Jurgen Klopp's side has collected 104 points from their last 38 Premier League matchesKlopp is on course to write his name into Liverpool legend as the manager who ended their 30-year wait for a title. Spurs, in contrast, have since sacked Mauricio Pochettino - the man who took them to Madrid - and now have Jose Mourinho struggling to turn the ship around. Pochettino presided over a Spurs side that was allowed to age together while Liverpool have invested superbly under Klopp, who had none of the players who started his first game at White Hart Lane in October 2015 in his starting line-up on Saturday, although Divock Origi and Adam Lallana came on as substitutes.
Here they are taking Steaua Bucharest apart in the 1989 European Cup final, although Baresi didn’t have much to do until it came to lifting the trophy. HAT TIP Over on When Saturday Comes, Pascal Claude provides a glimpse into his intriguing, occasionally beautiful, often baffling obsession: football-related 7-inch singles.
Posted at 57' Foul by Nico Schulz (Borussia Dortmund). Posted at 56' Ihlas Bebou (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 56' Foul by Nico Schulz (Borussia Dortmund). Posted at 55' Attempt missed. Achraf Hakimi (Borussia Dortmund) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right misses to the left. Assisted by Mario Götze. Posted at 51' Dennis Geiger (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Much of their early success came on the back of a solid defence, but that is something which has been tested of late. The visitors have managed just two clean sheets out of their last seven outings and have conceded five times in their last four home matches, which suggests that the heavy pitches are not exactly helping them. However, at the other end of the pitch they remain pretty consistent and have scored an average of 1.5 goals per game on home soil.
That was enough to convince AC Milan to sign him in last year's January transfer window. He made a decent start, but this season the pressure of that famous number nine shirt appeared to weighed heavy on his shoulders as he struggled and the team struggled. Zlatan Ibrahimovic's arrival at the San Siro was a sign that the club had lost confidence in him. I'm surprised a much-talked-about move to the Premier League never materialised as he seems naturally suited to English football.
Angers have scored in all but one of their home games this campaign and with Marseille conceding in five of their last six matches, we're backing the home side to convert in this game. However, we ultimately think the visitors will keep up their good form with a 2-1 win. Both teams have scored in each of these teams' last four meetings and in four of Marseille's last five games, so we're backing this market here.
Lazio vs Cremonese predictions as these two sides clash in the Fourth Round of the Coppa Italia this week. Can the hosts continue their winning run as they defend their trophy? Read on for our latest Coppa Italia predictions and betting tips.
All white on the night (left to right): Memphis Depay, Angel di Maria, Edinson Cavani and Marco VerrattiSerial party host Neymar is well known for his extravagant get-togethers, but it was reported that Neymar would rein in his celebrations this year before his actual birthday on Wednesday. He threw a 'Nuit Rouge' themed event for his 27th birthday for around 200 guests, while he welcomed in his 26th birthday with a black tie event attended by Lewis Hamilton and the president of Brazil.
And so the march to the Premier League title continues. Liverpool can go 19 points clear of second placed Manchester City with an away win at 17th placed West Ham. Another victory would take the Reds to 70 points for the season and it's hard to not imagine that being the result of this match. Sadio Mane is going to miss the game after being injured against Wolverhampton Wanderers but they have a squad that can more than cope with his absence.
The club denied an accusation by one of the departing directors that I3, which Bartomeu had said received 1million euros was overpaid. What happens now? Barca's annual revenues last year were 841million euros according to Deloitte. They have won eight of the last 11 La Liga titles and led the standings when soccer in Spain was indefinitely postponed last month.
Lazio have been good enough this season to challenge for the title. They are worthy heroes for the rest of the league in the quest to stop Juventus from cantering to another championship. Inter Milan are another quality side but their early Champions League exit suggests that they don't have the stomach for this fight. We see Lazio leapfrogging Inter with a win.
In terms of a correct score tip, the hosts average 0.85 goals per game and, as previously stated, are improving that average all the time. This, combined with the visitors averaging 1.46 goals per game away from home, suggests that backing a 1-1 stalemate represents the best opportunity for a decent return.
Den Haag average 0.75 points per home game and Groningen average 1.00 points per away game, both of which tie in with our prediction for a draw this weekend. Den Haag have drawn 38% of their home games and Groningen have drawn 25% of their away games this season, with the hosts scoring an average of 1.00 goals per home game and conceding an average of 1.63 goals and the visitors scoring an average of 0.75 goals per away game and conceding an average of 1.25 goals, adding weight to our prediction for a 1-1 draw.
Friendly/practice/warm-up matches in preparation for the restart of the competition are permitted to use the version of the Laws that will be used when the competition restarts. The member associations will now pass this guidance on to the competitions, who will make their own decisions on which rules to use at the point football resumes. VAR should not be too forensic'VAR: 'Armpit offsides' strike again in the Premier LeagueThe change to the handball rule was the most significant alteration to the laws of the game that came out of Ifab's annual general meeting (AGM) in February.
The Croatian 31-year-old was injured during a challenge with team mate Alvaro Odriozola and had to be taken off the pitch in a golf cart. Ivan has an ankle bone fracture. That means it will take four weeks until it fully heals. After that there also be rehabilitative training," Flick said. It was initially a bit of a shock because he was good for us with his dynamism.
The predictions were flying about left, right and centre at the start of the season and few mentioned Wycombe in a positive light, though here we are. The Chairboys will spend Christmas day sat at the top of the League 1 tree and are starting to look like a side with eyes on the title.
But Hawley, who went to watch his first Wednesday match at the age of five with his granddad, does not mind seeing the Blades back in the big time - far from it in fact. I am actually quite supportive, and not in a grudgingly way either," he explained. I like to see anything to do with Sheffield doing well. Obviously I want to see Wednesday get some success but I just love the city I live in. I make that fairly obvious because I make a massive point of it in pretty much everything I do.
Assisted by Jack O'Connell with a cross. SubstitutionPosted at 81' Substitution, Sheffield United. John Lundstram replaces Sander Berge. Posted at 75' Offside, Sheffield United. Oliver Norwood tries a through ball, but David McGoldrick is caught offside. SubstitutionPosted at 75' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Leandro Trossard replaces Ezequiel Schelotto. SubstitutionPosted at 75' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion.
Watford have lost all six Premier League games at Old Trafford, conceding 14 goals and scoring only twice. United's January signing Odion Ighalo scored 40 goals for Watford in two-and-a-half seasons between 2014 and 2017. Wolverhampton Wanderers v Norwich City (1400) *Bottom side Norwich have failed to win 12 of their last 13 league matches and have not won away from home since beating Everton in November.
He became in August the first defender to win UEFA's Men's Player of the Year and was runner-up in September, to Messi again, in the FIFA Men's Player award. Wednesday will revive good memories for the 28-year-old, who scored the winner on his debut in the Merseyside derby last year after joining from Southampton in a reported world record fee for a defender.
SubstitutionPosted at 77' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Pedro Neto replaces Diogo Jota. Posted at 76' Glenn Murray (Brighton and Hove Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Posted at 76' Foul by Romain Saïss (Wolverhampton Wanderers). Posted at 76' Offside, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Diogo Jota tries a through ball, but Raúl Jiménez is caught offside. BookingPosted at 75' Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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I'm always the first to criticise myself and look at what we could have done better. I'm pretty happy with where we are in fourth. It was always going to be a difficult, competitive year for us to be in and around that top four and we're there at the moment. How can we progress from here? We have youth; we've been searching at times for consistency, which I think can happen with a young team.
Dordrecht and Almere City will face each other in the upcoming match in the Eerste Divisie. Dordrecht this season have the following results: 3W, 7D and 14L. Meanwhile Almere City have 10W, 6D and 8L. This season both these teams are usually playing attacking football in the league and their matches are often high scoring.
FC Minsk top the table after their 3-1 weekend win. Dinamo Minsk have lost their last four matches. FC Minsk are unbeaten in their last two games against Dinamo Minsk. Dinamo Minsk finished fourth in the Belarus Premier League last season but have made a poor start to the new campaign. They are 11th in the table after one game and now host FC Minsk who are top of the table.
The government has been urged to block the Saudi Arabia-led takeover of Newcastle United until it investigates TV piracy in the country. Earlier this week the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruled that Saudi Arabia helped breach international piracy laws in relation to the broadcaster beoutQ. It has been accused of illegally broadcasting a range of professional sport, including the Premier League. Angus MacNeil, chair of the International Trade Select Committee, has now written to trade secretary Liz Truss to voice his concerns.
Hibs go into this game on the back of a managerial change, with Jack Ross taking over at the helm of the club last week. Hibs sacked Paul Heckingbottom after losing to Celtic in the Scottish League Cup and hope that Ross can restart their season.
The AFC said on Tuesday the North had sent a letter informing it of its withdrawal from the tournament and that global governing body FIFA was also aware of the decision. The two Koreas remain technically at war after the Korean War ended in a truce and not a peace treaty, and while there was a flurry of sports diplomacy between the neighbours last year ties have again cooled over stalled negotiations over the North's nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles.
Jeonbuk won on opening round with 1-0 at home against a very defensive Suwon their only goal coming after the 80 minute of the game while playing 11 vs 10 men but they dominated the entire game and it was a goal coming after a well taken corner kick and the header provided by their striker who came from the bench have no chance to the Suwon keeper. This while in round 2 they played away from home at newly promoted Busan, they took the lead but instead of increasing their advantage opted to defend and paid the price conceding from the penalty kick.
We have cleaners around the training ground, we have disinfected everything, we have hand wash everywhere, the players are no longer shaking hands or hugging so we're doing all the things there are to be done. EvertonAn Everton player is in a seven-day period of isolation, the club confirmed on Friday. A statement said: "Everton Football Club can confirm that one member of the Everton first-team squad reported a high temperature last night and is now undertaking a period of self-isolation for seven days.
There is nothing to expect from home team at the end of this game, they are looks like they are now derail from their usual form as they have lost their last game by conceding two goals and they find nothing to reply so this time they are hosting Gorodeya, the team which beat Dinamo Brest at their home. Let us not to forget that the last game at this venue have ended without a goal, which means it was a stalemate so I think the history will repeat itself, looking at their current form both teams looks like they are balanced. I opined this game will end up with a draw.
The focus will now turn to how we get football up and running again safely as soon as possible," he said. Nobody should be under any illusion as to how complicated and difficult a challenge it will be to return Scottish football to normality. The decision was taken by the SPFL board after a controversial April vote - backed by 81% of clubs - granted them the power to do so should they deem the 49 outstanding games unplayable.
Long read: Marcus Rashford's campaign to make change happenRashford seeks more change after food voucher campaign success'The system isn't built for families like mine' - Rashford's plea to MPsUnited legends Sir Alex Ferguson and Sir Bobby Charlton have previously received the award from the university. Rashford said: "When you look at the great names that have been awarded this doctorate in the past, it's humbling.
Then more and more players started reaching out. At first I did not believe it was them but then they had the blue tick so it was the real deal. Lampard's side 'brutally exposed' in Champions LeagueChelsea defeat against Bayern Munich a 'reality checkGnabry's amazing scoring record in London'His development has been phenomenal' Alphonso Davies set up Bayern's third goal against Chelsea on WednesdayDavies has featured 26 times for Bayern so far this season, most recently as a left-back in Bayern's 3-0 win at Stamford Bridge, when he set up the German champions' third goal with a bursting run down the left and perfect pass for Robert Lewandowski.
Asian Youth Championship. Team Thailand U 23 will play at home with team Iraq U23. Hosts takes the second place in the group with 3 points. They did 2 - 1- 1 at last 4 matches played. Their shape is not bad. Thailand didn't miss any goals at last their home matches. Iraq U 23 takes the 3 Rd place ib group. But their last results are not so good. They did 0 - 2 - 1 at last 3 matches played. Most of them were under 3 goals. Today is important match for both clubs. And I think we will see a result with only one goal.
The only championship that is still going on in Europe is the one from Belarus. In today's game Dinamo Minsk faces Torpedo. Normally between this two teams is should be a big difference, but this start of the season we see a lots of surprises. Dinamo started bad, having lost both first two games, against FC Minsk, a local derby and Rukh |Brest. On the other side, Torpedo has a great start of the season, winning both games with the same score 1-0. They manage to beat Soligorsk away, another big team from Belarus. I am sure that Torpedo will not lose this game either.
In Wednesday will be played most of the games at Turkmenistan's Yokari liga. At this one rivals will be Asgabat and Sagadam. Both teams are neighbors at the middle of the ranking - 5th and 4th positions. The hosts has a point less.
Subs: Mlinovskiy N/A, Tameze N/A. Valencia: Jaume 5, Wass 6, Diakhaby 5, Mangala 5, Gaya 6, Torres 6, Kondogbia 6, Parejo 4, Barragan 5, Guedes 5, Gomez 4. Subs: Cheryshev 7, Gameiro 6. Man of the match: Hans Hateboer (Atalanta) From minute one, the Dutchman was flying. From his work rate up and down the flank, to his attacking output and defensive solidity, it was an all-round mesmerising display from Hateboer, tied in with two predatory finishes that would make strikers stand up and take notice.
As good as Juventus have been at home this season, they've not often gone mad in terms of goals scored, but this is a huge opportunity for them to hit their stride offensively and rack up a big win. Punters can take advantage by supporting 'Juventus -2 Handicap'. The last time Juve won a league game by more than two goals was when they hosted Udinese at the end of last season, while the recent effort of the visitors against two of the sides coming up behind Juventus point towards a real away-day struggle on Sunday. The fact that Udinese, on average, concede more than five shots on target more than they register, which is only 2.57, away from home bodes well for the hosts, who're averaging 8.14 shots on target for at home.
Jong PSV are not having a good season so far with a 4-4-12 record after 20 games and at home they have so far failed to keep a clean sheet in all 10 games. However, Jong PSV have also scored in 7 of the last 8 games in the league.
She has given me the thumbs up. The background was red and she said it was just terrible, so I've gone back to the blue. She doesn't muck about, she tells it how it is. That's the best way to be, isn't it? If you scroll to the bottom of this page you can see the finished article. I'm really exploring what I'm doing with paints right now, it is more heavy brush strokes than fine detail. I've taken inspiration from Zinsky.
Exclusive calendar slots could be dropped, allowing domestic matches to be played in mid-week and UEFA competition games on weekends. A working group made up of representatives from UEFA, leagues and clubs will be established to study relevant calendar matters and devise solutions allowing for the resumption and/or conclusion of the current season.
Neither of these two teams have been particularly impressive in front of goal this season. Only one team in the top half of the Bundesliga have scored fewer goals than Bayer Leverkusen, who have scored 23 goals in their 17 games.
They've lost all three of their games following that win, conceding 12 goals but Sevilla dominating the group has meant that Dudelange have been able to stay in touch with second place in the group. With the Spanish side already securing their place in the round of 32, there is only one space left to come through the group and this match is hugely important to both sides.
We sort of feel that our backs are against the wall," Rose told the BBC. Conversations were being had before people outside of football were commenting. I've been on the phone to (Liverpool captain) Jordan Henderson and he's working so hard to come up with something. It was just not needed for people who are not involved in football to tell footballers what they should do with their money.
We've run out of words for him," said Alexander-Arnold. He is an unbelievable keeper to have behind you and you can't take him for granted. He is a world-class keeper, probably the best in the world. Really grateful to him. From his return from injury, he keeps clean sheets and makes it look easy. Match statsThe head-to-head between Atletico Madrid and Liverpool in Europe is perfectly balanced with one win each and two draws (4 goals each).
