Balague: "Barcelona are preparing to convince Neymar, he is the big target in the summer and the message they are getting from the Neymar entourage is, 'yes, try it, we would be happy to accept that'. Just because he has never been happier in Paris, doesn't mean he is really, really happy. Barcelona are counting on a 180m euros price tag, which is something they reckon they can afford. Julien: "Neymar will have two years left on his contract this summer, so interesting to see what position PSG adopt.
Goals in either half from Lucy Whipp and Abbi Grant gave the Blues their second victory of the season, over Bristol City, with the later adding to the goal she scored against Spurs in midweek. Marta Tejedor's side face Manchester United in their final game before Christmas which may turn out to be a telling encounter.
1-0 victory over Extremadura was vital for the hosts, thanks to a goal from Maikel. Boosted both the qualifying hope and the team's morale, as it ended a very poor run for the team with a win in the last 16 games. Huesca missed a great opportunity to get closer to direct promotion on Thursday, losing 2-1 at home to Miranda. Huesca lacked consistency and suffered in front of goal. In addition in the last game, they committed two defense errors that Datkovic involved and conceded 2 goals. I think it will end in draw because this is a match which is important for both teams.
When I saw the numbers it was quite shocking. United and local rivals Manchester City last month joined forces to donate 100,000 pounds to food banks to help compensate for the loss of food donations the clubs usually provide on match days. Rashford was recovering from a back injury when the Premier League was suspended until at least April 30 due to the coronavirus outbreak, with Manchester United in fifth place -- three points behind fourth-placed Chelsea.
Reaction to all of Wednesday's Premier League actionLawro's predictions v DJ & Aston Villa fan Nathan DaweArsenal show true grit to defy champions Arsenal's defensive frailties have continued to plague their latest manager, Arteta, and they were demonstrated again in the north London derby defeat at Tottenham on Sunday. Here, however, Arsenal dug deep to survive a second-half siege from Liverpool in which they existed almost entirely in their own half.
We’re confident that both teams will score in Saturday’s clash and we have predicted a final scoreline of 1-1. Blackpool arrive as the clear form favourites but Sunderland have only lost once at home and the visitors have become draw specialists on the road, with only Conventry producing more stalemates away from home.
The nation has been excluded from the Olympics and world championships across a range of sports as punishment for manipulating laboratory data. The Russia flag and anthem will not be allowed at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics or the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, although athletes who can prove they are not affected by the doping scandal will be able to compete under a neutral flag.
Brest are one of two newly promoted teams this season but they have struggled with the step up in quality as they currently sit 15th, three points above the relegation zone. Les Ty'Zefs are winless in their last four games with three defeats and are arguably the most out of form side in Ligue 1. Olivier Dall'Oglio's men have created the fourth most chances and conceded the most chances of any team in their last four games.
Play-offs now beyond Bristol City?When the two teams met at Hillsborough in December - a game Wednesday also won - both sides looked primed for a serious play-off challenge, that victory lifting the Owls up to third. But they have each faded badly since then and the result at Ashton Gate leaves them in 12th and 13th, with a mid-table finish now looking the most likely outcome.
Serge from Kasabian: "I've got it down to three - Robert Prosinecki, Dirk Kuyt or Ryan Shawcross. Is it one of these three, brother? I'm parched thinking about it, man!"Former Manchester United and England defender Rio Ferdinand: "This geezer Parched, I have listened to a few people you have mentioned and Darren Fletcher has got to be in with a shout as the man we are looking for. Aston Villa goalkeeper Pepe Reina: "Yo, big man! Who Parched is? Is it Steve Finnan, is it?!"Unfortunately, Crouch can confirm none of the above testimonies have cracked the Parched case.
The quarter-finals of the Ukraine Cup brings us two unknowns, at least in my case, that is, two teams from the second Division that will fight for the semi-finals of the Cup in this game. Minai will play against Inhulets.
Lawro's prediction: 1-2Charlie: 1-3Daisy May: Really? Villa have a sort of purple and blue outfit. I like that. Charlie: They have got a player called Jack Grealish. Do you know him?Daisy May: Who was the one with long braids who played for Villa in the 1990s? Charlie: Um? Juan Pablo Angel?Daisy May: The braids.
Slutsk have been excellent so far this season with a 5-1-1 record after 7 games and are currently on top of the league. With 14 goals they have also been the most productive team in the league. Sltusk have won the last 3 league games scoring at least 2 goals in each match.
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Paper Round's view: It wouldn't be a surprise to see City lose a handful of their superstars if the two-year Champions League ban was upheld after the appeal process. Europe's elite clubs will be sniffing around the club for cheap deals on world-class players who will be desperate to leave in a bid to play Champions League football.
Sociedad are in fifth place, two points behind Atletico in fourth and ahead of Getafe, who are immediately behind them in sixth, on goal difference. La Real also have a game in hand. Madrid returned to action with a 3-1 win over Eibar that didn't require them to get out of first gear. It was a lethargic performance that may have been punished by a better team.
Assisted by Toni Kroos. SubstitutionPosted at 85' Substitution, Real Madrid. Toni Kroos replaces Federico Valverde. Posted at 84' Attempt missed. De Marcos (Athletic Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Posted at 83' Foul by Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid). Posted at 83' Iker Muniain (Athletic Club) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Nevezis will be meeting with the away team BFW and this game we have given a win to win the home team or they will give us a draw at full time as looking at the last games this two teams have played together the home team have not won in any game as they have meet in only 1 game and so this makes us to be very sure that this game the home team will not lose it
Arteta set to take the Arsenal job After their late night liaison on Sunday night, it seems that Arsenal have persuaded Mikel Arteta to leave working in the most lavishly-funded football project of all time where he is coaching some of the finest players in the world and being groomed to take over from this generation’s most influential and possibly best manager, in favour of watching at close quarters Granit Xhaka’s big diagonals sail over everyone’s head and gently into the crowd.
Tennis United launched The ATP and WTA have launched a joint digital show, Tennis United, to fill the void during these tennis-less summer months. It gets underway today on their Facebook and YouTube channels and will feature interviews, discussions and round ups of top social content. Let's hope Andy Murray's 100 Volley Challenge gets a mention.
Ultimately, everything looks in place for this to be an open and exciting game. Man for man, there's not a huge difference between the two on paper, both play in very open styles and will be hungry for 3 points and also have big defensive issues heading into the clash.
None of the top four in the Premier League made any late moves at the conclusion of a low-key month, with some of the players who had been linked with possible deadline day moves staying put after proposed deals failed to materialise. France's World Cup winner Olivier Giroud remains at Chelsea despite reported interest in the ex-Arsenal striker from several clubs surprisingly including London rivals Tottenham Hotspur.
Back to winning ways in the Premier League, Arsenal are in Europa League action on Thursday when they travel to Greece to take on Olympiakos in their round of 32 first leg match. The Gunners turned on the style in the second half of the Sunday game with Newcastle to sweep the Magpies aside in a 4-0 win.
Now is not his moment, but it could arrive soon," Zidane told a news conference ahead of Real's La Liga trip to Alaves on Saturday. What has changed is that Hazard and Rodrygo are in the team, he is still training hard and last year he did well but the problem is there are other players and I have to make a choice.
For me, this is one of the matches where I see a lot of goals, in Italian Serie A today, even this is a league, where teams are mostly playing with stronger defense and that is the fact. So, Torino is one of the teams who is very dangerous this season for all us who are betting. When they are not favorites, they are make great results, against stronger rivals, like it was the case against Roma, few days ago (2-0), but when they are favorites, they are making mistakes. Bologna is better and better in every round, so they will score here surely.
Both their recent victories were solid 1-0 wins, an uncharacteristic scoreline of this usually whirlwind like Lille side, but manager Christophe Galtier won't be complaining. They hadn’t kept a clean sheet in the previous five games with some extremely difficult Champions League matches exposing their backline but in Ligue 1 they have been considerably more impressive, especially at home. They are unbeaten in their eight league games at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy with six wins and two draws. Les Dogues scored 14 goals and kept five clean sheets in this time so will be rather confident here as they host Brest.
An interesting match is waiting for us in the Faroe Islands Elite division. AB Argir will host Vikingur. AB was terrible at home last season and Vikingur has every reason and means to claim all possible points in this clash, especially as they won the last 2 matches in this stadium. Vikingur ended last season in 5th place. They are 6 points behind NSI and the team could not qualify for Europa league. It is likely that they will adopt an attacking strategy here but I think they are not going to win. Ab Argir will be hopeful that they leave behind their bad home run.
Of course I spoke with him about that," Mourinho said. But for me it was a quite easy conversation, because he was very sorry about that thing. It was never his intention to hurt, it was never his intention to offend. He immediately regretted and realised. It was a young guy mistake, a young generation mistake.
PAOK is currently on a very impressive streak with 4 consecutive victories, which allowed them to get to the first place of the Greek Superleague after a couple of draws from Olympiakos in the last weeks. PAOK has yet to lose a game this season after 12 wins and 4 drawers and on this match we expect another win from them. Aris is a decent team, is currently in the 6th place but PAOK is clearly the better side and with their price above events on the 1x2 market we can only take PAOK to get the victory on this match.
It was not to be but Oxford can take real pride from the resilience they showed here and now they can turn their attention back to their top priority, namely promotion to the Championship. Manager Robinson is struggling for numbers after the departure of Shandon Baptiste and Tariqe Fosu to Brentford on transfer deadline day but there is real talent within his squad and this is a developing side. Oxford are currently eighth in League One, three points off the play-off places, and now it is back to business on that front as they travel to Peterborough United, who are third in the table, on Saturday.
They usually bounce back a lot quicker than this and I have been waiting for Sean Dyche to turn things around - I am sure it will happen this week though. Lawro's prediction: 2-1Tom's prediction: Leicester love playing these lower teams. Liverpool v Man Utd (16:30 GMT)United got their tactics spot on against Liverpool last time but their issue is that, in midfield, they are just not strong enough. When I look at what they have got in that department, I am largely thinking 'that's why they have got so many problems' because the days of them having strong, competitive midfielders are gone.
Sven-Goran Eriksson, 72The former England manager celebrates his 72nd birthday on 5 February. Responsible for taking the Three Lions to the quarter-finals of the 2002 and 2006 World Cups and Euro 2004, as well taking charge of Benfica, Lazio, Manchester City and Leicester, to name just a few, in a 43-year coaching career. Happy birthday, boss. Eriksson managed England from 2000 to 2006 and had David Beckham as his captain throughout that periodAnd even now, that's not all.
Posted at 78' Attempt blocked. Lucas Boyé (Reading) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by John Swift. Posted at 77' Foul by Kalvin Phillips (Leeds United). Posted at 77' John Swift (Reading) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 74' Corner, Reading. Conceded by Ben White.
We coped exceptionally well today and that is the most important for me. Watford secured their first top-flight victory against a side starting the day top of the table since the final day of the 1982-83 season, also beating Liverpool that day (2-1)So what does this mean for Liverpool?They are 22 points clear at the top of the table so, ultimately, it is the slightest of bumps in the road as they close in on a first league title in 30 years.
Lida Will host Khimik Svetlogorsk in Pershaya Liga of Belarus on Saturday. The performance of Khimik Svetlogorsk is going bad to worse . They are on losing run of six matches this season and 9 matches on Pershaya Liga. They are now Winless from last 16 matches in the league. Lost last game to Osha by 0-4. While Lida won last two games at home and away. They won both the home games and won both by two or More goals margin. Lida are unbeaten against Khimik Svetlogorsk and Scored four goals each in the last two head to head matches at home .
Liverpool's squad has been heavily rotated this month. Klopp made seven changes in the 3-0 win at Bournemouth and six in the previous victory against Everton. He has also shown faith in Liverpool's young players, placing importance on keeping the squad fresh. He handed a debut to 18-year-old Curtis Jones last week before naming Neco Williams, 18, on the bench at Anfield on Saturday. Williams and Jones could be one of four young players - Rhian Brewster and Harvey Elliott the others - that could fly to Qatar immediately after taking part in the EFL Cup quarter-final at Aston Villa.
The records of both of these sides suggests that there is only one result which you should be looking at in this fixture. As previously stated, Crawley have drawn 11 times in the league this season, a total which is only one fewer than the highest in the league. Meanwhile, Bradford have drawn each of their last four away matches in League 2, so backing this one to also finish all square appears to be the smart move.
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Over 2.5 goals have been produced in 44% of Morecambe’s home games and in 44% of Carlisle’s away games this season while both teams scored in 44% of Morecambe’s home games as well as in 56% of Carlisle’s away games, all of which adds weight to our final scoreline prediction for this weekends’ clash.
Seconds after Dean Henderson denied Gabriel Jesus from the penalty spot on Tuesday night, three sides of Bramall Lane burst into one chant. England's number one, England's, England's number one. Manchester City may have gone on to beat Sheffield United 1-0 thanks to a second-half strike by Sergio Aguero, but Henderson - on a season-long loan from Manchester United - played a significant part in ensuring the Blades were still level heading into the final 20 minutes.
Assisted by Jack Marriott with a cross following a corner. Posted at 57' Corner, Derby County. Conceded by Nicky Adams. Posted at 56' Attempt blocked. Jack Marriott (Derby County) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Posted at 55' Attempt missed. Charlie Goode (Northampton Town) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Paderborn have got the Bundesliga's worst defensive record. They have conceded 32 goals this season. Meanwhile, Werder Bremen's defensive record doesn't make for much better viewing. They have conceded 28 goals this season so far.
