Five points from safety, Morecambe have endured a tough campaign. They've found it very difficult to get their noses in front, while avoiding defeat is also something that the Shrimps have done irregularly.
You might think that this would put them in contention for a top four spot, but the fact that they’ve only won five of these 11 games means that they find themselves 6th in the table, five points adrift of Chelsea in the last of the Champions League qualification spots.
What can I say about Panaitolikos. The team has quite a good roster but fights to avoid regulation. The club from Agrinio with 20 points is 5 points above the regulation line (Panionios 15, Xanthi 18, Panaitolikos 20).In the last game Panaitolikos won Larisa quite easily but the truth is that the club loses a lot of its power and strength when has to play home away matches. Xanthi lost from Volos and is on a very tough position since needs points. Xanthi at home has better performances and I will give the advantage. I am not convincing by how Panaitolikos fights at home away matches
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It is the same with the Carabao Cup guys. You cannot just say 'sorry, your competition is not happening next year' and expect them to just go 'oh, ok then'. But I don't see a problem with players' contracts. Instead of finishing on 30 June, why not just have a blanket rule where they finish on 31 July, or whenever the season is finished. Chris Sutton: What about the players who are out of contract this summer and already know they are not getting new deals? They might think 'well, you didn't want me anyway - why should I put my body on the line for you?'I know what they might say, and I am not saying this is right - they might say 'you are going to have to give us more money'.
Five Valencia players and staff are "in good health" after testing positive for coronavirus, the club says. Valencia and Argentina defender Ezequiel Garay became the first La Liga player to announce a positive test earlier on Sunday. Spain's La Liga was suspended on Thursday after the Real Madrid squad went into quarantine. Spain is the second worst-hit country in Europe after Italy and is set to declare a national lockdown on Monday.
Shakhtyor will host Slutsk for this fixture of the league. I think, the hosts are favorites in this game. Shakhtyor have advantage at home stadium. Also, Shakhtyor are more ambitious team in this league. True, the hosts have a poor results in this new campaign. Perhaps, this will not be an easy task for the hosts. Also, we have Slutsk who's is very average team in this league. However, Slutsk are in better shape at the start of the new season. Of course, the visitors have a very difficult task. However, this is a very unpredictable league. My pick - Slutsk to win.
The languid midfield man is the complete operator and showed all sides of his game in what turned into a stroll. He ran midfield while demonstrating his class as a creator and goalscorer to simply underline the role he has played in Liverpool's romp to the Premier League this season. Fabinho's pass to pick out Salah for Liverpool's second goal was a masterpiece of touch and vision, while he again showed his potency from long range by flashing that stunning goal past the helpless Hennessey in front of a Kop populated by flags on what might be their last game before clinching the title.
On their own patch, Juventus have been typically useful this season, winning six and drawing one of their seven home matches. They've scored 15 and have conceded eight and have generally looked like they will continue picking up wins at Allianz Stadium.
He believes he could have been struggling to be fully fit had Euro 2020 - which has been postponed until the summer of 2021 - taken place next month. I wouldn't have had as many games as I would have liked or as much training as I would have liked to really get to my highest level," he said. Kane has not played since suffering a torn hamstring in a 1-0 defeat at Southampton on 1 January"I'm trying to take the positives.
Atlanta United's Mercedes Benz Stadium opened in 2017Scouting intelligenceMidfielder Jon Gallagher has been on loan to Aberdeen from Atlanta since the summer and Eales envisaged further cross cooperation over players. A good example is the scouting network," he said. We focus quite a lot on South America - we've had some great successes in terms of players coming in. Obviously, in Scotland, Aberdeen are on the ground in the UK, so it is helping us get intelligence on the European market.
Injury-hit Palace - in their 100th game under Roy Hodgson - started playing with about 20 minutes to go and Zaha smashed home from the edge of the box. Brighton were hanging on in the end as the hosts looked for a winner at a noisy Selhurst Park. The point takes Palace - who are now unbeaten in four games - above Arsenal into ninth place and leaves Brighton down in 13th. Follow reaction hereBrighton pay the price againA familiar tale for Brighton - dominating possession, creating chances and failing to win.
The club are not expected to challenge for the title this year after failing to sign any big-name European players in time for the start of the season. They have, however, signed two of their three permitted 'designated players' - Argentine teenager Matias Pellegrini and Mexico international midfielder Pizarro. Scotland winger Morgan joined from Celtic in January. Head coach Diego Alonso has won two Concacaf Champions Leagues with Mexican sides.
Personality of 2014 was called spot on. On entirely the wrong basis. I picked Liverpool's Luis Suarez for his football genius as he tore up up the Premier League in a blizzard of brilliance after serving a 10-match ban for biting Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic at Anfield in the previous season. He was the personality all right - but only because he left the World Cup in Brazil, and subsequently Liverpool for Barcelona, in shame after being banned from all football-related activity for four months for biting Italy's Giorgio Chiellini in a group game.
Lucas Moura was absolutely dead, Steven Bergwijn was absolutely dead and Giovani Lo Celso was absolutely deadJose MourinhoSpurs bossMourinho was interviewed by BT Sport's Des Kelly who he sarcastically thanked, referring to the scheduling of Spurs' next match - against Chelsea on Saturday at 12:30 GMT, which is being shown by the broadcasters. Werner goal sees off SpursThe London club then play Wolves, Norwich in the cup and Burnley before the return leg in Germany on 10 March.
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Fernandes is an international team-mate of Ronaldo who spent seven successful years at United between 2003 and 2009 and is widely regarded as one of the greats of the game. Similarly to Ronaldo, Fernandes joined the club from Sporting and has spoke of his delight at following in the footsteps of his idol.
PRAGUE, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Slavia coach Jindrich Trpisovsky's coaching career has propelled him from the rough-and-tumble lower echelons of Czech football to Barcelona's hallowed Camp Nou - an unlikely journey that the baseball-cap wearing coach describes as a dream. Trpisovsky roamed the sidelines of the Czech third tier only six years ago but is now operating at the highest level in Europe club football while earning an impressive reputation with his attacking philosophy.
We have been in self-isolation for almost four weeks. The truth is that it gets boring and we are waiting for some decision regarding the championship," the 25-year-old Masoero, who joined the Plovdiv-based club in 2018, said. It is still not clear when the Bulgarian championship will resume. As of Tuesday, the Balkan country had 565 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus and 22 deaths.
The display was a far cry from Villa's last outing when they suffered a dismal 2-0 defeat at fellow strugglers Southampton. The performance level today is the standard we have to be," Smith said. We were written off after our performance against Southampton, and needed a reaction and I think we got that.
If either win the tournament and finish in the top four, England does not get an extra space. If they win and finish outside the top four, then England gets five Champions League spots. If Chelsea win the Champions League AND Manchester United or Wolves win the Europa League - and neither finish in the top four - then only the top three in the Premier League qualify for the Champions League. Uefa regulations suggest England could have eight teams in Europe if that happened and one of them did not finish in the top six/seven - or nine if they both fail to.
It is easy to see why because they have got a decent back-line, creative midfielders and strikers who can score. Diogo Jota in particular has just hit a bit of form. Sunday's game at Spurs could be pivotal for where their Premier League campaign goes next, though. Win, and they go above them. Lose and a bit of a gap could open up between them and fourth and fifth. So this is a big game for them but they will fancy themselves to win it.
UEFA, European soccer's governing body, relayed the news after an emergency video conference with all 55 of its affiliated national federations and representatives from clubs and leagues. It was important that, as the governing body of European football, UEFA led the process and made the biggest sacrifice," UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said in a statement confirming what the Norwegian and Swedish FAs had leaked earlier.
CFR Cluj are hosting Universitatea Craiova today for a Romania Liga 1 match which is expected to be held at Dr Constantin Radulescu stadium, Cluj Napoca city. CFR Cluj takes position 1 in the table with 36 points and Universitatea Craiova takes position 2 with 32 points.
Having looked like being left frustrated, the Canaries got a deserved equaliser on 78 minutes as Josip Drmic bundled in from close range after Vorm has spilled Kenny McLean's drive. At the other end, the hosts could have won it with five minutes of normal time remaining but Serge Aurier saw his low shot cleared off the line by the retreating Ben Godfrey. With no further goals in extra-time, Norwich made it a night to remember.
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We’re confident that Torino will win on Thursday and we have predicted a final scoreline of 2-1. The hosts might not have the best of home records this season but they are up against a Genoa side that are still searching for their first away win and a team they have beaten in their last four encounters. Torino might not be enjoying their best season domestically but they have outperformed Genoa in all departments so far and we expect that trend to continue on Thursday which will see the home side progress through to the next round of the Coppa Italia.
Both teams scored in 80% of Sporting’s home games as well as in 67% of Moreirense’s away games this season, while 80% of Sporting’s home games have produced over 2.5 goals as have 50% of Moreirense’s away games. Sporting have only kept clean sheets in 20% of their home games and haven’t failed to score in their own backyard, while Moreirense have only failed to score in 33% of their away games and have only kept clean sheets in 17% of their trips on the road.
However, the complication for the Swans is the strong form of the hosts. Huddersfield are in the top four in the form guide, picking up only two points fewer than West Brom and Leeds across the last eight matches. The Terriers aren’t in the top half, but they’re in promotion form. Their turnaround has been fantastic, while they’ll be aiming to extend that here.
The striker's first goal of the season helped Everton break their run of being winless in 35 outings when they have conceded the opening goal. The fact they found a way to win this fixture points to a steeliness that seems to have arrived since Ancelotti took charge. The Toffees have now lost just once in seven league games - against champions Manchester City - under the Italian.
Exactly seven weeks ago the Premier League found itself in a similar position to the precarious one it faces now. With sports event across the world shutting down or going behind closed doors, it defiantly pressed on, issuing a statement insisting that the following weekend's fixtures would go ahead as planned. Accused of poor judgement, less than an hour later it was forced into announcing an emergency meeting when Arsenal revealed coach Mikel Arteta had contracted coronavirus.
Derby County have won four of their last five games. Derby County have won three of their last four away games in the FA Cup. The two clubs have met ten times in the past and Northampton have never beaten Derby County. League Two Northampton Town host Championship side Derby County in the fourth round of the FA Cup.
Today’s starting front three - Daniel James, Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford - are all pacey players who like to play on the break, but Watford largely eliminated that option by playing so deep and United looked lost for other ideas. They were better once Pogba came on, but already 2-0 down by that stage and still unable to score.
Mentally when you are physically down you need to play more simple. It was the wrong performance and result. It's a bad moment. We need to refresh and come back in training and find the solution for the next game. We have done a good job until now and we must stay together. We were not dangerous. We need to play with more passion. Millwall were better physically, the mentality was more aggressive and they had better determination.
I read strange things around but nothing has changed," Spadafora said. In terms of the resumption of the championship - for now we don't talk about it. Bologna and Atalanta said they will start training on Tuesday, with Inter Milan opening their training centre from this week. Italy, among the world's hardest-hit countries from the pandemic, started to relax the longest lockdown in Europe on Monday, allowing people to exercise and visit relatives within their region.
Ayoze Perez, whose three previous league goals for Leicester came in a 9-0 rout of Southampton last month, scored the opener from close range on 64 minutes after Vardy broke through on the right flank. Vardy then slotted home a penalty at the second attempt for his 12th goal of the league campaign in the 82nd minute.
