Enzo Maresca s post-match comments after his team s loss to Manchester City suggest that he has been encouraged by the performance of the team despite disappointment in the result.
Maresca s focus on performance is not unusual for a manager that is new to his position but he may soon learn that the Stamford Bridge top brass measure of success is results.
After all, looked like they were making progress in the latter half of last season under Mauricio Pochettino but the Argentine mentor was elbowed out at the end of the campaign.
Chelsea s bosses shouldn t need to be convinced that the first-team squad contains plenty of top-quality players who can put in great performances.
They might be a fraction nervous after the first competitive outing for Chelsea…
Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City, Aston Villa and Celtic have learned who they will face as part of the reformed league phase of the Champions League.
The 2024/25 Champions League draw took place on Thursday evening, with the revamped format of the competition including 36 teams.
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But in short, all 36 teams will form a single league, with each side having four home matches and four away.
Once each team has played their respective eight games, the top eight in the 36-side league will automatically progress into the last 16 of the competition. The teams placed from 9th to 24th will be involved in a round of play-offs. These two-legged ties will decide the remaining eight teams to advance in…
Man Utd are not going to get rid of Erik ten Hag this early in the season despite claims he could only have four games to save his job at Old Trafford.
The Red Devils had a promising first season under Ten Hag with the Dutchman leading them to an FA Cup final, League Cup silverware and a top-four finish in the Premier League.
However, their performance in the Premier League last term was very poor as they finished eighth, their lowest finish since the competition began in 1992, but Ten Hag clung on to his job by .
There is also a theory that could not find a suitable candidate to replace Ten Hag in the summer and so they chose to keep faith in the Dutchman in the summer.
But this term has started in similar vein to the end of last season with Man Utd wi…
Ange Postecoglou acknowledged Tottenham had to hang in there to avoid a Carabao Cup upset at Coventry, and riled at questions about the fans booing his substitutions.
Spurs were set to follow up Sunday’s painful derby defeat to Arsenal with another loss after Brandon Thomas-Asante fired the Sky Bet Championship club into a deserved lead after 63 minutes.
It would have put Postecoglou’s post-match comments last weekend about always winning silverware in his second season into sharp focus, but Djed Spence spared his blushes when he levelled with two minutes left.
Spot-kicks were still on the cards until Rodrigo Bentancur played through to Brennan Johnson, who chipped home in the 92nd minute to send Tottenham through and leave their travelling support singing a…
Total goals per match between team and opponent
Crew games average the second-highest goals per game at 3.6 (behind Atlanta s 3.8). They re recent scorelines, 4-2 (W), 3-2 (W) and 3-1 (L) have helped to elevate that figure.
Including the USOC the Crew have lost each of their past three on the road, being outscored 7-3. They ve also only won three of their past 16 on the road, conceding a goal or more in 15 of those 16 and in 17/18 of their past road games. A bet on both teams scoring would be 15-3 in those games and a bet on both teams scoring and at least three or more goals has also happened in six of the past seven for Columbus and that how I ll be here in my MLS picks.
MLS Picks: Both teams to score over 2.5 (-110), risk 1 unit at DraftKings
New England Revolu…
The Broncos come into this game as 7-point favorites in the Patriots vs Broncos odds and are -330 on the moneyline giving them an implied probability of 76.74. The total is set at 34.5 points.
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