I'm proud of the effort of the team. It's a massive disappointment to all of us, especially the players. Birmingham deserved to get to extra time with the effort we put in and how smart everyone played. That's the difference when you play with a team with such quality. Any chance can cost you a result. We need to congratulate Leicester because they made it through. We're still on the build and we need to keep going.
They have team spirit. Mikel has created. City lost their Premier League crown to Liverpool but have won the EFL Cup this season and are looking to retain the FA Cup. Although Arsenal have claimed the FA Cup a record 13 times, most recently in 2017, they have not won the league since 2003-04 under Arsene Wenger. The Frenchman left the club in May 2018 and was replaced by Unai Emery, who lasted 18 months before he was sacked and replaced by Arteta.
Austria Vienna and Altach will face each other in the upcoming match in the Austrian Bundesliga. Austria Vienna this season have the following results: 6W, 11D and 7L. Meanwhile Altach have 7W, 5D and 12L. This season both these teams are usually playing attacking football in the league and their matches are often high scoring.
The Gunners' defending is not getting any better either and, if West Ham turn up for this one, I think they will win. Until Arsenal appoint a manager, it is difficult to know what direction they are going in - but it appears to be downwards at the moment. Their chances of securing Champions League football for next season by making the top four are starting to look remote. Lawro's prediction: 2-0Andy's prediction: They are both struggling at the moment.
We expect the scoreline to be fairly close once again this weekend as is usually the case in most of Atleti's top flight matches (no game decided by more than a two goal margin this term), but the visitors are strongly fancied to land the spoils based on all recent form and the sizeable gap in quality between these teams.
Ipswich Town will host Blackpool for this fixture of the league. Hosts probably are favorites in this game. Ipswich is one of the main favorites in the fight for direct promotion. They are currently on the 2nd place with 33 points. Yeah, the hosts have two consecutive victories. True, they played against weak opponents. In last game Ipswich is won 0-1 against Rochdale. Also, we have Blackpool who's is also ambitious team in this season. They are currently on the 5th place with 28 points. They have two consecutive victories. Of course, both teams want to get a positive result. I expect, this will be tense match for both sides. In my opinion, the visitors will try to provide a strong resistance. My pick - Blackpool to win.
Bobby works with West Ham as an education and charity ambassador. He is a keen footballer too, and played against former Hammers striker Jermain Defoe at primary school level - "he scored five in the first half with me as a hapless defender and their teacher subbed him off at half-time as an act of mercy"Seagull, who grew up in East Ham, is best known for his stint on University Challenge as captain of the Emmanuel College Cambridge team, who lost to Eric Monkman in the 2016-17 semi-final.
Roda and Jong AZ will face each other in the upcoming match in the Eerste Divisie in Holland. Roda this season have the following results: 4W, 7D and 7L. Meanwhile Jong AZ have 5W, 4D and 9L. This season both these teams are usually playing attacking football in the league and their matches are often high scoring.
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.
Vibetsk have won three of their six league games but have a negative goal difference. They have scored just four goals and conceded five. Their last league game was a 2-0 loss at Isloch Minsk (currently second in the table) and that defeat ended a run of three unbeaten league matches. Four of their six league matches have been played away.
WEDNESDAY'S STORIES 20:00: Roberto Moreno has spoken after his replacement as Spain manager by Luis Enrique, who had stepped down earlier this year for family reasons. After what happened in these last days and after the agreement reached on Tuesday, November 19, I feel the need to make a statement to thank the support received during these months and say goodbye to the position of national coach.
They're still a dangerous team," Rodgers, whose side won the reverse fixture 2-1 in October, told reporters. When we played here earlier in the season it was a close game and no matter where any team sits, the Premier League is exceptionally tough. Leicester are looking to bounce back from a 2-1 defeat by Southampton last weekend.
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Breda is sitting on 6th place at this moment and they are 10 points away from a direct promotion place so of course given the fact that they face one of the worst clubs in the second league level in Holland, Oss, who really do not trouble to do more in such games but to defend from start to finish and hope they do not lose that much while their counters rarely produce goals for them, but I am being cautious could be just a one goal win for the hosts so no need to be risking money.
Ozil 'very close' to shock January loan move Mesut Ozil is reportedly "very close" to completing a loan move to Turkish club Fenerbahce, according to the Sun. The Arsenal playmaker has found himself out of favour at the Emirates Stadium in the last 18 months under former manager Unai Emery and the Sun state that incoming new boss Mikel Arteta "has been tasked with offloading" Ozil by club officials.
Middlesbrough have not played in England's third tier since 1986-87 and they have 10 games to ensure they do not drop to that level again next term. Jonathan Woodgate's Middlesbrough have drawn five and lost five of their past 10 Championship matchesMiddlesbrough head coach Jonathan Woodgate told BBC Tees:"I thought the decision at the end by the referee was the wrong decision.
He still had the drip sticking out of his wrist so I removed it and bandaged him up, and off we went to the game. We got beaten in that one as well. We got back and dad went straight to work - he didn't go home, never told his wife, and we were told to stay hush. That was fine until two weeks later a hospital bill for 600 euro came through the door. The McLeay family including father Hamish, who had just discharged himself from hospitalOrphan visits & private jetsJennifer Blackwood (Moldova & Faroe Islands)I used to be involved with a lot of Tartan Army charity work and we support children in every country we go to.
Frankfurt remains with only 28 points this season and they are lucky that Koln drew from 2-0 behind 2-2 at home yesterday with Dusseldorf at home as Frankfurt would only be just 2 points from the relegation zone right now but as things stand they are still 4 points above that area, but really poor defense losing 3-1 at home with Gladbach a game in which they were 2-0 down since the 6th minute and last round lost 5-2 at Bayern Munich as well, but could have well conceded even more goals as their defense is very weak.
Spurs have lost their identity and have not found an effective way of playing while the likes of Harry Kane and Son Heung-min are injured. Of course it means they cannot put out their best side, but if you lose your strikers you think 'ok, we have to redefine this team'. One way of doing that would be to become hard to beat, but Spurs have done the opposite in the past few weeks. They concede first in so many games.
The way forward?Uefa has outlined a path to this season's Champions League final. It starts with the outstanding second legs of the last 16 - including Manchester City's tie with Real Madrid - on 7 or 8 August. After that, individual games in two-legged ties would be played every three or four days - Sundays are left free for any domestic fixtures. Their back-up plan involves one-match ties instead of two.
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I don't know why but for me IMO this is very good value. I mean yes, Vitebsk are lately at much better form but Zhodino are the team with most quality and for sure with far more experienced players. After that very good start for the hosts they are now dealing with a tough period. They have only 1 won at the last 5 games and if u ask me today they have the perfect opportunity to get out of that crisis. Vitebsk I got to say are doing outstanding lately, and they don't know for a lost at the last 7 games which moved them to the 8th place. But still despides the better form when it comes to quality and experience Torpedo are by far the best team. Lipe Veloso, Ramos , Gorbachik, Yashin this are all great players that can make the difference at matches like this for sure .Traditionally Zhodino most of the time doesn't have any troubles against Vitebsk.
Gargždų miesto stadionas Stadium team will likely win this match when they are in better form than Trakai Riteriai. Specifically, Banga Gargzdai won the last 4/6 matches at home, won the last 5/10 matches, won the last 4/5 matches, won the last 3/5 matches at home. And Trakai Riteriai has lost the last 3/5 matches, the last 4/9 matches away, did not win the last 5/10 away matches and did not win the last 4/5 matches. Confrontation history shows that in the last 2 away games at Gargždų miesto stadionas, Trakai Riteriai won 1 lose 1, 1/2 match ended with more than 2 goals scored, counting 5 confrontations is over, Banga Gargzdai win 2 draws 1 lose 2, 3/5 matches have at least 3 goals scored.
The whole first-team squad and coaching staff, including manager Ralph Hasenhuttl, have deferred part of their salaries for April, May and June, to ensure non-playing staff continue to be paid. The figure for what percentage of their wages has been deferred has not been disclosed by the club. In an interview with BBC Sport, Ward-Prowse said being the first club "wasn't any part of the decision-making".
Martial also seems to have responded to Fernandes' arrival. The Frenchman's latest goal means he has found the net in three consecutive games for the first time since September 2017. The manner of it was superb - first nudging Christian Kabasele aside, then brilliantly finding space with a neat bit of skill after Foster's initial save had returned the ball to him before keeping his composure to chip into an empty net.
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The majority of Real Madrid’s attacking play came through the Croatian who found plenty of space between the Athletic Club defence and midfield. Questions have been asked of Modric over 2019, but he has ended the year in something close to his best form despite Real Madrid dropping two very valuable points in this match.
While the footballing focus this summer will be on Euro 2020, there are two British sides who will be going to a World Cup this summer. As Uefa holds its flagship tournament around Europe, with the final at Wembley, those places who are unable to join the established order of international football are focusing their attention on North Macedonia for the Conifa World Football Cup. So forget Wales and England - and potentially Scotland and Northern Ireland as well - instead it's time to get behind Kernow and the Parishes of Jersey.
Second from top will host second from bottom this Saturday evening as RB Leipzig take on Cologne. Leipzig will hope to take all three points from this Saturday's fixture to keep the pressure firmly on Borussia Monchengladbach at the top of the Bundesliga table.
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The Terriers aren’t scoring enough goals at home, having hit just 0.9 per game at this ground. They’ve won just twice in front of their home support this season, with just one victory in their last five here. Their poor form at their own ground has left them bottom of the home table, with a worse record than the sides in the drop zone.
Partick Thistle say they will not take legal action on the SPFL's resolution to end the lower-league seasons in Scotland, despite believing they have the option to do so. Thistle have been relegated from the Championship after Dundee's change to a 'yes' vote passed the plans. The Glasgow club were two points adrift at the bottom, but had a game in hand over Queen of the South in ninth. We can't be responsible for pushing even one club to the brink," they said.
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.
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It appears to contravene government guidelines over the coronavirus. Paper Round’s view: If the players and coach have been self-isolating, and if the individuals kept themselves far apart from another, then there is little to be worried about in terms of risk. However, given there is no indication that football will restart any time soon, then it seems like a needlessly provocative move from the players and Mourinho.
Senad Lulic volleyed Lazio back into the lead with 17 minutes to go. Juve had Rodrigo Bentancur sent off in injury time, and Danilo Cataldi curled home the resulting free-kick for Lazio. Juventus have only lost two games under Maurizio Sarri, both 3-1 to Lazio this month, having been beaten by Simeone Inzaghi's side in Serie A two weeks ago. This was Juve's eighth consecutive Super Cup appearance - having won Serie A each time - with four of those against Lazio, winning half of them.
It mattered not on what looks like a decisive occasion. Things absolutely imploded for Hearts immediately after the break. Julien rose unchallenged at a corner to power a header home, with Pereira stranded on his line. The French defender is an imposing figure, who is making a positive contribution at both ends of the pitch for the champions. The centre-back they have been crying out for. Another corner nearly caught Hearts again with both Simunovic then Scott Brown striking the same post.
The Europa league get a new best match for this pick over from 2.75 goals what can be a best new chance for our play at the mach between Gent and Roma get a secure new points to our score. If we see this four goals at this mach we will can look get a new secure full total win from maximum 8 points to our score. For this three goals we will can look get a half win and 4 points to our score what be a best new chance for a secure win at this mach now for best.
This is pick on visitors. They are fighting for promotion along with Stuttgart and Hamburger but it seems like no one from these 4 teams won't go to Bundesliga 1. Many bad results from these three teams in last few rounds. Heidenheim won't win at last 3 visit and it is time for them to wake up and try to win this one.
The Champions League in particular, with its financial inequality and confected structure which is designed to allow the richest and most powerful progress with the least trouble possible. But then you contemplate a night like tonight in the competition, and you’re ordering a Heineken with your Mastercard, but only one because you’ve got to drive your Nissan filled up with Gazprom to go buy some Pepsi and a PlayStation using money in your Santander bank account.
We come here to the game Regensburg vs Erzgebirge Aue. Both teams are in the secure mid table. Both had mixed results in the last 5 games. Here the goal is not to be lost and both can live well with one point. For the two table neighbors, there is nothing more involved, whereby the table position is decisive for the TV distribution money and therefore there is still something in it. The Jahn is tenth, one point ahead of the floodplain, and so the Jahn Aue can earn just under 800 thousand euros, which could also work, because there is a big discrepancy between home and away games at Aue. Therefore I assume a tie.
Let's continue with matches from Belorussia and I believe that this match will be bring very strong defenses. Of course, first reason for this bet is fact that both of teams are have very good defenses, and both of them are playing so far very very good - both of them are on pretty high positions on table. Torpedo is probably closer to win here, because rival is only team so far, believe it or not, who is still not lost any match in league. Energetik BDU is have 3-0-0 and they will probably lost this duel. Under is also ok.
Cagliari are one of the easiest scoring home teams in the league with 19 goals in 8 games at home. Only today's opponent Lazio has scored more goals at home so far this season. In the last 4 games at home Cagliari has scored a total of 14 goals. However, they also have kept a clean sheet only once at home this season.
Paper Round's view: It's a clever way of structuring a payment to their star player. Sporting have probably accepted that Fernandes will leave soon. Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur both held interest in the Portuguese over the summer, but Spurs' bid - which activated the bonus payment - was eventually rejected.
Furthermore, both of these two teams have averaged a relatively low amount of shots per game this season. Wolfsburg have taken 12.5 shots per game this season, while Freiburg have averaged 12.7 shots per game. This places both teams in 13th and 12th place respectively on the Bundesliga's shots per game table.
But the DCMS later said the meeting included discussions of how staging sporting events behind closed doors "could work in practice" if the situation changed and that became necessary. Wales' home Six Nations match against Scotland will be played as planned in Cardiff this weekend. Outside the UK, a number of events have been postponed - including the France v Ireland game in the Six Nations, which was set to be held in Paris on Saturday.
After 18 months away from football, his West Ham return began with a 4-0 home league win against Bournemouth on New Year's Day and an FA Cup victory over Gillingham. However, defeat by Sheffield United last time out left the Hammers 16th and just one point above the bottom three. They now face Moyes' former side Everton on Saturday. I was disappointed I didn't stay before, I felt the work we did warranted it, but I understand the owners can decide what they want to do," Moyes said.
There was no such late drama for City, whose in-form striker Bremer continued her fine form by making it 10 goals in five matches in all competitions. The 23-year-old Germany international had the holders 2-0 up on the Blades before half-time, after which midfielder Laura Coombs stretched their lead before Bremer completed her treble late on. Elsewhere, Abbie McManus and Jane Ross slotted Manchester United into a two-goal lead over Brighton, before Hope Powell's side ensured a nervy finish when Kayleigh Green netted from the spot on 82 minutes.
it will be a football game of the Spanish league between Getafe and Eibar. Getafe is in fifth place in the standings with a record of 13W, 8D and 8L, while Eibar is in sixth place with a record of 7W, 7D and 15L. Getafe only had one point from both games in Granada and the goalless draw against the last team, but remains in fifth place in the European place. Eibar is fighting against relegation. Eibar also only got one point, but had strong opponents with Bilbao (2-2) and Real (1-3) and only lost one of the last 4 games in Getafe, perhaps another surprise is expected in this game.
