Premier League

Silva Opens Hull Premier League Career With Bournemouth Win

... via AP). (Photo: The Associated Press). HULL, England (AP) — Abel Hernandez scored twice as Hull beat Bournemouth 3-1 to register its first English Premier League win on Saturday since Nov. 6, when the striker also last started a game for the relegation-threatened side. It gave Marco Silva, the former Olympiakos and Sporting Lisbon coach, a winning start to his career as a Premier League manager. After Junior Stanislas' early penalty put Bournemouth in front, Hull hit back with Hernandez scoring twice either side of Tyrone Mings' own goal to take Hull off the bottom of the standings. A groin injury has kept Hernandez out of action as Hull has scrapped in the relegation zone, but the Uruguay forward recovered to make two substitute appearances in cup competitions over the last week. Hull made a wretched start against ...

Chelsea Must Swap Michy Batshuayi For This Premier League Striker

... League match this season. Kerry Dixon wants Chelsea to sign Fernando Llorente. Batshuayi has been linked with a loan move away from Stamford Bridge to gain some first team football and Dixon believes Conte's experience of working with Llorente will work on his favour for the remainder of the season. "It makes sense to me," Dixon told Goal. "Batshuayi was bought by Chelsea with a pretty hefty price tag and for a striker of that ilk, you would expect a certain amount of games which, due to the form of Diego Costa, he hasn't been able to achieve that. Chelsea fans discuss Batshuayi's future amid Costa's bust-up with Conte. Fri, January 13, 2017. Chelsea FC via Getty Images. 1 of 10. Chelsea fans discuss Michy Batshuayi's future amid Diego Costa's bust-up with manager Antonio Conte. "I fully understand - ...

The Things You Might Have Missed

... through his own goal. Goals: Hernandez (32', 50'), Mings (62' og) - Stanislav (3', pen). Sunderland 1-3 Stoke. Opta Fact. Only Alan Shearer (23) has scored more Premier League goals in January than Jermain Defoe (21, level with Frank Lampard). Jermain Defoe's consolation goal was of little value to the Black Cats whose miserable home performance saw the Sunderland fans streaming out of the stadium before half-time. The dispirited local crowds had witnessed a 35-minute trouncing as Austrian forward Marko Arnautovic smacked home his first goal in 12 games to give Stoke the lead before adding to his tally seven minutes later. Peter Crouch remains one goal away from 100 Premier League goals after he netted soon after. Goals: Defoe (40') - Arnautovic (15', 22'), Crouch (34'). Swansea City 0-4 Arsenal. Opta Fact. The Gunners have scored four or more goals in four away Premier League games this season, their most in a single campaign since 2002-03. Olivier Giroud made it five goals in five games as the Frenchman once again got on the scoresheet for the Gunners. The Arsenal spearhead has now made it 11 goals in his last nine starts this ...

Premier League Mid-season Review

... winning streak, which only recently ended in a 2-0 defeat to Tottenham Hotspurs. Swift departure. Down at the wrong end of the table, the battle for survival has been fought tooth and nail with many sides still in danger of relegation at the halfway mark. The bottom three have not changed since week nine of the season, with Hull City, Swansea City and Sunderland occupying the unenviable Premier League positions. The Tigers kicked off in fine style with back-to-back wins in August but have since only claimed one victory. Swansea appointed American coach Bob Bradley in an effort to inject the team with new vigour, but the move hasn’t paid off as yet, with the Swans in 19 th position with four wins from 20 games resulting in Bradley’s swift departure from the club. Meanwhile, Sunderland have recovered somewhat after their horrific start to the ...

Premier League Intensity May Have Surprised Pep Guardiola

... last June, added: "Maybe the way he likes to play, against the physical intensity of the Premier League, is more difficult.". Pep Guardiola and Ronald Koeman played together at Barcelona. City head into this contest having thrashed West Ham 5-0 in FA Cup third round last time out. Everton, in contrast, were dumped out of the competition as they suffered a 2-1 home defeat to Leicester. Former Ajax and Valencia boss Koeman - who said after October's draw that City were the best team he had ever faced as a manager - is glad for the chance to bounce back in such a high-profile game. "We know we had a really big disappointment last week," the Dutchman said. "Now we have an opportunity after that defeat. "We know we need to be very good. They had a great performance last week against West Ham. But if we go ...

Fantasy Premier League Gameweek 21 Advice, Picks

... has posted the 10 th best points per match, including a massive 18 points in the 1-0 away win against Crystal Palace in Gameweek 8. Wilfried Zaha (AFCON), Jason Puncheon (fatigue) and Christian Benteke (shoulder) are all unlikely to play, increasing Reid's chance of another clean sheet. Plan B: George Friend (d; at Watford); Maya Yoshida (d; at Burnley); Marcos Alonso* (at Leicester); Charlie Daniels (d; at Hull). Boro's Friend and Saints' Yoshida are both risky plays with massive upside. The risk is largely rooted in the unknown status of their playing time. Friend, who missed several matches with injury, has been competing with Fabio for playing time in Boro's back line. Yoshida deputizes for Southampton's captain, Fonte, and may become the regular starter if a rumored transfer to Manchester United materializes. Both have good fantasy match-ups and are quality ...

The Best Stats And Facts From Saturday's Premier League Action

... from home in the Premier League this season, at least five more than any other side (Liverpool and Manchester City 22). Indeed, the Gunners have scored four or more goals in four away Premier League games this season, their most in a single campaign since 2002-03. Olivier Giroud has scored in each of his last nine starts in all competitions for the Gunners, netting 11 goals in total. Giroud scored his 92 nd goal for Arsenal in all comps, and only his ninth with his right foot (55 left foot, 28 headed). Swansea 0-4 Arsenal. Swansea City became the first team to score two own goals in a Premier League match since QPR against Liverpool in October 2014. This was also the first time Arsenal benefited from two own goals for the first time since September 2012 (vs Southampton). Alexis Sanchez has been involved in more goals than any other Premier League player this season (21 - 14 goals, seven assists). The Swans have conceded four-plus goals in three of their last five Premier League home games. They’d only conceded four or more in three of their previous ...

Live Leicester City

... has moved position from his regular position, occupied today by Willian on the left. Plenty of threat, still, for Chelsea. SAVE! Moussa making good progress into the box and Courtouis beats away his shot on the angle. More news on Diego Costa's absence. Hazard taking his role through the middle. 1 st Half. KICK-OFF! Andre Marriner blows the whistle to get us underway here after a minute’s applause for Graham Taylor at the King Power Stadium. Leicester setting up 3-5-2, Chelsea with their effective 3-4-3 with Hazard flanked by Willian and Pedro. FIVE MINUTES TO KICK-OFF: The players are in the tunnel and making their way out onto the pitch. No Diego Costa for Chelsea but they still look a handful for the champions who are still searching for their form of last season. TEN MINUTES TO KICK-OFF: Leicester have won just one of the last nine league meetings (D 1, L 7). That was in the corresponding fixture last season, which proved to be Jose Mourinho's last in charge of Chelsea - he was sacked three days later. So, which one of these Italian ...

Joey Barton Marks Premier League Return With Burnley Winner

... and Defour’s 25-yard free-kick represented Burnley’s first shot on target, Fraser Forster covering to make a simple save. What passed for the “action” returned to the other end with Hojberg having a goal bound shot deflected behind for a corner by another block from Mee. But Burnley were beginning to wear a more committed look and good, tenacious work from Hendrick won them the ball and played in Defour whose low shot was well smothered by the Southampton goalkeeper. Barton struck a low free-kick that caught out Southampton (Getty). The added urgency had also created slightly more space for the two teams to try and exploit and a Soares cross was met by Long whose header was strong but inaccurate, nestling into the side-netting. And as the home side re-adjusted following a double substitution ...

Lawro's Premier League Predictions V Ufc Star Michael Bisping

... fan - and unsurprisingly backs them to beat old foes Liverpool. Media playback is not supported on this device. UFC's Michael Bisping's Premier League predictions. You can make your Premier League predictions now, compare them with those of Lawro and other fans, and try to take your team to the top of the leaderboard by playing the BBC Sport Predictor game. Premier League predictions - week 21. West Ham v Crystal Palace. A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth 10 points. The exact score earns 40 points. On FA Cup third-round weekend, Lawro got nine correct results, including three perfect scores from the 32 ties for a total of 180 points. He was up against a trio of You Tubers - Manchester City fan Alex from Blue Moon Rising TV, Tottenham supporter Barnaby from Spurred On and Arsenal fan Reev. Alex came out on top, with 14 correct predictions, including three perfect scores. FA Cup leaderboard after round three. Correct result. Those scores do not count towards Lawro's total for the ...