Saturday, April 30, 2016

Ortiz VS Andre Berto


Former welterweight titleholders Victor Ortiz and Andre Berto will always be linked by their epic 2011 brawl in which they both got knocked down twice in a fight of the year contender.
In Ortiz's last seven fights, his aggressive style has produced mixed results: three wins (two by knockout), three knockout losses and one draw. Power punches make up 89 percent of Ortiz's punches, the second-highest percentage among CompuBox-ranked fighters. Conversely, he absorbs 40 percent of his opponents' power punches, which ranks as the fifth-highest percentage, according to CompuBox.
In Berto's last fight, against Mayweather, he landed 83 punches for an average of seven per round. It was the fewest punches per round he has landed in a 12-round fight. On average, Berto lands 15 punches per round, according to CompuBox. He will probably want to increase his activity against Ortiz, who lands three more punches per round (18) and throws eight more per round (53)
The rematch with Berto is Ortiz's first fight against an opponent with some notoriety. Per ESPN.com's Brian Campbell, Ortiz said he "will end" Berto, and he also wants to rule both the 147- and 154-pound divisions.
It's nice to have dreams, but Ortiz had better focus on beating Berto before he gets too far ahead of himself.



When: Saturday, April 30 at 8 p.m. ET
Where: StubHub Center in Carson, California
TV: Fox
Live Stream: Fox Sports Go

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Atletico Madrid vs Bayern Muich




The Champions League's best attack and defense meet when Atletico Madrid hosts Bayern Munich.

Atletico would appear to have the edge, because the first leg is in Madrid. At the Vicente Calderon Stadium, the Rojiblanco have lost only twice in 29 games in all competitions, and only once in La Liga. 

Atletico are in their third Champions League semis in three years, as in 2013/14 they knocked out Chelsea at the same stage to go into the final and eventually lose the title against arch rivals Real Madrid.

simeone has very good and very bad news for this Wednesday's match. The very good news is the return of Fernando Torres from a red card suspension against Barcelona two weeks ago. But the very bad news affects the strongest part of Simeone's scheme: Diego Godín, the best defender on the planet.

Meanwhile, Bayern arrives in the Spanish capital with 28 goals from 10 games, the most among all teams this season. 

Bayern Munich are in the fifth consecutive semis and have reached the final twice and went on to win their last title in 2012/13 by beating domestic rivals Borussia Dortmund.

Jerome Boateng is unlikely to be fully fit despite returning to training following a long-term groin injury, while Holger Badstuber (ankle) is out and Arjen Robben (groin) is expected to be unavailable. Sebastian Rode, meanwhile, is battling illness.

Atletico Madrid: Predicted Line-up (4-4-2)

Oblak,
Felipe Luis, Hernandez, Gimenez, Juanfran,
Carrasco, Gabi, Koke, Saul Niguez,
Torres, Griezmann.

Bayen Munich: Predicted Line-up (4-1-4-1)

Neuer,
Bernat, Alaba, Martinez, Lahm,
Vidal,
Ribery, Thiago, Muller, Costa,
Lewandowski.


Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Real Madrid VS Manchester City



Manchester City play in the last four of the Champions League for the first time on Tuesday but find 10-time winners Real Madrid standing between them and a place in the final.

Manchester City beat Paris Saint-Germain in the quarter-finals to move into the last four of Europe's premier competition for the first time, and will host the team who has reached this stage more than any other side (27) in the first leg on Tuesday.

Kompany, who recently returned from a calf injury and was rested at the weekend, said: "When you get to the semi-final, there is nothing bad for you anymore, you just want to play.


Madrid likewise head into the semi-final knowing that the Champions League could be their last hope of salvaging success from another mixed campaign.

Real Madrid have won only one of their last four away games in the Champions League knockout stages (D1 L2) - against Roma in this season's last 16.
Ronaldo is set to return to the starting line-up after Zidane rested him in the weekend clash against Vallecano.
Benzema is also expected to start  after recovering from a knock he suffered in the weekend, while Bale is a guaranteed started even if he is not fully fit.

Manchester City: Predicted Line-up (4-2-3-1)

Hart,
Kolarov, Otamendi, Mangala, Zabaleta,
Fernandinho, Toure,
Silva, Sterling, De Bruyne,
Aguero.

Real Madrid: Predicted Line-up (4-3-3)

Navas,
Marcelo, Ramos, Pepe, Danilo,
Casemiro, Modric, Kroos,
Ronaldo, Bale, Jese.

Saturday, April 23, 2016

Lille vs PSG




Nouvelle opportunité de titre pour le PSG ce soir. Au Stade de France, le club de la capitale, déjà champion de France, tentera de remporter la Coupe de la Ligue. Pour cela, le tenant du titre devra battre l’équipe en forme de cette fin de saison en Ligue 1 : le LOSC de Frédéric Antonetti. Boufal et les siens parviendront-ils à enrayer la machine parisienne ? 

Privé de Thiago Motta (cuisse), Laurent Blanc, l'entraîneur du Paris Saint-Germain, devrait procéder à quelques ajustements au sein de son départ pour affronter Lille (finale de la Coupe de la Ligue), samedi soir. Alors Salvatore Sirigu va débuter dans les buts parisiens 

De son côté, Frédéric Antonetti pourra compter sur un onze quasi-type puisque seul Civelli est suspendu pour cette rencontre. Le trio  Boufal-Amalfitano-Eder tentera de mettre le feu dans la défense du PSG.

Le onze probable du PSG : Sirigu – Aurier, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva, Maxwell
 – Rabiot, Pastore, Matuidi – Lucas, Di Maria, Ibrahimovic
Le onze probable de Lille : Enyeama – Corchia, Soumaoro, Basa, Sidibé
 – Amadou, Mavuba, Obbadi – Amalfitano, Boufa, Eder

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Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Real Madrid Vs Villarreal

Real Madrid host Villarreal in the mid-week Spanish La Liga fixture on Thurday night, scheduled to kick-off at 21:00 GMT, 20th April 2016.

Real Madrid is currently at the third spot of the league table, only a point behind league leaders FC Barcelona and Atletico Madrid with five matchdays left in the Spanish top flight before the end of the season.

Real Madrid’s title bid is revived by Barcelona’s slip in recent weeks and are just point behind both Barcelona and Atletico Madrid. The 5-1 away win at Getafe in the weekend marked their seventh win a row and are poised to make a strong finish to the season.


Villarreal fell to a 2-1 away defeat at Vallecano in the weekend which put an end to their three match unbeaten run in the league. Currently fourth in the league, the yellow submarines have no chance of catching up with the third placed Real Madird, who are at a 15 point distance.



Real Madrid starting lineup (4-3-3 formation): Navas; Carvajal, Pepe, Varane, Marcelo; Isco, Kroos, Rodriguez; Bale, Benzema, Ronaldo

Villarreal starting lineup (4-4-2 formation): Areola; Mario, Bailly, Ruiz, Marin; Suarez, Trigueros, dos Santos, Pedraza; Baptistao, Lopez


Liverpool Vs Everton

Jurgen Klopp will get his first taste of the Merseyside derby when his Liverpool side welcome Everton to Anfield on Wednesday night.

Following their astonishing UEFA Europa League victory over Borussia Dortmund which sealed a place in the semi-finals, the Reds made 10 changes for Sunday's 2-1 win over AFC Bournemouth.

Liverpool have finally lifted their game under Jurgen Klopp and started producing some memorable wins in their recent outings. But somehow it is too late as they are 8th in the league with little chance of finishing inside the top four. More or less their main agenda will be to win the Europa League and get to the qualification stages of Champions League.
Everton have been very inconsistent throughout the season and are on a bad patch at the moment after failing to win in any of their last five matches. They Blues are currently 11th in the league table and they could still finish inside the top half of the table, but any chance of playing European football next season is out of their reach.

Liverpool: Expected Starting Line-up (4-3-3)

Mignolet
Moreno, Lovren, Sakho, Clyne
Leiva, Allen, Milner
Coutinho, Lallana, Sturridge

Everton: Expected Starting Eleven (4-2-3-1)

Joel Robles
Baines, Stones, Mori, Coleman
Barry, Besic
Barkley, Mirallas, Deulofeu
Lukaku.

Athletic Bilbao Vs Atletico Madrid

Atletico Madrid is ready to put more pressure on Barcelona as they hit the road to Face Atletico Bilbao at the San Mames Barria on Wednesday.

The striker Fernando Torres is focused on this fixture rather than the title challenge, per FourFourTwo: "Take one step at a time. The [UEFA] Champions League is far away, so now we have to get the three points in Bilbao. I do not look beyond that. We are excited and enjoying a very nice period, but we do not settle for what we have achieved."

The desire to win this game is the same on both sides. AnderIturraspe's return to the side and to form saw the Athletic midfielder showcasing both his loyalty and his hopes for victory in the upcoming game, as he spoke in the pregame press conference, per Athletic Club's official Twitter feed (in Spanish).


Athletic Bilbao: Predicted Line-Up (4-2-3-1)

Iraizoz
Balenziaga, Etxeita, Gurpegi, Marcos
Benat, San Jose
Muniain, Garcia, Susaeta
Inaki Williams

Atletico Madrid: Predicted Line-Up (4-4-2)


Oblak
Felipe Luis, Savic, Godin, Juanfran
Carrasco, Gabi, Koke, Saul Niguez
Torres, Griezmann

Juventus Vs Lazio

Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri refuses to look beyond his side's next two fixtures as they close in on the Serie A title, starting with a home clash with resurgent Lazio.

Juventus hold a nine-point lead over second-placed Napoli with five games to go and will be looking to take another important step towards the title when they host Lazio on Wednesday.

The club from the Italian capital have endured a tumultuous season so far, with Simone Inzaghi taking over as coach earlier this month following the dismissal of Stefano Pioli after an embarrassing 4-1 defeat to bitter rivals AS Roma.

Lazio remain outsiders for a Europa League spot as they remain 11 points adrift of fifth-placed Fiorentina despite securing back-to-back wins at the weekend under new manager Simone Inzaghi.


Deportivo Vs Barcelona

After seeing their lead at the top of the table nullified, there is no more margin for error for Luis Enrique’s side in Wednesday’s trip to Galicia

Here's the problem: this shouldn't have become a pivotal league match. Just three weeks ago, everything was perfect: the Catalan giants had a nine-point lead, a 39-game unbeaten streak and looked simply untouchable. But five games (and four losses) later, the reigning champions don't look like the favorites to take the trophy again in this moment.

Deportivo are very unpredictable and are 13th position in the Spanish La Liga table. They do not have anything to achieve this season other than a place up the top half of the table. So the hosts are team under no sorts of pressure to achieve a result, but they will be pumped up to rub salt on Barcelona’s recent woes.


Deportivo: Expected Satrting Line-up (4-2-3-1)

Manuel Fernandez
Manuel Pablo, Navarro, Sidnei, Laure
Borges, Mosquera
Cani, Fajr, Juanfran
Lucas Perez

Barcelona: Expected Starting Line-up (4-3-3)

Bravo
Alves, Mascherano, Bartra, Alba
Iniesta, Busquets, Rakitic
Messi, Neymar, Suarez

Sunday, April 17, 2016

Barcelona Vs Valencia





The Catalans train their sights on the domestic double and look to scoop up three points in La Liga when Valencia visit Camp Nou on Sunday at 7.30pm gmt


Barcelona are in dark cloud of form after they can only savage 1 victory in their last 5 games, compared to 5 wins in their previous  5. The Spanish league defending champions lost 2 consecutive leagues as they squandered a wide margin on the log.
Luis suarez Make his return after 5 yellow cards suspention ,Arda Turan is suspended for this game , and despite their substitutions just after the hour mark when they were chasing the game in Madrid, Dani Alves and Ivan Rakitic are likely to be retained here.
Sandro and Jeremy Mathieu are both still out injured.
Possible XI: Bravo, Alves, Pique, Mascherano, Alba, Busquets, Rakitic, Iniesta, Neymar, Messi, Suarez.

Valencia
Zakaria Bakkali and the on-loan Denis Cheryshev are both still out injured for Valencia, and Pako Ayesteran faces the question of whether or not to start with Alvaro Negredo following his late goalscoring intervention as a substitute last weekend.
The interim boss is more likely to stick with the more mobile Paco Alcacer from the start, though, with Santi Mina and Rodrigo providing attacking support from out wide.
Andre Gomes, Javi Fuego and Dani Parejo are going to need to be energetic in midfield.
Possible XI: Diego Alves, Barragan, Abdennour, Mustafi, Siqueira, Gomes, Fuego, Parejo, Santi Mina, Rodrigo, Alcacer.

Atletico Madrid Vs Granada


Atletico Madrid’s feet may have just about touched the floor by the time they entertain Granada at the Vicente Calderon on Sunday evening.

Atletico Madrid is having a lot of momentum going into their last few games in the Spanish top 
flight after having a monumental two weeks, stringing two straight wins in the domestic top flight 
and at the same time eliminating defending La Liga and Champions League winners FC Barcelona in the quarterfinals of this season's UEFA Champions League tournament.

Granada is still fighting hard to keep their league status, as they sits 17th on the log, with 30 point in 32 games, staying 2 points off the relegation waters.







Atalanta Vs Roma



Roma must win against Atalanta to keep their Champions League hopes alive when the sides met at Stadio Atleti Azzurri d’Italia, Bergamo. The match is scheduled to kick-off at 11:30 GMT on Sunday, 17th April 2016.

Watch THIS match on SKY CALCIO , Bein Sports

Saturday, April 16, 2016

Chelsea VS Manchester City




Kick-off Saturday 5.30pm

Venue Stamford Bridge

Last season Chelsea 1 Man City 1

Live Sky Sports 1

Referee Mike Dean


Manchester City will aim to stay focused on domestic duties as they take on Chelsea before they resume their pursuit of European glory at the end of April.
While Premier League champions Chelsea were knocked out of the Champions League by Paris Saint-Germain to confirm a trophy-less season, City defeated the French club in midweek to reach the last four for the first time.

The Blues’ unbeaten run in the Premier League came to and after a 1-0 narrow defeat at Swansea on the weekend and are riling at 10th position in the table and must win this to keep their European qualification hopes alive, the remaining weeks of the campaign are little more than a countdown to the start of a new era under current Italy coach Antonio Conte next season


Chelsea: Expected Starting line-up vs Manchester City

Courtois
Rahman, Miazga, Ivanovic, Azpilicueta
Mikel, Fabregas
Pato, Oscar, Loftus-Cheek
Diego Costa

Manchester City: Expected Starting Line-up vs Chelsea

Hart
Clichy, Otamendi, Mangala, Zabaleta
Fernando, Fernandinho
Silva, Navas, De Bruyne
Aguero

LIGUE 1 Semaine 34


                 Monaco VS Marseille







Programme de la 34 éme Journée 




samedi, 16 avril

PSG

16:00

Caen


Lorient
19:00

Toulouse
GFC Ajaccio
19:00

LOSC

Bastia
19:00

St-Étienne

Troyes
19:00

Stade de Reims

Bordeaux
19:00


dimanche, 17 avril

Nantes
13:00

Montpellier

Rennes
16:00

Guingamp

Monaco
20:00

OM