Last Premier League Result: Bournemouth 0-0 TOTTENHAM LEICESTER 3-1 Crystal Palace – Ahmed Musa (first), Shinji Okazaki, Christian Fuchs Kick-off: 15:00, 29/10/16 Stadium: White Hart Lane Head-to-head (last five PL meetings – most recent first): Tottenham 0-1 Leicester, Leicester 1-1 Tottenham, Tottenham 4-3 Leicester, Leicester 1-2 Tottenham, Tottenham 4-4 Leicester … Read more
Last Premier League Result: Leicester 3-1 CRYSTAL PALACE – Yohan Cabaye LIVERPOOL 2-1 West Brom – Sadio Mane (first), Philippe Coutinho Kick-off: 17:30, 29/10/16 TV: BT Sport 1 Stadium: Selhurst Park Head-to-head (last five PL meetings – most recent first): Crystal Palace 1-2 Liverpool, Liverpool 1-2 Crystal Palace, Liverpool 1-3 … Read more
Not once in his English football career has Jose Mourinho taken a pounding as big as the one endured at Chelsea last weekend. Manchester United’s 4-0 steamrollering at Stamford Bridge was all the more embarrassing for Mourinho given he was returning to the club that sacked him last December and, … Read more
To unsuspecting punters, one goal and as many assists from eight Premier League starts might suggest Ross Barkley’s 2016/17 is yet to get going. But scratch below the statistical surface and the figures to be found show how the England international is revising his style under Ronald Koeman. Domineering surges … Read more
Pep Guardiola is a really nice man. Here’s why: As the former manager of Barcelona and Bayern Munich, the 45-year-old has a wide array of world class players that he has worked with. Having been a very successful manager at both clubs, playing some wonderful football in the process, it … Read more
September defeats to Liverpool and Arsenal led to Chelsea being effectively written out of the Premier League title race in September, but a run of three wins to nil have forced the bookies to scribble the Blues back into the picture. Antonio Conte’s troops have been whittled into 13/2 fourth … Read more
Last Result: Bristol City 1-0 BLACKBURN WOLVES 0-1 Leeds Kick-off: 17:30, 29/10/16 TV: Sky Sports 1 Stadium: Ewood Park Head-to-head: (Last five meetings, most recent first) Wolves 0-0 Blackburn, Blackburn 1-2 Wolves, Blackburn 0-1 Wolves, Wolves 3-1 Blackburn, Wolves 1-1 Blackburn Key Stats: – Just one of Wolves’ last six … Read more
Few foresaw Diego Costa sitting at the top of the Premier League top scorer standings after nine games but, nevertheless, the Spaniard leads the way with seven strikes to his name. The combustible Chelsea star is one ahead of Everton’s Romelu Lukaku, while he’s two clear of five-goal trio Theo … Read more
Last Result: Arsenal 0-0 MIDDLESBROUGH BOURNEMOUTH 0-0 Tottenham Kick-off: 15:00, 29/10/16 Stadium: The Riverside Stadium Head-to-head: (Most recent first) Bournemouth 3-0 Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough 0-0 Bournemouth, Bournemouth 0-0 Middlesbrough, Middlesbrough 3-3 Bournemouth, Bournemouth 1-2 Middlesbrough Injuries and Suspensions Middlesbrough: Out – Grant Leadbitter Doubt – None Bournemouth: Out – Lewis Cook, … Read more
Next time somebody bores you with the line that no division can rival the Premier League for unpredictability, point them in the direction of the Bundesliga table. Schalke, Werder Bremen, Wolfsburg and Hamburg, all of whom have finished on the podium in the past 11 years, are in the bottom … Read more
A regularly regurgitated gripe among those willing to devote the necessary time and brain power to analyse England squads for tournament qualifiers and friendlies is how reputation often seems to carry more weight than form in the selection process. In such moments, it seems clear that appeasing egos is of … Read more
There are plenty of people associated with Chelsea that are enjoying Antonio Conte’s switch to 3-4-3, but Eden Hazard could arguably have the widest smile of the lot. The Belgian forward was named man-of-the-match as the Blues ran out 4-0 victors over Manchester United last time out, capping a fine … Read more
Slotted nicely in between European fixtures is the EFL Cup fourth round, which features blockbusters ties such as West Ham v Chelsea, a Manchester derby and Tottenham’s trip to Liverpool. It’s the latter fixture that headlines our EFL Cup treble featuring Tuesday’s matches. There’s a payday just shy of 30/1 … Read more
With the transfer window still over two months from opening and no competition anywhere near its conclusion, times are understandably tough for sports news generators to fill their allotted column inches. Site visits are down in this notoriously barren period, but the gossip peddlers are still playing with transfer yarns, … Read more