Innholdsfortegnelse for 07 October 2025 i MATCH!

Ousmane Dembele PSG Shirt We’re giving one lucky MATCH reader the chance to win the Ballon d’Or winner’s 2025-26 PSG stadium home shirt – with name and number. Get in there! CLOSING DATE: NOV. 7 PSG’s stunning 2025–26 home shirt is inspired by three of Paris’ most iconic landmarks! The kids’ Nike Dri-FIT replica jersey is perfect for a kick about with your mates or just rocking as everyday drip! HOW TO ENTER! Just visit… SHOP.KELSEY.CO.UK/3W8V7J Then click on the competition image and enter your details. Full T&Cs are available online. Football School Facts Football School Facts is a bumper book that gives readers a cool football fact for every day of the year! Each month is introduced by a birthday list of key players, followed by loads of terrific…

NOTT’M FOREST v CHELSEA Forest last beat Chelsea at home in 1997! That rotten run will continue! MATCH SAYS 1-3 YOU SAY BURNLEY v LEEDS These two newly-promoted teams might have to share the spoils! MATCHSAYS 1-1 YOU SAY MAN. CITY v EVERTON City are on a 17-game unbeaten run v Everton in all competitions! MATCHSAYS 2-0 YOU SAY FULHAM v ARSENAL The Gunners have been the kings of London derbies in recent years! MATCHSAYS 0-2 YOU SAY BRIGHTON v NEWCASTLE The Seagulls are on a five-match unbeaten streak v The Magpies! MATCHSAYS 2-1 YOU SAY CRYSTAL PALACE v BOURNEMOUTH This is often a low-scoring fixture – just ten goals in their last nine H2Hs! MATCHSAYS 1-1 YOU SAY SUNDERLAND v WOLVES This is their first Prem encounter since the…

NAME THE TEAM! Can you remember Liverpool’s 2025 Community Shield starting XI at Wembley? 1. BRAZIL ★ GOALKEEPER 2. HUNGARY ★ MIDFIELDER 3. FRANCE ★ FORWARD NETHERLANDS ★ CENTRE-BACK VIRGIL VAN DIJK 4. FRANCE ★ CENTRE-BACK 5. NETHERLANDS ★ WINGER 6. EGYPT ★ WINGER 7. GERMANY ★ ATT. MIDFIELDER 8. HUNGARY ★ LEFT-BACK 9. NETHERLANDS ★ RIGHT-BACK 10. ENGLAND ★ MIDFIELDER PLAYER BATTLE! Which team-mates have more all-time Premier League goals? Jean-Philippe Mateta V Ismaila Sarr David Brooks V Justin Kluivert Jack Grealish V Dwight McNeil Ruben Dias V John Stones Adama Traore V Alex Iwobi ODD ONE OUT! PRESTON MILLWALL BRISTOL CITY SWINDON Which of these quality EFL teams HAS played in the Premier League before? BACK OF THE SHIRT Can you name the Prem stars who these shirts…

20 ETERNAL DERBY These two clubs popped up just months apart – and they’ve had beef ever since! They’ve ruled the Serbian league since it started in 1992, winning every title except one. Lately, Red Star has run the show with eight league triumphs in a row! Red Star Belgrade v Partizan Belgrade Country: Serbia First derby: 1946 Total clashes: 272 Most wins: Red Star (118) Did You Know? Their home grounds sit less than 400 metres apart, so they can definitely be considered neighbours! 19 AVELLANEDA DERBY Avellaneda, a port city in Buenos Aires, is home to these two giants! They’re part of Argentina’s legendary “Big Five” and together boast 34 league titles. Their stadiums are only a few hundred metres apart, as well! Racing Club v Independiente Country: Argentina First…

Get a parent to help you carefully cut out your personalised FC 26 card……

Keep reading MATCH for loads of top fantasy footy tips! MATCH’S TOP 20! Check out our league table after Gameweek 6! Is your team there? TRANSFERIN… Here are some stars to consider signing ahead of the latest action! GABRIEL GUDMUNDSSON DF ★ LEEDS £4 MILLION Budget DFs are gold – and Gudmundsson’s one of them. Even better, Burnley and West Ham are next! OMAR ALDERETE DF ★ SUNDERLAND £4 MILLION Speaking of bargains, here’s another! The Black Cats have been solid at the back and started really well, so get Alderete in! DECLAN RICE MF ★ ARSENAL £6.5 MILLION Arsenal love London derbies – they’ve got two coming up, then take on Burnley and Sunderland. Rice and Eze are ones to watch! TRANSFER OUT… You may want to drop these…

AKE Bergwijn Bizot Botman Brobbey Depay Dumfries Flekken Frimpong Gakpo Geertruida Gravenberch Hato Kluivert Koopmeiners Lang Maatsen Malacia Malen Reijnders Roefs Schouten Simons Steijn Struijk Timber Verbruggen Weghorst Wieffer Zirkzee ANSWERS Name The Team: 1. Alisson; 2. Dominik Szoboszlai; 3. Hugo Ekitike; 4. Ibrahima Konate; 5. Cody Gakpo; 6. Mohamed Salah; 7. Florian Wirtz; 8. Milos Kerkez; 9. Jeremie Frimpong; 10. Curtis Jones. Player Battle: 1. Jean-Philippe Mateta; 2. Justin Kluivert; 3. Jack Grealish; 4. John Stones; 5. Alex Iwobi. Odd One Out: Swindon. Back of the Shirt: 1. Brennan Johnson; 2. Ethan Ampadu; 3. Tino Livramento; 4. Lucas Paqueta. Wordsearch: Seeright. MY SCORE/50…

3 In their Conference League game v Legia Warsaw, Hibernian wore parts of all three of this season’s kits – third shirt, away shorts and home socks! Juventus were the first-ever club to put a star on their badge to mark a trophy – they did it after winning their tenth league title in 1958! 39 Portugal goal king Cristiano Ronaldo became the joint-top scorer in World Cup qualifying history last month. Wow! Jude Bellingham’s nickname for Dean Huijsen at Real Madrid is “Spaghetti”. Lol! 0 Thomas Tuchel became the first England gaffer to win his first five competitive games in charge without conceding a goal! 5 Erling Haaland made history last month, becoming the first Norwegian this century to score more than four goals in a senior international match!…

26 ISSUES FOR £69.99 (WITH GIFT) ONLY £2.69 PER ISSUE Inside this year’s edition, get ahead on the upcoming World Cup and pick a Dream Team from the best ballers across the continent! REASONS TO SUBSCRIBE: ▷ THE ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR ANY YOUNG FOOTBALL FAN ▷ THEY’LL NEVER MISS AN ISSUE OF THEIR FAVOURITE MAGAZINE ▷ SAVE £2.30 PER ISSUE ▷ RECEIVE THE MATCH! ANNUAL 2026 WORTH £9.99 ORDER NOW! CALL 01959 543 747 QUOTE: XMAS25MAT ONLINE shop.kelsey.co.uk/XMAS25MAT Terms & Conditions: UK offer only. 6 monthly offer: You will pay £37.99 for 13 issues via continuous payment method. Annual offer: You will pay £69.99 as a one-off payment. Gifts are only available with an annual offer. Gifts are subject to availability and while stocks last. Gifts will be dispatched…

Football Manager26 We’ve been waiting ages for this to finally drop after Football Manager 25 got cancelled – and now FM26 is almost here! The legendary management sim is back, letting you take charge of any team and try to lead them to glory. The graphics have had a serious level up, and for the first time ever you can manage women’s teams too. It’s available to pre-order now before it drops in early November! Price: £49.99 footballmanager.com adidas Coral BlazePack Feast your eyes on adidas’ Coral Blaze pack, with the F50, Predator, Copa and F50 Sparkfusion silos all coming in fresh new paintjobs! The colourways, described as beam orange, signal coral, off white, cloud white and bliss orange, come with slick “lucid blue” pops that catch the eye! No…

Dream team! Hudson went full manager mode! He spent ages lining up all his best football cards into an ultimate team! Kitted out! A massive thumbs up from MATCH to Jack, who sent in this epic snap fully kitted out in his team’s strip! Slickshirt! Wyatt was ready to flex his card collection, but his Shamrock Rovers training shirt stole the show instead! Bangin’ boots! Wolves fan Thomas designed a pair of custom boots for his fave player, Emmanuel Agbadou! Sizzling'strips! Alex got creative and designed some seriously slick new Premier League shirts. Awesome stuff! Around the grounds! Big shout-out to Max who took MATCH along on a recent trip to the Emirates, where he even got to meet the legend himself – Gunnersaurus! SEND YOUR PICTURES TO… Email: match.magazine@kelsey.co.uk…