Five days after reaching the Premier League summit comes the truest test of Manchester United’s ability to stay there. Ole Gunnar Solskjær’s side are unbeaten in 15 away league games since losing at Liverpool almost exactly one year ago and will go six…
Arsenal and Newcastle go again at the Emirates nine days after contesting a tight 120 minutes in the FA Cup third round. A similar affair looks likely unless the home side strike early: the Magpies are adept when asked to sit in but, as they showed at …
Sheffield United looked much more like their 2019-20 selves in claiming a first win of the league season against an admittedly dismal Newcastle in midweek and Chris Wilder will hope that continues on Sunday against a Tottenham side they took four point…
Manchester City have won four in succession but have drawn and lost the corresponding fixture with Crystal Palace in the past two seasons. Roy Hodgson’s visitors, who have won only once in their last seven outings in the competition, should focus on no…
Sheffield United looked much more like their 2019-20 selves in claiming a first win of the league season against an admittedly dismal Newcastle in midweek and Chris Wilder will hope that continues on Sunday against a Tottenham side they took four point…
Klopp says team have renewed focus for Anfield clash‘We know what went wrong. We know what to change’Jürgen Klopp believes Liverpool’s players have shown renewed focus for Sunday’s top-of-the-table showdown with Manchester United after a team meeting i…
Richard Masters says footballers have duty to ‘set good example’Masters says Premier League ‘prepared’ for crowdless seasonClubs should practise celebrating goals safely in training to “get the hang of it”, the Premier League chief executive Richard Ma…
Richard Masters says footballers have duty to ‘set good example’Masters says Premier League ‘prepared’ for crowdless seasonClubs should practise celebrating goals safely in training to “get the hang of it”, the Premier League chief executive Richard Ma…
Leeds will come face to face with the one that got away when Ben White returns to Elland Road for Brighton. White excelled for Marcelo Bielsa’s side as they won promotion last season but Leeds failed to secure his services on a permanent basis and the …
This particular London derby will not catch Scott Parker by surprise, although he would not complain overly if Fulham carve out a similar result to the point at Tottenham. They have drawn five games in succession and another positive outcome is clearly…
Burnley have caused West Ham problems in the past and won at the London Stadium last season. Sean Dyche’s side have improved in recent months, rising four points above the bottom three, and almost held Manchester United in midweek. They are not to be u…
After beating Liverpool in their most recent league match, Southampton will travel with confidence to the King Power, where they gained sweet revenge last season for their infamous 9-0 defeat earlier in the campaign. Ralph Hassenhüttl’s side have lost …
The Black Country derby is back for the first time in nine years with local hero Sam Allardyce, Wolves fan as a boy aka Small Sam, at the helm of West Brom. Hopefully fans will be in attendance for the homecoming but in the meanwhile Allardyce may fanc…
Team news and more in our weekend football countdownPremier League: 10 things to look out for in latest gamesGet in touch! Email Tumaini here or tweet @tumcarayol 11.05am GMT Marcelo Bielsa has defended Kiko Casilla, whose form has been under scrutiny …
Manchester United’s away form gives them edge at Anfield, Phil Foden keeps improving and the Black Country derby returnsThe team with the league’s best home record (seven wins and a draw) host the team with the league’s best away record (also seven win…
Clubs given stern warning to stop hugging after scoringAllardyce tells government not to intervene in football Frank Lampard has admitted he is trying to coach his players out of the urge to celebrate, as teams received their sternest warning yet that …
It was a night to test the durability of the extremities and, also, the strength of Arsenal’s mini-revival. It does not seem so long ago that they were mired in that gruesome slump, unable to buy a victory or even, seemingly, a goal.The statistics show…
Updates from the 8pm GMT kick-off at the EmiratesThe Fiver: no more hot and heavy goal celebrationsAnd you can contact Paul by email or on Twitter 7.44pm GMT “The two league games before this one were OK, I thought. They’ve given us four points and I’v…
Garlick, a sports law specialist, is league’s director of footballHe worked at West Brom for eight years from 2010Arsenal have confirmed that Richard Garlick, the Premier League’s director of football, will become the club’s director of football operat…
