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Preview and odds for tonight’s Premier League showdown We’re set for an unmissable encounter tonight as Manchester City host Liverpool at the Etihad. Pep Guardiola’s Citizens are seven points behind Jurgen Klopp’s Reds after a string of losses over the Christmas period. Liverpool remain unbeaten, and have won a remarkable 17 games from 20 this term as they seek a first league title since…

Every season there’s one side that inevitably makes it their quest to screw up my ACCAs. This season that honour goes to West Ham. As my other selections from Gameweek 19 ‘romped home’ (context, one was a stake returned selection), West Ham beat my pick Southampton after they lost the week before to Watford and subsequently last weekend to Burnley. No consistency, but they always…

No one wants to be shocked by the unexpected arrival of transfer deadline day, like a sex toy hitting the back of a reporter's head. Thankfully, like Harry Redknapp winding down a car door window, we are prepared for all your questions. So, scroll down, and prepare yourself for a window full of panic buys and commercially-motivated moves. When is the January transfer window open?…

I'd like to start with an apology. I was away in Gameweek 21, leaving you in the hands of i Sports News Editor – Evan Bartlett: an FPL manager not even in the top-300 of the i sport readers league. This will not happen again. In order to reconcile I would like to offer the following surefire tips that should see you catapult up your own…

ST JAMES' PARK, NEWCASTLE — And so the Ole Gunnar Solskjaer red revival rolls on. Four games, four wins and for the first time, a clean sheet to go with it. Solskjaer said beforehand that he rarely enjoyed going to Tyneside but he was punching the air here when Marcus Rashford scored the visitors’ second. That was with 10 minutes left and drained some…

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer became just the second Manchester United manager to win his first four games in charge as his side defeated Newcastle. It didn't all go the visitors' way, with Solskjaer's opposite number Rafa Benitez setting his side up in a very defensive 5-4-1 and the sides going in level at the break. But a tactical tweak by Solskjaer early in the second-half,…

Prior to New Year’s Day, Cardiff City were the only Premier League opponent who Harry Kane had failed to score against. It took the Tottenham Hotspur striker just two minutes and 21 seconds to add the Bluebirds to a list which now features 28 clubs, as Kane’s early effort set Mauricio Pochettino’s men on their way to a comfortable 3-0 victory. There was an…

Welcome to the BetBright STATZONE, where we give you the stats and you make the decisions! After the busy festive period in the league the focus switches to the FA Cup third round this weekend with the English top-flight sides entering the competition for the first time. We’ve two all-Premier League clashes too as Bournemouth host Brighton, while Liverpool travel to Wolves. The games…

Is January exit on the cards for Welshman? The January transfer window is open, and the latest odds suggest Aaron Ramsey could soon be whisked away by Juventus. Max Allegri is 4/1 to secure a deal for the midfielder. With his contract expiring this summer, Ramsey is free to speak to other clubs – and it’s the Serie A giants who head the betting.…

The mid-season window is now open With the onset of January and a New Year, comes the opening of the mid-season transfer window. It offers teams the chance to strengthen squad depth, or bring in an extra level of quality. It can also mean a difficult time for sides looking to keep hold of key players. A number of clubs have already made moves.…

First Grade One race of 2019 awaits The first Grade One race of 2019 arrives this Saturday, with a strong field for the Tolworth Hurdle at Sandown. Heading the betting is the JP McManus-owned Rathhill at 6/4. Those odds have tumbled from the 9/4 price the five-year-old occupied when the betting opened on Tuesday. Next up is Elixir De Nutz at 11/4, while another…

For Claudio Ranieri and Unai Emery, the critical difference is time. Where Emery’s mission plan is to oversee the biggest cultural change at Arsenal in over two decades, to sweep away the stagnation of the late Wenger era and reinvent the team as a force for the modern age, Ranieri has a little under five months to fulfil his primary purpose at Fulham: saving…

The FA Cup third round is soon to be played, and with its advent comes the fourth round draw. Some tantalising matchups will await us with the prospect of the first Premier League teams exiting the competition by way of relative minnows. Defending champions Chelsea host Nottingham Forest on 5 January, while non-league Woking will host Watford as the top-flight Hornets travel to Surrey.…

New year, same old Spurs. Should they ever get that fancy new gaf finished on the Tottenham High Road, Spurs might be onto something. The 45 points registered in 2018 were the most of any Premier League team on the road. Few came easier than the three with which they began 2019. Whether the Wolves defeat might have signalled a deeper malaise linked to…

It took only 26 minutes for Tottenham‘s Son Heung-min to ripple Cardiff‘s net for the third time, suspending any doubt over the outcome of Spurs' first Premier League away day of 2019. While much has been made of the lack of squad depth available to Mauricio Pochettino, Spurs looked sharp and well-oiled in dismantling the Bluebirds confidence within half an hour. That said, Cardiff's defence…