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Why West Ham Should be Backed at Old Trafford

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Why West Ham Should be Backed at Old Trafford It’s time for our Bookmaker Ratings battle for this week, with our focused turned to the FA Cup as Manchester United host in-form West Ham. With a semi-final date at Wembley up for grabs both sides will be desperate for the win for different reasons. A trophy would mask what has been a thoroug...

Will Liverpool End Van Gaal's Dominance in Fierce United Rivalry?

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Will Liverpool End Van Gaal's Dominance in Fierce United Rivalry? Jurgen Klopp says it’s “the mother of all games” but it’s impossible to escape the fact it comes in a little-brother competition. It says as much about the current seasons of Liverpool and Manchester United as it does the clubs as a whole. Thursday’s Europa League tie, ...

Weekend Preview: A Round-up of This Weekend's Best Action Across Europe

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Weekend Preview: A Round-up of This Weekend's Best Action Across Europe All of Europe’s top 5 leagues are back in action this weekend so here’s your rundown of the most crucial encounters on the continent in the coming days, starting with another massive week at the top of the table in Italy.Serie AA fortnight ago the top four in the battle for the Scudetto ...

WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips in Europe

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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips in Europe Emotions are expected to run high this weekend in households across Europe as the schedule throws up some top clashes in Spain, Italy and England. Best prepare that sofa for another key run of games this season.Real Madrid vs Atletico Madrid - Draw First Half @2.25Perhaps the draw in Eindhoven in mi...

Tournament Focus: Analysing the English Teams' Chances of Europa League Progression

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Tournament Focus: Analysing the English Teams' Chances of Europa League Progression After the first leg of Europa League ties last week, the pressure is now on the English teams to better their performances now back on home turf. Here, WhoScored.com looks at the chances of Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham progressing to the next round of Europe’s second-tier competi...

Weekend Preview: A Look Ahead to this Week's Best Action in Europe

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Weekend Preview: A Look Ahead to this Week's Best Action in Europe There's plenty of crucial matches across Europe to whet the appetite this weekend, and here we summarise the best of the action by league.Premier LeagueWhile Chelsea vs Manchester United was no doubt earmarked as the top match of gameweek 25 in the Premier League at the start of the season, ther...

WhoScored Tipster: The Top Tips Across Europe this Weekend

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WhoScored Tipster: The Top Tips Across Europe this Weekend Raise your hand those who looked at the Premier League calendar at the beginning of the season and when coming across matchday 25, you backed Manchester City-Leicester in place of Chelsea-Manchester United as a title decider. In that case, you truly deserve the 5000/1 winnings on offer for Leicester...

Player Focus: New Year New Roo Inspiring United in Top-Four Pursuit

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Player Focus: New Year New Roo Inspiring United in Top-Four Pursuit Let’s not beat around the bush here, Wayne Rooney endured a terrible opening half of the season. The England international was sluggish in the final third, with a lackadaisical first touch often breaking down attacks rather than maintaining the pressure on the opposition defence. However, it a...

Player Focus: Was Van Gaal Right to Downplay De Gea Display?

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Player Focus: Was Van Gaal Right to Downplay De Gea Display? At first, it just seemed like Louis van Gaal was being wilfully obtuse – as he so often is. In the press-conference after Manchester United’s win at Liverpool on Sunday he was asked how important David de Gea had been to his side’s win. Essentially it was: one of your players playe...

Match Focus: Will Liverpool Pile More Pressure on Van Gaal's United?

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Match Focus: Will Liverpool Pile More Pressure on Van Gaal's United? There's little doubt as to the showpiece encounter in the Premier League this weekend, with Sunday's early kick-off seeing Liverpool host rivals Manchester United. It's been quite the start to the calendar year at Anfield, with the Reds welcoming the visit of Arsenal on Wednesday in what proved to b...