Match of the Day Magazine Issue 620

Match of the Day is Britain’s best-selling football magazine. We bring our youth audience closer to their heroes with an action-packed version of the iconic TV programme. Facts, stats and gossip provide our audience with the knowledge they need for playground banter, while glossy posters, quizzes and cartoons allow them to celebrate the game they’re obsessed with. Parents and teachers say it’s sometimes the only thing boys will read. A huge compliment.

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THE CONTENDERS!

MAN. CITY CHANCE OF TITLE 30% KEY MAN Kevin De Bruyne SECRET WEAPON John Stones LAST TITLE WIN 2018-19 LIVERPOOL CHANCE OF TITLE 20% KEY MAN Mohamed Salah SECRET WEAPON Diogo Jota LAST TITLE WIN 2019-20 MAN. UNITED CHANCE OF TITLE 20% KEY MAN Bruno Fernandes SECRET WEAPON S. McTominay LAST TITLE WIN 2012-13 LEICESTER CHANCE OF TITLE 10% KEY MAN Jamie Vardy SECRET WEAPON Ricardo Pereira LAST TITLE WIN 2015-16 TOTTENHAM CHANCE OF TITLE 10% KEY MAN Harry Kane SECRET WEAPON Carlos Vinicius LAST TITLE WIN 1960-61 EVERTON CHANCE OF TITLE 5% KEY MAN Dominic Calvert-Lewin SECRET WEAPON Alex Iwobi LAST TITLE WIN 1986-87 CHELSEA CHANCE OF TITLE 5% KEY MAN Mason Mount SECRET WEAPON Ben Chilwell LAST TITLE WIN 2016-17…

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CHAMPIONS

Man. United clinch 21st league title win WITH MAN. CITY AND LIVERPOOL both showing signs of weakness this season, Man. United will shock everyone and win their first Premier League title for eight years. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will have Fernandes to thank for his stand-out performances!BY HUGH JED 21 FOR SUMMER HOLIDAY FREE MAN. UNITED RUBBER DUCK FOR EVERY READER SIX OF THE BEST CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MUSIC will be ringing around the grounds of Man. United, Man. City, Liverpool and Tottenham next season as we predict they'll all secure a top-four spot, while Leicester and Chelsea will hit up the Europa League! BY BRIGHTON EARLY GOLDEN SON SON HEUNG-MIN BAGS THE PREM GOLDEN BOOT At the time of writing, Tottenham’s clinical South Korean has the highest shot accuracy in the league this season at 76% – and we expect…

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MOTD MAG VERDICT

This season will be remembered as the year Ole Gunnar Solskjaer stepped up to the plate and cemented his name in Man. United history with their title triumph – and what better way to sign it off than with a free rubber duck? LOL! It’ll be a big breakthrough year for King Kylian. Yes, we all know he’s a baller, but 2021 will be the level-up we’ve all been waiting to see. Meanwhile, Bruno Fernandes will prove why he’s the true MVP of the Prem! Big up to Bayern and City, but Tottenham winning their first trophy for 13 years will be the story of the season – even if it is just the EFL Cup. Spurs fans have waited a long time for this – and it could be the springboard…

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FARA WILLIAMS MASK INSIDE

CHAMPIONS CHELSEA RETAIN TITLE IN DRAMATIC STYLE IT’LL GO DOWN TO the wire in the WSL’s four-horse race for the title, with Man. City, Arsenal and Man. United pushing current champs Chelsea all the way. We think this one could go down to the last day – but the Blue’s superior frontline will shine through! GOLDEN GIRL IT’S A HAT-TRICK for Viv! Arsenal’s star shooter Miedema is already creating a huge gap in the Golden Boot race and it’s only going to get bigger. In fact, so huge, we expect her to crush last season’s tally and reach 18+ goals! BY CAULEY FLOWER AWESOME ADA TO CITY MAN. CITY SHOWED they mean business with the signings of Lucy Bronze and Alex Greenwood – and they’re not stopping there. Lyon baller and the all-time UCL record goalscorer…

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THE ULTIMATE HOME SCHOOL QUIZ!

Lockdown won’t stop us learning! We’ve got six lessons on the schedule today, so take your time – and no cheating! SECTION A ENGLISH 1 Which is the correct spelling of these Prem players' names? 2 Complete these sentences by adding the missing word! 3 In the following sentence, pick out the two nouns, the adjective and the verb! 4 Which team is being described below? SECTION B MATHS 1 Which answer to the sums below is the biggest number – A or B? 2 What are the answers to these footy equations? 3 How many saves in total did David De Gea make in these eight games? One glove = two saves! SECTION C HISTORY 1 Can you name these Premier League teams from these well-old starting line-ups? 2 In which year did Leicester win the Prem title? 3 In which year…

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2021 HOROSCOPES

ARIES 21 MARCH TO 19 APRIL FAMOUSARIES Jadon Sancho Several full moons shatter your solar serenity this summer. Beware an awkward meeting with Roy Hodgson in Asda – he’ll use every trick in the book to get that last pack of pickled onion Monster Munch, the crafty old badger! YOUR 2021 COSMIC CHART! LUCKY ANIMAL Wombat LUCKY REFEREE Martin Atkinson REMEMBER No pudding unless you finish your dinner TAURUS 20 APRIL TO 20 MAY FAMOUS TAURUS Romelu Lukaku A blockage in the lunar nodes will result in a cosmic cyclone and a stubborn Steve Bruce refusing to leave your loft. Your lifelong obsession with Granit Xhaka will finally reap rewards but there's bad news about your Wotsits stash! YOUR 2021 COSMIC CHART! LUCKY ANIMAL Proboscis monkey LUCKY REFEREE Michael Oliver REMEMBER It doesn’t matter who started it GEMINI 21 MAY TO 21 JUNE FAMOUSGEMINI Sergio Aguero There’s an astrological…

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