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Tough start for Hughes at QPR

By SoccerCapper | Published: January 14, 2012
There are just two Premier League games on Sunday but there’s plenty at stake as Mark Hughes takes charge of QPR for the first time against Newcastle while Arsenal hope to maintain their bid for a top-four place with a win at Swansea. Newcastle v QPR The Hughes era at Rangers gets underway at the Sports Direct [...]
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Madrid to start 2012 with success

By SoccerCapper | Published: January 6, 2012
After the traditional winter break, Spanish football saw one of the most remarkable comebacks of the season on Tuesday as Real Madrid recovered from 2-0 down to take a 3-2 Copa Del Rey victory over Malaga. Jose Mourinho and his side now turn their attention to the league with their first La Liga fixture of [...]
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Barca set to start with a bang

By SoccerCapper | Published: December 14, 2011
After their superb El Clasico victory over Real Madrid on Saturday, Barcelona has flown to Japan to take part in the Club World Cup and face an opening semi-final against a talented Al-Sadd side (Barcelona 1/33 in the match betting). Pep Guardiola’s side were truly impressive at the Bernabeu and bounced back from an early setback [...]
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Lomas set for winning start

By SoccerCapper | Published: November 6, 2011
After another weekend of thrilling SPL action, Monday sees St Johnstone host Aberdeen in what is sure to be a thoroughly entertaining encounter with both sides looking to play exciting, attacking football (St Johnstone 6/5, draw 9/4, Aberdeen 23/10 – Match Prices). All the focus will be on new Saints boss Steve Lomas, who was appointed [...]
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City eye winning start

By SoccerCapper | Published: August 15, 2011
A trip to title hopefuls Manchester City (7/2 Premier League outright) is almost the toughest opening possible for top-flight new boys Swansea City. Brendan Rodgers’ men have been tipped by many to head straight back down to the Championship (8/15 to be relegated) after reaching the Premier League promised land via the play-offs last term. Rodgers has [...]
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Mancini’s men aim for winning start

By SoccerCapper | Published: August 14, 2011
A trip to title hopefuls Manchester City (7/2 Premier League outright) is almost the toughest opening possible for top-flight new boys Swansea City. Brendan Rodgers’ men have been tipped by many to head straight back down to the Championship (8/15 to be relegated) after reaching the Premier League promised land via the play-offs last term. Rodgers has [...]
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Bluebirds hope for flying start

By SoccerCapper | Published: August 6, 2011
The Championship appears as if it could be the league to watch this season with a number of sides vying for promotion. Two of the more fancied sides face off on Sunday with West Ham (4/1 Championship outright) hosting Cardiff in what could be an explosive match. After a hugely disappointing time last term which saw [...]
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Early start for Carling new boys

By SoccerCapper | Published: July 28, 2011
The new Football League campaign has not yet started but League Two new boys Crawley Town and AFC Wimbledon have been called back early on Friday evening to scrap it out for a place in the first round of the Carling Cup. The preliminary round has been hastily arranged in order to allow Carling Cup holders [...]
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Uruguay set for flying start

By SoccerCapper | Published: July 3, 2011
The Copa America in Argentina continues on Monday evening with the four sides from Group C taking centre-stage as the much-fancied Uruguay will face an injury-hit Peru and an intriguing battle is in store when a weakened Mexico side goes head-to-head with Chile. Hosts Argentina got off to a shaky start on Friday as they were [...]
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Brown faces tough start

By SoccerCapper | Published: January 13, 2011
The Championship is looking as closely fought as most people expected before a ball was kicked, with only 14 points separating play-off places and the relegation zone. Any team putting together a good run can catapult themselves up the table, so which teams are set to be celebrating on Saturday evening……. Preston v Leicester Preston are really [...]
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