Fantasy 606 podcastLet the dust settleMourinho's Manchester United were far from spectacular, but they did provide the odd clean sheet - a quality that has been sorely lacking at Tottenham this season. More pragmatic than his predecessor, the Portuguese is likely to make Spurs tougher to beat, making the likes of Toby Alderweireld, Jan Vertonghen and Danny Rose more attractive than they have previously been.
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They thumped second placed Leicester City 4-0 to pass a serious statement about their title ambitions and will be looking to mete the same on Wolves. In their last 15 matches, Liverpool have managed just five clean sheets, but it is in attack that they have really excelled. They have scored in 14 of their last 15 matches and have scored two or more in 12 of the last 15 matches.
Preston have hit just 0.55 goals per game on their travels this season, losing to nil in 45% of their matches on the road. They’ve scored only 17% of their total goals this term on the road, so they have an obvious problem on their travels. We expect them to suffer again when they head to a strong Leeds side, with the visitors failing to score in four straight away games.
Many studies are a kind of one shot assessment, comparing one group of people to another group. This is more a longitudinal study. We are going to be following people over a lifetime. The question we are asking is 'Does the rate of decline increase, is there a sharper rate of decline with ex-pro footballers than everyone else?" With women's professional football booming globally, Grey said studies into the effects of females heading a ball were vital.
The hosts are 2nd placed but 7 points away from the league leaders from Midtjylland at this moment, very strong side they are top of their group in the Europa League at this moment with 9 points but still need a point in their final game to be sure they qualify, this while in the league they are usually better at scoring goals at home, they won their last two home games with Brondby both of them last season by scoring 3 goals each time winning first with 3-1 and at the ending of last season with 3-2.
Following an extremely slow start to the campaign, Valencia's recent results have seen them move into the top half of the La Liga table, where they sit just four points behind the Champions League places in 9th.
It's better to speak about things that make me laugh. While Son Heung-min has performed admirably as a striker in Kane's previous injury lay-offs, Mourinho said he will effectively be without a recognised forward against Liverpool. We don't have another one. There is not a striker in the squad. We have only one, he is not fit, we don't have another one," Mourinho said.
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Peterborough, like Rotherham, are chasing promotion and currently occupy a position inside the top six, though their form of late has been slightly less than desirable. Where they were once battering teams scoring goals at will, Posh are now struggling to put their stamp on games, which is why they've won just one of their last four, scoring three and conceding five in the process.
Jose Mourinho would celebrate his return to Chelsea by winning the Premier League. Well, apart from the fact Manchester City just edged out Liverpool, that was fairly near the mark. Liverpool's consolation, according to this soothsayer, would be winning the FA Cup. Congratulations, Arsenal - who came from 2-0 down to beat Hull City at Wembley. Champions League winners? Why Bayern Munich of course. Well done Real Madrid for winning 'La Decima', their 10th win in the competition.
As the dust settled on Tottenham's 1-1 draw at Burnley, a rather surprising statistic came to light. The point at Turf Moor was Jose Mourinho's 27th as Spurs manager. Since he was appointed as Mauricio Pochettino's replacement in November, only Liverpool and Manchester City have accumulated more. By that assessment, the Portuguese is doing a pretty decent job. So why doesn't it feel like that?When Mourinho was condemning the first-half performance of Tottenham's £53.
He said winding-up petitions were so HMRC could pursue clubs normally for unpaid NICs. It's not uncommon to do that in a small trader business because you tend to pay NICs at the end of the year," Dr Wilson said. Because HMRC are down the list of football creditors [if a club were to go into administration] they tend to pursue winding-up petitions to make sure HMRC is paid. They are also making a statement to football clubs and the industry to have a deterrent effect.
After the hope of Michael O’Neill’s arrival, Stoke spent Christmas bottom of the Championship. Their summer ambitions of making the playoffs feel some way away now. The Potters have been left in the relegation zone following a tough run of form, while things could get even worse this weekend.
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Werder Bremen is in 17th place with 18 points while Bayer Leverkusen is in 5th place with 47 points. Home team wants to avoid the relegation zone and the bad moment while Leverkusen wants to catch the places for Champions League for the next season.
Ansu has burst into form at the right time, especially as Lionel Messi, who set up both of the teenager's strikes, is still searching to end a goal drought of his own in La Liga. The Argentine took another 10 shots against Levante, to add to the 11 he attempted against Valencia the week before, but the division's top scorer could not find the net.
Fayzkand will play against Istaravshan in the Tajikistan premier league at Stadion im Langari Langarieva. Both teams have completely different resolutions coming into the new season. The hosts Fayzkand are yet to lose in the new season they have won 1 and drew 1 and their today's opponent have lost their first 3 matches in the new campaign. Their main man Vaysiddin Safarov is in very good form and he can break the silence here. He was able to find the net in their previous match against Regar-TadAZ.
It will be very very interesting to watch Germany Bundesliga again, after this long brake and problems with Corona Virus. Of course, we don't know in what shape this rivals will be and that is the key for today's duel - it is much better to bet on goals, because I'm sure that we will see few surprises today in matches from this round. Last time, Dortmund and Schalke 04, who are big traditionally rivals, are played just 0-0, but I hope this time will be different. I will bet on goals and enjoy in this interesting derby duel, surely.
His defending in the Manchester derby was nothing short of outstanding. Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold might be better on the ball but there isn't a better defender in the country on his day than Wan-Bissaka. Did you know? Wan-Bissaka made five tackles against Manchester City, the most of any player in the game. Mason Holgate: I never saw Mason Holgate as an imposing central defender but I thought he was amazing in the rejuvenated, never-say-die Everton team against Chelsea.
Gijon should not be team, that is outside in the Ponafredina, especially after their rival is back from the visit where conceded two goals for easy lose in Granada. Gijon won four of the previous five duel with this rival, and despite this clash could be close, they have some advantage here, in order to claim positive result.
I like this asian handicap on the guests as they are the best away team in the league this season with a record of 6-3-1 on the road so far they have even won away at the league leaders from Vejle early on this season with 1-0 and have scored the most goals in away games so far this term no less than 23 goals in those 10 away games while also conceding 14 goals as they are not perfect in defense, but the hosts are really not a great home team with a record of only 5-2-3 at home with only 9 goals conceded and with just 7 goals conceded at the same time.
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The Catalans are also without first choice keeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen, meaning Brazilian Neto will make his league debut in the derby against Espanyol, who are bottom of La Liga and have appointed their third coach of the season in Abelardo Fernandez. Real Madrid slipped two points behind the champions by drawing their final game of 2019 at home to Athletic Bilbao and begin the new year with a gruelling match at neighbours Getafe, who are sixth in the standings.
That being said, they still find themselves flying high in 3rd position in the Premier League and have a massive 11 point cushion before dropping out of the top four. Additionally, two of their three recent defeats came at the hands of Liverpool and Manchester City, so they’re still a very capable team.
Fenerbahce's sporting director Damien Comolli is said to have flown to London earlier this week to discuss a potential loan deal with the Gunners. Paper Round's view: Ozil has struggled to find a consistent level of form throughout his time in north London, but his performances have completely deteriorated over the last year or so.
I believe that home team will win in this match from Turkey Super league, and I will bet on that option. So, home team is excellent this season and they are after long long time, have great first team, but also and players from the bench - reserves. Trabzonspor is in this moment secure place in semifinal in Cup and if they maybe win today, they will be maybe even first on the table. Team is playing great and they are won in last nine of ten matches, with just one lose in Cup, what was not so important lose. Yes, they will win.
We think that St Mirren double chance is a good shout here, as the hosts have only lost once at home this season to Rangers, avoiding defeat in the other 5 games, drawing twice with Hamilton and Hearts as well as defeating Aberdeen, St Johnstone and Ross County. Hibs have already amassed 6 draws this season, 3 of which were on their travels and the other 2 ended 1-1. The Hibees have also conceded 1.6 times in their away trips since being thrashed by Rangers 6-1, which is why we're also going for a final score of 1-1.
Lusa also reported Sporting's board of directors will take a 50% pay cut. With the pandemic shutting down global sport on an unprecedented scale, Sporting is the first of Portugal's three major football clubs to announce the cuts. Drogba offers Ivory Coast assistance in coronavirus fight Former Chelsea forward Didier Drogba has offered his hospital in his native Ivory Coast to the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, a local politician said.
The hosts are only four points shy of the playoffs, so it hasn’t been the worst start from Harris so far. He’s led them to two wins in three at home, with Cardiff’s strength this season coming at their own ground. They’ve come through a tough run against some playoff contenders and now the Bluebirds are hoping to put distance between themselves and the side directly behind them.
Angers started the season in such fine form with wins coming out their ears against Saint-Étienne, Dijon, Toulouse and Metz but that momentum has halted in recent weeks as they are now on a run of three consecutive defeats. They were poor again last week as they lost 2-1 to Rennes, creating absolutely nothing under Rachid Alioui's consolation goal in the 91st minute. The wind has very much been taken from Angers' sails as they have slumped to defeat after defeat after defeat, conceding seven and scoring just two in return.
The win means Barcelona are a point behind leaders Real Madrid. Relive Barcelona's win against EspanyolHowever, Real could restore their four-point advantage when they host Alaves on Friday. Suarez's goal meant he became Barcelona's outright third-highest scorer as he took his tally for the club to 195 goals. The former Liverpool striker sits behind Cesar Rodriguez Alvarez (232) and Lionel Messi (630) in Barcelona's all-time top scorer list.
That leaves a gap of three weeks between the Champions League final on 23 August and domestic seasons starting up. And that gap will feature two international matches, marking the start of a campaign that will not be completed until the European Championship final on 11 July. Work on the domestic calendar in England is yet to start, although there are already suggestions clubs in European competition may not enter the EFL Cup.
Things at Macclesfield Town this season have not exactly been easy. Already with one of the lowest budgets in the league, they lost manager Sol Campbell due to a financial dispute and with the players and staff frequently being paid late, it is clear there are problems at the club which goes way beyond what is happening on the football pitch.
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Emili Rousaud and Enrique Tombas - two of the club's four vice-presidents - quit alongside four directors: Silvio Elias, Josep Pont, Jordi Calsamiglia and Maria Teixidor. We have arrived at this point because we cannot reverse the way the club is managed in the face of important challenges in the future, especially in the post-pandemic era," the six said in their letter. We also want to show our displeasure over the unfortunate episode about the social media accounts, known as 'Barcagate', which we learned about through the press.
It would be something spectacular. Football can bring some hope and joy to the country when we finally come out of this crisis. Doing a festival of football where the league is finished in two weeks, the Champions League gets finished in a week and the FA Cup is finished in four days could be something quite special.
The WASC has paid £9,000 out of its own funds for coach travel for the trip to Brentford last weekend and the game at Charlton on 18 July. Coach company Eavesway is providing free transport for Wigan's players for Saturday's Championship match at Barnsley. The WASC has pledged to meet the club's day-to-day running costs - but not player wages or the administrators' fees - from the funds raised, but there is a time period on the account before withdrawals can be made.
Edinson Cavani (PSG) WHY COULD HE MOVE After seven years the relationship between Cavani and PSG is set to come to an end, with his contract up in June. The Uruguayan almost left in January for Atletico Madrid, but the two clubs couldn't agree a fee. He is not in Thomas Tuchel's plans and the time has come for the club's top scorer to move on.
As a result of that form, the visitors have seen plenty of low scoring games this season. Just 14% of Preston's away games so far have finished with over 2.5 goals, while 75% of Derby's home games have seen under 2.5. We are backing the same again given the low scoring record. We’re also tipping a 1-0 away win, as Preston head here with 57% of their away games seeing exactly one goal, while Derby are winless against any of the top 12 this term (D3 L5).
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Edgar Davids had played for Ajax, AC Milan, Juventus, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Tottenham and Crystal Palace before rocking up as Barnet player-manager in 2012. The central midfielder wore the number one on his shirt, got sent off five times in 38 games and did not attend some away fixtures. He left in 2014 and has never played or managed again. Claudio Caniggia, who won 50 caps for Argentina and starred at the 1990 and 1994 World Cups, was a surprise signing for Scottish side Dundee under Ivano Bonetti.
