Foster then continued his form against a rather spiteful Aston Villa with a superb save from Wesley in the opening exchanges and a clean sheet. Seven points from three games is the sort of form that will keep the Hornets in the Premier League and new manager Nigel Pearson in a job. Did you know? Only three goalkeepers have kept more Premier League clean sheets than Ben Foster (six) this season - Burnley's Nick Pope, Leicester's Kasper Schmeichel and Sheffield United's Dean Henderson all have seven.
These two rivals are heading in opposition directions at the moment. This Derbi was an illustration of that. MAN OF THE MATCH - Ferland Mendy (Real Madrid) If ever there were any doubts over Mendy’s position as Real Madrid’s best left back, this performance laid them to rest. The Frenchman has really flourished over the last few weeks and has become an integral figure for the Santiago Bernabeu side, contributing the assist that led to Benzema’s match winner.
Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Jérémie Bela following a set piece situation. Posted at 75' Foul by Kyle Bartley (West Bromwich Albion). Posted at 75' Gary Gardner (Birmingham City) wins a free kick in the attacking half. SubstitutionPosted at 74' Substitution, Birmingham City. Gary Gardner replaces Jude Bellingham. Goal!Posted at 73' Goal! Birmingham City 2, West Bromwich Albion 2.
Credit must go to Watford first and foremost, Nigel Pearson got his team selection and tactics spot on. And Jurgen Klopp's side are the champions elect and do not deserve to be given a kicking for ultimately a bad day at the office having won 18 league matches on the spin. But some may argue the warning signs have been there after the recent 1-0 defeat away to Atletico Madrid and the fortunate 3-2 win over West Ham on Monday.
The Blues have claimed just 32% of their points away from home this term. However, they have boosted that with back to back draws on their travels ahead of this week. The Blues have drawn three on the spin in the league, while we can see that continuing here. Two of the last three meetings between these two here in the Championship have finished 0-0 and we’re backing a repeat.
Go back 11 years. Howe expects a relegation battle Eddie Howe described Bournemouth's last four seasons in the Premier League as relegation battles and said on Monday he expects the current campaign to be no different. Having slipped to 12th in the standings after a run of three defeats in their last three games, Howe called for more consistency ahead of Tuesday's trip to 11th-placed Crystal Palace.
I believe that home team will win very easy with few goals difference and that is pretty clear. So, this is match from Belarusian 2nd division who is pretty new on bet lists. Of course, I was not watched this teams so far in league, but if we just see statistic, than it is clear that home team is much better team. Gomel is have better team and in the same time, Khimik Svetlogorsk is team who is losing very easy matches in every round. In last two rounds, they are lost 0-3 and 0-4. Gomel will win easy this duel.
In a perverse sort of way it’s quite comforting when stuff like this happens. Your opinions are validated, the status of someone as a whopper and someone to be avoided at all costs is confirmed. So yeah, they’re going on the list. Arteta tells his tale It’s worth remembering, as most sensible people in the UK have very firmly holed up in their homes where possible, that the Premier League may have merrily carried on gathering thousands of people together in the same place had Mikel Arteta not tested positive for Covid-19 about 48 hours before Arsenal’s scheduled game against Brighton last Saturday.
For the 2020 edition, Uefa decided that more is more. Twelve host nations have been selected, with group games spread across four time zones and nearly 4,000 miles. Stick some new tyres on the car or get ready to do some inter-railing. Host cities/stadiums:1. Glasgow (Hampden Park, capacity 51,000). Three group games, one last-16 game. Dublin (Dublin Arena, 51,000). Three group games, one last-16 game.
Click here to read Tuesday's Paper Round 09:50 - Van Basten suspended by Fox Sports Former Netherlands forward Marco van Basten has been suspended from his role as a television analyst for one week after using a term associated with Nazi rallies. The 55-year-old said "Sieg Heil", which in German means "hail victory", on the Dutch edition of Fox Sports after a German coach was interviewed by one of the channel's reporters for the De Eretribune show on Sunday.
Posted at 89' Foul by Hamza Choudhury (Leicester City). Posted at 89' Mamadou Sakho (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half. SubstitutionPosted at 89' Substitution, Leicester City. Hamza Choudhury replaces Youri Tielemans. Posted at 89' Attempt missed. Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is too high.
Heracles haven’t beaten Utrecht in the pairs last six meetings but have secured to draws during that period. Utrecht have scored at least two goals against Heracles in the pairs’ last five encounters and four of the duo’s last six meetings have produced over 2.5 goals.
Despite her impressive performances this season, Kelly has only been worth a spot in the training camp in the eyes of Lionesses boss Phil Neville - although she was drafted into the full squad after the withdrawal of Jill Scott back in October. England have won just twice in their last eight games and many have been left asking how Kelly has been overlooked.
FC Köln 0, FC Bayern München 4. Serge Gnabry (FC Bayern München) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alphonso Davies. Posted at 65' David Alaba (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 65' Foul by Mark Uth (1. FC Köln). Posted at 64' Lucas Hernández (FC Bayern München) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Your favourite player growing up was Real Madrid's Marcelo. It was a dream for me to play alongside him, like it was when I signed for Real Madrid. I signed when I was young; I didn't believe it when they called me. As a young player, I looked up to Marcelo because he plays in the same position as me. He laughs all the time too; when he plays, he enjoys it. I want to be like him. You play in lots of different positions, what's your favourite? I think I like the right-back role - but I like to go on the attack all the time.
Romania has been under a state of emergency to help halt the spread of the coronavirus since March 16, and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis said he will issue a decree next week extending the measure until May 16. Burleanu said the FRF is looking at three scenarios for the league re-start with May 27, June 3 and June 13 being discussed as resumption dates.
Atletico Madrid vs Osasuna predictions for Saturday night’s La Liga encounter at Wanda Metropolitano. Can Atleti end a run of three La Liga games without a win when they host mid-table Osasuna this weekend? Read on for all our free La Liga predictions and betting tips. 
Second-placed Inter Milan were held to a third successive 1-1 draw after Radja Nainggolan, a player they loaned to Cagliari for this season, scored a second-half equaliser for the Sardinian side in their Serie A match on Sunday. The fiercely competitive Belgian, who was told by Inter coach Antonio Conte that there was no place for him this season, stunned the San Siro with a 78th-minute goal to cancel out Lautaro Martinez's first-half opener for Inter.
Vecino to United if Eriksen joins Inter? With Manchester United’s £60m move for Sporting Lisbon midfielder Bruno Fernandes in doubt, the Daily Mail are reporting that Inter Milan's Matias Vecino could be lined up as an alternative. However, Vecino would only be allowed to leave Inter if the Serie A club complete the signing of Tottenham midfielder Christian Eriksen, whose future at Spurs hinges on whether the club agree a fee for the Dane six months before his contract expires.
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Sturm Graz and Wolfsberger will face each other in the upcoming match in the Austrian Bundesliga. Sturm Graz this season have the following results: 9W, 5D and 8L. Meanwhile Wolfsberger have 11W, 5D and 6L. This season both these teams are usually playing attacking football in the league and their matches are often high scoring.
Andy Robertson had given the home side the lead in the first half, but they also spurned a number of good opportunities to score more, with Mohamed Salah and Curtis Jones guilty of wayward shooting. They also found Nick Pope in superb form, with the England goalkeeper producing a string of good saves to deny Salah and others. Roberto Firmino struck the inside of the post with a low shot as Liverpool poured forward to try to capitalise on having more than 70% possession.
VVV have won three times at home this season and Emmen have lost six times on the road, with the hosts averaging 1.29 points per home game and the visitors averaging 0.14 points per away game. VVV have won 43% of their home games and Emmen have lost 86% of their away games, which is a damning statistic for the visitors heading into Saturday’s clash.
They bid to make it four out of four when travelling to fifth placed Zhodino. The league leaders have a three-point lead at the top and have only conceded one league goal in three games. Their season got off to a good start with a 3-1 home victory over BATE Borisov who finished second in this league last season.
Eintracht are currently in joint-second place in the Bundesliga home form table. They have won four of their seven Bundesliga home games up to now, losing just once, versus Wolfsburg.Hertha Berlin have not enjoyed similar fortune away from home this season. Hertha have won just one of their seven Bundesliga away games, losing four. We predict that they will struggle versus a strong home side, in Eintracht Frankfurt.
Shakhtar is dominating the league once more this season in Ukraine and is close to taking 2nd place in the Champions League as well but they have conceded lately a couple of goals, winning 4-1 with weak Lviv at home, they also drew two games in the Champions League with average Dinamo Zagreb 2-2 at home and 3-3 even away from home, also last round in the league they only managed a 1-1 draw away from home at Mariupol so there are questions marks about the quality of their defense at this moment.
Altyn Asyr is going to face Energetik. The hosts won six of 10 games in this season and at home, they played four times. They won three matches and scored 9 goals while conceded only three. Altyn is the best team in this league and today they will face one of the weakest teams. This match is a free win for them and as they are fighting for the title they have to win clashes like that. Energetik lost 3 of five matches on the trips and conceded 5 goals. However, they should lose today by more than 2 goals. Altyn is the best team and they should score more than 3 goals
One Premiership club told BBC Scotland earlier this week they would be forced to rely on the goodwill of fans to not demand refunds should they not be permitted to attended games. The spread of the virus has gradually escalated measures across Europe, with games postponed and played without spectators. Uefa is meeting on Tuesday to discuss its response to the outbreak, and discussions will cover all domestic and European competitions, including Euro 2020.
The Gunners were a goal up after the first leg of the tie, having won 1-0 away, the previous week. Arsenal crash out of Europa League after Olympiacos score extra-time winner Europa League round-up: Celtic and Ajax both dumped out However, with a 2-1 lead over Arsenal and an away goal's advantage, Aubamayang had the opportunity to prevent Olympiacos' progression to the next round.
Posted at 80' Corner, Atlético de Madrid. Conceded by Unai Simón. Posted at 80' Attempt saved. Santiago Arias (Atlético de Madrid) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner. Posted at 79' Foul by Mikel Vesga (Athletic Club). Posted at 79' Thomas Lemar (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half. SubstitutionPosted at 78' Substitution, Atlético de Madrid.
Bate Borisov are unbeaten in their last four league games after losing away to Slavia mozyr. They will face Neman Grodno who depend on their form form but are poor away. On the road Neman have lost six of their last eight league games. Bate have won thirteen of their last fifteen home league games. In their previous h2h Bate Borisov have won their last four home games against Neman Grodno in all competitions.
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Kaizer Chiefs are dominating the league this season with 35 points after 15 games played with a record of 11-2-2 so far they are however just 3 points above the 2nd placed club Mamelodi right now so need to keep on winning and they are very high scoring lately, their last home game with Bloem Celtic even finished with 8 goals as Kaizer won it with 5-3 in the end, and also won 3-2 away at Highlands earlier this season.
The very fact that you are in professional sport, you need to be very resilient. You need to be able to bounce back because you'll get more setbacks than you will good times, and I would like to think that's how my members are. So it remains in process and we shall just have to wait and see, and look at it on a day by day basis and see if it's achievable. But if we don't try, then it's never going to be achievable.
They had never been in the Champions League knockout stages before - [manager] Julian Nagelsmann had never been there. But they were so sure, they were balanced. Everything points towards Leipzig. Former Tottenham and Sevilla striker Freddie Kanoute: "Jose Mourinho has been a top manager and his record speaks for itself but the past few games from Tottenham have lacked passion. You saw Tottenham lose to Norwich [in the FA Cup] and it was like they were waiting for something to happen.
But they had to work hard for it on Sunday after gifting Everton their two goals through defensive mistakes. I'm really pleased with the performance," Arteta said. It's not easy to play three times in seven days, we got back late from Greece, and then to concede an early goal as well. That asks questions of you. The team reacted really well. This is the reaction I am hoping for when we face disappointment.
A low-scoring game looks on the cards here. Neman Grodno have had some good home performances but remain inconsistent. Their opponents have made a steady start to life in the Belarus Premier League and are six points above the relegation zone. Just six goals in seven games though and two in four away matches. Bet on under 2.5 goals in this match.
Man Utd win at Chelsea in game full of controversy VAR decisions 'soul destroying' for fans - Chelsea boss LampardRelive Manchester United victory over ChelseaChelsea are fourth with 41 points while Burnley, in 11th place, are only seven points adrift. Manchester United's current reduced status, and the reason why questions are constantly asked about Solskjaer's suitability to revive this fallen Premier League giant, is emphasised by the fact they only have half of Liverpool's 76-point tally.
THE ARGUMENTS Carrie Dunn made the case for concussion subs - 'Enough is enough - it's time to bring it in'. Read her views Here. Marcus Foley went for reducing the number of players in a matchday squad. Read his views Here. Pete Sharland claimed penalties are tough enough, kill the ball after it’s taken.
Julien Stéphan's men also have to be wary due to this match coming away from home where they have been considerably worse. They've won just two of their last eleven games on the road and have recently slipped up against Amiens (2-3) and Dijon (1-2). However, they have been rather consistent at the top end of the pitch when away from home with six goals in their last five on the road; it's just the eight conceded in that time that they really need to rectify.
Three second-half goals from Southampton condemned Norwich to their fourth defeat in five games, denting their hopes of Premier League survival. Saints top scorer Danny Ings curled in the opener shortly after half-time, before Stuart Armstrong doubled their lead five minutes later. Norwich looked lacklustre at an eerily empty Carrow Road, and Nathan Redmond confirmed a win for Southampton when he slotted into the bottom right corner late on.
In Belarus, Neman Grodno and Torpedo BelAZ are expected to meet for a Vysshaya Liga match at Zsk Neman Stadium. These two teams have been involved high number of goals scores in the recent past and the trend is set to probably progress.
Sainté are still to lose under Claude Puel since he joined in early October. However, it hasn't all been plain sailing as they have drawn five of the nine matches he has taken charge of, failing to score in their last two games. Puel was brought in to bring a real defensive shape to ASSE but they have conceded six goals in their last six games and hardly look solid at the back, they were rather lucky in their last two matches with their opponents missing four 'Big Chances'.
The defending European champions are through as Group E winners, and while they will discover their last-16 opponents on Monday, news emerged on Thursday that they have been eyeing one opponent for some time. A player, that should be, with Liverpool closing in on a January move for Salzburg winger Minamino.
This is further evidenced by the prominence of more agile transfer strategies, such as utilising loan transfers often with an option to buy, as well as focusing attention towards the promotion of young talent from club academies in recent years. The January window saw the total expenditure by the big six clubs - Liverpool, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Manchester United and Chelsea - account for 52% of the league's total spending in the month.
Having reached the milestone of a year unbeaten, Liverpool must now negotiate two significant obstacles before the end of the month. Their next two Premier League games are away to Jose Mourinho's Tottenham on Saturday, 11 January - the Portuguese famously oversaw a Chelsea win in 2014 which derailed Brendan Rodgers' hopes of taking the title to Anfield - and at home to Manchester United, the only team to take a point off them all season, the following Sunday.
Leicester City host Aston Villa at the King Power Stadium this week, hoping to establish a Carabao Cup Semi Final first leg lead healthy enough to make their second leg at the end of the month a formality.
