Nov 29 (Reuters) - Brazil's managerial merry-go-round took a particularly bizarre turn on Friday when three of the clubs fighting relegation parted ways with their coaches, two of whom immediately rejoined rivals seeking to avoid the drop. Four teams will be relegated from Brazil's Serie A, with Avai and Chapecoense already down with three games of the seasons remaining.
Mustafi 7, Willock 5, Pepe N/A. Chelsea: Kepa 6, Rudiger 6, Zouma 6, Tomori 5, Azpilicueta 6, Kovacic 6, Kante 7, Emerson 3, Mount 5, Willian 7, Abraham 7. Lamptey 6, Hudson-Odoi 6. Jorginho 9. KEY MOMENTS 13' - GOAL! Arsenal 1-0 Chelsea (Aubameyang): Arteta has his first home goal as manager! Ozil swings in a corner to the near post, Chambers flicks it on and Aubameyang wriggles free at the far post to power a header past Kepa.
Since Arsene Wenger left last summer, Unai Emery had failed to address a number of major issues on and off the field, and it was losing the faith of the squad that finally saw him sacked. Video - Wenger: I will support Arteta00:55 2. Find ONE tactical plan that works Emery came to Arsenal with a wealth of tactical knowledge and a proven ability to navigate his way through competitions, as shown by his three consecutive Europa League triumphs with Sevilla.
Angers have only scored more than one goal in one of their last twelve league matches so we don't think they'll blast past Nice but with their strong defensive record we're backing them to win 1-0. Four of Nice's last seven defeats have all been by a one goal margin so we're expecting the match to finish by this scoreline.
FIFA have been talking about distribution of the revenue but haven't discussed the impact this would have in different countries," he said. Let's imagine the two teams from Argentina (Boca Juniors and River Plate are expected to take part) get 40 or 50 million dollars from the tournament. This would have a significant impact on their domestic league.
The FAI has been hit by a series of scandals since it acknowledged this year that it had broken state funding rules by failing to tell authorities about a short-term loan made to it by former chief executive John Delaney to deal with cash flow issues in 2017. Sport Ireland, the state-funded coordination body, appointed accountants to carry out the forensic audit in May, a month after it suspended state funding for soccer over the FAI's failure to comply with grant approval terms.
Porto have won their last seven competitive matches against Santa Clara and have kept clean sheets in four of their last five matches against Thursday’s guests. Under 2.5 goals have been produced in the pairs’ last three matches, all of which Porto hosted, so you can start to see why we have backed a home win with under 2.5 goals being scored.
A very interesting game here as Bate meet to play with Dinamo Brest. Bate has won all their last five matches while Dinamo Brest has won two of the last five matches. Bate Borisov has four home wins while Dynamo has two away wins. Although this game will be played at a Neutral location in Dinamo Stadium. Bate are in a good form currently since they have won six consecutive games while Dynamo Brest has lost the last one. Therefore in this game Bate are the possible winners in this game but I will go for a handicap of 1 for Dynamo to win since it's a cup there might be a draw in this game.
SubstitutionPosted at 84' Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. Kamil Grosicki replaces Hal Robson-Kanu. Posted at 84' Dara O'Shea (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 84' Foul by Adama Diakhaby (Nottingham Forest). Posted at 83' Attempt missed. Callum Robinson (West Bromwich Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Gimnasia are managed by Diego Maradona. However, please remember that because this did not happen within the confines of Europe it is not newsworthy. For those interested in non-newsworthy information, Boca Juniors beat their arch-rivals River Plate to the title, which is, of course, of no significance.
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Home team is great team and I believe that they will not have any problems to win in this duel from Belarusian Premier league - that is pretty clear and real. So, this team is with BATE Borisov, biggest favorite for the title this season and they are playing very good. I was watched all their duel from last round, when they are beat Gorodeya as a guests, 2-0, so I believe that they will be on that level and this time. Neman is team who is most of their points winning at home, and as a guests, they are poor.
We have always had quality up front - we had Fernando Torres, we had Luis Suarez - when we fell fell short in the league before, but that is not enough on its own. Is this title the start of a spell of Liverpool dominance? Big Zuu hopes so but he is not convinced. I think we are away from those times when teams could win three in a row like Manchester United did. I obviously hope we can go on to win it again and again but you can never count out City, because if they sort out their defence they still have one of the best attacks there is.
Full TimePosted at 90'+8' Second Half ends, Norwich City 2, Tottenham Hotspur 2. Posted at 90'+7' Corner, Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Jamal Lewis. BookingPosted at 90'+6' Christian Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Posted at 90'+6' Foul by Christian Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur). Posted at 90'+6' Kenny McLean (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Granit will host Arsenal for this fixture of the league. Both teams have a poor results at the start of the new season. In my opinion, both teams will try to make a positive result in this game. In previous game Granite lost 4-1 against Krumkachy. I think, the hosts will pay attention on their defense. On the other hand Arsenal will try to get the victory on the opposite stadium. However, this will not be an easy task. After all, this will be a very tight match. Nevertheless, the hosts will try to capitalize advantage on their pitch. My pick - Granite to win.
We're also backing Lyon to score over 1.5 goals as they have done so in their last three matches at home and against Lille, while their opponents have conceded at least one goal in six of their last eight home games.
Compromising on a reduced fee to avoid losing him for nothing next year will hurt, but at least lets the club go some way to finding the money to replace him in the transfer market. Read the full story Calvert-Lewin ends speculation Everton’s Dominic Calvert-Lewin has ended any speculation over his future this summer after he signed a new deal to stay at Everton.
Wilfried Zaha rescued a point for Crystal Palace against rivals Brighton & Hove Albion in a Premier League game that did not come to life until the second half. Brighton completely dominated the opening 70 minutes, and Neal Maupay gave them a deserved lead with a fine finish into the top corner. But, not for the first time this season, Graham Potter's side were made to pay for not taking their chances.
Arteta restored Mesut Ozil to the starting line-up and the German forward looked sharp in the opening exchanges, but despite Arteta energetically encouraging his team from the sidelines, they failed to create many chances. Arsenal's sloppiness was punished when they gave the ball away cheaply on the left wing and Bournemouth sliced through them quickly, midfielder Dan Gosling stabbing home Jack Stacey's centre from close range to give the home side the lead.
Leicester City will be feeling the heat when they welcome Crystal Palace to the King Power Stadium on Saturday. The Foxes are third in the table but have failed to win since the restart and their rivals are catching up. Chelsea are now only one point behind in fourth with Manchester United and Wolves a further two points back in fifth and sixth respectively.
It will be his iconic trophy jig that will finally consign Liverpool’s title pain to history. Sadio Mane is the smart pick. The Senegalese, who only recently realised he would receive a winners’ medal, proved the architect of Liverpool’s blistering start as Roberto Firmino and Mo Salah flitted in-and-out of form.
The visitors have slipped down to 17th in the table after a tough season, with their latest defeat pushing them close to the drop. They could do without this midweek cup clash to have a week on the training ground. However, Claudio Ranieri won’t be complaining if his side can claim a victory.
MOURINHO: MY PLAYERS ARE EXHAUSTED It is another worry for Mourinho whose Tottenham side are unravelling after an initial revival when the Portuguese replaced Mauricio Pochettino. Their run of defeats includes a 1-0 home loss to RB Leipzig in the Champions League, defeat away to Chelsea and a home loss to Wolverhampton Wanderers at the weekend that left Tottenham in seventh place in the Premier League.
Minsk 2 scored 3 goals all alone in many games so far this season as they have one of the best youth sides for this reserve level, they are very attacking minded and I would rate them the best club at creating scoring chances especially when they play games in front of home support but at the same time a side which lacks experience in defense as they often end up conceding goals for example their last game with bottom of the league Gorodeja instead of ending up in a big win for them as it should have been given the chances they missed they only won with 3-2 in the end having a man sent-off in the 60 minute for two silly fouls.
But I couldn't find him so I just went and went. I'm happy to score this goal. Goals galore for Spurs - and finally a clean sheetMourinho's standing as one of the world's leading managers, having delivered trophies at a host of top clubs, has been built on the defensive organisation and stability of his teams. But it was the attacking nature of his new side's performance which again caught the eye, with Spurs producing their most devastating display under the Portuguese to date.
None of us seriously considered that getting to the latter stages was a serious prospect. A Roy rant - then big names start to fall Ten years on a 'Still Believe' banner still has pride of place at Craven Cottage, a phrase-turned-chant that became an emblem of the 2010 runHodgson's calm "seen it all" demeanour was a trademark of Fulham's run to the final - but Schwarzer reveals how even the oldest head lost it in the dressing room after a potentially pivotal group loss away to Roma.
After Adam Masina drove the home side ahead and Roberto Pereyra coolly added a second, Everton looked fully out of sorts, before two goals arrived in first-half added time from central defender Yerry Mina. Fabian Delph's dismissal for two yellow cards in 13 second-half minutes looked set to temper the away side's comeback, only for Walcott to nudge home in the 90th minute and move the Toffees to ninth in the table, their highest position since September.
Posted at 75' Corner, Leicester City. Conceded by Darren Randolph. Posted at 75' Attempt saved. James Maddison (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Harvey Barnes. Posted at 74' Harvey Barnes (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
This is my second friendly match for today or it is better to said my second match where I will bet on goals. I don't follow this two teams so much, but in this situation when we on Saturday and Sunday have just maybe 10 matches in all world for betting in football, of course that I will follow and this two clubs. Few months ago, they are played last friendly match 1-3 and probably and this one will be similar. I don't see any reason for strong defenses here, so I will bet on option, on at least four goals.
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The double blow came shortly after Newcastle had missed the chance to take the lead through Brazilian forward Joelinton, who sprinted onto a pass over the top of the Leicester defence but failed to beat goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel with two attempts. With Newcastle reduced to 10 men after using up their three substitutions and Schar unable to play due to injury, Leicester made it 3-0 in the 87th minute through Hamza Choudhury who curled in a shot from outside the penalty area.
Paper Round’s view: Lamptey’s path to the first team currently appears blocked, with the 19-year-old defender behind Reece James and Cesar Azpilicueta in the pecking order. Selling him now would mean that at least some transfer fee is raised rather than losing him for nothing, so Chelsea may be tempted to cut their losses despite Frank Lampard wishing to keep him at Stamford Bridge.
The away team will not win this match they have won only 1 of their past 10 away matches against all teams. They are also not scoring enough goals as a team to be able to win this match and have not showed enough good football in away matches either to do this. The home team have beat them a few times, the home team have won nearly all their recent home matches against this away team. The handicap looks safe as the away team have not beat them here for a while and if they somehow draw it will not be a loss.
ANCELOTTI ANSWERS THE DOUBTERS Since taking over as Everton manager in December, following the sacking of Marco Silva, Carlo Ancelotti's side have earned more points than any team in the Premier League apart from runaway leaders Liverpool. The 17 points gained have moved Everton up to seventh place, in contention for a Europa League slot, and just five points behind Chelsea, who occupy the fourth Champions League qualification position.
Media playback is not supported on this device Man Utd 1-1 West Ham: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer pleased with point against Hammers After going on a 19-match unbeaten run United have flagged in the last week, being beaten by Chelsea in an FA Cup semi-final before this draw with the Hammers. The Norwegian knows the importance of qualifying for the Champions League. After 22 years of never finishing below third under Sir Alex Ferguson, United have managed only two top-four finishes in the years since his retirement.
This is a match from Argentina Primera and I believe that we can see here at least two goals and with a little luck maybe even three or more. So, both rivals are played on that way in last period and that is reason for this bet. Patronato is team who is in last round played in league 1-1, and in the same time, they are five matches without lose in league. Talleres Cordoba, on the other side is team who is in great match beat Huracan Buenos Aires 4-2 in previous match in league. Yes, over 2,25 is ok for me.
Things haven't quite gone to plan for the 13/14, 15/16 finalists, but they've been given a gilt-edged chance to book their place in the last-16. Punters are advised to back the hosts to take that chance. Specifically, 'Atletico to Win & Under 3.5 Goals' stands out. The hosts came under little defensive pressure and had too much in the locker for Lokomotiv in the reverse fixture. That is likely to be the case again. However, they didn't run riot, while the fact that the visitors are yet to concede more than two points towards the hosts securing their place in the last-16 in relatively low-key fashion.
Real Madrid will against Deportivo Ocotal in match Nicaragua Premier Division. My prediction this match could be the end score is under 2.5 goals due to Real Madrid on last 3 match only can make score 1 goal. Meanwhile, Deportivo Ocotal on last 3 match also only can make score is 2 goals. Therefore, my prediction this match could be the end score is under 2.5 goals. Moreover, Real Madriz on last 3 match in the home only can make score is 1 goal. Likewise, Deportivo Ocotal on last 3 away match have yet make score. Surely I think this match could be the end score under 2.5 goals.
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Blackpool fc is going to host Gilling fc on Tuesday evening in their league one game, they have levelled their last head to head by scoring two goals each which means that game were ended with 2-2 scoreline.
Meanwhile, after underwhelming with a 13th place finish last season, Swindon were hoping to play more of a part in the promotion picture this season. Top going into the New Year with an impressive 46 points from 24 games, the visitors are certainly doing that and will be hoping to keep their momentum going until the end of the season.