Manchester United have taken the lead against Crystal Palace in their Saturday evening Premier
League encounter following a Juan Mata penalty.
Not exact matches
The Gunners» January signing Mohamed Elneny has
encountered Chelsea three times previously with Basel, losing both 2013 Europa
League semi-final games and winning the Champions
League group stage match in Switzerland the
following season.
This is
followed by the first of the BBC's Saturday evening Kick Offs at The Hawthorns, where West Bromwich Albion entertain Newcastle in what is likely to be an interesting
encounter after summers of both clubs since relegation from the Premier
League.
While one chance of silverware has disappeared, they did record an encouraging 1 - 1 draw at Chelsea in the first leg of their
League Cup semi-final, with the return game at the Emirates
following the weekend's
encounter with the Eagles.
This will be an exciting
encounter which could set the pace for the
league, with the campaign starting the
following weekend.
Last year, the Dark Blues were triumphant in two tense games, but
following excellent
league campaigns, both Light Blue teams have high hopes of victory, so expect hotly contested and high - quality
encounters.
With 5 assists in the opening 3 Premier
League encounters, the Armenian was on track to break all sorts of records for Manchester United, but what actually
followed was a serious dip in form which has completely stalled his career under the Portuguese.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has accused Cardiff of wasting fans» money
following Saturday's controversial Premier
League encounter at Stamford Brid -LRB-...)
KEY FACT: West Brom have failed to score in three of their four Premier
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follow: Andre Gray still under # 1 — with his first goal under his belt, should be on the rise
The
following is our team prediction for Olympiakos ahead of their Champions
League encounter against Arsenal at the Karaiskakis Stadium.
Arsenal claimed a fine 2 - 0 victory over Bayern Munich in the Champions
League Group stage
encounter last month but
following the game, Bayern boss Guardiola was not left too impressed with the Gunners» «defensive» tactics.
Marseille will have to come back to win a European tie
following a first - leg defeat for the first time in 13 years if they are to reach the UEFA Europa
League semi-finals at the expense of European debutants RB Leipzig, 1 - 0 winners of the first
encounter in Germany.
The Tangerines will host just their second home Premier
League game ever when they entertain a combative Blackburn Rovers at Bloomfield Road this Saturday, with Ian Holloway determined to guide Blackpool to their first home win of the campaign
following an early programme which has consisted mainly of away
encounters because of the time it took to complete their stadium alterations.
Marcus Rashford has enjoyed an impressive start to his season — coming off the bench against Swansea in the last Premier
League encounter to score the all - important opening goal and
following it up with the winning goal against Slovakia for his country in midweek, in the World Cup qualifiers.
Manchester United face Sevilla in the second leg of the round of 16 in the UEFA Champions
League at Old Trafford on Tuesday evening, a must - win
encounter following the 0 -... Read more
The Toffees will return from the international break in a fortnight ready for successive mouth - watering Goodison Park
encounters, with the Merseyside derby on 7 April slated to
follow seven days after the visit of Pep Guardiola's Premier
League frontrunners, Manchester City.
Ian Holloway has a team on his hands which scored plenty of goals, his charges failing to score in just two of their last eleven
league encounters, and will even feel they have the mental edge
following their 2 - 1 triumph in the reverse meeting back at Bloomfield Road.
Following Gary Cahill's red card, to which the England centre - half now missed Bolton's next three
league encounters, Bolton never recovered their shape nor their composure.