Few pundits tipped Everton’s acquisition of Idrissa Gueye for £7.1m to be the signing of the season, but four matches into the new campaign and the Senegalese international is the early front runner. The former Aston Villa midfielder was one of the outstanding players of 2015/16 despite his side’s horrendous … Read more
Last Premier League Result: Liverpool 4-1 Leicester City [Roberto Firmino (first scorer) (2), Sadio Mane, Adam Lallana – Jamie Vardy] Burnley 1-1 Hull City [Steven Defour (first scorer) – Robert Snodgrass] Kick Off: 15.00, 17/09/2016 Stadium: King Power Stadium Head-to-head: Burnley 0-1 Leicester, Leicester 2-2 Burnley, Burnley 0-2 Leicester, Leicester 1-1 Burnley, Burnley … Read more
Aleksander Ceferin has been elected as the new president of Uefa, completing a remarkable ascent from relative obscurity to the top of European football in just six months. The 48-year-old lawyer, who has been president of the Slovenian FA since 2011, succeeds Michel Platini. Little is known about Ceferin, although … Read more
Last Result: Reading 0-0 BIRMINGHAM SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 3-2 Bristol City – Steven Fletcher, Barry Bannan, Kieran Lee Kick-off: 17:30, 17/11/16 TV: Sky Sports 1 Stadium: St Andrew’s Head-to-head (last five meetings – most recent first): Birmingham 1-2 Sheffield Wednesday, Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 Birmingham, Sheffield Wednesday 0-0 Birmingham, Birmingham 0-2 Sheffield … Read more
Chelsea manager Antonio is reportedly eyeing up Burnley’s Michael Keane and Middlesbrough’s Ben Gibson as he plans for life after the club’s long-time captain and centre-half John Terry. The Italian is particularly keen on recruiting British talent with a view to remaining on the right side of Premier League homegrown … Read more
Paris Saint-Germain carried all before them domestically last season, but much has changed at the Parc des Princes and their Ligue 1 title odds of 7/50 are begging to be opposed. Former boss Laurent Blanc had arrived steeped in Ligue 1 nous, having previously landed the title with Auxerre as … Read more
It’s hard to see quite why Angelique Kerber is 53/100 to beat Karolina Pliskova in the US Open final. This being her third Grand Slam final this year, after victory in Melbourne and defeat at Wimbledon should be enough to see her shade favouritism, but there are persuasive reasons as … Read more
Last Result: Southampton 1-1 Sunderland (Jay Rodriguez – Jermain Defoe 1st goalscorer) Everton 1-0 Stoke (Shay Given own goal) Kick Off: 20:00, 12/09/16 Stadium: The Stadium of Light, Sunderland Head-to-head: Sunderland 3-0 Everton, Everton 6-2 Sunderland, Everton 0-2 Sunderland, Sunderland 1-1 Everton, Sunderland 0-1 Everton. Injuries: Sunderland: Out – Victor … Read more
New directives handed to referees by the Premier League, Football League and the Football Association before the start of the 2016/17 campaign have been generating big noise in the opening weeks of the season. Ryan Shawcross and Raheem Sterling have been among those to fall foul of the clampdown on … Read more
Research conducted by the statistics boffins at sports.bwin.com/en/news suggests that Premier League referees have never been keener to award penalty kicks. It’s news that’s likely to have penalty punters falling over themselves to back spot kicks in the Manchester derby, a contest that has been starved of 12-yard showdowns in … Read more
Last Result: Bristol City 3-1 Aston Villa (Jack Grealish) Nottingham Forest 3-1 Leeds United (Pajtim Kasami, Damien Perquis, Oliver Burke) Kick Off: 13.15, 11/09/2016 Stadium: Villa Park Head-to-head: Aston Villa 2-0 Nottingham Forest, Nottingham Forest 2-2 Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest 0-0 Aston Villa, Aston Villa 2-0 Nottingham Forest, Nottingham Forest 0-1 Aston Villa … Read more
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
The almighty spending power of the Premier League in the wake of its recent enormous TV rights deal was evident in the recently closed summer transfer window, when its clubs spent near three times as much as their La Liga and Bundesliga counterparts. However, recent history suggests that it would … Read more