Market: Vitoria win
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Two sides who find themselves battling it out at the top of the Serie B table, Vitoria will welcome Criciuma to the Barradao on Sunday night.
Starting with the hosts, while Vitoria might have only made their Serie B return this season, Leo Conde’s men have certainly come flying out of the traps since opening the 2023. Last seen putting in another eye-catching display as they secured a 2-1 win away at Tombense, the mood around Barradao appears to be at a red-hot high. Opening June with a thumping display as they cruised their way to a 3-0 romp at home against Ituano, the Bahia-based outfit have collected 10 points from their last four second-tier appearances. Sat at the top of the Serie B table and holding a two-point buffer ov…
Championship clubs’ spending on wages exceeded revenue for a fifth successive season in 2021-22, according to a new report.
Deloitte’s Annual Review of Football Finance found second-tier teams’ combined wages-to-revenue ratio was an astonishing 108 per cent, as clubs continued to chase the dream of reaching the Premier League.
Nottingham Forest, who ultimately succeeded in reaching the top flight at the end of the 2021-22 season via the play-offs, spent almost 200 per cent more on wages than they earned in revenue – £58.6million compared to £29.3m – in their promotion year, according to figures in the Deloitte report.
Championship clubs’ total revenue was up 13 per cent in 2021-22 compared to the season before, reaching £676million.
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Arsenal are interested in signing Marc Bernal from Barcelona, according to . The report has claimed that Premier League club Arsenal are willing to trigger the release clause of Bernal and bring him to the Emirates Stadium.
Bernal is rated as one of the best young players at Barcelona and is a star for the future. The 17-year-old defensive midfielder has come through Barcelona’s youth academy and has established himself as part of the first-team squad. The Spain Under-17 international has made three appearances in La Liga for Barcelona this season.
Arsenal are fourth in the Premier League table at the moment with 11 points from five matches, two points behind leaders and defending champions Manchester City. As for Barcelona, the Blaugrana currently find themselves at …
Chelsea s perfect Premier League record under Graham Potter came to an end in the goalless draw against Brentford on Wednesday, which increases the importance of Saturday s clash against Manchester United.
The Blues sit one point above Erik ten Hag s side heading into the weekend, with both eager for a win in the early stages of the battle for a top-four finish – particularly with Newcastle United and Liverpool gathering steam behind them.
On big occasions like this, Chelsea may look to their star players and marquee additions for an impact, which directs attention towards Raheem Sterling, although the England international has a surprisingly sorry record against United.
Sterling s clashes against the Red Devils have previously always been derby encounters, fir…
Graham Potter is optimistic Todd Boehly will not prove as trigger-happy as Roman Abramovich while Chelsea fight to save their season.
Just one win from their last eight Premier League games has seen the Blues sink into mid-table, now 10 points behind fourth-placed Manchester United.
Hopes of reaching the Champions League qualifying places are fading, while Manchester City have already dumped them out of the EFL Cup, beaten them in the league, and could repeat the treatment in the FA Cup third round at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday.
Chelsea have a Champions League last-16 tie against Borussia Dortmund still to look forward to, but emerging from their present slump is paramount, especially for Potter s future as head coach.
He was prised away from Brighton a…
Liverpool have completed the cup double in English football this season with another win over Chelsea. This time it was the final of the FA Cup, played at Wembley on Saturday.
It was an intense match which both teams approached with a clear plan on how to best tackle the opponent, and in the end, it was another contest resolved by the finest of margins.
The plans
There isn t much to say about Liverpool when it comes to the way they played. Even though there was no Fabinho providing protection for the back four while Mohamed Salah was replaced after half and hour with what seemed like a groin issue, it was Liverpool as we know it; a team striving to dominate possession and keep the line of battle as close to the opposition goal as possible.
On the other…
Thomas Muller was left feeling bitter after Bayern Munich were saddled with the shambles of another DFB-Pokal failure against Freiburg.
The Bundesliga leaders slipped to a 2-1 defeat in the quarter-finals, after Lucas Holer s 95th-minute penalty condemned them to a late loss.
Dayot Upamecano had handed Bayern the lead in Thomas Tuchel s second game in charge, before Nicolas Hofler squared matters in the first half.
It means the club will miss out on the DFB-Pokal final for the third straight season, and Muller concurred the loss represented a blow to their pride.
[There is] a certain bitterness, he told Sky Sport Germany. We re eliminated. You can t make amends anymore. You re standing there with the shambles.
It s over again. Of course that scr…
Ellen White rescued Manchester City in a fierce derby as the England striker hit a landmark goal to secure a 2-2 draw with Manchester United.
Staring at a fourth successive defeat in the Women s Super League, City trailed and were down to 10 players after Georgia Stanway s red card.
But White was on hand to slot in her first goal of the season after 79 minutes, when Jess Park s thumping strike was pushed against the crossbar by Mary Earps.
The tap-in means White has now scored against all 17 clubs she has faced in the WSL, netting against more different sides in the league than any other player.
She has previously played for Arsenal, Notts County and Birmingham in the competition, which began in 2011.
This season s WSL title is already probably …
Prediction: AS Roma to win 2-0
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AS Roma and Hellas Verona will face each other in Serie A this coming weekend. The match between I Giallorossi and I Gialloblu will be held at Stadio Olimpico and is scheduled to kick off at 7:45pm UK time on Sunday.
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AS Roma are one of the biggest and most historic clubs in Serie A, but they have not been hugely successful in recent years. I Giallorossi do not tend to challenge for the Scudetto and often fall short of finishing the top four of Serie A. However, things could be different under Jose Mourinho.
Under former Chelsea and Inter Milan manager Mourinho last season, Roma won the UEFA Europa Conference League. And they are now fourth in the Serie A table with 41 points from …
Chelsea capped an excellent week in style with an entertaining 3-1 Premier League win at Leicester City, who ended the game with 10 men.
The Blues midweek win over Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League served to greatly ease the pressure on Graham Potter, and he was given more reason to cheer at the King Power Stadium.
Former Leicester full-back Ben Chilwell gave Chelsea the lead in the 11th minute, and although Patson Daka levelled for the hosts, Kai Havertz s superb sixth league goal of the season restored the advantage.
Mateo Kovacic made sure of the points with a stunning third, providing further evidence a Chelsea team who added several players in January may finally be starting to click.
Kova great goals!
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