Table of contents for 1 May 2018 in MATCH!

Lionel MESSI 25 Messi is the king of El Clasico – no player’s scored more goals in this fixture than the Argentina ledge! 378 He’s got the all-time goal record in La Liga too, and could become the first player ever to hit 400 goals within the next year. Sick! 149 Leo’s the most creative player in La Liga history as well, with loads more assists than Ronaldo! 9 Wrapping up this season’s La Liga title means he’s almost won twice as many league titles as Ronaldo – including Ron’s three PL medals! MESSI’S STATS Cristiano RONALDO 120 Ronaldo dominates in Europe’s biggest competition, with well over 100 Champo League goals! 1.06 He might be behind Leo in the all-time La Liga scoring charts, but he’s played fewer matches and…

Liverpool Home Kit 2018-19 Check out Liverpool’s new home kit for next season! Designed by cool brand New Balance, the kit has NB DRY tech to keep players fresh throughout the game, and a two-button polo collar. We think it looks sick! Shirt price: £60 newbalance.co.uk Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze This quality new Donkey Kong game gets released this week for Nintendo Switch! Can you help the epic hero fight off the evil Snowmads and melt the ice? Price: £44.99 game.co.uk Russia 2018 Away Kit Top marks to adidas for designing this beaut! We prefer it to the WC hosts' red home strip – do you? Shirt price: £69.95 adidas.co.uk Sweden 2018 Away Kit MATCH can’t get over Sweden’s awesome striped navy jersey! We're not surprised Ibra's desperate to…

Premier League Quiz Game Changer: Christian Eriksen. The Numbers Game: Five. Odd One Out: Southampton. Trophy Time: Jay Rodriguez. Previous Clubs: 1. Villarreal; 2. Burnley; 3. Everton; 4. Chelsea; 5. Burnley; 6. Liverpool. Prem Mash-Up: Tammy Abraham. Spot The Ball: J5. Name The Country: Zouma – France; Soares – Portugal; Manquillo – Spain; Locadia – Holland. Prem Stars: 1. Bournemouth; 2. Leicester; 3. West Brom; 4. Crystal Palace; 5. Everton; 6. Newcastle. MATCH Winner: Jack Cork. European Footy Quiz Club Sharers: Marseille. FIFA 18 Challenge: Diego Costa & Diego Godin. YouTube Star: Isco. Back To The Future: Antoine Griezmann. Camera Shy: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Alisson & Sergio Ramos. Footy Mis-MATCH: See above. HOW WELL DID YOU DO?…

31 When he bagged the POTY award, he’d already matched the record for the most goals in a 38-game Prem season – and he could still go on to beat the all-time record of 34! 9 He owes his strike partners a big thank you – Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino assisted nine of his first 30 Prem goals! 40 He’s bagged more than 40 goals and assists combined in his first Premier League season! 7 He’s the seventh Liverpool player to win the award, and the first since Luis Suarez back in 2013-14! Only Man. United have had more winners with 11. Wow! 3 Salah’s only the third Liverpool player ever to score 40 goals in all competitions in one season! LETHAL LEROY! Man. City winger Leroy Sane beat…

A £40 Lovell Soccer Voucher! MATCH is giving away this awesome £40 Cristiano Ronaldo Lovell Soccer e-voucher to one lucky reader. Get in! You could buy one of these with it… ★ adidas X Tango 17.3 Kids Trainers ★ Nike England 2018 Polo Shirt ★ Pop Up Goal 6ft x 3.3ft Set of 2 Lovell Soccer offer free personalisation on all their football boots. For more information, head to www.lovellsoccer.co.uk MATCH! World Cup 2018 Diary! We’re pumped for the World Cup this summer, so we’ve got an awesome prize to give away to five lucky readers – the MATCH World Cup 2018 Diary! The MATCH World Cup 2018 Diary is out on May 17 and is available in all good bookshops or online at www.panmacmillan.com HOW TO ENTER! WWW.MATCHFOOTBALL.CO.UK Then click…

ALISSON Roma Brazil’s No.1 was a beast in last season’s Europa League, but this is his first year at the highest level! He’s proved he’s one of the best keepers in the world by keeping a clean sheet in all five of his side’s home games in their epic run to the semi-finals! WISSAM BEN YEDDER Sevilla Ben Yedder only scored twice as Sevilla were knocked out in last season’s second round, but this year he fired them to the quarter-finals! With eight goals in nine games, he scored more than half of the La Liga club’s CL goals, including two at Old Trafford to dump out Man. United! TRENT ALEXANDER-ARNOLD Liverpool This has been a special CL campaign for Trent, ever since he smashed in his first goal against…

40 Liverpool ace Mohamed Salah scored his 40th goal this season with a quality header against Bournemouth! Vincent Kompany’s father-in-law is a massive Man. United fan! Awkward… 2 Wilfried Zaha hit his first ever Prem brace when Palace beat Brighton! 40 Barcelona’s recent 2-2 draw with Celta Vigo secured their 40th league game unbeaten – setting a new La Liga record. Awesome! 640 Nottingham Forest went a club-record 640 minutes without scoring recently, before netting two goals in six minutes v Ipswich! 1 Pep Guardiola is the first bald boss to win the Premier League. Mad fact! 10 No side has won more points at Old Trafford than West Brom in the last five seasons! 100 Fernando Torres is the first Atletico ace to score 100 La Liga goals. Sick!…

MATCH chatted to some FIFA pros to get their expert tips! Check them out on page 22...…

FIFA TIPS!  MATCH chats to Hashtag United’s pro FIFA players Agge Rosenmeier and Ryan Pessoa to find out the top secrets to their success! WHAT’S THE BEST WAY TO TAKE YOUR CHANCES ON FIFA 18? RYAN SAYS: “Driven shots are the best thing to do when you’re in on goal. Hold down the shoot button so it’s pretty powerful, and then tap it again to drive it along the ground!” AGGE SAYS: “The most common shot is definitely the driven shot, and it’s always the most efficient. Combine it with the finesse driven shot, depending on the angle!” WHAT’S THE MOST SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE FIFA SKILL MOVE? AGGE SAYS: “The Ball Roll. It’s easy to perform but it’s extremely good when you master it, and any player can do it.…

CHELSEA v LIVERPOOL Usually this is one of the biggest PL clashes of the season, but there’s not much left to play for between these two in the Prem! Chelsea should be the most motivated, though – they’ve still got a slight chance of catching London rivals Tottenham for the last Champions League spot. The Reds might be feeling a bit tired too after their midweek CL match with Roma! ONES TO WATCH! Eden Hazard – Chelsea Mohamed Salah – Liverpool WATCH IT… Sunday May 6 4.30pm EVERTON V SOUTHAMPTON This is Everton’s last home game of the season, and their fans will be happy to see the end of this campaign! It’s still been worse for Southampton, though – The Saints are facing relegation, but they’ll fancy themselves against…

Epic egg head! Top marks to Stanley who sent in this LOL snap with a special homemade hat! That Eggen Hazard is a ‘cracking’ player! WINNER!  Congrats to Stanley who’s won this week’s Lovell voucher! Sheffield star snap! Massive Sheffield United fan Lewis got his photo taken with awesome Blades goal-buster Billy Sharp. That’s wicked! Real mega fan! Big thanks to Real Madrid fan Billy for sending in this cool pic with all his footy gear – MATCH, FIFA and boots included! Quality Palace pic! Crystal Palace fan Toby sent in this awesome photo with his MATCH mags, boots, medals and Palace home and away kits. Nice one! Super Saints! Check out Southampton fans Alex and Matthew at Newcastle’s St. James’ Park! This was Alex’s first ever football match. Class!…

PREMIER LEAGUE SPECIAL THE NUMBERS GAME! How many red cards did West Ham get given last season? TROPHY TIME ! Which forward is hiding behind the Prem trophy? PREVIOUS CLUBS! These heroes joined their current clubs from which teams? GAME CHANGER! Which Tottenham superstar scored the equaliser in their 3-1 win v Chelsea last month? ODD ONE OUT! Which of these teams’ bosses played Premier League footy? PREM MASH-UP!  Name the class forward in this weird pic! SPOT THE BALL!  Mark where you think the ball is in the cool action pic! NAME THE COUNTRY! What countries do these ace Prem heroes call home? PREM STARS!  What teams do these class midfielders play for? MATCH! WINNER! Who scored the winner in Burnley’s 2-1 win over Watford last month? EUROPEAN FOOTY…