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Milan travel to Bologna on Tuesday evening looking to recover from their shock Europa League elimination. Relegation-threatened hosts have yet to win a league game since October and will have little o hope for against the rejuvenating Rossoneri.
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Former Milan coach Filippo Inzaghi will have a huge point to prove against his former side and employers. The form will not meet ambitions, however, as Bologna sit among the bottom three with only 11 points after 15 Serie A games.
Without a win in his last eight games in charge, I Rossoblu head coach is living on borrowed time at the Stadio Renato Dall’Ara. Having led Bologna to their worst start to a Serie A campaign since the 2008/09 season, Inzaghi is w…
Market: Coventry win
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Looking to secure back-to-back Championship victories on Boxing Day, Coventry will welcome Sheffield Wednesday to the Midlands in midweek.
Starting with the hosts, while Coventry might have opened up the 2023/24 campaign in the midst of a public struggle, last season’s play-off finalists have certainly claimed a recent boost. Last seen over the weekend putting in a stellar display as they breezed their way to a 3-0 romp away at Sunderland, Mark Robins’ men should be smelling the chance to make another statement here. Opening their Boxing Day showdown sat six points adrift of breaking into the top-six, the Sky Blues have lost just one of their previous eight Championship appearances. With that extended flurry stemming all the…
Federico Chiesa is unstoppable in one-on-one situations and would be a fantastic signing for any of Europe s top clubs, believes his former Juventus and Italy team-mate Giorgio Chiellini.
Chiesa has been linked with a move to Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich in recent months, having impressed for Massimiliano Allegri s much-improved Juventus side this season.
The Italy international only made six league starts for the Bianconeri in 2022-23, having battled back from an anterior cruciate ligament injury which caused him to miss most of 2022.
He has been back to something approaching his best this term, scoring four goals and adding one assist in 14 league games to help Juventus stay within two points of Inter at the Serie A summit.
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Liverpool s dream of clinching a record-equalling 18th consecutive Premier League victory fell flat in their 1-1 draw at Manchester United, but the visit of an erratic Tottenham side provides an ideal chance to bounce back.
Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino might have hoped for a big win at Old Trafford for the table-topping Reds, who could have something of the wounded animal about them at Anfield on Sunday.
Tottenham have won just one of their last four league games but enjoyed a 5-0 win over Red Star Belgrade in midweek, with Harry Kane, Son Heung-min and Erik Lamela all scoring.
Pochettino will need his entire team to be at their best to get a result at Anfield, where Liverpool are unbeaten in 44 Premier League games since Crystal Palace beat them 2-1 in April 2…
Liverpool head to Chelsea on Saturday for the biggest test of their perfect Premier League record at the start of the 2018-19 campaign.
The Blues also had five wins out of five heading into their last match, but Maurizio Sarri s side stumbled to a 0-0 draw in a London derby against West Ham.
Eden Hazard s stunning solo goal got them back to winning ways in Wednesday s EFL Cup dress rehearsal for this weekend s encounter the only blemish for Jurgen Klopp s men after a run which also included a dramatic 3-2 Champions League triumph over Paris Saint-Germain.
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NFL great Tom Brady expects his friend Harry Kane to benefit from “a new injection of energy” after joining Bayern Munich from Tottenham.
The 30-year-old ended his long association with the north Londoners on Saturday when he completed his £100million move to the perennial Bundesliga champions.
Kane said it felt like the right time to leave Tottenham after two decades with the club, just as Brady did when departing the New England Patriots in 2020.
The quarterback won six Super Bowls during his 20 years with the Pats and went on to win his seventh in his first season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Huge NFL fan Kane has become friends with Brady over the years and the retired QB turned Birmingham minority owner believes the striker will thrive with hi…
Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri claimed that the last-gasp Champions League defeat to Manchester United will benefit his side in the long run.
Cristiano Ronaldo s exquisite volley against his former club looked set to have guaranteed Juve s place in the last 16, but United rallied with two goals in the last four minutes.
The hosts were guilty of spurning some excellent chances in Turin with Sami Khedira and Paulo Dybala both hitting the frame of the goal prior to Ronaldo s opener.
And although Allegri was frustrated by his side s profligacy, he believes that the manner of the Group H loss will help Juve develop.
It s a disappointing defeat, because the team played well, Allegri, whose side won 1-0 at Old Trafford, told Sky Sport Italia.
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Harry Kane described Christian Eriksen s impact off the bench as perfect as he helped Tottenham come from a goal down to beat Aston Villa on Saturday.
Spurs were trailing 1-0 at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium when Eriksen, whose future remains uncertain, was brought on as a substitute.
The Denmark international impressed in attack and it was his cross that eventually led to debutant Tanguy Ndombele firing in a debut goal to level the scores.
Captain Kane struck twice in the closing stages to secure a 3-1 victory and ensure a positive start to the season for last term s Champions League finalists.
Speaking to Sky Sports, Kane praised the way Eriksen, who has long been linked with a move to Real Madrid, controlled Spurs attacking tempo.
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Michael Beale is confident Abdallah Sima is already “aligned” to Rangers’ style of play after the Brighton forward sealed a season-long loan move to Ibrox.
The cinch Premiership club confirmed the recruitment of the 22-year-old Senegalese, who becomes their fifth signing of the summer.
Sima played against the Gers for Slavia Prague in the Europa League in March 2021, just months before earning a £7million move to Brighton.
He has so far struggled to establish himself with the Premier League club and has spent time on loan at Championship side Stoke and French Ligue 1 team Angers.
“We are delighted to have Abdallah join us for the forthcoming season,” Beale told Rangers’ website. “He is a player I’m excited to work with, he has excellent v…
West Ham United wanted to sign Samuel Bastien from Standard Liege in the summer transfer window, according to . It has been reported that the Premier League side made a bid for the 24-year-old midfielder on deadline day, but his Belgian club turned it down.
The Hammers made an offer of £11 million for the former Belgium Under-21 international, but it was not enough for Liege and they turned down the offer. David Moyes’s side did not sign a single player on summer deadline day, although they could land players from the Championship and below from England until October 16.
West Ham are 10th in the Premier League table at the moment with six points from four matches. The Hammers have won their last two league games against Wolverhampton Wanderers and Leicester City, and…