Author: Anjishnu Roy

Last season belonged to Mumbai City FC who enjoyed instantaneous success following their tie with Manchester City and influx of influential players. These players ended up making the difference for the Islanders who continued to stack up wins and ended up winning 12 of their 20 matches in the league stage during the 2020/21 season. The Sergio Lobera-led outfit also scored the most number of goals (35) and conceded just 18. Although Mumbai were tested in the semi-finals against FC Goa, they saw fortune favouring them in the penalty shootout in the second leg. In the final against ATK Mohun Bagan, the…

Brisbane Roar will take on champions Melbourne City at the Moreton Daily Stadium in Brisbane on 25th May with the hopes of snatching the second spot before the end of their regular campaign. Meanwhile, newly-crowned champions Melbourne will try to extend their lead at the top of the table and gain an even stronger and commanding position. With 34 points from 22 matches, Brisbane Roar are currently sixth in the A League table and have been fairly inconsistent this season. They have won nine matches, drawn seven games and lost on six occasions. They’ve also had an erratic run over…

With the exception of two matches to be played later tonight (Granada vs Getafe and Sevilla vs Alaves) the 2020/21 season of Spanish football’s top-flight league has come to an end. This has been one of the most bizarre seasons of La Liga in recent memory with all of the top three sides- Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid, and Barcelona hesitating to force their hand in order to take commanding position in the league on multiple occasions! Diego Simeone’s side however, survived several scares throughout the season and managed to lift their second La Liga title in eight years after a…

Both Granada and Getafe have essentially nothing to fight for going into this final match of the season. Getafe have narrowly managed to avoid relegation along with Elche as Huesca, Valladolid, and Eibar have been restricted to the drop zone this year. Granada would like to win the final match so that they can overtake Athletic Bilbao in the league table and manage a top 10 finish. After the excitement, tension, madness, frenzy and suspense of Saturday’s title-deciding fixtures and relegation battles, La Liga 2020/21 winds down to a gentler finish for the season with two largely inconsequential games on…