Both sides head into this weekend with an eye on the playoffs. Brentford are up in seventh and they’re just a point off the top six, while Sheffield Wednesday are only a point further back after some decent form.
Last Saturday, the "nerazzurri" team drew 1-1 with Naples as a visitor to the return leg of the Copa Italia semi-final. This result did not allow them to qualify for the final of the tournament, which the Gattuso team won in the mid week. The Genoese team beat Verona 2-1 three months ago, recording two victories in their last three games before the suspension of the Italian tournament. The hosts have a huge game coming up next week at Allianz Stadium vs Juventus and can't afford another mistake. It’s a must win game for the Conte team and I’m confident they will win three points on Sunday. With a score intuition of 2-0, I will grab Inter in -1.5 Asian Handicap and return Romelu Lukaku to score at any time. The great Belgian has scored seven goals in his last eight league games for the club and I am sure he will torment Samp's fragile defense.
If any (football clubs) train, then the regional health inspectorates should punish them," Prime Minister Boyko Borissov told reporters when asked to comment CSKA's violation. They should be fined like all other people in Bulgaria. The 31-times Bulgarian champions CSKA, who reached three European semi-finals between 1967 and 1989, have so far remained silent.
Pukki's superb pass set up Drmic in the first half but the Swiss international looked rusty throughout and he needed a touch too many to get the ball out from under his feet, wasting the opportunity. It was met with a faded roar from the new television-enhanced crowd noise - something that became a common theme in the first half as the hosts probed but ultimately failed to create many clear-cut chances.
Many teams are recording significant losses over one or two seasons in an attempt to gain promotion to the Premier LeagueThis follows the introduction of new profit and sustainability (P&S) rules by the English Football League in 2016-17. The EFL told the BBC it has set up a "working group" of clubs to look at possible changes that could help the long-term sustainability of clubs in future. Thank God we're out' - what else did Sharpe say?Sharpe said the "only reason" the Whelan family sold Wigan to the Hong Kong-based company International Entertainment Corporation was because they did not see the "scary" financial situation improving.
Chairman Ed Woodward approached captain Harry Maguire with the idea, according to the Daily Mail, and it was given full backing by the players. United are continuing to pay all matchday staff during the crisis and have not sought to use the government's furlough scheme to help struggling companies protect jobs.
Istanbul Basaksehir Having lost 5 matches since the start of the season in the Turkish league and brought about 17 victories, at this time no one can doubt the Istanbul's ability to win. Overcoming all doubts before the start of the 2019/20 season, strategist Okan Buruk has confirmed his level in this season, and now he and his students can completely think about the performance. Go straight to the group stage in the UEFA Champions League arena next season even though the Turkish league still has 6 rounds to finish. Undefeated in the last 6/7 rounds (including 3 victories), maybe not many Galatasaray fans must feel regret because just maintaining the current form since the beginning of the season, the position in the match. The Turkish league arena is probably very different for the defending champions.
It was 1986 when Tom Cruise became a megastar and a Dundee substitute became a hero to fans of two clubs he never played for. It was the year Hearts came within minutes of beating Celtic to the Premier Division title. Albert Kidd may not have had the box office appeal of the American actor who made his blockbuster debut in Top Gun - but then Cruise has never been voted player of the year by a Hibs' supporters club in Sydney.
That clash comes 24 hours after Japan and China face off in the tournament opener with neither nation selecting a squad that, on paper at least, should be able to compete with the Koreans. Without a head coach following Marcello Lippi's resignation last month, China have sent a reserve squad under the care of former Everton midfielder Li Tie, who led Wuhan Zall to sixth place in the Chinese Super League in the just-completed season.
This is the first time that I have faced a Brazilian team but this is also the first time Flamengo have played a team like Liverpool. The last last time the two clubs faced each other was in the 1981 Intercontinental Cup final, the precursor to the Club World Cup. Bob Paisley's Liverpool were beaten 3-0 in Tokyo by a Zico-inspired side. Dream come true to play in final' Alisson celebrates Liverpool's semi-final victory with Brazilian team-mate Roberto FirminoLiverpool's goalkeeper Alisson Becker says it is a "dream come true" to play in the final.
Sheffield united to win this match, why because, they won their last game against the visitors, Arsenal have list two of their last three away matches played in all competitions while Sheffield united are unbeaten in ten of their last twelve matches in all competitions. Even looking at the firm Arsenal are not doing well, though they won their last game played, I don't see them winning against this team which has quiet a good record at home. Though Arsenal have won this FA CUP 13 times but in this game will consider the type of team manager they have at hand. The host to win
According to a report by the International Trades Union Confederation (ITUC) in 2013, more than 1,200 workers from Nepal and India had died on construction projects in the country linked to the World Cup, including non-football infrastructure schemes, in the previous three years. The ITUC said at the time that if deaths continued at that rate then they could reach 4,000 - although it has now dropped its complaints against Qatar following improvements in workers' rights in the country.
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Liverpool will be glad they are away from home in the first leg of this Champions League last sixteen tie. Atletico will not need reminding what happened to Barcelona last season in this competition and may dread a second leg at Anfield. Liverpool are in good form of course but the big wins aren't coming, more a case of continually finding a way to get a win. Atletico aren't consistent but never that easy to beat or score lots of goals against. A bet on under 2.5 goals in this is the one to make.
The idea was to promote him step by step as a starter to prepare for Maxwell’s retirement but Kurzawa didn’t take this chance in 2016-17. He failed to show he was of the required quality, made too many defensive mistakes and did not offer enough going forward. Still, he was supposed to be the starter in 2017-18 after Maxwell retired but he lost the starting role to Yuri Berchiche, who was signed that summer as his backup.
Rochdale will be hoping to improve their rather unappealing league position when they host Portsmouth at Spotland Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The visitors go in search of a place in the top half of the table, which they're now just two points off following no defeat and three wins in their last five.
Robben, who made his senior debut for Groningen as a 16-year-old before moving on to PSV Eindhoven, Chelsea, Real Madrid and Bayern, has signed a one-year deal with his boyhood club. I'm here to help the club," Robben said on Sunday. You do that by showing the right attitude. I don't have anything to lose and I'm going into the challenge with a positive attitude and to try and make the best of it. I haven't set any goals, it could be over in a month or it could last two years.
Or, if they prefer, they could get righteously upset about the penalty that wasn’t given against Marvelous Nakamba. Nobody understands the handball rule any more, so who’s to say what the right decision was? And Villa certainly won’t care about that, either. Congrats to them. Flared Devils Things are less jubilant over at one of Villa’s possible opponents, Manchester United.
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Reaction to Tuesday's Premier League actionAguero helps City come through tough testIt is hard to imagine that a manager who has won trophies wherever he has worked is claiming he can still learn from others, but that's exactly what Pep Guardiola said prior to this game. The former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss spoke highly of Sheffield United under Chris Wilder, saying they are a team he can learn from.
Scottish football should not expect to hold matches in front of fans "any time soon", says Nicola Sturgeon. Scotland's First Minister said at her daily briefing she could not put a timescale on when the sport might resume. No games have been played in Scotland since 13 March and the SPFL have since ended the lower-league seasons. Ms Sturgeon also said the idea of playing behind closed doors needed to be "very carefully considered".
Molodechno and Ostrovets will face each other in the upcoming match in the Second division in Belarus. Molodechno this season have the following results: 2W, 0D and 1L. Meanwhile Ostrovets have 4W, 0D and 0L. This season both these teams are usually playing attacking football in the league and their matches are often high scoring.
I had to address that at half-time and rattle a few cages to get them switched on and focused and in the right place defensively. Once we did that we played some nice stuff, created a lot of chances and scored some really impressive goals. Rangers reach Scottish Cup last eightJoe Aribo's clipped finish, an Alfredo Morelos header and a long-range stunner from Scott Arfield, who had scored the opener, blitzed Hamilton.
It felt like a defeat and Jordan took full responsibility" Lallana recalls. Butthat just epitomises his selflessness. That's not in the good moments, that's the bad moments. He deserves to be captain of Liverpool holding the four trophies in one season more than anyone else, and no-one can take that away from him ever. I hope he gets all the individual accolades - GerrardAfter Liverpool had been confirmed as league champions in June, Henderson's predecessor as Reds skipper, Steven Gerrard, posted an image on social media of himself passing the captain's armband to his then team-mate in 2015.
Barnsley are starting to get cut adrift at the bottom of the Championship. They have almost half as many points as the team in 21st, meaning their chances of surviving past this season are already slim. The Tykes are in terrible form, but will they finally be able to end their winless run when they host Hull City on Saturday?
West Ham pull off Brown signing West Ham had until 1am to confirm the signing of Hull City striker Jarrod Bowen. The London club appeared to have beaten Crystal Palace to the signing of the 23-year-old forward, who will cost around £20 million to join from the Championship. However, while a deal sheet was submitted for the 11pm deadline, they needed until just after to resolve formalities and get the deal done with minutes remaining.
Union, based in the former East Berlin, are famed for their left-wing ethos. FIFA looking at transfer window solutions FIFA has confirmed that it is looking at solutions to the expiry of players' contracts and the summer transfer window, with European leagues likely to extend beyond June 30 after being suspended due to the crisis.
FFA said the match would be rescheduled following discussions with the clubs and broadcasters. The soccer clash was not the only top-level sport affected on Saturday, with the final of the domestic Twenty20 Big Bash cricket league between the Sydney Sixers and Melbourne Stars also in jeopardy. Australian sports events have been badly affected by adverse weather in the last few months, principally due to bushfires.
This is another match that will be played without spectators. Here the host has a great advantage. Leverkusen can use this opportunity to get involved in the fight for the first place again if Bayern does not win 3 points away against Borussia Dortmund today. Leverkusen have a series of 11 victories in the last 12 matches, which only shows that they are in great form. They were not disturbed by this break. In 2020, Leverkusen scored at least 2 goals in each match on this field. So I believe this is another of their victories. Wolfsburg is definitely a worse team at the moment
This summer will mark five years since a teenage Kingsley Coman rocked up in Bavaria ahead of a two-year loan with German giants Bayern Munich from Juventus. That sort of move might overawe a young player but not Coman, Bayern were his third European superclub after leaving Paris Saint-Germain to join Juve before his eventual move to Germany.
The hosts average 2.44 points per home game and have won 78% of their matches at home, scoring an average of 2.33 goals per game and conceding just 0.56 goals. Willem II have scored an average of 1.50 goals per away game, which is below the league average of 1.61 goals, and concede an average of 1.22 goals, so you can begin to see why we have backed a 2-1 home win this weekend.
While he acknowledged that fans would travel more and therefore have a greater carbon footprint, he noted that several teams would keep the same base for the whole group stage. The idea was to celebrate the 60 years of the European championship and to bring Euro to places who could not host Euro in isolation and to avoid having to build white elephants as had happened in Brazil (after the 2014 World Cup) for example," Epstein explained.
Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a set piece situation. Posted at 67' Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the right wing. Posted at 67' Foul by Sam Byram (Norwich City). Posted at 65' Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Christoph Zimmermann. Posted at 62' Attempt missed. Mario Vrancic (Norwich City) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left.
I see Leicester being able to win this game here by at least 2 goals difference but it could be just a 2-0 win for them although player vs player they have way much more quality than their opponents who have a squad more suited for a Championship promotion bid similar to last season when they did promote but they find it really hard in Premier League this season with only 11 points won by them so far 3 points away from the safety zone already.
Lampard has had some very good results along the way, but his side have lost nine league games this season. I am anticipating an open game at Stamford Bridge, and for City to inflict another defeat. Lawro's prediction: 1-2Aitch's prediction: When I was really young, Chelsea had this yellow away kit that I loved. I loved the colour yellow so I wanted it, but obviously my dad would never let me have it because it was a Chelsea kit.
Both teams are in good form, both are top sides in UAE this start of the season and it comes as no surprise that they made it all the way to the final of this cup competition, while they met just a few weeks ago on neutral venue in the other cup competition a game which was 0-0 at half-time but saw 3 goals in the second half with Shabab winning it with 2-1 in the end, and Negredo scoring the only goal for Al Nasr as he is the main attraction of Al Nasr.
Grazer is 2nd from bottom inside the relegation zone at this moment with just 20 points won by them so far this season and they are 2 points below the first safety place right now, after the restart they hosted Austria Lustenau and drew the game 1-1 at home, in fact all 4 games played by them this year in the league ended with both teams scoring but they did not win a single time. However early this season they won away from home at Ried with 2-1, and they have scored 26 goals while conceding 33 goals this term and overall both teams scoring has been very profitable when they play.
With the senior squad thousands of miles away in Qatar getting ready for their Club World Cup opener, it was left to the youngest-ever Liverpool starting XI to shock Villa at Villa Park, but after a positive start, two freak goals saw the visitors 2-0 down inside 17 minutes. See alsoAston Villa v Liverpool - LIVE League Cup updates Liverpool continued to impress in attack, but at the back, they looked vulnerable, and Jonathan Kodjia, capitalised on further slack defending to score his first Villa goal since May to make it three in the 37th minute, before slotting home his second just before half time.
Bruno Fernandes was unable to inspire Manchester United to victory on his debut as the £47m new arrival had to settle for a goalless draw against Wolves at Old Trafford. In a game of few chances, Fernandes did force a couple of routine saves from fellow countryman Rui Patricio, who also almost dropped another into his own net as he inexplicably fumbled his fellow Portuguese's tame shot round the post.
The 34-year-old scored a penalty in Derby's 4-2 victory over fourth-tier Northampton Town in Tuesday's fourth-round replay to set up the meeting with United, where he spent 13 trophy-laden years and left as their record goalscorer. It will be the first time Rooney faces United since playing against them for Everton in 2018 before a year-long stint at Major League Soccer outfit DC United.
Erling Braut Haaland continued his remarkable scoring record for Borussia Dortmund but could not stop his side suffering a shock German Cup third-round defeat against Werder Bremen. Teenager Haaland, 19, came on a substitute and scored his eighth goal in four games since signing in January. He pulled Dortmund to 2-1 behind after Davie Selke and Leonardo Bittencourt struck in the first half for Werder.
Solskjaer said: "It’s very easy to compare the two of them, yes. Both with skills, body shape, attitude, attributes – everything. The boy has every chance in the world to become a top, top player. Let’s hope he continues like this. Seuuuu!"Getty Images 10:30 - Feet up, Lionel Lionel Messi was a surprise absentee from Barcelona's Champions League squad this week - and manager Ernesto Valverde had some explaining to do at his press conference.
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