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.
It's not going to be a pretty situation for many of the players, it's not a good situation for the fans. Outside the wealthier leagues the impact could be "catastrophic" as clubs could be without any income for six months. If this leads to mass insolvencies then, of course, not just players but thousands of other people working around the professional football industry and sports industries will lose their jobs," he added.
Only Andy Cole (nine), Les Ferdinand (nine) and Matt Le Tissier (eight) have scored more Premier League goals on the final day than Tottenham striker Harry Kane (seven in six final-day games). Giovani lo Celso's two Premier League assists for Tottenham have come in his past three appearances in the competition (28 games in total). Tottenham striker Harry Kane netted his 31st goal in Premier League London derbies, with only three players managing more (Thierry Henry got 43, Teddy Sheringham and Frank Lampard each got 32).
Lawro's prediction: 2-0Georgia's prediction: 3-1 Bournemouth v Aston VillaBournemouth finally got back to winning ways last time out against Brighton but Aston Villa will be on a high after their Carabao Cup semi-final win. Villa have taken four points from their past two games in the Premier League too and I just have a feeling they will edge this one as well. Their win over Leicester to book their place at Wembley should really kick them on for the remainder of the season, because their players will be playing for a chance to start that final.
Marseille are not the only in-form team that will take to the pitch at Stade Vélodrome on Sunday evening, as Bordeaux come into this match having tasted defeat in none of their last six, four of which they've won.
Lampard was asked at a news conference when a decision could be expected. Very soon, I believe. Days, I think," he replied. I haven't heard any more, so I would wait and reserve judgement (on Chelsea's plans for January) until we get the judgement and see where we want to go from there. Lampard has guided a youthful Chelsea side to fourth in the Premier League this season.
Frankfurt were in desperate form before the season was halted, losing by four goals to Leverkusen in the Bundesliga and three at home FC Basel in the Europa League. A midtable side playing below their potential, it has been a transitional season for Frankfurt after a couple of successful campaigns. Their struggles have stemmed from the sale of the front three that combined so well.
Last season, Isloch Minsk finished 4th in the Belarus league with 47 points after 30 matches. While Slutsk's achievement is 34 points, ranked 11th and only 4 points lower than the relegation group. This season, Isloch Minsk won all the first 2 rounds and Slutsk just won 3 points.
These two teams have played a solid number of games in their recent Head-to-Head history. Last time these two teams faced each other, the game ended with both teams scoring draw with 1:1. We usually see around 2 goals being scored in their duels. In fact, we saw both teams scoring in only 3 of their previous 8 Head-to-Head matches. Based on that, we see that only one team in the game tends to score and recently, that is Piast Gliwice.
Next up, the Foxes visit West Ham on Saturday while Liverpool host Wolves on Sunday. Mohamed Salah of Liverpool knocks the ball past Kasper Schmeichel of Leicester City during the Premier League match between Leicester City and Liverpool FC at The King Power Stadium on December 26, 2019 in Leicester, United Kingdom.
Performances and results have been far below what is expected at Arsenal. But Emery's departure is the easy part. The more difficult challenge is to recruit a suitable successor. We are far from certain that Arsenal has the right personnel to lead this process. The AST has long been advocating that the most important changes needed at Arsenal are in the boardroom where Arsenal need better governance.
The Debate: Why Virgil van Dijk should win PFA Player of the Year Riyad Mahrez, Kevin de Bruyne celebrateGetty Images Surely fixtures and fitness permitting he will break Thierry Henry's record of 20 in one season. And take a look at the number of key passes too. De Bruyne has made 72 - much more than anyone else in the top European leagues, let alone the Premier League: his nearest challengers, Bayern Munich's Thomas Muller and Aston Villa's Jack Grealish, have both made 57.
Leicester, on the other hand, aren’t having to deal with any of the rigours of a mid-table scrap. Instead, they find themselves flying high in 2nd place after their comfortable 2-0 win over Watford on Wednesday. The Foxes sit three points clear of defending champions Manchester City and have a massive 12 point cushion inside the top four, highlighting the terrific job that Brendan Rodgers has done at the King Power Stadium.
A top-four finish would be a decent return, but with Manchester United three points behind, there is still work to be done. Media playback is not supported on this device Frank Lampard: Chelsea boss wants to finish season but 'safety has to come first' Key stat: Chelsea have not won any of their four away Premier League games in 2020. Crystal PalacePosition: 11th Last league result: 7 March - beat Watford 1-0 (h) Leading Premier League scorer: Jordan Ayew - 8What's happened during lockdown? Chairman Steve Parish announced in March all employees would receive full pay during the coronavirus outbreak.
Beziers fc have 1 win and 2 losses in the last 5 matches. They have scored 7 goals and conceded 3 goals in the last 5 league matches. At home they managed to win 2 and lose 2 of their last 5 games scoring 6 goals and conceding 8 goals.
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Alfredo Morelos has scored in his last three games in the Europa League and could become the first-ever player to score in four consecutive games for Rangers in major European competition. Rangers have won their last six games and are unbeaten in nine since losing away to Young Boys in the Europa League. Rangers have won their last three away games and are unbeaten in five since losing in Switzerland.
Wolves are unbeaten in their last seven home games. Wolves are on an eight game unbeaten run. Besiktas have lost four of their five group games. Besiktas have conceded seven goals in their two away group games. Wolves made a slow start to this season but have improved immensely in recent months. They have already qualified for the last 32 but are second in the group and wouldn't mind winning it.
Edu Exposito's thumping shot from the edge of the area in the 90th minute sealed Eibar's first victory in 12 top-flight games against Atletico and took them seven points clear of the relegation zone. Atleti, meanwhile, are third on 35 points, eight behind leaders Real Madrid and five behind champions Barcelona who play at home to Granada on Sunday.
For the International Club Friendlies, we expect Sylvia to meet with Assyriska Turabdin for a match. The fact is that these two teams have not met in the recent past but in 2017, the teams met and Sylvia obtained a victory of 3-1.
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The Blues beat Watford 3-0 in their last home game in the league and in six of their last seven home league matches, they have scored two or more goals. In their last meeting with Norwich, Cheslea won 3-2 at Carrow Road and have not lost to their visitors in their last seven matches, winning four outright and one on post match penalties.
The last four of Verona’s home matches have seen at least three goals scored. There have been 3 or more goals scored in Juventus's last 10 games Verona have won one of their last 5 home games against Juventus Juventus have won four penalties in their last five matches. There has been a penalty in Verona's last 4 Serie A home games.
His creativity and invention gave the home side another dimension. Terim must regret not using him from the start over the ineffective Belhanda. He might have had a hand in winning the match for a Galatasaray side that otherwise lacked quality in the final third. PLAYER RATINGS Galatasaray - Muslera 6, Mariano 6, Donk 6, Marcao 6, Saracchi 6, Seri 7, Lemina 5, Belhanda 5, Feghouli 6, Onyekuru 6, Falcao 5.
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Posted at 73' Ezri Konsa Ngoyo (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Posted at 71' Offside, Aston Villa. Anwar El Ghazi tries a through ball, but Indiana Vassilev is caught offside. SubstitutionPosted at 68' Substitution, Brighton and Hove Albion. Martín Montoya replaces Aaron Connolly. SubstitutionPosted at 68' Substitution, Aston Villa. Douglas Luiz replaces Daniel Drinkwater. SubstitutionPosted at 67' Substitution, Aston Villa.
Salzburg will against LASK Linz in match Austria Tipico Bundesliga. My prediction this match could be won for Salzburg with margin score is 2 goals. Salzburg have great result on last 5 match in Austria Cup and International friendly due to Salzburg have won for the all match. Meanwhile, LASK Linz have also good result on last 5 match in Austria Cup and International friendly due to LASK Linz have won in 4 match and 1 match is lose. Nevertheless, I think that Salzburg can defeat LASK Linz due to Salzburg still have great player to make score like as Hwang Hee Chan and Zlatko Junuzovic. Surely Salzburg have more chance to win on this match.
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The visitors come here having failed to score in 50% of their away trips, while they’ve conceded in almost all of their games on the road. We expect Forest to secure another win, especially with Wigan taking no points from their first three visits to the top eight so far this season. We think Forest are good value given the Latics’ awful away form. A home win is our pick here, while we’re backing a 1-0 home win, which has landed in 30% of Forest’s home games and three times for Wigan on the road.
Posted at 73' Offside, Fulham. Ivan Cavaleiro tries a through ball, but Denis Odoi is caught offside. BookingPosted at 72' Patrick McNair (Middlesbrough) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Posted at 72' Ivan Cavaleiro (Fulham) wins a free kick on the left wing. Posted at 72' Foul by Patrick McNair (Middlesbrough).
Woodgate's first task sees him come up against his former Leeds team-mate and now Charlton manager Lee Bowyer. The Addicks have lost their past two games but have also picked up vital wins at Nottingham Forest and against Luton in recent weeks. The next couple of games are also looking crucial for Bowyer's side, who are a point above Boro, as they travel to Hull next Saturday. Who is looking upwards? Wins at both Leeds United and West Bromwich Albion in the past month have reignited Wigan's survival chancesWhile some teams are struggling to find wins, others are seemingly picking them up with ease.
Ponte Preta playing it's first game with the home team in this Copa do Brasil will do their best to win the home side. Both teams are good but Ponte Preta has a good attacking background which will enable it to score against the home team so easily. Mostly the away team wins it's games with low scores and an Under 2.5 is precise for this game with a win of score of 0-1 or 0-2 will be expected in this game. It will be difficult for the home team to score against the away team. Hence it is a win for the away side this evening
I know there was a lot of talk about it and tension," he says. In the first half of the season, we were just trying to stay in touch but we eventually realised we could make the top 10 and got to the point when it was that one-off game on the final day and we won pretty well in the end. Did smaller divisions work?Motherwell would go on to finish fourth in the first season of the Premier Division, while Kilmarnock would earn promotion after finishing runners-up to Thistle in the second tier.
That's the atmosphere we've created, a team which has been to the final twice and has lost one and won one. Maybe the first season when we went to the final, I don't think we were really respected until maybe after the quarter-final when we went to Porto and washed them away [winning 5-0 in Portugal]. We did not get the respect we deserved. Now, we know we are respected in Europe. No-one will want us.
Leeds have been passing up the chance to close in on the top two and take control of the promotion race. They have been poor on the road of late, handing the initiative to their rivals in the Premier League chase. However, can the visitors sort out their problems away from home when they make this visit to Luton on Saturday?
Sancho also became the second Englishman to score in consecutive Champions League appearances for a non-English club, after Chris Sutton with Celtic in 2004. Dortmund's Julian Brandt has scored (two) or provided assists (three) for five Champions League goals this season; he had only scored or assisted once in his previous four seasons in the competition with former club Bayer Leverkusen before this (one goal, no assists in 21 appearances).
Wolfsburg players kicked boots with the officials afterwardsWolfsburg players kicked boots with the referee and his assistants, rather than the usual handshakes, following their 2-1 victory at Augsburg. Elsewhere, fist bumps and elbow bumps were the name of the game. Players and managers were interviewed by television reporters with microphones on sticks, keeping to a safe distance, while post-match news conferences were done by video conferencing.
Qatari businessman Abdullah bin Nasser Al Thani has been removed as president of Spanish club Malaga for six months. The decision was taken by a Spanish regional court because of a series of charges including the alleged misappropriation of funds. A judicial administrator has now been placed in charge of running the club during this period. Al Thani bought Malaga, who are 15th in Spain's second tier, in 2010.
They are 11th in the table but their visitors Shakhtyor Soligorsk are in fourth and in excellent form. The weekend saw Dinamo earn a 1-1 draw at Vitebsk. They took the lead after just five minutes but their opponents equalised in the 19th. Despite having more possession and 13 goal attempts, they couldn't get the win.
I can live with the fact that referees are human beings who make mistakes but now when technology makes a mistake, that is a problem," he said. Ceferin said he was not against VAR in principle but said that "we have to make it clearer, we have to make it faster, we have to make it less invasive -- but it will stay.
Starting with Real Madrid's game against Eibar on Friday, matches will be played in empty stadiums. Two derbies - Valencia-Levante and Sevilla-Real Betis - are among the matches fans won't be able to attend this weekend. The news comes hot on the heels of Barcelona confirming that their Champions League game with Napoli next week will be closed to spectators.
Here, BBC Sport takes a look at some of the reasons to get excited about it. Fans lapping up the 12-nation format @-webkit-keyframes spinnerRotate { from{-webkit-transform:rotate(0deg);} to{-webkit-transform:rotate(360deg);} } @-moz-keyframes spinnerRotate { from{-moz-transform:rotate(0deg);} to{-moz-transform:rotate(360deg);} } @-ms-keyframes spinnerRotate { from{-ms-transform:rotate(0deg);} to{-ms-transform:rotate(360deg);} } .
Unbeaten in the league until mid-October, they would eventually finish third after faltering in the spring, and reached the last four of the League Cup as well as those two May finals. But, at one stage, their Uefa Cup run looked in danger of lasting just one round. We got an absolute chasing by Lens in France," says Malpas. They were lightning and technically brilliant, but could only score once. A 2-0 win at Tannadice overturned that defeat and was followed by a 3-0 win over Universitatea Craiova, before an eye-opening trip to communist Romania, which was still three years away from revolting.
Both Torino and Fiorentina had high hopes for 2019/20, but those have quickly disappeared. The pair have slipped down the Serie A standings, with the duo 10th and 13th in the table. Their hopes of making it into Europe are fading, but can they boost morale with a victory in this clash?
Adam Armstrong halved the deficit soon after half-time with a wonderful free-kick of his own, but Klich quickly restored the two-goal advantage with a shot that Rovers keeper Christian Walton probably should have done better with. Relive Saturday's EFL actionLeeds, who remain six points clear of third-placed Brentford, had been frustrated in Tuesday's 1-1 draw with struggling Luton Town but took an early lead through Bamford's 15th of the season.
AS Monaco v Stade de Reims predictions for this Coupe de France match. Two teams neck and neck in Ligue 1 face off in the cup to aid their bid for silverware but with new Monaco manager Robert Moreno be able to spur his side to a first victory? Read on for our free Coupe de France predictions and betting tips.
Posted at 45'+2' Attempt saved. Rúben Neves (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Ciro Immobile became the first player in 61 years to reach 27 Serie A goals after 25 matches as Lazio moved back within one point of leaders Juventus. The Italy striker, 30, doubled Lazio's lead after Adam Marusic's opener at relegation-threatened Genoa. Francesco Cassata replied but Danilo Cataldi made it 3-1 before Domenico Criscito scored a late penalty.
Zaha's well-taken finish in first-half injury-time was added to by Schlupp in the closing stages, with Burnley goalkeeper Nick Pope again beaten at his near post. Burnley 0-2 Crystal PalaceReaction to Saturday's Premier League actionThe Premier League's bottom two sides, Southampton and Watford, go head-to-head at St Mary's in Saturday's late kick-off (17:30). Elsewhere on Sunday, interim manager Freddie Ljungberg takes charge of Arsenal for the first time at Norwich (14:00) and Wolves face Sheffield United at the same time.
I personally came across only one occasion when that kind of language was used," says Jarnail. A remark was made about the colour of my skin and where I came from. I couldn't pinpoint which one of two players it was, so I just pulled two players over and said 'has one of you got the courage to repeat what you have just said?'" Bhups adds: "I think I have only received it once as well. That was from a fan when I was running the line.
