A win on Saturday would help improve said picture but on current form, doesn't look the most likely. Indeed, Hartlepool bring very little momentum with them into the clash and having won just 2 of their last 8 league matches, they are under considerable pressure from supporters prior to kick off. Hope Powell was the England manager and she worked miracles to get the women’s game to where it was,\" she told BBC show Football Focus. We didn’t qualify for major tournaments, she took us to the World Cup quarter-final, a Euro semi-final. Mark Sampson came in and he moved the team forward again. We closed the gap, we were competing against teams like America, and my worry with the team now is, we had a honeymoon period where Phil’s coming in and he’s saying, ‘We have to change the style of play, we want to play out from the back’, but now it’s not working and we’re not getting the results. Like an unsuspecting tyrant, Birmingham were almost toppled by their close (in terms of proximity) allies last week in what could be described as an FA Cup coup. It would have been strange to lose an away match at home. They passed that test and don't have to wrestle with the paradoxical headache of such a defeat. Now, a true home win will occur. Back Birmingham. Posted at 90' Reece Burke (Hull City) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Posted at 90' Foul by Britt Assombalonga (Middlesbrough). Posted at 90' Attempt missed. Tom Eaves (Hull City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Kevin Stewart. Posted at 89' Attempt blocked. Kevin Stewart (Hull City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. AT LEAST IF I WAS HIM I WOULD. Video - Chelsea v Serie A giants for Verona star - Euro Papers01:45 Speaking after the 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge, Solskjaer refused to be drawn into commenting on the situation. I don't have to comment about Mino Raiola through the media, I can talk to him myself,\" he told BBC Sport. An England starting berth, even with stiff competition, must be his if he can continue this form in the second half of the season. Aaron Wan-BissakaGetty Images PLAYER RATINGS Manchester United: De Gea 6, Wan Bissaka 8*, Maguire 6, Lindelof 6, Shaw 6, McTominay 5, Fred 7, Pereira 7, Greenwood 7, Martial 8, Rashford 7. It was just, well, a bit too much. Brazil honoured their injured striker Neymar before the match beganGermany, a very talented Germany, were impassive, controlled. Brazil looked out of control even before kick-off. And then the nightmare unfolded. Germany did not look like scoring every time they attacked. They actually did score every time they attacked. Brazil were 5-0 down after only 29 minutes and the outpouring of raw emotion from this nation, with football as one of its shining symbol, is another everlasting memory. Ferguson had made peace with the result and was thinking about what he would say to the press. I was already composing myself,” he said, “to take defeat with dignity. The press had already had their say about him. Most panned him for taking one gamble too many on the biggest night of his life by moving Giggs and Beckham from their natural positions. BBC Sport understands that sports have accepted that the return to competition is going to be a \"long, detailed process\" and the discussions in Friday's conference were largely based on the resumption of training. F1 representatives also discussed the prospects for the British Grand Prix. View more on twitter'No decisions taken' at Premier League meetingThe Premier League said in a statement it would \"only return to training and playing with government guidance\". the Luton Town fc team and the Cardiff city fc team, go head to head in England Championship League. The Luton town fc team is in 24th position with collecting 24 points. While guest team the Cardiff City fc team came in 12th place by collecting 43 points. In the last 5 times the Luton town fc team played at home, 1 of them ended in a draw. While the Cardiff City fc team played at away in the last 5 previous matches, 2 of them ended in a draw. Mateo Kovacic's snatch shot for the visitors after 52 minutes narrowed the difference to 2-1 for a while but a revived Everton side were never going to be denied in front of a raucous crowd who responded to Ferguson with an electric atmosphere. Everton have provisionally moved up to 14th place with 17 points, two points above the drop zone, while Frank Lampard's Chelsea remain fourth on 29 points from 16 games. Torpedo zhodino fc which shocks the fans of Shakhtyor Soligorsk after beat them in front of their fans by scoring only once and they took entire three points so this tonight they are going to host Belshina which suffered three goals to nil loss to Minsk at their home ground. The club added that \"specialists have advised surgery after further review of the injury. The decision to undergo surgery is not expected to impact the timeframe that the England captain will be sidelined, with the expectation that he will return to training in April. The news is a huge blow for Spurs' top four hopes and leaves them with just Son Heung-min, Erik Lamela and Lucas Moura as forward options. All three Manchester United goalscorers were academy products, and it was the first time United had two teenagers score in a Premier League match since October 2005, giving Solskjaer further cause to be optimistic. The way they’ve turned it round, it changes so much in players’ heads, in young players’ heads,\" the Norwegian added. The Hampshire duo, who occupy the top two spots in Women's National League Division One South West, have one of the most peculiar situations of any local rivals in the country, and they were actually joined by a third club from the city - 'Southampton Saints Girls & Ladies FC' - until the Saints' 40-year history halted as they folded amid financial difficulties in 2019. All of Sunday's Women's FA Cup fixturesRead more: Mystery of missing trophy from first finalBut it is the Romsey-based Southampton Women's FC whose formative years brought remarkable success despite the difficulties that followed the ban on females playing the game enforced by the Football Association. We feel that Leipzig are very likely to score plenty of goals in Saturday's fixture. They have been in impressive goalscoring form in recent weeks. They have scored over 2.5 goals in four of their last six competitive games, only failing to do so in two Champions League games. There was early use of the review when Bournemouth had a Josh King effort in the 22th minute chalked off after VAR ruled that the ball had struck Philip Billing's arm in the approach. Burnley grabbed the lead in the 53rd minute with Czech striker Vydra claiming his second goal in as many games with a cool finish after being slipped through by McNeil. The latest side to travel to Whaddon Road in the hope of taking home three points is a Plymouth Argyle side who have had a fairly topsy turvy first half of the game. The visitors started the season in excellent shape but suffered a dip in form and they come into the Boxing Day fixture outside of the play-off places in ninth position. Best Premier League game ever? Where do you even start?!That is the huge task facing our pundits on the latest edition of the Match of The Day: Top 10 podcast. As you might imagine, there is a sprinkling of Arsenal within Ian Wright's list, while Alan Shearer has opted for a couple of famous Newcastle results. They did manage to agree on six of the games (including the top two), but so difficult was it for the team to come to a consensus they've slightly tweaked the rules this week, Gary Lineker allowing Alan and Ian 10 selections each. Espanyol vs Osasuna predictions for Sunday afternoon’s La Liga encounter at RCDE Stadium. After claiming their first home point of the season against Getafe last week, can Espanyol go a step further when they take on Osasuna at RCDE Stadium on Matchday 15? Read on for all our free La Liga predictions and betting tips.

	Team	Events	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goal difference	Points
1	Manchester City	22	18	2	2	41	56
2	Chelsea	22	12	7	3	28	43
3	Liverpool	20	12	6	2	34	42
4	West Ham United	21	11	4	6	12	37
5	Arsenal	20	11	2	7	8	35
6	Tottenham Hotspur	18	10	3	5	3	33
7	Manchester United	19	9	4	6	3	31
8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	9	4	7	2	31
9	Brighton & Hove Albion	20	6	10	4	0	28
10	Leicester City	18	7	4	7	-2	25
11	Crystal Palace	21	5	9	7	-1	24
12	Southampton	21	5	9	7	-8	24
13	Brentford	20	6	5	9	-6	23
14	Aston Villa	19	7	1	11	-5	22
15	Everton	19	5	4	10	-10	19
16	Leeds United	19	4	7	8	-16	19
17	Watford	19	4	2	13	-14	14
18	Norwich City	21	3	4	14	-35	13
19	Newcastle United	20	1	9	10	-23	12
20	Burnley	17	1	8	8	-11	11