A combination of bad defending and hard luck have contributed to Bournemouth’s poor season. They had a goal ruled out and hit the post against Newcastle as they suffered a 4-1 defeat to Newcastle and they head to this game as one of the poorest defensively in the league. They face a side that has been scoring consistently and with a good run at home. Manchester United have also kept four straight clean sheets at home and with the confidence in the team, we don’t see a situation where they could slump against Bournemouth. A correct score bet of 3-0 in favor of United could pass here.
They reckon Manchester United are coming in for Saul Niguez. Video - Manchester United target Spanish star in €150m bid to fix midfield – Euro Papers01:12 12:45 - Pepe is adapting A bit from Freddie Ljungberg here after Arsenal's front three all scored last night, particularly Nicolas Pepe, the club's record signing who has underwhelmed so far.
Meanwhile, Club America's path to the final was not quite as convincing but all that matters is that they are here and have thus far met the big expectations on them. Indeed, America needed to come from behind both against Tigres in the quarter-final and Morelia in the semi-final but managed to do so in ties that were packed full of drama.
Bospor Bohumin is unstoppable at the moment. The team was able to beat every team on the way and won the 7 of the last 8 matches they have played. Bilovec and Hermione were defeated by them in the last 2 matches with same scoreline which is 4-1. Hlucin is not particularly in good form. But the team is seen as favorite here and it is formidable that the will suffer defeat in this friendly. The team won one of the last 5 games they played on trips and I think Bohumin would continue their winning series by beating Hlucin
Four of the last five matches between these two teams featured fewer than two goals. Brighton are unbeaten in their last five matches against Newcastle. Two of the last five matches between these teams ended goalless. Newcastle have lost four of their last six away matches in the Premier League. Brighton have lost their last three home matches in the Premier League.
Full TimePosted at 90'+1' Second Half ends, Borussia Dortmund 5, Fortuna Düsseldorf 0. Posted at 90' Foul by Achraf Hakimi (Borussia Dortmund). Posted at 90' Niko Gießelmann (Fortuna Düsseldorf) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Posted at 88' Foul by Mahmoud Dahoud (Borussia Dortmund). Posted at 88' Adam Bodzek (Fortuna Düsseldorf) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 88' Attempt blocked.
Strikers Timo Werner and Moussa Dembele are also said to be on Chelsea’s list, but RB Leipzig and Lyon would respectively be unwilling to offload their forwards. Paper Round’s view: A lot of pressure has been placed on Chelsea’s young guns, and though Tammy Abraham, Mason Mount and Callum Hudson-Odoi have performed admirably, they could do with some big names to provide some healthy competition.
Torpedo could be in tight task for this game, since they are coming after the hardest season loss against Neman. They have take a early lead in Grodno, but concede three goals after for the big high defeat. Team is having well record here, without the losing match, but they had rivals that are not of the upper part in the competition.
Mainz have the worst defence in the Bundesliga Union Berlin have no win in their last five matches. Mainz have two wins in their last 10 matches. Union Berlin have scored twice in three of their last four home matches. Midweek matches will mark the 28th round of the German Bundesliga, with one of the matches lined up seeing Union Berlin host Mainz on Wednesday.
He was not faultless; his comments ahead of the Champions League final were naïve at best. However, not to put too fine a point on it, that decline began in the summer of 2017, put in motion after the club – and for club, read board – failed to improve a team that had achieved their best finish in the modern era.
There is no foot off the gas and there's no relaxing. We're not that type of club and I'm not that type of manager. If we have an off day, it is through mistakes and not attitude. Expectation levels have risen and we're ahead of a group of clubs that are tightly-placed in terms of points. Wilder revealed there were no new injuries and that he would rotate his squad with the Blades playing away at Norwich three days later.
There are eight to 10 big countries. The margins are really, really fine. If England win their group they could face a last-16 tie in Dublin against Germany, France or holders Portugal -- all of whom are in a tough-looking Group F. The group has the winners of the last three big international tournaments," Portugal coach Fernando Santos said.
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The hosts have claimed just six FA Cup victories in a run which dates back to 2008. They’ve frequently put their league campaign ahead of this competition, but now a path to the Fifth Round has opened up. The Magpies are heavy favourites against a Dale side who have lost seven of 13 trips in League One this term. The visitors have won one and lost 11 of their clashes with the top 12 in League One this term, so they should struggle in this trip.
Sampdoria showed promise last game. It is true that Cagliari ended up winning the game but Sampdoria did very well and in my opinion their full roster is better and I think they will not lose again tonight for Coppa Italia. Cagliari are the good surprise of the year as they are challenging the best and taking a spot at the top over some of the club's with the biggest history in world football. They do not have any star player but they do play really well together. Sampdoria do well last year but they are struggling this year. The cup may be an escape route
Brodkin has used football as a target before, once infiltrating a press conference where he threw dollar bills all over then FIFA president Sepp Blatter, and it speaks volumes that he now sees Premier League players as a similar target for his humour as the man eventually banned from the game after corruption allegations.
Silkeborg promoted from the 2nd league level at the end of last season and finished the normal season on bottom place in the league with only 16 points won by them with very few wins overall for them all season long and were totally dominated in both fixtures they had already in the league against OB losing early in the season with no less than 3-0 at home to this opponent a game in which they had just 2 shots on target while their opponents made it more than 20 shots in the game, not all on target of course but scored 3 goals.
All Italian sport behind closed doorsItalian president backs empty stadium announcement"The first team environment is especially crucial: an outbreak affecting the first team of just one club could make completing the season very difficult to achieve," clubs were told. The email was sent by the Premier League on Tuesday and has been seen by BBC Sport. On Wednesday the UK saw its biggest day-on-day increase in coronavirus cases, bringing the total number to 87.
The club has been under a massive re-build since Alex Ferguson left in 2013, but now a decent squad is finally starting to take shape. The only problem is that every club knows how desperate United are, so they increase their asking prices during negotiations with the Manchester club. Realistically, their top targets out of the eight will be Grealish, Sancho and Dembele - especially if Matic doesn't need to be replaced.
After the match in Wales, someone asked one of the drivers if he fancied coming for a few pints. The next morning, as both cohorts were getting on to the buses, the driver heading back to Oransay realised he'd lost the keys to the bus. Everybody heading back to Scotland had to wait for another driver to get to Wales with spare keys, whilst the rest of us headed onwards to Belgium. Partying with the Rosenborg teamDouglas Smith (France '98) Douglas Smith was one of the Scots in the crowd for Scotland v Norway in BordeauxWhile we were at the 1998 World Cup, we were looking for tickets for the Brazil game while in Bordeaux.
A majority of PSV’s wins this season (8) have been obtained with a margin of 2 goals or more while a majority of Zwolle’s defeats (8) had a margin of 2 goals or more, all of which ties in beautifully with our prediction of a 2-0 home win this Saturday.
Vitebsk comes from a 2-3 home loss vs Slavia Mozyr, so scoring at least once in this home game seems to be likely for them: Shakhtyor has scored 4 goals in the last 3 official games and scoring more than once seems to be likely for them today. Both teams have scored at least once in 6 out of the last 8 matches played here, so they should both score this time too: Vitebsk's attack is certainly weaker than Shakhtyor, but home advantage should allow them to score some goals and an Over should be likely in this home match vs Shakhtyor.
Imagine Alex Ferguson's United desperately trying to sign a 36-year-old Brighton benchwarmer on deadline day. Embarrassing' is an understatement. Read the full story England's World Cup dream rocked by FIFA England's bid to host the 2030 World Cup could be over before it's even begun as FIFA president Gianni Infantino has revealed potential plans to play the tournament across multiple continents.
He netted 79 goals for Barcelona and 12 for Argentina - in a total of 69 games for club and country. It was enough to earn Messi an unprecedented fourth consecutive Ballon d'Or - even though he only won the Copa del Rey in 2012 for all those goals. Messi wins World Cup golden ball Germany 1-0 Argentina, 13 July 2014In theory this should have been one of Messi's greatest moments - being named the best player in a World Cup.
The rain was torrential and it was non-stop, but there was no roof on the stadium, in fact there was no cover anywhere at all with the exception of the commentary box that I was in. So I do remember there was a very small crowd, and all of them got absolutely drenched very quickly once the rain started. At least half of them were City fans, and despite the weather they were a good bunch. City had a really fine side at that point too of course.
Mind games over the Nubel deal The first issue Neuer faces is the transfer of Alexander Nubel, who will follow in Neuer's footsteps from Schalke to the Allianz Arena on a free in the summer. Nubel possesses many of the same qualities as Neuer - he is one of the outstanding goalkeepers in the Bundesliga and he is a leader, having been given the Schalke captaincy at a young age.
Bayern suffered an unlikely home reverse in their last league game on their own patch in a 1-2 loss to Bayer Leverkusen, though their 4-0 battering of Dortmund in their home fixture directly before that shone a light on just how devastating der FCB can be when they are on song.
Ruh Brest managed to beat Dinamo Minsk with 1:0 last weekend. It was a great result for them. The victory was secured in the first half thanks to the lone goal scored by Kovtun. Coach Sednev has no important missing players for this match. Energetyk BDU also won in the first round. They managed to beat BATE Borisov with 3:1. Jasur Yaxshiboev scored two goals, while Dusan Bakic scored the third goal in the finish of the match.
HERO - Erik ten Hag Erik ten Hag lost Frenkie de Jong in the close season. The player who made his effervescent Ajax side tick. Or perhaps not. Perhaps it is Ajax boss Ten Hag who is the integral cog in this well-oiled machine for his Ajax side continue to play exceptional football. Here they are this weekend doing the business.
I will take the over 2.5 goals bet here as I saw the reverse fixture at Botosani between them with Botosani starting really strong that game making it 2-0 quite early than they missed chances to make it 3-0, and in the ending of the second half Clinceni scored 2 goals in a row as it ended 2-2 at half-time, and in the second half I really do not understand how Botosani failed to produce any more scoring chances while at the end it was Clinceni who came close to scoring and winning all 3 points.
Newcastle’s long-running wait for silverware continues, with the Tynesiders desperate for some kind of shining light in the gloomy Mike Ashley years. Their cup struggles were highlighted in their 1-1 draw at League One Rochdale in the Third Round, with Steve Bruce and his men now hosting the third-tier side at St James’ Park this week.
Against Palace, they were playing their 56th game of the campaign. The long season looked to be taking its toll, having taken just four points from their previous four games, but victory gave them their highest points tally in the Premier League and keeps their Europa League fate in their own hands going into the last game. That competition is one they still remain in this season, which will prolong their campaign into August when they face Olympiakos in the second leg of their last-16 tie, and going all the way to lifting the trophy will upgrade their achievement to a place in the Champions League.
The commission said it intends to publish a report into its findings. In November 2018 it emerged that PFA Charity accounts included 'staff costs' of £4m. But there was no further detail given about how that sum was broken down, and elsewhere in the accounts it is stated that "no salaries or wages have been paid during the year". In separate PFA general fund accounts for 2017-18, Taylor's remuneration totalled £2,020,393 making him the world's highest-paid union official.
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Medical protocols stipulate how squads and coaching staff must travel to and from games, observing social distancing. Post-match broadcast interviews will take place pitchside with press conferences conducted virtually. VAR will continue to be in operation. How did we leave things?Before the suspension of play in the Premier League, Liverpool were hurtling towards their first top-flight title in 30 years.
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The Catalans are top of La Liga and also lead Group F, which also contains Inter Milan and Slavia Prague, but have produced a series of underwhelming displays recently which have brought serious criticism. Ernesto Valverde's Barcelona are top of La LigaGetty Images "Here at Barca there is always turbulence and there always will be, if people aren't complaining about one thing then they are complaining about another," he told a news conference.
