What a game this should be: on paper, Sweden and Switzerland sounds like a 0-0, going to penalties. Both teams, though, are far less stodgy than their...

Fresh from their solid enough win over England, Belgium now wait for Japan to come along. Japan are a good side, but are up against a team that has wo...

For Mexico, the aim was to make it to ‘game five’ – the quarter-final. Having not done so since their own home World Cups in 1978 an...

The World Cup hasn’t had the heart-warming narrative of a host nation exceeding all expectations for 16 years now, but the core ingredients migh...

Age Hareide is promising “a different Denmark to what you have seen” ahead of this last 16 clash in Nizhny Novgorod, but there’s not...

Argentina have already left their mark on Russia 2018 by supplying us with an extraordinary narrative in the group stage - and that’s without ta...

Uruguay have yet to concede a goal at this World Cup and it's a record that could be set to continue against a Portugal side who hasn't created a grea...

England did it the hard way, but they eventually beat Tunisia. Now, they’ll be looking to more or less assure themselves of a place in the knock...

As the two surprise winners of their opening match-up, we expect to see a lot of glory to come from Japan and Senegal in this fixture. There’s a...

This is do-or-die for the previous two favourites of this group. Poland lost to Senegal in embarrassing fashion, while 10-man Colombia were dismissed ...

Following their surprise loss to Mexico – where the performance was the biggest shock – Germany know they need a win here. Sweden are more...

This is a very interesting tie: South Korea know that anything like their first game performance will see them out. Mexico know that a win more or les...