Juventus have already qualified for the Champions League knockout stages. Ronaldo was substituted by Sarri in the 1-0 win over AC Milan in Serie A, plus the Champions League victory away to Lokomotiv Moscow which sealed their place in the last 16 of the competition. The five-time Ballon d'Or winner played the full 90 minutes and scored his 99th goal for Portugal while on international duty in a 2-0 win over Luxembourg that sealed his country's place at Euro 2020.
SubstitutionPosted at 120'+1' Substitution, Portsmouth. Gareth Evans replaces James Bolton. SubstitutionPosted at 120' Substitution, Oxford United. Ben Woodburn replaces Sam Long. SubstitutionPosted at 120' Substitution, Oxford United. John Mousinho replaces Alex Rodriguez. Posted at 119' Simon Eastwood (Oxford United) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 119' Foul by Oliver Hawkins (Portsmouth).
Football. Russian championship. Orenburg takes Akhmat. I think the match will turn out to be rich in goals and at least 2 teams will be able to arrange. Long time ago Orenburg did not give out an effective game on its field, the last match with Ufa is so ridiculous in general, I had a chance to see it and it was still squalor, I think this time it will be fun. Orenburg is stable at home and scores and misses, with the exception of the match with Ufa in other games, goals were always with everyone. Akhmat on the road plays very sadly on the defensive, but he tries to score his goal and often he succeeds, as an option it is worth considering the bet - Both will Score! Personal meetings on the Orenburg field are always productive, in 3 matches the total of 2.5 made its way and both teams managed to score - I think they can get 2 goals, I hope of course 3. By composition, losses are minimal - everything was in place - there are all that is needed.
Real Madrid host Chinandega, 16th round of Liga Primera, Nicaragua. Both teams have won similar amount of points, there is not any kind of quality gap between these two squads. Real Madriz is ranked 8th place with 14 points, while Chinandega have won 18 points, ranked 7th in the league.
TALKING POINT - Alonso rescues Chelsea - but draw raises more questions of Blues. There can be no questions about the shape in which Chelsea started with; the wing-back system Lampard deployed in the first half was proving effective. But individual mistakes once again cost Chelsea maximum points, as they switched off twice defensively to enable Bournemouth's quick-fire turnaround.
BROKEN BAYERN Bayern Munich, German champions for the last seven years, lie seventh in the standings after a last minute 2-1 defeat by Borussia Monchengladbach on Saturday. Ramy Bensebaini scored twice for the hosts who are top of the Bundesliga, seven points ahead the Bavarians. It is Bayern's second consecutive defeat under interim coach Hansi Flick, and even though they boast the league's top scorer in Robert Lewandowski, with 16 goals, Joshua Kimmich blamed the team's finishing.
With two of the last four meetings between the sides also ending all square including last season's 1-1 result at la Ceramica, we're forecasting another share of the points in this Matchday 16 opener and a repeat of last October's scoreline.
The hosts have won all of their home games this season, scoring 24 goals and only conceding one, while Heracles have lost two of their six away games and have only scored 7 goals on the road and have conceded 9, so you can start to see why we’ve backed Ajax to win to nil this weekend.
Five others scored in their milestone match - Sol Campbell, Teddy Sheringham, Robbie Keane, Jermain Defoe and Christian Eriksen. The goal was also Kane's ninth against West Ham, meaning he is the fourth player to score at least 30 Premier League goals in London derbies (Thierry Henry, Teddy Sheringham and Frank Lampard complete the list). And if Kane does reach 200 goals, he would become just the third player in Premier League history to do so, following in the footsteps of Alan Shearer (260) and Wayne Rooney (208).
That's why he plays. Have you seen the games? "Two shots on target (against Newcastle) and we conceded. We will improve. City enjoyed 77 percent of possession against Newcastle and had 24 goal attempts but were not clinical -- a theme that has developed this season, allowing Liverpool to pull clear. They will again be without striker Sergio Aguero who will also miss next weekend's derby against Manchester United because of a thigh injury.
The England international revealed he is in "healthy competition" with his Scottish team-mate over who can be involved in the most goals. It is just bragging rights at the end of the season," said Alexander-Arnold. We are competitive within ourselves, we have a competition and it pushes ourselves. As a pair we want to change the way the position is thought about. There was the famous saying 'no-one wants to be a full-back or a Gary Neville', but we want to change that and that is what we have been doing for the last 18 months.
At half-time the team made a joint decision not to return to the playing field, as they felt unsupported and under-valued by those higher in the club," he said. As manager of these lads I completely supported their decision. I asked for help on many occasions and none was provided. Richardson also accused the club of of taking "no action" after players were subjected to racist abuse, an allegation they deny.
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Then you have Pepe's histrionic tumble after the slightest touch from Morocco's Medhi Benatia at the World Cup in 2018. Or, further back in the annals, Cristiano Ronaldo winking after successfully lobbying the referee to have his then Manchester United team-mate Wayne Rooney sent off for England at the World Cup in 2006. Truly reprehensible/admirable stuff… depending on your point of view. While you're here, why not check out this guide to tactical fouls.
Birmingham City boss Pep Clotet has left the club after Wednesday's 3-1 defeat by Swansea City. The Spaniard, 43, was set to leave the Championship side at the end of the season but said it was "mutually agreed" he would step down immediately. Birmingham have not won in 10 league matches and are 17th in the table. Clotet had been assisting previous boss Garry Monk before succeeding him as head coach, initially on an interim basis, in June 2019.
Bloem Celtic is strong at home they have a record of 3-1-1 with 12 goals scored in those 5 home games but also 5 goals conceded so 17 goals in 5 home games meaning 3.4 goals per home game scored and they are favorites to win this one even though last time they hosted this opponent they lost the game with 3-0.
The club are looking to defend their Liga title and win the Champions League, but they will be heavily reliant on Lionel Messi if they were to end up winning either trophy. A January loan move for Chelsea's Olivier Giroud could've been a more sensible option when the extent of Suarez's injury was discovered.
The connection between the players and the fans was very good. The rebuild began after staying up - not immediately but you felt something was happening and this was happening in the Europa League. Everyone bought into Roy's methodology. We had the right mix, attitude and it came to its peak in that season. We had the work rate, the work ethic, training details. Players and fans grew with it and it came off the back of having a great previous season.
Interesting match will be played in Greece, between domestic club Olympiacos and Red Star from Serbia. Host is at the bottom of the standings, with four defeats in a row and only one point after five rounds, while visitors collected three points and it was against Olympiacos. No doubt, this won't be an easy match for none of them, host is forced to play on victory if they want to keep their place on international scene, but also this is a great opportunity for Red Star, since they can be satisfied with a draw. Many things will depend from captain Marko Marin, most valuable player of visitors, but also attacker Boakye will be very dangerous from counterattacks. Despite very bad goal difference, Red Star have a good goalkeeper Borjan, with a bit of luck, Red Star is able to win in this duel, as they already do against Olympiacos in second round at home ground when match was finished 3-1.
Roberto Bautista Agut has won all eight of his singles matches this year dropping just one set. Marin Cilic lost to Roberto Bautista Agut in this tournament last year. Marin Cilic has dropped down the rankings in the last year. Roberto Bautista Agut is the ninth seed for the Australian Open men's singles.
The Premier League is back. After a 100-day absence because of the coronavirus pandemic, England's top flight will return to action on Wednesday. But where did we leave off and what are the challenges facing sides at both the top and bottom over the next nine games? BBC Sport helps you get up to speed with a picture of the Premier League in eight graphics. Club-by-club guide to Premier League returnIf you wanna be a record breaker.
In 3 of the 4 most recent matches between them there were less than 2.5 goals scored. There’s not a great deal of football being played at present but the Angolan Girabola is continuing. This match sees third placed Bravos do Maquis hosting top of the table Petro Atletico Luanda. Bravos are 11 points behind the top two in the table and only the champions qualify for the CAF Champions League.
Pachuca have not played a game in the Mexico clausura league but from their recent games they have managed to win two of the last 5 games and have managed to score 7 goals in those 5 games in the league.
We are going to La Liga Santander League where Athletic Club face Real Betis. The Basque team comes after two consecutive draws 1-1 and 2-2 against Atletico de Madrid and Eibar, so I think that today they must go for it all to score one or more goals. On the other hand, the Andalusian team needs to improve after adding just one point in the last two games, so we hope that it will a tense and tough contest. In the last direct encounter, the final result was: Real Betis 3 - 2 Athletic Bilbao. In my opinion Athletic Bilbao is currently in a very good level of form. I hope for a draw.
Hebei CFFC will travel to Wuhan Zall's turf on this match for the 30th round of the Chinese Superleague, the last one of this season. None of the two teams is really fighting for anything but Wuhan Zall has been in very good form lately with two consecutive wins. The market has also been on their side and if we look at the behavior of the odds so far, their price opened around 1.50 / 1.60 to win this game and they are already at 1.40. We will follow the trend here and take a team that is definitely more motivated.
FC Lorient v Stade Brestois 89 predictions for this Coupe de France match. These two have a long history of facing each other in Ligue 2 but how will Brest fare since they’ve made the step up to Ligue 1? Read on for our free Coupe de France predictions and betting tips.
He's got another two-and-a-half years left on his contract, and he's fine. He will be there, everything will be fine," he said at an Association of Football Agents meeting in London. That's what I've always said. I've never deviated from that. Things could change but loans are ridiculous. Not many clubs can afford him anyway.
For all of these top-flight sides playing lower-division teams, it is a case of picking a team that you think is capable of beating the opposition. That's different to a lot of Premier League games, because half the time you are only thinking about stopping the opposition. If you are going out to win, then you pick your strongest side. For various reasons, that is not going to happen this weekend, so the challenge is to get the balance right between resting players and winning the tie.
At Chelsea, there would always be a group who stayed behind and work on their finishing. Frank Lampard would be one who would stay behind every day to work on his craft, shooting off his left and right foot from the edge of the box and moving into the box to work on his one-touch finishing. Drogba, Nicolas Anelka, Florent Malouda would be the same. At other clubs, Zlatan would absolutely be one who would spend extra time after the end of training.
The opening two matches actually didn’t go too badly for Astana in terms of performance, although the narrow defeats to Manchester United and Partizan put them on the back foot instantly. Things started to go badly wrong when they faced a talented and fresh-faces AZ squad though, with their two clashes with the Dutch side resulting in an 11-0 aggregate defeat.
Besiktas meets Slovan Bratislava in El on Thursday. It really has not gone Besiktas way this tournament. The team looked in advance as one of the favorites to be able to move on, but the fact is that the team is last at 0 points after 4 games. Now, however, the simplest match is waiting, namely home against Slovan Bratislava. However, I am not sure it will be that simple. Slovan won by 4-2 at home and should probably be a little more interested in winning. However, I believe in shared pot here. The Slovan is not strong enough to go and win here.
Kane: Unlike Dele Alli you do know what you're going to get from Tottenham striker Kane - total commitment, no sulking and a regular return of goals, and the England captain didn't disappoint against Brighton. What looked like a routine finish was anything but. The same was true when he saved the day for Tottenham at Carrow Road. Once Kane stepped up to take the penalty you knew Spurs were assured of a point.
We will continue to take strong action against anyone who we identify has engaged in racist or discriminatory abuse, either online or at our matches. What is the response?In response to the findings, anti-discrimination group Kick it Out said the rise in discrimination was a "challenge for all clubs, at all levels, across the country". Reporting mechanisms, such as club procedures and our Kick It Out app, as well as the communications around these, are gradually improving.
How to watch New York Mets vs. St. Louis Cardinals Apr 27, 2022 — It can be streamed live on fuboTV, Sling and other live TV services. The Mets have won the first two games in the series, shoring up their ...
It was a success that saw the 54-year-old lauded in Japan and beyond as he built on his already healthy reputation for delivering stylish football that produces titles. Having won the A-League in his native Australia with Brisbane Roar before guiding his homeland to the Asian Cup crown in 2015, Postecoglou's talent has never been in doubt.
We'll start today with news of the Madrid Open in tennis. The world's top tennis players will swap rackets for game controllers this month after organisers of the cancelled Madrid Open said they will stage a virtual competition to raise funds for struggling professionals amid the coronavirus shutdown.
Posted at 64' Daniel Carvajal (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 64' Foul by Nacho Monreal (Real Sociedad). Posted at 64' Attempt saved. Willian José (Real Sociedad) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Martin Ødegaard with a cross.
