The home side are in 5th place on the standings with 46 points, equal to the score of Atletico Madrid, but more in goal difference / defeat. They are only one point behind the fourth-ranked Real Sociedad, so the opportunity to compete for the Champions League ticket next season is still very open for coach José Bordalás.
The government does have a responsibility. They should be looking into it. Football is the sport and there is a national interest in this," he told BBC Sport. Where you have a conflict over the potential undermining of commercial contracts by organisations seeking to buy a club then that's much closer to home. Betts says he is worried that broadcast rights-holders like Qatar-based beIN Sport - which has urged the Premier League to "interrogate" the takeover - may reconsider their partnerships if the piracy continues.
In the Premier League, the defending would be a lot better than what he currently has to deal with in Ligue 1. MBAPPE AND SALAH A 'BATTLE OF EGOS' Personally, I think it would make more sense for Liverpool if Mbappe replaced Mo Salah rather than Mane but if the latter wants to go to Spain then it is difficult for them to stand in his way.
Lopez is living in a house in Ottawa with Mista and other coaching staff, having cut short the team's pre-season training camp to catch one of the last flights back to Canada. Mista, the former Atletico Madrid and Valencia forward, had only thee days to work with his players in Spain before they had to rush back because the border was closing. The 41-year-old was introduced to a squad that was compiled through Atletico's extensive scouting network and an initiative set up by the league, in partnership with analytics company 21st Club, that helps create a worldwide database of young players.
The reason that the Premier League is so keen to get back to action is that millions of pounds in broadcast revenue hinge on the league completing its fixtures by the end of July. Another benefit would be the chance to broadcast all 92 of the remaining matches on television, with several games played every day over the summer.
The forwards ahead of them do not yet have the experience or guile to break down a massed defence, and full-backs Luke Shaw, Ashley Young and Aaron Wan-Bissaka have offered little attacking threat down the flanks. Solskjaer also described Pogba as the ‘best all-round midfielder in the world’, and it is easy to see how he will fit into the current side.
Forwards - Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), Harry Kane (Tottenham) Aubameyang: The bigger the occasion the more this player seems to like it. Nothing seems to faze Arsenal's Aubameyang. You know a world-class striker by the way he takes his goals. Aubameyang's opening goal against Manchester City was one of the best finishes I've seen. To brush the ball with the outside of your right foot back across the face of the goal into the opposite corner of the net not only takes tremendous composure but incredible technique.
Madrid are favourites to land the spoils on Saturday night and that's not surprising based on their home advantage and form displayed prior to the international break. Los Blancos have won four and drawn two of their six league matches at the Bernabeu and they go into Saturday's showdown with Sociedad on the back of some emphatic victories. Madrid beat Leganes 5-0 here at the end of October and, although they failed to break down Real Betis next time out in a poor 0-0 stalemate, they hit back to swat Galatasaray aside 6-0 in the Champions League before signing off for the break with an impressive 0-4 success at Eibar.
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League OneThe season was suspended with teams having played 34 or 35 of their 44 games, and ended on 9 June with places decided on a points-per-game basis. Champions Coventry City and runners-up Rotherham United will be promoted to the Championship. In the play-offs for the final promotion place, Wycombe face Fleetwood, with Oxford taking on Portsmouth. Because of Bury's expulsion reducing League One to 23 teams, only the bottom three teams are relegated to League Two - Tranmere Rovers, Southend United and Bolton Wanderers.
There's no getting away from it, Derby have been dreadful on their travels this term. Sunday's visitors have claimed just seven travelling points in the Championship and have won just one of their 12 away matches. They're now without an away win in over three months. They've lost six of their last seven, scoring just one goal in the process. Therein lies the problem.
Indeed, we have often done so on our own initiative in those moments in which we have considered it important or necessary For that reason, we cannot help but be surprised by the fact that from within the club there are those trying to put us under the microscope or apply pressure for us to do something that we have always been clear that we would do.
I'm very happy so would have no need to look elsewhere. Leicester's form has been remarkable with 16 wins and four draws from their 25 league games under the former Liverpool and Celtic boss. They are second in the league with 32 points from 14 games, eight points behind leaders Liverpool. Why would I want to leave Leicester at this time? I'm working with a group of players who have so much potential," Rodgers added.
the Leandro Niceforo Alem fc team and the Berazategui fc team, go head to head in Argentina Primera C league. The Leandro fc team is in 2nd position with 3 points Collected. While guest team the Berazategui fc team came in 1st place by collecting 3 points. In the last 5 times the Leandro Niceforo Alem fc team played at home, have not matches ended in a draw. But while guest team played at away last 5 previous matches, 2 of them ended in a the Berazategui fc team had draw.
Insipid United beaten by Burnley at Old Trafford Three key players - midfielders Paul Pogba and Scott McTominay and top scoring striker Marcus Rashford - are out with long-term injuries, and having off-loaded several players in the summer, the Norwegian's options are limited. We know we have to strengthen, and we took that decision that some of these players, we let them go, because we needed to start afresh with a clear sight on target in front of us and that means a certain type of player in the squad," he said.
I believe in at least three goals in this match from Austrian Bundesliga and I will try that here. So, Rapid Wien is team who this season can beat any rival, but also, they can lose against any rival. This is important match for both teams and I really can said that both rivals are have surely 50% to win in this duel. Sturm Graz is in better form, but that is not mean that they will win here. I don't know what will happen here, but over is ok for me and I will try that. It is real.
Whilst Barca have kept just one clean sheet from six at Camp Nou in La Liga, Mallorca have failed to net in four of their away matches and we simply don't see them causing the champions any problems throughout this contest.
Southampton have conceded at least once in their past 14 Premier League home games, the longest run without a home clean sheet in the competition since Crystal Palace's 15 in May 2015. West Ham have won a league-high 63% of their Premier League points this season in away games (12/19). Sebastien Haller scored his first goal in the Premier League since netting against Crystal Palace in October, ending a run of 636 minutes without scoring in the top flight.
I want to be a good person, a great footballer and someone who gives back. Last week, 12 months on from his own diagnosis, Taylor returned to The Christie cancer hospital in Manchester. There were a few young lads in there, football fans. Jesse [Lingard] gave me a shirt to take in for a little lad called Kieran.
Because the footballing genius who somehow managed to finish second with PSG reckons that things were actually going fine – improving, even – at Arsenal before his tenure was cruelly cut short in November. He told France Football: "Arsenal was a club on a downward slope for two years before I arrived.
Teplice will host Slovan Liberec for this fixture of the league. In my opinion, the guests have better team than their opponent and I think they have the potential to continue the winning track. Liberec are more ambitious team in this season. They probably want to stay in the race for the top 6 places of the table. The visitors are in solid shape. They have four consecutive victories. Also, we have Teplice who's is not very good team in this campaign. They are currently bottom of the table. Hosts have highly variable results. I think, they are not convincing team. My pick - Liberec to win.
Paris St-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe suffered a "serious right ankle sprain" in his side's French Cup final victory over Saint-Etienne on Friday. Mbappe, 21, left the pitch in tears after being fouled by Saint-Etienne defender Loic Perrin in the first half. PSG say the injury will be re-evaluated in 72 hours by a doctor. They face Lyon in the French League Cup final on 31 July and then Italian side Atalanta in the Champions League quarter-finals on 12 August.
Basaksehir were founded in 1990 as an amateur side and were taken over in 2014 by a group of businessmen close to Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party. Rival supporters see their route as an artificial one, relying on outside investment that has paid for a new stadium and new players, including former Manchester City and Brazil forward Robinho. Istanbul giants Galatasaray, meanwhile, will not play in Europe next season after finishing outside the top-four places.
A true community moment and one heard loud and clear by all those on the frontlines in the fight against COVID-19. And Liverpool released their own tribute to healthcare workers around the world. In Spain, AS devoted their front page to the healthcare professionals in Spain who are encountering some of the very worst of the coronavirus effects.
With their current form, its hard to see anything other than a Watford win this weekend and, unfortunately for us, this is represented in the odds with The Hornets being heavy favourites coming into the game. There is a little bit of value in the goals market though and we’re using this to our advantage by predicting that Watford will score 2 or more goals this weekend. The Watford over 1.5 goal line looks to be a good selection with the Premier League really finding their feet in front of goal.
Brighton's ability to keep and rotate possession makes them a tricky prospect for the majority of teams in the Premier League, and we think Albion can secure another positive result against Everton this weekend.
A 2-0 success over Lokomotiv Moscow at Wanda Metropolitano on Wednesday night clinched Atletico Madrid's place in the Last 16 of the Champions League, but domestically they have fallen well off the pace in recent weeks after winning just two of their last nine outings in La Liga.
Last season, this fixture was a thriller - with City winning 2-1 and John Stones making a brilliant goal-line clearance to help them secure victory at an electric Etihad Stadium with everyone in the ground knowing the title was on the line. This scenario is clearly very different. Both teams will have something to prove, of course, but the main thing driving both of them this time will probably be that they don't want to lose.
As for striker Nicky Clark, he had to settle for an emoji trophy until he gets his hands on the real thing. View more on twitterBuckfast and 'Falkirk tears'League One is where things get controversial at the top. While United were some distance ahead of Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the second tier, only a point separated league leaders Raith Rovers and second-place Falkirk. However, with eight rounds of fixtures still to go, Raith claimed the title.
Zhitkovichi are big favorite here, and team should not have issue to make win in the competition against third selection of Energetik from Minsk. However, it should not be a high scoring duel, because away team will close on their part of the field, and defend in the match.
They may not be in and among the top six at present, but that doesn't mean that Girona aren't one of the best home teams in the Spanish second division. Only one team has accumulated more home points than Juan Carlos Unzué's men, who've seven, drawn two and lost two at Montilivi.
Since the start of the 2015-16 season, Watford have been shown more red cards than any other Premier League team (18). Watford striker Troy Deeney has scored five goals in three league appearances against Aston Villa, with four of those coming at Vicarage Road. What's next?Both teams are back in action on New Year's Day with Watford hosting in-form Wolves (15:00 GMT) and Aston Villa away at Burnley (12:30).
Leicester are now 10 points behind league leaders Liverpool after Kelechi Iheanacho and Demarai Gray score in a 2-1 victory over West Ham at the London Stadium. Kane penalty saves shaky Spurs at Norwich Deeney at the double as 10-man Watford beat Villa in relegation six-pointer With Jamie Vardy absent to celebrate the birth of his third child, Iheanacho started in his place as Brendan Rodgers made nine changes to his starting XI that lost 4-0 to Liverpool on Boxing Day.
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In at number two is Luis Suarez's backheeled chip* - the scenes of it. A backheel is good, a chip is good but together? The sly old dog. In at number one Son Heung-min running the length of a football pitch in 12 seconds flat. Cards on the table, Suarez would have been number one had La Liga not butchered the build up out of their highlights.
Until they lost the ball cheaply in midfield and the entire defence panicked and ran over to cover Vinícius, leaving Isco all on his own. The best-laid Plans of hares and man. Luckily for Guardiola, not picking Raheem Sterling meant he was waiting on the bench. Shortly after he came on City had an equaliser, and then the lead, thanks to a striker’s header from Jesus — resurrected up front — and a daft foul in the box.
Ajaccio played his last match in a draw away from Grenoble. This result did not allow Ajaccio to take the first line, so they still occupy the 3rd place, although the gap from the leader is only 2 points. The performance in the French Cup has failed and now nothing prevents Ajaccio from aiming for a promotion in the championship. Clermont has recently been in a fever of 2 victories in his last 6 meetings, plus also a flight from the cup through a loss to one of the outsiders. Between themselves, the clubs held 20 matches for victories, approximate equality. The last games took place last season and ended in a goalless draw. Expecting a little productive match, I think to take a chance and put on a draw.
Odds are very small on this option on goals in Honduras, but that will be probably easy money, because both rivals are very offensive and they are both playing very efficient, all the time. Marathon is and traditionaly playing very efficient against this rival and in last few matches, this teams are played 1-2, 1-3, 4-1, 6-0, 0-1 and 2-3. I think that tonight, Marathon and Honduras Progreso will be probably on similar level and that is mean that they will play duel with at least three goals, probably and more than that. Odds are very small, but never mind.
PSG have a front three that could dismantle the best defences in Europe. It will be interesting to see how far they go in the UCL (not that league form is any kind of indication for what they can accomplish continentally). With form and the head-to-head record on their side, we don't see sweeping Nantes aside being a problem. Back PSG to win both halves.
Today we recovered. That shows me where we are to have a real potential to getting where we want to be, but also aware of the little tough bumps in the road. Mason Mount of Chelsea FC celebrates with team mate Tammy Abraham and Willian after scoring goal during the Premier League match between Chelsea FC and Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge on December 4, 2019 in London, United Kingdom.
It was a deep regret that I could never have a proper goodbye. Arsenal was the biggest club I ever played for. I'm proud that I was an Arsenal player. I'm especially grateful for Arsenal fans who supported me even after I left the club. I wish I can be part of the Gunners family in the future again" Zeroes: Premier League fixture schedulers He’s right you know.
Similarly, Monchengladbach have scored exactly two goals in two of their last five games. Freiburg have also conceded two in three of their last six Bundesliga fixtures. We are backing both teams to score in this game. We also feel that a 2-2 draw is a likely result of this fixture.
Here the hosts will probably win, but I’d better play the top total. A match in the struggle to maintain residence in the Championship. At the bottom of the standings, everything is pretty tight and the difference between the Latex occupying the nineteenth place and the hatter going last only six points. The Latics themselves were recently at the very bottom, but the team added to the last game by winning three victories in the last five matches with two draws. The Hatter recently looked completely hopeless, but they were able to break off the very black strip and gradually gain points. The defense of both clubs is not reliable and in a stubborn game I hope to see at least three goals. Good luck to all.
It's not easy for anyone, and to be called out is not fair for me. Mistakes are being made and have been made by loads of people and that's how we learn as well. Now it's about making better decisions. I think we all want to help the NHS, the communities. FA chief: Clubs could die because of coronavirus Greg Clarke, the chairman of England's Football Association, has warned that clubs across the country could vanish as their finances collapse under the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Hapoel Kfar Saba has just won a convincing victory over Hapoel Raanana with the score 3-0. This makes the fans of Hamoshava home team feel extremely satisfied. Play play transform with the main diversified tactics. A powerful weapon of teachers and coach Amir Turgeman. However, wasting opportunities of the strikers on the Hamoshava team side made them miss many opportunities.
Melbourne Victory will against Chiangrai United in match Asia Champions league. My prediction this match could be won for Melbourne Victory with margin score is 2 goals. Melbourne Victory have great result on last 2 match in Asia Champions league due to Melbourne Victory have won for the all match. Meanwhile, Chiangrai United has just play in this competition. Nevertheless, my prediction that Melbourne Victory can defeat Chiangrai United due to Melbourne Victory more strong and also have over confidence in every home match. Moreover Melbourne Victory have great forward like as Robbie Kruse and Ola Toivonen. Surely Melbourne Victory have more chance to win on this match.
Kane to the rescue once again. Did you know? Only Alan Shearer (145) and Sergio Aguero (138) have scored more Premier League goals in their first 200 appearances in the competition than Harry Kane (136). Martial: I think I saw Anthony Martial smile over the Christmas period. This lad only seems happy when he's scoring goals. Against Newcastle he bagged two and his second was gorgeous. I was beginning to have my doubts that Martial was the right man to lead the line for Manchester United.
