Lazio vs Fiorentina Coppa Italia Quarter-Final 26/12/2017

Lazio vs Fiorentina
Competition: Coppa Italia
Date: 26 December 2017

 

 

Kick-off Time: 20:00 GMT
Venue: Stadio Olimpico, Roma

 

Lazio Rome played well this season as it reached the knockout phase of UEFA Europa League,ranked fifth in the Serie A table and is quarter-finalist in the Italian Cup. Lately, Lazio way of playing was changing, without longer series and instead victory comes after defeat, than the team drew and lose. After losing to Roma, Lazio drew with AC Fiorentina and won Sampdoria.
Than, unexpectedly, they lost to Torino at home after which it drew with Atalanta in Bergamo, while in the previous round they defeated Crotone by 4-0. In between, they made a victory in the round of 16 of the Italian Cup over Cittadelle and were defeated by Waregem in the UEFA Europa League, which didn’t cost them much. Coach, Inzaghi, constantly combines the starting line-up and is expected to make new changes even though there are no serious problems with injuries.
AC Fiorentina seems to be different now are very difficult to defeat. The last time they received a defeat was at the beginning of November, to Roma and after that they either win or draw, which is more often. Fiorentina has a six-match unbeaten streak in the league of two wins and four draws. Unlike Lazio Rome Fiorentina’s defence is much better and more solid and is conceded just 02 goals in those six rounds, while it received two goals in the duel with Sampdoria although Fiorentina scored 03 goals and won the match.
In the previous four rounds, Fiorentina kept their net clean and the best result is goalless away draw with Napoli. Coach, Pioli, had used different teams for both the league and Cup matches, but right now te team should be a combination.

Probable lineups Coppa Italia:
Lazio Rome: Starkosha – De Vrij, Patric, Wallace – F. Anderson, Murgia, Parolo, Lulic – Leiva, Milinkovic-Savic – Immobile
AC Fiorentina: Dragowski – B. Gaspar, Pezzella, Astori, Biraghi – Benassi, Veretout, Badelj – Chiesa, Simeone, Babacar



 

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Real Madrid vs Barcelona Spanish Primera Division 23-12-2017

Real Madrid vs Barcelona
Competition: Spanish Primera Division
Date: 23 December 2017
Kick-off Time: 13:00 GMT
Venue: Estadio Santiago Bernabeu, Madrid

This Clasico is very important to Real Madrid that in the case of a defeat, the team can surrender the trophy of the Spain’s champions to FC Barcelona to take it with them. Real Madrid is 11 points behind, or, to be realistic, eight, because it has one match less, but it will play away against Leganes.

Real Madrid failed to win the last two away derbies in their favour and they did not even scored Athletic Bilbao and Atletico Madrid, but at the same time the team is encouraged that only Malaga has managed to score against them in the previous five rounds. It is also encouraging that Real Madrid celebrated with a convincing 5-0 against Seville FC, and won the new title of the world club champion, and this is already a whole series of trophies in just over a year. It is also important that the team is complete and that it doesn't have any injured players.
Unlike Real Madrid, FC Barcelona could not have played more relaxed in El Clasico as they can now, before this holiday break. The team has made big advantage over their biggest rival but also over Atletico Madrid and Valencia so it is clear that they can get a lot from this match and not lose too much. The last defeats that FC Barcelona experienced were from Real Madrid in the Super Cup and it was when the Catalans did not seem to have anything to look for in the new season, but it all turned in the meantime and Barcelona is not losing in any of the 03 competitions they are playing.
Barcelona's players can only blame themselves for that home draw with Celta Vigo a few rounds ago, after which they made three wins, and routinely confirmed the 1st place in their group of the UEFA Champions League and they have not received any goals in the 03 mentioned games. Along with Atletico Madrid Barcelona has the best defence in the league and the most efficient attack, but unlike their host, they have some injuries in the team. For the time being, Umtiti’s absence was not felt much in its game, however, it could happen in this duel, while Deulofeu and P.Alcacer are out of action.

Probable Lineups for this EL Clasico:
Real Madrid: Navas – Carvajal, Varane, Ramos, Marcelo – T.Kroos, Casemiro, Modric, Isco – Ronaldo, Benzema
FC Barcelona: ter Stegen – S.Roberto, Pique, Vermaelen, J.Alba – Busquets, Iniesta, Rakitić, Paulinho – Messi, L.Suarez




 

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Everton vs Swansea City Premier League 18-12-2017

Everton vs Swansea City
Competition: Premier League
Date: 18 December 2017
Kick-off Time: 20:00 GMT
Venue: Goodison Park, Liverpool

 

The negative series of Everton in duels with Swansea were extended to four draws and three defeats, so, in this match, Everton certainly have a lot of motives to try to get all three points. Everton's way of playing improved considerably after the arrival of the new coach, Allardyce, so the team, in the last five matches, made four wins and one draw against their city rival Liverpool.
However, the 3-0 triumph against Apollon on the side had no significance because Everton had lost all the chances for placement in the knockout stage of the UEFA Europa League, but it is obvious that it is very welcome to restore their confidence. Otherwise, Everton has with these 10  points won took the 10^th place in the first on the English Premier League table. Not counted for this match are the injured defenders Coleman, Funes Mori and Baines, midfielders McCarthy and Barkley and striker, Bolasie.

Results of Everton's last 5 matches:

29/11/17 Everton 4 – 0 West Ham
02/12/17 Everton 2 – 0 Huddersfield
07/12/17 Apollon 0 – 3 Everton
10/12/17 Liverpool 1 – 1 Everton
13/12/17 Newcastle 0 – 1 Everton

On the other side, the guests from Wales, are awaiting this duel at Goodison park Stadium after a convincing home defeat (0-4) from Manchester City, but before that with 1-0 Swansea City managed to defeat West Bromwich on their field, so now they are only two points behind Crystal Palace and West Ham. And since the other teams from the bottom of the table do not have a particularly high point advantage, then the last ranked Swansea City still has a real chance to survive in the elite rank.
However, for something like that , Swansea City urgently need to fix their game at home, where they have made five defeats, while they are now expecting a clash with a team that has prepared well, so it will be very interesting to see what tactics coach, Clement, will choose for Goodison.Tthe return of the experienced Fernandez in the last line as well as the young Abraham at the top of the attack is expected, while center-back, Bartley and wing striker Routledge will miss this match due to injuries.

Results of Swansea City last 5 matches:
25/11/17 Swansea City 0 – 0 Bournemouth
29/11/17 Chelsea 1 – 0 Swansea City
02/12/17 Stoke City 2 – 1 Swansea City
09/12/17 Swansea City 1 – 0 West Brom
13/12/17 Swansea City 0 – 4 Manchester City
 

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Benevento 2-2 AC Milan Italien Serie A Highlights 03/12/2017

Benevento vs AC Milan
Competition: Italian Serie A
Date: 3 December 2017

AC Milan faced Benevento in a match that ended with a draw at Sadio Ciro Vigorito. The final score of the game was 2-2.

 Benevento 2-2 Milan (Serie A) 

38' Giacomo Bonaventura 0-1 // 50' George Puscas 1-1 // 57' Nikola Kalinic 1-2 // 90' Alberto Brignoli 2-2

 

Kick-off Time: 11:30 GMT
Venue: Stadio Ciro Vigorito, Benevento
 

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Juventus vs Napoli Italian Serie A 01-12-2017

 

Napoli vs Juventus
Competition: Italian Serie A
Date: 1 December 2017
Kick-off Time: 19:45 GMT
Venue: Stadio San Paolo, Napoli

 

SSC Napoli absolutely deserve their actual leading position on the Italian Serie A table, because the team has 12 wins and only two draws in 14 wins, while, together with Roma, so far received the least goals of all the teams in the Serie A league.
Nevertheless, these brilliant parties in the championship have left a mark on their UEFA Champions League appearances, with the proviso that after a domestic win of 3-0 over Shakhtar, and the team continues to be in the game for the finals, but for placement in the round of sixteen, but for something like that Napoli needs a victory over Feyenoord and for Shakhtar to lose over Manchester City at home. However, despite the fact that Napoli is against Juventus announcing maximal engagement in order to win new 03 points, especially because they are missing only the injured defender Ghoulam and striker Milik.
As for the actual champions, unlike Napoli, Juventus has already suffered two defeats in the Serie A this season, which is why the team, in this moment, occupy only the 3rd place on the table and have two points less than Inter Milan and four compared to the leading Napoli. That is why, Juventus is now announcing that they will do their best to stay undefeated in Napoli, while they will certainly try to get all the three points and thus come to one point difference from Napoli.
Otherwise, Juventus will, in the next week, have a very important performance in the UEFA Champions League, even though they themselves are deciding on their own destiny, and for placement in the finals, they need to defeat Olympiacos or that the team of Sporting does not celebrate over Barcelona at home. But the team is currently fully focused on this Serie A derby. Juventus has 03 injured strikers: Higuain, Bernardeschi and Pjaca.

 Probable Lineups:
Napoli: Reina – Maggio, Chiriches, Koulibaly, Hysaj – Allan, Jorginho, Hamsik – Callejon, Mertens, Insigne
Juventus: Buffon – Barzagli, Benatia, Chiellini – Cuadrado, Pjanic, Khedira, Alex Sandro – Dybala, Douglas Costa – Mandzukic

 

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