Consecutive wins have lifted Los Rojiblancos up to 4th in the table following a concerning slip down to 7th in mid-December, and Diego Simeone's side will now aim to solidify their spot in the top four and also reel in leaders Barca, who are currently seven points clear of them at the head of affairs.
It has been different since the re-start as they have struggled to draws at Watford and at home to Brighton before this disappointing FA Cup defeat. Manager Brendan Rodgers will have held high hopes of cup success after falling to Villa at the semi-final stage in the Carabao Cup - and this result and performance will have increased a few anxieties around the club. Leicester have had a superb season in the Premier League but they will be looking over their shoulders at Chelsea, who are a point behind them in fourth, as well as Wolves, who are only three points adrift - although they have played a game more.
The hosts had plenty of chances to clear the danger in the lead up to West Brom's goal but Carlos Sanchez's clearance cannoned off Issa Diop into the path of Townsend, who had time to take a touch and pick his spot. Townsend's winner at London Stadium was the left-back's first goal for the Baggies since he joined the club in 2018After West Ham were booed off at the break, Moyes made a triple half-time substitution, bringing on Michail Antonio, Angelo Ogbonna and Mark Noble.
So we must relax and play like this and we’ll see in the end what happens. Hopefully Leicester can make a good performance against Liverpool but we’ve to think about our incredibly tough game against Wolves, with Adama [Traore] and [Raul] Jimenez. Video - Nightmare before Christmas for Man Utd as Haaland picks Italian giants - Euro Papers01:21 HOW CAN I WATCH? Leicester City v Liverpool is on Amazon Prime along with all the Premier League fixtures on Boxing Day.
For the majority, anyone but Ashley is an improvement. Many believe he has ruined the club with his lack of investment, although he can point to record signings in two of the last three transfer windows. For the most part, Ashley has run the club within its means. But it is the manner of his ownership which sticks in the throat for most fans. They feel he does not care, rarely attends games, and uses the stadium as an advertising hoarding for his Sports Direct business.
Going to the game Borussia Dortmund have 29 points and are third on the standings while Leipzig, on 33 points, are top. Borussia Dortmund have won each of their last four matches and have seven wins in the last 10 matches. They have three clean sheets in the 10 matches and have scored two or more goals in eight of the 10 matches.
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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. He's won everything. Ferguson described his time in charge as a great education and said he wanted to return to management in the future. It's not something I'm particularly pushing for at the moment," he added.
The two clubs have only scored three league goals between them in eight matches. All four of Smolevichi's league games have had under 2.5 goals scored in them. The last three Belshina league games have all had under 2.5 goals scored in them. The bottom two in the Belarus Premier League face each other in this game.
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Neither of these two teams have been enjoying a spell of particularly good form in recent weeks. Wolfsburg enjoyed an impressive unbeaten run at the start of the season. However, they have struggled to find wins in recent weeks.
I think it will be on par with the best leagues in the world, the Premier League, Serie A, La Liga," said Mas. As the economics of the league improve and we can compete with those leagues for the best players in the world I think 25 years from now you will see the MLS as potentially the best league in the world.
But he has to be ready for when the moment arrives. Vinicius could have the chance to feature against Alaves as Real's joint-record signing Hazard is unavailable after hurting his ankle in Tuesday's pulsating 2-2 draw with PSG. Zidane said the Belgian's injury was not serious but could not guarantee whether he would be fit to face Barcelona on Dec.
My only slight worry is where Everton are at the moment. They've not won anything since 1995, that's a long time ago. He needs to go in and rebuild the club - and I'm guessing that's why he's been given a 4-1/2 year deal. Ancelotti's first game in the dugout will be against Burnley at Goodison Park on Boxing Day.
Chelsea boosted their Champions League qualification hopes with a comfortable win over Premier League strugglers Watford. The result lifts the Blues back up to fourth in the table, after they were temporarily leapfrogged by Manchester United. Nigel Pearson's side remain a point above the relegation zone but have played a game more than Aston Villa, who travel to Liverpool on Sunday (16:30 BST). Olivier Giroud opened the scoring for the Blues, latching on to Ross Barkley's clever pass and steering a left-foot shot into the bottom right corner.
Dukla Prague is on 4th place at this moment with 38 points won so far this season, they managed to win both games played by them at home after the restart winning first with Jihlava 2-1 and second a 2-0 win against Vysehrad at home, so 2 goals in both those home games, while Vysehrad is not really a top team to cause them any problems at the back. This while Pardubice won all 4 games after the break and increased their lead at the top to 6 points from Brno and 12 points from the 3rd placed Zizkov.
While they are far from out of the woods, the visitors enjoyed a pretty strong festive period and have put some distance between themselves and the relegation spot. However, things have taken a turn for the worst once more as they come into this match having lost four of their last five league matches. When you factor in their pretty ordinary record on the road, it could prove to be a long afternoon despite the relatively short trip.
There are serious concerns for a Bristol City side who have failed to win 62% of their home games so far. Even with history backing them up, there are concerns that the hosts will drop more points. The Robins have put together a solid run against Huddersfield which has seen them score in the last six meetings between the pair.
SubstitutionPosted at 76' Substitution, 1. FSV Mainz 05. Alexandru Maxim replaces Jean-Paul Boëtius. Posted at 76' Dan-Axel Zagadou (Borussia Dortmund) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Posted at 76' Foul by Pierre Kunde (1. FSV Mainz 05). Posted at 75' Attempt blocked. Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
After 398 minutes and 48 shots, Spurs had finally scored their first goal of 2020. The home side have the joint worst record for clean sheets in the Premier League - level on three with opponents Norwich - so a one-goal lead was always likely to leave Spurs fans nervous. And their worries would prove founded as Norwich equalised with 20 minutes remaining, Pukki's penalty - his 11th goal of the season - looking to have done enough to earn the battling Canaries a hard-fought draw.
this could be very interesting game cause we have two teams which are right now very close to the relegation zone and also they have the same record of 3 wins 2 draws and 4 defeats and I think it is very realistic that both teams will score a goal because on one side Slavia is a team who is favorite for the win and they are arguably better team then gorodeya so they should score and on the other side this season gorodeya have much better results on the road so I think they will score a goal too so I recommend this bet
Jota struck in the 28th minute with a crisp finish after a fine assist by Raul Jimenez but a poor close-range effort two minutes later proved costly as Brighton turned the match on its head with two quickfire goals. Maupay equalised with a sumptuous strike from 18 metres in the 34th after taking a long Dale Stephens ball in his stride and Propper buried a header from 11 metres in the 36th from a Leandro Trossard cross.
It’s the rest that matters, the relegation and the promotion. People accept it when teams don’t make it through the play-offs. We’ve seen the tears, adulation and everything that goes with losing or winning a play-off game. Games have to be played. You can’t make a quick-fix decision because it’s not going to suit a lot of people.
They were so convinced they wanted me that I said I have to take the challenge. A move a life time in the making'Arteta's first Arsenal news conference'Energy' a number-one priorityArteta served as club captain and won the FA Cup twice in a five-year playing career with the Gunners. The Spaniard takes charge from Sunday, leaving Freddie Ljungberg in interim charge for the trip to Everton - another of Arteta's former clubs - on Saturday (12:30 GMT kick-off).
Only Southampton duo Che Adams and Shane Long (one goal between them) and Sheffield United's David McGoldrick, who has not scored this season, have fared worse. We have to find a way of getting him into the box'A glance on Twitter shows the frustration from some supporters with Joelinton's performance against Arsenal, with one "trying to figure out the purpose of Joelinton and struggling to make any case for his inclusion in the side".
Liverpool have one win in six away matches in the FA Cup. Chelsea have one loss in the last 15 FA Cup matches. Chelsea have seven clean sheets in eight FA Cup matches at home. Liverpool have no clean sheet in their last three matches. Liverpool have lost the last two away matches. Liverpool suffered their first loss of the season in the Premier League on Saturday and will be hoping to recover when they travel to Chelsea in the fifth round of the FA Cup on Tuesday.
A stoppage time penalty from Dani Parejo made the scoreline look a little more respectable for Los Che, but it was no more than scant consolation as Real sealed their progress to Sunday's final, and in the process extended their unbeaten streak in all competitions to 15 matches (W10, D5).
But Casemiro prefers to focus on Bale's incredible feats, such as his breathtaking goal against Barcelona in the 2014 Copa del Rey final and his decisive strikes against Atletico Madrid and Liverpool in the 2014 and 2018 Champions League finals. If he thinks it's ok to do these things then we should respect that," added the Brazilian.
But the Belgian centre-half made amends for that area when he fired Tottenham back on to level terms with a superb shot on the turn from inside the box. VAR intervened to award the visitors a penalty after reviewing a challenge on Steven Bergwijn by Villa defender Engels and ruling that he had brought down the Spurs forward.
But Klopp is yet to assess the fitness of other key players who have returned from international duty. Virgil is 100% available. I cannot say 100% for the others," the German coach added. Today is an important session with the players who came back late - Bobby (Roberto Firmino), Fabinho, Gini Wijnaldum.
In an unlikely turn of events, relegation candidates Norwich City ended Leicester City's nine-match Premier League winning streak last weekend, when they held the high-flying Foxes to a 1-1 draw at the King Power Stadium.
Celtic got lucky there. Jonny Hayes was first to the loose ball and hacked clear as Joe Aribo loitered. None of Celtic's go-to men were at the races, not Scott Brown, not Callum McGregor, not James Forrest, not Ryan Christie. Odsonne Edouard was not fit enough to start the final - he was on the bench - and how they missed his physicality. The fact that Rangers were utterly controlling things without the injured Steven Davis was all the more impressive.
With tensions high, nerves are likely to play a part in keeping the score down at Carrow Road on Saturday, and after the drab 0-0 draw between the teams in their reverse league meeting in October, we’re expecting the teams’ rematch to be similarly low on action.
Reserve League Championship of Belarus. There are Slutsk-Energetik-BSU and so we have teams from 9th place: Slutsk and Gorodeya from 12th place. So Slutsk scored 13 goals in 7 games, which roughly speaking is 2 goals per game, but missed 15 goals, it turns out that Slutsk is quite a fun team and our match will be riding. We turn to Energetik-BSU, the team scored 7 goals in 7 games, that is, 1 goal per game and conceded 11 goals, misses Energetik-BSU more than scores. But since we know how the first team misses and scores, and we know how much the second misses and scores, it makes a logical conclusion that the teams will break through a total of over 3 goals.
SubstitutionPosted at 84' Substitution, Arsenal. Cédric Soares replaces Héctor Bellerín. SubstitutionPosted at 84' Substitution, Arsenal. Joseph Willock replaces Kieran Tierney. SubstitutionPosted at 84' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Oliver Skipp replaces Giovani Lo Celso. Posted at 83' Attempt missed. Giovani Lo Celso (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
The report referred to brands such as Arsenal and American-based basketball league NBA learning "a difficult lesson" in 2019, with their social media activity making a negative impact in China. Arsenal playmaker Mesut Ozil had criticised China's treatment of its Uighur Muslims, prompting a social media backlash in the country against the club.