IN THE BEST FORM OF YOUR CAREER? HARRY SAYS: “I’d say so when you look at the goals I’ve scored in the amount of games! I feel confident and I feel in good shape, so I can’t wait for the next game. I’m just trying to stay fit and healthy, and hopefully I’ll keep scoring!” WHERE CAN YOUR GOALS TAKE SPURS THIS SEASON? HARRY SAYS: “Hopefully we can go all the way! We finished second last season and we always want to improve, so to do that we have to finish first. Hopefully we can start winning our games at Wembley and then kick on from there!” WHAT IS THE REASON BEHIND YOUR RED-HOT FORM? HARRY SAYS: “I’m not sure! We’ve been playing great as a team, created…

HOW IT WORKS! Collect all 80 stickers over the next ten weeks, and use the giant poster to help build four Ultimate Dream Teams packed with your favourite players! FORMATIONS! The Ultimate Dream Teams double-sided poster has four different formations for you – 4-2-3-1, 4-3-3, 3-4-3 and 4-4-2 – so you’ve got tons of options when it comes to picking your final XIs! SUPER SHINIES! A mega 32 of the 80 MATCH stickers are shiny – and these are the best players on the planet! Make sure you collect them all so your teams are as awesome as possible! YOU'RE THE BOSS! Pick your favourite XI and see how it compares to your mates! Or, why not create a Prem XI v a Europe XI? Or you could create a…

SERIE A The two most successful clubs in Italian football history meet this weekend in their first major showdown of the season! Milan are determined to wrestle Juve’s stranglehold over Serie A away from them, and this fixture is as big as it’s been for ages, especially after AC signed ex -Juve ?? defender Leonardo Bonucci in ? the ? summer! He’ll have his hands full up against Paulo Dybala and co. though! ONE TO WATCH Leonardo Bonucci – AC Milan Paulo Dybala – Juventus BAYERN V RB LEIPZIG BUNDESLIGA It’s a top-of-the-table clash in the Bundesliga too, with last season’s champs meeting the runners-up for the second time in a week! Bayern visit Leipzig in the cup on Wednesday, before the serious showdown takes place on Saturday in Munich!…

Goal Machines Quiz Flashback: Radamel Falcao. Who Am I?: Paulo Dybala. Nickname Game: 1-B; 2-D; 3-C; 4-A. Transfer Tracker: 2011-14 – Chelsea; 2014-17 – Everton. Soccer Scrabble: Dries Mertens. Spot The Ball: H13. Boot Spotter: 1. Nike Mercurial; 2. adidas X; 3. Puma ONE; 4. adidas Nemeziz. Name The Club: 1. Lazio; 2. Lyon; 3. Inter; 4. Villarreal; 5. RB Leipzig; 6. Celta Vigo. MATCH Winner: Chris Wood. Ace Playmakers Quiz Sport Switch: Christian Eriksen. Kevin De Bruyne Quiz: 1. Six; 2. 26 years old; 3. Over 50; 4. False; 5. Nike. Close-Up: 1. Luka Modric; 2. Gylfi Sigurdsson; 3. Thiago Alcantara; 4. Juan Mata. Retro MATCH: 2015-16. Footy Mis-Match: See above. HOW WELL DID YOU DO? 36-42 Champions League Legend! 26-35 Premier League Superstar! 16-25 Championship Hero! 8-15 Non-League…

REISS NELSON WINGER ARSENAL Gunners fans got well excited after Nelson ripped up the Emirates Cup, and he’s been involved in all of their cup campaigns so far this season. Arsene Wenger has used him mainly as a RWB, but we want to see his dribbling and trickery much higher up the pitch! BRAHIM DIAZ ATT. MIDFIELDER MAN. CITY Pep Guardiola’s a big fan of Diaz, and even tried to sign him for Barcelona, but the wonderkid’s found it tough to get into City’s megastar team. Gossips say Real Madrid are interested in him, so he needs first-team footy to stay in Manchester! ETHAN AMPADU DEF. MIDFIELDER CHELSEA Ampadu made headlines when he made his debut for Exeter at the age of 15 last season, and that convinced Chelsea to…

The big games keep coming thick and fast in the Premier League, and this weekend is no different! United have made a flying start to the season, but this is the first time they’ve hosted a serious title challenger at home. Spurs have found their form since goal king Harry Kane put his shooting boots on, especially away from Wembley, so this one should be a cracker! Saturday October 28 12.30pm LIKELY LINE-UPS ONE TO WATCH… MARCUS RASHFORD Rash has delivered in the big games before, with goals against Arsenal, Chelsea and Man. City in the past, and Jose Mourinho will back him to do the same again here! We can’t wait for the foot race with pacy Kieran Trippier! LOOK OUT FOR… HARRY KANE Kane’s been in unstoppable scoring…

CHALLENGE 1 SKILL GAMES BOSS ! Prove your FIFA credentials by getting at least a C in all the Skill Games. Toughie! CHALLENGE 2 RULE THE STREET ! Start a new campaign on The Journey, and score five bicycle-kicks in the Rio street game! CHALLENGE 3 ADIDAS LEGEND ! Unlock the adidas XI from the EA Sports catalogue, then take them on in Kick-Off on Legendary difficulty and win! CHALLENGE 4 MAGIC OF THE CUP ! Pick a team from outside the Prem, and take them all the way in the FA Cup! CHALLENGE 5 DRAFT MASTER ! On Ultimate Team, win a single player Draft on Ultimate difficulty! CHALLENGE 6 SET-PIECE SPECIALIST ! Play a match in Career Mode or Ultimate Team, and score two free-kicks in one game!…

Use these clues to work out the mystery star! I’m 23 years old and my national side is Argentina! I joined my current team back in 2015 for £23.4 million! I’ve won both Serie A and Serie B! TRANSFER TRACKER! Can you fill in the gaps in Man. United and Belgium hitman Romelu Lukaku’s career? THE NICKNAME GAME! Can you match these strikers to their wicked nicknames? SOCCER SCRABBLE  Which Serie A striker’s name has been all jumbled up here? SPOT THE BALL!  Mark where you think the ball should be in this action pic! BOOT SPOTTER! Name these boots worn by tons of goal kings! NAME THE CLUB!  Which side do these goal-grabbers play for? MATCH ! WINNER ! Who scored the winner for Burnley in their 1-0 win…

The first i r ever tournament in football history was played back in 1867. The stadium to host it was Sheffield United’s Bramall Lane! New Zealand side Wellington Phoenix are the only club from outside Australia to play in the A-League. Bonkers! Neymar was the first player to complete 50 successful dribbles in Europe’s top five leagues! No player has scored against more opponents in La Liga history than Real Madrid legend Raul . He was well lethal! Everton centre-back Phil Jagielka has made the most last-man tackles in Prem history of players currently playing! Harry first six Kane Prem ’s away goals from came season home this . The youngest playerr to o make e an appearance in the Prem this season is West Brom’s Rekeem Harper ! He…