Martin Macdonald

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Football Transfers Live Blog Editor with almost 10 years experience in producing up-to-the-minute live action around European football and beyond. Regular FootballCritic contributor.

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Newcastle vs Brighton Prediction: Magpies look to recover from dip in form

Newcastle are without a victory in three Premier League matches, while Brighton are riding high from a comeback win versus Spurs

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Ipswich vs Everton Prediction: McKenna's men still looking for first win

Ipswich are one of four Premier League sides yet to taste victory this season so will hope to stop the rot against Everton

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Tottenham vs West Ham Prediction: Two sides desperate for a derby win

The early kick off in the Premier League this Saturday sees Tottenham host London rivals West Ham

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Austria vs Norway Prediction: UEFA Nations League

Both Austria and Norway are coming off big victories on Thursday so will aim to keep the momentum going this weekend

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Greece vs Ireland Prediction: UEFA Nations League

Greece are on a high at the moment following their stunning victory against England at Wembley, while Ireland also won on Thursday

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Finland vs England Prediction: Three Lions look to recover from SHOCK loss

England suffered a surprise loss to Greece on Thursday and will need to bounce back quickly away at Finland

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Spain vs Denmark Predicted Lineups: UEFA Nations League

Spain are aiming to claim the top spot in their Nations League group after dropping points in the September fixtures

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Serbia vs Switzerland Predicted Lineups: UEFA Nations League

Serbia and Switzerland are two teams yet to taste victory in the 2024/25 Nations League

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Poland vs Portugal Predicted Lineups: UEFA Nations League

Portugal are one of a handful of teams to hold a 100% record in the Nations League so far and will look to make it three wins out of three on Saturday

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Hungary vs Netherlands Predicted Lineups: UEFA Nations League

Marco Rossi and Ronald Koeman have some selection issues and absences to contend with ahead of this Nations League clash

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Jurgen Klopp makes sensational return to football with surprise new role

The former Liverpool manager left the Anfield club to take a sabbatical from the game, but has returned to Germany in a new job

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Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Germany Predicted Lineups: UEFA Nations League

There is an experimental feel to Julian Nagelsmann's Germany side as he has had to contend with a few key absences

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Hungary vs Netherlands Prediction: UEFA Nations League

The Netherlands are unbeaten in two matches in the 2024/25 Nations League and face Hungary on Friday before a return fixture versus Germany

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Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Germany Prediction: UEFA Nations League

Germany will look to continue their unbeaten start to the 2024/25 Nations League with another positive result this week

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Norway vs Slovenia Prediction: UEFA Nations League

The Nations League returns for a round of October matches and Norway will look to build on a positive win against Austria

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Venezuela vs Argentina Predicted Lineups: World Cup Qualifying

South American World Cup Qualifying returns this week and Argentina are aiming to bounce back from a recent loss against Colombia

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Venezuela vs Argentina Prediction: World Cup Qualifying

Argentina will look to bounce back from a loss against Colombia in September by claiming all three points against Venezuela

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The weekend's most exciting games RANKED: A six-goal thriller in the Bundesliga

Our FootballCritic Match Excitement Rating takes into account a number of key metrics to determine how exciting a particular match was

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Serie A Team of the Week, Gameweek 7: De Gea and Thuram are two Perfect 10s

David de Gea and Marcus Thuram were instrumental for Fiorentina and Milan respectively in Serie A this past weekend

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Premier League Team of the Week, Gameweek 7: Saka stars for the Gunners

There were plenty of star performers at the weekend in the Premier League, but nobody was close to the standard set by Bukayo Saka

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Brighton vs Tottenham Prediction: Seagulls look to recover from blip

Brighton made an excellent start to the season but have stumbled in recent weeks, while Tottenham have hit a bit of form

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Aston Villa vs Man Utd Prediction: Ten Hag's job on the line

Erik ten Hag is fighting for his job after a string of poor results, and a loss against Aston Villa might just seal the Man Utd boss' fate

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Chelsea vs Nottingham Forest Prediction: Blues go for five wins in a row

Chelsea have won five games straight in all competitions and are favourites at Stamford Bridge against a solid Forest side

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Alaves vs Barcelona Prediction: Cules look to bounce back from Osasuna loss

Barcelona suffered their last defeat of the Primera Division season last weekend and will look to quickly recover domestically versus Alaves

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Union Berlin vs Dortmund Prediction: BVB fresh off Celtic demolition

Borussia Dortmund secured their biggest ever Champions League victory during the week, defeating Celtic 7-1 at home

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