Chelsea 3-0 Bournemouth Highlights 2016 Premier League

Chelsea vs Bournemouth - Competition: Premier League 

Chelsea 3-0 AFC Bournemouth:

24' Pedro Rodriguez 1-0 // 49' Eden Hazard (pen.) 2-0 // 90' Pedro Rodriguez 3-0

Pedro Rodriguez’s double and Hazard’s penalty help Chelsea team see off Bournemouth’s challenge at Stamford Bridge Studium in English Premier League.

Date: 26 December 2016
Kick-off Time: 15:00 GMT
Venue: Stamford Bridge, London 








 

Read More

Manchester City vs Arsenal Premier League - December 18, 2016

Manchester City vs Arsenal
Competition: English Premier League
Date: 18 December 2016 - Kick-off Time: 16:00 GMT
Venue: Etihad Stadium, Manchester 

 

Man City’s title challenge has stumbled in recent weeks with back-to-back defeats at the hands of Chelsea team and Leicester City. Anyway, Guardiola's men back to winning ways in midweek as they beat 2-0 Watford at their own turf and are only one point behind second place Arsenal. They are undefeated in 10 of their last 11 home matches in English Premier League but have failed to beat Arsenal in the last 7 direct encounters in all competitions.
Ilkay Gundogan is set to be ruled out for a number of months due to a knee injury so Yaya Toure may start at the base of midfield in a 4-2-3-1 formation. Sergio Aguero still has two matches left on his own four-match suspension. As consequence, Nolito is likely to lead the line while Raheem Sterling, Kevin De Bruyne and David Silva will be the offensive midfielders. John Stones was rested in the win over Watford but should return to the side here.

Arsenal team saw their unbeaten run finally come to an end in midweek as they slipped to a surprise 2-1 defeat away to Everton. The Gunners had not list a single Premier League games since that opening-day defeat to Liverpool and still sit 2nd in the EPL standings, 6 points behind league leaders Chelsea team. Wenger's men were winners at the Etihad last season and have scored at least 2 goals in their last 6 matches against Manchester City in all competitions.
Arsene Wenger isn’t expected to make many changes to his side with Alex Iwobi and Lucas Perez viable alternatives to Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Theo Walcott. Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez look likely starters elsewhere in the front four, with Olivier Giroud not expected to earn a recall. Aaron Ramsey is still a doubt while this match comes come too soon for Danny Welbeck and Per Mertesacker, who  both back in training this week. Chuba Akpom, Santi Cazorla, Mathieu Debuchy, Yaya Sanogo and Shkodran Mustafi are still long-term absentees for the visitors.

Manchester City last 5 matches:

26/11/16 Burnley 1 – 2 Manchester City
03/12/16 Manchester City 1 – 3 Chelsea
06/12/16 Manchester City 1 – 1 Celtic
10/12/16 Leicester City 4 – 2 Man City
14/12/16 Manchester City 2 – 0 Watford

Arsenal last 5 matches:

30/11/16 Arsenal 0 – 2 Southampton
03/12/16 West Ham United 1 – 5 Arsenal
06/12/16 Basel 1 – 4 Arsenal
10/12/16 Arsenal 3 – 1 Stoke City
13/12/16 Everton 2 – 1 Arsenal

 
 

Read More

Middlesbrough 0-3 Liverpool Highlights 14-12-2016 EPL

Middlesbrough vs Liverpool - Competition: Premier League 

Goals:

Liverpool: 29' Adam Lallana 0-1 // 60' Divock Origi 0-2 // 68' Adam Lallana 0-3 

Adam Lallana’s double puts Liverpool’s season back on track as they beat Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium. Simon Mignolet back in the starting XI for Liverpool team. Middlesbrough vs Liverpool match ended with 0-3 scoreline in English Premier League.

Date: 14 December 2016
Kick-off Time: 19:45 GMT
Venue: Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough 









 

Read More

Torino vs Juventus Italian Serie A - 11-12-2016

Torino vs Juventus - Competition: Italian Serie A
 

Torino team enter the derby in solid form. They have won six of their last 10 and currently sit 7th in the league table, 11 points behind their city rivals. The Granata were beaten 2-0 in their last game at Sampdoria but they are undefeated in their last 7 home league matches. Napoli leapfrogged them in the table standings but Sinisa Mihajlovic's men are still in the chase for a European spot.
Mihajlovic will once more have to decide between Davide Zappacosta or Lorenzo De Silvestri at right-back and Daniele Baselli or Afryie Acquah in midfield. The Serb manager will play with an offensive 4-3-3 in which Andrea Belotti will be flanked by Adem Ljajic and Iago Falque up front. Joe Hart will defend the goal while Christian Molinaro and Joel Obi are out through injury.

Juventus are the only team in Europe that topped their Champions League group while also leading their domestic league. They sealed top spot in their UCL group by beating Zagreb in midweek to complete their group stage campaign without suffering a single loss. Domestically, returned to winning ways by dfeating Atalanta 3-1 at the Juventus Stadium after they were beaten by Genoa with the same scoreline a week earlier. The Bianconeri The Old Lady have an excellent record in the Turin derby having won nine of the last 10 editions.
Juventus team still have some injury problems at the back. Bonucci, Dani Alves and Barzagli all set to miss out for this weekend’s match. Up front, Paulo Dybala is ready and willing to start, but Mario Mandzukic and Gonzalo Higuain are favourite to retain their berth. Miralem Pjanic is likely to play as offensive midfield behind the attacking duo in a 4-3-1-2 formation. Sami Khedira will return to the lineup after a routine day off, while Stefano Sturaro is the fourth midfielder in the pecking order, so he is the favourite to start. Marko Pjaca remains sidelined. 

Torino last 5 matches:

10/11/16 Torino 7 – 0 Bra
20/11/16 Crotone 0 – 2 Torino
26/11/16 Torino 2 – 1 Chievo Verona
29/11/16 Torino E 4 – 0 Pisa
04/12/16 Sampdoria 2 – 0 Torino

Juventus last 5 matches:

19/11/16 Juventus 3 – 0 Pescara
22/11/16 Sevilla 1 – 3 Juventus
27/11/16 Genoa 3 – 1 Juventus
03/12/16 Juventus 3 – 1 Atalanta
07/12/16 Juventus 2 – 0 Dinamo Zagreb

 

Date: 11 December 2016
Kick-off Time: 14:00 GMT
Venue: Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino 

 

 

 

 

Read More

Zorya 0-2 Manchester United Highlights 08-12-2016 Europa League

Zorya vs Manchester United - Competition: UEFA Europa League

Henrikh Mkhitaryan scores his first goal for Man United team as the Red Devils beat Zorya 2-0 in Europa League.

Zorya 0-2 Manchester United (EUROPA LEAGUE)

48' 0-1 Henrik Mkhitaryan // 88' 0-2 Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Date: 8 December 2016
Kick-off Time: 18:00 GMT
Venue: Stadion Chornomorets, Odessa

Read More

Bayern Munich vs Atletico Madrid 06-12-2016 Champions League

Bayern Munich vs Atletico Madrid - Champions League 2016-17

Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany

Tuesday, December 06 2016 - 20:45 CET
Referee: C. Turpin

Bayern Munich team crumbled to a 3-2 defeat by Russian minnows FC Rostov on matchday five, to leave them 2nd in the group with a six point gap between them and group winners Atletico, despite taking the lead just after the half-hour mark through Douglas Costa.. Their Bundesliga campaign has been a bit disappointing so far. Despite their 3-1 win over Mainz on Friday they remain three points adrift of surprising leaders RB Leipzig.
Kingsley Coman suffered a knee injury amd will miss the rest of the season but Arjen Robben and Frank Ribery started last time out and are fully fit as well as David Alaba, who recovered from injury. Captain Phillip Lahm was handed center-midfielder responsibility against Mainz and will probably retain that role. In defense, Mats Hummels and Javi Martinez will form the central pair.

Atletico team have won their 5 group games so far and are guaranteed to finish top of proceedings, probably giving them an easier draw in the next round of the competition. Domestically, they  are currently 4th in La Liga BBVA table, 9 points below arch rivals Real Madrid team after a goalless draw against Espanyol at the weekend.
Diego Simeone tinkered with the team and formation at the weekend but he will restore his best XI for this clash. In a 4-3-3 starting line-up, the likes of Antoine Griezmann, Kevin Gameiro and Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco will spearhead the attack while veterans Koke, Tiago and Gabi are expected to play in the middle of the park. Midfielder Augusto Fernandez and attacking duo Torres and Alessio Cerci are all injured for this one.

Probable lineups:

Bayern Munich: Neuer – Rafinha, J. Boateng, Badstuber, J. Bernat – Vidal, Xabi Alonso, R. Sanches – Robben, T. Muller, D.Costa.

Atletico Madrid: Moya – Vrsaljko, Savic, Gimenez, Lucas – Saul Niguez, Gabi, Gaitan, Carrasco – Correa, Gameiro.

You can watch the match here: Link 1 , Link 2 [Live Scores]

 

 

 

Read More

El Clásico: Barcelona vs Real Madrid La Liga - December 03, 2016

Barcelona vs Real Madrid - Competition: Spanish Primera Division 

Barcelona team, who will be desperate to close the gap between themselves and Real Madrid, have now failed to win either of their last two La Liga outings, stuttering to a 0-0 draw with nine-man Malaga, before going on to snatch an equaliser to earn a point against Sociedad. They have dropped 12 points in their last 11 games and trail their opponents by 6 points.
The return of skipper Andres Iniesta from nearly two months absence will be a major boost for the Catalans. He's expected to initially sit on the bench as the midfield line is likely to be formed by Ivan Rakitic, Sergio Busquets and Denis Suarez. The likes of Gerard Pique and Javier Mascherano will start as centre back with Sergi Roberto and Jordi Alba a full backs. Of course, the MSN trio Messi-Suarez-Neymar will spearhead the attack.
Real Madrid team is enjoying a superb run of form as they are yet to lose a single match this season. Actually, the Blancos are undefeated in their last 25 matches. Zinedine Zidane's men have won four consecutive games and they know a victory would see them opening up a commanding nine-point lead over Barcelona. The last time these two teams met at the Camp Nou, Real Madrid defeated the host by 2-1, thanks to a late winner scored by Ronaldo.
Gareth Bale will be on the sidelines until next April as he recently suffered an ankle injury and Lucas Vazquez will again replace the Welshman on the right-hand side of the attack. Dani Carvajal is expected tp be preferred to Danilo at right-back, with Raphael Varane expected to start in defence over Pepe. Casemiro is close to full fitness, but he is unlike to walk straight into the starting line-up. Zidane will be also without the services of Gareth Bale, Toni Kroos and Raphael Varane in the trip to Camp Nou.

Barcelona last 5 matches:

01/11/16 Manchester City 3 – 1 Barcelona
06/11/16 Sevilla 1 – 2 Barcelona
19/11/16 Barcelona 0 – 0 Malaga
23/11/16 Celtic 0 – 2 Barcelona
27/11/16 Real Sociedad 1 – 1 Barcelona

Real Madrid last 5 matches:

02/11/16 Legia Warszawa 3 – 3 Real Madrid
06/11/16 Real Madrid 3 – 0 Leganes
19/11/16 Atletico Madrid 0 – 3 Real Madrid
22/11/16 Sporting CP 1 – 2 Real Madrid
26/11/16 Real Madrid 2 – 1 Sporting Gijon

Date: Saturday, December 3 2016
Kick-off Time: 15:15 GMT - 4:15 PM
Venue: Camp Nou, Barcelona 

You can watch the match here: Link 1 , Link 2 [Live Scores]

 

Read More

Manchester United vs West Ham 4-1 EFL Cup 30-11-2016 Highlights

Manchester United vs West Ham
Competition: English League Cup

Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Martial score two each as Manchester United team beat West Ham United 4-1 in their English League Cup quarterfinal.

Manchester United 4-1 West Ham United (EFL CUP)

2' Zlatan Ibrahimovic 1-0 // 35' Ashley Fletcher 1-1 // 48' Anthony Martial 2-1 // 62' Anthony Martial 3-1 // 90' Zlatan Ibrahimovic 4-1

Date: 30 November 2016
Kick-off Time: 20:00 GMT
Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester  

Read More

Bayern Munchen vs Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 Highlights 2016 Bundesliga

Bayern Munchen vs Bayer Leverkusen
Competition: German Bundesliga
Date: 26 November 2016
Kick-off Time: 17:30 GMT
Venue: Allianz Arena, Munchen 

Bayern Munich 2-1 Bayer Leverkusen:

30' Thiago Alcantara 1-0 // 35' Hakan Calhanoglu 1-1 // 56' Mats Hummels 2-1

Bayern Munich team recover from their twin losses last week to Borussia Dortmund and Rostov by beating Bayer Leverkusen team 2-1 in German Bundesliga.

Read More

Champions League: Monaco vs Tottenham - November 22, 2016

Monaco vs Tottenham - Competition: UEFA Champions League
 

Monaco team top the group E with eight points and are undefeated in UCL thus far. They defeated CSKA Moscow 3-0 at home on matchday 4 and could secure an automatic qualification should they win the match. Monaco are having a brilliant Ligue 1 campaign start as they currently are runners-up behind Nice, with 29 points from 13 games, scoring 39 goals in 13 games - 13 more than PSG.
Leonardo Jardim will be without midfielder Joao Moutinho. The Portuguese has joined Almamy Toure and Nabil Dirar on the sidelines. The likes of Fabinho and Tiemoue Bakayoko are expected to start in the middle of the park while Radamel Falcao should continue alongside Valere Germain in attack. The four-man backline should be formed by Djibril Sidibe, Jemerson, Kamil Glik and Andrea Raggi.

Tottenham team sit third in the Champions League group, 4 points behind Monaco, as they have managed just one win so far, losing two and drawing one in the process. Spurs have already suffered a 2-1 defeat at home in the 1st leg and a defeat here could see their Champions League campaign come to a premature end. A draw would likely not be enough for the Lilywhites. In Premier League, Tottenham are 5th in the league standings and they enter this match on the back of a 3-2 home win over West Ham.
Mauricio Pochettino remains without injured trio Ben Davies, Toby Alderweireld and Erik Lamela. Harry Kane will lead the attack against the group leaders AS Monaco while Dele Alli will be returning to the side to give the Spurs attack further edge after he came as a substitute against West Ham last time out.

 

Monaco last 5 matches:

21/10/16 Monaco 6 – 2 Montpellier
29/10/16 Saint-Étienne 1 – 1 Monaco
02/11/16 AS Monaco 3 – 0 CSKA Moskva
05/11/16 Monaco 6 – 0 Nancy
18/11/16 Lorient 0 – 3 Monaco

Tottenham last 5 matches:

25/10/16 Liverpool 2 – 1 Tottenham
29/10/16 Tottenham 1 – 1 Leicester City
02/11/16 Tottenham 0 – 1 Bayer Leverkusen
06/11/16 Arsenal 1 – 1 Tottenham
19/11/16 Tottenham 3 – 2 West Ham United

 

Date: 22 November 2016
Kick-off Time: 19:45 GMT
Venue: Stade Louis II, Monaco  

 

 

 

Read More

Manchester United vs Arsenal Premier League - 19-11-2016

Manchester United vs Arsenal
Competition: Premier League
Date: 19 November 2016
Kick-off Time: 12:30 GMT - 13:30 CET
Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester

Manchester United team managed just 5 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats so far in the league. The 3-1 win at Swansea before the international break was their lone win in the last 6 Premier League games.
Pressure is building on the Portuguese and he will be desperate to see his side make it back-to-back wins and register their first home victory in the league since September.
Striker Ibrahimovic is banned after he picked up his fifth booking of the season last time out while Ander Herrera returns to the side after his one-match suspension. Up front, Marcus Rashford is likelyt to lead the line, with Paul Pogba, Martial and Jesse Lingard behind him. Jose Mourinho will be without Eric Bailly, Antonio Valencia and Chris Smalling at the back, meaning that Phil Jones, Marcos Rojo and Matteo Darmian will probably fill the voids.

Arsenal team enter this clash unbeaten in 10 league games and within two points of the EPL summit, and six points above Manchester United.  They have not lost a match in the Premier League since the 4-3 humbling at home by Liverpool on the opening day. Last time out in the top-flight the Gunners were held 1-1 at the Emirates Stadium by Tottenham in the North London derby. Arsene Wenger’s side are winless in the league against United for over a decade. Their Premier League title challenge suffered a huge setback at Old Trafford last season when they produced a miserable performance and fell to a 3-2 defeat.
Alexis Sanchez played for Chile on Tuesday and is a major doubt as he was taken off. Olivier Giroud could replace the Chilean as lone forward while Mesut Ozil, Alex Iwobi and Theo Walcott are expected to retain their starting berth as offensive midfielders. The Gunners are expected to be without Hector Bellerin for the whole of November. The Spaniard joins Per Mertesacker, Lucas Perez, Danny Welbeck and Santi Cazorla on the sidelines.

Probable lineups:
Manchester United: de Gea – Darmian, Blind, Rojo, Shaw – Pogba, Carrick, Herrera – Mata, Rashford, Lingard.
Arsenal: Cech – Jenkinson, Mustafi, Koscielny, Monreal – Xhaka, Coquelin – Walcott, Ozil, Iwobi – Sanchez.





 

Read More

Brazil vs Argentina World Cup Qualifiers - November 10, 2016

Brazil vs Argentina - Competition: WC Qualification South America 

Brazil team started the CONMEBOL qualifying campaign in a miserable ay, winning just two of their first six games. Their qualification to Russia 2018 is under threat and manager Carlos Dunga was replaced by former Corinthians coach Tite. Since then, the Seleçao recorded four straight wins, moving them up to the top of the qualifying group, 1 point clear off the second placed Uruguay.
Brazil welcome back Neymar after he missed last time out and the Barcelona star should start as offensive winger. Philippe Coutinho is likely to get the nod over Willian and Roberto Firmino out wide while Giuliano is likely to replace Paulinho. Gabriel Jesus continues to impress on the International stage and is expected to spearhead the attack in a 4-1-4-1 formation. Casemiro and Fernandinho are in contention for a starting berth as difensive midfielder.  

Argentina team are on a poor run of form. In the previous round, they dropped to sixth position in the qualifying group after losing 0-1 at home to Paraguay. The Albiceleste is winless in their last three matches as they needed a late rally to salvage a 2-2 draw in Venezuela before to squander a lead against Peru in the following game. Argentina boast the 2nd best defensive record in South America but things are not going well in attack. For a side with seemingly endless firepower, they have only netted 11 goals in 10 games so far.
The positive news for new manager Edgardo Bauza is that Messi is back in the mix and is set to partner Higuain up front. In midfield, Guido Pizarro could start if Lucas Biglia fails to prove his fitness. Enzo Pérez or even full-back Júlio Buffarini will provide support to Pablo Zabaleta on the right. Sergio Aguero is likely to be benched while Mauro Icardi, top scorer in the Serie A, has not been named.

Brazil last 5 matches:

13/06/16 Brazil 0 – 1 Peru
01/09/16 Ecuador 0 – 3 Brazil
07/09/16 Brazil 2 – 1 Colombia
07/10/16 Brazil 5 – 0 Bolivia
12/10/16 Venezuela 0 – 2 Brazil

Argentina last 5 matches:

27/06/16 Argentina 0 – 0 P Chile
02/09/16 Argentina 1 – 0 Uruguay
07/09/16 Venezuela 2 – 2 Argentina
07/10/16 Peru 2 – 2 Argentina
12/10/16 Argentina 0 – 1 Paraguay

Date: 10 November 2016
Kick-off Time: 23:45 GMT
Venue: Estadio Governador Magalhaes Pinto

 

Read More

AS Roma vs Bologna 3-0 Highlights 06-11-2016 Serie A

Roma vs Bologna - Competition: Italian Serie A

Mohamed Salah scores a hat trick for AS Roma team as they beat Bologna 3-0 in Italian Serie A.

Roma 3-0 Bologna

13' Mohamed Salah 1-0 // 63' Mohamed Salah 2-0 // 71' Mohamed Salah 3-0  

Date: 6 November 2016
Kick-off Time: 19:45 GMT
Venue: Stadio Olimpico, Roma  

Read More

FC Barcelona vs Manchester City 01-11-2016 – Champions League

Manchester City team suffered a humiliating 4-0 defeat when they faced FC Barça a fortnight ago. Anyway, a 4-0 win over West Brom on Saturday ended a run of six winless matches for the Citizens thanks to a brace from Sergio Aguero and Ilkay Gundogan. They still lead the English Premier League standings, level on points with Arsenal and Liverpool while in Champions League they sit 2nd with four points as they beat Borussia Moenchengladbach and drew 3:3 with Celtic in the first two matchdays.
Pep Guardiola has confirmed Sergio Aguero will start up front, with the likes of Kevin De Bruyne, David Silva, Raheem Sterling and Ilkay Gundogan behind the Argentine striker. Willy Caballero is set to deputise between the sticks as regular goalkeeper Claudio Bravo is suspended. Yaya Tourè is uneligible while Pablo Zabaleta and Bacary Sagna are both doubtful.
Barcelona team comfortably top the UCL group with a 100% winning record after three games having beaten Celtic (7:0) and Man City (4:0) at the Camp Nou, and Borussia Moenchengladbach (1:2) away from home. In La Liga, the Catalansa limped to a 1-0 win over Granada at the weekend, recording their 3th consecutive domestic victory. Anyway, they trail Real Madrid by 2 points in the table.
Jeremy Mathieu was sent off last time out against Man City and is banned. Luis Enrique also be without Gerard Pique and Andres Iniesta, who are both injured as well as goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen. The offensive trio will be formed by Messi, Neymar and Luis Suarez while Rafinha is likely to start in midfield and Sergi Roberto as right back in the starting 4-3-3 formation.

Probable lineups:
Manchester City: Caballero – Fernando, Stones, Otamendi, Kolarov – Fernandinho – de Bruyne, Gundogan, Silva, Sterling – Aguero.
Barcelona: ter Stegen – Roberto, Umtiti, Mascherano, Digne – Rakitic, Busquets, Rafinha – Messi, Suarez, Neymar.

Manchester City vs FC Barcelona - Champions League 2016-17
Etihad Stadium, Manchester, United Kingdom
Tuesday, 01 November 2016 - 20:45 CET

You can watch the match here: Link 1 , Link 2 [Live Scores]










 

Read More

Juventus vs Napoli - Italian Serie A 29-10-2016

Juventus vs Napoli - Competition: Italian Serie A 

 

Juventus team are back to winning ways after losing at AC Milan last weekend. They top the Italian Serie A standings two points ahead of the chasing pack and enter this match on the back of a 4-1 victory over Sampdoria, a match saw returning defender Giorgio Chiellini grab a rare brace. They have won 34 of their last 38 Serie A matches and are undefeated in their last 6 home matches against Napoli in all competitions.
Paulo Dybala and Marko Pjaca are still out through injury. As consequence, Mario Mandzukic will continue to partner Gonzalo Higuain up front. In defense, Patrice Evra is expected to miss out and the Frenchman will be replaced by Alex Sandro. On the other flank, Stephan Lichtsteiner and Dani Alves are in contention for a starting berth. Claudio Marchisio is now fully fit and will likely feature as playmaker in the middle of the park.

Having lost three straight matches - including the 2:3 loss to Besiktas in UCL - Napoli seem to be back on track after consecutive wins. The Partenopei picked up all three points in their fixture with Empoli (2-0) last Wednesday, following their 2-1 away win over Crotone at the weekend. Last season, Sarri's men suffered a narrow defeat at the Juventus Stadium as Simone Zaza scored a late goal in what was a title deciding match.
Napoli team are without a central forward at the moment. Arkadiusz Milik is still sidelined with a broken ligament while Manolo Gabbiadini is suspended. Dries Mertens is likely to be used as the false nine once again with Jose Callejon and Lorenzo Insigne out wide. Raul Albiol is a major doubt and will be probably replaced by Nikola Maksimovic. The likes of Marek Hamsik, Allan and Jorginho are expected to start in midfield.

 

Juventus last 5 matches:

02/10/16 Empoli 0 – 3 Juventus
15/10/16 Juventus 2 – 1 Udinese
18/10/16 Lyon 0 – 1 Juventus
22/10/16 Milan 1 – 0 Juventus
26/10/16 Juventus 4 – 1 Sampdoria

Napoli last 5 matches:

02/10/16 Atalanta 1 – 0 Napoli
15/10/16 Napoli 1 – 3 Roma
19/10/16 Napoli 2 – 3 Besiktas
23/10/16 Crotone 1 – 2 Napoli
26/10/16 Napoli 2 – 0 Empoli 

 
Date: 29 October 2016
Kick-off Time: 19:45 BST
Venue: Juventus Stadium, Torino 

 

You can watch the match here: Link 1 , Link 2 [Live Scores]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read More

Bayern Munich vs Augsburg 3-1 DFB Pokal 26-10-2016 Highlights

Philipp Lahm, Julian Green and Alaba are on target for Bayern Munchen team as they down Augsburg in German DFB Pokal.

Bayern Munich 3-1 Augsburg (DFB POKAL)

2' Philipp Lahm 1-0 // 42' Julian Green 2-0 // 68' Dong-Won Ji 2-1 // 90' David Alaba 3-1

Bayern Munchen vs Augsburg
Competition: German DFB Pokal
Date: 26 October 2016
Kick-off Time: 19:45 BST
Venue: Allianz Arena, Munchen

Read More

Barcelona 4-0 Manchester City Highlights 19-10-2016 UCL

Barcelona vs Manchester City - Competition: UEFA Champions League

Barcelona 4-0 Manchester City (CHAMPIONS LEAGUE):

17' Lionel Messi 1-0 // 61' Lionel Messi 2-0 // 69' Lionel Messi 3-0 // 89' Neymar 4-0

Guardiola’s return to the Camp Nou is not a happy one as ten man Man City team lose 4-0 to Barcelona FC team, with Messi scoring a hat trick. Barcelona vs Manchester City match ended with 4-0 scoreline in Champions League 2016.

Date: 19 October 2016
Kick-off Time: 19:45 BST
Venue: Camp Nou, Barcelona

 

Read More

Leicester City vs Copenhagen 18-10-2016 Champions League

Leicester City vs Kobenhavn - Competition: UEFA Champions League

Leicester team made a fantastic start to the UCL campaign as they cruised to a 3-0 win over Club Brugge in Belgium, and they followed up that victory with an impressive 1-0 home win over an FC Porto. Anyway, they are struggling in Premier League and enter this match on the back of a 3-0 defeat against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. That was their fourth loss on the road in the league but they have been a different proposition at home with two wins and two draws and just the one goal conceded. The Foxes suffered just three losses last term but they have been already beaten by the likes of Liverpool, Man United and Chelsea thus far, losing by three goals in each of those games.
Riyad Mahrez and Islam Slimani were rested against Chelsea team on Saturday and will come back into the starting XI tonight. Midfielders Nampalys Mendy and Matthew James remain sidelined with ankle injuries, but Shinji Okazaki is hoping to recover in time to play. The defense is likely to be formed by Danny Simpson, Christian Fuchs, Robert Huth and Wes Morgan.
Copenhagen team are on top of the Danish Superliga and unbeaten in 13 matches in all competitions so far, including eight Champions League matches this season having started their campaign in July. The Danish outfit held Porto to a 1-1 draw in Portugal and beat 4-0 Club Brugge on their own turf. With four points from a possible six however, Copenhagen remain in very real contention for a place in the knockout stages. As to the Champions League qualifiers, Copenhagen got the better of Crusaders (9-0 aggregate) Astra (4-1 aggregate) and also APOEL (2-1 aggregate).
The Danes do not have serious injury concerns and will field their regular starting XI. Federico Santander and Andreas Cornelius are expected to lead the line in a 4-4-2 formation. Jan Gregus is back in contention after serving his suspension in the last match, although Ståle Solbakken may stick with Benjamin Verbic after his impressive performance against Club Bruges. 

Leicester City last 5 matches:

20/09/16 Leicester City 2 – 4 E Chelsea
24/09/16 Man Utd 4 – 1 Leicester City
27/09/16 Leicester City 1 – 0 Porto
02/10/16 Leicester 0 – 0 Southampton
15/10/16 Chelsea 3 – 0 Leicester City

Kobenhavn last 5 matches:

21/09/16 Randers 2 – 2 Kobenhavn
24/09/16 Kobenhavn 2 – 0 AGF
27/09/16 Kobenhavn 4 – 0 Club Brugge
02/10/16 Viborg 0 – 0 Kobenhavn
15/10/16 Kobenhavn 2 – 0 Silkeborg

Date: 18 October 2016
Kick-off Time: 19:45 BST - 20:45 CET
Venue: King Power Stadium, Leicester, Leicestershire 

 

Read More

Juventus 2-1 Udinese Highlights 15-10-2016 Serie A

Juventus vs Udinese
Competition: Italian Serie A 

Juventus 2-1 Udinese:

30' Jakub Jankto 0-1 // 43' Paulo Dybala 1-1 // 51' Paulo Dybala 2-1  

Paulo Dybala’s double gives defending champions Juventus team a 2-1 win over Udinese in Italian Serie A.

Date: 15 October 2016
Kick-off Time: 19:45 BST
Venue: Juventus Stadium, Torino 








 

Read More

Netherlands vs France World Cup Qualifiers - October 10, 2016

Netherlands vs France - Qualifications FIFA 2018

Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands 

Monday, 10 October 2016 - 20:45 CET

Following a 1-1 draw at Sweden back in September, Netherlands team won 4-1 at home against Belarus last time out, with 24-year-old Quincy Promes scoring a brace. Their win ended a shocking run of five losses in a row at home for them, and they have only won four of their last 13 on home turf, losing six of them.
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar has missed out on the squad, but Quincy Promes and Vincent Janssen made up for his absence in midweek. Davy Klaassen, Wesley Sneijder and Quncy Promes are expected to start in the offensive midfielders positions. Goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen has injured an ankle in training and is set to be replaced by Michel Vorm. Arjen Robben has been also ruled out through injury.

France team recorded a comfortable 4-1 home win against Bulgaria as Kevin Gameiro got two and Antoine Griezmann and Dimitri Payet bagged a goal apiece. That result followed a disappointing draw at Belarus last month and a 3-1 defeat of Italy in an International Friendly. Sagna has been ruled out after suffering a hamstring injury last time out and will be replaced by Djibril Sidibe. This could be Didier Deschamps' only change to his 4-2-3-1 formation, in which Gameiro will retain his lone forward berth and Payet, Griezmann and Moussa Sissoko will start as offensive midfielders.
The last meeting between these two sides came in March as a memorial match for Johan Cruyff with France coming out on top 3-2 in Amsterdam thanks to a last minute goal by Blaise Matuidi after Netherlands had come back from 2-0 down.

Probable lineups:

Netherland: Stekelenburg – Karsdorp, van Dijk, Bruma, Blind – Strootman, Propper – Promes, Klaassen, Wijnaldum – Janssen 

France Lloris – Sidibe, Varane, Koscielny, Kurzawa – Matuidi, Pogba – Sissoko, Griezmann, Payet – Gameiro.

You can watch the match here: Link 1 , Link 2 [Live Scores]

Read More

Portugal 6-0 Andorra Highlights 2016 WC Qualification Europe

Portugal vs Andorra - Competition: WC Qualification Europe

Portugal 6-0 Andorra (WORLD CUP QUALIF.):

2' Cristiano Ronaldo 1-0 // 4' Cristiano Ronaldo 2-0 // 44' Joao Cancelo 3-0 // 47' Cristiano Ronaldo 4-0 // 68' Cristiano Ronaldo 5-0 // 86' Andre Silva 6-0.  

Cristiano Ronaldo scores four goals as nine man Andorra team go down to reigning European champions Portugal team.

Date: 7 October 2016
Kick-off Time: 19:45 BST
Venue: Estadio Municipal de Aveiro  





 

Read More

AC Milan vs Sassuolo 4-3 Highlights 02-10-2016 Serie A

Milan vs Sassuolo
Competition: Italian Serie A
Date: 2 October 2016
Kick-off Time: 17:00 BST
Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, Milano

AC Milan team fighted back from 4-3 down and scored thrice in eight second half minutes to win a seven goal thriller against Sassuolo team. Milan vs Sassuolo match ended with 4-3 scoreline in Italian Serie A 2016.

AC Milan 4-3 Sassuolo:

9' Giacomo Bonaventura 1-0 // 10' Matteo Politano 1-1 // 54' Francesco Acerbi 1-2 // 56' Lorenzo Pellegrini 1-3 // 69' Carlos Bacca(pen.) 2-3 // 73' Manuel Locatelli 3-3 // 77' Gabriel Paletta 4-3  

Read More

Arsenal vs Chelsea 24-09-2016 Premier League

Arsenal vs Chelsea - Competition: English Premier League  

 

Arsenal team limped out of the blocks by taking just one point from their first two games, but they are now unbeaten in their last six competitive fuxtures, winning four. Their 3-1 away victory at Watford was the catalyst for an upturn in results and they followed up the 2-1 win over Southampton with a 4-1 victory at Hull City last weekend.  Furthermore, in midweek they crushed Nottingham Forest 4-0 in the League Cup.
New signing Lucas Perez is expected to start upfront as well as the other new boy Shkodran Mustafi at the heart of defense. The rest of the team will reamion unchanged, with Santi Cazorla and Granit Xhaka in the middle of the park and Alexis Sanchez, Mesut Ozil and Theo Walcott as offensive midfielders. Per Mertesacker, Danny Welbeck and Carl Jenkinson are out due to injury while Aaron Ramsey and Olivier Giroud are doubtful. 

Chelsea team made a successful start to life under new boss Antonio Conte, winning their first three Premier League outings but their unbeaten start came to an abrupt end at home to Liverpool last Friday as they lost 1-2 at Stamford Bridge, after being held 2-2 at Swansea a week earlier. Anyway, the Blues returned to winning ways with a 4-2 away win over Leicester in the EFL Cup on Tuesday.
Branislav Ivanovic is likely to make a return at right-back with Azpilicueta shifting to the left-back spot. N’Golo Kante will be in his usual positon while Cesc Fabregas is expected to be benched despit the Spaniard's brace against leicester last time out. Upfront, Eden Hazard and Willian will take up the flank roles with Oscar in number ten positions and Diego Costa leading the pack. John Terry is a doubt for the Blues while Marco Van Ginkel and Kurt Zouma are out through injury.

 

Date: Saturday, 24 September 2016
Kick-off Time: 18:30 CET
Venue: Emirates Stadium, London, United Kingdom

Referee: M. Oliver

 

You can watch the match here: Link 1 , Link 2 [Live Scores]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read More

Tottenham vs AS Monaco 14-09-2016 Champions League

Tottenham vs Monaco 
Competition: UEFA Champions League
Date: 14 September 2016
Kick-off Time: 19:45 BST - 20:45 CET 

Venue: Wembley Stadium, London 

Tottenham team have started their season in an impressive and solid way. They opened with a 1-1 draw at Everton before clinching a nervous 1-0 win over Crystal Palace. Then, Spurs recorded a 1-1 draw at White Hart Lane against Liverpool before the International break and hammered Stoke City 4-1 away from home last weekend when Harry Kane found the back of the net fr the first time this season.
Left back Danny Rose is the only injured player for the Lilywhites. Dembele is expected to replace Victor Wanyama in the middle of the park while Vincent Janssen will start as central forward as Harry Kane is likely to be rested. Moussa Sissoko and Erik Lamela will replace Dele Alli and Christian Eriksen in the offensive midfield trio while Son Heung-Min will retain his starting berth.

AS Monaco have started the new campaign phenomenally well. They knocked out Fenerbahce and Villarreal in the UCL qualifying stages and are flying high in the Ligue 1 where they are currently table toppers with 10 points in 4 games. Monaco beat Nantes 1-0 in the opener, trashed PSG 3-1 in the 2nd matchweek and 4-1 Lille away form home last weekend.
Strikers Guido Carrillo, Kylian Mbappe-Lottin and Radamel Falcao could all miss out through injury. Danijel Subasic could come back into the side between the sticks having missed last time out. Benjamin Mendy is sidelined while Thomas Lemar is a major doubt. Valre Germain is expected to lead the line, with Joao Moutinho supporting him from a number ten position.

Probable lineups: 
Tottenham: Lloris – Walker, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Davies – Dier, Wanyama – Lamela, Alli, Eriksen – Kane.
Monaco: Subasic – Raggi, Glik, Jemerson, Sidibe – Fabinho, Bakayoko – Dirar, Moutinho, Silva – Germain.

Tottenham last 5 matches:

05/08/16 Tottenham 6 – 1 Inter
13/08/16 Everton 1 – 1 Tottenham
20/08/16 Tottenham 1 – 0 Crystal Palace
27/08/16 Tottenham 1 – 1 Liverpool
10/09/16 Stoke City 0 – 4 Tottenham

Monaco last 5 matches:

17/08/16 Villarreal 1 – 2 Monaco
20/08/16 Nantes 0 – 1 Monaco
23/08/16 Monaco 1 – 0 Villarreal
28/08/16 Monaco 3 – 1 PSG
10/09/16 Lille 1 – 4 Monaco 

Read More

Swansea vs Chelsea 2-2 Highlights 11-09-2016 Premier League

Swansea City vs Chelsea 
Competition: Premier League
Date: 11 September 2016
Kick-off Time: 16:00 BST
Venue: Liberty Stadium, Swansea 

Swansea City 2-2 Chelsea:

18' Diego Costa 0-1 // 59' Gylfi Sigurdsson (pen.) 1-1 // 62' Leroy Fer 2-1 // 81' Diego Costa 2-2 

Chelsea’a 100% start to the new league season is broken as Swansea City team hold the Blues to a 2-2 draw at the Liberty Stadium. Swansea vs Chelsea match ended with 2-2 scoreline in English Premier League 2016. 

Read More

Belarus vs France WC Qualification Europe - 06-09-2016

Belarus vs France - Competition: WC Qualification Europe 

Belarus team failed to qualify in the just concluded Euro 2016, they finished 4th behind Spain, Slovakia and Ukraine. With France, Sweden and Netherlands drawn in the same group, they have a mountain to climb. Their friendlies since qualification have been promising, with draws against Armenia and Montenegro, a disappointing defeat to Northern Ireland, and then a 2-1 win at R. Ireland in the build up to Euro 2016 and a 1-0 win at Norway last Wednesday.
The main man for Belarus is undoubtedly striker Sergei Korinlenko – the former Blackpool man has scored 17 goals in 72 games for his country. Anyway, with their star man Hleb retired, youngster Nikita Korzun is seen as his successor in the team.

France team look to come back from the disappointment of losing in the Euro 2016 final on home soil. They deservedly beat Italy 3-1 away from home few days ago thanks to goals form Anthony Martial, Olivier Giroud and Layvin Kurzawa. That was Les Blues' 10th victory in their last 12 games, with the only defeat coming at the Euro 2016 final in extra time to Portugal.
Patrice Evra has been dropped by Didier Deschamps, while Raphael Varane has been recalled as he is 100% fit now. There shouldn’t be too many changes from the clash in Bari against Italy with Paul Pogba, N’Golo Kàante and Blaise Matuidi all expected to start along with forwards Olivier Giroud, Antoine Griezmann and Anthony Martial.  The injured Hugo Lloris will be replaced by Steve Mandanda between the sticks.

Date: 06 September 2016
Kick-off Time: 19:45 BST
Venue: Borisov Arena
 

You can watch the match here: Link 1 , Link 2 [Live Scores]

 

Read More

Manchester United vs Hull City Premier League - August 27, 2016

Hull City vs Manchester United
Competition: Premier League
Date: 27 August 2016
Kick-off Time: 17:30 BST
Venue: KCOM Stadium, Hull 

 

Hull City team have defied the odds and won both of their opening two matches of the season against Leicester (2-1) and Swansea (0-2). They confirmed their momentum with a 3-1 away win at Exeter in the EFL Cup. Anyway, the Tigers could struggle in the next games as just 13 senior players remain fit with less than a week of the transfer window left to run.
No changes are expected to the starting XI from Mike Phelan. Robert Snodgrass should continue on the right, with Abel Hernandez operating as the lone striker and Adama Diomande on the left of midfield in the 4-1-4-1 formation. Allan McGregor, Michael Dawson, Moses Odubajo and Alex Bruce are still long-term absentees. Harry Maguire made his return to first team action in the League Cup and could feature at some stage. 
Things have been fairly cut and dry for Man United in English Premier League thus far, with two-goal winning margins against Bournemouth and Southampton in first two matchweeks. Prior to that, the Red Devils won the Community Shield beating 2-1 current EPL title holders Leicester. Ibrahimovic have scored in all the official games played so far.
Jose Mourinho will have a full squad to choose from for the trip to Humberside, with no players injured or suspended. The Portuguese could name an unchanged starting XI with Ibrahimovic as lone striker and Anthony Martial, Mata and Rooney in the offensive midfielders trio. Marouane Fellaini’s strong start to the season may see the Belgian partner Paul Pogba at the base of midfield once again. Chris Smalling made his first appearance of the season from the bench last Friday and he could replace Daley Blind at the heart of the defence.

 

Hull City last 5 matches:

03/08/16 Rizespor 1 – 3 Hull City
06/08/16 Torino 2 – 1 Hull City
13/08/16 Hull City 2 – 1 Leicester City
20/08/16 Swansea 0 – 2 Hull City
23/08/16 Exeter City 1 – 3 Hull City

Manchester United last 5 matches:

30/07/16 Manchester United 5 – 2 Galatasaray
03/08/16 Manchester United 0 – 0 Everton
07/08/16 Leicester City 1 – 2 Man United
14/08/16 Bournemouth 1 – 3 Manchester United
19/08/16 Man Utd 2 – 0 Southampton

You can watch the match here: Link 1 , Link 2 [Live Scores]

 

Read More

Chelsea 2-1 West Ham Highlights 15-08-2016 EPL

Chelsea 2 – 1 West Ham
Competition: Premier League
Date: 15 August 2016
Venue: Stamford Bridge, London 

Goals:  

Chelsea – Eden Hazard (pen) 47, Diego Costa 90;
West Ham – James Collins 77;

Chelsea team registered a win against West Ham United in the match of EPL. Chelsea vs West Ham match ended with 2-1 scoreline in English Premier League 2016.

Read More

Arsenal 3-2 Manchester City Highlights 07-08-2016 Friendly

Arsenal 3 – 2 Manchester City
Competition: Friendly
Date: 7 August 2016
Venue: Nya Ullevi, Goteborg

Five goal friendly in Sweden goes the way of Arsenal team as they beat Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City. Arsenal vs Manchester City match ended with 3-2 scoreline in Club Friendly 2016.

Goals:  

Arsenal – Alex Iwobi 50' // Theo Walcott 73' // Chuba Akpom 86'
Manchester City – Sergio Aguero 30' // Kelechi Promise Iheanacho 88'

Read More

Huddersfield vs Liverpool 0-2 Highlights 20-07-2016 Friendly

Huddersfield Town 0 – 2 Liverpool
Competition: Friendly
Date: 20 July 2016
Venue: The John Smith’s Stadium, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire

Liverpool started their pre-season friendly with a clean win over Huddersfield Town. The game ended with the score 2-0. 

Goals:

Liverpool – Grujic 31' // Alberto Moreno (PG) 90'

Read More

Portugal 1-0 France Euro 2016 Final Highlights

Portugal 1 – 0 France - Competition: Euro 2016 Final

Goals:  

Portugal – Eder 109'

In 2004, Portugal lost against Greece in the Euro. But in this year's Euro, Potugal made it to the final and defeated France, even though their Star player, Ronaldo was injured early in the game. The final game ended with the score1-0 and Portugal became the champion of Euro 2016.

 

Portugal starting lineup vs France Euro 2016 final:- Patricio; Cedric, Fonte, Pepe, Guerreiro; William Carvalho, Sanches, Joao Mario, Adrien, Nani, Ronaldo.

France starting XI vs Portugal final Euro 2016:- Lloris; Sagna, Koscielny, Umtiti, Evra; Matuidi, Pogba; Sissoko, Griezmann, Payet; Giroud.

Date: 10 July 2016
Venue: Stade de France, Paris

Read More

Portugal vs Wales 2-0 Highlights 06-07-2016 Euro

Portugal 2-0 Wales (EURO 2016)

50' Ronaldo 1-0 // 53' Nani 2-0

Portugal’s first win in 90 minutes at this year’s Championships sees them progress to the final, where they will meet either Germany or France in the final of Euro 2016. Portugal vs Wales match ended with 2-0 scoreline in Euro 2016.

Portugal vs Wales
Competition: European Championship
Venue: Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu

Read More

Wales vs Belgium Euro 2016 quarter finals - 01-07-2016

Wales vs Belgium
Competition: European Championship
Date: 1 July 2016 - Kick-off Time: 20:00 BST
Venue: Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Villeneuve d’Ascq

In the first three match Gareth Bale was largely responsible for seeing Wales top the group ahead of England. The Real Madrid star scored against Slovakia (2-1 win), England (1-2 defeat) and in the 3-0 victory over Russia. However, They are they underdog here since Welsh team needed an own goal in the 75th minute to knock out Northern Ireland in the last 16 round. These two sides were grouped during the qualification phase for Euro 2016. Wales got the better of their opponents by winning the home leg 1-0 before holding Belgium to a 0-0 draw in the away leg.
Chris Coleman has concerns of his own after Ashley Williams picked up a knock against Northern Ireland but it is expected he will recover in time. West Ham defender James Collins could get the nod if Williams is deemed unfit to start in time otherwise we will probably see the same starting lineup of the match against N.Ireland, with the likes of Aaron Ramsey, Sam Vokes and Gareth Bale up front. 

Belgium team finished second in Group E despite totaling the same number of points (six) as they fell 3-0 to the Italians in the opening match. Since then, they recorded three consecutive wins against Ireland (3-0), Sweden (1-0) in the group stage, and Hungary (4-0) in the last 16 round. As consequence, the Red Devils have outscored their opponents 8-0 in their last three games. Anyway, the Belgians are inconsistent and don’t often perform to the high standards expected of them.
Marc Wilmots is without former-Arsenal centre-back Thomas Vermaelen through suspension and he could be replaced by Man City youngster Jason Denayer although Laurent Ciman could come in and Jan Vertonghen could move to the centre of defence. Dries Mertens and Yannick Carrasco are vying for a start on the right alongside Kevin de Bruyne and Eden Hazard. Lukaku will lead the line once again.

Wales last 5 matches:

05/06/16 Sweden 3 – 0 Wales
11/06/16 Wales 2 – 1 Slovakia
16/06/16 England 2 – 1 Wales
20/06/16 Russia 0 – 3 Wales
25/06/16 Wales 1 – 0 Northern Ireland

Belgium last 5 matches:

01/06/16 Belgium 1 – 1 Finland
05/06/16 Belgium 3 – 2 Norway
13/06/16 Belgium 0 – 2 Italy
18/06/16 Belgium 3 – 0 Ireland Republic
22/06/16 Sweden 0 – 1 Belgium

You can watch the match here: Link 1 , Link 2 [Live Scores]

 

Read More

Switzerland vs Poland Penalties 4-5 Euro 2016

Switzerland 1 – 1 [Pen 4 – 5] Poland
Competition: European Championship
Date: 25 June 2016
Venue: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Ètienne

The Polish team made it to the last eight in St.Etienne after defeating Switzerland. Player, Granit Xhaka, who newly signed in Arsenal, missed the game with his team Switzerland. And player, Xherdan Shaqiri, did a good job and scored for Switzerland in normal time.

Goals:

Switzerland – Xherdan Shaqiri 82'
Poland – Jakub Blaszczykowski 39'

Switzerland v Poland Penalty Shootout 4-5 (scored unless stated otherwise)

For Switzerland: Lichtsteiner, Xhaka (m), Shaqiri, Schar, Rodriguez

For Poland: Lewandowski, Milik, Glik, Kuba, Krychowiak

Read More

Hungary 3-3 Portugal Highlights 22-06-2016 Euro

Hungary 3 – 3 Portugal
Competition: European Championship
Date: 22 June 2016
Venue: Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu

It was an amazing game today in Lyon between, Hungary, which is in top of Group F, and Portugal, which is second. Hungary scored first, and Portugal which seemed was loosing the game, came up in score and the game ended 3-3.

Goals: 

Hungary – Zoltan Gera 19' // Balazs Dzsudzsak 47' // Balazs Dzsudzsak 55'
Portugal – Nani 42' // Cristiano Ronaldo 50' // Cristiano Ronaldo 62'

Read More

Belgium vs Republic Ireland UEFA Euro - June 18, 2016

Belgium vs Ireland Republic - Competition: European Championship

Belgium team will attempt to get their Euro 2016 campaign back on track and they are now under fierce pressure to compensate for the 0-2 defeat at the hands of Italy in their Euro 2016 opening match. They have won 13 and lost only three of the last 19 matches in all competitions (D3). Anyway, they still look too young and unexperienced for this kind of competitions.Romelu Lukaku and Kevin De Bruyne are both expected to be not named in Wilmots' starting line-up, as they will be probably replaced by Divock Origi and Ferreira Carrasco. Eden Hazard is likely to retain his starting berth while Dries Mertens and Marouane Fellaini are in contention for the remaining spot in the offensivie midfield trio. The back four of Ciman, Alderweireld, Vermaelen and Vertonghen will be confirmed in the starting XI.

Ireland Republic team were the better side and extremely unlucky not to have overcome Sweden team in their opener in Paris on Monday, drawing 1-1. They have lost just three of 19 matches in all competition since the start of the qualifiers back in September, 2014, having collected 8 wins and 8 draws.
Jonathan Walters is not expected to be fit after his Achilles problem flared up in the previous match. Veteran striker Robbie Keane will replace him up front and no other changes are expected in the starting lineup. This means that Wes Hoolahan will play behind the two forwards with James McCarthy, Glenn Whelan and Jeff Hendrick in the middle of the park.

Probable lineups:

Belgium: Courtois – Alderweireld, Denayer, Vertonghen, J. Lukaku – Witsel, Fellaini – Carrasco, de Bruyne, Hazard – R. Lukaku.

Ireland: Randolph – Coleman, O’Shea, Clark, Brady – McCarthy, Whelan, Hendrick – Hoolahan – Walters, Long.

Date: Saturday, June 18, 2016

Kick-off Time: 14:00 BST - 15:00 CET

Venue: Stade Matmut-Atlantique, Bordeaux

You can watch the match here: Link 1 , Link 2 [Live Scores]

 

Read More