A fine mid-season run showed signs of encouragement at Chelsea, which should have seen Frank Lampard reach Europe's top competition during his first season in charge. That autumn burst faded as winter arrived and they have since shown severe problems winning matches at home and putting teams to bed. Video - Diego Simeone ready to tempt Chelsea star to Atletico – Euro Papers01:29 They still remain in pole position to finish fourth, behind Liverpool, Man City and Leicester, who were fired by some excellent form before Christmas that may well prove to be enough despite a lengthy lull since the turn of the year.
The Netherlands manager Ronald Koeman is in hospital in Amsterdam after being admitted with "chest complaints". The former Southampton and Everton boss, 57, has undergone "successful cardiac catheterisation", said his management company. Koeman, who made 192 appearances for Barcelona during his playing career, is expected to leave hospital on Monday. Ronald will need a few days rest, hopefully it will be respected by you," said a statement.
Bayer Leverkusen are in excellent form with 7 wins and 1 draw in the last 8 games and since the winter break they have won all of the 6 games at home scoring at least 2 goals in each match. However, they also kept a clean sheet in only 2 of the 6 games.
It may be early in the season, but this fixture has the potential to change the course of the campaign for both teams. Defeat would plunge them into yet more relegation trouble, whereas a victory would allow them a bit of breathing room and provide a fresh canvas for 2020.
Sevilla have scored at least one goal in their last 19 La Liga games. La Liga returns with the Seville derby on Thursday night. High-flying Sevilla are in third place, nine points off second and one point ahead of Real Sociedad in fourth. They welcome neighbours Betis to an empty Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán with Los Verdiblancos lagging behind in twelfth, a mere eight points above the relegation zone.
SubstitutionPosted at 72' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Solly March replaces Aaron Mooy. Posted at 70' Attempt saved. Michail Antonio (West Ham United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Declan Rice. Posted at 59' Attempt missed.
Bordalas' charges sit just two points outside of the Champions League places as a result of their recent results, and any kind of positive result from this weekend's derby will keep the hosts firmly in contention to challenge for the top four this season.
There have been 67% both team to score in matches between this two. 50% inter Milan Away matches has ended with a score line of 2-1, even their last two Italy serie A Away matches ended that way. Six out of six consecutive Away matches have had over 2.5 goals (inter Milan). Though Torino are not in good form of late but out of five games played at home they have scored in three. Inter Milan have scored at least two goals in their Away matches that is 83% of Away matches in all competitions have a result of. Over 2.5 goals
Goalkeeper Alisson was in Rio de Janeiro. Striker Roberto Firmino was in The Maldives. Midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum was in Dubai. And right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold was in Miami. Just some of the sunshine destinations Liverpool's superstars found themselves in as the club's youngsters played Shrewsbury in an FA Cup tie on Tuesday night. James Milner? The veteran of over 800 career matches was sitting on a bench at a chilly Anfield, supporting Curtis Jones and co in their replay against the mid-table League One side.
I retired up front when I stopped playing competitively," Greenwood explained with a smile. But I was a number 10 rather than a number nine doing the hard miles. I saw myself as a bit like Dimitar Berbatov, just kind of floating around and dinking it in"Greenwood is a Manchester United fan and a keen footballer herself. She told BBC Sport: "I used to play pretty competitively, never at too high a level, but I would be training or playing six or seven times a week.
Read the full story 20:40 - England cricketers agree donations and wage cut The Professional Cricketers' Association (PCA) has confirmed that contracted England men's players have agreed a donation of £500,000 to the ECB and various good causes to keep the game afloat in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
It’s going to be tough to displace Kane at Spurs, but the 24-year-old has three months to prove himself in north London and the Premier League. Read the full story Spurs want to sign Semedo in January Staying at Spurs, Mourinho's side are in the hunt to bring Barcelona right-back Nelson Semedo to north London in the winter transfer window, according to the Mirror.
Bordeaux have generally been solid defensively at home with just one goal conceded in their last four matches at the Atlantique but with them conceding three last week to Marseille and with Strasbourg hitting four against Toulouse, we can't see them keeping it tight in this one. Nevertheless, with the hosts incredible form in front of their own fans we're backing them to get the win over a team awful on the road. We're also going to target the BTTS market here as it has won in three of Strasbourg's last five games as well as four of Bordeaux's last five. We think this'll end 2-1 to the home side.
Ultimately, it's hard to look past Barrow in this fixture and they come into it as big favourites. The hosts have been by far the most impressive side in the division this season, have huge momentum behind them and on home soil, will fancy their chances of dispatching of the visitors.
In this competition, Leverkusen have struggled to get their noses in front, but they've been in good form domestically of late, winning each of their last two, beating decent sides such as Bayern and Schalke. Not only have they won their last two, but they're now unbeaten in four in the Bundesliga, which should mean that they approach this fixture with confidence.
Win 38 should come along when they host the San Antonio Spurs who are struggling in the Southwest Division. LA Lakers are only a couple of wins ahead of local rivals the Los Angeles Clippers so they need to keep winning to end in top place going into the postseason. The Lakers have a 37-11 season record and that's with four more games played on the road than at home.
Norwich City are on the bottom of the league with only 5 wins this season. They restarted the competition with 2 home games and both matches ended in a defeat for them without scoring a goal. They also have a poor recent record against Manchester United with 7 defeats in the last 8 meetings including the 2 league games this season.
We feel that Leipzig are very likely to score plenty of goals in Saturday's fixture. They have been in impressive goalscoring form in recent weeks. They have scored over 2.5 goals in four of their last six competitive games, only failing to do so in two Champions League games.
Speaking in 2013, when he announced he was selling his Leeds memorabilia at auction, Hunter said his one regret from his time playing for the club was that he never lifted the European Cup. Someone asked me if I was selling my shirt from that game [against Bayern] but I honestly don't know where it is," he added. I was that upset that I don't know what I did with it. Medals don't mean much to me. For me it was about being at Leeds United and playing with that group of players and staff.
Calls made to ask about his health took a matter of seconds to turn to football. Houllier returned the following March, but he was back in his post too soon and his reign never regained momentum, even though Liverpool finished that season in second place. The sure touch had gone. Signings such as El-Hadji Diouf, Salif Diao and Bruno Cheyrou failed. Houllier talked about his Liverpool team being "10 games away from greatness" before a Champions League quarter-final against Bayer Leverkusen in April 2002, when they were also one point off the top of the Premier League.
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer "thought about himself before the player" when Marcus Rashford picked up a back injury which could keep him out for three months, says former England striker Ian Wright. Rashford, 22, came on as a substitute and then went off injured during United's 1-0 home win over Wolves in last week's FA Cup third-round replay. Wright, speaking on the Monday Night Club on BBC Radio 5 Live, believes "someone should be held accountable" because it is likely to cost United.
Lazio’s great form has seen them win nine of their last 11 matches, including a 3-1 success over Juventus earlier this month. In Serie A, Lazio have won their last eight matches. They are full of confidence going into this one, while they are looking to win a second trophy of 2019.
Saturday's Superliga Argentina action sees Boca Juniors doing battle with Argentinos Juniors at La Bombonera. The hosts arrive as big favourites to secure all 3 points and will be looking to do exactly that.
This should be a very interesting and exciting clash because both teams are playing very well this season and now they occupy top places in the table. Levski Sofia currently holds 3rd place in the table with a record of 13 wins, 7 draws and 4 matches have been lost till now. The guests Ludogorets sit in first position and 9 points clear But in the last 5 games, the team has no win. In the last 10 direct meetings between these two teams, Guests has won 5 times, Hosts has won once and four times they drew. So I recommend to bet on the result draw for this football match.
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The Clarets, who move up to 13th place, doubled their lead through striker Jay Rodriguez who blasted into the top corner after a smart exchange with Wood. United had a last-minute header from Luke Shaw ruled out for pushing. The defeat leaves United in fifth, six points adrift of Chelsea who currently occupy the fourth Champions League qualification spot.
The performances of both teams also provide the reasoning behind our prediction of a 2-1 final scoreline, as Scunthorpe’s home games and Port Vale’s away games this season both average over 2.5 goals and the visitors have scored eleven goals in their nine away games in the league so far.
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Away team did miss a chance to fight better to avoid relegation, when allow three goals in 3:3 draw against Armenia in the recent round. They failed to win against the leader, when rival did not have any motivation, and now should push for the victory on away ground, in order to at least remain in the playoffs.
Solskjaer came under scrutiny after United made their worst start to a league season in 33 years, but the team appear to have turned a corner in recent weeks after winning five of their last six games in all competitions. United are up to seventh in the Premier League after beating Brighton on November 10, but are still 18 points adrift of leaders Liverpool and nine shy of fourth-placed Manchester City, who currently occupy the final Champions League qualification spot.
City have 38 points from 18 games having played one match more than Juergen Klopp's side, who won the Club World Cup in Doha on Saturday. When a team has 16 (league) victories from 17, it's unrealistic to think we're going to chase them," he added. It's unrealistic right now. We have to try to win our games, secure Champions League for next season and then you never know.
We of course do not impinge or take away from any testing the NHS is doing," he said. All the tests are privately sourced, as well as the other areas of the supply chains, so they are definitely not taking away from the NHS. The government has an infrastructure capability which has been developed to scale up to mass testing volume. It is very clear that we can now see that happening and as an organisation if we were asked to provide additional services we would prioritise that.
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the Maritimo u23 fc team and the Portimonense u23 fc team, go head to head in Portugal u23 league. The Maritimo u23 fc team is in 8th position with 36 points Collected. While guest team the Portimonense u23 fc team came in 9th place by collecting 35 points Collected. In the last 5 times the Maritimo u23 fc team played at home, 1 of them ended in a the Maritimo u23 fc team had drake. While the visitor team played at away last 5 matches, 1 of them ended in a draw too.
It seems the current champion this season will be left without a title. At the moment, BATE is on the penultimate place in the standings. For eight rounds, the club was able to score just four points. In the last round, the title holder lost at Smolevichi away. But to justify the team, it is worth saying that BATE is not the first time to start the season, but at the moment the start of this season is the worst in the club’s history.
Foden feeds Mendy whose delightful cross is proded home by Jesus six yards out. GOAL! Dinamo Zagreb 1-4 Man City (Foden): Foden grabs the goal his performance deserves! He nips in front of his marker to slot home from Cancelo's cut-back. KEY STATS Manchester City have now scored 501 goals in 199 games in all competitions under Pep Guardiola - 96 more than any other English team since the Spaniard was appointed in 2016.
United States right-back Sergino Dest has left Ajax's training camp in Qatar because he did "not feel comfortable", the Dutch club have said. It comes amid rising political tensions between the US and Qatar's neighbour Iran. Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani was killed at Baghdad airport in an air strike ordered by US president Donald Trump. Iran retaliated by firing missiles at air bases housing US forces in Iraq.
A survey by research institute Infratest dimap, carried out on behalf of broadcaster DW in late April, revealed 49% of Germans were against the continuation of the season. The fear was that players and staff would get infected and that the Bundesliga could potentially contribute to a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. The hygiene concept does not work. The effect will be disastrous," predicted Karl Lauterbach, a health expert representing the Social Democrats in Germany's national parliament.