The last player to score an FA Cup goal against United having previously played for them was Danny Welbeck with Arsenal in March 2015. It is always strange if you play against a former team, especially as I was at Manchester United for such a long time, but it's football," Rooney told Derby's club website. I love Manchester United and I want the team to do well and win, but for these 90 or 120 minutes, I want them to lose and for us to go through to the next round.
The visitors come into this clash as Serie A’s top scorers, while they had a boost following their 2-0 win over Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League on Tuesday night. Just as la Dea scale new heights, the hosts are looking out of their depth in the top flight. The bottom side have earned only one point at home in the current Serie A season (D1 L4), fewer than any other side: the last time the Rondinelle have won a home game in the top-flight was back in April 2011 (3-1 against Bologna, under Iachini).
SubstitutionPosted at 84' Substitution, Liverpool. Harvey Elliott replaces Andrew Robertson. SubstitutionPosted at 84' Substitution, Crystal Palace. Brandon Pierrick Keutcha replaces Jordan Ayew. Posted at 81' Foul by Fabinho (Liverpool). Posted at 81' Joel Ward (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the right wing. Posted at 79' Foul by Fabinho (Liverpool). Posted at 79' James McCarthy (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
City may be about to lose the Premier League crown that has been theirs for the past two seasons to Liverpool but they remain a top-class team and totally deserved this win in the competition that made up part of their historic domestic treble last season. The club have delivered a robust response off the field as they appeal against a two-year ban from the Champions League and a 30m euros (£25m) fine for "serious breaches" of Uefa's financial regulations.
Beziers despite being above the relegation line at this moment just one point above the bottom clubs though they have the worst defensive record in the league so far as just in their last away game they conceded 7 goals all alone losing with 7-0 away at 2nd placed Pau, and they also have a couple of 2-2 draws on the road lately as well, this while earlier this season at home they drew 2-2 with Laval and it was 3 out of 3 games with Laval with over 3.5 goals being scored in them.
Having got the better of Tigres in the quarter-finals of the Aperutra play-offs, Club America bring a psychological advantage into the game but will also be aware of the strength of the visitors. Indeed, Club America lost the home leg of said play off tie 2-1 but managed to turn things around with a 4-2 away win; results that also shows this fixture tends to be an exciting one.
HONG KONG, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Asian Player of the Year Saki Kumagai says the development of club football is crucial to the continued improvement of the women's game on the world's most populous continent. Kumagai, part of Japan's 2011 World Cup-winning side, this week added Asia's highest individual honour to an impressive trophy haul that includes six French league titles, one French Cup triumph and four UEFA Women's Champions League titles.
Elsewhere, England managers Gareth Southgate and Phil Neville are taking a 30% pay cuts, joining managers like Eddie Howe, Graham Potter and David Moyes in sacrificing portions of their wage. Raddy Antic: 1948-2020 Raddy Antic, who passed away on Monday, was of course best known as a manager, the man who won the league in one of his three spells at Atletico Madrid in 1996, and who also was one of just two men to manage both Barcelona and Real Madrid, helping to bring through Victor Valdes and Andres Iniesta at the former, and Fernando Hierro and Luis Enrique at the latter.
Norwich are 19th on 12 points and lost 2-1 to Wolves last time out despite being ahead at half-time. This game will go a long way in seeing whether or not Villa are relegation candidates which I believe they are. Tyrone Mings has been absent this last fortnight and now John McGinn looks set for a lengthy spell on the side-line and unlike Southampton above them and Norwich just behind them Villa have been struggling to score goals.
The only teenager in Europe's top five leagues who has scored more than Greenwood’s eight goals across all competitions in 2019-20 is Jadon Sancho, with 12. Sancho is 18 months older than Greenwood and it’s unlikely that Gareth Southgate would parachute in a player for Euro 2020 who had taken no part in qualifying, but it can’t be long before Greenwood is pushing for a senior England role.
Liverpool have some good youngsters, but none of those who'll feature on Tuesday have broken fully into the first team squad yet, which is reasonably telling. Consider this in conjunction with just how badly they defended in the last round and 'Aston Villa to Win & Over 3.5 Goals' stands out. Villa notched six against inferior opposition first time out in this competition, while they've scored five in two against useful Premier League sides since. Against Liverpool's youngsters, the hosts are backed to run riot.
Both Deportivo Las Sabanas CF and CD Jalapa are, in this match, overrated by all or the majority of the bookies. Fair odds for Deportivo Las Sabanas CF seem to be 2.50 and at 2.30 there is no value at all. The underdog now is Las Sabanas playing away, at 2.90 but fair odds would be 3.10, so again the is absolutely no value either. The Daw though has a pretty good value at 3.2! So this time I'll bet on a draw for this match where odds have been coming down on De por Las Sabanas who will not win this match!
This odds is more than great for me and of course that I must take that in this match from Bundesliga. So, Werder Bremen is really one of my favorite teams for betting on goals. They are team who was not in ideal form in last few weeks, but few days ago, they are played one of the best matches so far in season, when they are beat and eliminated big favorite, Borussia Dortmund at home, 3-2. Union is maybe better than them, but Werder is for me closer to win. In any case, I will bet on goals here, it is real.
Mainz and Augsburg will face each other in the upcoming match in the Bundesliga. Mainz this season have the following results: 9W, 4D and 17L. Meanwhile Augsburg have 8W, 8D and 14L. This season both these teams are usually playing attacking football in the league and their matches are often high scoring.
Immelman: November masters presents different challenges Former Masters champion Trevor Immelman believes the famous Augusta Court would present a different set of challenges should the event be played in a mooted rescheduled slot in November. If you look at the golf course in a bubble, I think the course itself won't play all that differently.
Two Israeli teams Bnei Yehuda and Beitar Jerusalem will take on each other in Club friendly on Monday. Both the teams are from top Division league called Ligat Ha'al. Bnei Yehuda recently placed a friendly game to another top Division club Hapoel Tel Aviv. The result was Goalless Draw that time. Beitar Jerusalem recently placed a friendly game to Netanya and lost that game by 1-2. That game should end in draw if Rotman didn't missed the penalty. In the last six head to head matches, Bnei Yehuda has two wins, Beitar Jerusalem has two wins and remaining two ended in Draw. Beitar Jerusalem only lost two of the previous 16 league Matches .
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These two sides drew 2-2 away at Etar earlier this season but Etar lost most of their away games so far this season this while Botev has even defeated strong Levski Sofia with 1-0 at home last round and also won two rounds ago on the road at Dunav Ruse with 2-1 in the end so two wins in a row for them at this moment and they have every chance to make it 3 wins in a row here as well as they won this fixture last season with 2-0 in the end and also Etar is poor on the road this season.
Plus I really think that when opposition players have to give them the guard of honour, it really fires the other team up. I originally had Liverpool to win 3-2 but I am going to switch it. Samuel on Liverpool's title success: "This sort of tells a lot about me as a football fan and how I am a little new to it but there have been moments when Liverpool have played Chelsea or Manchester City and I have been hoping they beat them, which shows me I am not a true-to-the-core Everton fan - I know Everton fans who want both teams to lose in that situation, and of course I know why.
Both sides have failed to score in 50% of their league games this season, which suggests to us that they each have their own issues up top. Given the nature of this clash and the pressure facing both we expect this clash to be quite close. Under 2.5 goals is our pick for this one, having landed in 62% of the hosts’ matches.
Bristol Rovers' winless run continued at the weekend, as they were unable to beat Coventry at home in the FA Cup, drawing 2-2. Ben Garner has now overseen five matches as manager, none of which have ended in victory. On a more positive note, three of the five matches that Gas have played since the new man took charge have ended in draws.
Do better, everyone. Aleksander Cefarin speaks on racism It is of course easy and probably justified to be cynical about the seriousness of the football authorities about fighting racism. We only have decades of evidence to support that cynicism. So you’ll obviously take the president of UEFA saying they will do more with a pinch of salt, but it’s probably only fair to listen to what he has to say, in an interview with the Daily Mirror’s Darren Lewis, and judge for yourself.
There is no huge difference in a quality between those two clubs, Alanyaspor is two points above Besiktas at standings, but they are without victory in last three rounds, and I am sure they will not play risky against Besiktas. Once again, visitors will probably to be without attacking midfielder Adem Ljajic, and it will be a huge problem for their squad, Yilmaz will be in attack, behind him will be Boateng, N'Koudou and Lens. Bamou and Cisse will be in attack for the host. Besiktas is not outsider in this duel and they have enough quality to avoid defeat in this duel.
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Return of fansSince the restart, Premier League matches have been played in empty stadiums, and Masters said the return of fans is "vital" for the Premier League and "critical" in the English Football League. He said there were ongoing discussions with the government about how and when this might happen and it is a topic that is "looming large on our agenda". The Premier League, he said, had volunteered to act as "guinea pigs" for various solutions, one of which might be the use of technology, in the form of biological passports, to clear fans to attend grounds without having to comply with social distancing.
Tottenham's two Champions League games against German opposition this season have produced 13 goals. The Tottenham Hotspur Stadium has seen more goals than any other venue in this season's Champions League (20 goals; 11 for Tottenham, 9 against). TottenhamLosing finalists in 2018-19, Tottenham are in the knockout stages of the Champions League for the third consecutive season - they had only made it past the group phase once before (2010-11).
I always took big pride at being part of the Italian squad. Scoring the winner against England was such a big satisfaction for me (in a 1-0 win at Wembley in World Cup qualifying) - especially the day after when I went to the training ground and saw Dennis Wise's face!"Craziest team-mate?"One of the craziest but also the funniest was Faustino Asprilla at Parma. One day, we all started training in the morning and we looked at each other and said 'Where is Tino?'.
On paper, Tigres are arguably the strongest side in the division and they'll certainly be expecting to challenge for the closing phase title. Nonetheless, some defensive irregularity has crept into their game in recent matches, with both nets having been hit in 4 of their last 5 and that's a theme they'll be hoping to put an end to swiftly.
They are the League One draw specialists with 10 of their 23 outings ending in a stalemate – only Coventry can match this number. They have only lost five times as well, a figure bettered only by top of the table Wycombe and Coventry.
We come here to the game Hannover against Bochum. Both teams have won 3 times in the last 5 games. They are in 6th and 7th place. Both teams will end the season here, there is nothing left. For both teams it is not about anything anymore, but there is something. The table position decides on the distribution of TV money and a place is worth almost 800 thousand euros, so 96 can beat Bochum in the last home game, who are in 6th place and have one point more than the 96s. Both teams improved in the second half of the season. After the descent still threatened in winter, there are some injuries in Bochum team. But Bochum will go for a draw. Because A draw would still place them in 6th position.
In December, the Sussex club were 11 points from safety, having had two points deducted for failing to control their spectators, but clawed their way back into contention to have a chance of survival on the final day. A 1-0 win over Doncaster on the penultimate weekend, in the last ever game at the Goldstone, meant Brighton went into the final day ahead of Hereford United on goals scored. Appropriately, The final fixture of the campaign was a scrap between the bottom two at Edgar Street.
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These two sides have dreadful records behind them of late, with the Rs winning only twice in their last 10 matches in the league. Meanwhile, Charlton have gone a full 10 matches without a victory, a streak which has marked them out as contenders for the drop.
Conceded by Lewis Dunk. SubstitutionPosted at 78' Substitution, Arsenal. Eddie Nketiah replaces Alexandre Lacazette. Posted at 76' Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 76' Foul by Yves Bissouma (Brighton and Hove Albion). Goal!Posted at 75' Goal! Brighton and Hove Albion 1, Arsenal 1. Lewis Dunk (Brighton and Hove Albion) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a corner.
Playing behind closed doorsFinishing the season behind closed doors would primarily be about "sporting integrity" rather than generating revenue for clubs, said Parry. If we were starting behind closed doors it would be finely balanced economically," he explained. It's almost neutral but for many clubs it would actually cost them to play. We stand to lose an element of broadcast revenue if we're unable to complete the season, but given the broadcast contract is nowhere near that of the Premier League it's a relatively small contribution.
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Both of these sides have high hopes for 2020, but who will get the year off to the perfect start on Monday? This week sees Fiorentina trying to put a terrible 2019 behind them, while Bologna are aiming to continue their climb.
The visitors raced into a three-goal lead in a sensational first-half display with Streli Mamba scoring twice and Gerrit Holman adding a third. But England forward Sancho got the ball rolling for Dortmund with a driven finish before Axel Witsel struck. And Marco Reus headed home Sancho's cross in stoppage time to earn a draw.
Man of the match - Juan Mata (Manchester United) Juan Mata created two of Manchester United's goals with wonderful deliveries and had a better passing accuracy (90. We are taking more steps forward'Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, speaking to BBC Sport: "Very happy. We started on the front foot. When you can walk off, and I am sure the opposition are talking about Manchester United as a very hard working team, that is what I want from my team.
I gave the best of me to accomplish the objectives I was asked for in our first meeting," Pochettino said in a statement released by the League Managers Association. There were equally tough challenges as exciting success. I'd like to thank (owner) Joe Lewis and (chairman) Daniel Levy for giving me the opportunity to be part of Tottenham's history.
While the footballing focus this summer will be on Euro 2020, there are two British sides who will be going to a World Cup this summer. As Uefa holds its flagship tournament around Europe, with the final at Wembley, those places who are unable to join the established order of international football are focusing their attention on North Macedonia for the Conifa World Football Cup. So forget Wales and England - and potentially Scotland and Northern Ireland as well - instead it's time to get behind Kernow and the Parishes of Jersey.
Some going. HAT TIP Here’s Jack Lang, formerly of this parish and now at the Athletic, delivering your introduction to Bruno Fernandes (£). Anecdotes from childhood, tales of overcoming adversity, getting called a lazy waster by Antonio di Natale: it’s all here. England has always been the promised land for Fernandes.
Posted at 83' Attempt saved. James Forrest (Celtic) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner. Posted at 81' Attempt blocked. Pep Biel (FC København) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mikkel Kaufmann. Posted at 80' Corner, FC København. Conceded by Christopher Jullien. Posted at 79' Penalty saved! Jens Stage (FC København) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
I don't think having an average score would be fair or right. That's my worst case scenario. That would be the only way. If you look at Aston Villa last year in the Championship - they would probably not have been promoted if it went on average points at this stage, because they got momentum and won a lot of games at the end of the season. A relegation-threatened team could have the chance to get out of it now but an average points system doesn't give them that opportunity.
So it proved as Andy Rinomhota equalised with a volley to force extra-time, during which Murphy pounced on an error by Royals centre-back Gabriel Osho to restore Cardiff's lead. Then with five minutes left of extra time, Yakou Meite scored his third goal in three matches against Cardiff to take the game to a penalty shootout. Aden Flint and Will Vaulks missed the Bluebirds' first two spot-kicks, giving Sone Aluko the opportunity to score Reading's fourth and seal a 4-1 shootout victory.
It was classy from start to finish from the Scotland striker, who will continue to court interest having now scored 28 times in 30 club appearances this term. Inverness had half an hour to find a response, and Carl Tremarco's late volley into the side-netting came close, but in sodden conditions United held on with relative comfort to assert their dominance.
The 28-year-old, who joined Liverpool in January 2018, has helped the club win the Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and Club World Cup. They were also just two wins away from their first English league title in 30 years when the season was halted due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The Premier League has been suspended indefinitely due to the pandemic, with 1.
For large periods of this game the Blades certainly gave Guardiola plenty to think about, with their disciplined and organised defence frustrating City for well over an hour. In the end, Guardiola had to turn to the ever-reliable Aguero to get the job done. At 31, the Argentina international is in the twilight years of his football career but is arguably enjoying some of his best form. It took him just six minutes to get on the scoresheet after coming on for Jesus, who had struggled to get the better of the Blades' defence.
Nice's Danish striker Kasper Dolberg cut the deficit with 12 minutes left but any hopes of a comeback were hit when defender Patrick Burner was dismissed for a second booking in the 86th. Lyon held on to collect their his third win in four league games as they climbed to seventh with 19 points from 14 games.
