I believe Slavia Reserves and Torpedo Zhodino Reserves will share the points in this match. There are two reasons for my pick. The first is connect with the hosts. Slavia Reserves are not among the best, they have collected just 4 points and sit third from the bottom. But they stayed unbeaten last weekend playing 1:1 draw at Vitebsk. Danila Slesarchuk scored the goal on that match.
On the night, there was little to suggest that they were capable of that. Not only have their West Lothian rivals been formidable at home but the Paisley side have also been pretty terrible on the road. Goodwin's side may have claimed a point at McDiarmid Park and Easter Road in recent weeks, but that's about it. And, in their 13 away games in the Premiership, they've picked up just five points from a possible 39.
Had you hoped that some contrition would be shown by the board, then you'd have been disappointed. Had you expected some form of acknowledgment that an unseemly mess had been allowed to happen and that they bore some responsibility for it then, you'd have been wasting your time. This has been an intense and divisive week. Accusations have been flung about like confetti. The SPFL has been accused of bullying and coercion, of telling cash-starved clubs that the only way to get financial help was to vote for their resolution.
Galatasaray's Colombian striker Radamel Falcao joined the chorus of footballers criticising the decision to continue playing. People are dying around the world and we are talking to play football," he said on Twitter. Kayserispor's Bernard Mensah also took to social media to express his frustration. Life is the most important thing on earth .
FRIDAY’S BIG HEADLINES The show must go on Yesterday, Liverpool were crowned Premier League champions. Not technically of course, but the very significant announcement from the game’s governing bodies that the end date for the 2019-20(21?) season has been put back “indefinitely” means that whenever football finally returns, in whatever form it returns, the season will be completed.
Only one team has scored in four of the last six matches between these teams. There have been under 2.5 goals scored in six of Alanyaspor's last seven games. Turkish Super Lig leaders Trabzonspor travel to take on Alanyaspor for a league clash on Monday night. Ahead of title rivals Besiktas on goal difference, Trabzonspor know that the championship will be decided by the tightest of margins.
More than half a billion pounds has been spent so far in 2019 on agents and intermediaries involved in international transfers, Fifa says. A report by football's governing body says global spending on commissions has reached a record $653. Fifa says 80% of that total was paid by clubs from Italy, England, Germany, Portugal, Spain and France combined. Portuguese clubs spent more on commissions than they did on transfers.
Playoff semi-finals and finals will be played on March 26 and 31 in 2020 respectively. Wilder welcomes the return of Jose As Sheffield United prepare to face Manchester United this weekend, their boss Chris Wilder has given his thoughts on Jose Mourinho's appointment at Spurs. He said: "The Premier League is 100% a better place for having Mourinho back.
PSV have won six times at home this season and Zwolle have lost seven times on the road, with the host averaging 2.38 points per home game and the visitors averaging 0.67 points per away game. PSV score an average of 2.88 goals per home game and Zwolle concede an average of 2.00 goals per away game, which ties in well with our prediction for a 2-0 home win this weekend.
Captain James Tavernier had been Rangers' penalty-taker, but after missing three times from the spot this season Gerrard confirmed he had taken the decision to give the duty to the club's top scorer Morelos. Alfredo was the nominated penalty-taker," Gerrard said. It was nothing to do with James passing the buck or anything like that. I decided we needed to change that up. The penalty's a big moment.
Only a couple of players went over to congratulate the Mexican and the rest went straight back to the centre circle. Former Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri was spotted in the stands at San Siro on Saturday, leading to the inevitable speculation that he is being lined up for the Napoli job should they lose to Liverpool.
At the time of stoppage, Koln were placed 10th in the standings with 32 points and Mainz 15th with 26 points after 25 matches. Koln started the season badly but by the time of stoppage, they had turned the corner and seemed like a real contender for a place in Europe. They wrapped up their matches with a loss to Borussia Monchengladbach, which would be quite understandable given their opponents strength.
Celta Vigo vs Osasuna predictions for Sunday night’s La Liga clash at Balaidos. Strugglers Celta will hope to take advantage of Osasuna’s recent dip in form when the sides round off Matchday 19 in La Liga this Sunday evening. Read on for all our free La Liga predictions and betting tips.
Nonetheless, this trip to Santos is a tough one for Flamengo and given the intensity that the hosts typically play at, resting players could be an idea of real appeal with the Club World Cup approaching. Challenging for said competition is of huge importance for Flamengo and thus, it does seem as though this fairly meaningless last game could take a backseat.
The two sides, along with City, are locked together at the top of the Super League. But while we all wait for that, let’s enjoy Arsenal breaking new ground in the goal reaction video game: RETRO CORNER You know a player’s been around for a while when they’re both technically retro and still playing now.
Lawro's prediction: 0-2Tolu's prediction: This is tricky… I will give that to Chelsea, just. SUNDAYMan City v Fulham (13:00 GMT)Premier League (2nd)vChampionship (3rd)Who did they beat?3R: Port Vale (L2) H3R: Aston Villa (PL) HFulham scored a couple of wonder-goals to beat Aston Villa in round three, and are in good shape at the top end of the Championship too. Media playback is not supported on this device FA Cup: Fulham 2-1 Aston Villa highlights But you know that Manchester City will put out a strong line-up as they continue their defence of the FA Cup, and it is hard to see Fulham getting close to them at Etihad Stadium.
Because this is a team with a big asterisk next to all their success of recent seasons. A team found to have cheated UEFA’s rules - and not some obscure rules around Champions League etiquette, rules specifically designed to keep financial spending within set limits. And City weren’t cheating these rules in order to lavish more money on charitable foundations.
By looking at the age and playing time of every player this season, we can see the make-up of each squad and where they might need to strengthen, as well as where they might need to replace players who are out of contract and set to leave. We have assessed all 20 Premier League clubs. On Friday we'll look at the bottom half, but here is our analysis of the teams in the top 10. Liverpool: If it ain't broke…On course to win their first league title in 30 years, Liverpool unsurprisingly have no real concerns over the make-up of their squad, with nine first-team players at what we would generally consider to be the peak of their careers.
Having been a club that’s been in the Champions League for the last five or six seasons, I’m hoping that we can use that experience to get through tasks like this against a team that are relatively new in the Champions League,” King told BT Sport. It will be a tough task, but I’m quite confident that we can get through.
one more match in which I think there is not going to be that many goals as it is expected to be and I think some team is going to win with 0-1 or it will be draw 0-0 or 1-1 because Borussia m'gladbach is in both title and champions league race and it is very important for them not to lose tonight and since their defense is pretty good I think they could stop Frankfurt from scoring and if they do that this bet is almost for sure going to be great cause Borussia offense can't score more than one goal, maybe two
| Team | Events |
Wins | Draws |
Losses | Goal difference |
Points |
1 | Bayern Munich |
19 | 15 |
1 | 3 |
43 | 46 |
2 | Borussia Dortmund |
19 | 13 |
1 | 5 |
20 | 40 |
3 | Union Berlin |
19 | 8 |
7 | 4 |
3 | 31 |
4 | Hoffenheim |
19 | 9 |
4 | 6 |
10 | 31 |
5 | Freiburg |
19 | 8 |
6 | 5 |
8 | 30 |
6 | Bayer Leverkusen |
18 | 8 |
5 | 5 |
12 | 29 |
7 | FC Koeln |
19 | 7 |
7 | 5 |
-2 | 28 |
8 | RB Leipzig |
19 | 8 |
4 | 7 |
13 | 28 |
9 | Mainz 05 |
19 | 8 |
3 | 8 |
6 | 27 |
10 | Eintracht Frankfurt |
18 | 7 |
6 | 5 |
2 | 27 |
11 | Bochum |
19 | 7 |
2 | 10 |
-10 | 23 |
12 | Borussia Moenchengladbach |
18 | 6 |
4 | 8 |
-9 | 22 |
13 | Hertha Berlin |
19 | 6 |
4 | 9 |
-17 | 22 |
14 | Wolfsburg |
19 | 6 |
3 | 10 |
-13 | 21 |
15 | Augsburg |
18 | 4 |
6 | 8 |
-11 | 18 |
16 | VfB Stuttgart |
19 | 4 |
6 | 9 |
-11 | 18 |
17 | Arminia Bielefeld |
18 | 3 |
8 | 7 |
-8 | 17 |
18 | Greuther Fuerth |
18 | 1 |
3 | 14 |
-36 | 6 |