The only absentee from his squad who could figure on Wednesday night was Raheem Sterling, who is hoping to recover from a hamstring injury in time to feature against the team he talked about joining this week. This was a decent warm-up for that tie, and an altogether more demanding test than the midweek stroll over a meek West Ham side. Aymeric Laporte was again used for around an hour as he builds his fitness, and showed his value to the side with quick balls forward as well as calm defending under pressure.
Reaction & as it happenedBack to future Killie stubborn once moreBoth managers sprung surprises ahead of kick-off, with Gerrard leaving top scorer Morelos on the bench. Whether sticking with the same starting XI was a reward for Saturday's convincing win at Easter Road or with one eye on the forthcoming Old Firm derby, it also meant that Steven Davis also had to make do with a place among the substitutes on the influential Northern Ireland midfielder's return from injury.
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When he was injured I said 'forget him'," Mourinho added. Then I said 'one or two games'. At this moment, I have better hopes than that, hopefully that feeling is right and he can help us in the last few games of the season. Spurs, sixth, are part of a tight battle for Champions League spots and the London club have found goals hard to come by since Son was also sidelined this month with a fractured arm, with no timeline given for his return to training.
Posted at 58' Alejandro Gómez (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Posted at 58' Foul by Alessio Romagnoli (Milan). Posted at 57' Robin Gosens (Atalanta) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 57' Foul by Suso (Milan). Hansi Flick will remain as Bayern Munich interim boss "at least until the end of the season", the German giants have announced. Flick, 54, was placed in temporary charge on 3 November following the departure of Niko Kovac.
OLIVIER GIROUD (33, striker, Chelsea)Linked with: Inter Milan, Atletico MadridAnother on the list who is a World Cup winner with France. Giroud has fallen out of favour at Chelsea under Frank Lampard, mainly because of the prolific form of England international Tammy Abraham, while Michy Batshuayi is also ahead of him in the pecking order. The former Arsenal striker's contract at Stamford Bridge ends in the summer.
In the previous round, Bologna defeated title contenders Napoli 2-1, in a match they performed very well. Overall, Bologna are performing worse than last season. In the previous season, Bologna finished 10th, currently, they are 12th, having 5 points more than the relegation zone. After 15 rounds played, the side of Coach Mihajlović have won only 4 matches, the also drew 4 and lost 7
Roskilde and Nykobing will face each other in the upcoming match in the First division in Denmark. Roskilde this season have the following results: 6W, 4D and 15L. Meanwhile Nykobing have 7W, 9D and 9L. This season both these teams are usually playing attacking football in the league and their matches are often high scoring.
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A day before January’s transfer deadline, Belgian outlet HLN published a picture of Berge with Wilder before reporting terms had been agreed between Sheffield United and Genk. The fee is set to trump United’s club-record £20m spent on Oli McBurnie, with HLN claiming it will be the most expensive outgoing transfer in Belgium, exceeding Youri Tielemans’ Anderlecht to Monaco move in 2017.
The scores are level at 1-1 after the first tie in Romania last week, a late Sevilla goal ensuring that they returned to Spain on equal terms. Cluj took the lead in that game and frustrated their opponents, who had more possession and twice as many shots on goal. A penalty put them ahead, converted by veteran Ciprian Deac, before Luuk De Jong squared the ball to Youssef En-Nesyri for a tap-in.
However, this performance served as a reminder of what Ansu offers and why Barcelona believe he is the natural heir to Messi, bagging a brace. Unlike so many players of his age, Ansu has a final product to his play. PLAYER RATINGS Barcelona: Ter Stegen 7, Semedo 8, Lenglet 5, Pique 5, Alba 5, Busquets 6, De Jong 5, Rakitic 7, Messi 8, Griezmann 6, Ansu 9.
It meant Ederson kept his 16th clean sheet of the season, enough to give him the Premier League's golden glove award outright after Burnley's Nick Pope conceded against Brighton. City finished runners-up, 18 points behind Premier League champions Liverpool - keeping the record they set for the biggest winning margin, 19 points in 2017-18. Manager Pep Guardiola will now turn his attention to the Champions League - they host Real Madrid in Manchester in the second leg of their last-16 tie on 7 August.
Royals leave it late On paper the mid-table clash between Reading and Tottenham may not have caught the eye before kick-off, but then football matches aren't played on paper. It was a thriller at Adams Park as Reading staged a dramatic comeback from a goal down to win 3-1, with Remi Allen's poke at the death the crucial intervention.
Football in the English Championship, similar to the premier league, where Round of 26 offers a match between Swansea city and Charlton Athletic. Swansea knows most of the previous seasons of the Premier League, but the team has had a hard time finding their way back this season and is number 10 with 38 points and 2 points outside the top 6 and playoff spot, and they are only 12 points behind from the top spot. Charlton sit on the 19th spot and has been awful with 28 points and has collected only 1 point in the last 5 away games.
He said: "We have to be as professional as we can and go with whatever is decided. Health is more important than anything. As for whether any of his players had shown any symptoms of the virus, Dyche added: "Not that we know of - everyone's fit and healthy. ChelseaOn Thursday, England international Callum Hudson-Odoi, 19, was the first Premier League player to have a positive test result for coronavirus.
Philadelphia only won nine regular season games. Seattle won away in Philadelphia in week 12. Seattle won six away matches in the regular season. Seattle Seahawks finished second in NFC West and put up a good fight against San Francisco 49ers who are the number one seeds in the NFC. The Seahawks are seeded fifth in the NFC and travel to second seeded Philadelphia Eagles.
Albacete fc is going to welcome Ponferradina fc this afternoon in Spain La liga 2, the hosts are at the moment at 19th rank in the log standing while the visitors are about four steps apart them in the same league table.
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BATTLE FOR SUPREMACY A rather more meaningful clash involving Ronaldo is the relentless battle for supremacy he plays out with Lionel Messi for the ‘GOAT’ status. The pair have been in their own league for years with this rare ability to maintain their unrivalled quality on a consistent basis. They have etched their names into folklore of the modern game.
Xavi wooed, Valverde to quit?Although they won La Liga by a mile, last season ended horribly for Barca with the infamous Champions League exit at Liverpool and a Copa del Rey final loss against Valencia. Valverde somehow clung on to his job but it was clear he had little remaining credit, and the new campaign has seen his team deliver convincing collective displays only rarely, despite the individual talent of Suarez and Lionel Messi securing sufficient wins to top the table alongside Real Madrid.
French defender Clement Lenglet headed home the decisive goal in the 72nd minute from a Messi freekick but was then sent off for two bookings, moments after Betis' Nabil Fekir had been dismissed for earning two yellow cards in one instance. Barca had fallen behind in the sixth minute to a penalty from Sergio Canales after a VAR review showed Lenglet had handled the ball, but Dutch midfielder Frenkie de Jong promptly equalised with the help of a lofted pass from Messi.
Whether other clubs would have the same impact as Roma is debatable. Part of the club's success comes from having an established social media audience which transcends Italian borders. But having seen how the campaign has drawn fans together, Rogers believes that more clubs could unite to launch a similar campaign for International Missing Children's Day on 25 May. Five children were reunited with their families after Roma's campaign, but imagine if clubs such as Barcelona or Manchester United or Liverpool all got involved," he says.
You have to feel like we can do it together and enjoy to work together. The BBC said no talks had yet been held with City but Guardiola added: "I'm so comfortable working with this club. When you are (somewhere for) five years it depends on the results. We will see what happens this season and next season.
Gangwon will host Seongnam for this fixture of the league. Of course, both teams have great motivation at the start of the new season. Of course, both teams have the motivation to get a positive result. Gangwon have advantage at home stadium. I think, the hosts want to win. I expect, the hosts will try to dominate in this game. Also, I expect, the visitors will try to provide a strong resistance. Seongnam are undefeated in this new campaign. In any case, they will try to remain unbeaten. Also, I think, both sides will pay attention on their defense. My pick - draw.
Walter Ferreti is in the three game losing service, and they are not anymore near the top of the competition with other leader. However, team is still in the playoff place, and much higher than today rival. They can break weak period, as host is also among the weaker sides at the time, and have nothing to be favorite in this game. They can make tough defensive performance, but visitors are closer to the victory, even with one goal scored.
Meanwhile, Villa goalkeeper Tom Heaton will also have scans on Thursday to find out the extent of an injury he suffered against Burnley. The 33-year-old Englishman was taken off on a stretcher after appearing to jar his knee while attempting to save Chris Wood's header in the second half. Heaton has missed just one of Villa's 21 league games this season, while Wesley has started them all, scoring five goals and assisting one.
Under Solskjaer, United have won 73% of the Premier League games in which they have had less possession than their opponents, compared to just 36% when they have enjoyed more. In the first half it could have easily have been my testimonial," added United's Norwegian boss. It was very subdued, slow, no urgency, no tempo and the only encouragement their crowd got was when we gave them set-plays. And we gifted them two goals in the second half as well.
Rose, who said in November he was prepared to run down the final 18 months of his Spurs contract and leave for free after not being handed a new deal, joined Newcastle last month until the end of the Premier League season. Barcelona line up Willian Jose as emergency striker - Paper Round Football news updates Having made 11 appearances for Tottenham in all competitions in the early part of the season under the sacked Mauricio Pochettino, the 29-year-old Rose has played only five more times since Mourinho's arrival in November.
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So CFR Cluj are outsiders once more in this double leg, but then again so they were in the group stage against tough Rennes, Lazio and Celtic rated that they would for sure finish the group stage on 4th place, but they demolished all those ideas winning all home games, 2-1 with Lazio, 1-0 with Rennes and 2-0 with Celtic plus a 1-0 win at Rennes and with 4 wins from 6 group games they finished 2nd in the group, this while Sevilla had a walk in the park in a group including Dudelange, Qarabag and APOEL, but lost 1-0 away at APOEL final group game.
Rice fielded a 17-year-old centre-half, a 19-year-old central midfielder and a 17-year-old centre-forward. Accies had no right to topple this Rangers team, despite the visitors' tepid start to 2020, but they gave it a good crack. Two of the whippersnappers played pivotal roles in a helter-skelter first half. Rangers bossed it for the most part, Ianis Hagi heading a fraction wide from a Ryan Kent delivery, Kent blasting at Luke Southwood from distance, but Smith too spurned a fine chance on the breakaway.
These teams have both seen two matches where only one goal was scored in their past 5 matches. They do know how to play in low scoring matches at times and really stop the other team from scoring against them. They are teams that play nearly the same style of football so what could happen here is another low scoring match but between each other this time. There will be more defense in the match compared to attacking and will probably see a good drop in the total shots on target in this match. There will mostly defending from the teams
SubstitutionPosted at 81' Substitution, Celta de Vigo. Santi Mina replaces Jacobo González. Posted at 80' Riqui Puig (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 80' Foul by Rafinha (Celta de Vigo). Posted at 80' Attempt saved. Nolito (Celta de Vigo) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Iago Aspas. Posted at 76' Corner, Barcelona.
A game between two teams that want the promotion badly. The hosts have a clear better team. They came from Superliga this season and are on the way of making it back pretty fast. Istanbulspor is a good team that needs to grow a little bit but I believe will make it, but not this year. Nevertheless they play very well and I believe they will be able to hold a draw in this game. They make things really difficult and in last 5 away games they just lost two, one against Fenerbahce and the other versus Hatayspor the best team in the division.
Jagiellonia is going into the game, as big favorite for the victory. They are in the top part of the table, and made good performance in the 1:0 victory against Cracovia in the recent match. They are going to face Wisla Plock on their home stand, where even top teams did not make any of the better performances in the recent years.
Shakhtyor Soligorsk have recovered from a poor run of results with 2 wins in the last 2 games scoring 6 goals. Still they are still only on the 12th place in the league. However, the gap between them and the top 3 is still only 4 points.
The player's representatives could not be reached for comment. Umtiti was included in Setien's squad for Thursday's game, although the coach confirmed that the player would make his own travel arrangements. It's a personal issue that has come up but it's not a big deal, there is always a solution to every situation," Setien told a news conference.
Celta did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Smolov's team mate Pione Sisto left Spain last month during the lockdown to drive back to his native Denmark. Spanish media reported he did not inform Celta of his movements until he had left the country. Spain is about to enter its fourth week of lockdown which has been extended until April 26 in a bid to restrict the spread of the virus, which has killed over 12,000 people in the country.
We are profiling each of the five nominees for the BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2020 award. You can vote for your winner on the BBC Sport website until Monday, 2 March at 09:00 GMT. The result will be revealed on Tuesday, 24 March on BBC World Service. Age: 23 Position: Forward Plays for: Arsenal and NetherlandsAchievements in 2019Won WSL and finished top scorer with ArsenalPFA Players' Player of the YearBecame Netherlands' all-time record scorer, moving on to 69 goalsDid you know? Made career debut aged 15 for HeerenveenLives with partner Lisa Evans, an Arsenal team-mate and Scotland internationalNetherlands legend Robin van Persie was an inspirationIn her own words Highlight of 2019?"Probably a couple - winning the league at Brighton with Arsenal.
City are willing to make the Belgian international their highest-paid player and are planning to use the gesture as a bid to convince De Bruyne to stay, despite fears of a two-year Champions League ban. The Manchester outfit have appealed their UEFA ban and are likely to hear the final decision before the end of this season.
Remember: Messi has already won, apparently. Big Virg? Of course, it's not just Messi in the hunt for the Ballon d'Or. Liverpool supremo Virgil van Dijk is also hoping to scoop football's most coveted individual prize - and his team-mate James Milner is backing him. Happy Ballon d'or Day! What a time to be alive.
Follow Burnley v Manchester City LIVE It's about to kick off in tonight's Premier League match. Follow our live coverage. Richarlison signs contract extension Everton's Brazilian forward Richarlison has signed a contract extension until 2024. The 22-year-old joined from Watford for a fee of around £40 million as manager Marco Silva's first Everton recruit in July 2018 and has scored 20 goals for the club in all competitions.