THURSDAY’S BIG STORIES The Moyes watch the goals while the goals watch the Moyes Easy, this football management business, right? Turn up, give Mark Noble back his place, thank your lucky stars that Łukasz Fabiański is fit again, and everything else will just fall into place. David Moyes is, of course, a football genius.
Which is as close as an august body such as IFAB will ever get to writing: “For God’s sake, England, there’s a pitchside monitor right there. Use the bloody thing next time!” In practical terms, the law has been strengthened slightly; the word “often” has been removed, and it now reads: “where a reviewable incident is subjective, the expectation is that the referee will undertake an ‘on-field review’.
The first game between them played in Germany ended with a shock result with Lokomotiv Moscow taking the lead 2-1 by half-time and despite Bayer having chances in the second half they failed to score and the Russians took all 3 points in the end. I watched Lokomotiv play against Juventus, they had the lead 1-0 till late in the game in Italy, ended up losing 2-1 the game, they were 1-1 at home last round with Juventus before conceding a goal in added time and lost once more with 2-1.
All we want to do is play a great game against a good team like Barcelona, who are doing it very well too. Top spot on the line On the pitch, top spot in La Liga is at stake when Barcelona welcome Real for the first Clasico of the season. The two sides are locked on 35 points after 16 games, and the victors will know they can open up a three-point gap at the top and also move seven points above third-placed Sevilla.
Well 7 points from 9 max for the guests in their 3 games after the restart is not really a bad record as they even defeated the current league leaders from FC Porto with 2-1 at home and also won the next round with 3-1 away from home at Famalicao and had a chance to claim 4th place if they won last round at home with Braga but they only drew the game 0-0 in the end. This while earlier this season they could not beat Moreirense at home in a game which saw 6 goals shared between the two sides in an equal 3-3 draw.
This is going to be a very important match between this two side. They are going to have a very important battle to avoid relegation and IMO CSM does not deserve to be relegated for sure. They are a solid team with much more quality then Academica most certanly.Their performances lately are not something special but still they are uprising and with a won here they will won a direct rival for relegation. Academica Clinceni on the other hand are not a good team IMO. They are between the main candidates for relegation and if u ask me that is going to happen with them
SubstitutionPosted at 68' Substitution, Liverpool Women. Rhiannon Roberts replaces Kirsty Linnett. Posted at 67' Attempt saved. Vivianne Miedema (Arsenal Women) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jordan Nobbs. Posted at 65' Attempt missed. Vivianne Miedema (Arsenal Women) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
The victory for Ralph Hasenhuttl's men represents a remarkable turnaround from the previous result between the sides but it was nothing more than the visitors deserved having dominated in the first half and matched Leicester in the second. But while the Saints shaded the chances, Leicester did have the ball in the net on another two occasions - through Jamie Vardy and then Kelechi Iheanacho - but both efforts were disallowed for offside by the on-field officials.
Arteta's philosophy starting to take hold Arteta took his first job as a manager having previously been right-hand man to Pep Guardiola at Manchester CityWhen Arteta was appointed to succeed Emery in December there was clearly an element of gamble in handing the fortunes of this huge club, with its great expectations, to someone taking on his first managerial job. This was not, however, a hasty decision or an easy pick of a 'Pep Guardiola-lite' given Arteta's success and reputation as right-hand man during Manchester City's recent domination.
The away-day attacking exploits of Rangers have been impressive, but they've also thrived at the other end, conceding just three goals. In fact, what The Gers have done really well away from home is restrict teams. Rangers tend to give away few scoring chances on the road, while they've surrendered an average of just 2.14 shots on target.
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Craiova caused serious trouble even for the CFR Cluj defense which has been the best in the league so far this season even though losing at home 2-0 last round that game they were really good once more up-front as for example in the other 3 games played by them after the winter break they scored no less than 10 goals while also conceding 4 times as they won 3-1 at home with same Gaz Metan Medias and also 5-2 at Iasi and 2-1 at Viitorul, their attack is really top quality for this league level.
While seven points between them and 17th-placed Aston Villa sounds a lot, the injuries that have blighted their season have relented and there remains a belief that they can survive. We had an unbelievable injury curse at the beginning of the season but you have to back the lads who are available. Now we are in a better position," he said.
Niort have suffered 4 defeats in their last 5 matches. They started the season promisingly but they have been playing awful football. They lost 4 of their 7 away matches. They also have lost 3 of their 8 home matches. They are coming from a defeat against Clermont foot.
Jurgen Klopp spent four years building his team and they're doing well now," said the Norwegian. It's not going be a quick fix - eight or 10 players in the transfer window. We can't react to all the noise outside. There'll be criticism - you've got to take it, you've got to be stronger mentally. I am, the club is. The staff are very strong mentally and we're sticking to what we believe in. I've got full faith.
I loved boxing, was brought up with it and had trained in it since I was a teenager. I did go on to present boxing - I was even the first woman globally to host a heavyweight world title fight. There is a lot of this unconscious bias in the industry. The male must know what they are doing, the female must be there to make up the numbers," seems to be the message. It's rarely the public I got most of the sexist comments from, it was people within the industry at a senior level who are very good at box-ticking, but internally harbour gender bias.
Liverpool hold Chelsea Heading into the weekend, Liverpool had scored only twice in the league all season, while Chelsea were being tipped by many as champions elect given their scintillating start to the campaign. So when Niamh Charles opened the scoring for the hosts at Prenton Park with six minutes gone, the Blues were left shell-shocked.
Marseille, meanwhile, are flying in second place having lost only once in their last 17 league matches. Bossed by Andres Villas-Boas, Marseille stand virtually no chance of winning the title (they're 12 points behind leaders PSG), but, six points clear of third, look very likely to secure a Champions League place this season.
Augsburg are unbeaten in 10 matches against Koln. Koln have conceded at least two goals in eight of their last 10 matches. Augsburg have won eight games this season, five of those at home. Each of Koln’s last 12 matches has produced over 2.5 goals. The German Bundesliga enters Round 30 this weekend with one of the matches seeing Augsburg host Koln with both sides keen on collecting three points.
In his wildest imagination Ferguson couldn't envisage any team, even one as great as Real, destroying them like they did. Eintracht were a team with no superstars. They didn't have a solitary player in West Germany's World Cup squad from two years before - and didn't have one in their World Cup squad two years later either - but they still had quality. Ferguson reckoned they were the greatest side he'd ever seen.
Southampton, meanwhile, are 12th in the table, relegation is no longer a worry and qualifying for European football is still a possibility. If certain results in other competitions happen, eighth place could be high enough to qualify for the early stages of the Europa League. Southampton are six points away from eighth, but, given their fixtures and how competitive that race is, capturing that spot is unlikely.
In addition, the knowledge that Guardiola resigned as Barcelona manager in 2012 after four years in the job, citing burnout, has created uncertainty around the Catalan, leading to suggestions his time in Manchester may come to an abrupt end at the end of the current campaign, his fourth in England. Guardiola could not be any more emphatic in his denials. I want to live in this city," he said. There are lovely people here.
Spurs forward Son Heung-min has been ruled out for several weeks after fracturing his right arm against Aston Villa last weekend. Burnley v Bournemouth *Matej Vydra's winner for Burnley against Southampton last weekend was just his fifth Premier League goal and first overall since September 2018. Bournemouth's only away league win in 13 attempts against Burnley came on the final day of the 2017-18 season.
Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder celebrated the signing of a new four-year contract by leading his team to a 1-0 victory over West Ham United that ended in controversy. See alsoSheffield United v West Ham United - Premier League LIVE After a dreadful first half with no goals and no shots on target, the home side came out with more purpose in the second half.
MONDAY’S BIG HEADLINES Ole’s wheely bad Video - Solskjaer: The league table is not my biggest concern00:44 The situation at Old Trafford is rather more perplexing. A 2-2 draw at home against Aston Villa on Sunday leaves United ninth in the table after a paltry four wins from 14 games. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has a worse record this season than Unai Emery did - and most incredibly, since landing the job on a permanent basis his win ratio in the league is a catastrophic 27%.
We’re confident that over 2.5 goals will be produced in Saturday’s match and we have predicted a final scoreline of 2-1 in favour of AZ. The hosts have won 78% of their home games this season and concede an average of under 1 goal per home game but score an average of 2 goals. Willem II are in decent form and have performed very well this season and certainly carry a goal threat away from home, which is why we believe this game will be close and competitive throughout.
I would normally jump on a handicap bet on the hosts here even though they finished just 2nd in the league last season behind Djurgarden they are really the only Swedish club with good performances in Europe lately, defeating Salzburg twice in their quest for a Champions League group stage which they got on a couple of occasions lately. This season they won a group in the Europa League but failed against the Germans from Wolfsburg in the latter stage of the competition losing both legs.
One of the major challenges for Campbell is to keep find a way to keep the opposition at bay as Southend have conceded a massive 59 times this season, which is a whole 20 times more than anyone else in the division. To give you some perspective, that averages at around 2.8 goals per game, and given that they have conceded 15 times in their last five matches, it is a stat which is not getting better anytime soon.
Hapoel Ramat Hasharon will play against Hapoel Ramat Gan in the Leumit League of Israel on Monday. Hapoel Ramat Hasharon lost last game in the Main season of Leumit League against Hapoel Ramat Gan by 0-2 at home. They also lost last two matches in the Promotion Group. They also conceded 7 goals in the last two matches. While ended Main Season with three wins in a row . They Drawn first game in Championship Group to Katamon and Defeated Beitar Tel Aviv in the last game. Hapoel Ramat Gan are unbeaten against Hapoel Ramat Hasharon in the last seven head to head matches .
Real Valladolid will try to make things right once again by trying to use the home advantage to beat Sevilla who will be playing also Thursday in the Europa league, but being that Sevilla is hosting the Europa league at home will make them to give everything in this game because the 3 points here will do them a lot of good giving them chance to continue the hope of finishing between position 1st to 4th giving them chance of Champions League. It is going to be a hard one for both teams but I think and believe that with the great talent the visitors posses, the 3 points will be theirs.
Liverpool had plenty of chances to win it in normal time but found goalkeeper Jan Oblak in inspired form, before Roberto Firmino did finally break the visitors’ resistance with his first home goal and Champions League strike of the season in the first period of extra time. Just 167 second later, though, the tie swung in Atletico’s favour as substitute Marcos Llorente capitalised on an error from Liverpool stand-in goalkeeper Adrian to score that crucial away goal, before he and Alvaro Morata added goals at the end of each extra-time period to ensure Diego Simeone once again worked his magic in a European knockout tie to end Liverpool's hopes of a league and European Cup double.
They last lost a league match at home in 2017 – to Crystal Palace. Liverpool have 15 straight home wins in the league, and are unbeaten in 48 home matches in the league. In the 48 home matches, they have 38 wins and 10 draws. They have scored in 23 straight home matches in the Premier League. The last time they failed to score at home in the league was in October 2018, against Manchester City.
While it hasn’t been the perfect season for Atalanta, the hosts are still fighting on multiple fronts and they are coming off back-to-back victories. The home side are aiming to continue the revival, as they seek a victory over Hellas Verona on Saturday.
Basaksehir will be meeting with the away team Gaziantep and this game we have looked at it in a very good way and we have seen that giving a win on the home team will be a very sure bet as looking at the last games that this two teams have meet together the home team have won many games as compared to the away team and so this makes us to be very sure with this prediction
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Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. BookingPosted at 85' Pape Diop (Eibar) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Posted at 84' Martin Braithwaite (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 84' Foul by Pape Diop (Eibar). SubstitutionPosted at 83' Substitution, Eibar. Sebastián Cristóforo replaces Edu Expósito. Posted at 82' Offside, Barcelona.
That [statement] wasn't for us," she said post-match. That was for fans, for the media, for sponsors, because that all sounded pretty similar to what we've heard before. You want to talk about hostility? Every negotiation we've had, those undertones are in there, that we're lesser - every mediation that we had, every time we meet with them and obviously the reason that we filed this lawsuit.
