Oxford's winning run was ended by Doncaster on New Year's Day, but under the astute management of Karl Robinson, the U's remain a side on the up. They're now 4th in the league and it's fair to say that promotion is certainly within their grasp.
To say it has been an eventful four months for Luke Matheson would be an understatement. If you recognise the name, it's probably because he was the 16-year-old Rochdale defender who scored a brilliant equaliser to take Manchester United to penalties in his side's Carabao Cup defeat in September. On Tuesday, Matheson's League One club take on another Premier League side when they visit Newcastle United in an FA Cup third round replay.
The Blues have a forward who can prey on this weak Luton side. Since the start of last season, Birmingham City striker Lukas Jutkiewicz has scored more headed goals than any other Championship player (11). He should prey on the worst defence in the league, while the visitors’ will get plenty of joy going forward, having scored the most set-piece goals in the league. Five of Luton's last seven league goals have come via set pieces (two corners, two free-kicks, one penalty).
Manchester United midfielder Scott McTominay has signed a contract extension to June 2025, with an option to extend it for a further year. The deal is recognition for the huge progress the 23-year-old has made since he was given debut by former boss Jose Mourinho against Arsenal in May 2017. Born in Lancaster, McTominay is a full Scotland international. All I have ever known is United and I hope my passion for the club shows every time I go on the pitch," he said.
And if we haven’t scored with 15 minutes to go I’ll just put Ole on. Solskjaer wasn’t needed, as Cole scored the winner early in the second half, but his confidence went through the roof and stayed there, even when he was p****d off. When Solskjaer came on in Barcelona, he attacked the game like a man who’d had a premonition it was going to be his night.
Jefferson Lerma, who found himself on a yellow card inside the opening 20 minutes, was sent off for the hosts early in the second half after he fouled Villa midfielder Jack Grealish deep inside his own half. Villa pulled themselves back into the contest when Tanzanian forward Mbwana Samatta scored on his Premier League debut, reacting quickest to nod home Keinan Davis' deflected effort.
The Tottenham manager was pictured with Ndombele on Hadley Common, while Davinson Sanchez and Ryan Sessegnon were also filmed running side by side in the London park. The Warm-Up: Naughty, naughty Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham warn Mourinho and players over lockdown breaches Following the incident, Spurs warned its players and staff over lockdown breaches during the coronavirus pandemic, which has brought on widespread postponements across the sporting calendar.
Posted at 90' Foul by Andreas Christensen (Chelsea). Posted at 90' Mbwana Samatta (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Posted at 89' Willian (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 89' Foul by Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa). Posted at 88' Corner, Aston Villa. Conceded by César Azpilicueta. Posted at 87' Attempt missed. Jota (Aston Villa) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right following a set piece situation.
Assisted by Douglas Luiz. Goal!Posted at 70' Goal! Bournemouth 2, Aston Villa 1. Mbwana Samatta (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Posted at 70' Attempt blocked. Keinan Davis (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Grealish.
Both teams have scored in just 42% of Reading’s games this season. Meanwhile, all but one of their home wins have been to nil. We expect them to shut out Forest once again in this clash, having won 2-0 in this fixture last season. The Royals are looking much improved at the back, winning to nil in nearly half of their home games. With their form improved, we are backing another 2-0 success for the hosts.
Losing last time out wasn’t ideal, though the U's can be forgiven for losing narrowly on their travels, while they weren't exactly up against a weak outfit. On their own patch, Oxford are a different proposition, not that they're a poor side on the road.
I can't explain things properly all the time, they have to understand it without me telling them. Thank God we have that. I don't expect perfection on the pitch, but I expect the desire. I don't make decisions out of the blue. There are always reasons. Against Everton, Klopp, whose side lead second-placed Leicester City by eight points, made five changes to the side that beat Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 last Saturday.
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Goalkeeper Daniel Batz was Saarbrucken's hero as he saved five penalties, one in normal time and four in the shootout, to send his side through and spark wild celebrations among the jubilant home fans. Midfielder Tobias Janicke fired Saarbrucken ahead in the 31st minute with a neat finish before Mathias Jorgensen levelled with a late header to force extra time after Batz had kept out a Rouwen Hennings penalty.
Ajax have won twenty of their last twenty-eight matches against Heracles and have kept two clean sheets in the pairs’ last three encounters. Under 2.5 goals were produced in four of the duos’ last six meetings, of which Ajax have won two, drawn one, and lost one.
Video - 'No team in the world copes with our injuries' - Mourinho00:35 What has happened to Tottenham? I loved the way Pochettino’s side played over the past few seasons, their fast counter-attacking football was brilliant to watch. Every club has a DNA, the way their fans believe they should play, and Tottenham’s tradition is to play exciting, attacking football.
There were further chances for Hibs as Vykintas Slivka shot wastefully wide after Jason Naismith robbed Aaron Hickey inside the penalty area and a wicked, curling corner from Allan clipped the back post, with goalkeeper Joel Pereira flapping at fresh air. Boyle's second goal arrived on the half hour, with Allan nicking the ball away from an uncertain Loic Damour to send the speedy forward off and running before placing a calm shot beyond the advancing Pereira.
On Thursday, a football match will be played in the Europa League in Kazakhstan. FC Astana is hosted by Manchester United. The hosts are the weakest team in the group. They only have one point after four games. Their goal balance is 1:14. However, I think that in this match they will be very motivated and with the support of their fans they can be tempted to surprise in this match. The guests have already secured marketing for the knockout phase of the games. Therefore, I think they can get to this match without all their basic players. It is very possible that young England players get a chance to play in this match. Given the results of Man U, it seems to me that even if they win because they are obviously a favorite here, it will not be a victory with an advantage greater than 1 goal.
Three Liverpool players in the top five there, which is an achievement in itself. MESSI WINS HIS SIXTH BALLON D'OR What an achievement. The GOAT? Might well be. Virgil van Dijk comes in second with five-time winner Cristiano Ronaldo third. Just to round out the top five by the way, Sadio Mane was fourth and Mo Salah sixth.
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Of course that Zorya is favorite and in the same time big or huge favorite in this duel from Ukraine Premier league, but in the same time, I really not see here at least four goals, what is too many for this duel. Karpaty is this season have a lot of problems with defense and generally with results, but in the same time, I really not believe that they will easy lost this duel. Zorya is last time beat them 1-0 as a guests and before that match 2-1 at home. I believe this match surely will not bring more than three goals.
AT LEAST IF I WAS HIM I WOULD. Video - Chelsea v Serie A giants for Verona star - Euro Papers01:45 Speaking after the 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge, Solskjaer refused to be drawn into commenting on the situation. I don't have to comment about Mino Raiola through the media, I can talk to him myself," he told BBC Sport.
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I worked very hard during my time at Arsenal but since I have come to Everton I have learned so much more and improved a lot more," said Kelly. I learned a lot from the experienced players like Kelly Smith and Rachel Yankey but it came to a time when I needed to be pushing on and getting minutes on the pitch so moving to Everton was a great step for me.
When I read or hear stories about player transfers this summer like nothing has happened, people need to wake up to the enormity of what is happening around us," Levy added. With over 786,000 infected, nearly 38,000 deaths and large segments of the world in lockdown we need to realise that football cannot operate in a bubble.
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Posted at 78' Morgan Ferrier (Tranmere Rovers) wins a free kick on the left wing. SubstitutionPosted at 77' Substitution, Watford. Mason Barrett replaces Bayli Spencer-Adams because of an injury. BookingPosted at 70' Connor Jennings (Tranmere Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Posted at 70' João Pedro (Watford) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Posted at 70' Foul by Connor Jennings (Tranmere Rovers).
Mikel Arteta will travel with Manchester City for Wednesday's Carabao Cup quarter-final at Oxford despite holding talks with Arsenal about their managerial vacancy, says Pep Guardiola. Assistant manager Arteta, 37, took part in training on Tuesday after two rounds of discussions with the Gunners. He is an incredible person, a good manager, that's why he has done well with us," said City boss Guardiola.
Lida was better in the recent season of the second level in the Belarus, and their rival was fighting against relegation in the competition. However, since Linda had players that were left the club, and still did not form selection for the season, Volna is having a good chance to make well play and good result here.
Slusk has been one of the teams that started the league very smoothly but tend to fall off in their preceding games. The home side, which is also one of the well to do teams in the league, will not allow the away side to easily win this match. Both sides will struggle for a win in this game and will definitely end up with a tie of either 0-0 or 1-1 scoreline in this tournament. Previous games played by both sides were not encouraging thus, I believe to change this, both sides will struggle for a win in this match and it will be the away side to win.
MANCHESTER, England, April 5 (Reuters) - FIFA is getting ready to deal with complaints and appeals over wage cuts for players, producing guidelines for clubs and football bodies looking to cut costs during the stoppage caused by the coronavirus pandemic, an internal document seen by Reuters showed. The issue of pay cuts for players has exploded as a major controversy in England while in other countries, such as Germany and Spain, players have accepted temporary reductions in earnings.
Full TimePosted at 90'+4' Second Half ends, Arsenal 1, Sheffield United 1. Posted at 90'+3' Attempt saved. Shkodran Mustafi (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mesut Özil with a cross. Posted at 90'+2' Corner, Arsenal. Conceded by John Egan. Posted at 90'+2' Attempt saved. Muhamed Besic (Sheffield United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
When playing away from home, MK Dons big problem is scoring goals. They've failed to score in each of their last four travelling matches in League 1, which does not bode well ahead of a game against an offensively astute Donny outfit.
Aves’ away games produce an average of 3.75 total goals and Benfica’s home games produce an average of 3.00 total goals, adding further weight to our prediction for a 3-0 home win. Over 2.5 goals have been produced in 50% of Benfica’s home games while 75% of Aves’ away games have seen at least three goals scored, and none of Benfica’s home games have seen both teams score which is why we are backing a comfortable 3-0 win for the title challengers this Friday.
Matches between Bilbao and Madrid have a tendency to be low-scoring and tightly contested. Given Bilbao's home form and Madrid's defensive strength, it seems likely for this game to follow that pattern. Back under 2.5 goals.
Leicester City have struggled a bit since the resumption of football and their away record continues to deteriorate. They are faced with a must win game here as they look to hold on to a Champions League spot, but the same is the case for Bournemouth, who seek survival. Bournemouth have not done so well at home but will take inspiration from their performance against Tottenham in their last match. While Spurs were poor in attack, we can’t deny Bournemouth credit for the pressing game employed, and an improvement in attack going to the Leicester game could really boost the hosts. However, here they will face a different kind of challenge; a very attacking and ambitious team and we expect to see goals. on the balance of these teams’ home and away performances, we are backing this game to end in a scoring draw.
The coronavirus pandemic means neither side will have their supporters in the ground, but Jackett is relaxed about the unusual situation. Home advantage is going to be minimal I think. Normally it's such a big thing in football," he told BBC Radio Solent. But quite often in recent play-off ties, when the crowd has been there, it hasn't been such a big advantage as it would be normally. With the season curtailed and the final table settled on a points-per-game basis, Jackett is relieved to have the chance to end their campaign on a positive note.
The Rossoneri have been much improved in 2020 and their recent 1-0 win at Brescia in Serie A was their fourth victory in succession, the first time such a run has been put together this season. As we're sure the great man would highlight himself, this upturn in form has coincided with the return of Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Maxwell said maintaining 42 clubs is "our absolute aim" but MacGregor revealed that playing without crowds would take 35% away from Ross County's budget. It was encouraging to listen to Ian yesterday and it is in line with where I thought we were going to be," he said. I think we'll be fan-less until maybe Christmas and then we'll find a way. If we are fan-less, we need to find a way to either transit games live or have a delayed transition.
AFC Wimbledon won none of the first 7 games at home but are in much better form at home in the last weeks. They have a 5-2-1 record in the last 8 games with the only defeat against second placed Oxford United. They have also scored in each of the last 10 home games.
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Will that change the view of people in Europe? Probably not," said Klopp. HUGE IMPACT The Liverpool boss was without key defender Virgil van Dijk and his fellow Dutchman, midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum, for the 2-1 semi-final win over Mexico's Monterrey and says he will wait for late fitness tests on the pair.
Friendly game in Croatia and match between Rijeka and Istra 1963. For this two teams is a second game after corona time. Rijeka played game with Inter Zapresic before five days ago and win 4:1. On the another side Istra played a game before four days with Gorica and the result was 2:2.
Conceded by Jannik Vestergaard. Watford are set to sack manager Nigel Pearson with two games of the Premier League season remaining and the side three points above the relegation zone. Pearson will become the third manager sacked by the club this season following the exits of Javi Gracia and Quique Sanchez Flores. The ex-Leicester boss was appointed in December until the end of the season. He won seven matches in the Premier League - including beating runaway champions Liverpool.
