Match Aston Villa v Arsenal Premiere League 20-09-2014

 

Match time Aston Villa v Arsenal is at 14:00 on 20 September 2014 for Premiere League 2014-2015. Kick off time of match Aston Villa v Arsenal is on London time.

 

Aston Villa played in excellent form and have collected 10 from the maximal 12 points. This is their best start in the Premier League in the last 16 years. Villa sit on the second position, right behind Chelsea. The summer signings Phillip Senderos, Tom Cleverley and Fabian Delph perfectly adapted into the team. In the last round they surprisingly beat Liverpool at Anfield with same results as Stoke City in the opening match. They failed to score only against Newcastle. Here are the results:

13.09.2014. Liverpool - Aston Villa 0:1
31.08.2014. Aston Villa - Hull City 2:1
23.08.2014. Aston Villa - Newcastle 0:0
16.08.2014. Stoke City - Aston Villa 0:1

The strikers Christian Benteke and Libor Kozak will miss the match due to injuries. Benteke is long-term absence since April, after suffering a torn Achilles. Kozak also didn't play in this season. It is clear their absence is not a big problem at the moment. The defender Ron Vlaar is doubtful due to a calf injury.

Arsenal are unbeaten so far, but have only one victory. It is clear this is not what the fans were expecting. The Gunners won over Crystal Palace, but after poor performances and late goal. Arsenal scored five goals in the next three matches, but that was enough only for three draws. They sit on the 7th position, a huge six points behind the leaders Chelsea. Arsenal lost to Borussia Dortmund in the Champions league, which also gives demoralization atmosphere in the squad. Here are the last league results:

13.09.2014. Arsenal - Manchester City 2:2
31.08.2014. Leicester - Arsenal 1:1
23.08.2014. Everton - Arsenal 2:2
16.08.2014. Arsenal - Crystal Palace 2:1

The defender Mathieu Debuchy is expected to be sidelined two months due to an ankle problem, while the defender Nacho Monreal is doubtful. The defender Calum Chambers is expected to be fit. The midfielder Mesut Ozil is still struggling to return in form after winning the World Cup with Germany.

The last three mutual matches between Aston Villa and Arsenal were low scoring with goals on both sides. Here are the results:  

13.01.2014. Aston Villa - Arsenal 1:2
17.08.2013. Arsenal - Aston Villa 1:3
23.02.2013. Arsenal - Aston Villa 2:1

 

Probable starting eleven:

 

Aston Villa:
Guzan; Hutton, Baker, Senderos, Cissokho; Westwood, Cleverley, Delph; Richardson, Weimann, Agbonlahor

 

Arsenal:
Szczesny; Chambers, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Gibbs; Ramsey, Arteta; Cazorla, Wilshere, Sanchez; Welbeck

 

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Aston Villa played in excellent form and have collected 10 from the maximal 12 points. This is their best start in the Premier League in the last 16 years. Villa sit on the second position, right behind Chelsea. The summer signings Phillip Senderos, Tom Cleverley and Fabian Delph perfectly adapted into the team. In the last round they surprisingly beat Liverpool at Anfield with same results as Stoke City in the opening match. They failed to score only against Newcastle. Here are the results:

13.09.2014. Liverpool - Aston Villa 0:1
31.08.2014. Aston Villa - Hull City 2:1
23.08.2014. Aston Villa - Newcastle 0:0
16.08.2014. Stoke City - Aston Villa 0:1

The strikers Christian Benteke and Libor Kozak will miss the match due to injuries. Benteke is long-term absence since April, after suffering a torn Achilles. Kozak also didn't play in this season. It is clear their absence is not a big problem at the moment. The defender Ron Vlaar is doubtful due to a calf injury.

Arsenal are unbeaten so far, but have only one victory. It is clear this is not what the fans were expecting. The Gunners won over Crystal Palace, but after poor performances and late goal. Arsenal scored five goals in the next three matches, but that was enough only for three draws. They sit on the 7th position, a huge six points behind the leaders Chelsea. Arsenal lost to Borussia Dortmund in the Champions league, which also gives demoralization atmosphere in the squad. Here are the last league results:

13.09.2014. Arsenal - Manchester City 2:2
31.08.2014. Leicester - Arsenal 1:1
23.08.2014. Everton - Arsenal 2:2
16.08.2014. Arsenal - Crystal Palace 2:1

The defender Mathieu Debuchy is expected to be sidelined two months due to an ankle problem, while the defender Nacho Monreal is doubtful. The defender Calum Chambers is expected to be fit. The midfielder Mesut Ozil is still struggling to return in form after winning the World Cup with Germany.

The last three mutual matches between Aston Villa and Arsenal were low scoring with goals on both sides. Here are the results:  

13.01.2014. Aston Villa - Arsenal 1:2
17.08.2013. Arsenal - Aston Villa 1:3
23.02.2013. Arsenal - Aston Villa 2:1

 

Probable starting eleven:

 

Aston Villa:
Guzan; Hutton, Baker, Senderos, Cissokho; Westwood, Cleverley, Delph; Richardson, Weimann, Agbonlahor

 

Arsenal:
Szczesny; Chambers, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Gibbs; Ramsey, Arteta; Cazorla, Wilshere, Sanchez; Welbeck

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Galatasaray vs Anderlecht 1-1 All Goals & Highlights Uefa Champions League 16-09-2014

Galatasaray vs Anderlecht

Competition: Uefa Champions League

Match date: 16 September 2014

Kick Off Time:  - 19:45  GMT

 

Final score and result:- Galatasaray vs Anderlecht  1-1  (Aydin Yilmaz  Dennis Praet   ) 

Galatasaray vs Anderlecht   0-1 (Dennis Praet  goal vs Galatasaray   52′)

 Galatasaray vs Anderlecht   1-1 (Aydin Yilmaz  v Anderlecht   90′  )

 

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Match Olympiakos v Atletico Madrid Uefa Champions League16-09-2014

 

Olympiakos v Atletico Madrid

Competition: Uefa Champions Legue  

Match date: 16 September 2014

Kick Off Time:  - 19:45  GMT

Olympiakos are the dominant team in Greece. They have no real opponents in the domestic Super League, particularly in the past few years as their biggest rival Panathinaikos is just a shadow of the team we remember. Who knows if that's good or bad. Olympiakos are very strong at home and they have won 16 of their 17 league fixtures at the Karaiskakis Stadium in the season 2013/14. Olympiakos are continuing in that style and have obtained two wins on the first two home matches this season. Here are the results:

13.09.2014. Oympiakos - OFI Crete 3:0
23.08.2014. Olympiakos - Niki Volos 3:1

The coach Míchel will be without midfielder Giannis Maniatis due to an ankle injury, while the defender Dimitris Siovas is rated as doubtful. He has returned to training after long-term injury, but his fitness is questionable.

 

Atletico Madrid were the pleasant surprise last season. They won the domestic Primera Division and were only one minute away from lifting the Champions League trophy. However, they were unlucky to concede a late goal in the 93rd minute and then lost in extra-time. Nevertheless, they were heroes in many eyes. In an era when money is considered king in the football world, it has been uplifting to see "small" Atletico punch above their weight in the Champions League. Many reach teams like Chelsea, Manchester City, PSG, Bayern Munich, Barcelona stayed behind.

 

The summer transfer window was brutal for Atletico and the key players like Diego Costa, Thibaut Courtois, Filipe Luis left the club. Many believed this will be the end of Atletico. But the miracle is continuing. Atletico managed to beat Real Madrid in the Spanish Super Cup. The most impressive of those performances came on Saturday, when Arda Turan's goal secured another triumph at Santiago Bernabeu, this time in Primera Division. Just look this three results:

 

13.09.2014. Real Madrid - Atletico Madrid 1:2 - La Liga
22.08.2014. Atletico Madrid - Real Madrid 1:0 - Super Cup
19.08.2014. Real Madrid - Atletico Madrid 1:1 - Super Cup

 

 Channel

 

beIN SPORTS 6 HD
C+LCampeones
Canal + Family 2 
Canal + Family 2 HD
beIN Sports Max 4

 

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Match Rosenborg v Bodo/Glimt Tippeligaen - 12-09-2014

Rosenborg are currently on the third position in Tippeligaen. They have 39 points from 22 matches so far and they will be battling with Stromsgodset and Lillestrom for the third place in order to qualify for UEFA Europa League as the first place is reserved for Molde who have 14-point advantage. The actual form of the team is getting better. Rosenborg have two victories in a row in the domestic league and also they have five wins in a row on their home matches. It is clear they will be looking to extend their streak on this match. Here are the results of those matches:

 

24.08.2014. Rosenborg - Sarpsborg 2:0
10.08.2014. Rosenborg - Start 3:2
20.07.2014. Rosenborg - Sogndal 1:0
06.07.2014. Rosenborg - Haugesund 5:3
09.06.2014. Rosenborg - Lillestrom 3:1

 

The coach Kare Ingebrigtsen has almost all players available ahead of this match. The only absence will be striker Alexander Soderlund. However, his absence is a big handicap knowing he played 20 matches and scored 14 goals this season.

 

Bodo/Glimt are currently in the middle of the table, on the 8th position in the league. They have 28 points and they are far from both European competitions and far from the relegation zone. Nevertheless, the actual form of the team is good. After the bad series of five matches in a row they have lost, Bodo managed to win three of the last four matches, plus the draw against Sandnes. Here are the results of those matches:

 

30.08.2014. Bodo/Glimt - Valerenga 4:3
24.08.2014. Haugesund - Bodo/Glimt 1:2
17.08.2014. Bodo/Glimt - Sandnes Ulf 1:1
10.08.2014. Sogndal - Bodo/Glimt 0:1

 

The coach Jan Halvorsen has only one player that will be missing for this match as the defender Zarek Valentin is injured.

 

Rosenborg won the last two mutual league matches that date from the season 2009/10. The first match of the season ended with a draw. Here are the results:

 

21.04.2014. Bodo/Glimt - Rosenborg 2:2
15.08.2009. Rosenborg - Bodo/Glimt 2:0
01.06.2009. Bodo/Glimt - Rosenborg 0:4

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Spain vs FYR Macedonia 5-1 ~ All Goals & Highlights 08-09-2014 UEFA Euro Qualifying

Spain 5 - 1 FYR Macedonia 

Competition: UEFA Euro Qualifying, 

Match date: 8 September 2014

Kick Off Time: 19:45 BST - 18:45 GMT

 

Spain

15'  Sergio Ramos penalty
17'  Paco Alcacer
 45'  Sergio Busquets 
50'  David Silva
  90'  Pedro Rodriguez

FYR Macedonia

 

28'  Agim Ibraimi penalty

 

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Match Czech Republic v Holland UEFA Euro Qualifying- 09-Sep-2014

 

Czech Republic v Holland 

Competition: UEFA Euro Qualifying, 

Match date: 9 September 2014

Kick Off Time: 19:45 BST - 18:45 GMT

Czech Republic will start their 2016 European Championship campaign against Netherlands at home. Turkey, Latvia, Iceland and Kazakhstan, along with Holland and Czech Republic, are the teams that will fight for the first two positions in the Group A. The Czechs are favorites for, together with Turkey as Netherlands. Czech Republic played a friendly match couple of days ago and they have lost against USA at home. They failed to score on that match and that's a problem. United States managed to win 1:0 on that game played on 03.09.2014.

The coach Pavel Vrba has all of his players available except Petr Cech and Tomas Rosicki. Both haver retired from international football.

On the other side, Holland will start the campaign with a new coach, Guus Hiddink. However, he has started badly his second spell at the managerial position. Netherlands lost the friendly match against Italy, but Hiddink is confident of better performances in the upcoming matches.

"The evening was already over after eight minutes," Hiddink rued. "During the opening stages, we were naive in our defending. We were so easily overrun and that should not be the case. You cannot start a match so badly," - he added.

The final result on that match was 2:0 for Italy.

The coach Guus Hiddink has Arjen Robben, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Rafael van der Vaart injured ahead of this match.

The last mutual matches between these two sides were from the season 2005/06. Netherlands won both matches with the same result. Here are the results:

08.10.2005. Czech Republic - Holland 0:2
08.09.2004. Holland - Czech Republic 2:0

 

Channel

 

Abu Dhabi Sports 2
Abu Dhabi Sports HD 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Match Portugal v Albania UEFA Euro Qualifying- 07-Sep-2014

Portugal v Albania

Competition: UEFA Euro Qualifying, 

Match date: Sunday, 7 September 2014
Kick Off Time: 19:45 BST - 18:45 GMT
  

Portugal will be starting their European Championship qualification campaign against Albania at home. They have bad starts on the last couple of qualification campaigns, but they have been showing good performances in the later matches. Portugal failed to advance from the group stage at the World Cup in Brazil, even though they had one win, one draw and a loss against Germany. The group stage matches were the last matches Portugal played before this match. Here are the results:

26.06.2014. Portugal - Ghana 2:1
23.06.2014. USA - Portugal 2:2
16.06.2014. Germany - Portugal 4:0

The coach Paulo Bento will probably be fielding the following eleven players on the field:

Patricio – Pereira, Costa, Pepe, Coentrao – Moutinho, Carvalho, Meireles – Vieirinha, Nani – Eder

On the other side, Albania are always among the teams that finish on the lower positions on the table. They have played good on the first five matches of the World Cup qualifications, but then they have lost plenty of matches in the later part of the qualifications. Often they are showing good performances on their home matches, and they are very weak on the matches played away from home. The last matches they have played date from June. Albania won against San Marino, but lost to Hungary, both away from home. Here are the results:

08.06.2014. San Marino - Albania 0:3
04.06.2014. Hungary - Albania 1:0

The coach Giovanni De Biasi has all of his better players available ahead of this match.

Probable line-up: Berisha – Lila, Cana, Mavraj, Agolli – Xhaka, Bulku – Abrashi, Gashi, Vajushi – Salihi

The last mutual matches between these two sides date from 2008/09. Portugal won the away match, but they failed to get the victory at home. Here are the results:

06.06.2009. Albania - Portugal 1:2
15.10.2008. Portugal - Albania 0:0

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Germany vs Scotland 07-09-2014 UEFA Euro Qualifying

Germany vs Scotland
Competition: UEFA Euro Qualifying, Group D
Match date: Sunday, 7 September 2014
Kick Off Time: 19:45 BST - 18:45 GMT
Venue: Signal Iduna Park, Dortmund, Germany

Germany lost the first match after the World Cup final 2:4 at home on Wednesday, and it was Yes! Argentina who beat them. Actually the Germans started to this friendly with only four finalists. Captain Philipp Lahm, Miroslav Klose and Per Mertesacker retired after the World Cup, the new captain Bastian Schweinsteiger, Sami Khedira, Jérôme Boateng, Mats Hummels, Mesut Özil and Shkodran Mustafi were all injured. So it was not a big surprise that the newly constituted defence had huge problems, conceded four goals within the first 50 minutes. However, against Scotland we will see a different German side, Jérôme Boateng will return, also Thomas Müller and Mario Götze will play from the beginning. Because of the injury problems coach Joachim Löw nominated Sidney Sam (Schalke) for the match on Sunday.
Scotland team could not qualify for a major tournament since the World Cup 1998. The Scottish clubs currently face difficult times, but since Gordon Strachan has become national coach in January 2013 the ‘Bravehearts’ appear to make progress, are currently unbeaten for six games. Actually they kept clean sheets in four of the last five games, won friendlies in Poland and Norway 1:0 recently, also gained a 2:2 in Nigeria’s last World Cup test in May. This match has been Scotland’s last run-out so far, since then the two key midfielders Robert Snodgrass and captain Scott Brown became injured, will not be not be able to play in Dortmund as well as the defenders Andrew Robertson and Christophe Berra. Several players of Gordon’s squad already displayed good form so far this season, striker Steven Naismith even scored in all three Premier League games for Everton while Chris Martin marked the 1:0 winner for Fulham last week.

Probable lineups:
Germany: Neuer – Groskreutz, Howedes, J. Boateng, Durm – Kramer, T. Kroos – T. Muller, Reus, Schurrle – M. Gotze
Scotland: McGregor – Hutton, Hanley, R. Martin, Whittaker – D. Fletcher, McArthur – Maloney, J. Morrison, Bannan – Naismith

Germany last 5 matches:
30/06/14 Germany E 2 – 1 Algeria
04/07/14 France 0 – 1 Germany
08/07/14 Brazil 1 – 7 Germany
13/07/14 Germany E 1 – 0 Argentina
03/09/14 Germany 2 – 4 Argentina

Scotland last 5 matches:
15/10/13 Scotland 2 – 0 Croatia
15/11/13 Scotland 0 – 0 United States
19/11/13 Norway 0 – 1 Scotland
05/03/14 Poland 0 – 1 Scotland
28/05/14 Nigeria 2 – 2 Scotland

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