The hosts go to this game in 19th place and on 31 points while Arsenal have so far managed 53 points and placed 10th in the standings. Villa must win their remaining two matches to ensure they survive and have been on a rise in their last two matches, beating Crystal Palace before drawing with Everton.
That being said, Aves face a struggling Santa Clara side on Saturday and they did manage to win their last home match in the competition, beating Sporting Braga 1-0 thanks to an early goal. For all their problems, the hosts will feel they have a decent chance of getting something from this game.
United famously overturned a two-goal deficit last season to reach the Champions League quarter-finals, overcoming a first-leg 2-0 loss to Paris St-Germain by winning 3-1 in Paris. It's not three points and its not done," said Guardiola. They are a dangerous team. Last season they lost by the same number of goals at home to PSG, went to France and qualified. It is not a quick fix'The defeat was United's third in their last six games, following Premier League losses at Watford and Arsenal.
The question that does arise from those numbers is that if it requires these lavishly-paid players to take a 70% cut AND make contributions in order to keep the lights on, then this is not a football club being run in a very sensible manner. But that’s a problem for them. What was also interesting is that, as ever with Barcelona, there can be no day when politics are not involved, so tacked onto Messi’s statement was the following ‘verbal broadside’ against his club’s suits.
No clean sheet for City as Brady fires home a consolation for the hosts. Out of nothing, really. The ball broke fortunately for Brady, who rifled home in space. Three minutes of added time here. KEY STATS Each of Gabriel Jesus' last 11 goals in all competitions for Manchester City have been scored away from home, a run stretching back to April.
The visitors did succumb to defeat in midweek as they hosted Newcastle, but prior to that they were unbeaten in seven Premier League matches and had taken positive results against the likes of Arsenal, Spurs, Man Utd and Wolves. Unlike their opponents, Sheffield United have a fairly favourable December fixture list, so it could be a very merry Christmas in the Wilder household.
Beating Celtic at Ibrox last season was a sign they were inching closer to their great rivals. Coming to Celtic Park and doing them in their own backyard was a statement of an altogether different kind. Media playback is not supported on this device Watch: Gerrard & Rangers celebrate after first win at Celtic Park in nine years They settled quicker than Celtic. Early on, Lennon was moved to gesture at his own fractious fans to calm down.
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Wednesday. Topics can then be put before its Feb. Annual General Meeting where any changes to the laws of the game are agreed. IFAB confirmed it would also discuss concussion protocols after British media reported on Wednesday that temporary substitutions could be introduced at Euro 2020. IFAB said no decision had been taken on that matter yet.
Conceded by James Justin. SubstitutionPosted at 75' Substitution, Leicester City. Christian Fuchs replaces Marc Albrighton. SubstitutionPosted at 75' Substitution, Leicester City. Harvey Barnes replaces Ayoze Pérez. Posted at 73' Foul by James Justin (Leicester City). Posted at 73' Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
But Bournemouth are having a good spell too, and they were decent even in defeat at Manchester City on Wednesday. The Cherries have been struggling for results on the road - they have lost nine away games in a row - but their home form has been better, plus they will be full of confidence after their recent run. This is the biggest game of the season for them and it happens to be a local derby, albeit without any fans again.
Harry Kane and Dele Alli scored second half goals as Tottenham came from behind to beat Brighton in the lunch time Boxing Day kick-off and close the gap on fourth-placed Chelsea to three points. See alsoTottenham Hotspur - Brighton & Hove Albion Jose Mourinho made two changes from his side that lost 2-0 at home to Chelsea on Sunday, with Ryan Sessegnon replacing the suspended Heung-min Son while Harry Winks took the place of Eric Dier in midfield.
Rangers and Celtic are doing well in Europe, which is brilliant to see. I think we have a good level in the league at the minute. I understand Steven's comments but I don't particularly agree with them. Rangers and Celtic have a real obligation to make the Scottish league as strong as possible, as we all have. We have to live within our means to do that. Scottish football doesn't need saved but we all have an obligation to make it even better.
Discussions have started about fans attending Premier League matches again, says chief executive Richard Masters. The English top flight restarts on Wednesday after a 100-day break because of the coronavirus pandemic with fixtures played behind closed doors. Masters did not put a timeframe on a return of fans to stadiums but said talks had begun with the government. The Premier League is back but it won't be fully back until we get those fans back inside the stadium," he said.
Smith fumed afterwards at a "very, very harsh" decision that killed the game. Vardy only had seven touches of the ball - but two of them were goals. His second arrived after his attempted cross had come back to him, allowing him to rifle past Reina at his near post. That was a particularly impressive goal, starting with defender Jonny Evans winning the ball outside his own box before he played it forward to Barnes, who found Vardy.
I had to play 40 games from Friday to Sunday and did so well that I qualified for an event in Munich," he says. I then ended up winning that event and that was the start. Pessoa graduated from university last summer so this is the first time that he has been able to concentrate solely on the competition. I've always had coursework and exams to worry about, but this time I've been able to fully focus.
United, who are bottom of Hellenic League Division One East and won just twice all season, travelled to second-placed Town. In my 30 years of football I've never known anything like that to happen," Town secretary John Blackmore told BBC Sport. Download and listen to the latest Football Daily podcastThe hosts took the lead after four minutes and were 4-0 up inside quarter of an hour. After missing a chance for a fifth goal from a couple of yards out, Town went to town in the final 15 minutes of the half - and, as it proved, the match - as they hit four more.
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Main reason for taking the under 1.5 goals here is the fact that both teams have really low scoring games in the league lately, Gijon drew 0-0 away at both R. Oviedo and Mirandes in their last two away games and especially Oviedo is not a defensive minded team, just that Gijon is quite defensive minded it seems, this while last season they drew both games with Lugo 0-0 in the end so no goal in 180 minutes between them last term.
Full TimePosted at 90'+4' Second Half ends, Real Betis 2, Barcelona 3. Posted at 90'+4' Foul by Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona). Posted at 90'+4' Marc Bartra (Real Betis) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 90'+3' Offside, Real Betis. Moreno tries a through ball, but Aissa Mandi is caught offside. Posted at 90'+3' Attempt blocked. Loren Morón (Real Betis) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
AC Fiorentina last home game against CFC Genua ended 0-0, before them they have beat Atalanta Bergamo at home in Copa de Italia 2-1. Last league game against Juventus Turin ended 0-3, after 4 straight games unbeaten. They are 14th in the league with 25 points from 22 matches, winning in all 6 league games, 7 ended in draw, with 9 lost games. They have scored 25 goals and have taken in 32.
Steve Bruce's United have now won just once in their last 10 league matches after running into a stubborn Burnley side, who are enjoying their best season in the Premier League era as they moved up to ninth place. The impressive Matt Ritchie, Dwight Gayle and the returning Jonjo Shelvey all had decent chances blocked by committed Burnley defending in a disappointing goalless first half.
Early on I didn't think we played particularly well but when you get two goals like we did that is pleasing. On Ighalo, he added: "When you get strikers in you want them to be happy and confident. He has come in here and of course we still have a few injuries and it is great for us to have Odion to call upon.
Bayern do not have much to play for in this game; they may field more youngsters with view of the upcoming cup game but we still expect to see a strong team out there. Wolfsburg have a poor record at home this season and it is poorer against Bayern in the past few matches so we expect the visitors to dominate. In their last four home games, Wolfsburg have conceded twice each time and have gone winless in five at home. They have failed to score twice in the last five home matches and face a Bayern side with five clean sheets in the last six home matches. A bet for Bayern to win 2-0 here could pass.
In the league of reservists they will play the match of Vitebsk against Dynamo Brest, and until my lights are turned off due to a hurricane wind I will try to manage to write a forecast for this and the next matches of today, and you support me so that the forecast comes and the lights do not turn off! Vitebsk and Dynamo Brest have passed so far, they have few points, but this is what I dear friends noticed in this pair, first of all, Vitebsk has one point more, but this is still the result, in one of the matches Vitebsk was able to score, and Dynamo Brest lost such a match, and most importantly, Vitebsk played almost the entire game away, and Dynamo was at home, so Vitebsk was more difficult, but now they are home and they are definitely favorites in this pair!
Wellington Phoenix got off to an awful start to the season, losing their opening four games of the season but a 1-1 draw against Melbourne Victory proved to be the turning point for the side as they are now seven games unbeaten. Impressive wins against Adelaide United and Western United have been backed up by another point picked up against Victory and a 2-2 draw with champions elect, Sydney FC. Many had written off Wellington before the start of the season but they’ve proven their critics wrong as they look to qualify for the finals series once again.
MADRID, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Second-placed Real Madrid host Real Sociedad on Saturday hoping their decision to loan Martin Odegaard to their fellow high-flyers will not come back to haunt them. Odegaard joined Real at 16 in 2015, making just one appearance for the first team before embarking on a series of loans, first in the Netherlands and now in the Basque Country, where he is due to stay for another season.
red star is coming for that promotion, they are in great shape, on second place on the table and I expect from them to continue with wins and crucial fact for this match tonight is defense, bourg en bresse don't have good defense at all and in first game versus red start they conceded 4 goals and of course listed with 1-4, tonight I think their defense is going to aloud at least 2 goals to red star and that is surely going to be enough for hosts to win cause they conceded only 6 goals at home the whole season and the odd is just great
To come from behind as well demonstrates the quality and mindset of this team to keep going. In any good team you have to have that. The best teams have spirit. This is a team that is so strong together. Kelechi is a wonderful demonstration of someone who trains with a great attitude every day. They allow this team to develop to the level it has been at because they work hard in training. Momentum is really important.
Under pressure, and with just the keeper to beat, the Scot chests the ball under control and lifts it sublimely over grace Moloney's head and into the corner of the net. REDS STILL UNABLE TO CONVERT Liverpool have together a bizarre season so far and are still without a win despite conceding just 11 goals in their first nine games following the 1-1 draw with West Ham.
LONDON, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Tottenham Hotspur coach Jose Mourinho has lashed out at the Premier League's congested fixture list over the Christmas period which means his side have to travel to face Norwich City two days after beating Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 on Thursday. Spurs were without suspended forward Son Heung-min and will be without the South Korean against Norwich in addition to Moussa Sissoko and Harry Winks who picked up fifth yellow cards of the season against Brighton.
With the visitors apparently heading for victory, Brighton substitute Alireza Jahanbakhsh drilled the ball across goal but, under no pressure, Mariappa fired past his own keeper on 78 minutes. The home side, who have not won this year, could hardly believe their luck after seldom threatening -- or even mustering a shot on goal.
I'd love to have played with him. The way he sees the game is different. He's had a brilliant season with 13 goals and 20 assists in 35 league appearances. Scores, creates and his set-piece delivery is brilliant too - he can do everything. Danny Murphy: Sadio Mane (1) Sadio Mane's 18 Premier League goals for Liverpool in 2019-20 have earned his side 18 points - only Arsenal's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (20) and Raul Jimenez of Wolves (19) have won more points with their goals this seasonHenderson deserves it for what he has done in so many respects; he is Liverpool's captain, and is a leader on and off the pitch.
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Real Madrid were held by Celta Vigo as they moved one point above Barcelona at the top of La Liga. Celta took a shock lead when Iago Aspas played in Fedor Smolov to score his first goal in Spanish football. Toni Kroos then swept home from 16 yards and Sergio Ramos gave Real the lead with a penalty, which was won by Eden Hazard on his return after almost three months out with an ankle injury. But Santi Mina scored a late equaliser from Denis Suarez's pass.
This was followed by "Who put the ball in the German net?" in honour of that never-to-be-forgotten moment against Bayern Munich at the Nou Camp. Those same songs are heard at every United game, including at Cardiff nearly 12 months ago, five days after executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward made the call to Solskjaer and asked him to put a smile back on the club's face as they slipped down the Premier League under Jose Mourinho.
Antalyaspor are unbeaten in their last eight Super Lig matches. Besiktas have scored at least two goals in their last three Super Lig home games. Besiktas have won four of their last five matches against Antalyaspor. Besiktas look to keep up their slim hopes of a 16th Turkish Super Lig title when they host Antalyaspor at Vodafone Park this Friday night.
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.
His teams have a fantastic style of football but the only concern is he has yet to win a trophy or have success at another club - he had 18 unmemorable months at Burnley in between two spells at Bournemouth. Rafael BenitezCurrent job: Dalian Yifang managerPrevious teams managed: Real Valladolid, Osasuna, Extremadura, Tenerife, Valencia, Liverpool, Inter Milan, Chelsea, Napoli, Real Madrid, NewcastleMajor trophies won: Champions League, 2 Europa League/Uefa, 2 La Liga, FA Cup, Italian Cup, Fifa Club World Cup, Uefa Super Cup, Community Shield, Italian Super CupThe 59-year-old Spaniard has won major trophies in three different countries - England, Spain and Italy, most famously winning the 2005 Champions League with Liverpool.
Her delivery from both feet, the confidence that she has is infectious. Certainly all of her other team-mates picked up on that. I love watching her play. O'Reilly: "What you see is what you get with Megan. She is a true performer. She understands that this game, at its core, is about entertainment. She loves being an entertainer. That's not to say she is not working hard because she is, but she comes alive in the biggest moments.
Poyet, who played for Spurs between 2001 and 2004, believes the situation needs to be resolved quickly to enable both the club and the player to move on. I have been watching Christian and something is obviously not right," Poyet said. He is not the Eriksen of two years ago. He is not affecting the game in the way he was affecting it. I think they need to sort it out. I didn't see Christian Eriksen happy in the FA Cup game with Middlesbrough and I didn't see the fans happy with him.
But this side is far from the inspired unit Guardiola won the league with last season, and playing both Rodri and Fernandinho in defence highlighted the lack of depth in some areas. Perhaps they are physically or mentally fatigued, but they could be helped by a couple of signings this January. Man Of The Match - Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) Both goals from Jesus were earned through his cleverness in finding space in the channel between defenders, and he was helped by City’s midfield supplying him with accurate passes.
Wolfsberger and Salzburg will face each other in the upcoming match in the Austrian Bundesliga. Wolfsberger this season have the following results: 12W, 6D and 8L. Meanwhile Salzburg have 18W, 6D and 2L. This season both these teams are usually playing attacking football in the league and their matches are often high scoring.
