Premier League : Arsenal - Manchester United
Premier League champions Manchester United travel to Arsenal on Sunday looking to maintain their charge to beat Chelsea’s points record.
Robin van Persie’s hat trick won the game for United over Aston Villa on Monday night which sealed their 20th league title, and they will be full of confidence given they have only lost once in the league this year.
In 2004-05 Chelsea set a new record for the number of points accumulated in a season with 95, but United know that if they win all of their remaining fixtures they will eclipse that record by one point.
Sunday will be the first time former Arsenal forward Van Persie has returned to the Emirates, he will undoubtedly get a mixe
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Date: 27.04.2013 - 17:41
Premier League : Swansea - Chelsea
Chelsea travel to Swansea on Sunday to resume their ongoing battle with Arsenal and Tottenham for a top-four finish.
Rafael Benitez’s side will be buoyed by their last-minute UEFA Europa League semi-final victory over Basel and will be keen to extend their unbeaten league run against Swansea to four games. With Tottenham playing on Saturday Chelsea, who have lost only one of their last six league games, will need to maintain their recent run of good form to stay ahead of their London rivals. However, with the semi-final second leg on the horizon the Spaniard may choose to rest some of his top stars as he goes in search of silverware before he leaves the club at the end of the season. Chelsea have no new injury worries after Ashley Cole returned in Switzerl
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Date: 27.04.2013 - 17:41
Juventus deserve Scudetto, says Flamini
Milan midfielder Mathieu Flamini believes that Juventus will be worthy winners of the Serie A title this season.The Turin side are 11 points clear of second-placed Napoli with five games to play and beat Milan last weekend thanks to Arturo Vidal's goal.
Antonio Conte's side have sat atop the Serie A table for every single week of the season and the Frencmidfielder believes that Juve would be worthy winners after such an impressive campaign.
Juventus will wrap up their second consecutive Scudetto if Napoli are beaten by rock-bottom Pescara on Saturday and they go on to secure a win in Sunday's Turin derby.
"Juventus deserve the title. They have dominated this season," Flamin
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Date: 27.04.2013 - 17:41
Ferguson sympathetic over Suarez ban
Alex Ferguson has said he sympathises with Liverpool over the decision to impose a 10-game ban on Luis Suarez for biting Branislav Ivanovic.
The Manchester United boss believes the Merseyside outfit can feel "aggrieved" at the sanction and says it reminds him of the nine-month ban the Football Association handed to Eric Cantona after the Frenchman kicked a fan at Selhurst Park in 1995. According to the Scot, the FA promised not to ban the player, provided the club did so themselves. However, despite United putting a four-month ban in place, Ferguson says the authorities went back on their word, something which Ferguson still finds hard to believe. He said: "I think back to Cantona and I have to say that a nine-month ban doesn't equate to a 10-match, does it? I can understand how L
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Date: 27.04.2013 - 17:39
Premier League : Aston Villa - Sunderland
Aston Villa have set themselves the goal of dragging Sunderland back into the relegation battle on Monday in the English Premier League.
Sunderland have won their past two matches under new manager Paolo di Canio and while the Italian claimed this week that the north-eastern club would effectively be safe with a win at Villa Park, defeat would see them dragged back into the mire.
Di Canio's side are one of three Premier League teams six points ahead of Wigan (31 points), who occupy the highest position in the relegation zone, but Aston Villa (34 points) can draw level with Sunderland if they win.
Villa manager Paul Lambert has not downplayed the importance of the game as
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Date: 27.04.2013 - 17:36
Serie A : Milan - Catania
Milan will hope to keep their bid for UEFA Champions League qualification on track against Catania on Sunday.
Massimiliano Allegri's team are locked in an intense battle with Fiorentina for third place and have a one-point lead going into the 34th game of the season.
Milan will undoubtedly be thankful to face mid-table opposition this weekend having encountered Serie A's top three in their last three games.
They earned draws from the first two games of that tricky triple-header against Fiorentina and Napoli respectively, but suffered a demoralising 1-0 defeat to Juventus last time out.
The San Siro outfit are now looking to avoid going four league fixtures without a win for the first time this season.
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Date: 27.04.2013 - 17:35
Cristiano Ronaldo to miss Madrid derby
Real Madrid have confirmed that Cristiano Ronaldo will miss out on Saturday's derby clash against Atletico Madrid due to a leg injury.
The Portuguese star scored his side's away goal in their 4-1 UEFA Champions League defeat to Dortmund on Wednesday night and is not being risked this weekend ahead of the return leg in Spain on Tuesday evening.
The Liga champions, who are 13 points off Barcelona with just 18 to play for, will also be short of defensive options, with Marcelo and Alvaro Arbeloa also struggling.
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Date: 27.04.2013 - 17:31
Inter handed UEFA fine
Inter have been fined 45,000 euros for their fans' racist abuse towards Emmanuel Adebayor during a UEFA Europa League tie with Tottenham.
Benfica have also been punished for incidents that occurred in their Europa League meeting with Bordeaux in March and have been hit with a 32,000-euro fine.
The Italian giants have been sanctioned by the Europe's governing body after fans were heard to object the Spurs' striker to offensive chants and abuse.
Adebayor eventually proved the hero of the last-16 second leg between the two sides, netting in extra time to send Tottenham through to the quarter-finals after Inter had staged a rousing comeback to level the tie on aggregate following a 3-
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Date: 27.04.2013 - 17:30
Serie A : Torino - Juventus
Juventus go into the 227th Turin derby on Sunday knowing that a win could secure them the Serie A title.
Should second-placed Napoli lose at Pescara 24 hours earlier, Antonio Conte's men would be able to carve out an unassailable lead at the summit with victory.
And they will certainly be confident of doing so, having not lost to their fierce local rivals since 1995.
The reverse fixture in December ended in a 3-0 win for Juve, but they will be shorn of one of their goalscorers that day, Sebastian Giovinco, due to injury.
However, the reigning Italian champions go into the game having earned a win over Milan in their last outing and looking to stretch their unbeaten league run to nine.
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Date: 27.04.2013 - 17:23
Premier League: Southampton Vs West Bromwich - Betting Tip
Really vital game for Southampton here. The team is in great shape recently, undefeated in their last six league games (3-3-0), which helped them to collect a total of 39 points so far in the Premier League and with a victory tonight over West Bromich, who is playing for nothing, they will close this circle and this great form and most probably even mathematically will guarantee their place in the Premier League for the next campaign and will play the rest of the season without any pressure at all. At home Southampton is more than impressive lately, as they have won three times in their last five matches in front of their fans (3-1-1), but more importantly those three victories came against Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool, which is a tremendous and really impressive performance. They have also scored a whole eight
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Date: 27.04.2013 - 16:11
Primera Division: Atletico Madrid Vs Real Madrid - Betting Tip
Atletico Madrid Vs Real Madrid – The big city derby came perhaps in the best possible moment for Atletico, because they are rested and fit, while Real’s tired and dazed after defeat in the Champions League. Just three points separates them on the table in favour of Real Madrid, which adds charm to the game. The only thing that goes in favour of Real Madrid is the tradition, since they won the city rival in last seven league games, and two more times in the Cup, two seasons ago. Atletico draw last time in 2009 in an away game, and won the last time all the way back in 1999. It was 2-0 for Real in the beginning of December last year at Santiago Bernabeu. Begins: 27.04.2013 – 20:00 CET
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Date: 27.04.2013 - 15:56