Updates from the 12.30pm BST kick-offPremier League: 10 things to look out forGet in touch! Email Rob here 11.36am BST Some pre-match reading Related: Dennis Praet: ‘I started at Leicester with somebody else’s boots’ Related: Mauricio Pochettino not c…
Chelsea and Liverpool both lost their opening Champions League group games during the week but the latter appear to be in a better place before visiting Stamford Bridge. Jürgen Klopp’s side have a five-point lead at the top of the Premier League and wi…
Arsenal need a pick-me-up after failing to win their past three and Unai Emery’s brittle backline displaying a technical prowess akin to David Dunn executing a rabona. Aston Villa could provide just that. In their last five meetings Arsenal have won fi…
Wolves are well below the standard they set last season and their league form has now bled into their Europa League campaign. A home loss against Braga – their 12th game of the season – continued the disappointing slide from draws to successive defeats…
• League leaders have won once in past 12 games at big six clubs• Manager baffled by criticism of Robertson after defeat at NapoliJürgen Klopp has said he is surprised but not worried about the downturn in Liverpool’s results at the big six sides going…
The wait is over for Bournemouth. Finally, at the 16th time of asking, they tasted victory on Southampton soil and climbed to the dizzy heights of third place in the Premier League in the process. Nathan Aké and Harry Wilson inflicted the damage with f…
Premier League updates from the 8pm BST kick-off Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekendAnd you can get in touch with Rob here 7.30pm BST Pre-match reading Related: Southampton’s Jan Bednarek: ‘We have to be a really nasty opponent’ Rel…
Phil Jagielka is guaranteed a warm reception on his return to the club he served with distinction for 12 years but his former teammates will have to improve significantly on their last outing at Bournemouth to receive the same from the Goodison faithfu…
Newcastle’s very own divine ponytail is set to make his second debut for the club. Given that Andy Carroll is still short of fitness following his long awaited recovery from ankle surgery that bow is likely to come from the bench but Steve Bruce still …
Only a short while ago many Burnley supporters might have had a home fixture against newly-promoted Norwich down as a banker, though that was before Teemu Pukki announced himself to the Premier League and before last weekend’s wholly unexpected topplin…
The Liverpool manager, Jürgen Klopp, has said that the inexperienced Chelsea side Frank Lampard has fielded this season reminds him of his own young Borussia Dortmund team from several years ago. All Chelsea’s Premier League goals this season…
Honourable displays at Chelsea and Manchester United so far this season have yielded just one point for Leicester, who will see the visit of Tottenham has an opportunity to prove their top-six credentials by beating one of the usual occupants of those …
The paper covering Manchester City’s cracks was torn down by Norwich but without John Stones’s slack passing they are likely to improve defensively. A strong showing in Ukraine also aids the feeling that their shock defeat was a freak aberration. Watfo…
Whether out of favour or held back by injury, millions of pounds of talent is sitting unused in England’s top flightSeventy-five England caps are not to be sniffed at but the former Manchester City goalkeeper’s fall has been pretty extraordinary. It is…
The latest news going into the weekend’s fixturesPremier League: 10 things to look out for this weekendAnd you can email Tom here or tweet him here 9.51am BST Some news nuggets you may have missed: Callum Hudson-Odoi has signed a new five-year deal at …
Mesut Özil remains an enigma for Unai Emery, Phil Jagielka returns to Everton and Liverpool’s 100% record could endStill looking for his first home win as Chelsea manager, Frank Lampard will do well to get off the mark against Liverpool at Stamford Bri…
• Abdullah: ‘Bin Ladens were going to buy Kevin McCabe’s shares’• Manager Chris Wilder: ‘I’m 100% positive about the future’Eyebrows were raised at Bramall Lane when Sheffield United’s new owner, Prince Abdullah bin Musaad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, said h…
There will be some interesting new faces on show in the Champions League fixtures this weekBy Martin Laurence for WhoScoredThere will be plenty of familiar faces on show in the Champions League this week, but there are also a number of players hoping t…
Our cartoonist looks back at the upset of Pep Guardiola’s Galactic Empire in the remotes of Norfolk Take a look through David’s archive of cartoons Continue reading…
West Ham arrived here on a quest for the victory that would have lifted them to third in the table but ended up rather relieved to take a point. They did not deserve more. Nor did Aston Villa, and that can only be a frustration to the hosts, who spent …
