He's been starved of games over the period since New Year and he deserves a recall so I thought I'd put him in there. Leaving aside the fact that it was Smith himself who was rationing Hourihane’s time on the pitch, the Irishman pretty much always impresses – he just needs to be given the chance, and you just need to watch him.
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Paper Round's view: Inter are gunning for glory this season. They are looking like the best Inter Milan side since their treble-winning season back in 2010 and Antonio Conte is deserving all the plaudits he gets. His 352 system features the exceptional partnership of attacking duo Romelu Lukaku and Lautaro Martinez, but imagine how lethal the side could be with Christian Eriksen involved too.
“Getafe” is good! Where is your “Ajax”, which last year enchanted in European competitions? Now the Dutch are getting two goals from the “Spanish Chelsea” and apparently go home from the Europa League. The “blues” themselves organize shows not only in the international arena, but also in the domestic. This year they competed with the eternal top 3 Examples, so in the game with “Seville” with the favorite, not everything is clear.
The top two teams in the country meet in the play-off final. It's likely to be a tight affair this weekend with both sides having good defensive abiliities only conceding 26 goals between them in 36 league games. Esteli have drawn their last three home games 0-0 and Managua have only conceded one in their last three on the road. The tip here is a bet on under 2.5 goals to be scored.
Southampton have conceded at least once in their past 14 Premier League home games, the longest run without a home clean sheet in the competition since Crystal Palace's 15 in May 2015. West Ham have won a league-high 63% of their Premier League points this season in away games (12/19). Sebastien Haller scored his first goal in the Premier League since netting against Crystal Palace in October, ending a run of 636 minutes without scoring in the top flight.
Holstein Kiel will play against Nurnberg in the 2. Bundesliga of Germany on Sunday. Holstein Kiel coming from 1-4 away Defeat against VFL Osnabruck but Defeated SG Dynamo Dresden by 2-0 in the last home game. However Holstein Kiel just won two of the last six home matches. While Nurnberg coming from 0-6 defeat against Stuttgart at home but Defeated When by 6-0 in the last away game. Nurnberg just lost one of the last seven away matches and has very good away record this season. Nurnberg also defeated Holstein Kiel in the last head to head match on road .
Atlético Madrid - FC GranadaGetty Images Koke's absence from the team coincided with their woeful slide in form, in which they lost to Eibar and Real Madrid, drew 0-0 at home to struggling Leganes and were knocked out of the Copa del Rey by third division side Cultural Leonesa. For the first time in his eight-year spell with Atletico, the pressure was on all-powerful coach Diego Simeone, who this week was named by French newspaper L'Equipe as the highest earning manager in European football.
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Liverpool v Birmingham City Sunday, 12pm, Prenton Park In contrast, two sides at the wrong end of the table will be battling it out at Prenton Park. Liverpool clinched their first league win of the season last time out with a 1-0 victory away at fellow strugglers Bristol City. Birmingham are on a poor run of form in the league having lost their last three games albeit to Arsenal, Reading and Man City, respectively.
Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says the club are "further behind" in their development than he hoped for at this stage of the season. United, who host Newcastle on Boxing Day, sit eighth in the Premier League and seven points off a spot in the Champions League places. Solskjaer has been in charge for a year but says he is using this season to build a team for the next campaign. We knew this season was going to be a season of some ups and downs," he said.
It's to give support to all the players and show that black, white, Chinese or whatever, who you are - there is only one race. Pogba, who was racially abused on social media in August, has deliberately avoided trying to get central involvement through world governing body Fifa. The 2018 World Cup winner handed his wristband to a United fan after the warm-up. Racism has been a regular problem in football across Europe in 2019.
How would you feel about your team winning the title when they're in third place, 12 points off the top and having played barely half of their league games?That's exactly what has happened to Scottish junior club Auchinleck Talbot, who have been crowned champions of the West Region Premiership. Why? Well because the Scottish Junior Football Association have ended the league season early on a points-per-game basis with all football in Scotland suspended until at least 10 June because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Denizlispor have failed to win any of their last seven Super Lig matches. Kasimpasa have won five of their last six matches against Denizlispor. No Super Lig team has a worse home record than Kasimpasa (1-2-7). The Super Lig title race takes up many column inches but the relegation fight in the Turkish top flight is equally engrossing.
Most of the time, their only way of stopping the danger was to foul him. For the goal, Grealish chased down an over-hit Anwar el Ghazi cross before fronting up Andreas Pereira on the edge of the penalty area, beating him with a deft feint to the right and finally sending his curling shot over David de Gea and into the roof of the United keeper's net. It was magnificent, way beyond anything produced by the hosts during another tepid 45 minutes.
Viitorul even defeated the league leaders from CFR Cluj with 3-1 at home in a recent game they also defeated Belgian Club Gent with 2-1 at home in the Europa League but losing big the first leg played away from home by them made them lose qualification in the end still they are really good at home and score a lot of goals while Sepsis is not that great at scoring goals perhaps they can score a goal but I see Viitorul scoring enough goals here to cover this handicap bet and odds are quite decent to be taken in this one.
There's some chat to be had with Uefa about this. Hence, the stalling by the SPFL. Clubs will want a guarantee from the governing body that the calling of the Premiership will not remove them from European competitions next season. The way it's looking, this season is done. Celtic will be champions, Hearts will be relegated. Promotion and demotion will be settled on the tables as they exist right now.
Assisted by Marco Verratti with a through ball. Posted at 60' Attempt blocked. Di María (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Neymar. Kevin de Bruyne's "incredible" display in Manchester City's win over Leicester "was the best he has played in a long time", says boss Pep Guardiola. Belgium midfielder De Bruyne, 28, produced another dominant performance as the champions closed the gap on second-place Leicester to one point.
Stéphan's men have been rather awful away from home this season with six defeats and two draws making up their last eight games on the road. Some of these matches have come against beatable sides like Cluj (0-1), Brest (0-0) and Dijon (1-2) but they have consistently slipped up, damaging their league position. Rennes have conceded 13 goals in that time with just six in reply and it could get messy as they travel to the Stade Saint-Symphorien.
There is the slice of luck Norwich deserved, as Serge Aurier puts through his own net! Lady luck has evened things out after the VAR call. Nice football to work the chance for Pukki, who again struggles to control, Alderweireld gets a foot in, Aurier cannot sort his feet out, and diverts the loose ball, inadvertently, into his own net.
Last night, after a 2-1 defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt, he was still maintaining that “I think today we improve”. Statistics told another story, with Arsenal’s chances created drying up and the team conceding more shots on target than ever before. It was, by the end, a considerable mess. A clear failure of management in all facets.
It's a massive deal for me and my family because I've always been a home girl and I've always liked spending time with my family, so that was hard for me, being away from them. Now, living on my own and doing things for myself, it's a massive step for me, but as soon as I moved I realised this is what I love doing. I'm getting to play with some of the top players in the world. Read more: Hemp signs new Man City contractAll Women's Super League fixturesHemp, who came on as a substitute to score in May's Women's FA Cup final, may not have ever taken up the sport if it had not been for her older sister, Amy.
Ismaila Sarr is a crazy good talent, he's so calm in front of goal and has electric pace. Buzzing. It's not hard is it, football? We stuck to our task and took our chances when they came. Firing blanks - the statsWatford are the first side to beat Liverpool in the Premier League since Manchester City in January 2019, ending the joint-longest winning streak (18) and the second longest unbeaten run (44) in English top-flight history.
Vikingur and Skala are very tight in terms of strength. Maybe just a little advantage for Skala which by the way started on the wrong foot this season with a defeat against IF at home 1 x 2. Last season we saw Skala winning here at Vikingur's 1 x 2. It seems though Skala is yet to start the season so maybe they are on the downside in terms of scoring. Vikingur scored 22 goals at home last season and Skala only 17. As for the conceded goals we have 16 and 13 in 13 matches each. I believe in this under
Jamie Shackleton replaces Stuart Dallas because of an injury. Posted at 90'+2' Attempt missed. Stuart Dallas (Leeds United) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Posted at 89' Offside, Leeds United. Ben White tries a through ball, but Patrick Bamford is caught offside. Posted at 88' Attempt blocked. Stuart Dallas (Leeds United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Golf's Players Championship in Florida was called off after one round. French football's governing body has suspended its top two leagues. The remainder of the Scottish football season has been postponed indefinitely. Formula E is suspended for two months, affecting races in Paris, Seoul and Jakarta. Late on Thursday it was announced Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta had tested positive for the virus, and early on Friday Chelsea striker Callum Hudson-Odoi revealed he had been affected, while Everton say a first-team player has shown symptoms.
Why always you, Mario? Why always you?3. Agueroooooo! (2012) Sergio Aguero's stoppage-time winner against QPR was his 23rd goal of the seasonIt is one of those moments where everyone remembers where they were when it happened. Mancini's Manchester City team side had been fantastic throughout the campaign but goals from Djibril Cisse and Jamie Mackie saw them 2-1 down at home to QPR on the final day of the 2011-12 season, needing all three points to seal their first Premier League title.
Posted at 116' Attempt missed. Matt Godden (Coventry City) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Goal!Posted at 114' Goal! Birmingham City 1, Coventry City 2. Maxime Biamou (Coventry City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Callum O'Hare. Posted at 112' Attempt missed. Matt Godden (Coventry City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Referee Nick Walsh had a decision to make. Was he clipped? Or did he dive? His conclusion, a dive from Boyle, who received a yellow as a result. But minutes later the referee did point to the spot. Caley Thistle defender Kevin McHattie grabbed McNulty's shirt with enough force to send him sprawling. There were some raised eyebrows when Hibs captain and centre-back Hanlon stepped up. And those questions remained when his effort was brilliantly saved by Ridgers, who then kept out Hanlon's shot on the rebound.
The march from Germany league between Wolfsburg and Bayern Munich best pick for this match is the play pick over from 5.00 goals where we look see minimal six goals and a good new mach from boat teams with more goals from boat teams in this mach and new chance for this home team try get a best play and do a score win with three new points try get this open door to the new season in Europa league what be this best new chance for this team. Bayern is new Champion and for this time this be a best new chance get a win at the match.
Liverpool's first-team players will be refreshed after their break and I think they will pick up where they left off - with another win. Lawro's prediction: 0-2Katie's prediction: 0-2SUNDAY Aston Villa v Tottenham (12:30 GMT)Tottenham have not always been that convincing in the past few weeks but they have still put together a decent little unbeaten run in the Premier League and FA Cup. I can see Spurs continuing that form here, too.
I see a game won by the hosts but with the guests scoring and odds are much better on both teams scoring as well as the over 2.5 goals bet than just 1.70 on the home win because there are just 2 points separating these two sides at this moment in the league only thing is that Chievo has two wins in a row at home in the league while the guests have 3 losses in a row on the road also in the league but Entella scored in their away games every time this season so I trust they can score and make the game go over 2.5 goals.
Going to a lending company was an alternative way to fund his arrival without having to raise money by offloading French World Cup-winning forward Griezmann first. Distilling transfer-market pressure' Antoine Griezmann's move to Barcelona from Atletico Madrid was regarded the worst-kept secret in Spanish football last summerBarcelona took out a bridging loan to ensure they landed Griezmann in time for a money-spinning pre-season tour of Japan and the United States after their request for more funding from Spanish banks was reportedly turned down, having already borrowed more than £500m for stadium renovations.
Varnsdorf and Prostejov will face each other in the upcoming match in the Division 2. Varnsdorf this season have the following results: 5W, 6D and 10L. Meanwhile Prostejov have 6W, 8D and 7L. This season both these teams are usually playing attacking football in the league and their matches are often high scoring.
On this day 111 years ago, one of football's greatest managers was born. Sir Matt Busby is regarded as the founding father of Manchester United, a hero among the club's supporters for transforming the Old Trafford side into champions of Europe and for the birth of the Busby Babes. Tragedy would strike on that path, with the Munich air disaster in 1958 claiming the lives of 11 on the club's charter.
The two head to the game with 12 points separating them, Monaco having managed 32 and Amiens 20. Going to the clash, Amiens have not managed a win in their last eight matches; they have lost four of those but they will have something to build on, having played to 0-0 draws in the last two matches. In their most recent loss, they fell to a late goal in a 2-1 defeat at the hands of Brest and they will be aiming at doing better here.
The players had individual programmes while they were away, so they weren't escaping total physical exertion. We're all fresh ahead of this final third of the season. It is his longest run without a top-flight goal since he went seven games between December 2016 and February 2017. MATCH FACTSHead-to-headWolves won 4-3 in both previous Premier League home games against the Foxes. Leicester's solitary victory in their past eight league visits to Wolves came in the Championship in December 2006.
Laporte's return is huge for City - he is so important that he gives them a chance to win the Champions League. I don't see it happening this season without him. The good news is he has played around an hour in each of their past two Premier League games so it looks like he will be ready for Real, and they will need him. He is their best defender, and the best at passing the ball out of their back-line, or bringing it forward when they start building attacks.
On their own patch, Juventus have been typically useful this season, winning six and drawing one of their seven home matches. They've scored 15 and have conceded eight and have generally looked like they will continue picking up wins at Allianz Stadium.
The African Nations Championship, a national team competition for home-based players, is still on in Cameroon from April 4-25 but dependent on the findings of the CAF medical committee who will visit the country this weekend to assess preventative measures taken by the Local Organising Committee. Morocco’s football federation has called a meeting for Monday to decide whether they will play in the tournament.
Basel no longer holds the dominant position in the village of Cau Giay as it was 3 years ago. In the last two seasons, Basel has finished after Young Boys. This season, not only did the Boys lose their position, Marcel Koller's teachers and students also stood under St. Gallen. In terms of scores, they are inferior to 2 teams ranked 5 and 8 points, respectively.
You can send in your questions for future podcasts to peter. Listen to the latest Peter Crouch podcast'I threw my clubs into a lake'With chat turning to the theme of post-playing careers, the cliched football retirement plan involves taking up golf, something Crouchy has done himself. Although as he admits, it didn't initially go according to plan. Crouch: I am having golf lessons at the moment and sometimes you hit the ball and you think 'oh, that was sweet'.