Athletic Club have been very strong at home this season with only Getafe and Valencia winning at them. In the cup Athletic Club had a excellent win over Barcelona in the previous round and have lost only 1 of the last 9 games in the cup.
Rafa has to be in there - not just because of what he did in the Champions League with Liverpool, but what he's done for Newcastle. He has to be here. Sir Kenny Dalglish (Blackburn 1992-1995, Newcastle 1997-1998, Liverpool 2011-2012)Games: 238 Won: 115 Drawn: 60 Lost: 63 Win ratio: 48. Premier League title wins: 1 Sir Kenny Dalglish guided Blackburn to the title in 1994-95, with Alan Shearer scoring 34 goals for them in that seasonShearer: "Kenny was brilliant, especially when you consider where Blackburn were when he took over, in the old Second Division.
IN OTHER NEWS Presumably New York City fans will be delighted to hear that their new manager is nearly – not actually, but nearly – moved to some sort of emotion after being appointed. Almost. Close enough. HEROES AND ZEROS Hero: Romelu Lukaku With just over half the season gone, Romelu Lukaku has already scored more goals for Inter than he did in the whole of last season for Manchester United.
Balotelli had opened the scoring in the game, which Lazio went on to win 2-1, before fans twice chanted racial abuse in the first half. Afterwards, Lazio said in a statement: "As always, Lazio dissociates in the most taxing way from the discriminatory behaviour carried out by a very small minority of fans during the match against Brescia. The club once again reiterates its condemnation of such unjustified misconduct and confirms its intent to prosecute those who in fact betray their sporting passion, causing serious damage to the image of the club.
Over 1.5 goals have been scored in 89% of Cambuurs’ home games as well as in 90% of Volendam’s away games this season which is why we are confident that both teams will score this Friday. The visitors haven’t kept a clean sheet on the road this season and both teams have scored in 70% of their away games, while 56% of Cambuur’s home games have also produced goals at both ends of the pitch. Cambuur have only failed to score in 22% of their home games in the Eerste Divisie so far and Volendam have only drawn a blank in 30% of their away games.
He lives in the centre of Manchester now because he loves the city so much and he just walks around like it is nothing - he doesn't seem to understand or care how a big a star he is. He definitely doesn't act like one. I went out for dinner with him after City lost the derby in December. Nigel de Jong was over doing some TV work, so along with Joe Hart and Joleon, we met up with David afterwards. He hadn't changed one bit - he is still really chilled about everything.
Bournemouth have scored in three of their last four away league games. Bournemouth have conceded in 12 of their last 13 away Premier League matches. Everton had high hopes of at least a Europa League place at the start of the season. They go into this final match in 11th and host Bournemouth who are 19th and facing relegation.
Premier League shirt names have been replaced with 'Black Lives Matter' and players have been taking a knee before games in support of racial equality. We are at the beginning of something," the 46-year-old said. It is very difficult to change culture and very difficult to change feelings. Nuno, who is the only black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) manager in the top flight, added: "A lot of people are changing, which is a good sign.
Hull City will host Charlton Athletic for this fixture of the league. Both teams are one of the outsiders in this season. Both teams are currently bottom of the table. Also, both teams have a poor results in the last matches. Hull City have four consecutive losses. In any case, the hosts have real chance to break the poor series. On the other hand Charlton is also vulnerable team. They have 3 losses in a row. After all, I expect another one tough match for both sides. In any case, the hosts must go to the victory. They will be very careful.
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If you are happy by losing football matches it's difficult to be a winner in any moment of your career," added the former Manchester United and Chelsea boss. He has a job on his hands at Spurs who have slumped to 14th place in the Premier League and were thrashed 7-2 at home by Bayern Munich in the Champions League last month.
It was the same again here as they created chances and dictating large periods of the match. But once again Atleti struggled for firepower in the final third. Simeone will surely enter the January transfer window when it opens for another striker. His team desperately needs one. João Félix (Atlético)Getty Images MAN OF THE MATCH - Samuel Chukwueze (Villarreal) The case could be made that it was in fact Felix who created the most opportunities and made the biggest impression, but for all his liveliness the Portuguese teenager was wasteful in front of goal.
Paris Saint-Germain v Lille OSC predictions for this Ligue 1 match. PSG currently hold a healthy lead at the top of Ligue 1 and will be looking to extend it as they welcome les Dogues to the Parc des Princes. Read on for our free betting tips and match preview.
OB are going to host Lyngby today for a Denmark Superliga match which is expected to be held at Nature Energy Park stadium in Odense city. OB has been doing well and they have managed to take position 1 in the table with 39 points got from 11 wins and 6 draws. On the other hand, Lyngby are 1 position back taking position 3 with 33 points got from 9 wins and 6 draws.
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Newcastle showed a little more imagination after the interval but rarely looked like getting back into the game and it was an unhappy return to Villa Park for their coach Steve Bruce, who was sacked by the Birmingham side 13 months ago. The win snapped a three-game losing streak in the league for Villa and took them up two places to 15th on 14 points from 13 games, four clear of the relegation zone.
Most clubs like us are run on a shoestring. Halifax manager Pete Wild said he was "pleasantly surprised" that the league had held firm amid calls to follow the bigger leagues and close down but was also worried for the future. We are going to struggle aren’t we? We need cash flow through the doors to sustain what we do here.
After a very difficult start in this season, BATE has finally found a very consistent shape, coming from 4 wins and a loss in the last 5 official games and having even conceded no goal in 4 of those matches. BATE seems to be much stronger than Smolevichy, which has won no match yet in this League and has shown a very poor attack so far: the home team has scored no more than 3 goals in the first 7 rounds of this League and their poor defense (9 goals already conceded) should allow BATE to score more than once. The visitors to win by more than a goal.
Full TimePosted at 90'+5' Second Half ends, Tottenham Hotspur 2, Arsenal 1. SubstitutionPosted at 90'+4' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Erik Lamela replaces Son Heung-Min. Posted at 90'+2' Attempt saved. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Steven Bergwijn. Posted at 90'+1' Foul by Cédric Soares (Arsenal).
Grazer and Floridsdorfer will face each other in the upcoming match in the 2. Liga in Austria. Grazer this season have the following results: 4W, 6D and 6L. Meanwhile Floridsdorfer have 4W, 5D and 7L. This season both these teams are usually playing attacking football in the league and their matches are often high scoring.
Bayern are almost certain to have too much quality for what promises to be a makeshift Spurs XI, making the home win and both teams to score combination an attractive market for this week's encounter.
Click here to read Tuesday's Paper Round 09:50 - Van Basten suspended by Fox Sports Former Netherlands forward Marco van Basten has been suspended from his role as a television analyst for one week after using a term associated with Nazi rallies. The 55-year-old said "Sieg Heil", which in German means "hail victory", on the Dutch edition of Fox Sports after a German coach was interviewed by one of the channel's reporters for the De Eretribune show on Sunday.
In the first round, the teams played in different ways. “Slonim” gave one of the most boring meetings of the weekend and on the road played a goalless draw with “Wave” from Pinsk. Of course, “Slonim” acted on defense and played to keep the score, but in the attack this team hasn’t succeeded yet, and this is an alarming sign for them.
Under 2.5 goals have been scored in four of Dijon’s and five of Metz’s last six matches and both teams have scored in three of Dijon’s and four of Metz’s last five matches, which is wy we have backed a final scoreline of 1-1 between the pair this Saturday. Dijon have drawn two of their last three matches and Metz have drawn four of their last six matches, suggesting a stalemate could well be on the cards this weekend.
More recently, the Gladbach team confidently led the standings, however, the terrible results in away matches drove the team Marco Rose to third place. After the home victory over Paderborn, the “foals” earned only one point out of a possible six in the next two away meetings with Hertha and Schalke. As a result, now Borussia is already in third position, behind the leading Leipzig by five points. Obviously, in a home game against an outsider, the Gladbakhs only need a victory, and Rose needs to think about the results in the guest matches, otherwise Borussia risks being out of the Champions League zone.
Two teams from top of the table and bottom of the table will play against Each other. Minerva are sitting on the 8th spot with 31 points so far, meanwhile the visitors are sitting on the 19th spot with only 14 points in their name. There have been over 2.5 goals in Minerva's last 3 matches and they won those matches. Plus Ultra are one of the worst team of the league and they are defensively awful. But they have enough ability to find net here. I expect them to find the net and the hosts to win this match here.
The third of Istanbul's traditional footballing giants, Besiktas, have reported no cases so far. Turkey was one of the last European countries to confirm cases of Covid-19 but almost 2,000 people have tested positive since. Amir Khan donates £8 million venue to NHS staff Former Olympic silver medalist and unified light-welterweight champion Amir Khan has donated his wedding venue to NHS staff who are on the front line of the fight against Covid-19.
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This time I'm going to make it where there's no choice that they will always want to renew in the future," the Scot told reporters. I'm really that thrilled to go again and I'm going to make it impossible that the clause can't be implemented," Moyes said of an 18 month contract that contains an extension clause.
So far there are no changes to our plans," a source said. What the minister says comes as a surprise. Spain has suspended flights from Italy and also advised against all non-essential travel. It has so far reported 36 deaths and 1,639 confirmed cases. Italy has at least 10,149. Alexis Sánchez plays for Inter Milan and Vidal plays for FC Barcelona.
Rangers fans remain optimistic' - analysisFormer Northern Ireland and Motherwell centre-half Stephen Craigan on BBC Radio Scotland's SportsoundOf course Sunday was a huge disappointment for Rangers, but they look as if they are back to where they should be. They seem to be on the right track with a manager who has class and charisma, is world renowned and he is certainly making strides while making mistakes as he goes.
The WTO also called for the country to "bring its measures into conformity with its obligations" under international law. In his letter to Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin, Almisehal said the SAFF was "heartened and encouraged" by the WTO's finding that Saudi Arabia was taking "action which it considered necessary for the protection of its essential security interests", and which the panel "found to be justified under WTO rules".
Liverpool captain Henderson secured the men's prize ahead of Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane after lifting the Champions League trophy with the Merseyside club. The 29-year-old also helped England secure qualification for Euro 2020 as well as a third-place finish at the inaugural UEFA Nations League and reached the landmark of 50 caps in March.
Chelsea went in search of a third goal and Willian came closest to getting it when the Brazilian's free kick was touched onto a post by Villa goalkeeper Tom Heaton. Chelsea keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga denied Ezri Konsa Ngoyo an equaliser in the dying moments. The result left Chelsea in fourth place, six points above fifth-placed Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Similarly, Arsenal have averaged just 1.0 goal per game under the direction of Mikel Arteta, and shorn of the services of Aubameyang, who scored 50% of their goals in their last six games, the Gunners shouldn't be expected to improve on their average this weekend.
In the last 10 matches, United have kept seven clean sheets and scored two or more goals in eight of the 10. They have back to back clean sheets in the Premier League and facing an opponent not known for scoring a lot of goals will be a plus for United. In the Premier League, Manchester United are undefeated in eight matches, though three of these are draws.
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Viborg has a chance to grab the second place in the league after Fredericia failed to win yesterday. At home Viborg have been scoring goals easily with 12 goals in the last 5 games. They also have an excellent home record against Roskilde winning all of the last 6 scoring a total of 16 goals.
However, a couple of hours later all of that was rendered moot, when it emerged that Sturridge had actually been banned for four months – or the rest of the season – for breaching betting regulations. The instinctive reaction when this sort of thing happens is to have no sympathy, because betting on football is the one thing footballers know they absolutely shouldn’t do, but when you look at the details a little more closely, you do start to feel a little bit sorry for Sturridge.
Will Olympics delay affect Neville's future?'We must build a common vision'Fifpro released a paper on Thursday outlining the "existential threat" facing the women's game because of the pandemic, with the average length of a player's contract just over 12 months long. Now is the time to have this conversation about women’s football. Not in a couple of weeks or a couple of months, now," said Fifpro's chief women’s football officer Amanda Vandervort.
Read the full story Video - Barca to snatch Arsenal's top target as Messi fury prompts action - Euro Papers01:19 United rival Chelsea for Diop Manchester United are not just interested in Fernandes, if the Sun is to be believed. The paper claims that United are after West Ham’s central defender Issa Diop.
Results, he said, were just the consequence of what you do. However, results surpassed all expectations and Kosovo's rise in the last two years has been one of the most remarkable stories in international football. The country of 1. Serbia in 2008, was finally accepted as a member of UEFA, and then FIFA, in 2016.
Striker Tammy Abraham and midfielder Mason Mount spent last season on loan in the second-tier Championship but have become England internationals after Lampard gave them the chance to shine in the top flight. Yet Chelsea's run of form needs to be put in context - all six of their consecutive wins were against sides they were expected to beat and they have lost on the two occasions they have faced big-name opposition this season -- at Manchester United on the opening day and at home to Liverpool in September.
The club had planned to reduce wages of some staff by 20%, and place other staff on a furlough scheme which would see the state cover 80% of their salary. The decision was met by press and supporter opprobrium, and now Spurs employees will be kept on at full pay for April and the following month. From one point of view, this is an overwhelmingly positive change made by the club.
But more than anything, clubs, especially in the non-league, could die" When people talk about no Premier League, well what about ones who rely on football, have put their life into it? I relate to this because I started in the lower leagues and I managed in non-leagues and I feel sorry for them. It’s all well and good a lot of these Premier League clubs not getting their gate receipts, but they’re still earning off everything that goes with them as a club with their marketing tools.
Players and staff would be present in the enclosure, but no fans or reporters would be allowed, according to La Repubblica. Wednesday's Warm-Up "If sacking Mauricio Pochettino and furloughing an entire workforce didn’t ruffle you, surely pictures of Tottenham players sneaking in some training will tip you over the edge.
Obviously health is first and when everything is ready to go we can finish the season. Highlights: Jota beats Alexander-Arnold to win ePL title'We need to stay fit, we need to be ready'Wolves played their last match on 12 March, securing a 1-1 away draw against Greek side Olympiakos behind closed doors in the Europa League. Jota says that was a game they “maybe shouldn’t have played” as concerns grew over coronavirus, but his focus now is on keeping fit after more than six weeks away from the pitch.
The Seagulls are now 15th in the table, just two points above the relegation zone and coming into this match on the back of a four match winless streak. They have won just one of their last eight league matches, with only one point from three home fixtures during this period.
As they often are on the continent, Shakhtar have been anything but easy to beat this time around; they're disciplined at times and certainly don't lack the attacking quality required to hurt teams, though they have struggled to get their heads in front, winning just one of their five Group C matches. That said, their only victory did come away against Wednesday's opponents, so the Ukrainians should be feeling confident, especially since Atalanta have been very poor on the road, losing both of their travelling matches in this competition.
