Another game week is upon us, and it follows a weekend of some great football which included Everton losing their first game of the season to Southampton, as well as a 3-0 thumping for Aston Villa from Leeds.

Liverpool were triumphant over Sheffield United, whilst Manchester United and Chelsea were held to a 0-0 draw – all of which made for an interesting weekend of Premier League football that changed the shape of the table after six games in.

This weekend, however, sees some great matchups – with Wolves vs Crystal Palace on Friday night, Liverpool vs West Ham on Saturday, and Manchester United vs Arsenal on Sunday. This is followed by Leeds vs Leicester on Monday Night Football, a great set of games for GW7 – so without further ado, let’s make our predictions for the weekend with Premier Picks! Make sure you make your predictions here ahead of GW7, and good luck…

Wolves 2-1 Crystal Palace

So far this season, Roy Hodgson’s side have had a positive start, with 3 wins, 1 draw, and 2 losses from their opening 6 games. This Friday sees them matchup against Wolves, who are unbeaten in their last three Premier League games. I’ve predicted a 2-1 victory for Wolves, simply due to their positive run of form as of late, after a stalled start to the season with defeats to Manchester City and West Ham.

Wilfried Zaha will likely get himself on the score sheet again, after scoring 5 goals with 1 assist. Wolves themselves have some impressive fire-power up top, with Raul Jimenez scoring four goals so far this season – either way, it will be a great game to watch.

Sheffield United 0-3 Manchester City

Manchester City have had a tough start this season, with just 2 wins from their first 5 games, including 2 draws and 1 loss to Leicester City. The tale can be said the same for The Blades, who are yet to win a game this season with 5 losses and 1 draw – a 1-1 vs Fulham.

The game will be a strange one, due to the poor start to the season that both teams have had, but I expect the Cityzens to come out on top – last season Pep Guardiola’s men came out on top during both games, with a 2-0 win at home and a 1-0 win away, hence my prediction of a 3-0 win for Manchester City.

Burnley 1-2 Chelsea

Chelsea’s season is yet to take off how their fans may have hoped – just 2 wins in 6 games has left them 10th place in the table. Burnley have had a poor start to this campaign, yet to win a game with 4 losses and 1 draw under their belt – and they will be hoping to change this coming Saturday.

Sadly, I can’t see it going their way, and I’m going for a 2-1 win in Frank Lampard’s favour – mainly due to their high scoring games this season, and Burnley’s lack of fire-power up top. The Blues have scored 13 goals this season to Burnley’s 3, so expect to see Chelsea come out on top.

Liverpool 4-2 West Ham

The Reds, like many other teams so far this season, have had a strange start. Despite being joint at the top of the table with Everton, Jurgen Klopp’s men have seen themselves lose to Aston Villa, as well as a 2-2 draw against the Toffees.

West Ham have seen themselves enjoy a positive start to the season, with 2 wins, 2 draws, and 2 losses, which include victories of Wolves and Leicester, as well as draws against Tottenham and Manchester City – a fine haul of results given the opposition. This game will look to be an interesting one, with Mo Salah on scoring form these past few weeks with 6 goals in 6 games in the league this season.

I predict a win for Liverpool this weekend, and I’m going for a 4-2 victory.

Aston Villa 2-2 Southampton

Aston Villa have enjoyed one of their best starts to a season for some years now, beating Liverpool and Leicester, winning their opening four games of the league season.

Their last game, however, ended in a 3-0 defeat to Leeds for Dean Smith’s side, their first loss of the campaign. Southampton’s start has been rather up and down, but as of late are unbeaten in their last four games, with a 2-0 win over Everton last weekend – setting them up nicely for this game against the Villans. Both sides are looking in form, and I can’t see a definitive winner in this game, so I’m going for a 2-2 draw.

Newcastle 1-1 Everton

The Magpies have had a mixed start to this campaign, with 2 wins, 2 draws, and 2 losses. The clubs to goalscorer, Callum Wilson, has 4 goals to his name this season but has failed to convert in his last 2 games against Manchester United and Wolves. Everton enjoyed their best start to a Premier League season ever, winning their opening 4 games.

Recently, the Toffees have lost to Southampton, and will be looking to return to winning ways – but I feel the Toon won’t make that easy for them, and I’m going for a 1-1 draw between the two.

Manchester United 2-3 Arsenal

I’m not really sure what is it that is making me think that Arsenal will win this game, but in a world of tactics, I feel Mikel Arteta has the upper hand on Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Manchester United haven’t enjoyed the greatest start to their Premier League season, with 2 wins, 1 draw, and 2 losses from their first five games.

Arsenal the same, with 3 wins and 3 losses, making this match up anyone’s game for the taking. I’m going for a 3-2 win in the Gunners favour, simply due to the fact I feel Arteta will know how to grind this one out.

Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion

Tottenham’s opening game of the season didn’t quite go to plan for the Lilywhites, but since their opening day 2-0 loss to Everton, they are unbeaten in their last 5 games. Brighton have shown real quality this season, but have been unlucky with some of their results.

Despite this, I still feel Spurs will come out on top after their fine form in the league this season, and I’m going for a 2-1 win in their favour. Harry Kane and Heung-min Son will likely find their way on the scoresheet again, with the Englishman with 5 goals and 8 assists, and the South Korean recording 8 goals and 2 assists this season.

Fulham 1-1 West Brom

Maybe one of the least exciting games of the weekend comes in the form of Fulham vs West Brom – with both sides failing to record a win in the league this season.

The Baggies have found themselves the better off of the two sides, with 3 draws against Chelsea, Burnley, and Brighton – but The Cottagers have only managed 1 point so far this campaign. With both sides failing to show any winning dominance, I’m going for a 1-1 draw.

Leeds United 0-0 Leicester City

I feel this will be a fantastic game to watch, with both Marcelo Biela and Brendan Rodgers showing the quality that both their sides possess this season.

Despite some recent high scoring games for both teams, I feel this one ending in a stalemate with a 0-0 draw. Leeds are coming off the back of a 3-0 victory over Aston Villa last weekend, with the Foxes also beating Arsenal 1-0 in the last gameweek – but with both sides proving themselves defensively, I can see this one being split down the middle.

According to the Daily Star, Tottenham Hotspur’s bid to move their Europa League tie with Lokomotiv Plovdiv to north London has been rejected, and the Bulgarian club’s owner has blasted their official ‘offer’ to rearrange the qualifier. 

Spurs gear up for a busy fixture calendar ahead of the 2020/21 season, including a Europa League qualifying round tie with Plovdiv in just under two weeks’ time – a match which the Lilywhites are due to play only four days after their opening Premier League game against Everton.

The tie is due to be held in Bulgaria, with Plovdiv given home advantage at their Lokomotiv Stadium, prompting Tottenham to try and rearrange the location for England due to a heavy run of fixtures.

As a result of Spurs’ attempts to move the game to London, Plovdiv owner Hristo Krucharski has slammed the English club ahead of the clash in mid-September, insisting that the match will be played in Bulgaria as scheduled and backing his team to overturn Mourinho’s side.

“There was an offer from Tottenham to play there. But I told them quickly that we don’t play for money but for pleasure,” Krucharski said, as per quotes from the Daily Star.

“We are Bulgarians. We have the chance to host this match here and the match will be played on Bulgarian soil.

“The miracle is clear. That we will beat them. We will beat them. The question is by how much.”

This could come as a blow for manager Mourinho and the Spurs squad, especially considering the flight path and travel time for a mid-week match before Tottenham are required to be action again the following weekend.

It’s likely that the Portuguese boss will heavily rotate his squad for the tie, potentially giving the likes of Jack Clarke, Cameron Carter-Vickers and fellow youngsters a chance to shine.

Club record signing Tanguy Ndombele, if he hasn’t been sold by then, could also be tested out as Spurs aim to overcome the Bulgarian minnows, whose owner is full of bombast ahead of the match.

Spurs fans, what are your score predictions for the Europa League clash? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section below…

Everton, just like every other club in the Premier League and the footballing world as a whole, are in the midst of a really difficult process of revamping for the upcoming 2020/21 season. And Carlo Ancelotti has an unforgiving task ahead of him to decide who stays and who goes as the Toffees sort out their squad.

Now, according to the latest report from the Italian outlet Tuttosport, Moise Kean could be set for a return back to Juventus, just a year after arriving from Turin to Goodison Park.

The youngster has had difficulties adapting to the English top-flight and Everton feel it might be for the best if he returned to Italy to gather some experience and a boost in confidence.

But no matter how you turn it, the 20-year-old joined the Toffees for a fee in the region of £27.5m, which makes him quite an expensive flop. Of course, for that same reason, Ancelotti is not exactly ready to part ways with the player permanently but still wants him to succeed at the club in the future.

Tuttosport also talk about Kean potentially playing for Juventus’ B team before then stepping up to the senior squad to provide competition and support for the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Paulo Dybala.

It has been a rather stressful first year in England for the youngster but maybe going back to Italy for a year could restore some of that confidence in front of goal.

Or so Ancelotti would hope.

Verdict

It would be rather easy to label Kean a flop and cut the losses for Everton but there is no denying the 20-year-old still has the talent and the potential to grow into a successful player.

Of course, modern football doesn’t exactly give young players the time and the opportunity to fail and try again until they get it right but the decision by Ancelotti to ask for patience and give him a shot could still prove to be a great move.

يلتقي فريق الأهلي مع الحرس الوطني بطل النيجر، اليوم السبت، في إطار منافسات دوري أبطال إفريقيا.

الأهلي يواجه الحرس الوطني، ضمن إياب دور الـ32 من عمر المسابقة القارية، وذلك على ملعب الأهلي وي السلام.

ويحتاج الأهلي إلى الفوز بأي نتيجة أو التعادل السلبي لضمان الوصول إلى دور مجموعات دوري أبطال إفريقيا.

طالع | مباشر بالفيديو | مباراة الأهلي والحرس الوطني في دوري أبطال إفريقيا موعد مباراة الأهلي والحرس الوطني اليوم

تقام مباراة الأهلي والحرس الوطني، في تمام الساعة السادسة مساءً بتوقيت القاهرة، والسابعة بتوقيت السعودية. القناة الناقلة لمباراة الأهلي والحرس الوطني في دوري أبطال إفريقيا

تذاع مباراة الأهلي والحرس الوطني، عبر قناة أون تايم سبورت 1.

يمكنكم مطالعة مواعيد ونتائج جميع المباريات لحظة بلحظة من مركز المباريات من هنا.

Tottenham Hotspur have splashed the cash in the hunt to find viable replacements for Kyle Walker and then Kieran Trippier, but perhaps the answer was right under their nose all along.

He just needed a little nurturing.

Since 2017, the north London outfit have spent £23m on Serge Aurier and now £15m on Matt Doherty – a total nearing £40m is a pretty hefty investment and only goes to show how desperately they have missed the aforementioned England duo.

Two years prior to Walker’s mega-money move to Manchester City, former Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino sold Ryan Fredericks, then aged 22, to Bristol City for around £175,000, the same fee Fulham paid for him less than a month later.

He made just four senior appearances for the club and enjoyed loan spells in the Championship with Millwall and Middlesbrough between 2010 and 2015.

Where is Fredericks now?

Fredericks has since gone onto become a mainstay for local rivals West Ham United in the Premier League, where he has racked up a total of 45 appearances, per Transfermarkt.

His value now stands at £3.6m having hit a career-high £6.3m just a year ago, so it certainly seems like his exit from N17 was a little premature.

The 28-year-old isn’t as classy as a Sergio Reguilon or a Doherty, but he has proven to be a steady operator in the top-flight and prior to injury, looked to have been one of David Moyes’ best defenders.

Per WhoScored, Fredericks has averaged three key passes, 2.7 clearances, 1.7 interceptions and one tackle per game this season.

This puts him above Doherty, who has only managed 0.7 key passes and 2.3 clearances each appearance. They are both the same age, yet one was sold for £175k and the other cost £15m.

Fredericks’ recent form has led to temporary Hammers boss Alan Irvine praising him as “outstanding” and “fantastic”.

You can’t help but feel that if Pochettino brought him through gradually, then Spurs could have saved themselves millions, not just during the summer transfer window but many more, as he could have stepped up to fill the boots of Walker or Trippier – eventually.

AND in other news, Bruno Fernandes: Spurs truly missed out on a perfect Eriksen successor

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Joel Carli é a novidade no Botafogo. Diego Giaretta foi embora na primeira barca. O clube vai se mexendo para a próxima temporada e tem na zaga uma das suas prioridades. Renan Fonseca e Roger Carvalho, importantes no acesso e título alvinegro da Série B do Campeonato Brasileiro, ainda não renovaram seus contratos e estão em compasso de espera.

Roger Carvalho tem vínculo até 5 de janeiro de 2016. O acordo com Renan Fonseca termina no próximo dia 31 de dezembro.

Com a camisa do Botafogo, Roger Carvalho disputou 30 partidas e fez sete gols. O último, na vitória sobre o ABC, em Brasília, foi de fundamental importância. O triunfo por 2 a 1 sobre a equipe potiguar garantiu o título da Série B do Brasileiro.

Renan Fonseca, por sua vez, balançou as redes dos adversários apena duas vezes e todas pelo Campeonato Estadual. O zagueiro, entretanto, disputou muito mais partidas que seu companheiro. Foram 56 jogos pela equipe alvinegra.

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Chelsea’s extravagant summer spending doesn’t seem to be over yet as they continue to monitor the situation of Declan Rice.

The West Ham star is a player that Frank Lampard is very fond of and he is eager to see him return to Stamford Bridge.

A deal looked like it would be off the cards after the Irons made it clear that they wouldn’t take any less than £80million for the England international. However, an update from The Athletic has claimed that Lampard may have a way around this.

The Blues boss in on the hunt for a holding midfielder to help improve his defensive frailties. Rice is firmly the club’s first choice and they are aware that he will not come cheap. This is why Lampard is willing to table an offer of cash plus Ross Barkley, in hopes to lower the hefty asking price.

The former Everton man signed for Chelsea in 2018 and has been more of a fringe player than a starter. Although, he played a big role in the Blues’ FA Cup run – helping to knock out rivals Liverpool and scoring the winning goal over Leicester in the quarter-finals.

Barkley’s time at Chelsea has seen him score just 10 goals and make 11 assists in 85 appearances (via Transfermarkt). Perhaps not the best numbers for a midfielder but certainly an amount to help replace anything lost through the sale of Rice.

The end of the transfer window is drawing to a close and Chelsea must act fast if they want to bring in a replacement for the outbound N’Golo Kante.

Would you like to see Declan Rice come to Chelsea? Join the conversation in the comments below!

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O meia Gabriel e o volante Jonas escaparam da barca que está zarpando do Flamengo. O meia, reserva que não tem agradado à torcida, permanecerá na equipe com Muricy Ramalho na próxima temporada. Já o volante, criticado por algumas entradas violentas ao longo deste ano, também terá vez com o novo treinador da equipe rubro-negra.

Gabriel está no Flamengo desde 2013, e já soma 137 jogos. Ele marcou 17 gols neste período. Jonas foi contratado este ano junto ao Sampaio Corrêa, onde era chamado de “Schweinsteiger do Nordeste”, pela semelhança física com o meia alemão. Indicado pelo então técnico Vanderlei Luxemburgo, atuou em 36 partidas e marcou um gol.

Alguns jogadores ainda devem deixar o Flamengo em breve. A expectativa da diretoria é a de anunciar, pelo site oficial, a lista completa dos integrantes da barca na semana após o Natal. O meia Almir, o lateral-esquerdo Armero, o zagueiro Marcelo e o lateral-direito Ayrton, entretanto, já sabem que estão fora dos planos de Muricy Ramalho, sendo os primeiros confirmados pelo Rubro-Negro para a barca de 2016.

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£18 million. That’s how much Leeds United will be paying to make Michael Cuisance their newest summer signing if a deal comes to fruition.

It seems to be just a matter of time before the Bayern Munich man is announced as a Leeds player, and while it’s incredibly exciting to see such a highly-rated young midfielder sign for the Yorkshire outfit, it does leave a number of questions around Adam Forshaw’s future.

The 28-year-old hasn’t played much football over the past 12 months, with an injury keeping him out of action since United’s game against Charlton last October.

Forshaw is undoubtedly a Bielsa favourite, with the Argentine saying that he defends in a similar manner to Kalvin Phillips and attacks in a similar way to Mateusz Klich, and when you consider that those two have started every Premier League game so far, that is high praise.

However, with Forshaw still out with injury and Cuisance coming in, it’s hard to see how he gets back into the first-team picture.

Klich and Phillips are nigh on undroppable, with Klich starting all-but-one of Leeds’ league games since Bielsa took charge, while Phillips is arguably United’s best player, earning an England call-up before he even made his Premier League debut.

Of course, there is a third midfield role that is usually taken up by a more attacking player with Rodrigo, Pablo Hernandez and Tyler Roberts all playing that role in recent weeks, but there is sufficient strength in depth in that role to the point where Forshaw isn’t really an option.

A lot has changed at Elland Road since Forshaw went down injured, including new recruits coming in and taking his spot. Now, the 28-year-old is in something of a no man’s land at Leeds where he is a depth option in a position that doesn’t really get rotated all that much.

In other news, one Leeds loanee showed exactly what he can do last weekend.

أعلن نادي برشلونة المنافس في بطولة الدوري الإسباني، عن إصابة جديدة قد تعرض لها جناح الفريق الأول لكرة القدم، أنسو فاتي، ولن يتواجد في مباراة رايو فاييكانو مساء اليوم الأربعاء.

ويحل برشلونة ضيفًا على ملعب “كامبو دي فاييكاس” في تمام الساعة السابعة مساء بتوقيت “القاهرة” بقيادة الحكم ماتيو لاهوز.

وكان فاتي ضمن القائمة التي أعلن عنها المدير الفني رونالد كومان يوم أمس الثلاثاء، ويتواجد فيها الإسباني ولكن الهولندي أشار إلى أن وجود اللاعب لا يعني مشاركته لأنه يعاني من بعض الآلام منذ مباراة الكلاسيكو.

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وأكد البيان الصادر من برشلونة أن فاتي يعاني من إصابة في ركبته اليمنى، ولن يسافر مع الفريق إلى العاصمة مدريد لخوض مباراة رايو فاييكانو، وسيتم تقييم حالته في الأيام القليلة المقبلة.

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