Bournemouth Preview – Southampton: The ‘most complex Premier League derby’ is the most important thing for hosts when Bournemouth entertains rivals New Forest Derby Southampton at Vitality Stadium on Sunday (Watch live at 9am ET on NBCSN and online NBCSports.com).
Cherries will have to accumulate victories in their last two games of the season for Watford, West Ham or Aston Villa to remain in the Premier League.
Southampton’s 46 numbers are twelfth. The Saints are undefeated in the outings, but have tied three in a row.
BOURNEMOUTH V SOUTHAMPTON STREAM
Bournemouth deserved better than a 2-1 loss to Man City in its last run out while Saints probably deserved better than the point they drew Brighton one day later.
Here’s everything you want for Bournemouth – Southampton.
Five defenders miss the Cherries. Adam Smith, Nathan Ake, Chris Mepham, Charlie Daniels and Simon Francis are out, while Callum Wilson and Josh King also start with Lerma and Billing in midfield.
? King and Wilson up top? Back four unchanged? Billing with Lerma in middle
That’s how we line up for this afternoon’s GREAT game! ? #BOUSOU // #afcb ? pic.twitter.com/RHO8obVLGX
– AFC Bournemouth (@afcbournemouth) 19 July 2020
Moussa Djenepo, Sofiane Boufal and Yan Valery remain out of the Saints, while the Saints take Shane Long to attack.
How will #SaintsFC #AFCB align: pic.twitter.com/W2vQ6jx0wo
— Southampton FC (@SouthamptonFC) July 19, 2020
Eddie Howe on gambling after West Ham-Watford: “I don’t know if I’ll watch the game or not, but we can only focus on ourselves and check for maximum problems in our next two games. It is vital compared to any other effect or match in progress and I encourage players not to see it either. They just want to focus on themselves and be in the ultimate productive physical and intellectual condition imaginable to play our game. For various reasons, we are where we are and I have no idea what it takes to stay awake. All we can do is check it out and hope it’s smart enough.
Ralph Hasenhuttl on young and old difference makers, Danny Ings and Jake Vokins: “Danny Ings deserves to have this many goals because he works unbelievably hard. He’s fit, he can run for 90 minutes. He shows that he’s on fire. Jake showed that he’s an alternative in that position, sure he’s got to learn. But I think he did a good job today. With the ball, had good solutions in the final third. He’s getting better and better.”
DraftKings can face this slightly, with 135 135 Bournemouth slightly different from Southampton in 185 to win. A draw would be 270.
Bournemouth beat the Saints 3-1 this season at St. Mary’s and perhaps that, combined with the desperation of the hosts, is what helps keep the odds so tight. Bournemouth also has one more day off.
Southampton has been very smart lately, however, Bournemouth will have the aforementioned rest day and simply overtaken Man City. The Saints, of course, defeated Man City with a more resolute defensive functionality to the Cherries’ attack show. Anything can happen here, but Bournemouth’s defensive issues make us think of a 2-0 for Southampton.
While Manchester United and Copenhagen played chess in the country, Inter Milan and Bayer Leverkusen performed double jumps on a chessboard in Dusseldorf.
Romelu Lukaku and Nicolo Barella scored twice in six minutes of the first half before Kai Havertz responded in 24 to score all goals in Inter’s 2–1 loss to Bayer.
Inter is now expecting a semi-final on 17 August in Cologne, where he will face Tuesday’s match winner between Basel and Shakhtar Donetsk.
Bayer will now have to settle for the Europa League until its fifth position in the Bundesliga.
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The three goals in nine minutes stood out through Lukaku making his “Harry Kane opposite Leicester City” when he fell.
– Champions League on CBS Sports (@UCLonCBSSports) August 10, 2020
Nicola Barella put Inter in the lead after a quarter of an hour by making the most of a loose ball at the start of 18.
A connection to Manchester United saw Inter overtake him by two when Ashley Young discovered Romelu Lukaku and the Belgian striker kept his composure while being dragged to the ground, beating Lukas Hradecky with a satin shot.
The interaction of Kai Havertz and Kevin Volland near the penalty domain ended with the support of the rumor of the play by sliding a kick home to take Bayer to one.
Lukaku had penalty decisions removed from the board through the VAR in each and every training.
Kai Havertz pulls one out to put bayer04_en in the match, 2-1. pic.twitter.com/Py9L8Dy1mJ
– Champions League on CBS Sports (@UCLonCBSSports) August 10, 2020
The buzz of the move buzzes at this time of year, but it’s almost a cacophony after Michael Zorc’s announcement that Jadon Sancho will remain at Borussia Dortmund.
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Reports imply that Manchester United is giving up Sancho’s concept at Old Trafford, but here are other goals if the Red Devils want to look away from the English phenomenon.
Linked to United for some time, adding a wink on Football-Italy Monday, Chiesa’s $80 million worth is high, but some of what Dortmund ask of Sancho.
The flexible game creator has been connected with Juventus, although Fiorentina is reluctant to do business with La Vieja, unless it is mandatory after the big sales of Roberto Baggio and Federico Bernardeschi to the Juve in the past.
The 22-year-old already has 17 games for Italy and has scored 10 with six assists for La Viola this season in Serie A, career highs in both.
This may be even more feasible if the Juve clings to Chiesa.
La Juve desperately needs a rejuvenation and Costa is included in Andrea Pirlo’s plans, one month after her 30th birthday.
Costa works better on the right side and would be a worker bee looking to set up Rashford and Martial or cut back for Bruno Fernandes. He boasts double-digit assist seasons in the Bundesliga (Bayern), Serie A (Juve), and Ukraine (Shakhtar Donetsk).
This still seems a remote possibility given the age and players in Wolves, however, the Star of The Tri has been related to United in the past.
Jimenez does not solve Sancho’s wing challenge by staying in the BVB, and would like the Red Devils to face one of the Wolves’ extremes before Jimenez.
But Solskjaer likes Marcus Rashford on the left wing and can use Anthony Martial on the right wing a little more than the centre forward. Eliminate Mason Greenwood and the boss would have many permutations to use with Bruno Fernandes in a 3 or 4 before.
Mentioned from an exchange by Alexis Sanchez, is less in the schedule after the Chilean accepted a payment from Man United to move to Inter for free.
The 31-year-old favors the left wing and Inter would be happy to offload him after Bayern declined its option to buy the loanee who managed seven goals and 10 assists in just over 1600 minutes.
This is a great result for a part-time player who has maintained some tire control.
If you feel a common thread among most of those players, this is unexpected given that United has a pay scale to satisfy the desires of many disadvantaged.
Really desperate for something for Colombian star James, who at 29 has played less than 800 minutes for La Liga champions this season.
His two-year loan at Bayern also considered him a part-time player, but like Perisic, he was productive. James has scored 15 times with 20 assists in two seasons with the Bavarians.
It would be a lot of dough.
The 24-year-old has been from nine consecutive league championships between Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus and Bayern.
Okay that’s cheating a bit considering his Ligue 1 crowns came off a handful of appearances over two seasons at the Parc des Princes.
But the left wing and the far right can replace the stage with Serge Gnabry and Leroy Sane in a position to dominate Bayern’s favourite spots.
Well, this temporarily worsened (or in the cards and we had to wait for Olympiacos to withdraw from the Europa League).
It took less than 24 hours for Kostas Tsimikas’ planned movement from Olympiacos to Liverpool to come true, giving the Reds a valuable intensity to Andy Robertson.
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Tsimikas, 24, is a three-time Greek and has 86 games with Olympiacos with 12 assists. It’ll be number 21 of the Reds.
From LiverpoolFC.com:
“I’m very happy, I’m very proud to be here. For me, the biggest club in the world. It’s an honour to be here and I will give my best. The league here, I like a lot. I watch it on the TV and it was always one dream I had from when I was a kid to come to play in this league and to come through.
“With a lot of paints and focused on what I do and what the coach wants, and every day running hard in training, I can be at the highest level. [I want] to achieve [our] goals. Win the league back and also to win the Champions League.
Tsimikas is two years ahead of Robertson.
He played 384 minutes in four appearances against PL in the Europa League, helping Olympiacos beat Arsenal before falling to the Wolves last week.
Manchester United – Copenhagen preview: Copenhagen boss Stale Solbakken isn’t disguising his happiness that a bid to oust tournament favorites Manchester United from the Europa League will be contested over just one leg thanks to the coronavirus pandemic.
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“It’s a wonderful merit to us that it’s a neutral field game with no spectators, only if we find them at home and abroad,” he told the club’s official website.
The entire attack will take place on Monday at 3 p.m. ET, at the same time as Antonio Conte’s Inter Milan faces Bayer Leverkusen in Germany.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s got his stars on show and opts for a couple of surprises at the back in Eric Bailly and Brandon Williams.
Ex-United prospect Guillermo Varela starts for Copenhagen, the biggest underdogs of the round.
? – UEL? @DHLManUtd
– Manchester United (@ManUtd) 10 August 2020
— F.C. København (@FCKobenhavn) August 10, 2020
As for Inter and Bayer, there will be a lot of laughter in the neutral shop.
The Serie A team enjoys the big stages a lot, with Diego Godin, Romelu Lukaku and Ashley Young in Conte’s starting line-up.
Kai Havertz leads the attack on Bayer Leverkusen, with the Bundesliga expecting a UEL crown to take them back to the Champions League.
Antonio Conte leaves 1⃣1⃣ for #InterLeverkusen! ? – UEL #FORZAINTER ⚫️? pic.twitter.com/9ajuzllhAq
Inter (@Inter_en) 10 August 2020
– Bayer 04 Leverkusen (bayer04_en) 10 August 2020
The Danish Super League finalist stumbled upon the live forward to end 4 issues ahead of the third, but well, champion Midtjylland. Expelled from the Champions League through Red Star Belgrade on penalties, the defense was a problem.
Players 4-4-2 for several of their outings, Copenhagen has won their last two in 4-2-3-1. Former Manchester United challenger Guillermo Varela and former Sunderland and Everton player Bryan Oviedo can be seen.
Here are the highlights of the defeat in the circular of 16 in Istanbul Basekshir. Jonas Wind led home win 3-0, beating the 1-0 first leg in Turkey.
Copenhagen had only five months to mourn its 1-0 deficit in the first leg against Istanbul’s Basaksehir, and then get rid of Turkish powers in a 3-0 adjustment in Denmark.
Copenhagen began his UEL career on the champions’ tour in the knockout round, beating Riga from Latvia before completing the Malmo moment in Group B. He then beat Celtic to qualify for the round of 16 with Basaksehir.
United went 4-1-1 in the group stage, a loss to Astana on the penultimate match day no big deal thanks to a home pounding on AZ Alkmaar on the final day to win Group I.
The Red Devils beat Club Brugge and LASK Linz in straight sets to seal a position in the quarter-finals and are favourites to win UEL. His odds of 180 thanks to the DraftKings are in front of Inter Milan (325) and Sevilla (500).
Man Utd’s Sergio Romero on the nature of his club: “As a group of players, if we have a team-mate who is struggling a bit on the day, all the lads have to give him a lift, so he can compete in the game in the best possible way. For sure, every bit of work and effort every day in training, as well as all our dreams are focused on getting United back to another Europa League final. So, we’re going to work hard for that to happen.”
Copenhagen chief Solbakken: “We have to meet with the Premier League team since the coronavirus breakup and, among other things, we’ve noticed how they beat LASK 5-0 with a B-team, so no matter who they line up with, we naturally have a lot of respect. Array.. They have many fast players, they play fast and have been smart against since the arrival of Bruno Fernandes, and also mix very temporarily on the field. So there are a lot of things you can worry about, but we have to stick to our own plan and see how far it can take us.
The unjambiste character of this tour adjusts the nature of the competition, as elegance will triumph for 180 minutes. Ninety (more) brings a greater chance of turmoil, with Manchester United at -385 and Copenhagen still the biggest loser in the 1000 circular.
The setting will be fearless, but even an empty Old Trafford has its advantages. United emerged with a 3-1 victory.