PSV certainly weren’t at their best in the first half of the season but did end the year with a 4-1 home win over Zwolle, while VVV suffered a 3-0 defeat away at the hands of Vitesse. The visitors haven’t lost any of their last eighteen matches against VVV and have scored three or more team goals in five of the pairs’ last six encounters, so you can see why we are expecting goals from Sunday’s clash.
When journalists get it right we understandably congratulate ourselves on our expertise, foresight and pat ourselves on the back - but what about when we get it wrong?In the spirit of fun and laughing at ourselves (or in this case myself), let's have a look at 10 classic cases of the BBC Sport chief football writer's crystal ball being very dusty. We also want to hear when you have got it very wrong in terms of footballing predictions.
Liverpool captain Henderson secured the men's prize ahead of Raheem Sterling and Harry Kane after lifting the Champions League trophy with the Merseyside club. Jordan Henderson of Liverpool lifts the Champions League Trophy after after winning the UEFA Champions League Final between Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool at Estadio Wanda Metropolitano on June 01, 2019 in Madrid, Spain.
Adelaide and Melbourne Victory will face each other in the upcoming match in the A league. Adelaide this season have the following results: 5W, 0D and 7L. Meanwhile Melbourne Victory have 4W, 3D and 6L. This season both these teams are usually playing attacking football in the league and their matches are often high scoring.
Greuther Furth is a strong middle peasant league, which has virtually no tournament motivation. After recent meetings with Arminia (2: 4), Vechen (1: 1), Stuttgart (2: 0), Holstein (1: 1) and Hamburg (2: 2) Trefoils found themselves on the seventh line of the tournament table. Their assets include 37 points with a goal difference of 39:35.
And afterwards, they even found time for some light banter: Juventus enter quarantine We’re hiding the big news here in the third slot because, frankly, it’s the scary bit and we’re cowards. Juventus defender and Italy international Daniele Rugani has tested positive for COVID-19. Though not a regular this season, Rugani was an unused substitute against Inter at the weekend, and he has been training with the first-team squad.
That’s a pretty much full-strength Everton, who now haven’t won at Anfield since 1999 and seemingly couldn’t win at the home of Liverpool even if they were playing the Craggy Island All-Priests Over 75 Five-A-Side team. Everton will never have a better chance to finally beat Liverpool away. But Adrian made a succession of excellent saves and Everton’s confidence withered.
Listen and Sokolov will face each other in the upcoming match in the Division 2. Listen this season have the following results: 7W, 10D and 8L. Meanwhile Sokolov have 4W, 5D and 16L. This season both these teams are usually playing attacking football in the league and their matches are often high scoring.
The Leicester striker scored most of his 19 goals so far in the first half of the season, although he did net twice in the game immediately before the league was suspended. Could 2018-19's joint top-scorer Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang or regular-challenger Sergio Aguero replicate their start-of-season form to steal the honour from Vardy?Another man to watch is Mohamed Salah, who matched Aubameyang's tally of 22 last season, was outright top-scorer with 32 in 2017-18 and was on a run of 10 goals in 14 games before the league was halted.
I can't tell you exactly how many games I've commentated on professionally, but my best estimate is around 70-80 a season for 30 years - that's around 2,500 matches. There was also 15 years of watching as a fan before that. My first game was Tranmere Rovers v Grimsby in January 1975, aged seven. My first job as a commentator was for Capital Gold Sport in 1990. After seven years there I joined the BBC, initially on Radio 5 Live and then Match of the Day from 1999-2000.
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Eintracht Frankfurt have four wins in seven Bundesliga matches at home. Eintracht Frankfurt have scored in 13 of their last 15 matches. Hertha Berlin have conceded two or more goals in five of their last six matches. Hertha Berlin have five straight losses in Bundesliga. Hertha Berlin have not won in their last seven matches.
However, Guardiola said City's struggles in the last few months should not define a year in which they won an unprecedented domestic treble of the league championship and both domestic cups last season. People say 'how was 2019?' Now people are saying it is a disaster," he added. We won four titles [including the Community Shield].
Manchester United have warned anyone "visibly or audibly" supporting Manchester City in a home area of Old Trafford on Tuesday will be ejected. The clubs jointly decided to cut away allocations for the two-legged Carabao Cup semi-final on security grounds. There are fears City fans could buy tickets in home areas after United put tickets on general sale after failing to sell out. It is expected around 70,000 fans will be at the game.
The Spaniard took the Magpies straight back up to the Premier League and led them to 10th and 13th-placed finishes in the 17/18 and 18/19 campaigns. Paolo Di Canio (Free Agent) - Odds 16/1 A West Ham legend as a player and a colourful character as a manager, Di Canio has not managed anyone since a relatively unsuccessful time in charge of Sunderland in 2013.
The away side have got some previous on that front. They head into this clash having seen under 2.5 goals in 86% of their away trips in the league this term. None of their last six have seen over 2.5 goals, while only two of their last 12 have finished with three goals scored. Given that Fiorentina have seen the majority of their home league games finish with under 2.5 goals, we expect them to go the same way here.
High-voltage game this challenge between rizespor and konyaspor valid for the maximum Turkish division, in fact the 2 teams find themselves fighting for salvation after a bad start to the season. The guests so far have only obtained 3 wins against 4 draws and 5 defeats while the hosts have one more point thanks to 4 wins 2 draws and 6 defeats. The challenge is made even more electric because both teams lost in the last round so I think a draw can be well accepted by everyone at least to push the relegation spectrum away.
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If he is banned, Ancelotti could miss Sunday's match at former club Chelsea. The 60-year-old said after the 1-1 draw at Goodison Park that he was not disrespectful to Kavanagh, whose initial decision to award the stoppage-time goal was reversed by the video assistant referee because Everton's Gylfi Sigurdsson was lying offside in front of United goalkeeper David de Gea. Ancelotti said he also had a subsequent, private conversation in which he spoke to the referee "calmly".
I have never heard a word from Abramovich: 'Let's get this ready for a sale,' or something," Buck told The Guardian "Because of the political situation, there are people who think they might want to buy Chelsea at a bargain. We do get inquiries and we really have nothing to say to these people. Van Dijk more deserving of Ballon d'Or than Messi.
Wycombe vs Ipswich predictions for the televised New Year’s Day fixture at Adams Park. Will either side bounce back in front of the Sky Sports cameras? Read on for our free League 1 predictions and betting tips.
Estrela Amadora vs. Benfica: Live Stream, TV Channel, Jan 27, 2024 — Estrela Amadora matches up with Benfica at Estadio Jose Gomes on Monday at 1:45 PM ET in the Primeira Liga, with the action airing on GolTV.
Toronto did not previously disclose what Curtis described as a "severe and complicated ankle injury" as the club were hoping Bradley, 32, could avoid surgery and rather rehab the injury. He stayed in Toronto for a tremendous part of the off-season and we really tried to work with him on his rehab as much as possible to try to get him to a point where he's returning to play full strength," Curtis said in a video posted on the club's website from their first training session of the season.
Hertha lost at the weekend, though it's easy to feel that they were hard done by. Defensively, Pu00e1l Du00e1rdai's men probably did give too much away, as they shipped 1.63 expected goals, though their attacking efforts merited more, as they recorded a pleasing 2.19 expected goals for and easily outshot their opponents. A repeat of that attacking effort on Wednesday could easily see the hosts emerge with a better result, especially if Bayern defend as they did last time out.
Nantes made the announcement on Tuesday, one year on from Sala's death in a plane crash while travelling to Cardiff to join the then Premier League club from the French side. Nantes said the one-off jerseys would be for sale and all profits would go to Sala's training clubs in his native Argentina. Because he was dreaming of wearing the Argentine team shirt, the FC Nantes players will, for one league game, forsake their traditional yellow and green shirt for a blue and white jersey," the club said in a statement.
Xavi says he turned down the offer to manage his former club Barcelona last week because the opportunity came "too early" in his coaching career. The former Spain midfielder has been Al Sadd's boss since his playing career ended with the Qatari club in May. He said Barcelona chief executive Oscar Grau and sporting director Eric Abidal offered him the manager's job before sacking Ernesto Valverde on Monday.
Ryan said on Instagram on Friday: "In light of the devastation caused by the bushfires back home, I'm donating 500 Australian dollars for every registered save by all Premier League goalkeepers across every Premier League fixture for this weekend. I've chosen to donate to the Wires wildlife rescue emergency fund.
After Liverpool's 44-match unbeaten league run ended in shocking fashion at Watford last week, victory restored their 25-point lead over Manchester City who have two games in hand. Wilson stunned the hosts when he tapped home from close range, although it appeared he had fouled Liverpool defender Joe Gomez in the build-up.
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Playing representative football in Dublin allowed him to shine on a wider scale and the chance to play for Everton at a tournament in Northern Ireland gave the then 14-year-old his break. They beat Glasgow Rangers 5-1 and he scored four of the goals," Butler says. Nobody knew about him at this stage. Troy turned out to be the star performer of the tournament. Butler's phone soon lit up with Ireland-based Premier League scouts wanting a look.
Juan Cazares put the home side ahead after 19 minutes but their lead was short lived as Janderson equalised for Corinthians a minute later. However, Atletico grabbed the win when former Corinthians player Fabio Santos scored from the spot in the 74th minute after Janderson felled Cazares in the box. The three points were enough to guarantee another season in Serie A for Atletico, who started the day three places above the relegation zone.
Ruslan Malinovskiy (Atalanta) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Marten de Roon following a corner. Posted at 65' Corner, Atalanta. Conceded by Francesco Acerbi. Posted at 65' Attempt missed. Duván Zapata (Atalanta) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Former Aston Villa and Chelsea midfielder Andy Townsend agreed with Sutton and said: "I don't think it's the right time for Freddie to take over, not the right time for someone who is inexperienced at this level. Arsenal need someone to come in and teach them about defending. Calum Chambers has been around long enough to see if there's been an improvement but there hasn't been. I don't think he's good enough to be an Arsenal regular.
It's not cool," he said. Balo can leave Brescia Italian striker Mario Balotelli can leave Brescia on a free transfer in January as his game is not suited to a relegation scrap, the Serie A club's president Massimo Cellino has said. The former Manchester City and Liverpool forward has struggled to find form since joining Brescia in August, scoring two goals in eight league appearances.
The Championship (second tier) side were handed a nine-point deduction by the EFL in March last year for breaching profitability and sustainability rules. A review of the club's financial submission for the three-year period 2015-16 to 2017-18 had shown losses in excess of the upper threshold of 39 million pounds ($51.
Inaki Williams scored a stoppage-time winner to send Athletic Club into the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey at the expense of defending champions Barcelona. See alsoAthletic Club - FC Barcelona Quique Setien’s side kicked off at San Mames having just seen rivals Real Madrid crash out of the competition, suffering a 4-3 home defeat to Real Sociedad, and so the incentive to progress to the semi-finals couldn’t have been greater.
Danish Super league, 30 round and match between Aarhus and Aalborg. After 29 round Aarhus is on safe 3rd position on table with a 16 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses games with a goal different 48:32 and have 54 point, 7 points behind Copenhagen and 9 points before Nordsjaelland. On the another side Aalborg is on 6 position on table with a 11 wins, 5 draws and 13 losses games with a goal different 44:41 and have 38 points. On next Wednesday Aalborg play a final game of Cup and for today will rest same players. My opinion is over 3.0 goals.
It would be no surprise to see him named interim coach for the Champions League campaign, allowing a permanent replacement for Setien to be appointed during the brief 'summer' break. A turning point? Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann combined effectively to help Barcelona beat Villarreal on SundayJust when it seemed as if Setien was on the way out, however, his team unexpectedly produced a thrilling display, which might yet prove the springboard for greater success.
He won four Golden Gloves, four Premier League titles, the Champions League, five FA Cups, three League Cups, the Europa League and was the Czech footballer of the year nine times. David de Gea De Gea made 14 saves against Arsenal in December 2017 - no keeper has made more in a single Premier League game since 2003-04Premier League appearances: 304Clean sheets: 108Shearer: "When he first came to England he was open to a lot of criticism because he not that big, he had not bulked up and made too many mistakes.
You’ll be able to watch on the BBC Sport website, Red Button and iPlayer and follow live text commentary on the BBC Sport website and app. If you remember it first time around get ready for a pang of nostalgia. If you were too young or not yet born and only know Lineker as a TV presenter, get ready for some proper football…Here's why you should tune in. How the game has changed - the backpass rule, empty seatsIn the pre-Premier League, post-Hillsborough years football was a very different beast.
We will give him the absolute amount of time to find out," Solskjaer, who will also be without injured midfielders Paul Pogba and Scott McTominay told a news conference on Friday. Marcus will have more checks and treatment today but I'm not holding my breath. I would think he wouldn't be ready but there is still 48 hours, so let's see.
We have a few positions where we have a lot of alternatives and other positions, we don't have any. This is not healthy when we have suspensions or injuries. The problem is the (transfer) fee for Premier League clubs is always very high," said Hasenhuettl, adding: "We will try to bring two guys in. Hasenhuettl confirmed the south coast club would be without striker Shane Long and winger Moussa Djenepo for Thursday's match in London but midfielder Sofiane Boufal could return to the starting lineup.
Galatasaray have been winning at half-time and full-time in each of their last five home matches in the Super Lig. The last five matches between these teams have been won by the team playing at home with three wins for Besiktas and two for Galatasaray. Besiktas have lost six of their 12 away games in the Super Lig this season.
Gimnasia Mendoza will host Sarmiento for this fixture of the league. In my opinion, the hosts have the potential to make a positive result. Yeah, Gimnasia Mendoza is very average team in this season. However, the hosts are in better shape in recent times. They have an effective attack in the last matches. In previous game Gimnasia Mendoza is won 1-5 against Atl. Rafaela. On the other hand Sarmiento are more ambitious team in this season. True, the visitors have fallen in their shape. They have three consecutive losses. I expect, this will be a tense match. I think, the hosts will closer to victory.
