Paris Saint-Germain vs. St Etienne - Football Match Preview

Paris St Germain boss Unai Emery insists Blaise Matuidi is happy at the Parc des Princes.<br />The France international midfielder was the subject of reported interest from Juventus and Manchester United during the transfer window but PSG did not want to sell.<br />Emery told a press conference ahead of Friday's Ligue 1 clash with St Etienne: "He is happy at Paris St Germain. He is red and blue. On Wednesday, he had a good training session. He is ready physically and mentally. "One player definitely missing will be right-back Serge Aurier, who is also likely to sit out next week's Champions League opener against Arsenal, but Emery sees the 23-year-old as a potential replacement for Luiz.<br />The PSG boss said: "I wanted David Luiz to remain at Paris St Germain. It was important. He asked me to leave the day after the game against Monaco. We told him that if he wanted to leave, he could.<br />"Serge Aurier can evolve into a (central) defender with a little work. He can help the team when needed. "<br />The Ligue 1 champions suffered their first defeat of the season before the international break, losing 3-1 to Monaco.<br /> A victory on Friday would see St Etienne climb above PSG - who lost 3-1 to Monaco last time out - but coach Christophe Galtier admits his side will have their work cut out to inflict back-to-back losses on the champions.<br />He said on his club's website: "PSG are always a great team. A new coach has arrived, he sets up a new philosophy of play.<br />"It is often said that great teams never lose twice. We go there without pressure but with great determination.<br /> <br /> <center> <script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!-- smel 2 --> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-8045107268257721" data-ad-slot="8360218290" style="display: inline-block; height: 280px; width: 336px;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </center>

Paris Saint-Germain vs. St Etienne - Football Match Preview

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Paris St Germain boss Unai Emery insists Blaise Matuidi is happy at the Parc des Princes.The France international midfielder was the subject of reported interest from Juventus and Manchester United during the transfer window but PSG did not want to s… Plus d'infos »

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Reading vs Ipswich Town: Preview

<br /><br />Reading and Ipswich are in a similar kind of form when they lock horns at the Madejski Stadium on Friday evening. Both teams also earn a win in their fifth round match before heading into the international, only the second victory of the season.<br /><br />Reading started their season with a 1-0 home win against Preston, but suffered back-to-back defeats against Wolves and Newcastle in their next two games. They ended their losing streak with a 2-2 home draw against Brighton before earning the 1-0 away win against Cardiff in their fifth match.<br /><br />Ipswich Town also started their season campaign with a 4-2 win against Barnsley. They have to wait till the match day five for their second league win of the season, which came at home against Preston by a 1-0 margin. However, they lost once so far this season, 2-0 at Brentford. While they drew the remaining two games against Wolves and Norwich.<br />Reading vs Ipswich: Head-to-Head Stats<br /><br />Reading won the corresponding fixture of last season by a 5-1 margin, but they lost in the reverse fixture at Ipswich 2-1.<br /><br />Reading are on a five match winning run at home against Ipswich. Their only lost just once to Ipswich in the last 10 home meetings.<br />Reading vs Ipswich: Prediction<br /><br />Ipswich Town have registered just one win in their last 8 away matches in the Championship. But they also managed to get 5 draws during the period. Also they failed to score in the two away games they played so far this season.<br /><br />While Reading have a very strong home record against Ipswich and have won in all of the last five games. So Reading must edge a win, which is also backed by the overall away form of Ipswich from their past 10 meetings.<br /> <br /> <center> <script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!-- smel 2 --> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-8045107268257721" data-ad-slot="8360218290" style="display: inline-block; height: 280px; width: 336px;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </center> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://leaguelane.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Reading-vs-Ipswich-Match-Preview-Predictions-9-September-2016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://leaguelane.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Reading-vs-Ipswich-Match-Preview-Predictions-9-September-2016.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br />

Reading vs Ipswich Town: Preview

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Reading and Ipswich are in a similar kind of form when they lock horns at the Madejski Stadium on Friday evening. Both teams also earn a win in their fifth round match before heading into the international, only the second victory of the season.Readi… Plus d'infos »

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Bundesliga Matchday 2 | FC Schalke 04 - FC Bayern München

<br /> Fancy showing your mates who's boss? Sign up for the Official Fantasy Bundesliga here!<br /> <br /> The Ukrainian winger joined Schalke on a season-long loan from Sevilla FC after his new side’s opening match single-goal defeat by Eintracht Frankfurt. The 26-year-old should add some cutting edge as Markus Weinzierl’s outfit look to bounce back in their first outing on home soil of the 2016/17 Bundesliga campaign.<br /> <br /> Coach Carlo Ancelotti enjoyed the perfect start to his Bayern career when his new charges swept SV Werder Bremen aside 6-0 on the opening night of the season. The reigning champions were untroubled at home, and will be looking to extend their impressive record at the VELTINS Arena, where they have not lost in five visits since December 2010. The match could see Portuguese starlet Renato Sanches get his first taste of Bundesliga action.<br /> <br /> <br />     Bayern have topped the Bundesliga standings on 122 of the last 137 matchdays.<br />     Bayern's 6-0 in over Bremen was the joint-highest opening day victory in Bundesliga history.<br />     Schalke's Markus Weinzierl has lost all five of his previous Matchday 1 encounters as a head coach without his team scoring.<br />     Bayern are unbeaten in their last 11 competitive games against Schalke (nine wins, two draws); their last Bundesliga defeat to Schalke came in December 2010.<br />     If selected, Schalke's Naldo will become the third Brazilian to reach the 300-mark for Bundesliga appearances.<br />     Ancelotti masterminded a 6-1 win over Schalke whilst in charge of Real Madrid CF.<br /> <br /> <center> <script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!-- smel 2 --> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-8045107268257721" data-ad-slot="8360218290" style="display: inline-block; height: 280px; width: 336px;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </center> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://s.bundesliga.com/assets/img/1100000/1099504_imgw968.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="http://s.bundesliga.com/assets/img/1100000/1099504_imgw968.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br />

Bundesliga Matchday 2 | FC Schalke 04 - FC Bayern München

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Fancy showing your mates who's boss? Sign up for the Official Fantasy Bundesliga here! The Ukrainian winger joined Schalke on a season-long loan from Sevilla FC after his new side’s opening match single-goal defeat by Eintracht Frankfurt. The 26-yea… Plus d'infos »

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Sweden vs Netherlands: Match Preview,

Legendary striker and all time top goalscorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic had always planned on an international retirement after Euro 2016, but Sweden’s display in the tournament won’t have resulted in any doubts at whether he should continue. They crashed out in the group stages after picking up just one point from matches against Republic of Ireland, Spain and Belgium.<br /><br />Sweden now have to find goals from somewhere. Ibrahimovic scored 62 times in his 116 international appearances, and the top scorer in the current squad is Marcus Berg with ten in 41 appearances. That’s a big gap to make up, and with France, Netherlands, Belarus, Bulgaria and Luxembourg in their World Cup qualification group, it’s a gap that they need to bridge quickly if they are to stand any chance of making it to Russia in two years time.<br /><br />Netherlands are an incredibly frustrating team. They have all the qualities to be challenging at the top level in world football, but inconsistencies plague them. They missed out on Euro 2016 after a dreadful qualifying campaign saw them lose to minnows Iceland twice and finish in 4th place with just 13 points from their ten games.<br /><br />They followed this failure up with friendly victories against Wales, England, Poland and Austria. They were doing the same during qualification as well, as they beat Spain in a friendly.<br /> <center> <script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!-- smel 2 --> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-8045107268257721" data-ad-slot="8360218290" style="display: inline-block; height: 280px; width: 336px;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </center>

Sweden vs Netherlands: Match Preview,

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Legendary striker and all time top goalscorer Zlatan Ibrahimovic had always planned on an international retirement after Euro 2016, but Sweden’s display in the tournament won’t have resulted in any doubts at whether he should continue. They crashed o… Plus d'infos »

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UEFA 2018 World Cup Qualifying: Switzerland vs Portugal, Preview

Newly-acquired Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka missed his spot kick to hand the match to the Polish side and prevent La Nati from advancing to the quarterfinals.<br /><br />Head coach Vladimir Petković's team is currently ranked 18th in the world by FIFA, but they will be facing a much tougher opponent in their opening game this week against Portugal.<br /><br />Portugal is the reigning Euro 2016 champions after beating superteam France, 1-0, in extra time of the final mostly without superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, who suffered a knee injury midway through the first half of the said championship match.<br /><br />The Real Madrid icon will still be unavailable against the Swiss as he is still recuperating from the said setback, but head coach Fernando Santos' squad remains to be one of the toughest teams in the qualifiers with team captain Nani of Valencia, striker Eder of Lille, and winger Ricardo Quaresma of Besiktas.<br /><br />A Seleção crushed Gibraltar, 5-0, at the Estádio do Bessa Século XXI in Porto last Thursday as their warmup game before opening the UEFA World Cup qualifiers this week, Daily Mail Online reported.<br /><br />Prediction and Predicted Lineup<br /><br />The predicted result is a 2-1 win by Portugal.<br /><br />Switzerland starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Sommer; Lichtsteiner, Schar, Djourou, Rodriguez; Behrami, Xhaka; Shaqiri, Dzemaili, Mehmedi; Seferovic<br /><br />Portugal starting lineup (4-3-3 formation): Patricio; Cancelo, Pepe, Alves, Guerreiro; Moutinho, Carvalho, Mario; Quaresma, Eder, Nani<br /> <center> <script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!-- smel 2 --> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-8045107268257721" data-ad-slot="8360218290" style="display: inline-block; height: 280px; width: 336px;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </center>

UEFA 2018 World Cup Qualifying: Switzerland vs Portugal, Preview

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Newly-acquired Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka missed his spot kick to hand the match to the Polish side and prevent La Nati from advancing to the quarterfinals.Head coach Vladimir Petković's team is currently ranked 18th in the world by FIFA, but th… Plus d'infos »

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Belarus vs. France - Football Match Preview

<br />Didier Deschamps' men fell just short of a first major success in 16 years when they lost to Portugal in the final of Euro 2016, but enjoyed a promising run out against Italy last week.<br /><br />The 3-1 victory, with goals from Anthony Martial, Giroud and Layvin Kurzawa, claimed an impressive win for Les Blues and put the disappointment of Paris behind them.<br /><br />Looking ahead, Arsenal striker Giroud has urged his team-mates to remain focused despite admitting they are favourites to qualify from Group A ahead of Holland and Sweden.<br /><br />"The Netherlands are rebuilding and Sweden lost Zlatan (Ibrahimovic) and begin a new era," he told Le Parisien.<br /><br />"Bulgaria, Belarus and Luxembourg are weaker than us, (but) we must not fall into complacency and rest on our laurels."<br /><br />On the trip to Minsk, he added: "I don't know this team (Belarus), we haven't had time to study them.<br /><br />"We expect a difficult match but it's up to us to make it easy.<br /><br />"They're well into their league season so physically they'll be in top shape, which won't be our case, me especially."<br /> <br /> <br /> <center> <script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!-- smel 2 --> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-8045107268257721" data-ad-slot="8360218290" style="display: inline-block; height: 280px; width: 336px;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </center>

Belarus vs. France - Football Match Preview

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Didier Deschamps' men fell just short of a first major success in 16 years when they lost to Portugal in the final of Euro 2016, but enjoyed a promising run out against Italy last week.The 3-1 victory, with goals from Anthony Martial, Giroud and Layv… Plus d'infos »

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UAE vs Australia: Match Preview

<br /> <br /> UAE earned a priceless 2-1 away win over Japan in their opening match in the third round of World Cup Qualifier. They were 1-0 down by a Keisuke Honda goal just after 11 minutes, but the in-form Ahmed Khalil struck on either halves to complete a brilliant comeback. This could be a decisive three points for them as Australia and Japan are favorites to top the group.<br /> <br /> Australia had no trouble in their opening group match against Iraq. After a quite first half, Massimo Luongo and Tomi Juric scored in quick succession to guarantee three points for the Socceroos. This was also the sixth time in eight home matches that they kept a clean sheet.<br /> UAE vs Australia: Head-to-Head<br /> <br /> The most recent meeting between these two sides was in the semifinal of the 2015 Asia Cup at Newcastle which Australia won by 2-0. This is the only meeting between the two played at Australia. They had met on two other occasions, both in friendlies played in UAE which end in 0-0 draws.<br /> UAE vs Australia: Prediction<br /> <br /> <br /> While UAE’s win against Japan has made bookies to heavily raise the odds for an Australian victory. But I hardly doubt that they will hold off the Aussies like they did against Japan. The odds for Australia to win is priced at 2.40 and is the bet is definitely the one to go with.<br /> <br /> <center> <script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script> <!-- smel 2 --> <ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-8045107268257721" data-ad-slot="8360218290" style="display: inline-block; height: 280px; width: 336px;"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </center> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/styles/news-cover/public/_competition/fifa/world_cup/2018/qualification/final_round/action_shots/japan_uae_md1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="219" src="http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/styles/news-cover/public/_competition/fifa/world_cup/2018/qualification/final_round/action_shots/japan_uae_md1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br />

UAE vs Australia: Match Preview

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UAE earned a priceless 2-1 away win over Japan in their opening match in the third round of World Cup Qualifier. They were 1-0 down by a Keisuke Honda goal just after 11 minutes, but the in-form Ahmed Khalil struck on either halves to complete a bri… Plus d'infos »

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