STOCKHOLM, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Unai Emery's sacking as Arsenal coach means Freddie Ljungberg takes over on an interim basis at the club where he made his name and the former midfielder will be relishing the chance show fans what he can do. Brought to the club from Halmstad in 1998, Ljungberg went on to score 46 goals in 216 games for the Gunners, displaying his combative style as well as several punk-inspired hairstyles in that time.
Altyn Asyr is the great favorite of the match and during this season he is the only team in the league that still has no defeats in his locker since the cub has a balance of two wins and 3 draws, ranking third in the classification with nine points to date.
Celestes would have been fancying their chances after an impressive 1-3 success at Villarreal in their previous away game, but they came up woefully short in Madrid and found themselves 3-0 down 55 minutes in. Goals from Araujo and Aspas helped to mount a second half fightback, but Celta weren't able to rescue anything and remain 18th heading into this Sunday's crucial encounter against Mallorca at Balaidos.
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AB Agir is underdog in this game, and this team should fight to avoid relegation in the season. However, Vikingur should not have an easy job here, especially at the very start of the new season, when teams are not in their full strength.
The German FA (DFB) says the documents are being checked. In a Facebook chat with fans on Wednesday, the ex-Spurs striker said: "That [licence] is somewhere at home in California, in some drawer somewhere. We will find it. I have now mailed all the things that the German FA (DFB) needs. So things are in order. No problem. Klinsmann was appointed Hertha coach at the end of November and the team sit 12th in the Bundesliga.
Another manager under intense pressure is West Ham's Manuel Pellegrini who won't be looking forward to Saturday's visit to in-form fourth-placed Chelsea. Manchester United host Aston Villa at Old Trafford on Sunday with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side in need of a convincing performance after struggling for large parts of their 3-3 draw at Sheffield United.
Los Palanganas can now concentrate solely on La Liga until European competition resumes in February, and they are enjoying a massive season domestically after the disappointment of missing out on the Champions League places last term.
Brighton & Hove Albion are struggling with only 2 wins in the last 9 games and at home they have a 1-1-2 record in the last 4 games failing to score in 2 of the 4 games. They also have a poor record against Chelsea losing all of the previous 5 meetings in the Premier League conceding 13 goals and scoring only once.
Away from home this trend strengthens even further. Blackpool have lost just one of their 11 League One away days this season, less than any other team in the division. However, a huge eight of these games have ended all square, including each of their last six trips away. With Rotherham only winning 36% of their home games, backing a Blackpool Win or Draw Double Chance looks a fantastic choice here.
Chris Martin then slid in to double the lead after Blackburn keeper Christian Walton could only parry Graeme Shinnie's long-range effort. Martin added a third from the spot after Jason Knight was fouled, before Rovers had John Buckley sent off. The substitute was shown a straight red card in stoppage time for a crude lunge on Derby defender Curtis Davies.
Home team is leader of the league in the country, and they already have beat two of four top competition rivals, like Dinamo and Shakhtyor. Squad is having a lot of foreign players, and they give quality them. Players from Guinea Bissau could only play better, as warmer time is coming.
The Video Assistant Referee system has been in the spotlight since the 2018 World Cup, and its implementation in this season’s Premier League has led to further controversy around offside decisions, as well as frustrating fans with lengthy reviews. Ceferin admitted he has never been a fan of the technology, but stressed he has proposed changes to the International Football Association Board, who determine the laws of the game.
soligorsk is still not playing as good as it was expected before the season started and right now they are on seventh position, just above Slavia mozyr but trust me soligorsk is way better team and they will surely win this game but also I think they will score 3 or maybe even 4 goals cause on the other hand Slavia defense is not so good and they are this high on table only because their offense scored a lot of goals but today I think 2 goals difference win for soligorsk is very realistic outcome so I surely recommend this bet
Is this right or not?," Agnelli told a conference in London in comments reported by Italian media. Then, I think of AS Roma, who have helped to maintain Italy's (European club competition) ranking in recent years. Champions League) and they miss out on what comes with it in terms of money. We also need to protect investments and costs.
NK Lokomotiva Zagreb against HNK Gorica here, meeting of the 1 Croatian HNL of soccer that is played tomorrow afternoon at 7:00 pm. Favorite hosts for the victory of the match come from a 1-0 away defeat by Slaven Belupo while the hosts are back from a home success with the same result against Varazdin. The Lokomotiva before the last defeat came from several consecutive successes and with the field from his second I will be able to get at least a draw. Morever, Gorica have not scored in their last 4 away matches. They home team has enough capability to win it as well
The January transfer window has closed for business for another year. One player to make the switch from the Premier League to Serie A was Ashley Young. The former Manchester United defender signed for Italian giants Inter Milan for £1. Young, 34, joins a long list of British and Irish players to make the jump from English football to Italy's top division. For the quiz below, we've picked out 15 players - past and present - who also played in Serie A at some point in their careers.
Fortuna have conceded at least one goal in 82% of their home matches in the Bundesliga. Hertha come into this game off the back of their heaviest defeat of the season, a 5-0 loss to Koln. Fortuna Dusseldorf have won their last two home matches against Hertha. The Bundesliga weekend kicks off with Fortuna Dusseldorf hosting Hertha Berlin on Friday night.
Ian Holloway was appointed as new Grimsby Town manager this week, something of a coup for The Mariners. They then proceeded to win their first game in 12 attempts, putting themselves just a point behind their opponents this weekend with two games in hand. Whether that victory was a result of the new manager bounce that so many sides benefit from or if there is something a little more substantial for the new manager to build on remains to be seen.
It was then at 11 o’clock in the evening in Shanghai. It was hectic phone business. Everyone had to stay awake until five or six in the morning in Shanghai. Ighalo revels in 'dream' Man Utd move Odion Ighalo could not hide his delight upon arrival in Manchester, insisting becoming a Manchester United player is a dream come true.
Santa Clara are winless in the last 6 league games and have dropped to the 15th place in the league. At home they are struggling to score goals with only 6 goals in the 7 games so far this season. And although they have conceded only 7 goals so far, they have conceded 5 of the 7 goals in the last 3 games at home.
Posted at 71' Fernandinho (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 70' Foul by Jorginho (Chelsea). Posted at 70' Phil Foden (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 68' Attempt missed. Willian (Chelsea) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. SubstitutionPosted at 67' Substitution, Manchester City. Phil Foden replaces David Silva because of an injury.
Looking at this two teams last performance we can say that this prediction is a very sure prediction as the home team and the away team they have not yet recorded an over of 3.5 total goals in their last 3 games and so this gives us a very good reason for us to trust this bet
HEROES AND ZEROES Heroes: Football people There are a bundle of good gestures going on right now. Unlikely healthcare double-act Cristiano Ronaldo and Jorge Mendes have joined forces to donate lifesaving equipment to Portuguese hospitals, Pep Guardiola has donated €1 million to help fight coronavirus in Spain and Bayern Munich’s first-team squad have agreed to take a 20% pay cut to keep on the club’s administrative staff.
in the 17th round of the Austrian Bundesliga, Wolfsberger hosts Lask Linz. Both teams have had setbacks recently and they welcome this match as a chance for improvement. Wolfsberger dropped out of the Europa League and they lost some matches in the league. They lost 4 of the last actually. They have 30 points so far and they are the discovery of the season. They are a resilient home side but they will miss one of their key players today - Schmid. Lask lost 4:0 at home to Rapid but the loss is overhyped. They had chances to score and even a draw wouldn`t have been unlikely. They will miss their first scorer Goiginger which is a big blow but goals are coming from everywhere in Alaska. Lask has 8-0-0 away from home which says a lot about their game. I believe they can win here.
West Ham United co-chairman Karen Brady ruffled feathers at the weekend, saying the Premier League, in which teams have either nine or 10 games still to play this season, should be declared null and void. As if Liverpool's fans, like everyone else at the moment, haven't got enough to worry about, the "null and void" scenario is enough to leave them suffering sleepless nights.
Assisted by Danny Ings. Goal!Posted at 65' Goal! Southampton 2, Norwich City 1. Teemu Pukki (Norwich City) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Alexander Tettey with a through ball. Posted at 64' Attempt missed. Danny Ings (Southampton) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Modern safe standing, using 'rail seating', operates successfully across Europe. It is now being introduced at Wolves to tackle persistent standing by some fans. Unlike the old football terraces, supporters would be allocated a designated area to stand. What do the fans say?Supporters are generally in favour of introducing safe standing in Premier League and Championship grounds, with 94% of 33,000 who responded to an EFL survey last year saying they should be allowed to choose whether they want to stand or sit at games.
Dennis blow for Club Bruges Dennis has scored nine goals for Club Bruges this seasonUnited have been handed a huge boost by the news that their opponents will be without Emmanuel Dennis for the game. The striker put in a man-of-the-match performance in the first leg, scoring Bruges' goal with a clever chip. However, Dennis was injured in Sunday's win over Charleroi, along with captain Ruud Vormer, and both players will miss Thursday's game.
Jose Mourinho would celebrate his return to Chelsea by winning the Premier League. Well, apart from the fact Manchester City just edged out Liverpool, that was fairly near the mark. Liverpool's consolation, according to this soothsayer, would be winning the FA Cup. Congratulations, Arsenal - who came from 2-0 down to beat Hull City at Wembley. Champions League winners? Why Bayern Munich of course. Well done Real Madrid for winning 'La Decima', their 10th win in the competition.
psg and bvb have been scoring goals at an exponential rate of late scoring an average of 1.5 goals every match a fit that makes this encounter a likely even for goal rain. Haaland leads bvb strike force and with his impressive record of 8 goals in five and on the other side the combination of Neymar and Mbappe is also capable of scoring numerous goals. Both of these teams also enter this fixture on the dismal defensive side which raises the stakes of many goals been scored and conceded.I predict that at least three goals are to be scored
Former Chelsea and Tottenham manager André Villas-Boas is really getting the best out of his current team Marseille as they now sit 2nd in Ligue 1, five points behind PSG who have a game in hand. His side have been putting together some incredible performances with les Olympiens now on a run of six consecutive wins. They've scored 13 goals and conceded just four in this spectacular streak of results.
There's a weight on your shoulders, especially when you have the calibre of records that Sam Kerr does," said Rafferty. We can't judge her after one, two or three games. It's not easy coming to a different country. How will she fit in at Chelsea?There is an abundance of attacking talent at Chelsea, including England international Beth England, who has scored six goals in nine games so far this season.
Albion have had a bad patch of form with a winless run of seven games. That saw the big lead they had over third place slowly be reduced but two wins have seen them recover to four points clear of third placed Fulham, so a return to the Premier League is still very much on. West Brom are also in the fifth round of the FA Cup Only one of their last ten away league games have been lost with two in 16 overall.
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Our children may feel anxious with uncertainty. It's not normal for any of us and it's going to challenge us all. Look out for each other. Please don't suffer alone, and remember that our great country has come through these enormous challenges before - and, together, we will do so again. We were due to play next week and to represent you all this summer, but now is clearly not the moment for us to take centre stage.
I predict the home team can win the match this time with a goal difference that is very far in comparison... the score prediction for this match is the home team and the visitors will be able to score in the first half and the second half of the game's running time... I predict that both teams will play at full strength in the first round and the second half goes on during this match... I predict the visitors will be able to score in the first round and the second half is running during this match .. I predict the ball score for this match 1-2 ..
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Assisted by José Callejón with a cross. Posted at 86' Attempt missed. Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right. Assisted by Eljif Elmas. Posted at 86' Hand ball by Douglas Costa (Juventus). BookingPosted at 85' Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Posted at 85' Foul by Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus). Posted at 85' Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Sevilla hasnt lost against Deportivo Alaves since decades, after the only draw game here in 1999 they have won the last 10 games played in this Stadium. With the 2-0 defeat of Granada they enter this very important game that will keep their 3rd place position sure with 3 points collected in this game, with 38 points from 21 games with 11 games won all season and 27 goals against 20 they make the 3rd place sure thing for themselves.
Chelsea are in top form at the moment and that's the exact opposite of their opponents West Ham. The Blues have won their last five games in all competitons and they look a good bet to make that six. West Ham continue to struggle and rely on the poor form of the teams below them to stay out of the bottom three. Go for a Chelsea win.
Bloem Celtic against Cape Town City here, meeting of the Premier Soccer League South African soccer that is played tomorrow afternoon at 18:30. Slightly favored guests for the victory of the match come from a 2-2 external draw against Maritzburg United while guests are coming from a 2-1 defeat against Black Leopards. Bloem Celtic is the weakest team here but it will have at least the field on its side and I think we will see a very balanced match in this case; let's try a Draw here.
Venlo is in a very difficult situation. They are in 16th place with 21 points, which is not enough to survive in the league. This is one of the few games where they can realistically win because Heracles is in poor form. Venlo has not lost since the new year but in that period they have only 1 win. I think they have a lot more motivation because they fight for survival.
Hajrovic, Majer, Dira 5. Man City: Bravo 6, Cancelo 7, E Garcia 7, Otamendi 7, Mendy 8, Gundogan 6, Rodri 7, Foden 9, B Silva 7, Jesus 8, Mahrez 7. Sterling 5, Zinchenko 5, Harwood-Bellis N/A. KEY MOMENTS 10' - GOAL! Dinamo Zagreb 1-0 Man City (Olmo): Oh, that is special! The hosts have lift off! A simple in-swinger from the right picks out Olmo who smashes the opener in with the outside of his right foot.
One morning, I was walking past Marcelo, saying 'good morning' on my way to training, sharing the same facilities. But it turned out one of their players couldn't go out on loan, so that meant they couldn't free up a space for me. Silly little things like that - it was like everything was pushing me away, because there were factors I couldn't control, in the way of me getting those contracts. Paige Williams helped Birmingham reach the 2017 Women's FA Cup final, which Blues lost to Manchester City at Wembley"When that move didn't materialise, I had to start thinking.
But on the pitch I was not happy because we can do better but it's football, it's like that. Of course, we wanted to win but we played against the best team in the world and we were close but not enough. Since now, three or four competitions we always lost in the quarter-finals. We want to be better, we want to win something with France we have good players but maybe we miss something and we want to be better every day," added Le Sommer, who has 167 caps for her country.
He has a comfortable situation at Dortmund at present, with the time to develop his game while still regularly featuring both as a starter and a replacement. And the pressure of being a club’s talisman is something that Haaland appears to thrive on. He is a young man who does not give off the vibe of wishing to be second string.
Posted at 76' Ryan Fredericks (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 74' Foul by Moussa Djenepo (Southampton). Posted at 74' Ryan Fredericks (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 73' Attempt saved. Sébastien Haller (West Ham United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
