🇩🇪 Nick Woltemade has scored his first international brace for Germany’s senior team. That takes him to 10 goals for club(s) and country this season.

🇩🇪🆚🇸🇰 After results, this evening, Monday’s game between Germany and Slovakia will be a straight shootout for World Cup qualification.

⏳ Memphis Depay’s record extending 55th international goal for the Netherlands all but confirms his country’s place at the 2026 World Cup. To overhaul them, Poland need to win their final qualifier, hope the Dutch lose, and for an unlikely 13 goal swing in their favour.

🇭🇷🎉 They had to come from behind but Croatia get the win they needed and they become the 29th nation to confirm their place at the 2026 World Cup.

🇦🇴 Argentina end their fixtures for the year with a friendly win away in Angola. Lionel Messi recorded his 115th international goal and his 61st assist.

Here's Friday's slate in UEFA World Cup qualifying. Germany and Slovakia are level on points in Group A, meaning Monday's game between them will likely be a decider. Netherland will qualify if they beat Poland, and Croatia can confirm a finals place with a point vs. the Faroes.

🇧🇷📊 Vitor Roque has 21 goals and assists in his last 23 games for Brazilian league leaders Palmeiras. The Barcelona reject is rebuilding his confidence: www.fotmob.com/topnews/2394...

The international break came at just the wrong time for Alejandro Garnacho, with the Argentine finding his form for Chelsea.

🇯🇵 Japan beat fellow World Cup qualifiers Ghana in a friendly, with Mainz’s Kaishu Sano earning our top match rating.

😮‍💨Group C of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying is on a knife edge. Honduras and Haiti are level on points with one game to play. Costa Rica face Honduras and can still take the one automatic World Cup final place on offer.

🇧🇷📊 Palmeiras are currently involved in a heated title race in the Brasileirão and preparing for the final of the Copa Libertadores. At the heart of it is Vitor Roque, a striker with a point to prove: www.fotmob.com/topnews/2394...

🇯🇲🆚🇨🇼 Overnight results means that it will a straight shootout between Dick Advocaat’s Curaçao and Steve McClaren’s Jamaica for a place at the 2026 World Cup. The two sides meet next Tuesdays, with Curaçao aiming to reach the finals for the first time.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🛏️ England still haven’t conceded a goal in the current World Cup qualifying period. Jordan Pickford now has 10 clean sheets in a row for his country, a run that goes back to October 2024.

😮‍💨 A Troy Parrott brace in a game that also included a red card for Cristiano Ronaldo blows Group F wide open in UEFA World Cup qualifying. Ireland head to Hungary on Sunday to battle for second place while Hungary will still be hoping to overhaul Portugal (who play Armenia).

🇫🇷🎉 France, runners up in 2022, winners in 2018, will be able to target a third straight World Cup Final after sealing their qualification for the 2026 edition. Captain Kylian Mbappé did more that most to get them over the line.

The live commentary just jinxed Cristiano Ronaldo there…

🇨🇩 Chancel Mbemba pops up with a late goal as Congo choose the perfect time to end a 8-game winless run vs. Cameroon. Congo now face Nigeria in the final CAF playoff for the chance to progress to FIFA’s inter-confederation playoffs, and another shot at reaching the World Cup.

🇳🇬🦅 Nigeria record a statement victory, albeit it needed extra time to move past Gabon, and through to the final of the CAF playoffs. The Super Eagles are one step closer to a World Cup return. Report: www.fotmob.com/news/2gqm7sq...

🇳🇴 A rush of second half goals sees Norway take an unassailable lead in their World Cup qualifying group. We’re 99.9% sure their goal difference is enough to consign Italy to the playoffs and return Norway back to the finals for the first time since 1998.

🧤 On a big Champions League night when Mary Earps was supposed to be the story, young Manchester United goalkeeper Safia Middleton-Patel signalled her intent. www.fotmob.com/topnews/2393...

The final double matchday of UEFA World Cup qualifying process gets underway today. Wins for France and Portugal will see them join England as the first European nations to qualify for the 2026 finals. Norway's place will also be all but confirmed with a win in Estonia.

🇳🇴📈 This is it for Norway. Beat Estonia today and the national team will be heading to their first World Cup finals since 1998. Italy can take it to Sunday's meeting between the two but the Azzurri will be left with a virtually implausible goal difference to make up.

By the end of next Tuesday, we'll know 42 of the 48 nations heading to the World Cup. But there's a hell of a lot of football to be played before then. We've picked out the best of it for this week's newsletter: newsletter.fotmob.com/p/crunch-tim...

🇳🇬 Nigeria’s last chance of World Cup qualification starts with today’s match against Gabon. They have the attacking talent to make it, but can they do it? fotmob.com/topnews/2391

In a final, fifth stage, of AFC World Cup qualifying, UAE meet Iraq in a two-legged playoff for the right to represent Asia at FIFA’s Inter-confederation playoffs in March. UAE haven’t featured at a World Cup since 1990, Iraq haven’t been to the finals since 1986! This is big.

🌍 One of these proud African footballing nations will earn one last chance to qualify for the 2026 World Cup. But only if they win through this week’s CAF playoffs that start today, AND THEN the win FIFA’s inter-confederation playoffs. 😮‍💨

This week's edition of The Assist newsletter is designed to help you navigate the November international break. Read and subscribe here (it's free!): newsletter.fotmob.com/p/crunch-tim...

Didier Deschamps needs a win against Ukraine tonight to see France safely through to the 2026 World Cup. To help him get there, he's turned to one of the safest players in the game, recalling N'Golo Kanté to the squad: www.fotmob.com/topnews/2392...

England take on Serbia at Wembley tonight and while it might be a dead rubber for the home side, it's definitely not for the Serbs. www.fotmob.com/topnews/2393...

📬🆕 With the international break starting in earnest today, we've gone early with this week's newsletter. The latest edition of The Assist is in your mailbox now! newsletter.fotmob.com/p/crunch-tim...

💯 Manchester United maintain their 100% start to their debut campaign in the Women’s Champions League. Mary Earps might not have enjoyed her return to her former club with PSG.

Holders Arsenal lose their second game in this season’s league phase of the Champions League as Bayern mount an impressive second half comeback.

The latest matchday in the Women's Champions League continues this evening. Big wins for Lyon and Chelsea saw them move to the top of the 18-team league phase table but they could be replaced by the likes of Barcelona, and Man United, who face Mary Earps' PSG tonight.

Nigeria are four games from making amends for missing out on the 2022 World Cup! 🇳🇬 📝 for @fotmob.com

🇳🇬 With the leading goalscorer in the Champions League + another 14 players plying their trade in Europe's top five leagues, surely Nigeria can make it through the CAF playoffs and FIFA's inter-confederations playoffs to reach the 2026 World Cup, surely!? www.fotmob.com/topnews/2391...

🇳🇴📈 Ada Hegerberg takes her own tournament record to 69 goals with a brace in her 78th Champions League appearance.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿📊 With the November international break underway, here's a stat check on the Premier League as things stand. First - the top scorers, and top providers.

The top scoring Englishman in the Premier League didn't get his surprise international recall but nevertheless, we wanted to celebrate the season currently being enjoyed by Brighton striker Danny Welbeck. www.fotmob.com/topnews/2390...

Former British Vogue fashion director Venetia Scott ran her expert eye over the style choices made by managers currently plying their trade in the Premier League. Ideal international break reading. www.fotmob.com/embed/news/0...

Matchday 3 in the Women’s Champions League begins this evening. Five teams have maximum point so far, with two of them playing today when Lyon take on Wolfsburg. WSL leaders Chelsea go to Austrian side St. Pölten.

🇫🇷📈 with seven points separating the top seven in Ligue 1, do we have a title race on our hands? 🔍 Read more: www.fotmob.com/topnews/2389...

🇫🇷📈 Whisper it, but we might actually see a title race in Ligue 1 this season. 🔍 We had a closer look at the top seven: www.fotmob.com/topnews/2389...

From EFL League 1 in 2024/25 to Season 2 of the Baller League UK in just a few short months… Martyn Waghorn has scored five goals in his first two games for N5 FC in the new short-sided format currently playing on Monday nights.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿📊 Nico O’Reilly’s last 10 starts for Manchester City show the kind of form that gets you called up to the national team. Thomas Tuchel could hand the 20-year-old his first England cap this week.

🇮🇹📊 One club man Domenico Berardi leads the FotMob ratings for Serie A following Sassuolo's 3-0 away win at Atalanta. He's joined by two teammates in our TOTW, including Nemanja Matić. Bologna, who beat Napoli, also have three players in our best XI for Round 11.

🇩🇪📊 Bayer Leverkusen teenager Ibrahim Maza announced himself to the world with his performance in the Bundesliga this weekend. Two goals in the 6-0 thrashing of Heidenheim sees him included in the FotMob TOTW alongside four B04 teammates. Stuttgart are also well represented.

🇫🇷📊 It was an intriguing weekend in Ligue 1 with all of the top four winning, and PSG, Lens, and Strasbourg beating the other sides in the top seven. Consequently, Lens have four players in the FotMob TOTW, Strasbourg have two, and our top rating went to PSG's Vitinha.

🇪🇸📊 There's plenty of goals and experience in the FotMob TOTW for LaLiga. Robert Lewandowski and Antoine Griezmann are paired up front after scoring five goals between them this weekend. Rashford and Yamal make it three players from Barca, with Arda Güler representing Madrid.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Matchday 3 in the new Baller League UK season is coming up. N5 FC, collaboratively managed by Jens Lahmann, Robert Pires and Eman SV2, currently top the table. Former Derby, Rangers, Leicester, Wigan striker Martyn Waghorn is their top scorer.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿📊 Manchester City and Everton dominate the FotMob TOTW for the Premier League, with four players and three players included, respectively. Jérémy Doku earned a big 9.0 rating for his role in City's win over Liverpool, a rating beaten only by Brentford's in-form Igor Thiago.