I didn't realise until I saw Everton play that I was always an Everton fan, i just didn't know it. The season I started following them, 2013-14, we had a great run under Roberto Martinez and finished fifth. Since Martinez left in 2016, everything seems to have changed every year since. We have had four different managers and a lot of players have come and gone. I don't know how it is happened, but it felt like Ronald Koeman bought about 10 central midfielders when he was in charge [2016-17] yet now we have, like, one.
Last losing at Mallorca in October, Madrid are now 21 games unbeaten in all competitions. While they have scored plenty of goals in that time, the foundation of their success has been a rock-solid defence. After struggling during his debut season, Thibaut Courtois has emerged from that baptism of fire to become a commanding presence between the sticks for Madrid.
Match of Italian Serie B. Matchday number 15. Team Empoli will host team Ascoli. My bet will be over 2.75 goals. Empoli are in the middle part of the table. They didn't score at last 2 matches played. At home stadium before fans they must to do it tomorrow. Ascoli are more higher in the table. They takes 6 place with 21 points. At last 5 matches they scored and missed goals every time. Last own 4 matches between each other they did total over 2.75 goals. My bet from statistics and teams shape. It is a good way on that game .
Despite Europe's dominance, football is very much a global game with investment from football's emerging markets very much underpinning its continued growth. The English Premier League is represented by 18 clubs in the top 100, while the U. S. Major League Soccer (MLS) was the next best with 17. Los Angeles Football Club were rated highest from the MLS in 18th spot ahead of local rivals LA Galaxy at number 22.
Full TimePosted at 90'+7' Second Half ends, Brentford 1, West Bromwich Albion 0. Posted at 90'+5' Foul by Ollie Watkins (Brentford). Posted at 90'+5' Darnell Furlong (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 90'+3' Attempt missed. Saïd Benrahma (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick. Posted at 90'+2' Ollie Watkins (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Posted at 85' Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Harry Maguire. Posted at 85' Attempt blocked. Matt Doherty (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Daniel Podence with a cross. BookingPosted at 84' Luke Shaw (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Posted at 84' Foul by Luke Shaw (Manchester United). Posted at 84' Daniel Podence (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
That was when one or two had their last chance more or less. But we had to get to the summer first. As I've said a few times, Rome wasn't built in a day. But the culture, the attitude, the fitness, the camaraderie, the spirit and maybe even the understanding between players have improved. I'm 100% sure we will put in a better performance this time.
Trakai II will play against Vilniaus Vytis in the 1 Lyga of Lithuania on Friday. Trakai II finished 12th in the 1 Lyga last season and they lost two of the three Matches this season. They won home game to Nevezis Kedainiai by 3-2 but lost both away matches. They conceded 7 goals in three Matches. While Vilniaus Vytis finished third last season and missed Promotion by single point. They ended last season with unbeaten run of 13 matches including 12 wins. They also won all the three Matches this season including 2-0 away win against FK Atmosfera. So Vilniaus Vytis likely to win .
They won at Chelsea, their biggest rivals for fourth, on Monday, and followed it up with this victory. Although the signs are encouraging, United have been so erratic all season that it would be unwise to get carried away. Their next three league games – Everton, Manchester City and Spurs – will give a clearer indication of their chances.
Meanwhile, River Plate arrive a wounded beast after a dramatic Copa Libertadores final defeat to Flamengo in Lima last weekend. Marcelo's Gallardo's troops were set to become only the second team ever to record back-to back Libertadores title wins but somehow went from winning in the 89th minute to being 2-1 losers at full time, leaving hearts broken.
Neal Maupay converted from the spot for 2-2. What was the match outcome? Brighton scored again in the 94th minute through Lucas Digne's own goal to win 3-2. What they said: "If VAR saw something in our box, why didn't it see 15 minutes earlier the penalty for Richarlison," said Toffees boss Marco Silva. Because of that my players are in the dressing room and don't understand. If they see one for one side then they have to see for the other side too.
Spurs qualified for the Champions League four times under Pochettino, having only played in two European Cup campaigns in their history beforehand. His teams play with a good footballing style, but he has yet to win a trophy as a manager - losing last season's Champions League final to Liverpool. Media playback is not supported on this device Arsenal are not in a 'good moment' - Unai Emery Eddie HoweCurrent job: Bournemouth managerPrevious teams managed: BurnleyMajor trophies won: None The 42-year-old Englishman is a legend at Bournemouth, having led them from the League Two relegation zone to becoming an established Premier League team.
However, the possibility has been slammed as ‘hopeless’ by Dr Willie Stewart, who discovered the possible link with football and dementia. He believes that the change does not go far enough. Paper Round’s view: Football’s policies on concussion should be led by doctors, and the more we know the more it seems that taking head injuries seriously is common sense.
Posted at 90'+4' Foul by David McGoldrick (Sheffield United). SubstitutionPosted at 90'+3' Substitution, Arsenal. Sokratis replaces Nicolas Pépé. Goal!Posted at 90'+1' Goal! Sheffield United 1, Arsenal 2. Dani Ceballos (Arsenal) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Posted at 90' Dani Ceballos (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 90' Foul by Oliver McBurnie (Sheffield United).
Away from home, Huddersfield have won just one of their last five, losing three of the other four. They've also got a problem at the back, as they've conceded too many goals of late, shipping five against Stoke last time out, while they're without a clean sheet in five and have shut their opponents out just once since the first week in November.
These two clubs both have coaches since 2016 at the club and during their reign at their clubs they have met no less than 7 times here, except for two wins of Sangju here once with 1-0 and once with 2-0 the other games finished 4 times with the home side winning but conceding at least a goal or two and a 2-2 draw as well and those 5 games that Ulsan did not lose were all with over 3.5 goals scored in them making it a percentage of somewhere near 69% over 3.5 goals completed when they met here since both coaches are at their respective clubs.
They have only managed eight top-half finishes since they last won the league in 1959. But unless they at least match last season's seventh place, it will be viewed by some as a disappointment. These are the aspirations that exist at Molineux now, even if a sober realism is also taking hold. Guo Guangchang has been described as the 'Warren Buffett of China' in the mediaFirst the good news for Wolves fans.
Xavi confirmed media reports that he had spoken to Barca's sporting director Eric Abidal and chief executive Oscar Grau over the weekend. He did not give details of the meeting but acknowledged that he would love to take charge of his former side one day. I cannot say anything, they were here to talk to me and we discussed many things.
What you need to do when you are in a real crisis mode, is you need to come together and try to work something out together and that is what didn’t happen," he said. A conference call last week, between the players, clubs, union and league officials, failed to bring a resolution over pay and other issues and Campbell said such a blanket approach was ill-suited to finding common ground.
I will back the hosts to get the win here as they won 3-1 and 4-1 their previous two home games against Jong Utrecht team with a very strong start to this season just that lately especially away from home they have not been scoring and lost 3 games in a row even a 4-0 defeat for them and since they have a bad record here and the hosts are scoring more goals than needed to win their games even on the road lately being in fine form right now will back a 2 goals win or bigger of the hosts here.
Tranmere haven't been great at home, but Accrington even poorer on the road, where they've won just one out of ten. They've avoided defeat in four of the other nine, but their recent efforts haven't been great. Stanley have lost three of their last four away, scoring one goal and conceding seven in the process.
This is first match for today from Europa Youth league where I will bet on goals and that is pretty ok option, even odds are not so big. Rangers was pretty efficient in last period and in last round in this European competiton, they are beat Slovan in Bratislava, 2-1, of course, also young team. On the other side, Atletico Madrid is much more efficient, than their A team, who is playing all the time, boring with strong defense. This team is in last few matches played, 3-0, 2-1, 0-2, 2-0, 2-3 and 0-4. Yes, over is ok here, really is.
Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl has a signed a new four-year contract running until 2024. The 52-year-old Austrian took charge at St Mary's in December 2018 with the club in the relegation zone, guiding them to safety in his first season. Southampton assistant coach Richard Kitzbichler has also extended his deal. This was a simple decision because of the relationship that I have built with the club, the players and the fans," Hasenhuttl said.
Two giants of Belgian football clash in the cup on Thursday night. It’s not been a great year for Anderlecht so far, but the hosts will be hoping to build on a mixed campaign with success in this quarter-final clash. They are taking on league leaders Club Brugge, a side who have just set up a 2020 meeting with Manchester United in the Europa League.
Lecce need to start picking up results in order to stay clear of danger, but can they pick up a victory here? It should be a winnable game for Lecce, but the hosts have failed to win seven of their nine clashes with top-half sides so far this season. Despite threatening going forward of late, we don’t have faith in Lecce to pull off a win.
Manchester City will be looking to get the defence of their Premier League title back on track when they host Chelsea on Saturday. City were beaten by league leaders Liverpool in their last outing, as the Reds moved nine points clear of Pep Guardiola's side. But Frank Lampard's young Blues have been one of the surprise packages of the season, and are a point above City in third. So which players would make your combined XI?Select your line-up in your preferred formation and then share on social media using #bbcfootball.
Burnley says it "strongly condemns" those behind a banner reading 'White Lives Matter Burnley' being towed by an aircraft over Etihad Stadium prior to Monday's match against Manchester City. The aircraft circled over the stadium shortly after Burnley and City players and staff took a knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement before kick-off in the Premier League game. Burnley strongly condemns the actions of those responsible for the aircraft and offensive banner," said a club statement.
Zhodino become draw specialists. They played two goalless draws in the last two rounds - with BATE Borisov and Rukh Brest. Both matches finished with the same result - 0:0. The good thing is they did not conceded. But on the opposite, they failed to score a single goal on the last two matches which is poor. FC Minsk, meanwhile, have nine points. They have three wins and three defeats in the first six rounds, meaning they are yet to play a draw. However it is clear they will play a draw, soon or later. Coach Razin will definitely be satisfy with one point here.
In recent weeks, Keith Hill's men have really started to get the hang of making their presence felt in the final third, scoring in each of their last four, notching a respectable total of six goals. Make no mistake about it, despite recently making it into the positive in terms of points, Bolton still have an almost unachievable task ahead of them regarding staying up, but if they can continue to score regular goals, then there's no reason as to why they cannot continue the fight for survival until the death.
Simeone's side drew too many games last term as they finished a distant second to Barcelona, and they are already seven points off the pace after failing to beat the likes of Valladolid (0-0), Alaves (1-1) and Villarreal (0-0) on their travels in recent weeks – teams all currently positioned in the bottom eight.
Little wonder, then, that the former Arsenal and Chelsea left-back is in the Match of Their Day hot seat on what would have been FA Cup final weekend. The 39-year-old won the FA Cup seven times - three with the Gunners and four with the Blues - and played in a total of eight finals. Watch the latest Match of Their Day with Ashley ColeCole has picked his first and last FA Cup wins, when Arsenal beat Chelsea 2-0 in 2002 and Chelsea triumphed 2-1 against Liverpool in 2012.
But then not many strikers are like Adebayo Akinfenwa. The Beast', who signed for Wycombe Wanderers from AFC Wimbledon in 2016, scored his 54th EFL goal for the Adams Park outfit on Saturday to pass previous club record holder Nathan Tyson. But it proved to be a bittersweet afternoon for Akinfenwa, now 37, as his side were beaten 3-1 by Doncaster Rovers.
Gareth Bale for Real MadridMinutes playedStarts13-143,3293614-154,0384615-162,3812916-171,9342417-182,3612618-192,6222919-201,26014Bale and his people did, however, make one last attempt in October to convince the club that a move was in the best interests of everyone, but was met by a wall of silence firstly from Zidane, whose response was to play him less and less, and then Perez who, having previously felt that Bale represented the new future of Real Madrid, effectively and unceremoniously kicked him into the long grass.
Chelsea's Olivier Giroud has scored seven Premier League goals against Liverpool; only versus Aston Villa and Newcastle (both eight) has he netted more in the competition. Christian Pulisic has scored nine Premier League goals for Chelsea this season; among American players, only Clint Dempsey (17 in 2011-12 and 12 in 2010-11) has ever scored more in a campaign - his goal was the 1,000th scored in this season's Premier League.
Everton, who are now 16th in the standings, are expected to announce a new permanent manager soon, with Carlo Ancelotti widely reported to be the front-runner for the position. If it is to end tomorrow, then hopefully it will end on a high," Ferguson told a news conference on Friday. The players have been incredible.
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The atmosphere would have been, ahem, electric. They didn’t win the bid. Barcelona's new campThe Catalan club went back and forth for a while over whether to build a new stadium or redevelop their iconic home the Nou Camp. One proposal included a stadium off the bay of the city, connected by a bridge. In the end they settled on increasing the capacity of the Nou Camp year-on-year, with a goal of 105,000 by the 2021-22 season.
Everton deservedly led at half-time after Richarlison headed in powerfully from Djibril Sidibe's cross, although Leicester had a penalty rightly ruled out by VAR after Ben Chilwell went down in a challenge with Mason Holgate. Silva's side were pulled back after 68 minutes when Jamie Vardy arrived unmarked at the back post to steer in Iheanacho's effort as it flew across the face of goal. Vardy missed a good chance to win it for Leicester but then came that dramatic finale - and now Silva must wait to see if he is in charge for Wednesday's Merseyside derby at Anfield.
Manchester City will meet Aston Villa in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley on 1 March – but they were given a scare by Manchester United on a nervy night at the Etihad. Nemanja Matic scored and was sent off as United came within one goal of taking the semi-final to penalties. See alsoManchester City v Manchester United - League Cup LIVE City were the better side for much of the game, with David de Gea forced to make a number of good saves, but they failed to put United away and were glad to hear the final whistle.
When Harris took over in November, Cardiff were languishing in 14th place but, with a subtle evolution of their playing style, the former Millwall boss had made the Bluebirds promotion contenders once more. Those tweaks to the Bluebirds' approach were evident as they started positively against Fulham, moving the ball swiftly and creating two early chances. Right-back Leandro Bacuna pushed forward to fashion the first, cutting inside and hitting a powerful left-footed shot which Marek Rodak could only parry into the path of Robert Glatzel, who looked destined to tap in before Michael Hector intervened with a superb sliding tackle.
Marcus Rashford had tested Bernd Leno in the first minute, but once they went behind to Pepe's opener, they struggled to match Arsenal's superior energy in midfield. Jesse Lingard, who returned to the starting line-up, was hardly involved while Nemanja Matic could not get to grips with Mesut Ozil, Torreira or Xhaka, who were often one step ahead. It was another game where Solskjaer's team missed the influence of Pogba, who has not started a game in three months, and the mystery over his omission continued as the United boss said he had picked up an ankle injury which could keep him out for a few weeks.
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More than two-thirds of the way has passed and La U Universitarios and Santos de Guapiles are sharing the last 2 places on the chart. However, they are not too worried because the Costa Rica league this season has no name to relegate. With home advantage, the La U Universitarios is a little more appreciated is also understandable. But the owner only accept the price, handicap level according to the writer is not satisfactory for La U Universitarios. But do not forget that the performance of La U Universitarios against Santos de Guapiles is not good. La U Universitarios are not bad at home and they have not lost in the last 6/7 round and won 2/3 recent matches.
During this period they have scored an impressive 12 goals, and on Wednesday they face a MK Dons side that have lost five of their last eight at home. All things considered, the price for a Bristol Rovers Win looks excellent value for money here.
At the time, City said they were "disappointed but not surprised" by the "prejudicial" decision and would appeal. Uefa launched an investigation after German newspaper Der Spiegel published leaked documents in November 2018 alleging City had inflated the value of a sponsorship deal, misleading European football's governing body. Reports alleged City - who have always denied wrongdoing - deliberately misled Uefa so they could meet financial fair play rules requiring clubs to break even.
A place in the last 32 of the Europa League secured, but points were dropped in the title race and a cup final was lost. Fir Park was another big obstacle against a Motherwell side that could have narrowed the gap on their opponents to four points if they could manage a first home win against them since 2002. And the hosts threatened early, with Rangers captain James Tavernier's intervention stopping Devante Cole adding the finishing touch to Christopher Long's cut-back.
Champions League: What have we learned from group stage?Jurgen Klopp rejects Champions League expansion claimsThis season's final is on 30 May at the Ataturk Stadium in Istanbul, the ground where Liverpool won the epic 2005 final against AC Milan when they came back from three down to draw 3-3 and win on penalties. The Reds' last-16 draw also takes them back to the stadium in which they won last year's final - Atletico's Wanda Metropolitano.
