The Club World Cup clashed with Liverpool's Carabao Cup quarter-final with Aston Villa, meaning they had to send separate teams to compete in the competitions. A youthful Reds side lost that game 5-0 at Villa Park but the first team were able to add another trophy to the cabinet and they return to England with a 10-point lead at the top of the Premier League and with a game in hand over their rivals.
MAN OF THE MATCH - Casemiro (Real Madrid) Casemiro’s engine got Real Madrid through this match. The Brazilian midfielder came within a VAR review of opening the scoring with an excellent header having scored twice against Sevilla last weekend, but his drive and energy through the centre of the pitch was key to Real Madrid opening up pockets of space in attack in the second half.
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Meyer N/A KEY MOMENTS 66' - Close! Almost a goal from straight from a corner. Aanholt's delivery is over everyone but Dubravka misjudges the flight of the ball and it almost sneaks in at the far post. Benteke is denied! A beautifully weighted pass picks out Benteke who leaves Fernandez in his wake with his pace but then sees his venomous shot beaten away by Dubravka.
The hosts have failed to score in 33% of their home games while RKC have failed to score in just 22% of their away games, which suggests we are in with a decent chance of seeing both teams score this Sunday. Den Haag are yet to score in both halves of any home game this season and exactly two goals have been produced in 33% of their home matches, which points towards a 1-1 draw being the most likely result this weekend.
This time it was striker Cenk Tosun, who had come on early for the injured Alex Iwobi, and he was clearly unhappy at being replaced by Moise Kean. Reaction to Everton v Arsenal, plus the rest of Saturday's Premier League actionFerguson gives Ancelotti a baseNo-one can deny this was a dreadful affair, but caretaker manager Ferguson can take credit for the points he has picked up from a run of league games that looked hazardous - and plenty of Everton fans stayed behind at the end to warmly applaud a figure they regard as a hero.
Celaya fc have recently had 2 wins and 1 draw. They have scored 4 goals and conceded 3 goals in the last 5 league matches. At home they managed to win 4 and lose 1 of their last 5 league games scoring 9 goal and conceding 4.
So far, it’s been a perfect spell at Stoke for Northern Ireland manager Michael O’Neill. However, you have to wonder what impact his time with his national side had over recent weeks. Instead of spending two weeks on the training ground with his players, he managed his country against Germany and Holland. While Stoke won games either side of that, they were away to the league’s worst home side before hosting the division’s worst travellers.
Today will be played first few games at the program of the new round at Hungarian elite league. Rivals at this match will be the teams of Ujpest and Debrecen. This game have relation at the battle for survival because both teams are directly engaged at this battle.
There is also the potential for a play-off involving teams in fifth, sixth and seventh to determine a European place and address concerns about potentially meaningless fixtures. The second and third tier can decide on nature of their split. Budge also pledged to share Covid-19 testing facilities and resources with clubs across the divisions to help cover the costs of enabling players to return to training and playing matches.
An error by veteran goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon saw Juventus held by Sassuolo at Allianz Stadium. Leonardo Bonucci opened the scoring after 20 minutes with a deflected strike before Jeremie Boga's deft chip levelled the scores shortly after. The away side then took the lead just after the interval as Buffon fumbled Francesco Caputo's effort into the net. Cristiano Ronaldo was on hand to equalise and save his team's blushes with a penalty with 22 minutes left.
Konyaspor vs Trabzonspor predictions for Monday's Turkish Super Lig action. The visitors arrive in the better shape of the two and have to be considered favourites to secure maximum points. Read on for all our free Turkish Super Lig predictions and betting tips.
MANCHESTER, England, April 1 (Reuters) - Tottenham Hotspur's decision to impose a 20% wage reduction on 550 non-playing staff due to the impact of the coronavirus has prompted increased pressure on Premier League players to take a pay cut or a deferral of wages. The Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) are in talks with the Premier League over how best to deal with the current suspension of competition, but the moves by some clubs to use the government's furlough scheme has prompted sharp criticism.
SubstitutionPosted at 76' Substitution, Everton. Anthony Gordon replaces Dominic Calvert-Lewin. Posted at 73' César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the right wing. Posted at 73' Foul by André Gomes (Everton). Posted at 72' Attempt missed. Faustino Anjorin (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Will such a busy schedule work against them in view of the lacklustre performance against Newcastle?"They were too laboured, they did not move it quick enough and that's why they were punished today," former City midfielder Michael Brown told BBC Radio 5 Live. They have let Liverpool get that lead now. They have not been themselves. Media playback is not supported on this device Liverpool 2-1 Brighton: Adrian was my man of the match Will injuries bite hard?Liverpool were without key midfielder Fabinho against Brighton, and the Brazilian is unlikely to play again until next year because of ankle ligament damage.
ZURICH, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Swiss prosecutors are preparing to return money to the South American soccer association that was seized from Swiss bank accounts during a sweeping global probe of corruption involving world soccer officials. One of the bank accounts, at Credit Suisse, contains nearly $500,000 and was owned by Eduardo Carlos Deluca, the former head of the South American Football Confederation, and Andres Castelli, a former Latin America regional director at world soccer association FIFA, prosecutors said.
Only Andy Cole (nine), Les Ferdinand (nine) and Matt Le Tissier (eight) have scored more Premier League goals on the final day than Tottenham striker Harry Kane (seven in six final-day games). Giovani lo Celso's two Premier League assists for Tottenham have come in his past three appearances in the competition (28 games in total). Tottenham striker Harry Kane netted his 31st goal in Premier League London derbies, with only three players managing more (Thierry Henry got 43, Teddy Sheringham and Frank Lampard each got 32).
With McTominay and Fred sitting deeper, United could give Pogba a free role higher up the pitch and not have to worry about what he brings going the other way. He has never been a sitting midfielder anyway. He is an attack-minded player who hurts teams in the final third and brings his team-mates into the game in those areas. Forward-thinker makes Martial come alive' Pogba played 30 passes after coming off the bench against Watford, with a 90% success rate.
Posted at 75' Attempt blocked. Jiri Skalak (Millwall) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Posted at 75' Attempt missed. Jake Cooper (Millwall) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Shaun Williams with a cross following a corner. Posted at 74' Corner, Millwall.
50% of Boavista’s home games and 40% of Benfica’s away games have seen both teams score, while 60% of the visitor’s away games have also produced over 2.5 goals. Boavista have scored 6 goals at home and have only conceded 4 and Benfica have scored 11 goals on the road and have only conceded 2, adding weight to our prediction for a 2-1 Benfica victory.
A drive-in. The club plans to set up two big screens in their stadium car-park, with up to 2,000 parking spaces being made available. It would allow up to 10,000 fans to tune into the TV commentary through their car radio. Live footage of the car-park will then be screened inside the MCH Arena to enable players to feel the fans’ presence. We are working hard to create the best possible experience," said Preben Rokkjaer, the club’s marketing director.
Weirdest moment covering footballWhen sent to cover a World Cup qualifier between Macedonia and Scotland in 2008, the nearest available hotel was in Sofia. So match summariser Kevin Gallacher and I had to drive over a mountain pass from Bulgaria into Macedonia and back to cover the match in Skopje. A journey that took six hours there and six hours back had more than its share of thrills and spills along the way.
Except for the opening two games played by Khimik I lost always when they played betting that they lose big away at both Sputnik and Arsenal they only lost 1-0 those games and while last round I switched sides and took under 3 goals at Volna Pinsk the score was 2-2 quite fast and after that Khimik received two red cards and lost the game with 4-2 in the end so no less than 6 goals scored and on the good side for this bet is that Khimik finally scored even 2 goals last game as I watched them against both Sputnik and Arsenal and came quite close to scoring even in those games.
England boss Southgate said last month he was prepared to recall Vardy but wanted to give younger players in his squad an opportunity. Spurs striker Harry Kane is the Three Lions captain and Chelsea forward Tammy Abraham, second in the Premier League scoring charts with 11 this term, has also earned his chance for the national team. If you are talking about being deserving, he would be in it a long time ago," explained Rodgers.
Italy went on to win the World Cup on penalties - but the story of that final, outside of Italy, will always be Zidane's France finale. Sergio Aguero scores an injury-time winner for Man City to secure the Premier League titleManchester City 3-2 Queens Park Rangers - Etihad Stadium, 13 May 2012This even topped Michael Thomas's title winner at Liverpool for late drama - arguably the greatest game of the Premier League era.
The home team have lost only once in their past 10 home matches they are a team who wins often at home and not many of their matches are draws. They look to be in better form with the away team losing some of their most recent matches in football. Also the away team have not had much success at this ground in recent times it has been a very long time since they have come here and actually won a match of football. Can see them losing this match but will take the double chance on the handicap to be safe.
If Neil Lennon's side win at Celtic Park and Cluj lose to Lazio in Rome then the Scottish champions will top the section and avoid Champions League dropouts in the last 32. Rennes cannot qualify, having failed to win any of their opening four matches. BBC Scotland has the team news and stats to preview the match. Seat closure right decision by Celtic - LennonCeltic partially close section for Rennes visitQuiz: Test your knowledge of Celtic's Rennes connectionsTeam newsForward Mikey Johnston returns to the Celtic squad for the first time since the 1 September win over Rangers after suffering hip and groin problems, but versatile wide man Jonny Hayes misses out with a shoulder injury, while in-form 18-year-old right-back Jeremie Frimpong was not registered for the Europa League.
It's hard to know how the change in management will affect either team. It's also hard to know how playing in an empty stadium will affect the home advantage of Incheon. There are many variables that are hard to factor into any prediction that can be made. Yet Daegu's dominance in this fixture leads us to believe that they can start the season with a win.
Posted at 78' Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Chris Martin. Posted at 77' Corner, Crystal Palace. Conceded by Tom Lawrence. SubstitutionPosted at 76' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Sam Woods replaces Jairo Riedewald because of an injury. SubstitutionPosted at 75' Substitution, Derby County. Max Bird replaces Tom Huddlestone.
Posted at 85' Foul by Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea). Posted at 85' Angelo Ogbonna (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 83' Attempt missed. Olivier Giroud (Chelsea) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Marcos Alonso with a cross. Posted at 83' Offside, West Ham United. Angelo Ogbonna tries a through ball, but Aaron Cresswell is caught offside.
I'm looking forward to kicking on to this second half of the season. With the fact that we've lost Janine (Beckie) and Lee (Geum-min), two of our key players, to their Olympic qualifiers, so it's time for somebody else to come in and do their job just like everybody else has. The Citizens will certainly need to make the most of everyone available as they continue to battle having snuck to the top of the WSL standings seemingly without anyone noticing last time out.
Derby came agonisingly close to getting promoted last season. A play-off final win away from reaching the top tier, they then had to deal with key players (and their manager) returning to Chelsea. It has taken a few months but it looks as though Phillip Cocu finally has a handle on things. We expect Derby to keep up their good form with a win over Huddersfield. Back Derby to win and both teams to score.
Smolevichy-STI will host Shakhtyor Soligorsk for this fixture of the league. I believe, the visitors have better team than their opponent. Shakhtyor are more ambitious team in this league. They probably want to get all three points. However, this will not be an easy task. Shakhtyor is not very good team at the start of the new season. In any case, they will have to invest a great effort in this game. Also, we have Smolevichi who's is one of the teams of relegation zone. Hosts have a poor results. I think, the hosts want at least one point. They will pay attention on their defense. Maybe this is - draw.
Man Utd only showing half of what we can do' - RashfordFirst half was worst we have played this season, say SolskjaerThe England international completed the full 90 minutes at Molineux, having told his manager he was happy to continue, although he was not walking freely as he left the stadium. He missed Tuesday's Carabao Cup semi-final first-leg defeat by Manchester City at Old Trafford, after which United face a home FA Cup replay against Wolves, two Premier League matches - at Liverpool and at home to Burnley - and the second leg of their tie against Pep Guardiola's side.
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Saracens have won three of their last four home games. Sale have lost three of their last four away matches. Saracens have scored 109 points in their last two home league fixtures. Saracens will finish bottom of the Premiership after yet more deductions. They host Sale Sharks who are third in the table, four points behind the league leaders.
Bronze's Lionesses team-mate Ellen White was ninth in the Ballon d'Or ranking after finishing as joint top scorer at the World Cup with six goals. BBC Sport has launched #ChangeTheGame to showcase female athletes in a way they never have been before. Through more live women's sport available to watch across the BBC in 2019, complemented by our journalism, we are aiming to turn up the volume on women's sport and alter perceptions.
All things considered, we think Corinthians will secure victory easily and fancy backing them on the -1 handicap. Avai have conceded an average of 2.07 goals a game over their last 13 games, whilst scoring just 5 times and with that in mind, we think they'll fall to a 3-0 defeat this Thursday.
Groningen have kept clean sheets in 57% of their home games but Utrecht are yet to keep a clean sheet on the road and 57% of the host’s home games have ended in a win-to-nil and they have scored in all of their home matches so far, which provides even more reason to back a 1-0 win for Groningen this weekend. Groningen average 1.86 points per home game while Utrecht average 1.14 points per away game and with that in mind we believe the hosts will avoid defeat on Sunday.
Copa del Rey wonder goal Real Madrid 2-1 Barcelona, 16 April, 2014What's the best way to announce yourself to your new fans, to show the exactly what you can do and how devastatingly effective you can be? How about scoring a sensational solo goal, with five minutes remaining, to win a cup final against your biggest rivals?Bale did it. His stunning individual goal won the Copa del Rey for Real Madrid as they beat Barcelona 2-1 in Valencia.
Ezequiel Schelotto replaces Martín Montoya. SubstitutionPosted at 77' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Yves Bissouma replaces Dale Stephens. Posted at 74' Attempt missed. Harvey Barnes (Leicester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Youri Tielemans following a fast break. Posted at 73' Corner, Brighton and Hove Albion. Conceded by Çaglar Söyüncü.
Through Keegan's astute recruitment, encouragement of an emerging generation of local talents and uncompromising commitment to attacking football, Newcastle became a Premier League force, later labelled 'The Entertainers' for their cavalier style. I used to come back to London and people would say, 'I don't support Newcastle, but whenever I know they're on TV I make sure I watch'," remembers striker Les Ferdinand.
Even away from home, Rangers, who've scored an impressive 17 goals in seven travelling matches, have made light work of getting the job done. We're in December and Gerrard's title-challengers are still unbeaten away from home. Every other team in the division has tasted defeat at least once on the road.
Despite the victory in last round at away against Le Havre, Orleans remain at the bottom of standings with a very small chances to avoid relegation in current season, their defense is weak and their attack have a lack of efficiency. On the other side, Troyes is at 4th place, with a good chances to reach direct promotion, and three victories in a row, their confidence is boosted and I am sure they are eager to continue with a victories. Troyes will be without suspended midfielder Kouyate, but with Media and Suk in attack, I am sure they can win in this duel with more than 1.5 goals AH.
So far this season Reims have a record of 3-6-1(win - draw- lost) this season at home in this game Reims are partially the favorite to win, they have only scored 9 goals from 10 games played at home this season but they are doing absolutely good defensively because of this this they have only conceded 5 goals from 10 games.
Fortuna Dusseldorf have conceded 33 home league goals. Eight of the last ten Fortuna Dusseldorf league and cup games have seen both teams score Fortuna Dusseldorf have only kept one clean sheet in their last eight home league goals and that was against Paderborn who are bottom of the league. Fortuna Dusseldorf are struggling towards the bottom of the table.
I will bet on goals in this match from Faroe Islands and of course, I will take this option, similar like I was take in some earlier duels. So, KI II is team who is probably closer to win here, but it is better to bet on goals. In last round, this team is lost 1-3 and they will surely try to play this match much better and try to win three points. On the other side, 07 Vestur is team who is in two of last four matches, played also with three or more goals. Over is really ok here.