Saturday's home game against Brighton is the first of 10 in just 30 days for the Reds but Klopp does not believe his side were ever going to have the luxury of being able to drop their intensity during that hectic run of fixtures. I am four years in, tell me when it was easy," he said after Wednesday's game. I know how human beings are, people wished we could finish the group tonight and have a holiday game against Salzburg but it never happens, it will never happen.
Thirty-nine goals. Six hat-tricks. Eleven goals in seven games for Borussia Dortmund. Ten goals in seven Champions League games. All at just 19 years old. Erling Haaland's stats this season are ridiculous. The Norwegian's remarkable scoring form continued on Tuesday as his two goals gave Dortmund a 2-1 win over Paris St-Germain in the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie. His latest goals - one a tap-in and the second a thumping strike from 20 yards - mean he has reached double figures in the Champions League four games faster than any other player in the competition's history, and is the only teenager to reach double figures in a single season.
Real Betis were flirting with the possibility of a relegation dogfight this season after losing five and winning just two of their first ten matches; however Los Verdiblancos have picked up markedly since the end of October with three wins and a draw from their last five including a 2-1 success over Valencia when last at Benito Villamarin a fortnight ago.
West Bromwich Albion vs Middlesbrough predictions in our match preview this Championship clash. The Baggies are in need of a result after a poor display on Boxing Day. Read on for our free Championship predictions and betting tips.
Bournemouth only had two shots on target, with one of those coming from Junior Stanislas on his return from eight months out with a knee injury. Graham Potter's Brighton move three points above Bournemouth, with both clubs on a similar run of form - one win in eight before this game - and only previously separated on goals scored. Follow reaction and all of Saturday's games hereJahanbakhsh finally ends goal drought Media playback is not supported on this device Potter pleased with 'fantastic' Brighton Jahanbakhsh's time in England has not gone to plan.
In Portugal, Boavista and Vitoria FC are expected to face one another in a Primera Liga match which will be held at Estadio do Bessa XXI stadium, Porto city. In the table, Boavista takes position 10 with 32 points after playing 26 matches while Victoria takes position 12 with 30 points after playing 26 matches. There is a point difference of 2 points.
Nottingham Forest moved to the verge of the playoffs with their Boxing Day success at Hull. The hosts returned from back-to-back defeats by winning at the KCOM, but can they add to that when they host Wigan this week? The home side are aiming to secure a spot in the top six this term, so they need to win clashes like this.
A run of three straight Premier League defeats has left Everton 18th in the table, with the club picking up just four wins from their opening 15 league games. The relegation form has ultimately ended Silva’s 18-month spell at Goodison Park, with the Spaniard initially replacing Sam Allardyce in the summer of 2018.
The FIFA document summarising the working group's views will be submitted to the Bureau of the FIFA Council for approval. A FIFA spokesman said it was not in a position to comment as a proposal was being made to the Council, and "we cannot pre-empt that decision". The coronavirus working group is composed of representatives from across the game including the FIFA administration, confederations, national federations, the European Club Association (ECA), players union FIFPRO and the World Leagues Forum.
Sevilla have a stranglehold on 3rd place after a run of five wins and three draws from their last eight top flight matches, and they head into their penultimate La Liga fixture before Christmas just three points behind joint leaders Barcelona and Real Madrid.
The Swede is in temporary charge of the club, where he played between 1998 and 2007, after the sacking of Unai Emery in midweek after the Europa League loss to Eintracht Frankfurt. Ljungberg had Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to thank for a point at Carrow Road after the former Borussia Dortmund striker scored twice, but his nerves were shot after his first goal, a retaken penalty that was originally missed, only for VAR to grant Arsenal a reprieve for encroachment.
Twente have lost four of their nine league games at home this season and ended 2019 in poor form, which is why we have backed Groningen to secure all three points on Saturday. The hosts average just 1.22 points per home game which is below the league average of 1.73, and score an average of 1.89 goals per home game but concede an average of 2.11 goals, which ties in well with our prediction for a 2-1 Groningen victory this weekend.
Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by João Cancelo. Posted at 81' Attempt saved. Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Phil Foden. BookingPosted at 79' Tom Davies (Everton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Posted at 79' Phil Foden (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Sheffield head to this game on two straight home wins and will want to capitalize on Manchester United’s weaknesses away from home. Manchester United have been on a rise lately and with their confidence coming back we feel they will be favorites for a win here. They have not done so well away from home but lately they have been registering a lot of goals and we believe they stand a good chance here. We will go for a Manchester United win.
They are bringing third parties around their venue which needs to be bio-secure. There are some massive, massive challenges around coming back and in the Championship some additional challenges around full-time medics. We also spoke to the captains of all the clubs as well, and they had concerns about coming back, so when we looked at it in the round, it was an almost unanimous decision from the clubs to terminate the season, and focus resources and effort on coming back.
With 13 games remaining and Barcelona leading Real Madrid by two points, El Clasico at the Bernabeu on Sunday could be pivotal in deciding the most compelling La Liga title race for years. Neither team has looked particularly convincing this season, both have been hit by significant injury blows, and Real now have a Champions League home defeat to bounce back from, so there are plenty of uncertainties heading into a game that is likely to be tense and closely contested.
As such, we see great value in backing the Both Teams to Score line and feel it provides and excellent way to play as far as the betting is concerned. Fortaleza have scored in 9 consecutive matches, Santos' attacking ability is there for all to see and that leaves us believing that a 2-2 draw could well be on the cards; a result that would mean both nets have been hit in 8 of Fortaleza's last 10 games, as well as 5 of Santos' last 6.
But they are a rarity - PGMOL match officials from a black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) background. The pair are now determined to reach the Premier League and help pave the way for more much-needed diversity among officials at the professional level. I've said it so many times before that if my dad wasn't a referee I wouldn't have thought twice about becoming an official," says Bhups. So how are other people from the same background supposed to even think about wanting to become an official?" Sunny adds: "If we can get out there and be approachable for young referees from a BAME background who want to speak to us and be mentored or even given the right pathway to follow, it is only a good thing.
It was always a strong fight, but fair. They always respected each other massively at the track because they knew how good the other was. There was nothing, no pushing or just breaking the front wing, nothing. There was just two gladiators fighting bravely at the race track. So I have no bad memories about that.
Lawro's prediction: 0-2Bobby's prediction: 1-2WEDNESDAY Chelsea v Aston VillaChelsea's home defeat by West Ham on Saturday was a very strange result when you consider how both teams had been playing, but I think it was just a blip. Villa's away record is poor in terms of results, but they have produced some good performances - like they did in their draw at Old Trafford on Sunday for example. Jack Grealish is playing well, and Villa will pose an attacking threat, but I still think Chelsea will come out on top.
Today we will be having a game from Chile and the home team Huachipato will be meeting with the away team Audax and this game we have given it that this two team will score an over of 2.5 total goals as looking at their last meetings they are very used of scoring over of 2.5 total goals the home team also is a very good scoring team and in this game we can say that they will continue with this trend and so that said I wish everyone good luck on this game and bet responsibly on this game
The hosts have recorded the best home record in the Championship this season. Preston have taken 29 points at their own ground this term, four more than anyone else has managed. Preston’s record this season is quite lop-sided, with the hosts supporting their playoff run with 74% of their points coming in home games.
Instead it was Hull who scored to set up a tense finale as Kamil Grosicki's free-kick from the edge of the box took a wicked deflection to land in the back of the net. However, Chelsea held on to edge victory and ensure their place in Monday's fifth-round draw. Reaction from Saturday's FA Cup matchesBatshuayi stakes his claim?With Tammy Abraham out injured and Chelsea rumoured to be considering striker options before the transfer window closes on Friday, this game represented a big chance for Batshuayi to prove to boss Lampard that he can have a part to play.
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Then it's about trust: is it Pep Guardiola or Zinedine Zidane he trusts with the rest of his future? Did you know? Sterling scored his third hat-trick of the season in all competitions, with his three goals against Brighton coming from just four shots on target. Noble: He's had to sit a few games out for West Ham recently, leaving Declan Rice to fill in the gap. Nevertheless club captain Mark Noble was back to his leadership best against Norwich, who were relegated before a second-half ball was kicked and were totally hammered by the end of the match.
It was not like after one week I had to leave. No, it was mine. I left everything there; my television, my books, my computer. It was a flat with 'bring me a coffee latte, please', or 'I don't want to go down for dinner, bring my dinner up'. If I was watching football or doing work with one of my assistants I would ask; 'bring us food'.
This is a game from from Iranian premier league. Persepolis is the table leader while the hosts are at numbers 4 of the league table. It's a hard game for the gamblers to make a thing in this game, hosts have won 4 games of their last 5 games home games in a row and one resulted as a draw. The visitors are in a very long winning run so it will be very difficult to lose the game here today. So I will be playing a hard option which suits both teams here and has good money in it
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BeIN Sport chief executive Yousef al-Obaidly has previously written to the chairs of Premier League clubs warning them against the Newcastle takeover. In the letter, he accused the Saudi government of the "facilitation of the near three-year theft of the Premier League's commercial rights - and in turn your club's commercial revenues - through its backing of the huge-scale beoutQ pirate service". He has also written to Premier League chief executive Richard Masters, calling for the league to "fully investigate" the piracy claims.
Omonia is very strong this season, while it is true they have not really even qualified for an Europa League place in a long time this season is different fighting at the top of the league table alongside Anorthosis mainly for even winning the title with the usual bully in Cyprus, APOEL, having a really poor season so far in the league and also exited the cup after losing both at home and away from home with Apollon, and this should really be a game without problems for Omonia.
They took the lead with a Rob Rensenbrink penalty. It was never a penalty in a million years. Mind you, the penalty for the goal that put us 2-1 up was a bit soft as well. Once wee Archie scores his second goal and it's 3-1, you can see Graeme Souness making a sign asking how many goals we needed. Scotland's Archie Gemmill wheels away after his iconic second goal against NetherlandsThe second Dutch goal will live in my brain forever.
And let's hope for the best in the playoffs. Orban, speaking on Hungarian Radio on Friday, said all the country's major construction projects faced criticism before they were realised. We may have argued, fought, whether we need the stadium or not, but in the end, when we got it, we were all happy. I know the debates that surrounded these projects over the centuries.
THURSDAY’S BIG STORIES Oh when the Spurs go wading in They may not be particularly good, in any of the normal senses of the words, but right now Spurs are one of the most engagingly weird football teams on the planet. Last night they played relegation certainties Norwich City at home in the FA Cup … … and yet if you’d turned in knowing nothing about anything, you’d have assumed that the lads in white were the ones in relegation trouble, playing away from home against a better team.
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Assisted by Craig Forsyth following a fast break. BookingPosted at 89' Louie Sibley (Derby County) is shown the yellow card. Posted at 89' Foul by Louie Sibley (Derby County). Posted at 89' Mahlon Romeo (Millwall) wins a free kick in the defensive half. SubstitutionPosted at 86' Substitution, Millwall. Shaun Williams replaces Ryan Woods. SubstitutionPosted at 85' Substitution, Derby County. Chris Martin replaces Wayne Rooney.
The win moves Bournemouth to 23 points from 24 games while Brighton are two points ahead of them in 15th position in the standings. Southampton made sure there was no repeat of their weekend collapse against Wolverhampton Wanderers as they claimed an impressive 2-0 win at Crystal Palace on Tuesday. Ralph Hasenhuttl's side let slip a two-goal lead to lose 3-2 on Saturday but remained in control at Selhurst Park after superb goals by Nathan Redmond and Stuart Armstrong.
Not for the first time this season, the Gunners dominated the ball without making the most of the ample opportunities that came their way at the City Ground, as they tasted final defeat in the competition for the second year in a row. In contrast, the ever-clinical Beth England netted twice for Chelsea after soaking up wave after wave of Arsenal attack as the Blues got their hands on the trophy for the first time.
The Blades, who won promotion to the top flight last season, are sixth in the standings with 36 points after a stellar campaign but Wilder's target is 40 points which virtually guarantees a team stays up. It's a push for three points, 40 has always been a big number for a newly-promoted side," Wilder told reporters ahead of Sunday's home game against Bournemouth.
They're not an easy team to beat at Keepmoat, but Darren Moore's men certainly aren't prolific winners at home. Donny have won none of their last four on their own patch, three of which they've drawn. Scoring is rarely a problem – Doncaster have found the net in 11 out of 12 at home – but they're struggling to keep teams out. Moore's side have conceded in all but two of their home games, as well as in each of their last four.
The league leaders, who won the Club World Cup title by beating Brazil's Flamengo last Saturday, take on second-placed Leicester City on Thursday and host Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday, but other teams including Manchester City are not as fortunate. Video - Nightmare before Christmas for Man Utd as Haaland picks Italian giants - Euro Papers01:21 "I understand all those saying it shouldn't happen.
That terrible record has set back the visitors, leaving them rooted in the lower reaches of the table. It’s a long way to fall from last season’s playoff final appearance. It’s tough to see the debut of Wayne Rooney doing much to turn around a side who look to have completely lost their way on the road.
They seem to be painfully short on confidence and their lack of goals is a big worry. Top scorer Neal Maupay has just one goal in his last 10 league games, and the fact that ‘Own Goal’ is their second top scorer says it all. Brighton need goals, but it’s hard to see where they’re going to come from. MAN OF THE MATCH Vicente Guaita (Crystal Palace): A towering performance at the back by Palace’s goalkeeper, who made a number of crucial stops before and after Ayew’s winner.
Hammers appoint Moyes for second spellMoyes was appointed as interim manager in November 2017 and helped the club avoid relegation, but was not kept on for the following season as Manuel Pellegrini was brought in. The Hammers have turned to the former Everton boss again after sacking Pellegrini, and he has won his first two matches in charge - following up a 4-0 over Bournemouth in the Premier League by beating Gillingham 2-0 in the FA Cup.
