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Young lions looking dangerous
England under-21s will be looking to keep up their 100% record in qualification for the European Championships when they travel to Belgium on Monday (Belgium U21 3/1, draw 5/2, England U21 8/11).
Stuart Pearce’s side have made a perfection start in Group 8, taking the maximum 12 points available from their first four games.
Belgium U21 v [...]
Londoners looking for Euro boost
There are two Champions League matches involving English teams on Wednesday with Arsenal hosting Olympiakos and Chelsea travelling to Spain to take on Valencia. Both sides won in the Premier League at the weekend so can they repeat the dose in Europe?
Arsenal v Olympiakos
The Gunners were desperately in need of a win at the weekend [...]
British trio looking good
The domestic season is still to begin in England but the preliminary rounds of the Europa League are well underway as Stoke, Fulham and Hearts all hope to book their place in the final play-off stage of the competition on Thursday.
All three British sides left in have a realistic chance of going through and here [...]
Town looking to upset Gunners
Huddersfield Town are the next West Yorkshire club set for an FA Cup clash with Arsenal as the League One side head to the Emirates on Sunday (Arsenal 1/7, draw 13/2, Huddersfield 18/1).
Local rivals Leeds United were seconds away from pulling off a famous victory in north London in the third round of the competition [...]
Chelsea looking for home comforts
Depending on who you listen to, Chelsea are in crisis, manager Carlo Ancelotti is about to walk out and the Stamford Bridge walls are crumbling around Roman Abramovich – OK maybe the last bit is exaggerated, but all is not well in west London.
However, the Blues are 1/7 favourites in the match betting to see [...]
Fabregas not looking to the future
Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas is determined to take the season one game at a time and refuses to get caught up in talk of winning the Premier League title (Arsenal 11/2 to win Premier League).
The 23-year-old was part of the Arsenal side that moved back up to second place with a 3-0 victory over Manchester [...]
Rio looking grand for United
Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand could be back in first-team action for the Red Devils after the break for Euro 2012 qualifiers at the start of September (United 12/5 – Premier League Outright).
The 31-year-old centre-half has been sidelined ever since England’s first training session at the World Cup finals in South Africa earlier in the [...]
Wenger looking for strong start
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says he is positive his side can make a strong start to the season as they look to build on their form from last year(Arsenal 7/1 to win the title).
The Gunners finished third in last year’s Premiership table, 11 points behind champions Chelsea, and qualified for the Champions League for the [...]
O’Shea looking for fitness
Fit-again defender John O’Shea says Manchester United will be hoping to avoid the injury problems that cost them their Premier League title to Chelsea last year (United 5/2 – Premier League outright).
O’Shea missed much of the last season with a thigh problem and was one of a number of defensive injuries that affected United during [...]
Fulham and Stoke looking to progress