Everton vs Arsenal Never mind the Premier League – this fixture has long been a bastion of top-flight English football. In fact, this will be their 216th meeting; a history which goes back to 1905 when Sandy Young – a favourite on Merseyside before his lift took a turn for the worse – netted the
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Barcelona vs Valencia Things are looking a little brighter at the Camp Nou after two La Liga wins as it has almost banished the memory of back-to-back defeats. Now the Blaugrana have an excellent chance to make it three on the bounce when Valencia come to town. Head coach Ronald Koeman always knew he’d be
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Leeds United 5-2 Newcastle United Leeds United finally broke their Elland Road hoodoo with a dominating performance against their visitors Newcastle United last Wednesday evening. The newly-promoted Premier League side let out a flurry of goals in the late stages of the match, which was much needed considering this game went back-and-forth for almost the whole night.
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Inter Milan 1-0 Napoli Inter Milan held on to second place in Serie A tonight after beating Napoli, thanks to a second half penalty converted by Romelu Lukaku. Just a single point separated these two giants of the Italian game and now having fallen four behind, Napoli can feel a little hard done to after
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Liverpool 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur A top of the table Premier League clash in front of 2,000 fans may be unusual, but the lack of spectators didn’t lead to a let-up in the intensity of this one. Two good sides, two contrasting styles, two colourful managers, but there could only be one winner and this brought
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Leicester City 0-2 Everton Everton struck a blow to Leicester City’s slim title hopes tonight with a 2-0 win, which also improved Carlo Ancelotti’s chances of bringing European football to Goodison Park. Following Chelsea’s surprise defeat to Wolves last night, Leicester had the chance to go top of the Premier League table, if only for
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Union Berlin vs Borussia Dortmund At this point last year, defending Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich laid out the template of changing managers midway, and Borussia Dortmund are hopeful to replicate the same results this time around. BVB recently sacked Lucien Favre after a disappointing 5-1 defeat versus VfB Stuttgart, as the newly-promoted squad simply had
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Bayer Leverkusen vs Bayern Munich The race to this year’s Bundesliga championship is getting better and better by the day and football fans will be treated to another belter this weekend. This will be a big matchday for most teams — including Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern Munich — as the top spot of the table
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Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Chelsea As Premier League goals go, this was almost as late as it can get. Certainly, there have been goals deeper into stoppage time than the strike Pedro Neto dispatched with 94 minutes and 39 seconds left on the clock. It is the latest goal that the four-time Premier League champions Chelsea have
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Barcelona vs Real Sociedad Real Sociedad and Barcelona find themselves in quite unusual positions in the La Liga table at the moment. La Real are currently still in top spot, although they are tied with Atletico, who still have two games in hand. Meanwhile, Barca are way back in eighth place as they’ve struggled to
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The Champions League draw for the round of 16 has delivered a host of intriguing matchups, the most eye-catching of which is without a doubt the Barcelona-Paris Saint-Germain tie as Neymar faces off against Lionel Messi and his old team in a rematch of their famous 2017 matchup. Meanwhile, a couple of English clubs in
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Liverpool vs Tottenham Hotspur A Premier League top of the table clash to savour, the winners of which are likely to have the honour of being top on Christmas Day. Only goal difference separates reigning champions, Liverpool, from midweek visitors to Anfield, Spurs, It simply could not be tighter as Jose Mourinho brings his well-drilled
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Bayern Munich vs VfL Wolfsburg Wolfsburg head to the Allianz Arena on Wednesday to meet the mighty Bayern, but their hosts’ current form is not quite as frightening as it has been in recent seasons, and the Wolves will hope to give their opponents a nasty bite. Hansi Flick’s Bayern will be determined to bounce
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Leeds United vs Newcastle United Elland Road has not been home sweet home thus far for Leeds United upon their return to the Premier League. The Whites have gone winless in their last five matches on home soil and currently find themselves down in 14th in the table. Leeds will finally look to end their
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Leicester City vs Everton Christmas is coming and that means the fixtures flow thick and fast in Europe’s top leagues, and in England we have some cracking matches to look forward to. The top two meet when Jose Mourinho takes Spurs to Anfield, while Liverpool’s neighbours head south to take on a former Reds’ boss
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Inter Milan vs Napoli Second place in the Serie A table will be on the line as Inter Milan and Napoli collide at the San Siro for a huge midweek clash. Inter are currently in control of second spot, but Napoli are just a single point behind. Both clubs will head into the match in
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Real Sociedad 1-1 Eibar Real Sociedad returned to the top of La Liga, level on points with Atletico Madrid, after winning a hard fought point against a well drilled Eibar. The La Liga 2020 news, emerging from Madrid last night, had opened the door to Sociedad, as Real Madrid ended Atletico’s seven match winning run,
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Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Chelsea This is a fixture of real pedigree. They may not have met many times in Premier League history – on only 12 occasions in fact – but as far as English football history is concerned, they are institutions in their own right with their own glory spells written in the stars
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Crystal Palace 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur A goal apiece; a goalkeeping error apiece; a point apiece. And while a Premier League draw at Crystal Palace is generally considered a decent result, Spurs will know this was a missed opportunity against opponents who have only won two of their past 10 home fixtures. So much so in
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Another weekend is almost over in the Bundesliga, and yet again we’ve had some sensational action from across the league; some delights, some disasters and a surprise or two in the mix. When Saturday’s Bundesliga 2020 results rolled in, it was in Stuttgart where the shock waves reverberated, but there was also a struggle for
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