Bristol City are managing to avoid defeats this term, with only one loss in their nine matches at Ashton Gate to date. The hosts haven’t lost any of their last eight at this ground. They have been beaten just three times in 20 Championship games this term, while the hosts are on course for a playoff berth in their chase for promotion.
View more on twitterBielsa had guided Leeds to the top of the Championship before elite football in England was suspended indefinitely in March because of the coronavirus pandemic. Tony Clark, a survivor of the 2002 terrorist attacks in Bali which killed 202 people, is hoping to raise £20,000 for the mental health charity Mind. Leeds United have been a saviour for me and I think people are realising how much their club means to them now that the games have been taken away from them," he told BBC Radio Leeds.
This match means more to Watford than Newcastle United. The hosts need three points for survival and playing at home, they will want to take full advantage of not just that but also the injuries at Newcastle United. The visitors have not been the strongest side when playing away, and they get here straight from a 5-0 thrashing by Manchester City. Watford will be hoping to pile pressure on them especially after their win over Norwich and with a better run at home, they will be favorites but will be hoping for a better defensive display. They have not kept many clean sheets in recent matches, but the same is the case with Newcastle. We feel both sides will score here but we will go for a Watford win.
Otherwise, his poorest start to a campaign was when he collected 37 points after 16 games in 2011-12. That was his fourth and final season with Barcelona. Those are the only two seasons to date in which Guardiola has not won the league title as an active manager, and it's looking increasingly likely he will miss out again come May next year. Granted, you can never say never in football. Saturday's derby defeat by rivals United was also the first time under the 48-year-old that City have lost two home league games in a season.
And then there were the little things to remind us that although this was football, it is a little bit different to how it was back in March. There were the artificial crowd noises being broadcast to add a bit of atmosphere. Roy Hodgson's lockdown hair. We all share your pain, Roy Saturday's other unusual sights. Meanwhile, before Watford's dramatic draw with Leicester, someone had placed a face mask on a statue of former England manager Graham Taylor outside Vicarage Road.
Posted at 90'+2' VAR Decision: Card Changed. BookingPosted at 90' Luka Jovic (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Posted at 90' Foul by Luka Jovic (Real Madrid). Posted at 90' Ezequiel Garay (Valencia) wins a free kick in the defensive half. SubstitutionPosted at 90' Substitution, Valencia. Mouctar Diakhaby replaces Ferrán Torres. Posted at 89' Offside, Valencia. Ferrán Torres tries a through ball, but Daniel Wass is caught offside.
Middlesbrough boss Jonathan Woodgate told BBC Tees: "Fulham are a good team. They were right on top. But we kept on going. We didn't give up. In the second half, we were miles better. On the signing of goalkeeper Dejan Stojanovic on Thursday, Woodgate added: "His concentration level is very good. He makes important saves, he's quick off his line. It's Aynsley [Pears]'s shirt to lose at the minute so Dejan will come in and challenge Aynsley for the number one spot along with Tommy [Tomas Mejias].
Archie Gemmill against the Dutch in Argentina 1978. Opening the 1998 World Cup against Brazil in Paris. James McFadden's 40-yard wonder goal in the same city nine years on. Leigh Griffiths' free-kick double to wound England a decade later. As we stand in the 21st Century, these are just a small sample of moments that flood the memory across all living generations of Scotland fans when they reminisce about their national side.
The away side have found it hard to keep a clean sheet however and Central Coast have only drawn a blank twice this season so we can see them getting on the scoresheet this weekend. We’re predicting that Adelaide United will come away with a 2-1 win, a victory that isn’t that comfortable but leaves The Reds travelling home with six wins from seven.
It is also a measure of vindication for manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who has achieved a giant institution's minimum requirement of a return to the Champions League. There were celebrations, too, at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea's season of renewal under Frank Lampard ended with a place in the top four to satisfy owner Roman Abramovich's ambitions. As they beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-0, they were watched by an outstanding signing who will go into next season's Champions League campaign with them - Timo Werner, brought in for £54m from RB Leipzig.
The Serie A statement said that fans "sang a chorus of racial discrimination against a player of the opposing team in the 21st and 29th minutes of the first half" as well as other insults. Mario Balotelli (Brescia) Getty Images It said the referee interrupted the match after half an hour and an announcement was made asking for the chanting to stop.
ANKARA, March 19 (Reuters) - Turkey's sports minister is meeting on Thursday with soccer, basketball and volleyball federations to discuss a widening coronavirus outbreak after players and coaches criticised the decision to continue playing matches. Turkey has confirmed 191 cases and two deaths from the virus.
Chelsea manager Frank Lampard admitted Jorginho may have got lucky - and so he was. Arteta will look back on this as a turning point. Arsenal's players were clearly deflated by the manner of Chelsea's equaliser having worked so hard to keep them at bay, with even the sometimes liability David Luiz leading by example with some crucial interventions. Abraham's decisive strike was the final insult. If Arteta needs any further early lessons in what he must do, Mustafi provided him with one with the poor defending that lead to Chelsea's decisive second.
Their win rate when Vardy doesn’t start is less than 30% whereas with him it’s almost 50%. Iheanacho scored a fine goal and made an impression at Carrow Road, but Vardy remains a big loss in Leicester’s pursuit of a top four spot. You’d still expect Leicester to clinch Champions League football, but it’s far from straightforward for them.
Sergio Ramos scored the only goal for a second consecutive game as Real Madrid beat Athletic Bilbao to go seven points clear at the top of La Liga. Ramos slammed home a penalty - just as he did on Thursday against Getafe - after Dani Garcia fouled Marcelo in a decision given by VAR. He has scored five goals in seven matches - all wins - since the restart. Defending champions Barcelona visit Villarreal at 21:00 BST looking to bring the gap back to four points.
Both teams here carry a good run and going by their recent forms, especially defensively, we don’t expect a lot of goals here. Lille have two straight clean sheets and Marseille three in the last four matches. Also, Marseille have not lost any of the last 13 Ligue 1 away matches and Lille have lost just one of 12 at home. We feel this could end in a draw and better a 0-0 one for the risk takers.
Liverpool are almost there, a maximum of two wins away from a first top-flight title in 30 years. Manager Jurgen Klopp guided the Reds to Champions League glory last season - the club's sixth European Cup triumph - but ending the long wait for domestic success would arguably trump that achievement. However, with football suspended because of coronavirus, it remains a possibility that Liverpool could be denied the reward their astonishing season deserves.
A calamitous display from defender David Luiz was at the heart of the loss at the Etihad and while Saturday's performance was less disastrous, it still contained costly errors - most significantly the hesitant defending that allowed Dunk to equalise. Arteta's side had gone into the Premier League's suspension, brought about by coronavirus pandemic, unbeaten in 2020 and with hopes of making a late charge for a Champions League spot, but this now looks unlikely, with eight points separating them and the top four.
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No sign of Mahrez yet. How high can Riyad Mahrez realistically go? Because we haven't had his name pulled out yet and we are down to the top 10. Sergio Aguero 15 Matthijs de Ligt 14 Kevin De Bruyne 13 Eden Hazard 12 Raheem Sterling 11 Frenkie de Jong 17:15 - The Liverpool lads are starting to make their mark.
Neal Maupay, Brighton's top Premier League scorer this season with seven goals, has not scored for the club since December. Brighton have benefited from a league-high total of four own goals this season. Southampton v Aston Villa *Aston Villa are winless in their last seven matches against Southampton in all competitions.
Capital Derby! Lokomotiv will take Dynamo. Both teams are based in the capital of Croatia - in Zagreb. The home team have a very good season and will certainly fight for second place. But in the last round, the team misfired in the match against “Osijek” and lost. Thus putting forward in third place, “Hajduk” and bringing himself all the same “Osijek” at a distance of one point. There are only nine rounds left until the end of the season, so the team should not lose points right now. The home team has much more motivation than the guests. Still, the “Dynamo” is a huge advantage on points and at some points, the players will not squeeze out the maximum. Another thing is whether they can win the Lokomotiv match if they managed to win only two times in 37 full-time games. We do not think that the match will be easy for both clubs. Most likely, Dynamo will sometimes make mistakes in defense, because the championship continued after a long pause and not everyone is in optimal shape.
There was ill feeling north of the border that the Scotland side did not have enough homegrown players. This led to then FA general secretary Charles Alcock writing a public letter in Glasgow and Edinburgh newspapers offering an official match between 11 Scotsmen and 11 Englishmen. West of Scotland Cricket Ground in Glasgow hosted Scotland's first ever match in 1872With Scotland yet to form a football association at this point, the offer was accepted by Queen's Park - the nation's leading and oldest club at that stage.
Immelman: November masters presents different challenges Former Masters champion Trevor Immelman believes the famous Augusta Court would present a different set of challenges should the event be played in a mooted rescheduled slot in November. If you look at the golf course in a bubble, I think the course itself won't play all that differently.
Roma defender Chris Smalling still hopes he can make England's Euro 2020 squad despite not playing for Gareth Southgate's team since 2017. The 30-year-old, on loan from Manchester United, says he has become a better player since moving to Serie A. The centre-back also said his family feels settled in Rome and suggested he wants to stay in Italy next season. Obviously it's been a couple of years now, but that ambition is always there with England," he told BBC Sport.
The Gunners equalised in the 63rd minute as Reiss Nelson's shot deflected into the path of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, and he swivelled to rifle the ball home. It was intense, I was so excited, I just wanted to pass that energy to the players and I really enjoyed it. I think we had the chances in the second half to put the game in our favour," Arteta said.
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Arsenal were held 0-0 at Burnley on Sunday for their fourth straight Premier League draw, leaving Arteta with only one win from his first seven league matches in charge since replacing Unai Emery in December. They have scored only eight goals in those games. We have to improve quality-wise. We're very far in terms of what I want in sustaining attacks and being unpredictable in our play, but that's a process," Arteta told Sky Sports.
United are desperate for a player with Sancho's directness and creativity. It wouldn't be surprising to see Ed Woodward do everything in his power to try and get that deal done as soon as possible. Read the full story De Gea's United future in doubt after dip in form Staying at Old Trafford, the Mail report that David de Gea's future at the club could be in doubt after a dip in his form over the past 18 months.
SV Lafnitz against Austria Lustenau here, another match of the Erste Liga of Austrian football that is played today afternoon at 19:10. Lafnitz favored for the victory of the match comes from an away success for 0-1 in the first match played in inverted fields and more generally they are unbeaten for 8 matches with 3 wins and 5 draws; Austria Lustenau is certainly not disputing a season at the height of the previous ones and is stationed at mid-table without glory or infamy; I decide to focus on an extension of the Lafnitz positive strip and I expect them to extend their unbeaten run.
Barcelona added they would shortly decide "on the treatment to be followed for his recovery". Spanish outlet Marca said Dembele will now miss the rest of the season. Dembele has suffered several injuries in both legs since joining Barcelona from Dortmund in 2017. He has played only three full games for the La Liga champions this season and has missed 63 games in all competitions at Barcelona due to injury.
Bayern pinned Red Star back from the start and came close three times through Lewandowski and Kingsley Coman before Leon Goretzka fired them into a 14th-minute lead with a superb header. The Germany midfielder rose above his markers to steer a perfect Philippe Coutinho cross from the left past goalkeeper Milan Borjan, who was left clutching nothing but air.
Again, there was a tiebreak, this time going to 11-9 for Evans. He is in good form, having reached the final of the recent tournament in Rotterdam, where he beat Karen Khachanov before losing to Gael Monfils. Evans has been in two ATP finals previously (losing both) but that was in the ATP 250 Series.
Health authorities have urged people to keep at least one metre apart. So far, 10 Serie A matches have been postponed over the last two weeks and authorities have been criticised over their handling of the situation with many decisions made at the last minute following U-turns. The only match to have been played behind closed doors was the Europa League game between Inter Milan and Bulgarian side Ludogorets Razgrad, which was organised by UEFA.
Al Ansar will host Al Taee for this fixture of the league. Both sides are very average teams in this season. However, the hosts are in better shape in the last matches. They have two consecutive victories. In previous game Al Ansar is won 1-2 against Al-Nahda. Also, we have Al Taee who's is more ambitious team in this league. I think, the visitors have better team than their opponent. In last game Al Taee is won 5-0 against weak Hottain. However, Al Taee is a very unpredictable team. They have big fluctuations. In any case, I expect, the hosts to provide a strong resistance. My pick - Al Ansar to win.
We feel that Bayern may continue their impressive defensive record of not conceding a goal under Hansi Flick in this game. Leverkusen are expected to be missing the creativity of Kai Havertz for Saturday's game. Havertz has missed Leverkusen's last two games due to injury. He is unlikely to be fully fit for Saturday.
Barbosa, who scored both the goals that helped Flamengo beat River Plate 2-1 and win the Copa Libertadores in November, signed a reported five-year deal for around 17 million euros ($18. If it's for the good of the (Flamengo) nation, I'll stay," the 23-year-old Barbosa said on Instagram. The former Santos player was the top goalscorer in both the Libertadores and Brazil's first division last year and a key player in Flamengo's most successful season since Brazilian great Zico played for the club in the early 1980s.
Aguero was forced off in the final 15 minutes against the Blues with a tendon injury, and City had initially feared a long lay-off. The problem is not as serious as first feared, however, though the Argentinean will still be absent when the champions face their great rivals on 7th December. A few games, I don't know exactly," said Guardiola.
Four Liverpool players, Van Dijk joined by Sadio Mane, Mo Salah and Yachine Trophy winner Alisson Becker, made it into the top 10 while reigning Premier League champions Manchester City had two representatives in Bernardo Silva and Sergio Aguero. Van Dijk said: "It was amazing. There are a couple of players like [Messi] who are fantastic.
He conceded, however, being aware of reports that Ancelotti, a three-times Champions League winner who has also won domestic league titles in England (with Chelsea), Italy, Germany and France, was in the frame. I've heard) the same rumours as everyone else," the 47-year-old said. I don't want to really comment because I don't know who the next manager is going to be.
The winner faces either Novak Djokovic or Gael Monfils in the final. Evans is the world number 37 but the live rankings have him up to 27. He's had a tough route to the last four and it wasn't looking good for him in the first round. He lost the first set to fourth seeded Fabio Fognini but fought back to win the next two sets and cause a shock.
The Yellows have had some fine moments at Kassam Stadium this season, notably when West Ham United were thrashed 4-0 in the Carabao Cup and Manchester City were pushed all the way before winning 3-1 here in the quarter-final. It looked for a while as if Oxford would slip away without giving Newcastle serious anxiety but how they battled and how their fans responded as they started extra time looking the more confident side after that tumultuous finale.
City's 2-1 defeat by Manchester United in the Premier League on Saturday was their fourth of the campaign and left the defending champions third -- 14 points behind leaders Liverpool. Guardiola's side were ripped apart by United on the counter-attack and they looked a shadow of the side that won the domestic treble last season.
Sterling (Manchester City) 6 D. Calvert-Lewin (Everton) 10 R. Jiménez (Wolves) C. Wood (Burnley) 7 Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) 9 8 Richarlison (Everton) 8 A. MANCHESTER, England, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Manchester United's Champions League qualification hopes suffered a blow with a 2-0 upset at home to Burnley in the Premier League on Wednesday, as the Old Trafford fans vented their anger at the club's U.
We feel that Hertha are likely to struggle in this Saturday's game, looking at both of these teams' recent form. To add to Hertha's negatives going into Saturday's game, they have historically got a very poor record versus Freiburg. Hertha have won just one of their last 12 games versus Freiburg in all competitions.
He’s friendly and upbeat, yet nobody’s fool. He’s modest yet charismatic. And he’s a nice guy with an edge. Would you clap in Stuart Pearce’s face after he scored an own goal, as Solskjaer did in 2001? “I had the eye of the tiger,” he said. I wasn’t as nice on the pitch as I am off it. It’s sometimes forgotten that it was Solskjaer who effectively ended Beckham’s career at Old Trafford by developing into a high-class right-winger – an excellent crosser, if not in Beckham’s class, and a Thomas Muller-style space invader who provided a superior goal threat.
