Prediction: Match to end in 1-1 draw

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Austin FC and Los Angeles Galaxy will lock horns with each other in Major League Soccer next week. The match between The Verde and Black and Galaxy will be held at the Q2 Stadium in Austin, Texas, and is scheduled to kick off at 2:30pm UK time next Monday.

Austin FC

Austin FC have been very disappointing in the 2023 Major League Soccer campaign. The Verde and Black finished second in the 2022 Major League Soccer Western Conference table and ended up fourth overall. They reached the playoffs.

However, Josh Wolff’s side are not going to repeat the success of last season this time around. Austin FC are as low as 12th in the MLS Western Conference table at the moment with 33 points from …

Two-time Copa Libertadores champions Flamengo have put one foot in the continental decider after a dominant 4-0 win away to Argentinian outfit Velez Sarsfield in Wednesday s semi-final first leg.

Pedro bagged a hat-trick for the Brazilian club, taking his 2022 Copa tally to 11, to silence the Buenos Aires crowd who were left stunned by the scoreline.

Flamengo scored twice before the break, with Pedro opening the scoring in the 32nd minute, before running away with the game with two further strikes in the final half hour.

The victory maintains Flamengo s unbeaten run in this year s tournament, winning 10 of their 11 matches, having conceded only once in five games in the knockout stages.

 Gabi + Pedro again and it s a hat-trick on the night and 11 goal…

Manchester City scraped a controversial goalless draw at home to Southampton on Saturday at the end of a difficult week for manager Pep Guardiola.

The Premier League champions were far less impressive against Saints than they had been in beating RB Leipzig 6-3 in midweek – a victory that was overshadowed by Guardiola s post-match comments.

The Catalan coach upset fans by appearing to question the attendance for another big home triumph, urging all our people to come for a clash against so, so dangerous Southampton.

Guardiola later insisted his comments about fans had been misinterpreted, but Southampton certainly lived up to his pre-match lofty billing and were left disappointed to head home with only a point after a second-half penalty awarded against Kyle Wa…

Prediction: Draw

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The World Cup is in the rear view mirror and as such, preparations can now begin for UEFA Euro 2020. It s a tournament that will allow the best of the best from Europe to showcase what they ve got in their locker, with Denmark and Wales being two sides that ll be desperate to progress through qualifying. Although one qualified for the World Cup this past summer and the other didn t, they re slightly more evenly matched that many probably would ve originally thought.

Denmark

The Danes didn t exactly play great football throughout the course of their time in Russia, but for the most part, they got results. They re exceptionally tricky to break down and that can make for a frustrating game for their opposition, b…

Last weekend’s abandoned fixture between Bournemouth and Luton will be replayed in full, the Premier League has announced.

Hatters skipper Tom Lockyer collapsed in the 59th minute of Saturday’s match after he suffered a cardiac arrest, which resulted in the game being abandoned.

The Premier League board has decided to replay the match in full, but no date for the fixture has been agreed yet.

“Following the on-field medical emergency involving Luton Town FC player Tom Lockyer, the Premier League Board has decided last Saturday’s AFC Bournemouth v Luton Town FC fixture will be replayed in full,” a Premier League statement read.

“The game will be rescheduled for later in the season, with a date to be confirmed following consultation with relevant…

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This weekend, a number of interesting matches involving teams locked in the Premier League survival battle will take place, and while some face opposition from the top side of the table, others face each other. Such will be the clash between Leicester City and Bournemouth at the King Power Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Leicester City

It s a time of much turbulence at Leicester at the moment. The poor results this season, culminating with the defeat to Crystal Palace on the first day of April, have finally produced the drop that raised the water over the rim of the glass, and Brendan Rodgers has been fired from the position of the manager. The 2021 FA Cup and Community Shield triumphs simply weren t enough to keep the Northern Irishm…

Someone needs to say it out loud – Gareth Bale did not meet the expectations during his nearly five-year stay at Real Madrid.

The Welsh wizard joined La Liga giants in September 2013 for an undisclosed fee believed to be in the region of €100 million which made him the most expensive Real Madrid player with this fee eclipsing the previous record-holder Cristiano Ronaldo who arrived in 2009 for €94 million from Manchester United.

Real Madrid Failure?

When you play that amount of money for a player, you would expect him to grow into a leader of the team who will produce magic with his every step on the football pitch.

But instead of a wizardry from the Welsh international, Real Madrid disappointingly got a player who struggled to adapt to his new surroundin…

Borussia Dortmund were held to a 0-0 draw at Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga on Saturday.

Defender Nico Schlotterbeck was sent off for Dortmund in the second half and Nuri Sahin’s side ultimately had to settle for a point.

After an underwhelming start to the match, the visitors were more aggressive following the interval, with substitute Karim Adeyemi making an instant impact with an effort from more than 20 yards out. But Bremen goalkeeper Michael Zetterer was in place to deny the forward.

Dortmund were reduced to 10 men in the 73rd minute when centre-back Schlotterbeck received a second yellow card for sliding in on Bremen forward Justin Njinmah.

BVB still pushed for a winner despite their numerical disadvantage, but a solid Bremen defence withstood l…

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Looking to extend on their remarkable Serie A romp this weekend, Bologna will make the trip to the Stadio Friuli when they meet Udinese on Saturday afternoon.

Starting with the hosts, suffering a late collapse away at Torino last week as they eventually had to settle for a 1-1 stalemate, Udinese find themselves at the heart of a real Serie A struggle. Looking over their shoulder at a looming bottom-three scrap, the Little Zebras currently hold just a one-point buffer from slipping into the relegation play-off spot. Remarkably recording just a single win from any of their first 17 top-flight appearances this season, Gabriele Cioffi has a real job on his hands in the New Year. With their woeful Serie A struggle underlined by a 4-0 d…

“I don’t know,” he replied when asked if he would leave next year. I have one more year here but me, I never sit on my contract. 

“I don’t care. If I’m not happy, I don’t play enough or the coach doesn’t like me, I don’t care about the contract.  

Those are the words of Arsenal defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos who has confirmed that he will not sit on his contract if the time comes for him to leave the club.

There have been rumblings that the Greek star could make his way out of the Emirates if his position in the starting XI comes under consistent threat, or if he s taken out of the equation completely.

Sokratis was able to get himself on the scoresheet last night to help lift Arsenal above Portsmouth and into the quarter-finals o…