Victorien Angban played the second half of Waasland - Beveren's
midweek victory at home to Kortrijk and another 90 minutes in Sunday's 3 - 0 defeat at Standard Liege.
The Reds secured a place at the national stadium for next weekend's FA Cup semi-final with Aston Villa courtesy of
the midweek victory at Blackburn Rovers.
Not exact matches
League leaders Cardiff take on Derby County, with Neil Warnock's side looking to continue their fine form following
victory at Leeds
midweek as the Rams visit the Welsh capital.
A win today, followed up by another three points in
midweek against Leicester will see the Blues win their first league title since 2010 and follow up the Capital One Cup
victory to cap off a relatively successful season for Chelsea — despite their last - 16 Champions League exit
at the hands of Paris Saint - Germain.
Wolves, who are six points clear
at the top, ended a three game winless run with
victory at Leeds in
midweek.
We must certainly beat Swansea in
midweek or we can definitely all give up, but the big one next week is away
at Tottenham, and currently we have won just two of our last EIGHT away games, whereas Spurs have lost just one of their last 11 games, with nine
victorys.
Meanwhile, Getafe come into this tie on the back of two consecutive league
victories, including a 1 - 2 away win
at Valencia in
midweek.
The Clarets were
at it again in
midweek, claiming another 1 - 0
victory which sent them up into the top four on Tuesday evening.
The Brazil international went off injured in the 52nd minute of Sunday's 3 - 0
victory over the Gunners
at Wembley and their
midweek fixture against the same opponents comes too soon for his return.
Tottenham on the other hand started their season on a quiet note, but have recently stepped up their game and will be going into the clash
at the Emirates Stadium on the back of three straight wins — including their
midweek Europa League
victory against Anderlecht.
I'd expect
at least three of these to start
at the weekend, if not all four as they didn't feature in the EFL Cup
victory over Leicester City
midweek.
The
victory over Derby County sees United maintain their 100 percent start to the New Year, and they will now shift their attention towards the
midweek Premier League outing versus Stoke City
at Old Trafford.
United following a
victory away
at Stoke last weekend and a
midweek 2 - 2 draw
at Upton Park currently sit on eighty - one points, thirteen ahead of Manchester City who have sixty - eight.
The winger played 80 minutes of their 1 - 0
victory at Manchester City, having completed an hour in the Potters» 3 - 0 Capital One Cup
victory against Portsmouth in
midweek.
But then things did get better for the Mackems in
midweek, thanks to an entertaining 6 - 3
victory over Exeter City in the League Cup second round which should give the side a much needed morale boost ahead of a tricky encounter
at Villa Park.
He then made his full debut in the
midweek victory over Juventus in the Champions League and kept his place
at Getafe.
The Italian coach lost the battle of wits during
midweek but can he make amends by masterminding a
victory at Ewood Park against Sam Allardyce's robust Blackburn Rovers?
Their 0 - 0 draw with Preston in
midweek extend their winless run in the league to eight games, with their only successful outcome during an otherwise dismal month of football being a 2 - 0
victory at Doncaster in the third round of the FA Cup.
Visitors Hull will climb above Boro with a win
at the Riverside, and Mike Phelan's side will have grown in confidence after advancing to the EFL Cup semi-finals with a
victory on penalties against Newcastle in
midweek.
Manchester City are on a different level and I fully expect the gulf in class to show
at the Etihad Stadium, where the hosts, who welcome back an influx of stars from the side which edged past Arsenal in
midweek, are searching for their 12 consecutive Premier League
victory.
The Italian boss claimed that Luiz suffered an injury and was therefore out of action against the
midweek 1 - 0
victory against Swansea City but was pictured
at training in Cobham training complex on Thursday.
Even their second - string were overwhelming good in
midweek, when hammering a sorry Schalke 4 - 1
at Old Trafford, and with players like Ferdinand, Vidic, Carrick, Rooney and Hernandez fresher for their absence in Wednesday's second leg, United look a good bet on paper to finally end all the shenanigans and seal their record 19th English League title with
victory over their one remaining challenger.