After a bright start to the NBA season, the Brooklyn Nets are now in a major slump. And to make matters worse, they won’t have superstar Kevin Durant to help them get out of it as he begins a seven-day spell on the sidelines due to a COVID-related quarantine. Meanwhile, three of the top teams in
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Southampton 1-0 Liverpool A Premier League clash on the south coast between the Saints and the Scousers. What a way to mark the first Monday night of the new year! Southampton had already shown they could give the top teams a real scare on the south coast, going down to narrow and slightly harsh defeats
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Manchester United vs Manchester City All roads lead to Old Trafford for the big EFL Cup action this week, when Manchester United entertain Manchester City in the Carabao Cup semi-final. The EFL Cup 2021 betting odds pitch the Sky Blues as favourites to win the first silverware of the league season, at odds of 2.15,
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AC Milan vs Juventus 2021 in Serie A kicks off with an almighty bang on Wednesday when league leaders Milan entertain champions Juventus. This is a big match with potentially season defining consequences as I Rossoneri starts the game top of the league table and ten points ahead of Juventus, though the Old Lady has
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Lazio vs Fiorentina Lazio’s shaky form in Serie A has still not gone away in 2021. The Biancocelesti started the new year with a disappointing 1-1 draw away to second-from-bottom Genoa as they continue to drop points against teams they should be beating. Lazio will look to get all three points in their next assignment,
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Athletic Bilbao vs Barcelona After their early-season struggles, Barcelona have slowly climbed back up the La Liga table. They are now up to fifth after their 1-0 win over Huesca to start the New Year, which extended their current unbeaten run to six matches in a row. Barcelona will now look to break back into
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Chelsea 1-3 Manchester City Manchester City climbed to fifth in the Premier League table tonight thanks to a spectacular victory over a beleaguered Chelsea. Frank Lampard’s expensive summer recruits are, understandably, taking some time to settle into the pace of the Premier League, but they weren’t given any time at all by a rampant City
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After the short winter break we’re back in action and it’s been a great weekend of football in the Germany top flight. With league champions and leaders FC Bayern at home to Mainz in the late Sunday game to come, the challengers had a chance to put down a marker. This week’s Bundesliga fixtures threw
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The Golden State Warriors have not had a great start to the NBA season. With Stephen Curry struggling and Draymond Green injured, the former champions have gotten off to a 2-3 start, with all three defeats embarrassing blowouts. The Portland Trail Blazers were the latest team to hand the Warriors a thorough beating and they
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Southampton vs Liverpool A new year begins and, for the first time in 30 years, Liverpool are the champions of England. What’s more, they are firm favourites to retain the Premier League title they sauntered to last term. So, as a visit to the south coast awaits, the league leaders and reigning champions begin 2021
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Real Betis 1-1 Sevilla FC Real Betis and Sevilla shared the spoils at the Benito Villamarin today after a hard fought second half brought the game to life. La Liga: Real Betis vs Sevilla is known as the Great Derby and it was anything but in the first 45 minutes. But the second period began
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Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Leeds United For years, one Asian player stood out for me as being the epitome of a team player, while also a talented individual in his own right. His time in the Premier League also resulted in four title-winning medals, as well as plenty of other trophies and key goals. Even when
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It has been almost a month since the NBA restarted and we’ve witnessed our fair share of exciting basketball action along with the several stories that are unfolding. Slowly but surely, the wins and losses will pile up and that will eventually separate the contenders, pretenders, and the ones who will drop as lottery teams.
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Chelsea vs Manchester City Manchester City will be walking down the Kings Road on Sunday to take on Chelsea in a match which could easily be pivotal for either team. As things stand, both are challengers for the 2021 Premier League title but they are both off the pace. They do seem to be going
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Bayern Munich vs FSV Mainz 05 The German Bundesliga is back folks and the champions FC Bayern kick off the New Year with a home tie against strugglers FSV Mainz on Sunday. Even on paper first against 17th looks a little like a foregone conclusion, but when the action is played out on grass I
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Borussia Dortmund vs VfL Wolfsburg The Bundesliga has an exciting set of matches in store to kick off the 2021 calendar year. Other than the matches between VfB Stuttgart-RB Leipzig and Eintracht Frankfurt-Bayer Leverkusen, this one perhaps is the most thrilling one yet. On Sunday night, Borussia Dortmund will host VfL Wolfsburg over at the
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Fiorentina vs Bologna 2020 has been underwhelming for Fiorentina and Bologna, and both of these Serie A clubs are eager to turn the calendar page with a sense of optimism. So when these two teams meet at the Stadio Artemio Franchi this Sunday evening, football fans can expect fireworks and intensity from them to kick
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Athletic Bilbao 0-1 Real Sociedad Victory in the Basque derby always matters. Whether a clash in La Liga or the Copa del Rey, it’s what makes all those associated with football tick in this part of the world. For football in the Basque country means everything and the Basque derby brings out the competitive and the best
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Villarreal vs Levante Levante enter the New Year as one of La Liga‘s most in-form teams. The Granotas ended 2020 with three wins in their last six matches –including a huge 2-1 home win over high-flying Real Sociedad– and have suffered just one defeat in their last 10. They will be eyeing another big upset
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VfB Stuttgart vs RB Leipzig RB Leipzig are still right in the thick of the Bundesliga title race. The Red Bulls are in third place after ending 2020 unbeaten in their last seven league matches, although they did drop two big points in a goalless draw to relegation strugglers Koln just before the winter break.
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