Category: Football

[ad_1] The FA Cup took centre-stage this weekend as a host of lower-league club stepped up to the mark. Our round-up also includes England’s first test in the West Indies, The Farmers Insurance Open and the Australian Open. But we begin with the big game at the Emirates Stadium on Friday night… Ole! Ole! Ole! Man United shoot down the Gunners We may have…

Yannick Bolasie could end his Everton nightmare with a sensational return to old club Crystal Palace, according to our odds. Our traders make the tricky winger an 11/8 shot to head back to his old stomping ground after three injury-ridden years at Goodison Park. The 29-year-old has made just 32 appearances for the Toffees since his £25m switch in 2016, with a recent loan…

Welcome to the BetBright STATZONE, where we give you the stats and you make the decisions! We end the month with a full set of Premier League fixtures as we head into ‘week 24’ in the English top-flight. All 20 sides are in action across Tuesday and Wednesday with the league leaders Liverpool at home to Leicester, while their nearest pursuers, Man City, travel…

Manchester United 2-3 Woolwich Arsenal, 1906 The first ever FA Cup meeting between the two clubs took place 113 years ago. A brace from Bert Freeman proved decisive as Woolwich Arsenal ran out 3-2 winners in front of 26,500 fans at Bank Street, advancing to the semi-finals at United’s expense. Arsenal were battling against relegation to the Second Division in January 1906, while United…

With every viral clip, it became clear that Vinicius Junior was clear for Real Madrid’s first team, not their B-team, Castilla, in the lower leagues. Julen Lopetegui couldn’t see it, though. The Brazilian teenager, signed for close to £40 million from Flamengo, had to wait until a change of management, and Santiago Solari’s appointment, for his chance. Boy has he taken that chance. A…

Nottingham Forest’s focus this weekend will be a home Championship fixture against Wigan and Martin O’Neill will take some comfort in hearing that the visitors have lost 10 and drawn their last 12 away matches in the league. It’s little wonder BetBright have priced the Reds as strong favourites ahead of this encounter. Full Time Result Nottingham Forest – 11/10 Draw – 23/10 Wigan…

[ad_1] Bayern Munich vs. VfB Stuttgart Sunday, January 27, 14:30 Bayern kicked off the second half of the season the way they ended the first half: scoring goals, winning games and looking absolutely determined to chase down Dortmund. They could — should, in fact — be nine points behind the leaders by the time they kick off on Sunday, so another functional and win-at-any-cost performance is likely on…

[ad_1] Liverpool (4/5 – Premier League Outright) defender Andy Robertson is hopeful there are plenty of “good days ahead” this season after putting pen to paper on a new deal at Anfield. The Scotland skipper joined the Merseyside outfit from Hull City in July 2017 and has since gone on to become a key figure in Jurgen Klopp’s side. Liverpool are currently sitting pretty…

Arsenal 3-1 Tottenham Hotspur (5-3 on aggregate), 2007 Tottenham had stormed into a 2-0 lead inside 20 minutes of the first leg of this all-north London League Cup semi-final in 2006/07, only for a Julio Baptista brace to level the scores at the midway point of the tie. It took until the 77th minute of the second game for the deadlock to be broken,…

[ad_1] Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe voice message Emiliano Sala sent on missing plane The search for missing footballer Emiliano Sala and pilot David Ibbotson has been called off after rescuers failed to find their plane. Cardiff City's Argentine striker, 28, and Mr Ibbotson, from Crowle, Lincolnshire, were on the aircraft that disappeared from radar on Monday. After three days…

[ad_1] Another weekend of Premier League action means we’ve got another tasty treble for you! After hitting the woodwork with a tremendous effort of two-out-of-three last week, we’re ready to do it all again! First off, we’re heading to the Molineux for the early kick-off between Wolves and Leicester. Both sides are a bit of a mixed bag – they will play brilliantly one…

[ad_1] The Premier League pauses for the FA Cup again this weekend and the fourth round is chockablock with upset potential. Accrington Stanley, Shrewsbury, Millwall and non-league Barnet will all be looking to pull off a giant killing whereas plenty of Premier League sides will be concerned about making the fifth round at all. The following article picks out four potential upsets that are all…

Ben Robinson has only ever sacked one manager. It’s just one of the records that sets Burton Albion’s chairman apart from most trigger-happy club executives lining boardrooms up and down the country. The measly tally, which covers Robinson’s 24-year tenure at the club, epitomises everything that has helped to make the Brewers what they are today: one of modern-day football’s greatest fairy tales. As…

[ad_1] Two big clubs in search of a vital win There’s an important clash with regard to both ends of the Championship table on Monday night – as Bolton Wanderers (19/5) host West Bromwich Albion (3/4) at the University of Bolton Stadium (Draw, 13/5). Wanderers are second-bottom at present, and manager Phil Parkinson will want to erase recent January memories of a hiding at Hull, and a narrow…

[ad_1] Norwich City take on Birmingham City in the Championship on Friday night, with boss Daniel Farke knowing they need a win to get back into the top two (Norwich 17/20, draw 5/2, Birmingham 16/5 – Match Odds). The Championship is well known for being a league where anyone can beat anyone else and as usual it is tight at the top. The Canaries…