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Saturday round-up: Bayern and Real Madrid on the brink but Manchester United bounce back

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Saturday round-up: Bayern and Real Madrid on the brink but Manchester United bounce back While the marquee matches across Europe’s top five leagues may take place today, with Liverpool’s clash with Manchester City headlining the bill, there were some memorable matches from Saturday’s action.We pick out the best match, individual performance and biggest shock from yeste...

European U21 Team of the Month: Leicester ace stars in September XI

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European U21 Team of the Month: Leicester ace stars in September XI Looking back on the month of September, we reveal the highest rated XI of players aged 21 and under to have made a minimum of three league appearances.Emil Audero (Sampdoria) - 7.33If the start of the season is anything to go by, Juventus’ long term prospects in terms of Gigi Buffon may well b...

European Team of the Month: Arsenal star leads line in September XI

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European Team of the Month: Arsenal star leads line in September XI Where did that month go? Two into the season already and September’s action saw the major leagues across Europe begin to take shape, with a number of players impressing to earn a place in the Best XI over the past thirty days.Goalkeeper - Joe Hart (Burnley)He’s had his share of criticism...

Team Form Rankings: No place for Real Madrid, Bayern as Man City lead top 10

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Team Form Rankings: No place for Real Madrid, Bayern as Man City lead top 10 With the Bundesliga now six games in and qualifying among our team form rankings, we reveal our first edition of the top ten this season, with a number of notable absentees.Madrid duo Real and Atletico miss out on the leaderboard at this early stage after playing out a goalless draw at the weekend, ...

Player Form Rankings: Change at the top while three England stars climb the table

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Player Form Rankings: Change at the top while three England stars climb the table After another round of fixtures, all four of Europe’s top five leagues now qualify for our form rankings of players to have made six appearances this season.There’s a change at the top from last week too, with Neymar trading places with Lionel Messi after another brace at the weekend as ...

Chelsea-Liverpool draw among six predicted scores for £1m jackpot

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Chelsea-Liverpool draw among six predicted scores for £1m jackpot In partnership with Betfair, there is a new free-to-play score predictor exclusively to WhoScored.com, with huge cash prizes to be won. There’s £/€1,000,000 at stake for any player who correctly predicts all six scores from the selected matches, while there are consolation prizes fo...

Form Rankings: Usual suspects start strongly as Hazard mounts charge to become Europe’s best

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Form Rankings: Usual suspects start strongly as Hazard mounts charge to become Europe’s best Now at least six games into the season across four of Europe’s top five leagues following midweek fixtures on the continent, our player form rankings are back and it’s already been business as usual for some of the elite.While we await the qualification of the after the weekend’s a...

La Liga round-up: Fornals on fire as Barcelona and Real Madrid lose

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La Liga round-up: Fornals on fire as Barcelona and Real Madrid lose Following a hugely significant round of midweek matches, in which both Barcelona and Real Madrid were defeated, we run through the best and worst performers in La Liga from gameweek 6.It was Atletico that most profited from the shock results of the top two on Wednesday, closing the gap to the pair t...

Why the time is right for Steve Bruce to get Aston Villa axe

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Why the time is right for Steve Bruce to get Aston Villa axe Steve Bruce’s 100th game in charge of Aston Villa at the weekend was marked by a truly memorable moment. For many fans inside Villa Park on Saturday, John McGinn’s goal will have been the finest they have ever witnessed at the club, but aside from that action of pure brilliance, it was a...

DraftKings: Liverpool pair both must-haves for fantasy football this weekend

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DraftKings: Liverpool pair both must-haves for fantasy football this weekend We’ve all had that problem. Committing to a fantasy football league for the season only to forget to make changes one week and for it all to unravel. That’s where DraftKings has the advantage, allowing customers to compete in single-day, online fantasy sports contests for cash. DraftKing...