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Capital One Cup Semi-Final Chelsea vs. Liverpool

After marvelous win over Bradford City in FA Cup , Blues will recall their top star players Ivanovic, Terry, Diego Costa and Matic. Reds are struggling due to injured of John Mikel (head) and Suhurrle (back). The good news for Liverpool fans is that Daniel Sturridge will be in action after long term problem. Similarly, Steven Gerrard and Martin Skrtel will be back after rest but Mario Balotelli in doubt. Head-to-head PAST THREE MEETINGS: Liverpool             1 - 1        Chelsea                                League Cup, Tue 20 Jan 2015 Liverpool             1 - 2        Chelsea                                Premier League, Sat 08 Nov 2014 Liverpool             0 - 2        Chelsea                                Premier League, Sun 27 Apr 2014 STATS: The Blues have only lost once at home in the League Cup under Mourinho. Liverpool brushed aside the Blues 2-0 the last time the two sides met in 2011’s competition. Liverpool holds a 69-55 head to head

Copa Del Rey: Barcelona vs Elche Preview, Betting tips and live Score

Barcelona defeated by Real Socieded 1-0 in  La Liga  last weekend due to own goal. It looks that some serious clashes is running in this club. However,  Lionel Messi ,  Brazilian Star Neymar and Dani Alves remained off the ground and rested for trip of  Basque Country . So, Martin Montoya and Haddadi will start his journey along with Jeremy Mathieu and Xavi against Elche. After tragedy of last weekend in which Barca loss match with headed into own net, this decision has taken. Somehow, Xavi tried to equalize the score from free kick but fall bent and missed the chance. Elche problem are double, the club is now 20th position in the League Table. The club has poor defense strategy with 34 goals conceded and just did 15 goals that is average of less than one per game. In the last round Elche squeeze their way into 16 of Copa Del Rey against Valladolid thanks to goal from Adrian. In Primera Division, Elche returned from 0-2 down to acquire a point yet stay base of Liga BBVA. Vill

Copa Del Rey: Granada vs Sevilla Predication, Preview and Bets

Granada in action on Thursday night against Sevilla in the  Copa Del Rey  League and that’s first time of last 16 league that Sevilla became host. The   Host side  in great form in last six games in which 5 won and 1 draw. It is young side and surprise put himself in the 5th place of league Table. His top players are Bacca, Deulofeu, Gameiro and M’bia looking to lead his team into top place and can surprise their fans. Other side, Granada is struggling to secure his position and looks that it is cutoff the race of Cup. Guest side is available in second from bottom, and trying to gains audience attraction and focused on the league table. In the current Li liga season, Granada have lack of goals and that’s create problem from him. But, he shows that his defense is not broken yet and remained unbeaten in his last four home games. Betting : Granada 16/5 Draw 12/5 Sevilla 19/20 Team Statistics Granada CF Achievement Sevilla FC 2 Longest winning run 6 3 Longest run without

ATP Doha Quarter-final Novak Djokovic v Ivo Karlovic

Current no.1 Tennis player Novak Djokovic is facing in quarter-finals of ATP-Doha Qatar against with tough competitor world no. 7 Ivo Karlovic. He is suffered tiny ankle injury at start of the match and looked little distracted against Sergiy Stakhovsky in his match. But, it looks like that he is most fit player in the world and won the match with 6-2 and 6-1. After Mubadala World Tennis Championship’s withdraw, Novak was suffering fever and started journey against fellow citizenship Dusan Lajovic. Similar, World no. 2 Rafael Nadal defeated German qualifier Michael Berrer with hard fight. Ivo Karlovic always show himself fit and have brutal serve but his backhand side can be shaky. While he is not prone to cause the Doha coordinators a migraine by slamming out ahead of schedule, he could well be pushed to single break or tie-break edges by Karlovic, and it would flag his first genuine test of the year after he cleared Stan Wawrinka aside in Mubadala. Head to Head Both

ATP Brisbane Second Round: Roger Federer vs John Milman

Australian favorite and wildcard John Millman get his Brisbane International fight in 2nd round against the giant world 2nd tennis player Roger Federer.    Brisbane International organizers have not showed any kindness to Local Man Millman. He gets his first wildcard in 2010 and 2011and utilizing his secured positioning as a part of 2012 to increase a spot in the qualifying rounds where he recorded his first wins at the competition to battle his route into the principle draw. Millman was out of activity from May 2013, and from April of a year ago has been once again to crushing his path back the rankings through the Futures and Challengers, however don't question this present man's Aussie coarseness, positioned 820 on his come-over at the China F4 Futures occasion, and finishing off a year ago positioned inside the Top 200. Of course, he will be confronting the World No. 2 who saw an old enemy and his vanquisher from a year ago Lleyton Hewitt expelled by home-becom

La Liga: Real Sociedad vs. Barcelona

After a brilliant League and World Cup fight, the goalkeeper earned a €12 million move to Camp Nou and will be planning to keep out a side that have lost one of the last seven games. Match Facts Goalkeeper Claudio Bravo comes back to Real Sociedad shockingly when his Barcelona faces David Moyes' men on Sunday and will be looking to help his side get a first win at the Anoeta since 2007. Barcelona are without a win in four group treks to the Anoeta (D1 L3), losing their last two there. Real Sociedad's last 16 group goals against Barcelona have all originated from inside the range; Barcelona are one of just two sides yet to surrender from fresh this term. Lionel Messi has scored in the last five conflicts between these two sides, netting six altogether. On the off chance that Barcelona wins this amusement, it will be their 75th association triumph over Real Sociedad. The Basque side, in the mean time, has scored 99 home association goals against the Catalans.

FA Cup Third Round: Arsenal vs Hull City

The Tigers went two goals up at Wembley in May just to see the Gunners thunder once again to end their nine-year trophy dry spell, yet Curtis Davies is quick to dodge a comparable result in 2015. Match Facts This is a revise of the 2014 FA Cup last which saw Arsenal originate from 0-2 down to win 3-2 in additional time. Lukas Podolski has scored four goals in six FA Cup matches incorporating three in two games at the Emirates. Just George Ramsay (6 with Aston Villa) has won the FA Cup as a manager larger number of times than Arsene Wenger. The Gunners have lost only one of their last 38 FA Cup home matches (W28 D9 L1). The Tigers have won only two of their last 20 FA Cup matches against top flight groups (W2 D4 L14). The Gunners have won 11 FA Cup finals, just Manchester United have won as numerous. Stockpile have won three of their past six FA Cup goes against Hull City (D2 L1). Olivier Giroud has scored five goals in his last seven FA Cup recreations. Match

La Liga : Real Madrid vs Valencia

On the other hand, Real are the side to have beaten Valencia the most in this rival (83) and Valencia have endured their most noticeably awful misfortune rate against them (53%). Just against Real Sociedad (37) have Real Madrid drawn a larger number of matches than against Valencia (33) in La Liga. Valencia have gone 10 gatherings without a win against Real Madrid in the Primera (D3 L7) and have endured five straight home annihilations against them. Cristiano Ronaldo has scored four goals in four visits to the Mestalla, neglecting to score in only one of those matches. Shkodran Mustafi has scored a larger number of goals from corners than whatever other player (4). Nicolás Otamendi has blocked a larger number of shots than whatever other player in La Liga this season (19). Albeit Real Madrid have scored the most goals from fresh (7); one and only of their last 25 has originated from that separation. Karim Benzema has scored up seven aids this term; only two short

FA Cup Third Round: Chelsea vs Watford FC

A few of Chelsea's first-cooperative players are prone to be rested for the visit of Championship play-off contenders Watford in Sunday's FA Cup tie. Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has a harmed finger, so experienced understudy Petr Cech could space in. What's more first-decision advances Diego Costa and Eden Hazard could be forgotten after a difficult winter plan. "Clearly we are going to rest several players. That is typical," said manager Jose Mourinho. Match Facts Chelsea have won four of the five FA Cup ties they have played against Watford, including one after a replay. The Blues have scored nine goals without yielding in two past FA Cup ties against the Hornets. The initially meeting in the middle of Chelsea and Watford (March 1970) and the last (January 2010) came in the FA Cup. Chelsea have lost just two of their last 33 FA Cup matches (W25 D6 L2), however one of the attracts prompted end on plenty by Everton. Oscar has four goals

Manchester United vs Yeovil Town

League One Yeovil would like to have striker Kieffer Moore fit for Sunday's visit of Manchester United in the FA Cup third round. Moore scored Yeovil's second to stick a 2-0 win against Accrington in their second-round replay on 16 December, yet has not played from that point forward. Ashley Young (hamstring) will sit out the match for Manchester United. MATCH STATS This match closes a run of nine sequential FA Cup draws where Man Utd have been matched with a kindred top-flight group. Wayne Rooney has scored in each of his last five FA Cup matches (six goals altogether). Rooney has netted 11 goals in his last 14 begins and three all the more in his last five substitute appearances. Man Utd have played Yeovil twice in the recent past, each one time in the FA Cup, with the Red Devils winning 3-0 in 1938 and 8-0 in 1949. Since beating Sunderland in 1949, Yeovil have lost their last eight FA Cup matches against top-flight restriction, neglecting to score in six

Atletico Madrid vs Levante Prediction and Betting Tips

Add caption It is expect that there may be incredible match for gamble between Atletico Madrid and Levante . Atletico Madrid won their last six home matches against Levante in all rivalries and all expect another win. Likewise, in last five home matches against Levante Atletico scored no less than two goals. They have extraordinary players prepared for this match and they truly need to begin New Year with agreeable win. Levante is exceptionally solid rival and they played attract last three matches in La Liga. Additionally they played under 2.5 goals in that three matches. We saw precisely two scored goals in four of their last six past matches. We expect decent football match with bunches of possibilities. Predicted Lineup: Atletico Madrid :  Moya; Sigueira, Godin, Gimenez, Juanfran; Koke, Gabi, Tiago, Turan; Mandzukic, Griezmann Levante :  Marino; Lopez, Juanfran, Vyntra, Karabelas; Morales, Simao, Diop, Ivanschitz; Victor, Barra

FA Cup: Leicester City vs Newcastle United

Leicester City   Hamer , De Laet , Morgan , Moore, Konchesky, Knockaert, Cambiasso, James, Lawrence, Ulloa, Nugent Substitutes 09: Vardy,11: Albrighton, 17: Simpson, 22: Taylor-Fletcher, 26: Mahrez, 31: Smith, 39: Wood Newcastle United Alnwick, Santon, Williamson, Dummett, Haidara, Tioté, Anita, Vuckic, Armstrong, Riviere,Cabella Substitutes 11: Gouffran, 35: Campbell, 37: Satka, 38: Bigirimana, 41: Woodman, 43: Gilliead, 44: Roberts

Liverpool Transfer news confirms about Steven Gerrard exit

Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard will leave at the end of the season, according to the club, with Major League Soccer his most likely destination. A statement from Liverpool FC on social media, read: “LFC can confirm that Steven Gerrard is to leave the club at the end of the 2 014-15 season .” Gerrard has spent his entire career at Anfield after signing as an eight-year-old boy, is in talks with Los Angeles Galaxy and the two New York clubs - City and Red Bulls - over a move to the USA in the summer. The 34-year-old's current contract expires at the end of the season and he has been embroiled in lengthy negotiations with the club over his future, but he is also now free to discuss and sign a pre-contract agreement with another club. Gerrard in numbers 695 - Club appearances (all competitions) 180 - Club goals (all competitions) 494 - Premier League appearances 116 - Premier League goals 114 - England caps 21 - England goals 10 - Main trophies won 8 - Appeara

Chelsea vs Tottenham hotspurs

It would seem that Blues be closed out shockingly and going ahead without their best striker would be a concern toward generally manager. Jose Mourinho, still, brings front-running Chelsea once more to Stamford Bridge looking full-speed ahead as they plan for Wednesday's match against London neighbors Tottenham Hotspur. The Blues (10-3-0) still have a six-point advantage on the Premier League, yet supreme champions Manchester City have supplanted Southampton as their essential followers. Chelsea were held without an goal without precedent for all rivalries this season, neglecting to open a bunkered Sunderland barrier in a 0-0 draw Saturday, however Mourinho seemed substance with an offer of the riches given how he felt his team performed. "Numerous individuals like to scrutinize protective teams and I don't do that," said Mourinho, who is remarkable for his cagey guarding techniques in years past. "I have no negative words for my players on the gro

Sunderland vs Manchester City

Manchester City has enormous trusts for 2015. Manuel Pellegrini's authoritative Premier League Champions are three points off the highest point of the table at the midway phase of the battle and have advanced into the knockout phases of the Champions League - where they will confront Barcelona in the last-16. In any case, City (W13-D4-L2) let a two-goal lead slip on Sunday to draw 2-2 with modest Burnley , and midfielder Samir Nasri concedes that neglecting to win the last round of the schedule year was a blow, all the more because of league heading Chelsea additionally being compelled to impart points. "The vital thing for us was to complete the year at home with a win, with 45 points from the first a large portion of the season," Nasri said. "We didn't - however don't stress. We are not a group that finds all the numbers. All we need to do is winning. "We simply must be more clinical in advance. We need to score, we need to kill the amuse

Manchester United vs Stoke City

Stoke City welcome Manchester United to the Britannia Stadium on New Year's Day with both sides having reason for positive thinking in front of the second a large portion of the Premier League battle. Stoke (W7-D4-L8) completed 2014 on a high note in the wake of asserting consecutive league wins shockingly this season. Bojan Krkic 's first-half penalty earned the Potters a 1-0 win at Everton on Boxing Day, and after two days, a prop from striker Mame Diouf provided for them a 2-0 home against West Bromwich Albion. Potters manager Mark Hughes sleet his side's bubbly season performance and the team's general improvement amid the previous year. "I'm enchanted for the gentlemen on the grounds that they have gotten that monkey off their shoulders now, having won consecutive matches," Hughes told his club's site. "They have worked massively hard over this troublesome period and you need to provide for them tremendous credit for that. &q