Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says he is "forthright" with executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward over desired transfer targets. Solskjaer, 46, has been urged to sign players by former United defender Gary Neville in order to "protect himself". But Solskjaer said he will "never put myself before the club" and insists Woodward "knows my feelings". I am not going to protect myself," Solskjaer said.
It's a time of crisis at Barcelona but what's new? There always seems to be something wrong at a super-club with impossible standards. Barca cope regardless of what supposed meltdown is happening behind the scenes. Expect another victory that pundits will say is only papering over the cracks. Back Barca to win and both teams to score.
Athletic Club have really improved in their recent matches. They have six wins in their last 10 matches and have managed four clean sheets in their last five matches. However, a cloud of poor shows on the road clings above them. They have not done well away from home, especially in La Liga. Moreover, here they get to face a Sevilla side that has been doing well at home and have not been conceding a lot at home. Based on the two sides’ home and away forms, and the fact that none of the last 15 matches between the two has produced a draw, we are going for a Sevilla win.
Odds on goals in this match from Armenia is very good and I just need to try this. So, Ararat Armenia is solid this season and I believe that they will be in the middle of the table. They want to attack Cup, but we will see what will happen. Reason for this bet is not just current form of rivals, but also and last three official duels, between this rivals. In 2019, in those three duels, this rivals are played 1-2, 3-1 and 1-2. I believe that this match can be similar, so I will try that here, it is ok.
The system was not built for families like mine to succeed, regardless of how hard my mum worked. Rashford added his plea for the government to "make the U-turn and make protecting the lives of some of our most vulnerable a top priority" was "not about politics" but about "humanity". He added that it was about "looking at ourselves in the mirror and feeling like we did everything we could to protect those who can't, for whatever reason or circumstance, protect themselves".
Gomez finally got the goal his performance deserved in the 77th minute to seal Valencia's first home win over Barca in the league since February 2007, firing into the bottom corner as the Catalans were caught out on the counter-attack. Valencia thought they had scored a third goal when Gabriel Paulista netted from a corner but the goal was ruled out for a foul following a VAR review.
Every time Solskjaer looks at what his midfield’s going to be – well, let's just say I’m just surprised he’s not gone bald already because it must paralyse his brain that there is no midfield at all at United. Whatever he puts out there, there’s absolutely no guarantee it’s going to work. If you’re playing up font, you know that you’re not going to get the ball.
Istanbul Basaksehir have already bagged the league title, and have a Europa League game on the way, which may mean resting key players. They don’t have much to play for in this game and this may come as an advantage for Kasimpasa, who could rise to ninth with a win. Kasimpasa have been on a good run lately and at home too. We expect them to take this motivation to the game. A win for the hosts seems a good pick here.
Smolevichy may have the good start in this new competition for that young team, but it is the question if they could remain at the same high level for longer period of time, especially against favorites like today.
VVV score an average of 1.14 goals per home game and Emmen concede an average of 2.86 points per away game and at home VVV’s games average 3.57 goals and Emmen’s average 3.43 goals on the road, which adds weight to our prediction for a 2-1 final scoreline on Saturday.
Last week, hopes were raised when German clubs became the first in Europe to return to training, albeit with precautionary measures in place, with talk of a resumption as soon as May. But Colombo has urged caution, adding: "The priority so far has been on focusing on creating conditions to be able to resume competition during the summer should we be able. You need to resume training and develop your own protocols.
Harry Maguire has been named as the new Manchester United captain just five months after joining the club from Leicester City. The England centre-half succeeds left-back Ashley Young, who is close to completing a move to Inter Milan. Maguire, 26, has made 29 appearances for the Red Devils since his £80m move from the King Power Stadium in August. Everything about him tells me is a leader," said United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
The records of both of these sides suggests that there is only one result which you should be looking at in this fixture. As previously stated, Crawley have drawn 11 times in the league this season, a total which is only one fewer than the highest in the league. Meanwhile, Bradford have drawn each of their last four away matches in League 2, so backing this one to also finish all square appears to be the smart move.
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Clasico' into doubt. Real's concerns were eased by the medical report released by the club on Wednesday, which stated Hazard had a bruised right ankle although it did not say how long he would be sidelined. Newspaper Marca said the 100 million euro ($110. Alaves on Saturday but would be back for Real's following game at home to Espanyol on Dec.
AS one of the biggest clubs in the country, Liverpool undoubtedly have lots of talented younger players, but it's difficult to see them doing the business against an experienced Aston Villa first team.
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Owen went to a World Cup after his stellar season. Greenwood has more time and, although he will still be a teenage when the European Championships begin next summer, on this evidence it would be no surprise to see him included in Gareth Southgate's squad. The goal was vital for United, who have failed to win successive home games for the first time in nearly six months, but have the advantage at just the right time as Solskjaer looks to return the club back to something like their former selves.
They didn’t back their manager and in the end they felt they had to dispense with his services and bring in Mourinho. Mourinho may well end up bringing success to Spurs but he won’t build anything, he won’t last, he never does. And then what? Do Spurs start cycling through managers like, dare we say it, Chelsea? Daniel Levy, Tottenham chairmanGetty Images Longevity and loyalty are rare commodities in football nowadays.
Here I’m risking betting on total. With mobile. it’s impossible to set up express trains because the office doesn’t give you a lot of marathons and it’s a bunch of matches. I’ll get back to the bid. Managua now has a lot of goals. 11 goals for 3 games. Motivation 120%. Since the match will be a fight for top places in the league. In turn, the jalapa is strong at home, although against the grassroots teams and the motivation is also 120%. I think both should open the defense to each other. I will think they will have a meat grinder for the top places. Since if they lose, they can both end up far below and 2 teams from the bottom support
Today is a sad day for the Atletico Madrid family as we mourn the death of our former coach Radomir Antic who died today aged 71," said a statement on the club's official website. Spanish newspaper AS said Antic had died due to complications from pancreatitis. Antic had a varied playing career as a defender spanning 17 years in which he played for Partizan Belgrade in his home country, Fenerbahce in Turkey, Real Zaragoza in Spain before ending his career in England with Luton Town.
Posted at 63' Penalty conceded by Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) after a foul in the penalty area. Posted at 62' Attempt blocked. Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Grealish. Posted at 62' Attempt blocked. Anwar El Ghazi (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Grealish. Posted at 60' Offside, Aston Villa.
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Tuesday's visitors have been in flying form of late, though they've benefitted from two home games in the league and facing lower-level opposition in the Coupe de France. Their recent away form against teams at their own level isn't impressive. Strasbourg have lost three of their last five travelling matches, while they've lost six out of ten all season.
AEK Athens is perhaps not as strong as in the previous two seasons even winning the title once here in Greece I believe it was 2 seasons ago as they did play in the Champions League group stage, now they are 3rd place a long distance from the top two clubs, but big favorites to be winning all 3 points here as they won their last two games against Panetolikos at home with 4-0 in the end and also won at the start of this season with 1-0 away from home at this opponent.
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.
This match plays a key role in Liverpool’s title challenge. It seems like a matter of when and not if for Liverpool and a win here will do them a great favor. Palace can be sticky opponents and they have a good run to back their morale. They have won each of the last four matches but they are not the greatest scorers. However, looking at Liverpool’s defensive output in recent times, we can’t rule out a goal for Palace. Liverpool have a great run at home and they will be odds on to bag three points here. We see a win for Liverpool here but not with a clean sheet. A 2-1 win for the home side will do here.
Villanova has won their previous game in Serie B, at this ground 1:0, and there is no reason why they should be huge underdog in this duel. Ponte Preta is not confident in the moment, and in the Cup competition, this team did not went with the full power in the recent seasons.
I was not told anything other than 'try to win the next game', that's what we all agreed. A vision for the future and let's try to do the best we can this season," he said. Spurs are sixth, 17 points adrift of second-placed City and six points behind fourth-placed Chelsea who occupy the final Champions League qualifying spot.
yeah not much is needed to be said about this battle of 2 of the best defensive giants .Liverpool want to prevent themselves from an unbecoming exit in the champions league Atletico want to do what they do best that is knockout the beasts of Europe .Liverpool need 2 goals to seal this win but Madrid who will be defending a goal from the first leg will be aiming to prevent conceding of a goal and aim to chock Liverpool by adding more goals. This will be a game of serious defending coupled with serious need for goals. Three or less goals for this 1
Watford have received three red cards in their last five matches in all competitions. Tranmere are winless in their last seven matches in all competitions. Watford are unbeaten in their last six Premier League matches. This Thursday sees more FA Cup action after last week's scheduled third-round replay between Tranmere Rovers and Watford had to be postponed due to adverse weather conditions.
Norwich were praised for their attacking intent early in the season, but unfortunately for the Canaries this has rarely translated into positive results. They have lost 12 of their 18 Premier League matches so far, and the 37 goals they have conceded makes them the joint worst defensive side in the top flight.
When everybody is safe and we're not using up NHS and police resources, the government would like us to get back to playing because we are entertainment and a sign that the country is coming back to normal. If people are home for another month and Premier League football is on the TV every day that can only be a good thing. Not because we are more essential than the NHS but because we can give people entertainment and show that we're fighting back.
Keegan (towards the bottom right) was slumped in the dugout after Liverpool grabbed a dramatic late winner against Newcastle at Anfield in 1996There would be an element of swings and roundabouts for football fans had the 1995-96 season ended after matchweek 29. Were that the case we would never have witnessed arguably the greatest Premier League game, when a title-chasing Newcastle - led by the eternal entertainer Kevin Keegan - traded haymakers with Liverpool before losing 4-3 to a last-minute goal.
Federer has not just been a tennis great, he's been a great in undoubtedly the greatest era of men's tennis. His rivalry with Rafael Nadal alone is one for the ages. But he's also had to live with Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray, not to mention the numerous other quality opponents who, were they not competing with perhaps four of the greatest tennis players in history operating at the same time, may be considered greats in their own right.
Bulgaria, Romania's southern neighbour, said on Sunday that all league matches in the next two rounds will be played behind closed doors because of the coronavirus outbreak. The announcement came a few hours after the Balkan country confirmed its first cases of coronavirus. A raft of sports events globally have been called off due to the coronavirus.
Odense has 3 wins in a row at home at this moment where they have a record of 5-0-2 so far this season and they are the only club in the league to have defeated Midtjylland this season winning with 1-0 away from home but to be fair the game belonged to Midtjylland and this time I see them scoring as they have 5 wins in a row I mean they even demolished Copenhagen with 4-1 at home so great form for them but Odense is scoring goals with ease so over 2.5 goals at such odds is the best way to go.
It is a quote worthy of leading the story of Ernesto Valverde’s opening press conference as Barcelona head coach. Substance must follow style as third-choice Setien takes the Barcelona hotseat The Warm-Up: Mes que un undignified mess – Valverde out at Barca Read Valverde's farewell message after 'intense' spell at Barcelona ends The 61-year-old replaced Ernesto Valverde on Monday, and was officially unveiled on Tuesday after signing a two-and-a-half year contract.
There should be under 3 goals in this match Chelsea have not had a good time at home when playing Manchester United so they will look to try and win this match to nil. Chelsea would put more focus on defense and will look to score the goal to win the match later on in the match. Man United have caused them a lot of problems so this could be the plan for the team going in this match. Man U have been dangerous so they will hold them and will look to defend this match all the way to finish
Ingolstadt and Braunschweig will face each other in the upcoming match in the 3. Liga in Germany. Ingolstadt this season have the following results: 13W, 11D and 8L. Meanwhile Braunschweig have 15W, 9D and 8L. This season both these teams are usually playing attacking football in the league and their matches are often high scoring.
Lorient will be meeting with Le man's and this game we have looked at it in a very good way and we have seen that the home team. Will win this Game as the home team is the one that is leading in this league and so this makes us to be very sure that they will deal with Le Mans which is at the last numbers of this league
Fernandes was a target for both Manchester United and Tottenham during the summer transfer window, but has put pen to paper on a new deal keeping him at the club until 2023. His buyout clause remains €100m but the midfielder is expected to have received a big pay rise. For me, it has been and always will be a privilege to wear the Sporting shirt," said Fernandes.
