Новости за 24.12.2019

Aberdeen striker Sam Cosgrove is suspended for the Boxing Day clash with Livingston after losing his Celtic Park red card appeal.Midfielder Craig Bryson and full-back Greg Leigh have both been ruled out for two months following tests.Ethan Ross (thigh) and Scott Wright (knee) are still out.Livingston boss Gary Holt is waiting on a couple of unnamed injury doubts.The players missed training earlier this week but Holt is hoping they will be fit for the Pittodrie encounter.Scott Tiffoney, Cece Pepe... Читать дальше...

Cesar Azpilicueta faces a late fitness test ahead of Chelseas Boxing Day clash with Southampton at Stamford Bridge.The Blues captain picked up a hamstring niggle in Sundays 2-0 derby win at Tottenham.Reece James could slot in on the right of defence should Azpilicueta miss out.Southampton are expected to be without striker Shane Long, who could miss the whole Christmas fixture schedule due to a knee injury sustained in last weeks win at Aston Villa.Winger Moussa Djenepo (hamstring) and defender Yan Valery (infection) remain unavailable... Читать дальше...

Crystal Palace boss Roy Hodgson welcomes back Victor Camarasa and Mamadou Sakho for the visit of West Ham but still has a host of injury problems to contend with.Hodgson was without seven players for the 1-0 defeat at Newcastle, including Camarasa (illness) and Sakho, whose three-match ban has ended in time for the Hammers clash.However, many of the absent players are expected to remain sidelined, including Joel Ward, Gary Cahill, Jeffrey Schlupp, Scott Dann and Andros Townsend.West Ham goalkeepers... Читать дальше...

Tottenham have failed with their appeal against Son Heung-mins red card in Sundays match against Chelsea.The South Korea forward was dismissed in the second half of the 2-0 loss at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium when VAR showed him kicking out at Antonio Rudiger in retaliation to being fouled.Despite Spurs launching an appeal, the Football Association determined the red card stands, meaning the 27-year-old will now miss the matches at home to Brighton on Boxing Day, and at Norwich and Southampton... Читать дальше...

Everton striker Alex Iwobi is doubtful for new manager Carlo Ancelottis first game in charge against Burnley.Iwobi sustained a hamstring injury in last weeks goalless home draw against Arsenal and was replaced by Cenk Tosun.Lucas Digne, Djibril Sidibe, Fabian Delph and Gylfi Sigurdssonall returned to action after injury against the Gunners, while it remains to be seen what role Ancelotti will hand to fellow Italian Moise Kean, who stepped off the bench for the final 10 minutes last Saturday.Johann... Читать дальше...

Midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has been ruled out of Liverpools festive programme and could be sidelined for longer with ankle ligament damage.The England international was forced off in Saturdays Club World Cup final victory over Flamengo and was pictured celebrating on crutches with the rest of the squad after the final whistle.However, he could be out for up to six weeks after manager Jurgen Klopp confirmed it was not a minor problem.With Oxlade, the ankle, (as) we probably expected. You have three ligaments on the outside of the ankle... Читать дальше...

Wycombe striker Scott Kashket has been charged with a breach of the Football Associations betting rules.The 23-year-old is alleged to have placed 183 bets on football matches during a two-year period and has until New Years Eve to respond to the charge.An FA statement said: Wycombe Wanderers FCs Scott Kashket has been charged with misconduct under the FAs Betting Rules.It is alleged that he placed 183 bets on football matches between 3 September 2014 and 22 August 2016, contrary to FA Rule E8. He... Читать дальше...

Ross County will take confidence from their Fir Park win when they host high-flying Motherwell.County came from behind to win 2-1 in Lanarkshire in September.Motherwell will arrive in Dingwall on Boxing Day in third place in the Ladbrokes Premiership but County had won two matches in a row before their squad was widely hit by a stomach bug ahead of their 4-0 defeat at Livingston.Co-manager Steven Ferguson is looking to put that experience behind them when they face the Steelmen at the Global Energy... Читать дальше...

Caretaker boss Alex Dyer is not concerned by Kilmarnocks lack of goals as they prepare to face Rangers at Ibrox.A 1-0 home defeat by Motherwell in Dyers first game since replacing Angelo Alessio made it four matches with a goal for Killie.Dyer told Killie TV: We played with one up front and I put Liam (Miller) on up front second half and he played well, he looked sharp. Its maybe something we will look at in the future.But the one up front, the 4-3-3, suits us well, suits the players we have got. Читать дальше...

Sean Dyche believes his biggest achievement as Burnley boss is keeping the club in the Premier League last season in the aftermath of their heavy Boxing Day defeat to Everton.Twelve months ago, a 5-1 home loss against the Merseysiders left Dyches team languishing in the relegation zone with a miserly 12 points from 19 matches.A much-improved second half of the season, the Clarets finished the campaign with 40 points, saw them secure their top-flight safety.This time around, Burnley face Everton on... Читать дальше...

When assessing your upcoming FPL team, it can often be useful to know which players work best in which situations.Is your side full of flat-track bullies? Or are they better suited to the big occasions?The FPL categorises a teams fixtures with its own Fixture Difficulty Rating (FDR) system, with a rating of two indicating a theoretically easy game, while a five indicates a theoretically very difficult game.By analysing a players performance against certain opposition, we can see who performs best against weaker opposition... Читать дальше...

Steve Bruce has warned his Newcastle players that they have done nothing yet as they attempt to complete a Premier League double over Manchester United.The Magpies head for Old Trafford on Boxing Day level on 25 points, three of them from a 1-0 home win over the Red Devils on October 6, the club for which Bruce played with such distinction for eight and a half years.Saturdays hard-fought 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace left Bruces men sitting in ninth place in the table, just three points shy of fifth but more importantly... Читать дальше...

Paul Pogba is pushing for a starting role when Manchester United host Newcastle on Boxing Day.The 26-year-old impressed off the bench in Sundays defeat at Watford as he returned from an ankle injury that has kept the France midfielder out since September.Axel Tuanzebe did not feature at Vicrarage Road through injury so is a doubt. Diogo Dalot, sidelined for two months, is closing in on a return and played 72 minutes for Uniteds youth team on Friday, while fellow defenders Eric Bailly, Timothy Fosu-Mensah... Читать дальше...

St Johnstone midfielder Jason Holt believes there is much more to come from himself and the team after the winter break.And Holt aims to put a different outlook on the second half of their season by finishing 2019 strongly.Holt signed on loan from Rangers on the final day of the summer transfer window after recovering from the knee injury that ended his loan spell with Fleetwood prematurely in March.The former Hearts player had an injury-interrupted start to life in Perth but has now made eight starts... Читать дальше...

Former Newcastle and West Ham manager Alan Pardew has been appointed as the head coach of struggling Eredivisie side ADO Den Haag.The 58-year-old has been out of work since he was sacked by West Brom in April 2018 and will now be tasked with keeping the Storks in the Dutch top-flight.Pardew takes Chris Powell to Holland as his assistant although the PA news agency understands Powell will also continue in his role as a coach with the England national set-up.In the search for a new challenge Im glad that I came across ADO Den Haag... Читать дальше...

Brendan Rodgers was respectful after his Leicester side lost to Manchester City on Saturday evening. City had been excellent, he conceded, and he was gracious in defeat, talking up the performance of Kevin De Bruyne and what he referred to as an ‘outstanding’ side.Whether he admits it or not, though, Rodgers will know that that was a missed opportunity. City’s show of strength wasn’t an illusion –they really were excellent at the Etihad –but Leicester are a very good team in their own right and, theoretically... Читать дальше...

Watford’s fans could hardly believe what they were watching. Maybe it was David de Gea’s mistake which stunned them – that gasp of silence before they realised the slow-moving ball had gone in for their opener. Maybe it was because they’d actually scored a goal or gone ahead in a football match for the first time this season.But 10 minutes before the end of Sunday’s game, fans of the bottom-placed team who couldn't score and couldn’t win began to believe.“Watford FC!” they chanted. “Watford FC. Watford... Читать дальше...

Captains should feel empowered to walk their teams off the pitch if fans subject players to racist abuse, the chairman of the Professional Footballers Association (PFA) said.Ben Purkiss told The Times that footballers, like any other employees, deserved to be shown respect in their workplace.His comments come after allegations of racist abuse against Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger and TottenhamsSon Heung-min after Sundays fixture. Tottenhams investigation into the apparent racial... Читать дальше...

Blackburn boss Tony Mowbray said his dressing room was emotional after Bradley Dack was stretchered off in the 0-0 draw with Wigan.Rovers went closest in a tight game, with Danny Graham heading against the woodwork, but both goalkeepers produced important saves and a point apiece was fair.It moved the hosts to within two points of the top six at the halfway stage of the season but the injury to 10-goal Dack overshadowed any result; he was stretchered off in severe discomfort after appearing to damage... Читать дальше...

Steve Bruce is hoping Andy Carroll can do enough during the second half of the Premier League season to trigger an extended stay at Newcastle.The 30-year-old Geordie returned to his first club in August on a highly-incentivised pay-as-you-play deal which is understood to include a clause which will earn him a new contract if he makes a stipulated number of appearances.Carroll, whose career since he left Newcastle in a 35million switch to Liverpool in January 2011 has been punctuated by a series of injuries... Читать дальше...

Jose Mourinho believes Antonio Rudiger should be the one under scrutiny for his role in Son Heung-mins red card, rather than the Tottenham player.The South Korean was dismissed in the second half of Sundays 2-0 loss to Chelsea when VAR showed he kicked out at Rudiger in retaliation to being fouled.Referee Anthony Taylor did not penalise Son, but VAR official Paul Tierney decided differently and advised Taylor to issue a red card.Spurs have appealed against the decision, which led to the alleged racist abuse of the Chelsea defender... Читать дальше...

Blackburn missed the chance to close the gap on the play-offs after a 0-0 draw with Wigan that was marred by a serious-looking injury to Bradley Dack.Rovers top scorer this season returned from suspension to make his 250th club career appearance but it ended in the 65th minute when he was left clutching his knee in agony after landing awkwardly and he was stretchered off after several minutes of treatment.A win would have put Tony Mowbrays team level on points with sixth-place Brentford but they... Читать дальше...