Innehållsförteckning för 2 February 2021 från MATCH!

MOHAMED SALAH! THE PREM TITLE RACE! SALAH SAYS: “I believe that all the teams are close to each other in terms of standards this year. Every team wins and loses. It’s still too early to say who will win the league, but I hope it’ll be us!” COPING WITH INJURIES! SALAH SAYS: “This certainly affects you, especially that Virgil van Dijk is one of the best defenders in the world. But, at the end of the day, you have to handle the situation. If you focus only on injuries, you won’t win the title! REDS’ SQUAD ROTATION! SALAH SAYS: “I want to play every minute I can play, but it has to do with the tactics and viewpoint of the coach. If you’re asking me about my opinion, I like…

The 2021 Preds have a new split-cut collar design for extra comfortand greater movement! The new look takes inspiration from the 1998 Predator Accelerator and 2000 Predator Precision! Turn to page 55 to see the other banging boots in this epic pack! We thought adidas were happy with their new spikey Preds, but they’ve already announced some insane improvements for 2021! They’ve extended the DEMONSKIN spike coverage so that they’re even better positioned to improve control and ball swerve, and changed the collar so that it’s a more comfortable fit than before! POGBA SAYS: “From first wear, I knew adidas had created something special with their DEMONSKIN material. As soon as I touched the ball, I felt a difference in the way my foot connected!” DUGGAN SAYS: “The Predator has…

CLOSING DATE: MAR. 2 Socceristic & Football+Games! We’ve got an ace bundle of Socceristic board games and Football+ card games to give away to five lucky readers! Socceristic features every rule in football, and allows you to score goals, take penalties and tons more, while Football+ allows two players to play out fast and exciting matches. You don’t want to miss it! 5 PRIZES! HOW TO ENTER! www.matchfootball.co.uk Then click ‘WIN’ in the navigation bar on the MATCH website. Full Terms & Conditions are available online. Both games are totally unique in that players can take part in very realistic and mega exciting football matches. Socceristic is available from Amazon and Football+ is available to order from KEDO Games at kedo@blueyonder.co.uk FOLLOW MATCH! FOR FOOTY NEWS, TRANSFER GOSSIP, VIDEOS &…

HOW HE SCORES IN THE PREM 60+ He’s created more chances for his team-mates than any other player in the Prem this season! 405 Grealish made more progressive runs than any PL player in 2020 – and was the only star to make over 400! MOST FOULED PLAYERS PREMIER LEAGUE IN 2020 8+ For the first time in his class career, Grealish has recorded at least eight assists in a single season! GREALISH V MADDISON ENGLAND PLAYMAKERS COMPARED… 31,000 That’s how much it will cost you to sign the attacker’s in-form card on FUT 21! PREMIER LEAGUE ALL-TIME STATS Games 87 Goals 14 Assists 14 19 The Birmingham-born baller represented Republic Of Ireland’s youth teams 19 times before switching to play for England’s U21s! 5 England Caps 0 England Goals Stats…

FUT STARS OF THE MONTH! Check out the best January FUT cards - not including the obvious Team Of The Year heroes! BRUNO FERNANDES If you’re looking for a world-class midfielder on Ultimate Team, then just make sure you complete Fernandes’ December POTM SBC! The Man. United maestro has 93 passing and 92 dribbling – you don’t want to miss out on that! WISSAM BEN YEDDER Loads of great new Headliners were released by EA on New Year’s Day, and Ben Yedder’s 87-rated card was one of the most exciting! Don’t forget that these cards can be upgraded further based on individual and team displays throughout the rest of 2020-21! CRISTIANO RONALDO If you’ve got tons of coins to spend, then CR7’s TOTW 15 in-form card is one of the…

Dybala Juventus Paulo’s dog looks about as confused as we are! Salah Liverpool Mo’s cat is as bored of lockdown as he is! Havertz Chelsea Havertz’s dog is clearly setting fashion trends for 2021! Levell Leicester Women You wouldn’t get MATCH that close to the water in February! Groenen Man. United Women Name a dog that doesn’t love a belly rub! We’ll wait… Laporte Man. City Forget Where’s Wally! Can you spot Aymeric’s cat?! Muller Bayern Munich Have you seen the clip of Muller dancing with his horse?! Smalling Roma The Roma centre-back definitely has beard envy! Isco Real Madrid Isco’s got enough pups for a five-a-side team! Sanchez Inter Alexis loves chilling in the snow with his pals!…

Nike Mercurial Dragonfly The design of the new Nike Mercurial is actually based on a dragonfly! They used the insect’s wings as a guide to maximising speed with minimal weight – and insane speed is what the Mercs are always all about! The eye-popping boot introduces a new upper that combines a grippy grid mesh with premium lining for elite ball control on the move. Feast your eyes! Price: £229.95 nike.com Puma ULTRA 1.2 We showed you Neymar’s new Puma Future cleats last week, and now the mega brand have released the ULTRA kicks for Antoine Griezmann! The 'Game On' boots are part of the same pack, so they’ve got the same colourway but with more black than there is on the Future! Price: £180 puma.com Nemeziz+ Price: £230 X…

CHAMPIONSHIP SPECIAL GAME CHANGER! Who scored twice for Swansea in their comeback v Watford in early January? THE NUMBERS GAME! How many league goals did striker Lewis Grabban score last season? TROPHY TIME! Which goal machine is hiding behind the league trophy? PREVIOUS CLUBS! These Championship stars joined their current clubs from which teams? 1. Ovie Ejaria 2. Adam Armstrong 3. Scott Sinclair 4. Jed Wallace 5. Bryan Mbeumo 6. Dominic Solanke ODD ONE OUT! Which Championship team has never played in the Prem? MEGA MASH-UP! Name the Bournemouth hero here! SPOT THE BALL! Mark where you think the ball is in this cool action pic! NAME THE COUNTRY! Which countries have these Championship stars played for? Yakou Meite Reading Arnaut Danjuma Bournemouth Scott McKenna Nott’m Forest Harry Wilson Cardiff…

QR CODE EXPLAINED If you see one of these, just scan it with your phone or tablet to watch the clip online! KIT CLASH WITH…SNOW?! Turkish side Sivasspor probably regretted their decision to wear their white kit on a snowy day – you could barely make their players out. They still managed to get a draw! HAVE SOME OF THAT! Dundee United’s Lawrence Shankland proved that there’s no such thing as “too far out” with this long-range strike from 52.98 yards. Scan that QR code right now to watch it! TRANSFER TANTRUM! Royal Antwerp forward Didier Lamkel Ze was so desperate to leave in January that he turned up to the club’s training ground wearing the shirt of their rivals Anderlecht! WORLD RECORD HOLDER! Footy fan Sepp Hedel wrote himself…

HARRY KANE TOTTENHAM It’s been an incredible campaign for Kane! As well as becoming the first player in Europe’s top five leagues to reach double digits for goals and assists, he also became the North London derby’s top goalscorer. It’s great news for England this summer! 11 Premier League assists 12 Prem net-busters 3.8 shots per game MEGA MOMENT! Assisting four goals for Heung-Min Son against Southampton! IF HE WAS A SUPERHERO… THOR He’s got the most powerful ‘hammer’ of a right foot in the Premier League! SADIO MANE LIVERPOOL He might not be at quite the same level as his jaw-dropping 2019-20 form, but he’s still torn defenders apart with his electric pace and dribbling! He tends to end PL seasons really strongly as well, so we think there’s…

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Keep reading MATCH for loads of top fantasy footy tips! WEEKLY TOP 20! Check out MATCH’s league table after Gameweek 19! TRANSFER IN… Here are our biggest signing tips ahead of the latest action! JOHN STONES DF ⋆ MAN. CITY £5.1 MILLION Stones has been incredible recently, so snap him up before his price rises even further. He’s still a bargain at under £5.5m! HARVEY BARNES MF ⋆ LEICESTER £6.8 MILLION Two winnable away trips could make the in-form Barnes a decent differential this week. He’s still a bit cheaper than James Maddison… HARRY KANE FW ⋆ TOTTENHAM £11.2 MILLION Kane picked up 142 points from his first 18 matches this season, meaning he’s on course to beat Mo Salah’s all-time record! TRANSFER OUT… We reckon you should ship these…