Should you add in-form Manchester United defenders to your XI? What about Olivier Giroud in your attack? And is it right to take a gamble on a Crystal Palace duo?BBC Sport has taken a look at some of the options for fantasy football managers. Listen to the latest Fantasy 606 podcastThis gameweek's Premier League fixtures (all times GMT)Saturday, 14 March: Watford v Leicester (12:30 GMT), Bournemouth v Crystal Palace, Brighton v Arsenal, Manchester City v Burnley, Newcastle v Sheffield United, Norwich v Southampton (all 15:00 GMT), Aston Villa v Chelsea (17:30 GMT) Sunday, 15 March: West Ham v Wolves (14:00 GMT), Tottenham v Manchester United (16:30 GMT) Monday, 16 March: Everton v Liverpool (20:00 GMT) Giroud - a model of consistency against Villa Olivier Giroud has been back in favour at Chelsea in recent weeksWhen it rains it pours, apparently.
Tainted title? That's delusional': When a 30-year wait becomes a little longer United stun Real with 'important offer' for Van de Beek - Euro Papers The number one Dean Henderson Dean HendersonGetty Images If Henderson were to carry on his Sheffield United form as it was (before the coronavirus break) then he has to be looked at as a number one.
I want to be a good person, a great footballer and someone who gives back. Last week, 12 months on from his own diagnosis, Taylor returned to The Christie cancer hospital in Manchester. There were a few young lads in there, football fans. Jesse [Lingard] gave me a shirt to take in for a little lad called Kieran.
Roll of honour Let's take a quick (bullet point assisted) trip down memory lane and revisit the winners of the last 10 Ballon d'Ors. Spot the odd one out. Luka Modric 2017: Cristiano Ronaldo 2016: Cristiano Ronaldo 2015: Lionel Messi 2014: Cristiano Ronaldo 2013: Cristiano Ronaldo 2012: Lionel Messi 2011: Lionel Messi 2010: Lionel Messi 2009: Lionel Messi 11:05 - 'There are no losers' Virgil van Dijk is already pre-empting defeat in tonight's ceremony by insisting there will be "no losers".
They have only managed eight top-half finishes since they last won the league in 1959. But unless they at least match last season's seventh place, it will be viewed by some as a disappointment. These are the aspirations that exist at Molineux now, even if a sober realism is also taking hold. Guo Guangchang has been described as the 'Warren Buffett of China' in the mediaFirst the good news for Wolves fans.
Newcastle and Melbourne Victory will face each other in the upcoming match in the A League. Newcastle this season have the following results: 3W, 5D and 9L. Meanwhile Melbourne Victory have 4W, 4D and 9L. This season both these teams are usually playing attacking football in the league and their matches are often high scoring.
He replaces Marco Silva at Goodison Park who was sacked after 18 months in charge earlier this month. Excited to share the news that I am joining Everton FC," Ancelotti tweeted. I am delighted to be back in the Premier League and to be part of this historic club. Thank you for your trust in me. More to follow.
France , Ligue 1. Marseille will play at home with team Angers SCO. Hosts did 4 wins at last 4 matches played. Their shape is well. But today they have a problems. Players like Sarr, Paye and Kamara will not play with Angers SCO. It is a plus for guests. Angers SCO Did 3 wins at last 4 matches played. Their shape is well also. Last game they won 4-1 with team Roane. My bet will be on guests with AH +1 . I predict a balanced game where guests have all chances to get 3 points. I recommend to try this bet with me .
WatfordWatford have launched a campaign called 'Hornets At Home' aimed at helping elderly and disabled supporters. It is a general appeal seeking volunteers to aid those who can't easily get out of the house with daily tasks. WolvesWolves chairman Jeff Shi has warned football fans not to "underestimate" coronavirus. He said all staff who had been sent home "continue to be paid for the duration of the club's closure and this period of uncertainty".
Piracy claims surrounding the proposed takeover of Newcastle United should be scrutinised by government, according to a member of the Digital, Cultural, Media and Sport Committee. The £300m deal - backed by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund - is being checked by the Premier League under its owners' and directors' test. But the Arab state's alleged role in pirate network beoutQ showing Premier League and other sports illegally has led to demands for further investigation.
Posted at 70' Corner, Sport-Club Freiburg. Conceded by Roman Bürki. Posted at 70' Attempt saved. Vincenzo Grifo (Sport-Club Freiburg) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. SubstitutionPosted at 70' Substitution, Sport-Club Freiburg. Lucas Höler replaces Roland Sallai. Posted at 69' Foul by Axel Witsel (Borussia Dortmund). Posted at 69' Roland Sallai (Sport-Club Freiburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
The winter break couldn’t have come at a better time for Boavista, who headed into the festive period reeling from their fourth defeat in five league games. Prior to that they were actually enjoying a very promising season, having remained unbeaten for their first nine outings.
When I see people speaking. He's trying to do his best, it's normal until Jan. It is a normal consequence of the situation. For a few matches people are saying he's playing his last game. Eriksen plays tomorrow. Mourinho said the eighth-placed club are also on the lookout for a striker with their talisman Harry Kane ruled out until April due to a hamstring injury.
Therefore, I personally feel that I can and should accept the 50% reduction in wages. I hope this can contribute in some way to the long-term survival of the club at a challenging time and save jobs, especially those that are the lowest earners and hence those who will be struggling the most at this time. I know every one of my team-mates have unique circumstances with their finances, homes and families.
Ed Woodward and his team have been criticised in the past for his transfer dealings, but being pipped to a really exciting transfer by your bitter rivals is a new low for club's executive vice-chairman. Minamino is another Salzburg star who has excelled in this season's Champions League campaign and he seems like the perfect fit for Jurgen Klopp's playing style.
Borussia Dortmund will host FC Koln in the two sides’ round 19 Bundesliga clash this Friday, with each of them having started the year with wins. Dortmund head to this game in fourth place on 33 points, while Koln have 20 points and in 13th place. Dortmund have registered three wins in their last five matches; they have five wins in the last 10 matches, three losses and just two clean sheets.
Strasbourg vs St Etienne predictions for Saturday's match in Ligue 1. Mid-table rivals Strasbourg and Saint-Etienne go head to head in Ligue 1 this weekend where a win for the home side will see them leapfrog their guests. Read on for all our free predictions and betting tips.
Money, though, is a big problem. Barca's budget is already stretched and they would almost certainly have to sell several players to meet Martinez's 111 million euro release clause at Inter. That could start with Chilean midfielder Arturo Vidal, who is reportedly suing Barca in a dispute over unpaid bonuses and has already attracted Inter's interest. Cheaper options could be former Barca trainee Dani Olmo, who has shone for Dinamo Zagreb this season, and Osasuna striker Chimy Avila, whose hard-running style and penchant for spectacular goals has won admirers across Spain.
Wolfsburg vs Bremen predictions for Sunday’s Bundesliga fixture at Volkswagen Arena. Wolfsburg got back to winning ways last weekend following a period of poor form. They will host struggling Werder Bremen this weekend. Read on for all of our free German Bundesliga betting tips and predictions.
Walter Ferretti is enjoying two last matches wins which they have scored one goal per each game so they are hosting Deportivo las Sabanas while they are in high spirit, so I think they are not going to disappoint their fans at home soil.
Arsenal boosted their hopes of finishing in the Premier League top four with a narrow win over West Ham at Emirates Stadium. Alexandre Lacazette's goal 12 minutes from time, which was confirmed by the video assistant referee, lifted the Gunners up to ninth, five points behind Chelsea in fourth. The France forward swept a close-range effort into the bottom-left corner from Mesut Ozil's cushioned header for his third goal in four games.
At this point the season has ended phase 1. Baumit Jablonec and Slovan Liberec with high prized competence have easily reached the finish line in the final round of the season. Host Baumit Jablonec is currently in 4th place, the position will play the play-off for the Europa League, while the visitors Slovan Liberec stand right behind with 2 points less.
Dortmund, in third place on 48 points behind Bayern and RB Leipzig, have won nine straight games against Gladbach. They have scored 25 of their total 66 goals this season -- a club record -- since the start of 2020. Gladbach could be without forward Marcus Thuram who is nursing a knee injury and missed training earlier in the week.
Benfica haven't been great in Group G, there can be no denying that, but their home efforts have been better than Zenit's exploits on the road, so much so that they get the nod in the betting. Specifically, 'Benfica to Win & Both Teams to Score' stands out.
Metz are also a team not known for their glitzy attack. They have failed to score in three of their last six matches and are drawn for the third least goals netted this season however, it has been a different story when playing at home. They have scored nine of their eleven goals at the Stade Saint-Symphorien and have netted in six of their last seven games in front of their own fans so they should be hoping to threaten a good Reims side here.
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For me, Wolves is one of the best teams in England, even the results was not so ideal in last period. Olympiacos is playing pretty good and that is the fact, but they are have other problems - their owner is someone who is have Corona Virus and that will surely mentally be bad for home team. Wolves is in this moment in the middle of the table in England Premier league and they are have only one goal - to go at least in semifinal in Europa League. They will be on good level in this match and they will not lost.
Beach soccer is still football but on a smaller scale and is played differently. It helps the range of a footballer in terms of his senses, the understanding of seeing things quickly, playing fast and the technical application, which improves movement," said Tagawa. For me football 'reduced' helps the players because it uses the complete skills. Working barefoot in the sand is ideal for building strength in the ankles and helps with shooting because it makes the area of contact on the foot harder.
They are five points behind leaders PSG but the same number of points ahead of third placed Club Brugge. Madrid aren't that certain of making it to the last sixteen because if they lose this match and Brugge win away at Galatasaray, the gap between them would be down to two points. As fate would have it, the final set of fixtures have Brugge at home to Madrid.
Siewert was retained as manager but, in the absence of a director of football, found himself taking on responsibilities beyond his ordinary remit. During the summer break I was doing a lot of work, not just as a manager," he remembers. I was helping the club in a structural way. This happened when others might have gone on holiday, but I felt I had to be there. Morale was temporarily boosted by positive pre-season performances, remaining unbeaten through seven games, including a win over German side Hamburg and a draw with Montpellier, who'd finished sixth in the French top flight the previous term.
Speaking to BBC Sport's Football Focus, Moyes added: "I'd like to build a team here and I would like to do something really special. I've had really good encouragement from the owners that they want that to happen as well. Preview: West Ham v EvertonLukasz Fabianski out 'for a couple of weeks'Lawro's Premier League predictionsThe former Everton and Manchester United boss guided West Ham to safety in 2018 after taking over from Slaven Bilic in November, but departed at the end of the season after six months and 31 games in charge.
It helped Norwich on their way to the quarter-finals of the competition, setting up a meeting with 12-time winners Manchester United at Carrow Road, which is live on BBC One on Saturday (kick-off 17:30 BST). Cantwell, 22, has stood out with impressive performances for the Canaries this season but his confident demeanour took some time to develop. In fact, he grew up quite a shy lad, so how did his coaches help to turn his approach around?"What we did in training was to get players to kick him on purpose all the time," Norwich hall of famer and academy coach Darren Huckerby tells BBC Sport.
Matches in the Premier League, Football League, National League, Women's Super League, Women's Championship and Women's National League will be dedicated to the campaign, launched by FA president the Duke of Cambridge. A number of high-profile players, including Paul Pogba and Marcus Rashford, have been targeted for abuse on social media in recent months and Kirkland insists tougher action is needed.
Barcelona B is in 5th place with 29 points while Espanyol B is in 3rd place with 33 points. Barcelona B have scored 25 goals and have conceded 18 goals while Espanyol B have scored 32 goals and have conceded 20 goals. I expect a home win here but however I prefer to bet on goals because I see a strong match between two teams that are fighting for promotion. Barcelona B have main objective of this season to get the promotion and of course they have talented players so I expect them to fight from the first minute. Also Espanyol B is making a good season and I expect also from them to fight for points here and I expect at least 3 goals in this match.
His J. League exploits saw him become the first Japanese recipient of the Asian Player of the Year award in 1993. He made his Japan debut in 1990 and fired the country to their first World Cup finals appearance in 1998 by scoring 14 goals in qualifying. However, he was controversially omitted from the final squad for France and retired from international football two years later, having scored 55 goals in 89 appearances.
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Resovia Rzeszow will host Stal Rzeszow for this fixture of the league. Of course, the hosts are more ambitious team in this campaign. Resovia are currently on the 5th place with 44 points. However, the hosts have fallen in their shape. I think, Resovia will try to break the poor series. In any case, this will not be an easy task. Also, we have Stal Rzeszow who's is very average team in this league. Stal have two consecutive losses. Nevertheless, I think, the visitors have a chance to fight for the positive result in this match. I expect, the visitors will try to pick up the victory on the opposite stadium.
With only 4 victories after 16 rounds, Real Madrid is in 3rd place from the bottom, up to 4 points behind the team. In the context of the season only 2 rounds remaining, the opportunity for them to improve their rankings is not much. Even Real Madriz can completely be pushed down to the lower rank if all lose the remaining 2 games.
The signing is a preparation for the summer and an investment into our future as a club," Hertha general manager Michael Preetz told the Bundesliga club’s official website https://www. In Lucas we are getting a young, but experienced international player from a team in the Champions League, who will strengthen our midfield straight away.
Scoring goals has been a big problem for Strasbourg on the road this term. Barring their 4-0 win over a lowly Amiens side recently, Thierry Laurey's men have scored just one goal away from home this term. They've failed to score in seven out of nine.
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It all came to a head when Bowyer was left fuming after Dyer decided not to pass to him and a scuffle broke out, with Dyer later admitting he was intentionally not passing to his team-mate. The fallout from the incident, which resulted in both being sent off, saw Bowyer hit with a seven-game ban while both players were forced to make a public apology for their behaviour. Graeme Le Saux and David Batty were England team-mates as well as Blackburn Rovers colleaguesBatty v Le Saux, 1995Going back 25 years for this one as, once again, being on the wrong end of a 3-0 scoreline appeared to be the tipping point for two players.
It would mean using every available midweek slot and, for the busiest clubs, utilising their squads to play twice in a very short space of time. It was by no means ideal but Liverpool played two games in two days in different continents this season, so it clearly can be done. How realistic is football in May?BBC Sport has been told by a Premier League source that unless they are blocked from doing so by the government, the intention is to restart the season as soon as practical from 30 April.
Various teams have tested players for the virus, including Valencia, who said on Monday that 35 percent of their first-team squad and staff have tested positive for the coronavirus but were asymptomatic. There have been at least 491 coronavirus fatalities in Spain and over 11,000 people have been infected, according to government statistics on Tuesday, with the country in partial lockdown.
Owen went to a World Cup after his stellar season. Greenwood has more time and, although he will still be a teenage when the European Championships begin next summer, on this evidence it would be no surprise to see him included in Gareth Southgate's squad. The goal was vital for United, who have failed to win successive home games for the first time in nearly six months, but have the advantage at just the right time as Solskjaer looks to return the club back to something like their former selves.
In a break from convention, there will be no winter break for the forthcoming campaign in January. Instead, teams will face each other throughout January, with Celtic travelling to Ibrox and Hamilton hosting Motherwell in the Lanarkshire derby on 2 January. The Premiership is the only league in Scotland that will start in August due to the continued fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. The truncated 27-game Championship, League One and League Two campaigns are not due to begin until October.
The 34-year-old, who joined Juventus from Real Madrid in 2018, sat out as the team eased past Udinese en route to the Coppa Italia quarter-finals on Wednesday, and his manager says he is determined to help him to match his great rival and win a sixth world crown. I would like to help Cristiano win the sixth Ballon d'Or first," Sarri told reporters post-game in Turin.
