They probably have more importance within the dressing room and play less, but you need those old heads. Arsenal don't have an array of centre-backs to choose from - I still think they need to bring in two more defenders - but adding another year on to Luiz's contract is a smart move. David Luiz's overall stats for Arsenal in the Premier LeagueAppearances - 28Tackles - 25Successful passes - 1,273Tackle success - 60%Interceptions - 27Touches - 1,788Blocks - 29Aerial success - 53.
All things considered, backing a Porto win in combination with both teams scoring looks well worth a play as far as the betting is concerned and is something we're more than happy to do. Porto should have far too much quality for Varzim over the 90 minutes but we fancy the visitors to score at least once, with a 3-1 margin of home victory on the cards.
Part of that is down to the presence of Wilfred Ndidi, who gives his backline great protection no matter what formation Leicester are playing in. The 22-year-old has always been a brilliant athlete, and has always been very good at nicking the ball and breaking up play, but I think he has added extra layers to his game under Rodgers. His positional sense from a defensive perspective has always been very strong but now he seems to have a better understanding of where to be to help his side build play when they attack too.
Strevens has since been appointed Spitfires boss and wants a repeat of the heroics of 2015-16 when Eastleigh reached the third round before losing to Bolton, who were then in the Championship. Being at home is important if you are the lesser side," said Strevens before League Two Crewe's visit to the Silverlake Stadium. It evens the tie up. We want to test ourselves against Football League opposition.
Twente have lost four of their nine league games at home this season and ended 2019 in poor form, which is why we have backed Groningen to secure all three points on Saturday. The hosts average just 1.22 points per home game which is below the league average of 1.73, and score an average of 1.89 goals per home game but concede an average of 2.11 goals, which ties in well with our prediction for a 2-1 Groningen victory this weekend.
The BBC is reporting that Tottenham's compensation package for Mauricio Pochettino and his staff will be a tidy sum over £12m. Not a bad pay off. Some non-Tottenham news (I know, crazy) because Liverpool look like they will be without to starters on Saturday for their trip to Crystal Palace. Mo Salah has been battling an ankle injury and will reportedly miss Saturday's Premier League return while Andy Robertson missed Scotland's games against Cyprus and Kazakhstan - and appears not to have made a full recovery.
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Video - United and Liverpool go to war over centre-back – Euro Papers01:18 "We are all living a life that we were not used to and that will change us profoundly. I'm sure we will all have to downsize, starting with football," he suggested. I hear talk about cutting salaries, suspension of payments. They seem like inopportune solutions.
It says through these accounts attacks were made on Messi, Pique, former manager Pep Guardiola, ex-players Xavi and Carles Puyol and some of Bartomeu's presidential rivals. The podcast claims Barcelona found the posts "necessary to preserve the reputation of the president and the brand". In response, Barcelona say I3 Ventures is a service provider to the club but "has no relationship with the accounts mentioned and, if any relationship were to come to light, the club would immediately end their contractual agreement and bring about any necessary legal action to defend their interests".
So in the moment when you go through a phase or a period like this it’s not possible to see that, especially not for the people who are ill, but there will be a point in the future, a moment in the future when we look back and hopefully then we can see it like this. Liverpool's last game was their Champions League defeat to Atletico MadridGetty Images The Liverpool manager also added: “There are so many people out there that have much bigger problems so it would feel really embarrassing to myself if I was to talk about my ‘problems’ – I have the problems every person in the world has in the moment.
He said he had been shocked to hear some players had flown in a hairdresser before the game against Frankfurt in order to look good on the pitch. I would have bet 100,000 euros that our players would not fly in a star hairdresser to get their hair done in the hotel," Rangnick said this week. I would have lost the 100,000 euros.
Relive Saturday's EFL action as it happenedThat result gave Leeds a morale boost going into this match, but they were not given an easy ride by the mid-table Royals, who dug in deep in the first half. Reading keeper Rafael Cabral saved from Ezgjan Alioski and Moore blocked Helder Costa's shot, while at the other end, Casilla turned away George Puscas' effort.
In truth, Juve have exerted a certain amount of control over this group, and control is exactly what they did to Leverkusen when winning the reverse fixture by three goals to nil. On that occasion, the German side failed to get seriously involved, as they registered zero shots on target.
Damage limitation now. OFF THE BAR! Sterling, out of nowhere, lashes against the bar. GOAL! Jesus grabs the third that kills this game off once and for all. Kongolo gets caught at the back and Silva nips in. Cancelo finds Jesus at the back post for a fine header but. VAR check. THE GOAL STANDS 76’ - GOAL! Jesus has a brace in two minutes! He's lurking and picks up the seconds after Rodak makes the save but can only parry towards the Brazilian.
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Despite that setback Olympiacos took the lead when a break down the right led to a tap-in for Youseff El Arabi just before the hour. Wolves drew level eight minutes later when a deflected Pedro Neto free kick trickled into the Olympiacos net. As things stand Wolves return to Molineux next week with a slight advantage due to their away goal, but there is understandable doubt about whether that fixture will be able to go ahead.
Over eight rounds of twice-weekly coronavirus screenings of Premier League players and staff, there have been 16 positive results from 8,687 tests. All remaining 92 games will be broadcast live, with four matches to be shown on the BBC - the first to be made free-to-air on terrestrial television since the Premier League's inception in 1992. Liverpool sit 25 points clear at the top of the table while Bournemouth, Aston Villa and Norwich City are in the relegation places.
LONDON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - If Leeds United seem nervous that their Premier League promotion bid will unravel as it has done so often, their jitters were embodied by Kiko Casilla's blunder in Tuesday's 1-1 draw at Brentford in the Championship. On a cold evening at the ramshackle Griffin Park, the former Real Madrid goalkeeper failed to control a pass from a team mate, missing the ball completely then falling over as striker Said Benrahma pounced.
Nonetheless, the visitors have been in wretched form of late and their recent performances are a cause of real concern. Indeed, Angers have taken just 1 point from their last 4 Ligue 1 outings and having conceded a big average of 1.75 goals a game across said fixtures, it's not hard to pinpoint where problems are coming from.
Media playback is not supported on this device FA Cup third round draw highlights Then there was the time when I was at Aston Villa and we were held to a draw by League Two side Wycombe in 2016. That was one of the low points of a very difficult season at Villa, but by then our supporters had just lost belief in us. There were certain fans just coming to the games so they could have a go at us because they did not think we were trying, which was not the case.
But it took Werner only 11 minutes to find the target, breaking the deadlock with a cool near-post finish from Konrad Laimer's low cross. Yussuf Poulsen and Marcel Sabitzer added further goals against a hapless Mainz side before Werner made it 4-0 from close range, and he completed his hat-trick with an expertly-taken lob late on. Schalke's struggles continueWhile Leipzig's win means they are back in the Champions League places, Schalke's slide down the table continued after an error-strewn display.
Both teams are very good at scoring goals at this stage as I had a bet on under 2.5 goals in the cup in the Quarters of the competition when Radnicki Nis played away from home at Cukaricki and they were ahead 2-0 quite early in the game but ended up losing it with 3-2 in the end. And their last two games after the break in the league have also been quite high scoring as they won with 4-2 away at Radnik and with 4-3 at home against Rad Beograd, so big problems for them in defense but they also score goals very easy.
It’s fair to say that things haven’t gone overly well for The Citizens this season, with shock defeats to Norwich and Wolves precluding this more expected loss at the hands of Liverpool. They find themselves 4th in the Premier League now, some nine points adrift of the top spot holders and a point behind both Chelsea and Leicester. Defeat on Saturday would leave their title hopes teetering on the brink of extinction at a very early stage in the season.
It's been an issue and now we have another bulk," Lampard told reporters when asked why Chelsea have struggled. There are no fresh returns from the injury list. Andreas Christensen has got a small issue which we are going to give another 24 hours, but probably puts him in out of the game. Other than that we have no Tammy Abraham, no Pulisic, no Hudson-Odoi and no Kante.
I picked another betting match for tonight from the Champions League, we have a match between RB Leipzig and Benfica Lisbon. According to the bookmaking odds, the favorite of this confrontation can be seen in the team of hosts who at this stage of the game take first place in the table having 9 points in their account. The results recently recorded by the team look very good, the last five matches and we have a set of victories.
However, now is the time for cool heads and calm reflection, rather than speculation as we look to steer our competitions and clubs through this period of uncertainty. It continued: "It is with that in the forefront of the league’s mind that it notes the intense speculation that has appeared across the local, national and international media over the weekend.
For Manchester United, it looked like it would be the home fans leaving disappointed after Matty Longstaff’s early opener at Old Trafford. However, the erratic Manchester United turned on the style to thrash Newcastle 4-1, leaving the Old Trafford faithful asking why they can’t perform like that every week.
Best performing goalkeepers - actual goals conceded v expected goalsPlayerClubGoals concededxGOT conceded*Goals preventedHugo LlorisTottenham811. Martin DubravkaNewcastle3033. Vicente GuaitaCrystal Palace1821. Dean HendersonSheff Utd1618. Ben FosterWatford3335. Worst performing goalkeepers - actual goals conceded v expected goalsPlayerClubGoals concededxGOT conceded*Goals allowedKepa ArrizabalagaChelsea2819.
His unshakeable reverence for the beautiful game earned him the admiration of team mates and opponents alike. Bobby was my football idol. I looked up to him. I was so proud to have played against him," German great Franz Beckenbauer once said of Moore. Moore will always be linked to that summer afternoon at Wembley, but perhaps the match that cemented his legacy came four years later in Mexico when England were beaten 1-0 in a group game by a sensational Brazil side inspired by Pele.
As things stand, Sunday's visitors are bottom of the pile and are three points from safety. Three points isn't a lot, so they are very much still in touch, but performances don't exactly suggest that they'll move up the table any time soon.
Wilfried Zaha, the villain at the AMEX following his clash with Brighton substitute Ezequiel Scheletto in the first half, missed an open goal in stoppage time but it proved immaterial to the result, as Palace move on to 36 points and to within touching distance of another season in the Premier League.
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After suffering the disappointment of relegation in 2018, Tanta ensured their stay in the second tier wasn't an extended one, powering to promotion last season. Coming into this campaign penned in for another relegation by most, the side are merely looking to avoid the drop and thus far have made a decent start towards said aim.
