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Nottingham Forest head into the East Midlands derby on Monday as 6/4 favourites against their oldest rivals Derby County at The City Ground. Martin O’Neill’s men will look to continue their strong home form this calendar year with a priceless home win against The Rams and will hope to make it three defeats on the […]

If Manchester City beat Liverpool to the Premier League title this year, Vincent Kompany, David Silva and Sergio Aguero will all add a fourth winner’s medal to their collections. The trio will still not be anywhere near the record held by Ryan Giggs (13), nor the impressive hauls of Paul Scholes (11), Gary Neville (eight), […]

[ad_1] Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Emiliano Sala’s body was found in the plane’s wreckage The pilot of the plane that crashed with Cardiff City striker Emiliano Sala on board did not have a licence for commercial flights, investigators say. The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) confirmed David Ibbotson held a private pilot’s licence. […]

[ad_1] Bernardo Silva feels Manchester City must develop the habit of successfully defending trophies season after season (Man City 12/1 – To win quadruple). The Citizens remain on course to challenge for an unprecedented quadruple this term after they secured a 3-2 away victory over Schalke during the first leg of their Champions League last-16 […]

The Carabao Cup Final isn’t the only thing at stake between Manchester City and Chelsea this afternoon. Maurizio Sarri’s job is reportedly on the line too. The Blues boss has seen Sarri-ball hit a sorry wall in recent weeks following embarrassing defeats to AFC Bournemouth, Manchester United and today’s opponents Manchester City. Pep Guardiola’s men […]

Welcome to the BetBright STATZONE, where we give you the stats and you make the decisions! We’ve midweek fixtures in the Premier League towards the end of February as we enter ‘Match Week 28’. On Tuesday night we get going with four games that include Cardiff hosting Everton, while Newcastle take on Burnley – did […]

[ad_1] Arsenal will face French Ligue 1 side Rennes in the last 16 of the Europa League, while Premier League rivals Chelsea (7/2 – Outright) have been paired with Ukranian outfit Dynamo Kiev. Unai Emery’s Gunners (9/2 Outright) overturned a one-goal first-leg deficit to beat BATE Borisov 3-0 at the Emirates Stadium on Thursday evening […]

Dan Thomas, Craig Burley and Steve Nicol head into ESPN FC Extra time to answer the viewers’ questions and tweets, including (1:46) if Liverpool should have … source

The Premier League roars back into action on Saturday with a four-fold to get stuck into. We’ve got a full rundown of the late kick-off between Leicester City’s and Crystal Palace to check out. But stick around as we have the key odds for the rest of Saturday’s offerings to mull over right here… Burnley […]

Before joining Barcelona in the summer of 2014, Ivan Rakitic’s mantlepiece looked somewhat bare. He’d won a Swiss Cup during his time at Basel early in his career and was part of the Sevilla team that lifted the Europa League in the 2013/14 season, but for the most part the Croatian’s neck hadn’t had many […]

[ad_1] A cracking day of sport… First up Manchester United host league leaders Liverpool at Old Trafford as they set out to hinder their rival’s title hopes while strengthening their own top-four ambitions. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s men are a team in-form and will pose a formidable test for Jurgen Klopp and co, who could go […]

Leicester City come into their clash with Crystal Palace on the back of a 13-day break. The Foxes have lost their last two league matches against Manchester United and Tottenham, though they’ve a lot to be positive about from their performances in both matches. Palace come into the game bouncing after reaching the FA Cup […]

Lucien Laurent, on 13 July 1930, scored the World Cup’s first goal. He was, it seemed, an unlikely man to have done so. Laurent, a rugged inside right, scored only once more during the remainder of his international career. But his name, thanks to a 19th minute strike against Mexico at the Pocitos Stadium in […]

[ad_1] Sheffield Wednesday host Swansea City this weekend, and we’re getting proper involved with the Bookmaker Crossbar Challenge. We’ve dished out match tickets to 10 lucky Bookmaker customers. And during the half time-break, three of those lucky winners will be chosen at random to take part in the Bookmaker Crossbar Challenge on the hallowed Hillsborough […]

To score one own goal might be considered unfortunate, but to do it twice in the same game probably goes beyond that. What do you call someone who puts into his own net twice in 11 minutes? Well, you call him Kakha Kaladze. Indeed, those two goals mean Kaladze ended his international career with a […]