The Italian giants had a strong enough squad to take their Champions League push down to the final day of the group. They will expect to negotiate the early rounds of the Coppa, having won 14 of their 19 Serie A games this term. They’ve already claimed a win at Cagliari, with the visitors losing each of their three league clashes with the top three.
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Odds are quite fine with me for the over 3.5 goals bet as when they met in Germany on round 2 of this group stage even though Lyon only scored their 3rd goal in the 90 minute of the game they won 3-1 in the end and even back then when stakes were high the game had over 3.5 goals scored in it, this while I watched Leipzig win 2-0 at Zenit and seemed quite decent up-front as for an example Lyon was poor while playing last game at same Zenit found themselves easily 3-0 down and lost 3-1 in the end.
And according to Bobby Barnes from the PFA, albeit speaking from a pretty cold and financially-driven perspective, players are at least relatively comfortable with that idea. In an ideal world we’d be playing in front of crowds but I think it’s more a case of there being no alternative. We’re not in an ideal world and the players I’ve spoken to accept that’s what it will have to be.
Oman Club will have Bahla for this fixture of the league. I expect, this will be tense match for both sides. However, Bahla are more ambitious team in this season. The visitors are in better shape. They have two consecutive victories. I think, the visitors will try to make a positive result on the opposite stadium. Also, we have Oman Club who's is not very good team in this campaign. Also, the hosts are in poor shape. In any case, the hosts have a very difficult task. They are more vulnerable. They have less potential. I think, Bahla will closer to victory.
Both teams registered in six of Leicester's last eight matches, and while the Foxes have lost the knack of keeping the other team out, the Foxes excellent midfield and attacking options have had sufficient quality to bail their defensive teammates out more often than not.
The result ensures that Liverpool’s lead at the top remains at 10 points. Leicester will now host the league leaders on Boxing Day in a crucial top of the table clash, while Manchester City visit Molineux to face Wolves the following night. Gabriel Jesus, Pep GuardiolaGetty Images TALKING POINT Can either side catch Liverpool? With a game in hand due to their pursuit of the Fifa Club World Cup in Doha, Liverpool’s lead of 10 points over Leicester in second and 11 over Manchester City in third looks ominous.
Post updateFoul by Will Hughes (Watford). Post updateAndriy Yarmolenko (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half. SubstitutionSubstitution, Watford. João Pedro replaces Danny Welbeck. Post updateAttempt missed. Issa Diop (West Ham United) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Declan Rice with a cross following a corner. Post updateCorner, West Ham United.
Basaksehir come into this one on the up, while Roma are looking poor on the road. They’ve failed to win four of their last five trips, while the hosts are unbeaten in their last 11 matches. Following that run, we see the hosts avoiding defeat once again. We are backing Istanbul Basaksehir on the Double Chance market.
After 27 rounds in the Turkish league this season, Antalyaspor won 33 points, ranked 10th in the rankings. Meanwhile, with the same number of matches, Rizespor won 28 points, ranked 14th among 18 teams, 2 points higher than the red team.
Both sides come into this game with hopes of qualifying from the tightest group in this years competition. Malmo currently sit on five points, unbeaten in three since their 1-0 loss in the reverse of this fixture on matchweek one. Dynamo have yet to be beaten in the competition but have only won once, in that fixture in September.
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Amstetten against GAK here, meeting of the Erste Liga of Austrian football that is played today afternoon at 19:10. Amstetten favored for the victory of the match comes from a 2-2 away draw against the same opponents in a match played in fields reversed a week ago; both teams have the same technical potential and it is possible that another draw will occur here; the Amstetten however does not play at all badly for being a team of low rankings -I got to see some of his matches and seems to be a pretty well organized team despite having no major player- so let's try 1 Ah-0.25 and Good Luck! ;-)
CHRISTMAS EVE’S BIG STORIES Jose Mourinho hasn’t changed Video - I fear more cases of racism - Jose Mourinho00:54 Man arrested for Son racial abuse The more serious matter in that game was the racial abuse coming from the terraces, and it turns out it was even worse than we feared at the time. Three times a message was broadcast over the PA warning that the game was being disrupted by racial abuse, but at the time we all thought the only incident was against Rudiger.
It's different at Chelsea. It's fun to achieve the dream of being a professional footballer and to not have any worries outside of football, and to only focus on what happens on the pitch," she explained. I love it. It's been a dream, and it's great to have everything available. Everything is in place so that the team and I can be as good as possible.
Claudio Pizarro replaces Milos Veljkovic. BookingPosted at 88' Sebastian Langkamp (SV Werder Bremen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Posted at 88' Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick on the right wing. Posted at 88' Foul by Sebastian Langkamp (SV Werder Bremen). Posted at 86' Attempt blocked. Joshua Sargent (SV Werder Bremen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
As they did so, missiles were thrown at them, one of which was handed to Atkinson, who in turn, brought it to the touchline for Marriner to pass to Wolves security staff. It was after that the public announcement came, although this just fuelled anti-VAR sentiment among the Wolves fans, who made their feelings clear by chanting "it's not football any more". Fans warned after objects thrown at MolineuxMan of the match - Matt Doherty (Wolves) The Wolves matchwinner provided the perfect ending to a memorable gameWhy Wolves can never be written off - the key statsWolves have won more points from losing positions than any other side in the Premier League this season (14).
In sport, nobody truly knows where to draw the line between mental toughness and luck. But the victors usually get to write their own history, and Arsenal can legitimately claim that they earned the right to play by toughing it out during a difficult first half. Sokratis Papastathopoulos of Arsenal celebrates after he scores a goal to make it 1-0 with teammate Buyako Saka during the FA Cup Fifth Round match between Portsmouth FC and Arsenal FCGetty Images The days of immense leaders like Tony Adams and Patrick Vieira are gone – not just at Arsenal, but throughout football.
Currently 17th in the Premier League, one point above the relegation zone, seven of Villa's remaining 11 games are against teams near the top. So far he's done everything asked of him," added Woodhall. A lot of players left last summer and he's had had to build two teams in 12 months. Whatever happens this season, Woodhall is adamant about one thing. In this Premier League world, there should always be room for the local-boy-made-good.
It is what it is, no point complaining,” he said, adding “Maybe it was a corner before and the ball was rolling, but still, we shouldn’t switch off… Well done by Mignolet to be fair, but we shouldn’t allow those goals that’s too easy. When asked about his side’s prospects in next week’s second leg at Old Trafford, he said: “They need to come and score a goal and hopefully it won’t be a 3-3 score draw, but we’ll go there to win the game.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced the state of emergency on Tuesday, giving authorities more power to press people to stay at home and businesses to close. Liverpool will be PL champions 'one way another' That's according to UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin. I see no way for Liverpool to stay untitled.
On the claim SPFL legal advisor Rod McKenzie issued four "cease and desist" requests to Rangers chairman Donald Park on 10 and 11 April, sparking his 'Rangers will not be bullied into silence' statement. The SPFL says that, in a phone call on 10 April, Park "made a very serious allegation and threat to act in a particular way" to Doncaster - one which has been "entirely unsupported by any evidence, either then or since".
Amiens had been in a great run of form before the last international break with wins over Angers (3-2), Brest (1-0) and Marseille (3-1) but their recent form has been the complete opposite with them losing their last three games. They've conceded a whopping eleven goals in that time and have now conceded the second most in Ligue 1.
Conceded by Colin Dagba. Posted at 90' Attempt missed. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Ángel Di María following a fast break. Posted at 89' Attempt blocked. Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
We are very happy to announce the arrival of Robert Moreno," said Monaco vice-president Oleg Petrov. We believe a lot in him and his ability to bring success to the team. Monaco thrashed Lille 5-1 in their last league game on 21 December but Jardim had been under increasing pressure after a 3-0 defeat by the same opponents in the French League Cup earlier this month. Moreno was accused by Enrique of being "disloyal" last month when the returning Spain manager explained why Moreno would not be part of his coaching team.
Also in that period, on the four occasions when Inter were on the top of the league at the end of the first half of the season, they always won the Scudetto at the end of the campaign. So far they’ve been strong in the lead, as the Nerazzurri have been leading for the most minutes in Serie A this season (846), at least 263 more than any other side.
Croatian striker Mario Mandzukic has joined Qatari side Al-Duhail after four and a half years at Juventus. Mandzukic, 33, won four Serie A titles and three Coppa Italias, as well as scoring in the 2017 Champions League final as they lost 4-1 to Real Madrid. He has not played this season under Maurizio Sarri and was linked with Manchester United in the summer. The last few months will not change the respect and love I feel for the club," said Mandzukic.
The joy of the qualification, acquired on Tuesday evening, did not last and barely resonated despite the magnitude of their achievement. It's a strange feeling,” confirms Sartori before rewinding the chronology of events. We could not celebrate the qualification with our supporters as they would have liked to do it and as they do each time waiting for us in their thousands to at the airport and in town.
England is England's in-form number nineChelsea striker England distinguished herself as English domestic football's most prolific scorer with her double, further strengthening the claims of club manager Hayes for her to be the Lionesses' first-choice number nine for next week's SheBelieves Cup in the United States. Her cool finishes, first to give the Blues an early lead and to win it in injury time, proved how reliable she has become for the Londoners.
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic has launched a fundraiser to help fight coronavirus and has called on fellow footballers to help "kick this virus away". The AC Milan striker plays in Italy, the country so far worst affected by the pandemic other than China. It appears Ibrahimovic has made two 50,000 euro (£46,054) donations. Italy has always given me so much and, in this dramatic moment, I want to give back even more to this country that I love," Ibrahimovic said on Instagram.
Burnley are in form - they have taken 10 points from the last 12 available - and they are at home too, so I would back them to carry on their good run. Lawro's prediction: 2-1Daisy May: Burnley are going to get four, and Bournemouth three. Charlie: They don't score enough goals, those teams. It's going to be so drab.
Playing for keepsWe know how it is, you stock up on goalscorers, assist-makers and defenders who can contribute at both ends, and only then think about what goalkeeper to bring in. The unglamorous man between the sticks is so easy to overlook. You may well be considering your options in goal, though. So we've compiled some of the most useful stats to help you pick the right one for the festive period.
Not even a week ago, this vote was being billed as the cut-off point that would offer clarity and finality. Now, we have undeclared votes, claims by Rangers - on information from other clubs - of bullying and coercion, and calls for chief executive Neil Doncaster to be suspended. We have Rangers and Hearts submitting their own proposals, the Inverness Caledonian Thistle chairman revealing private Whatsapp group details, and we now have the fate of a fair chunk of this in Dundee's hands.
Now they’re up against a better-quality side in Club Bruges and then they’ve got to go into the game at the weekend. It’ll be interesting to see what Ole does in that Europa League game because that’s a winnable tournament. We saw United win it under Mourinho in 2017. You can’t write off United winning it and if you’re someone like Ole, he knows the only way he’s going to appease anybody – especially the people who’ve got it in for him – is to go and win a trophy.
The away side aren’t likely to improve things based on their away record. They’ve failed to win an away game all season, with five defeats in nine matches. Now they come into this game against a Verona side who just picked off bottom of the table SPAL away from home, so Genoa could be next. They have a 100% record from their previous five meetings with the bottom six, while Genoa have lost nine of 12 clashes with teams from 13th and above.
At the moment we're a little bit further behind than what I was hoping for," Solskjaer told the British media. We knew this season was going to be a season of some ups and downs. United have failed to win more than two league games in a row this season but Solskjaer said that they needed time to reach their best form.
Playoff semi-finals and finals will be played on March 26 and 31 in 2020 respectively. Wilder welcomes the return of Jose As Sheffield United prepare to face Manchester United this weekend, their boss Chris Wilder has given his thoughts on Jose Mourinho's appointment at Spurs. He said: "The Premier League is 100% a better place for having Mourinho back.
The performance generated huge praise not just from the media and fans but the England camp itself. Brown: "Tony Adams acknowledged it. He singled me out at the end of the game and shook my hand. He complimented our performance and admitted they were incredibly lucky to go through. I didn't know him and I had never met him before, so he didn't need to do that. We gained respect. When I go to England now, people still talk about it and mention how good a team we had.
It is not the first time Pope's tweets have created debate. In June, after watching England lose to the Netherlands on television, the former Bury, Rotherham and Crewe forward wrote that he would "love to play against John Stones every week!" and would score 40 goals a season if he did so. After his goal against a Manchester City team containing Stones on Saturday - in a game Port Vale lost 4-1 - he made reference to that tweet and wrote: "I'd just like to say I was completely wrong and bang out of order to say I'd score 40 a season.
When Darmstadt got the better of Hannover a few weeks ago, it looked as though they were back on the up, but they've since gone in the wrong direction, taking just one point from their last two matches, which means that they've now won just one of their last five league games.
