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An e mail has dropped from common contributor Jeremy Boyce:
“There’s rather a lot at stake right this moment between backside and near-bottom groups,” he writes. “A defining Saturday on this 12 months’s story? Lots within the Championship too, the highest three all in motion and hoping to distance themselves earlier than the [Tees-Wear] derby on Monday. Like a Tour de France mountain stage, it’s ‘elimination par derriere’ for now.”
Bournemouth run a lot and are a bodily aspect and on high of you in each part. They wish to press very excessive and have an open sport with plenty of operating.
We have to be prepared in each centimetre of the pitch and hopefully we are able to [put] our forwards in promising areas.
Arne Slot talking to the BBC.
The massive query right this moment is: can Bournemouth proceed their latest heroics in opposition to the Premier League’s greatest aspect? Andoni Iraola’s males are unbeaten of their previous 12 matches in all competitions, a run that has included wins over Newcastle and Manchester United away and a 5-0 walloping of Forest final week.
Liverpool have solely misplaced as soon as within the league all season – at house to Forest – and have been particularly supreme on the highway. However they’ve misplaced latest away video games to Spurs (within the Carabao Cup) and PSV (in a Champions League dead-rubber). It’s an enormous check for Arne Slot’s would-be champions and needs to be an entertaining sport.
Methinks it’s shaping as much as be an thrilling deadline day on Monday. Ollie Watkins most likely gained’t go to Arsenal however Marcus Rashford is edging nearer to a beforehand unthinkable mortgage to Aston Villa whereas Mathys Tel, contemporary from rejecting Tottenham, may fancy a transfer to Manchester United as an alternative.
It’s not fairly Torres and Carroll nevertheless it’s not unhealthy.
Seven!
Wow what a end for Plymouth, who turned a 1-0 deficit round late on due to Ryan Hardie’s double, beating West Brom 2-1. As my Argyle-supporting editor has simply put it, a “dire sport and a correct mugging” – however the Inexperienced Military gained’t care.
Bristol Metropolis ended with 9 gamers on the pitch in opposition to Oxford however have compelled a draw, whereas Norwich held out to win 1-0 at Tom Cleverley’s Watford.
And naturally, no Guardian weekend of soccer could be full with out the ten issues to look out for. Right here’s a snippet of Andy Hunter on Everton’s damage plight:
As [Sean] Dyche knew solely too nicely, nonetheless, obstacles typically emerge when Everton try and construct momentum. The dear away win at Brighton got here at the price of shedding Orel Mangala for the remainder of the season with an ACL damage, and Dominic Calvert-Lewin for a number of weeks with a hamstring drawback. Each had responded brightly to Moyes’ arrival and go away holes that want filling earlier than Monday’s switch deadline. Beto is Everton’s solely match striker and should seize the chance introduced by Calvert-Lewin’s absence if he’s to have a long-term future at Goodison Park.
Some pre-3pm studying choices for you all. Seize a espresso and revel in.
Alexa, present me what a aim machine seems like.
Good grief, Forest are 5-0 up and Chris Wooden has a hat-trick. After their shock 5-0 reverse to Bournemouth final week, that is fairly the assertion from Nuno’s males. Again within the title race?
Elsewhere within the early kick-offs, Josh Sargent’s aim has Norwich 1-0 up at 10-man Watford, the ten males of Bristol Metropolis have hit again to stage at Oxford, whereas it’s goalless between backside membership Plymouth and Tony Mowbray’s West Brom.
Premier League group information
Bournemouth v Liverpool
Bournemouth: Arrizabalaga; Prepare dinner, Zabarnyi, Huijsen, Kerkez; Adams, Christie; Brooks, Kluivert, Semenyo; Ouattara.
Liverpool: Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk, Konaté, Robertson; Gravenberch, Szoboszlai, Mac Allister; Salah, Díaz, Gakpo.
Everton v Leicester
Everton: Pickford; O’Brien, Tarkowski, Branthwaite, Mykolenko; Garner, Gueye; Ndiaye, Doucouré, Lindstrøm; Beto.
Leicester: Hermansen; Justin, Vestergaard, Faes, Kristiansen; Winks, Soumare, Ayew, El Klannous, Decordova-Reid; Vardy.
Ipswich v Southampton
Ipswich: Muric; Tuanzebe, O’Shea, Greaves, Davis; Morsy, Cajuste, Enciso; Hutchinson, Broadhead, Delap.
Southampton: Ramsdale; Bree, Bednarek, Harwood-Bellis; Walker-Peters, Ugochukwu, Fernandes, Aribo, Wellington; Onuachu, Grønbæk.
Newcastle v Fulham
Newcastle: Dubravka; Livramento, Schär, Burn, Corridor; Guimarães, Tonali, Joeltinon; Murphy, Isak, Gordon.
Fulham: Leno; Castagne, Andersen, Bassey, Robinson; Lukic, Berge; Traoré, Smith Rowe, Iwobi; Jiménez.
The official group information is about to drop across the grounds at 1.45pm a la the brand new means of doings issues. I’ll sum all of it up in a single helpful submit. FPL managers of the world brace yourselves.
This week’s episode of I Can’t Imagine Chris Wooden Is This Good is an absolute corker:
Preamble
Greetings all. One other weekend arrives, which suggests one other Saturday chock-full of prime footie motion. And naturally one other clockwatch, all the time probably the most fulfilling (and hectic) of duties for run-of-the-mill journos like myself.
There’s a severe check of Liverpool’s title credentials as they meet in-form, on-fire, on-song Bournemouth on the Vitality Stadium; Newcastle meet Fulham in a tantalising contest on the banks of the Tyne; whereas there’s an enormous conflict at Goodison Park as royal blue strugglers Everton host royal blue strugglers Leicester to see … who will win that.
Away from the Premier League, there’s a full programme within the second, third and fourth tiers, a smattering of Scottish Premiership motion and the fifth spherical of the FA Trophy as well. Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund are additionally among the many Bundesliga sides taking to das Feld at round 2.30pm UK time.
Do be at liberty to drop me an e mail along with your ideas on any of right this moment’s soccer. It’s going to maneuver!
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