Clubs would get creative, masking the empty seats with banners or fake cardboard "fans" and giving a select few a front-row seat via a video call on the big screen, as would the TV companies, piping artificial crowd noise onto games to provide the illusion of an atmosphere. It has been tougher on some fans than others - Liverpool and Leeds fans, for example, have missed out on long-awaited moments of glory, while Northampton and Wycombe supporters had to watch their team's respective play-off victories at Wembley from afar.
Dimitar Berbatov was often viewed as lazy during his time playing in England. What his critics didn’t know was that this was all a part of the striker’s plan. In a wide-ranging interview with BBC Radio 5 Live, the former Tottenham and Manchester United forward revealed that his languid playing style was in fact a ploy to lull defenders into a false sense of security. With 94 goals in 229 Premier League games, it would be fair to say that it often worked.
When last in action at this venue, Hearts beat St. Mirren by five goals to two. If they can repeat such attacking antics, then there's no reason as to why they cannot hurt a Livingston side that has struggled to defend away from home.
Click here to read Ben Snowball's take on why VVD should have topped this year's billing. Liverpool's Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk and his wife Rike Nooitgedagt (L) arrive to attend the Ballon d'Or France Football 2019 ceremony at the Chatelet Theatre in Paris on December 2, 2019. Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP) (Photo by FRANCK FIFE/AFP via GeGetty Images 09:40 - Alisson thrilled to feature in top 10 Video - Alisson: ‘It’s great for a goalkeeper to make the Ballon d’Or top ten’01:00 09:20 - Meanwhile in Italy 09:15 - De Ligt: I don't know why people chose me In finishing 15th Matthijs de Ligt picked up the Kopa Trophy for the best player in the world under 21 - safe to say the 20-year-old is not quite sure how he has done that, despite a monster season for Ajax before moving to Juventus.
I fancy both the home win and the over 2.5 goals bet to happen here just like last season when Eibar won at home with 2-1 against Alaves who is really not that great away team and concedes goals much more easier on the road than away from home a couple of 4-1 or 4-2 defeats for them away from home and they were not world class opponents either so their defense can really not be trusted here but they should find the back of the net and I will take the over 2.5 goals bet here in this fixture at decent odds.
After a thorough analysis of stats, recent form and H2H through BetClan's algorithm, as well as, tipsters advice for the match FK Sputnik vs FC Khimik Svetlogorsk this is our Prediction. FK Sputnik for the Winner of the match, with a probability of 71%
Real Esteli have failed to score in their last two league fixtures. Chinandega have only conceded four home league goals this season. 10 out of 15 Real Esteli league games this season have had under 2.5 goals scored. Real Esteli have been crowned overall Nicaraguan champions for each of the past four seasons.
Full TimeSecond Half ends, Hull City 0, Luton Town 1. Post updateGlen Rea (Luton Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Post updateFoul by Josh Magennis (Hull City). SubstitutionSubstitution, Luton Town. Peter Kioso replaces Martin Cranie. Post updateOffside, Hull City. Callum Elder tries a through ball, but Mallik Wilks is caught offside. Post updateDanny Hylton (Luton Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
I’d kill him,” he said on Sky Sports. He just takes too long. What is he waiting for? If you’re going to make a decision, at least do it quickly. These are huge moments for United, in terms of trying to get in the top four. I think there’s almost a bit of arrogance to it – ‘look at me, give me time’.
Home advantage has hardly made a difference for West Ham this season. Miserably, the hosts have been at the losing end in seven of their past twelve games here. Worse yet, they have come away with the win just twice so far.
But Eden Hazard separated both sides in their favour and they won the match. And in the league we swam right up to the shore and died on the beach. We effectively lost a top-four finish at home in two games, a draw against Brighton and a loss to Crystal Palace. These happened at a time when we were heavily involved in the Europa League. There were things that happened that impeded our chances of responding as well as we would have wanted, such as the injuries to Rob Holding, Hector Bellerin and Aaron Ramsey.
The final game from the Championship this weekend sees West Brom aiming to add to their brilliant form, which has put them on course for a place in the Premier League next term. The Baggies moved seven-points clear of third when they won 1-0 at Preston on Monday night, while another strong result will continue their rush for the top flight.
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Posted at 58' Corner, Liverpool. Conceded by Tim Krul. Posted at 58' Attempt saved. Naby Keita (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Mohamed Salah. Posted at 55' Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Arsenal's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang needs to "secure a contract with a more ambitious club," says the president of the Gabon Football Association. The striker finished last season as the joint-top scorer in the Premier League with 22 goals. His contract is set to expire at the end of the 2020-21 season. Right now, he's at Arsenal, and he's won nothing here, so it's a collective failing," Pierre Alain Mounguengui told ESPN.
Martial struck a minute before the break with a simple finish after Andreas Pereira had robbed Burnley defender Charlie Taylor and slipped the ball across to the French forward. United dominated possession in the first half with Burnley struggling to create any sort of openings and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side would have been disappointed to only have a single goal advantage.
I was developing bit by bit. Mbappe is already in his peak at 20. Insigne ruled out of Liverpool crunch clash Napoli have been dealt yet another blow with the news that Lorenzo Insigne out of Wednesday's Champions League clash with Liverpool at Anfield. The winner will seal qualification for the round of 16, while the loser will be vulnerable to a late charge from third-placed Red Bull Salzburg.
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He fights hard for everyone. He's been unlucky. He will gain confidence from this and knows how everyone appreciates him. Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang speaking to Sky Sports: "We started not at our best but in the second half we put some more energy in and we scored the goals. We spoke at half-time and the coach told me to stay as a second striker and take my position off Eddie [Nketiah].
Three of Osasuna’s last four matches have ended in over 2. They have one win in five home matches though the last two have produced clean sheets. Osasuna have failed to score in just one of their last eight home matches but they have one win in their last seven La Liga matches. In the last 15 league matches, they have managed just three clean sheets.
Malaga B manager Sergio Pellicer will act as first-team coach until a new appointment is made. Sanchez had previously said he had been blackmailed over the video prior to it being published. Spanish police are investigating Sanchez's allegation. A 41-year-old man was detained on Friday for illegally sharing the video online, Spanish police said, adding that the man was released after questioning. Malaga, who reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League in 2013, are currently 16th in the Spanish Segunda Division, just one point above the relegation zone.
We had about 26 of us on this small executive jet with its own bar. It was phenomenal. We rocked up at Glasgow Airport at 3am and had our own check-in desk and security. It was one of the best experiences of my life. A cracking bird & an international incidentAnonymous (Hong Kong & Moldova)In Hong Kong, one of the lads came down to the bar next to the hotel. He told his room-mate he had found a "cracking bird" and had left her in the room.
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Sheffield United won 1-0 at Crystal Palace, while there were goalless draws between Newcastle and Norwich and Manchester United and Wolves. Here's my team of the week - have a read and then select your own below. Goalkeeper - Hugo Lloris (Tottenham) Hugo Lloris: Regular readers will know that I am not a huge fan of Spurs' Hugo Lloris but credit where credit is due. The France World Cup winner was the difference between the two teams on the day.
Juventus shockingly lost to Hellas Verona 2-1 as Milan fell to Inter Milan 4-2 after a second half capitulation. The two most successful Italian clubs face off hoping to bounce back and we expect a cracker here. Milan have been a rejuvenated side following the arrival of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, while Juventus have continued to reap from Cristiano Ronaldo’s fine goal scoring form.
UEFA will hold a meeting on Tuesday where the immediate futures of the Europa League, the Champions League and Euro 2020 will all be up for serious debate. MAN OF THE MATCH – Ruben Neves (Wolverhampton Wanderers) It took Wolves until the sending off to get a real foothold in the game, but when they did it was Neves that pulled the strings for them.
With the Robins slipping down the table, Lee Johnson must be concerned about this game. His side have won four times in 14 matches, hardly the return of a side who are expecting promotion. They have made a habit out of long stretches of poor form, something which makes us doubt Bristol City ahead of this one.
At the time, it was the biggest away support that an English club had taken abroad - but the total crowd in the vast 90,000-capacity Prater Stadium was a disappointing one. With Poland behind the Iron Curtain, only a handful of Gornik fans were given visas allowing them to attend, and some horrific weather deterred all but the most hardy neutrals. The thing that everyone who was there will remember from it was the horrendous conditions that the match was played in," added Davies.
Sheffield United have exceeded expectations in the Premier League this season, where they currently sit eighth, and now they it appears they have won the race to sign the highly-coveted 21-year-old defensive midfielder. Attracting Premier League interest Berge was linked with Liverpool and Chelsea at the tail end of last year, having impressed for Genk in the Champions League, while Manchester United were also said to be interested in the Norway international.
this fixture sees Dortmund hosting Frankfurt at their home. Dortmund have been on a surge of good results that have been orchestrated by their young talisman who has been in fine form in front of the goal. They have been scoring an average of 1.5 goals every game that is an impressive record. Dortmund will be seeking to solidify their run when they meet Frankfurt with the major goal having to win the match at all cost. Frankfurt will be on the verge of frustrating Dortmund as they also try to win this match overall I predict a Dortmund straight win
Tottenham's Dele Alli has scored five goals in his last four Premier League meetings against Chelsea. Against no side has he scored more goals in the competition (5). The Manchester City assistant was at the Kassam Stadium, the home of Oxford United, for City's Carabao Cup quarter-final clash despite being in discussions to take over at Arsenal.
Both of these teams are generally good in the air. This would usually negate Freiburg's aerial superiority in this fixture. However, Monchengladbach are expected to be missing both members of their centre-back pairing, Matthias Ginter and Nico Elvedi, for this game. This will weaken their aerial defending for this game.
A centre-back is what they should be looking for. Losing Kompany in the summer didn’t seem to be a huge issue, as Laporte was looking like he would fill that gap. However, his early knee injury against Brighton was catastrophic, especially with Otamendi and John Stone’s drop in form. Therefore, Kalidou Koulibaly should be a target for City.
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As captain, not only did Gardner lead Scotland on the pitch, but also off it. At a time when managers were largely non-existent, he was tasked with selecting the team to face England. He would pick a starting line-up consisting of only Queen's Park players who would take to the pitch in navy blue, the same colour the Glasgow club sported at that time. And it is for that reason Scotland wear the same colours to this day.
For Leicester, it was incredible and we wanted to see what was happening so we drove into town. Four or five days later, 'Vards' put a few pictures in our group asking who the cars parked at his house belonged to, because no one had been to claim them. The moment it all changedIt's 12 May, 2013 and Leicester have been beaten in the final minute of their Championship play-off semi final at Watford. Anthony Knockaert could have put the Foxes through in injury-time but his penalty is saved, before Watford go down the other end and Troy Deeney scores with practically the last kick of the game.
Calgary is much weaker in their games with the rival from the North in the recent seasons, and they have no victory for the long time in the Serie A against Torino. Away side is coming here after winning game in the competition and after making break from the poor run bin the first part of the league.
Maastricht and Helmond will face each other in the upcoming match in the Eerste Divisie in Holland. Maastricht this season have the following results: 4W, 4D and 11L. Meanwhile Helmond have 3W, 5D and 11L. This season both these teams are usually playing attacking football in the league and their matches are often high scoring.
He told the BBC: "We don't know the future but we do know is what propositions have been put, what ideas have been put, the possibility of having more substitutes, games possibly not being the full 45 minutes each way with talks of neutral stadiums. Ideally, you want to keep the integrity of the competition, and of course, that was about playing home and away and having the same squad of players as before it was suspended.
Dinamo Brest is the host up against Shakhtyor Soligorsk. Both teams are under performing at this time of the season. Last year result of this same venue was 2 x 0 for Dinamo Brest. Although if we make the math for both teams regarding over 2.5 goals in the last 35 games, we have 20 games over for Dinamo Brest and 16 for Shakhtyor Soligorsk. Meaning that we have true odds at around 1,94 for the over 2.5 goals. So we have value at the odds of 2.30. I can see this match having 3 or 4 goals this time.
The home side went ahead after 19 minutes when Michael Rangel’s header hit the woodwork and bounced in off keeper Mario Viera. Carlos Sierra doubled their lead 15 minutes later to seal a 2-0 aggregate victory after a stalemate in the final’s first leg on Monday. The triumph in the Clausura tournament was America’s 14th league title and their first since they returned to the top flight after being relegated in 2011.
We still think the heavyweights Marseille will breeze over the line but we doubt it'll be by any remarkable scoreline. The visitors have only scored more than three goals in two of their last 14 Coupe de France games so we're backing this one to finish 2-0 to the away side.We’re alsobacking Marseille to score under 2.5 goals due to their lack of clinical form in this competition and Trélissac’sdefensive form.
While Inter Miami might naturally be different to other teams in MLS, to survive it must be different to previous teams in Miami and South Florida. Bolivian-American entrepreneur Marcelo Claure and Tokyo-based Masayoshi Son will help with this, as will chief operating officer and sporting director Paul McDonough, along with two other members of the club's ownership group, Cuban-American brothers Jorge and Jose Mas.
This has been an extremely difficult decision to make, but necessary to stabilise the organisation so that it can continue to service the game, albeit in a vastly different landscape," Football Federation Australia (FFA) Chief Executive James Johnson said in a statement on Friday. Industries all over the world have been severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and football in Australia is no different.
The inquest into his death found heading heavy leather footballs repeatedly had contributed to trauma to his brain. The long-awaited study was commissioned by the FA and PFA after delays in initial research had angered Astle's family. Dementia study is staggering' - Astle familyIt began in January last year and was led by consultant neuropathologist Dr Willie Stewart, who said that "risk ranged from a five-fold increase in Alzheimer's disease, through an approximately four-fold increase in motor neurone disease, to a two-fold Parkinson's disease in former professional footballers compared to population controls".
Immediately after he left, they had to cope without their best remaining centre-half. They have not had a dominant player in that department all season, so I am sure it will be a priority for Guardiola to put it right when the next transfer window opens. Before then, he is going for more silverware. The title is gone but City are still trying to retain the FA Cup - as they did the Carabao Cup - and going for the Champions League too.
Coming into the season under the threat of relegation on the average points table after some poor recent campaigns, Newell's looked to have pulled off a masterstroke in appointing ex-Talleres boss Frank Kudelka. Indeed La Lepra started the season in excellent shape, losing just 1 of their first 9 matches but some concerning performances have since started to creep in.
We've recently made that funding gesture to them and I believe on that basis they are able to start their 2021 season. The Football Association runs the women's game in England but Masters said there have been discussions about the Premier League taking over. He said: "Over the past year, we've had lots of dialogue with the FA and our own clubs about the Premier League, at some point in the future, assuming responsibility for the professional game.
Man of the match - Filip Krovinovic (West Brom) There were plenty of candidates for the Baggies' best player but the craft of Krovinovic stood out and gave his side's 5,000 travelling fans plenty to shout about, before he was substituted as his side looked to see out the game once Ajayi was sent offWhat next? A big week for West HamThis is a big week for West Ham and it has got off to the worst possible start.