Leagues

Rarely has a teenaged footballer seemed so utterly unfazed by the transition from academy prospect to first-team star as Marcus Rashford, whose hat-trick on Tuesday night made it three goalscoring debuts out of three. Rashford’s goals against Norway seemingly made a mockery of Gareth Southgate’s assertion that early exposure could … Read more

Last Result: West Brom 0-0 Middlesbrough Crystal Palace 1-1 Bournemouth (Scott Dann) Kick Off: 15.00, 10/09/2016 Stadium: Riverside Stadium Head-to-head: Crystal Palace 4-1 Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough 2-1 Crystal Palace, Middlesbrough 0-0 Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace 2-1 Middlesbrough, Crystal Palace 0-1 Middlesbrough Injuries: Middlesbrough: Out – Grant Leadbitter, James Husband, Fabio da Silva Doubt – Victor … Read more

If there’s a sense of deja vu floating around about Harry Kane’s current goalscoring situation it’s because the England striker was in almost the exact same position last season. The Tottenham man has now gone four games without a goal this term, which is the identical number of goalless games … Read more

Early signs suggest that Gerard Deulofeu may be the fall guy following Yannick Bolasie’s £25m move from Crystal Palace to Everton. Despite earning positive reviews for his performance as a false nine in the Toffees’ season-opening draw with Tottenham, it was the Spaniard who went off for Bolasie when the … Read more

Moussa Sissoko’s next move post-Newcastle was one of the longest running sagas of the recently closed transfer window. Yet, somehow even after his arrival at Tottenham, confusion continues to reign as to where it is he is actually likely to be played by new manager Mauricio Pochettino. Last term he … Read more

Sunderland are reportedly keen to bring in strikers on a free transfer after a groin problem ruled Fabio Borini out for three months, leaving Jermain Defoe and new arrival Victor Anichebe as the club’s sole fit senior line leaders. The Black Cats are 37/20 third-favourites in the Premier League relegation … Read more

European qualifying for the 2018 World Cup doesn’t get under way until Sunday afternoon, so football betting eyes and the Sky TV cameras will be trained on the English Football League for much of this weekend. Below are five of the choicest cuts from bwin’s League One and Two coupons. … Read more

The Premier League champions were among the clubs writing cheques late on deadline day, with Leicester breaking their transfer record to complete the £29 million purchase of Islam Slimani. Even though the Foxes are one of the few top-flight sides to field two strikers, the Algeria international is going to … Read more

Juventus, Roma and AC Milan were mentioned, but Jack Wilshere increased the surprise of Arsenal deciding to allow him to leave on loan by identifying Bournemouth as the club that he wanted to spend the season with. Arsene Wenger realised that the England midfielder wouldn’t command a starting spot at … Read more

The media and fans haven’t been too positive about David Luiz’s impending Chelsea second coming, but the bwin bookmakers anticipate a wider body of work this time around. The Brazilian defender played 81 Premier League games in his initial spell at Stamford Bridge, signing for £21.3 million in early 2011 … Read more

Having banked £30m from the sale of N’Golo Kante to Chelsea, which they would have preferred not to happen, Leicester are still in the black this summer despite adding six players, the most expensive being forward Ahmed Musa for a relatively-paltry tally of around £16m. Compare that to Crystal Palace’s … Read more

David Luiz is on a train to London to secure his return to Chelsea according to Le Parisien and the defender’s Stamford Bridge homecoming is dominating transfer deadline day on Twitter. At 16:00 on the final trading day this year, 7% of all tweets referencing a Premier League manager since coverage kicked … Read more

Wilfried Bony has been installed as 9/20 favourite to be Stoke’s top Premier League goalscorer this season after completing his loan move from Manchester City. Marko Arnautovic and Mame Biram Diouf, leading marksman at the Staffordshire side in 2015/16 and 2014/15 respectively both notched 12 times. The bwin odds compilers … Read more