Their win over Spurs was arguably their most impressive of the season so far - against a team managed by their former boss Jose Mourinho, who would have had his players fired up for his first return to Old Trafford as a boss since being sacked by United. Yes, they still need some consistency, and to prove that they can turn up against lesser opposition too, because they will get nowhere if they only play well in the bigger games.
Struggling teams can often rely on superior home form, though Stanley haven’t exactly thrived on their own patch this term, taking just one point more at home than they have on the road. Fortunately, Coleman’s men haven’t been overly easy to beat at Crown Ground, losing three out of eight, losing just one of their last four, conceding a respectable four goals in the process. They lost last time out at this venue, but as they were on top throughout, bettering their opponents in terms of shots, shots on target and chances created, Accrington were unlucky and thus shouldn’t be judged too harshly. Prior to their 1-0 defeat against the Gills, they beat high-flyers Ipswich by two goals to nil at this venue, so they can do the business, even against the better teams.
I am going with home team win in this game as they are chasing Europa qualification. Home team have been great in the league this season and have managed to be 3rd place in the league 4 points above 4th placed team. At home they are ranked as the 4th best team and have managed 7 wins and 4 draw from the 15 games they played with them scoring 17 goals and conceding 15 in the games. Away team are in 6th the table and have managed on the road to win 5 draw 5 scoring 11 and conceding 16 goals from 15 games
VAR check! The referee has come across to the VAR monitor on the touchline to take a look at a potential handball by Le Normand. Did that strike the shoulder of the Sociedad player? Looked like it. PENALTY KICK TO BARCELONA! Wow! The referee has decided that it was a handball by Le Normand and he points to the spot! 81’ GOAL! Barcelona 1-0 Real Sociedad: Messi steps up to the 12-yard mark and finds the back of the net with a calm penalty kick! Barcelona have been let off the hook a little bit here.
But what else are fans looking out for over the next 14 days? Here are five things to watch. Read more: Manager Cushing to leave Man CityKerr shows class in Chelsea debut on and off pitch Will Aluko return to the WSL? Eniola Aluko is England Women's joint-10th most capped international, with 102 senior appearancesThe best-known of several free agents available in this window is former Chelsea striker Eniola Aluko, whose departure from Serie A champions Juventus was announced in November.
Perhaps a closer comparison would be one with Eibar and Ipurua. They too are a tiny club which has used the rainy northern climes to foster one of the fiercest home atmospheres in all of Spanish football. There are even similarities in the architecture of Anduva and Ipurua. Expect the tiny community stadium to be bouncing when La Real visit.
The Italian Football Federation hopes that players can be tested for coronavirus at the start of May in preparation for the season to restart. Serie A has been suspended since 9 March because of the global pandemic. There is no set date for when the campaign can resume in Italy, with 12 full rounds and four outstanding fixtures still to play. As soon as the conditions are right, we'll finish the championship," said federation president Gabriele Gravina.
Plans to resume the Premier League season will step up this week in what has been labelled "Project Restart". Arsenal and Brighton have opened their training grounds to players for individual workouts on Monday. The league is hopeful of a potential 8 June restart and finishing at the end of July to fit in with Uefa's European competition plans. This would require full training to begin by 18 May. Top-flight clubs will meet on Friday to discuss options for the restart.
That was a spanner in Juve's gameplan of containment, but they grabbed an away goal on the stroke of half time when David Trezeguet found himself free to stab in an Alessandro Del Piero shot. Silence in the Bernabeu. Real were back in front when a Roberto Carlos piledriver snaked its way through a crowded area to find the back of the net and it was on to Turin. Ronaldo was only on the bench for leg two because of injury so Raul stepped in as Juve looked to overturn the deficit.
In the first leg of this season, Real Esteli makes those who love them regret when they only get 3rd place in the rankings. However, from the underestimated position, Real Esteli once again made the audience go from surprise to surprise when passing a series of big teams to be crowned in the Apertura phase. After the excitement, Real Esteli won the first 3 matches of the campaign with a total score of 8-0. The last home match, Real Esteli also destroyed Chinandega 5-1. The distance of only 3 points from the top team Diriangen is the motivation for Real Esteli determined to win this match.
Posted at 90' Foul by Che Adams (Southampton). Posted at 88' Attempt saved. Michael Obafemi (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Stuart Armstrong. Posted at 85' Foul by Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa). Posted at 85' Che Adams (Southampton) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Accrington have steadied themselves of late, that's for sure, but their lack of away goals is a problem, especially as they're going up against a side that has generally been prolific at home. Stanley have scored just three goals in their last six travelling matches, three of which they've lost, and while they have improved defensively a touch, they've still conceded nine during that time. Such numbers don't bode well ahead of a game against a Blackpool side that has scored ten in five at Bloomfield Road. Given their extra attacking quality, Grayson's men, who've won three of their last four at home, look a bet at the current prices.
It was during an early counter-attack that they caused Wolves problems when Pukki's close-range effort produced a good save from Patricio. And with the wind in their sails they pressed Wolves back again as McLean tested the agility of the Portuguese keeper with a firm long-range effort. But then the visitors reminded us all why they have the second worst defence in the league - they allowed both Doherty and Jota to turn for the first goal, then three defenders went AWOL as Jota was left alone to tuck in the second.
STREAM) Preston North End vs Stoke City Live FreE On Play-off chasing Preston North End entertain relegation threatened Stoke City at Deepdale in the Sky Bet Championship on Saturday afternoon.
Heavy defeats by Barcelona, Paris St-Germain and Bayern Munich were meted out, while Rangers' reintroduction to Europe didn't as much go with a bang but a nuclear explosion. In the picturesque city of Luxembourg, they suffered what some claimed was the worst European defeat by any Scottish club - and that's some tag. Progres Niederkorn knocked Rangers out of Europe and left manager Pedro Caixinha in a hedge remonstrating with furious punters post match.
Posted at 79' Attempt missed. Gastón Ramírez (Sampdoria) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Posted at 79' Attempt blocked. Gianluca Caprari (Sampdoria) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Morten Thorsby. Posted at 79' Attempt blocked. Morten Thorsby (Sampdoria) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. SubstitutionPosted at 77' Substitution, Juventus.
Goalkeeper]Alphonse Areola is already there, but it’s only half an operation because it’s a loan deal. I am in contact with [general director] Jose Angel Sanchez and I love discussing football and FIFA issues with him because his opinion interests me. I have great hope that one day he will be able to lead a great footballer to Real Madrid.
Meanwhile, visitors Bromley are also part of the promotion mix, coming into Saturday's game just 5 points behind Barrow in 4th place. Nonetheless, having won just 4 of their last 12 league matches, the visitors are starting to lose their momentum and if they don't find greater consistency, they risk sliding down the table sharply.
Archibald had been restored to the XI, with Strachan playing off him. The ploy was designed to deceive the Germans, but it later emerged they had managed to watch a Scotland's closed training session. Wee Berti Vogts told us he tried to get in but was turned away," recounts Brown of the then Germany assistant and future Scotland boss. But then he saw a guy going into the stadium to set up a Coca-Cola stall, so he took a shot of his uniform and barrow and rolled it in so he could watch.
MANCHESTER, England, March 14 (Reuters) - UEFA is being urged to prioritise domestic competitions in the wake of the coronavirus, with pressure growing for Euro 2020 to be postponed. Top-flight football across Europe has ground to a halt as a result of the spread of the coronavirus, with national and continental club competitions suspended or postponed.
Ajax have lost four of their last eight Eredivise matches. AZ Alkmaar have lost three of their last six Eredivisie matches. Ajax have won their last three home matches against Alkmaar by an aggregate score of 12-1. Ajax have won 11 of their 12 matches at home in the Eredivisie. A big weekend in the Eredivisie sees the top two going head to head, league leaders Ajax hosting nearest rivals AZ Alkmaar.
That clinched him a transfer to Inter Milan but he was unable to win a regular place amid questions about his attitude and he was loaned to Benfica where he also failed to reproduce his Brazil form. He subsequently returned to Santos on loan and again started grabbing the goals , so that when Flamengo offered him the chance to join their squad of expensive, highly rated recruits he did not hesitate.
Shandong Luneng will be taking on Tianjin Teda in this round of the China Super League this afternoon and I believe that we are going to have over 3.5 goals in this game because they are both good offensively and have shaky defenses. They both are not in a competition for top 3 and being safe for next season, they should be able to play very offensively here and just focus on offensive football. The hosts have managed to score an average of 2.2 goals in their last 5 games in the league and should be able to score at least 2 goals here
Jurgen Klopp’s team are 25 points clear at the top of the table with nine games to play. Merseyside was primed for celebration. Then Coronavirus intervened. It’s massively frustrating,” said Andy Heaton from the Anfield Wrap, Liverpool’s most prominent multimedia fan site. The end of the season was supposed to be a procession.
In terms of a correct score tip, we think that there may be a pretty comfortable look to the scoreline. The hosts average 1.78 goals per game at Highbury and have scored in 89% of their home matches. With the visitors only averaging 0.67 goals per game on the road and failing to score in 44% of their away games, backing a 2-0 home win is the way to go.
Today will be played 2 games from Premier league of Kuwait. At this one rivals will be the teams of Al Sahel and Al Tadhamon. Both teams at this couple are very suitable to make goal match. Let's see their stats.
The Hammers - whose fans staged protests against the club's owners throughout - threatened to inflict Liverpool's first league defeat this term when they led midway through the second half. Liverpool took an early lead when Fabianski failed to deal with a routine Gini Wijnaldum header but David Moyes' side showed great character to hit back through Issa Diop's header, which should also have been kept out by Alisson.
Read the full story Emery turns down Everton The Daily Star thinks that Emery himself is in no rush to move on after departing Arsenal. The paper reports that the Spaniard turned down Everton because he would prefer to take time out from the game rather than returning right away. That also led him to turning down approaches from Chinese Super League sides.
Although I do not speak Korean, you can still communicate with your team-mates so I don't really understand if we are going to get punished if we do talk. You can just imagine there will be red cards left, right and centre if people are going to get punished for talking. I have heard that the coaching staff will be wearing masks and it probably sounds strange to everyone else but it is normal here.
John Egan's early goal was ruled out by VAR, but Ollie McBurnie's powerful effort gave the Blades the lead midway through the first half. Jack O'Connell's second-half header was also chalked off by VAR, but Chris Wilder's side held on to move up to fifth in the table. Everton 0-0 ArsenalBrighton 0-1 Sheffield UnitedStruggling Southampton moved out of the bottom three with a comprehensive win at Aston Villa, who drop into the relegation zone.
The future England manager had reached a European final earlier in his career, losing the Uefa Cup over two legs to Schalke of Germany when coach at Inter Milan. He wanted to make amends badly. We had two players sent off," recalls Schwarzer. There was a very average decision to send Erik Nevland off when Roma got a penalty, then Paul Konchesky lost his head a bit so we ended with nine men. Roy was fuming after the game.
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.
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Posted at 87' Attempt blocked. Odsonne Edouard (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Posted at 87' Odsonne Edouard (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 87' Foul by Marvin Bartley (Livingston). Posted at 83' Foul by Callum McGregor (Celtic). Posted at 83' Jon Guthrie (Livingston) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
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While Storm Ciara and Storm Dennis have made headlines battering the UK over the past fortnight, the winds of change have been blowing in a more subtle way throughout Arsenal Football Club for a number of months. It started as a light breeze over the festive period, a mere flutter of the club flag at the London Colney training centre.
Gaz Metan Media's would be facing Voluntari today evening in Romania Liga 1 games. Gaz Metan Media's haven't scored since their last 9 liga 1 games this season. In their previous meetings with Voluntari, Gaz Metan Media's won 4 games while Voluntari won 0 and 1 draw. The Average numbers of goals between this two teams in the first half is 1.8. Voluntari have won only just 1 game in their previous last 5 games against Gaz Metan Media's. When Gaz Metan Media's was not in form they won only 28% of their home matches. The home team would be really hungry to win this match and have their 3 points.
In the middle of the week, the Czech League came back. Viktoria Plzen won 2-1 on the pitch of Sparta Praha. This is the fifth consecutive victory of Adrián Guľa teachers and students in the domestic league. Thanks to that, they still stand firmly in 2nd place on the chart. In the 26th match tonight, Viktoria Plzen is back at home to welcome Mlada Boleslav.
