May 9th, 2001 is undoubtedly the saddest day in Ghana Sports after 127 football fans lost their lives during a Premier
League fixture between Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko at the Accra Sports Stadium.
Sports News of Wednesday, 9 May 2018 Source: ghanacrusader.com Some Hearts and Kotoko fans lost their lives in the disaster May 9th, 2001 is undoubtedly the saddest day in Ghana Sports after 127 football fans lost their lives during a Premier
League fixture between Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko at the Accra Sports Stadium.
The corresponding
league fixture between the two last season ended in a 2 - 2 draw, an option which is up at a quote of 14/1 with online bookmaker Bet365.
The much anticipated Champions
League fixture between Real Madrid and Manchester United was played last night.
According to the papers Niguez made an impression to the Italian manager, potentially during the Champions
League fixture between Chelsea and Atletico at the end of last month.
Any premier
league fixture between Asante Kotoko and Inter Allies, is yet to record more than 2 goals.
They had beaten a second string Liverpool side 2 - 0 in midweek Cup action, but Leicester City were unable to produce an encore in
their league fixture between the two sides over the weekend, slumping to a 3 - 2 loss at the King Power Stadium.
Evans and Cisse were involved in an incident five minutes before half - time in Wednesday's Premier
League fixture between their sides at St James» Park.
An Arsenal fan has been arrested after allegedly throwing red wine at the Manchester United bench during Saturday's Premier
League fixture between the two teams....
off topic: An Arsenal fan has been arrested after allegedly throwing red wine at the Manchester United bench during Saturday's Premier
League fixture between the two teams....
Premier
League fixtures between Liverpool and Arsenal have produced heroes for both sets of fans down the years...
Not exact matches
Read on to see our Premier
League predictions for all the games this weekend, as we look forward to the stand - out
fixture between Manchester City and reigning champions Chelsea...
This evening's
fixture is sandwiched in
between Premier
League games against Aston Villa and Arsenal, as Spurs look to cope with three big games in seven days.
«I can not understand how the Premier
League can organise midweek
fixtures in
between Champions
League games.
Arsenal are not the club that has had the worst
fixture schedule in terms of the lack of time that the players have to rest and recover
between Premier
League games over this new year period, but we are not far off and with our usual lengthy injury list to cope with it makes life hard for the manager.
With the latest round of Premier
League fixtures now over, save for an intriguing Monday night clash
between QPR and Aston Villa, we have picked out the worst XI of the weekend after disappointing displays from Manchester United, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur:
The most eye - catching
fixture of the Premier
League weekend is at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday night and the clash
between Arsenal and Man United proved to be a classic on the game.
With the notable exception of Monday night's Premier
League clash
between Everton and Queens Park Rangers, this weekend's round of
fixtures in the English top flight have drawn to a close, with some shocking displays in amongst the fine performacnes of Arsenal and Manchester United.
The key difference
between last year and this, of course, is that Chelsea are back playing midweek
fixtures in the Champions
League, but Conte doesn't seem to have found a way to adjust for that.
Now that the latest round of Premier
League fixtures has drawn to a close, save for the Monday night
fixture between QPR and Aston Villa, CaughtOffside have selected our most impressive XI from the weekend's
fixtures:
A look at recent Premier
League and FA Cup form, as well as a dive into the head - to - head
fixture history
between the two clubs gives us some indication as to what part of London the trophy will be heading to on Saturday night.
United hold the edge in the 40 Premier
League encounters
between the sides, winning 20 to City's 13 while there have been eight draws — including the goalless stalemate in last season's corresponding
fixture 12 months ago.
As the 2017/18 season is gearing towards its first Manchester derby - the
fixture this whole title race is almost entirely pivoted on, I decided to speak to Manchester City fan and freelance football writer Stephen Tudor to get his thoughts on how the game is viewed among the blues of Manchester and what Sunday's 175th encounter
between the two clubs could mean to the Northern Powerhouse of Manchester and the Premier
League in general.
The
fixture backlog in 1985/86 required West Ham to play 16
league games
between 15 March and 5 May, three of which took place this week.
The Reds have a frantic 10 days
between the 11th and 21st as they play Newcastle in the
League, an FA Cup fifth round
fixture, and the first leg of the Champions
League last 16 away to Sevilla.
West Brom showed the biggest discrepancy
between their two home games being the only club in the Premier
League to dip below 90 % of their stadium capacity on their weekend
fixture against Crystal Palace with 3,319 seats unfilled.
Loftus Road and Craven Cottage are just under three miles apart and no
league fixture will be played this season
between two clubs so close together.
Sunderland currently sit it fifteenth position with a four point cushion
between themselves and the relegation zone however with the Wearside club having not won any of their last five Premier
League outings it is difficult to see them gaining anything from tomorrows
fixture against as Joe Hart described them, the «killing machine» that is the 2012 - 2013 Manchester United side.
Despite the game sandwiched
between our tame defeat at Chelsea and the opening home
fixture with Bournemouth it is expected that the Hammers will field a strong side in order to secure Europa
League group stage qualification.
West Bromwich Albion have made an official complaint to the Premier
League about the
fixture scheduling that gives West Ham United five days» extra rest before Tuesday's meeting
between the two clubs and also submitted medical evidence to support their case that playing twice in the space of 48 hours severely increases the risk of players picking up injuries.
Premier
League matches
between Liverpool and Newcastle are the joint - third highest
fixture for goals in the history of the competition.
Games
between these two clubs in the Premier
League have produced 17 goals in the 90th minute or later; more than any other
fixture.
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League One
fixture between MK Dons and Bradford City at Stadium MK on Saturday 7th October 2017.
This will be the 70th competitive meeting
between these clubs in the Premier
League era; the most played
fixture between two professional English clubs in this period.
In the last six games
between both sides in the Premier
League, West Ham have claimed eight points (W2 D2), whereas Newcastle won both home and away
fixtures in the 2010/11 season, which included a 5 - 0 home drubbing of their next opponents.
This will be the first Championship
fixture between the two and the last time they met was in the 2013/14
League One season with the Blades collecting just the one point in the two games.
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There have been some great matches
between the two clubs since the inception of the Premier
League, but it is Manchester United who have had the better of the
fixture in recent years.
The home tie will be played on the final matchday —
between two of the biggest
fixtures in the Premier
League calendar in Arsenal (away) and the Manchester derby at Old Trafford.
Aston Villa's started 2012 poorly with a 2 - 1 home defeat at the hands of Swansea City, in
between the next Premier
League fixture Aston Villa started their FA Cup campaign with an away win at
League 2 side Bristol Rovers.
After weeks of humiliation for English clubs in Europe, this red - letter
fixture between the nation's two greatest trophy - winning institutions laid bare the essence of Premier
League football — the frenzied tempo, unfettered passion, mindless violence and terrace hatred.
The 2017 Chinese Super
League (CSL) enjoyed a high - octane start last weekend, with Sunday night's
fixtures between Guangzhou Evergrande and Beijing Guoan, as well as Shanghai Shenhua against Jiangsu Suning, providing fine examples of what the CSL has to offer.
He should return for England's Under - 21
fixtures over the international break but, as Palace play Chelsea upon the return of the Premier
League, he'll have gone a full month
between club appearances by the time the Eagles face Crystal Palace on October 21st.
Switching
between central defence and left - back, he played in 34 of our 38 Premier
League fixtures and made a total of 49 appearances of 54 in all competitions.