I will play this game quite safe, taking over 2 goals although I predict United scoring goals with ease in the back of the net of LASK who despite being the best team in Austria this season and only club from Austria still in European competitions it is really a big difference between Tipico Bundesliga and the Premier League which is rated as the best league in the world and there United is doing really well lately, winning a few days ago with 2-0 at home with City, but in this game they would not mind scoring a couple of goals and securing qualification from the first leg.
I have got a lot of faith in Ross. That was news I heard like everyone else this week and I have no feeling towards it. I am very happy with him. Lampard, however, said French striker Olivier Giroud could leave in the current transfer window after falling below Tammy Abraham in the pecking order. Reports have said the World Cup winner could swap the fourth-placed Premier League club for Inter Milan.
The 37-year-old Spaniard was seeking to steady the ship at the Emirates following the sacking of Unai Emery, but Bournemouth's first-half goal threatened to shatter his side's fragile confidence. I was worried to see what happened if we conceded, and was very happy with their character - a lot of things from the past can come back, but that didn't happen," Arteta told a news conference.
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.
Spurs and City underway We have lift off across the Champions League and you can follow our dedicated live-blogs for tonight's blockbuster matches. Tottenham vs Olympiakos Man City vs Shakhtar Donetsk Juventus vs Atletico Madrid Real Madrid vs PSG Also kicked off are. Atalanta vs Zagreb Crvena Zvezda vs Bayern Munich .
Reaction to Tuesday's Premier League actionMartial spurns opportunity A lot of pre-match conversation was focused on how United would cope without Rashford, who is sidelined for at least six weeks with a stress fracture of the back. That gave an opportunity to Anthony Martial to stake his claim to be United's long-term number nine, but the Frenchman looked off the pace throughout and wasted two good first-half opportunities from Aaron Wan-Bissaka's cross and Nemanja Matic's throughball.
There's still lots to play for as far as Orlando Magic are concerned. They resume the season in the final qualifying play-off place with a 30-35 season record. That puts them one place behind their opponents and both are looking good to make it into the postseason. Orlando were in good form in the games leading up to the season being suspended in March.
Watford will against Liverpool in match England Premier League. My prediction this match could be the win for Liverpool with margin score is 2 goals. Liverpool have great result on last 3 match in league due to Liverpool have won for the all match. Meanwhile Watford have not good records on last 3 match in league due to Watford have lose in 2 match and 1 match is draw. Therefore I'm sure that Liverpool can beat Watford on this match due to Liverpool have great player like as Mohamed Salah, Firmino and Sadio Mane. Surely Liverpool have more chance to win on this match.
=10.5pt<span style="color: black">One factor about these two sides is the few clean sheets they have been able to post in recent matches. They have shown really poor defensive capability and we can back each of them to score. Brescia have the poorest home form and Udinese the third worst away form. This holds the promise of the sides cancelling out each other and for that we will go for a 1-1 draw on the correct score scale.</span>
I could well take an even bigger asian handicap on the hosts here as there was a clear difference in class between these two sides even in the first leg played in El Salvador on hostile venue, the Mexicans had 11 shots against 3 from their opponents, took the lead, but at the start of the second half slipped in two goals and ended up losing 2-1 the game despite pressing for goals till the end.
England's post-World Cup meetings with Croatia ended in a goalless draw behind closed doors in Rijeka in 2018 before Southgate's men recorded a 2-1 win at Wembley last November, although the visitors led with only 12 minutes left. Croatia will not be daunted by the Wembley stage. They have shown they can rise to it and England must beware. Media playback is not supported on this device England manager Gareth Southgate singles out Croatia as key opponents at Euro 2020 As for the Czech Republic, England and Southgate have had a very recent reminder of what they can do, although they will also have grim and contrasting memories of their last visit to Wembley, where this group game will be played.
The reaction has been phenomenal - although, possibly, getting more out of Christian Eriksen might be a bit trickier given the Dane's contract runs out at the end of the season. Yet, while he spent nearly £400m on new players during his time at Old Trafford, Mourinho seems to have inherited a more rounded squad than he ever managed to put together in Manchester. In Toby Alderweireld, Jan Vertonghen and Davinson Sanchez, he has three effective options in central defence, the position he was blocked from strengthening in his final year at United.
The hosts led at half-time thanks to Andre Silva's penalty and Daichi Kamada doubled their advantage on the hour. Frankfurt midfielder Filip Kostic was sent off in the last minute but it was too late to give Bremen hope. Earlier, Bayer Leverkusen beat Union Berlin 3-1. Holders Bayern Munich, seeking a 20th cup title, scraped past Schalke 04 on Tuesday while Saarbrucken became the first fourth division side to reach the last four with a penalty shootout win over Fortuna Duesseldorf.
Hoffenheim and FC Koln will face each other in the upcoming match in the German Bundesliga. Hoffenheim this season have the following results: 10W, 5D and 11L. Meanwhile FC Koln have 10W, 3D and 13L. This season both these teams are usually playing attacking football in the league and their matches are often high scoring.
Basaksehir manage to qualify after a dramatic game against Sporting. They manage to overcome the deficit of two goals and push the game in extra time. The 3-1 goal was scored by Visca in the last minutes and they scored again in extra time. At home Basaksehir is a strong team with a great crowd support. Copenhaga had a bit of luck in the away game against Celtic and manage to win with 1-3 after some big mistakes in defense of Celtic. I think that the home team has enough power the win this match and take the first option for qualification.
Khatlon, as I look, seasoned guys. And it seems to me that the Tajik steam train will not be able to crush them. Although the fight promises to be stubborn. Maybe even a draw. For the owners, judging by the layouts, this is not a bad option. There will be many or few goals, I will not venture to suggest. Although both teams show quite spectacular results. I will watch them further. But Khatlon somehow intuitively inspires confidence in me in the sense that he should not merge this game. I hope they do not let you down. At least nothing but a bungle. It is clear that I will not observe this action, I only find out the result. Actually, I don’t really like to watch the matches I bet on. Nervous more.
Asier Garitano's side are still five points clear of the drop zone, but they will view this Friday's fixture against second bottom Leganes as a must win affair, considering that they face Barcelona at Camp Nou in the final match before Christmas.
Posted at 73' Foul by Lewis Ferguson (Aberdeen). Posted at 73' Stuart Findlay (Kilmarnock) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Posted at 71' Corner, Kilmarnock. Conceded by Michael Devlin. BookingPosted at 69' Connor McLennan (Aberdeen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Posted at 69' Foul by Connor McLennan (Aberdeen).
Manchester City's Raheem Sterling, and Manchester United team-mates Marcus Rashford and Paul Pogba have all been racially abused within the past year whether it has been on the pitch or on social media. Bhandari, however, says: "Whilst I won't have had the experience that a player will have had of racism on a pitch, I've had my experience of racism in life and on the terraces. I definitely want to work with the players, the likes of Raheem Sterling or Ian Wright, because I think they're the catalyst for change.
We've got a fantastic medical team who give guidance to the players and staff. Nationally, it's been made clear what the symptoms are. The Premier League has yet to make a call on whether games should be suspended or played behind closed doors. Rodgers said public health should be a top priority. From a football perspective it would be a shame but the public's health is the most important aspect in all of this," Rodgers added.
Vancouver are currently bottom of their Group B table after one game and one defeat. They can count themselves unlucky to be on the losing end of a 4-3 thriller against San Jose Earthquakes, a tie decided by a 98th-minute winning goal. The Sounders are third in the group, having played two games and picked up one point for their troubles.
March 9 - Barcelona beat Real Sociedad 1-0 to go top of La Liga, while Real Madrid fell to a 2-1 defeat at Real Betis. Here are the talking points from the weekend in La Liga. MADRID STARS BRING JOY ON ROAD The relegation battle is heating up with Mallorca and Leganes both earning their first away wins of the season at the weekend, inspired by loan players from Real Madrid.
Preview: Cardiff City vs. Stoke City - prediction, team news 2 days ago — Cardiff's winless run in the Championship extended to four matches in an uninspiring goalless draw against John Eustace's Blackburn on Tuesday ...
Posted at 57' Attempt missed. Ivan Cavaleiro (Fulham) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Aleksandar Mitrovic. Posted at 57' Attempt saved. Ivan Cavaleiro (Fulham) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Joe Bryan. Posted at 56' Attempt missed.
The Cottagers make the trip to the Etihad in the hopes of pulling off what would be an upset for the ages. Fulham had three opportunities to beat City last season (twice in the league, once in the league cup) and failed to take any of them. City eased to comfortable clean-sheeted wins over their soon-to-be relegated opponents.
The 24-year-old was the key figure in Villa's return to the Premier League last season, will be their biggest hope of staying there in this campaign, and in the Carabao Cup semi-final was their driving force as they reached Wembley at Leicester City's expense. This fixture was inevitably billed as the battle between two great talents in Grealish and Leicester City's James Maddison, who was compared in colourful, unfavourable terms throughout by the Villa loyalists on the Holte End.
Wanderers kept their opponents out just three times during that 15 game sequence, though their failure to score against Liverpool was the only occasion where they didn't register during the same set of fixtures.
He has played just five hours and 45 minute in La Liga in 2020 and when he does play he has made little difference, which gives Zidane the excuse to play him even less. As things stand, if someone was to come to him and offer him a way back to the Premier League he would certainly not take it. Unlike in October, when the message was that he had decided to leave at the end of the season, now his thinking is he has been told something categorically different.
This fixture features No. 4 vs No. 15 in the league, Pescara vs Cremonese. The hosts coming from a 1 - 2 away win to Empoli (no. 6 in the league) and their last home game a 3 - 0 win over PISA. The visitors coming from a 1 - 0 home win over Salernitana (No. 8 in the league) and their last away game a 2 - 0 loss to Cosenza. The hosts should win this one as they played a higher table team than the visitors scoring multiple goals and conceding one goal to win the match then winning their last home game to a team above the visitors scoring multiple goals without conceding facing a team coming from playing a team below the hosts and winning the match then playing a team below the hosts and losing their last away game without scoring so a win to the hosts.
The two sides go to the game separated by 22 points; Real on 31 points and Espanyol having managed nine points so far. Real Madrid started the season rather slowly, but have managed to get their grip and are currently tied on points with leaders Barcelona. Real Madrid are unbeaten in their last eight matches and have six wins therein.
Nicolas Höfler (Sport-Club Freiburg) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Vincenzo Grifo with a cross following a corner. Posted at 71' Corner, Sport-Club Freiburg. Conceded by Erling Haaland. Posted at 71' Attempt blocked. Nils Petersen (Sport-Club Freiburg) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Vincenzo Grifo with a cross.
Arsenal will of course have a point to prove in Mikel Arteta’s first game at home. Victory over Chelsea would be a timely boost and a chance to dent the Blues’ Champions League prospects in the process. Liverpool out to end 2019 in style It has been some year for Liverpool. Champions League winners. Premier League.
GLADBACH SANCTIONS Borussia Moenchengladbach could face sanctions after their fans unfurled several offensive banners aimed at Hoffenheim investor Dietmar Hopp, including one showing his face in the crosshairs, in their 1-1 league draw on Saturday. I am ashamed for this banner," Gladbach sports director Max Eberl, who intervened with fans to get the banners down, said.
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The visitors should be fearful of this trip, with Samp only narrowly above the bottom three following their terrible start. The visitors come into this game with one of the worst away records in the division, while that could get even worse here. Sampdoria have won only 12% of their Serie A encounters away from home against Cagliari (4/33), with the last one coming back in 2007. Overall, there have been 17 wins for the Rossoblu in that time.
Hull is in 9th place with 39 points while Fulham is in 5th place with 42 points. In this moment Fulham is in Play Off for promotion and against a strong team like Hull I see them defending. Hull is making a good season until now and in 5 last matches in Championship they have 1 draw 1 lose and 3 wins. They won against Rotherham in FA Cup 2-3 while they were losing in first half 2-1. Fulham also won against Premier League side Aston Villa 2-1 in FA Cup. Both teams comes from a good moment now and I expect a strong match where I see the draw is the most possible outcome here.
Wright: "This ball has come from 60 yards and he has controlled it on his shoulder, and in the space of two yards, he has taken it around the keeper and scored. That for me was technically superb. We are talking about a player that went on to improve Barcelona. Andros Townsend: Manchester City 2-3 Crystal Palace (Premier League)22 December 2018 Andros Townsend smashed home a sublime 30-yard volley to help Crystal Palace cause a shock by claiming their first win at Manchester City for exactly 28 years.
No wonder there is such confidence at Manchester City that they - and indeed England - have something very special on their hands for the future. Foden's stats backed up the evidence of our own eyes. He had a pass completion rate of 90. Foden set up Aguero's opening goalGuardiola has had the luxury of being able to handle Foden carefully, to guide his development among an elite group of players. The teenager's time will come once Silva leaves the club where he has achieved the status of one of their greatest players since a £24m move from Valencia in July 2010.
The Royals' reward is a home tie against Premier League Sheffield United in the fifth round. What neither team had wanted here was extra-time and penalties, with Reading boss Mark Bowen admitting after Friday's 1-1 Championship draw at Cardiff City Stadium that there was a feeling of "familiarity breeding contempt" between the sides with their three meetings in 10 days. The previous two fixtures had been remarkably similar.
Sheff Utd 19 7 8 4 23 17 29 9 Crystal Palace 20 7 6 7 18 22 27 10 Everton 20 7 4 9 23 30 25 11 Newcastle 20 7 4 9 20 30 25 12 Arsenal 20 5 9 6 26 30 24 13 Burnley 20 7 3 10 23 32 24 14 Brighton 20 6 5 9 24 28 23 15 Southampton 20 6 4 10 24 38 22 16 Bournemouth 20 5 5 10 20 28 20 17 West Ham 19 5 4 10 21 32 19 .
Aluminij will host Olimpija for this fixture of the league. Both teams are one of the ambitious teams in this league. However, the visitors have a better team than their opponent. Yeah, Olimpija have a poor results in the last matches. Nevertheless, the visitors have the potential to pick up the victory. Also, we have Aluminij who's is also strong team in this season. Aluminij is the best home team in this campaign. Of course, the hosts will try to capitalize advantage on their pitch. True, this will not be an easy task. I think, the visitors want to get all three points. They will try to be much more serious in this game.
Zhodino have had problems scoring goals this season, despite winning matches. They made up for that with a 5-2 away win at the weekend and are now second, two points off the top of the table. Their away form is good with two wins this season and they will be confident of getting another victory here. Slavia Mozyr are in seventh but have already lost three league games and conceded 12 goals (their opponents have only conceded four in seven games). Go for an away win here.
Genuinely, I am talking about that many. What is football going to do to ensure the entire pyramid survives?'Hodgkinson says Huddersfield, three points above the Championship relegation zone, want the season to restart "when it is safe", with clubs set to return to training on Monday. But he says the game "is not looking at the bigger picture", with the main focus being on restarting the current season.
Forest Green Rovers vs Salford City predictions and betting tips as they meet in League 2 this weekend. Will the out of form visitors be able to end their poor run? Read on for all our League 2 betting tips and predictions.
But games involving Premier League teams have been excellent to watch this season. Chelsea followed a 4-4 draw with Ajax up with an incident-packed 2-2 draw with Valencia. Tottenham have lost 7-2 to Bayern Munich but then beaten Red Star Belgrade 5-0 and 4-0 and seen off Olympiakos 4-2. Liverpool beat Red Bull Salzburg in a 4-3 thriller, while Manchester City have beaten Atalanta 5-1. The big five leagues dominateIn a disappointing twist for the neutrals - and perhaps a sign of the times with the bigger leagues making more money than ever - all the teams in the last 16 are from the main five leagues.
Try me with a game for the showdown between Hatayspor and Istanbulspor, which meets this afternoon in a showdown in Turkish football. Here, I believe in good chances for the guests to collect at least one point in this show. I think it gets close here, even though the guests are inferior to the paper and the table. However, I do not see the home team as a much better team playing for player, which is why I also believe that odds 1.98 are well paid for not losing. I see value down to odds 1.86 on this game. But I will go for a draw here
Defending champions Manchester City are 14 points behind Premier League leaders LiverpoolDespite struggling in the league this season, City are already through to the knockout stages of the Champions League ahead of Wednesday's final group game against Dinamo Zagreb. They play Oxford United of League One in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals later this month and are bidding to win that competition for a third successive season.
