Daily Football Grid
19 August 2026 · Grid #8623
The Board
Each square needed a footballer who satisfied both its row and its column. The number shown is how many players in the database qualified — the lower it is, the tighter the square.
| Dortmund | Aston Villa | AC Milan | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100+ Goals | 15answers | 4answers | 26answers |
| Arsenal | 3answers | 1answer | 2answers |
| Barcelona | 6answers | 1answer | 7answers |
Total valid answers
65
Tightest square
1
Squares
9
How to Approach It
The squares marked in red had the fewest qualifying players, so they were the ones worth solving first — spend a versatile name somewhere easy and you may find the tight square has no answer left that you know.
Remember that each footballer can only be used once per grid, which is what makes a board with several overlapping categories harder than it looks. There is more on this in the strategy guide.
Answers
Every footballer in the database who satisfied each square on this board. Only nine could be used in a single grid, and never the same name twice.
100+ Goals × Dortmund
Ciro Immobile, Erling Haaland, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Ivan Perisic, Ivan Perišić, Jay-jay Okocha, Lothar Matthaus, Lothar Matthäus and 7 more
100+ Goals × Aston Villa
Nolberto Solano, Peter Crouch, Robbie Keane, Robert Pires
100+ Goals × AC Milan
Alvaro Morata, Andriy Shevchenko, Carlos Bacca, Christian Vieri, Clarence Seedorf, George Weah, Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Hernan Crespo and 18 more
Arsenal × Dortmund
Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Mikel Merino, Pierre-emerick Aubameyang
Arsenal × Aston Villa
Robert Pires
Arsenal × AC Milan
Olivier Giroud, Pierre-emerick Aubameyang
Barcelona × Dortmund
Andreas Christensen, Ilkay Gundogan, Kevin-prince Boateng, Marc-andre Ter Stegen, Pierre-emerick Aubameyang, Robert Lewandowski
Barcelona × Aston Villa
Pepe Reina
Barcelona × AC Milan
Pepe Reina, Pierre-emerick Aubameyang, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo Nazario, Ronaldo Nazário, Zlatan Ibrahimovic