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FT – CRYSTAL PALACE 0-2 ARSENAL

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RESULT: Crystal Palace 0-2 Arsenal – Gabriel Martinelli, Marc Guehi (og)
Opening match of 2022-23 Premier League season
Kick-off: 20:00

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FULL-TIME

Crystal Palace 0-2 Arsenal

This is a tricky place to come. Arsenal have suffered here before in recent times and they were made to battle again tonight.But Mikel Arteta’s ambitious side start with a win.

90 mins

Crystal Palace 0-2 Arsenal

Normal time is up. Palace are still trying to make something happen, but the fact the Arsenal fans are singing for Patrick Vieira suggests they think this is very much done and dusted.

89 mins

Crystal Palace 0-2 Arsenal

There is only one set of fans singing now.Arsenal have had to defend for long periods this half. They’ve been under pressure and looked to be rocking at moments, but they are going to be taking the three points.A big victory for Mikel Arteta and his men.

88 mins

SUBSTITUTION

Crystal Palace 0-2 Arsenal

Palace respond to the second Gunners goal by sending on Will Hughes and Malcolm Ebiowei for his debut. This game is surely gone, though.Eberechi Eze and Jeffrey Schlupp are off.

GOAL – Crystal Palace 0-2 Arsenal

Marc Guehi own goal

A sucker punch kills it!

Arsenal break and find Bukayo Saka out on the right. His cross takes a huge deflection off the unfortunate Marc Guehi and rifles into the net

82 mins

Crystal Palace 0-1 Arsenal

Palace continue to turn the screw.There are half-hearted calls for a penalty before Wilfried Zaha sets up Jean-Philippe Mateta for a fluffed shot.Soon after, Eberechi Eze goes down on the edge of the box but no foul is given. He did drop under minimum contact from Saka. It is all Palace, though.

80 mins

Crystal Palace 0-1 Arsenal

It really isn’t sticking up top for Arsenal now.Gabriel Jesus is getting very few touches after being much more involved before the break.Ten minutes remain with the Gunners lead a fragile one.

79 mins

Crystal Palace 0-1 Arsenal

Still no sign of an Arsenal change. Could Mohamed Elneny strengthen things up in the middle for the Gunners?

77 mins

SUBSTITUTION

Crystal Palace 0-1 Arsenal

A second Palace change sees Luka Milivojevic replace Cheick Doucoure, who is clearly feeling a niggle. A disappointing end to the Mali international’s debut.

75 mins

Crystal Palace 0-1 Arsenal

Arsenal players are getting some strongly-worded instructions from Mikel Arteta. He needs them to get hold of the ball and keep it higher up the pitch.Palace will get the chances to score at east a leveller here if the momentum continues like it has for much of this half.

72 mins

Crystal Palace 0-1 Arsenal

If Arsenal are to go one better than last year and achieve that Champions League goal then the next 20 minutes will help illustrate how ready they are for the battle.It is never too early to show how deep you can dig.

66 mins

YELLOW CARD

Crystal Palace 0-1 Arsenal

Nathaniel Clyne is the latest man into the book as the ref picks up on a foul from a moment or two ago on Gabriel Martinelli. Solid refereeing from Anthony Taylor.

63 mins

Crystal Palace 0-1 Arsenal

Big chance! Joachim Anderson wins the header from the corner to head the ball towards the six-yard box. William Saliba kicks the ball against Jordan Ayew and the ball flies towards goal before striking Aaron Ramsdale.Sloppy from Arsenal.

56 mins

Crystal Palace 0-1 Arsenal

Saliba has had to bide his time for a chance at Arsenal. Looks the part, though.

54 mins

Crystal Palace 0-1 Arsenal

Save! Palace with another glorious chance, but Aaron Ramsdale does his job once more. Wilfried Zaha’s angled ball puts Eberechi Eze in on goal. he goes low with his shot and the Gunners keeper blocks. Should possibly have gone for a chip.

53 mins

Crystal Palace 0-1 Arsenal

Joachim Anderson has been good for Palace. He heads away the corner to set the home side away on the break…

50 mins

Crystal Palace 0-1 Arsenal

Not sure about this Palace kit. It looks like what I’d get if I asked my young niece to draw their kit from last season.

KICK-OFF

Crystal Palace 0-1 Arsenal

Are Arsenal heading for a winning start or can Palace get their way back into this? Let’s find out shall

HALF-TIME

Crystal Palace 0-1 Arsenal

Decent first 45 minutes of the season.

45 mins

YELLOW CARD

Crystal Palace 0-1 Arsenal

Granit Xhaka gets the season’s first booking. It is for diving.He can’t complain at all, either. He just flopped as he tried to run past Joachim Anderson after pretty much zero contact.Not sure why he feels the need to remonstrate with the ref. Bt embarrassing for you, that mate.

43 mins

Crystal Palace 0-1 Arsenal

You have to be scoring those, especially in a game where you are getting so few chances. He snatched at it, perhaps as a sign of just how precious the home players know these openings are for Palace.

42 mins

Crystal Palace 0-1 Arsenal

Big chance! Palace should be level!The free-kick is swung into the box and met by the head of Joachim Anderson to nod back across goal.The ball goes straight to Odsonne Edouard, who has time and space to glance a header on target but straight at Aaron Ramsdale.

40 mins

Crystal Palace 0-1 Arsenal

Arsenal stand firm. William Saliba gets his head to Eberechi Eze’s delivery to get the ball away from danger.

37 mins

Crystal Palace 0-1 Arsenal

Last-ditch clearance! Joachim Anderson cuts out Ben White’s low cross and then Cheick Doucoure hammers the ball away ahead of Gabriel Jesus.Arsenal continuing to dominate.

33 mins

Crystal Palace 0-1 Arsenal

Take a bow, Bukayo Saka.The Arsenal winger tracks back and gets himself between man and ball as Wilfried Zaha looks to buy a yard to curl in a shot.

29 mins

Crystal Palace 0-1 Arsenal

Sloppy from Arsenal. Aaron Ramsdale boots a clearance straight at Odsonne Edouard to invite Palace forward. They can’t take advantage, though.

27 min

Crystal Palace 0-1 Arsenal

Arsenal win another corner after threatening the Palace box. When Arsenal win the ball back in transition and with the home side committed they are such a danger.

22 mins

Crystal Palace 0-1 Arsenal

To be fair, that had been coming.Palace looked to have sorted themselves out a bit at the back, though, only to get undone by a set-piece routine. Sloppy marking let the home side down.

GOAL – Crystal Palace 0-1 Arsenal

Gabriel Martinelli

Martinelli’s revenge!

15 mins

Crystal Palace 0-0 Arsenal

You’ll probably remember that

12mins

Crystal Palace 0-0 Arsenal

Palace have a colourful and noisy Selhurst Park home crowd behind them as they absorb early pressure from Arsenal.

3 mins

Crystal Palace 0-0 Arsenal

Arsenal’s first little period of pressure almost yields something as a quickly-taken free-kick finds Martin Odegaard but his cute pass into the box is cut out.

1′ Referee kicks start the season has the game goes live between Palace and Arsenal

2023 WOMEN’S FIFA WORLD CUP underway✈️

JayJay Eyibio

The 9th edition of the women’s FIFA world cup is set to kick-off on the 20th of July, 2023 and will run through till the 20th of August, 2023. This will be the first ever women’s world cup to be hosted by two nations; New Zealand and Australia.
This tournament also welcomes the introduction of the expanded format of 32 teams participating in a women’s world cup edition.
The opening game will be played between New Zealand and Norway on the 20th of July at the Eden Park, Auckland.

Eden Park, Auckland will host the opening game of the 2023 world cup tournament.

Haiti, Morocco, Panama, Philippines, Portugal, the Republic of Ireland, Vietnam and Zambia will all be making their first ever appearance in the Women’s FIFA WORLD CUP. With this in mind, Morocco became the first ever Arab nation to qualify for the women’s world cup. 20 other nations which had participated in the 2019 edition made a return in the 2023 edition. Qualified nations include;
Australia (co-hosts)
China
Japan
Philippines (debut)
South Korea
Vietnam (debut)
Morocco (debut)
Nigeria
South Africa
Zambia (debut)
Canada
Costa Rica
Haiti (debut)
Jamaica
Panama (debut)
United States
Argentina
Brazil
Colombia
New Zealand (co-hosts)
Denmark
England
France
Germany
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal (debut)
Republic of Ireland (debut)
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland

Groupings for the 2023 Women’s World Cup.

Five cities and six stadiums had gained approval for use in Australia will four cities and stadium had gained same approval for use in New Zealand.
Eden Park, Auckland will host New Zealand’s opening match, while Stadium Australia, Sydney will host Australia’s opening match (both group stages). Lang Park, Brisbane will host the 3rd place match on 19 August and Stadium Australia, Sydney will host the final which will be held on the 20th of August.

Qatar 2022🇶🇦Preview: 🇶🇦Qatar 🆚 Ecuador 🇪🇨

By Jay Jay Eyibio (Fleks Sports)

The 2022 FIFA World Cup is set to kickoff on Sunday, 20th November, with the host nation, Qatar taking on South American side, Ecuador. This will be the very first clash in group A and will be played at the Al Bayt Stadium.

The Al Bayt Stadium plays host to the first World Cup game in Qatar by 17:00(GMT+1)

The Qatar national team is being coached by Felix Sanchez Bas while the Ecuador national team has Gustavo Alfaro as its head coach.

Felix Sanchez Bas will be leading Qatar in their first ever World Cup appearance.

This will be the very first appearance of Qatar in a World Cup Tournament and fourth for Ecuador. However, this is the first World Cup appearance for Ecuador in eight years as they failed to secure a spot in the Russia 2018 World Cup.

Match Preview

Qatar National Team🇶🇦

Qatar have been drawn against defending African Cup of nations champions, Senegal and world cup finalists, Netherlands in Group A. This seems to be a very huge challenge for the Qatari side ranked 50th in the world. However, Qatar had taken part in four preparatory friendly games since October winning all four games. This games were against Guatemala, Honduras, Panama and Albania. Qatar aims at becoming the first world cup debutants to win their opening match after Senegal defeated defending champions, France, way back in 2002. Qatar would also be very careful so as not to become the second World Cup host not to scale through the group stages(fate that occurred to South Africa in 2010).

Ecuador National Team 🇪🇨
Ecuador survived the threat of expulsion from the world cup tournament after fielding and ineligible player in qualifiers. With all of this, Ecuador makes a return to the FIFA tournament after missing a spot at Russia 2018. Ecuador had previously appeared in the 2002, 2006 and 2014 world cup editions but have only progressed beyond the group stages once.
Ecuador had played six warm up games winning two and drawing four. However, they’ve not conceded any goal in any of these games.

Team News

Qatar🇶🇦
Ahmed Alaaeldin(attacker) is likely to be unfit for this game after picking up an injury in their friendly against Albania.
Ali and Akram Afif are expected to pair up front while the backline expected to be a five-man backline will consist of star players such as Abdelkarim Hassan and Qatari captain, Hassan Al- Haydos.

Ecuador 🇪🇨

Bryon Castillo came off before the break in their final preparatory game making him unfit for this game as he had been left out of the 26-man squad.
Angelo Preciado or Robert Arbodreda are expected to fill the right back slot for the South Americans.

Bryon Castillo had been left out of the South Americans 26-man squad list.

What are your predictions for this game?

Neymar cleared of corruption over Barca transfer

Spanish prosecutors on Friday dropped all fraud and corruption charges against Brazil forward Neymar and others accused over his transfer to Barcelona from Santos in 2013, the public prosecutor told a court. Prosecutors had sought a two-year prison term for Neymar and the payment of a €10 million ($9.95m) fine in the case brought by […]
Neymar cleared of corruption over Barca transfer

The Road to Qatar 2022🇶🇦

By Jay Jay Eyibio

The four year wait for the next edition of the FIFA’s men world cup is almost over as Qater plays host to 32 teams from 5 different confederations in what will be one of the most anticipated events in global history.

The 2022 FIFA world cup will kick off on Sunday, November 20 with the host nation, Qatar take on Ecuador at the Al Bayt Stadium.

The Al Bayt Stadium will host the opening game of the 2022 FIFA world cup.

Defending champions, France, will start off their world cup campaign against the Australian national team on the 22nd of November in a 7pm kickoff game(WAT)

Defending champions, France celebrating their victory in the last edition of the World Cup.

The 32 teams are drawn up into 8 different group with the host nation, Qatar fixed to play against Senegal, Netherlands and Ecuador in Group A. Group B is made up of USA, Wales, England and the Republic of Ireland.
In what may be Lionel Messi’s last World Cup appearance, his team Argentina are drawn up against Saudi Arabia, Mexico and Poland in Group C.
Group D has African side, Tunisia matched up with Denmark, Australia and the defending champions, France.

Lionel Messi will be making his last World Cup appearance in Qatar.

Germany, Japan, Spain and Costa Rica are placed together in Group E while European side Belgium is being place alongside Canada, Croatia and Morocco in Group F.
Group G seems to be a very tough group as Uruguay, Korea Republic, Portugal and Ghana are drawn together.
Brazil, Serbia, Cameroon and Switzerland makes up the Group G.

World Cup Fixtures◼️
Group Stages🏳️

20th November, 2022
🇶🇦 Qatar 🆚 Ecuador🇪🇨 (A)

21st November, 2022
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England 🆚 Iran🇮🇷 (13:00)(B)
🇸🇳 Senegal 🆚 Netherlands🇳🇱 (16:00)(A)
🇺🇸 USA 🆚 Wales🇽🇼 (19:00)(B)

22nd November, 2022
🇦🇷 Argentina 🆚 Saudi Arabia🇸🇦 (10:00)(C)
🇩🇰 Denmark 🆚 Tunisia🇹🇳 (13:00)(D)
🇲🇽 Mexico 🆚 Poland🇵🇱 (16:00)(C)
🇫🇷 France 🆚 Australia 🇦🇺 (19:00)(D)

23rd November, 2022
🇲🇦 Morocco 🆚 Croatia 🇭🇷 (10:00)(F)
🇩🇪 Germany 🆚 Japan🇯🇵 (13:00)(E)
🇪🇸 Spain 🆚 Costa Rica🇨🇷 (16:00)(E)
🇧🇪 Belgium 🆚 Canada 🇨🇦 (19:00)(F)

24th November, 2022
🇨🇭 Switzerland 🆚 Cameroon 🇨🇲 (10:00)(G)
🇺🇾 Uruguay 🆚 Korea Republic 🇰🇷 (13:00)(H)
🇵🇹 Portugal 🆚 Ghana (16:00)(H)
🇧🇷 Brazil 🆚 Serbia🇷🇸(19:00)(G)

25th November, 2022
🇽🇼 Wales 🆚 Iran 🇮🇷 (10:00)
🇶🇦Qatar 🆚 Senegal🇸🇳 (13:00)
🇳🇱Netherlands 🆚 Ecuador 🇪🇨 (16:00)
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England 🆚 USA 🇺🇸 (19:00)

26th November, 2022
🇹🇳 Tunisia 🆚 Australia 🇦🇺 (10:00)
🇵🇱 Poland 🆚 Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 (13:00)
🇫🇷 France 🆚 Denmark 🇩🇰 (16:00)
🇦🇷 Argentina 🆚 Mexico 🇲🇽 (19:00)

27th November, 2022
🇯🇵 Japan 🆚 Costa Rica 🇨🇷 (13:00)
🇧🇪 Belgium 🆚 Morocco🇲🇦 (16:00)
🇭🇷 Croatia 🆚 Canada🇨🇦 (19:00)

28th November, 2022
🇨🇲 Cameroon 🆚 Serbia 🇷🇸 (13:00)
🇰🇷 Korea 🆚 Ghana🇬🇭 (16:00)
🇧🇷 Brazil 🆚 Switzerland🇨🇭 (19:00)

29th November, 2022
🇪🇨 Ecuador 🆚 Senegal 🇸🇳 (15:00)
🇳🇱 Netherlands 🆚 Qatar🇶🇦 (15:00)
🇮🇷 Iran 🆚 USA🇺🇸 (19:00)
🇽🇼 Wales 🆚 England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (19:00)

30th November, 2022
🇦🇺 Australia 🆚 Denmark🇩🇰 (15:00)
🇹🇳 Tunisia 🆚 France 🇫🇷 (15:00)
🇵🇱 Poland 🆚 Argentina 🇦🇷 (19:00)
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 🆚 Mexico🇲🇽 (19:00)

1st December, 2022
🇨🇦 Canada 🆚 Morocco🇲🇦 (15:00)
🇭🇷 Croatia 🆚 Belgium🇧🇪 (15:00)
🇨🇷 Costa Rica 🆚 Germany🇩🇪 (19:00)
🇯🇵 Japan 🆚 Spain🇪🇸 (19:00)

2nd December, 2022
🇬🇭 Ghana 🆚 Uruguay🇺🇾 (15:00)
🇰🇷 Korea 🆚 Portugal🇵🇹 (15:00)
🇨🇲 Cameroon 🆚 Brazil🇧🇷 (19:00)
🇷🇸 Serbia 🆚 Switzerland🇨🇭 (19:00)

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MATCH PREVIEW: ARSENAL 🆚 FULHAM🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Arsenal look forward to maintaining a 100% winning record this season.

By Jay Eyibio

The Gunners look forward to extending their winning streak this season as the host the Cottagers at the Emirates stadium in what will be last game in Saturday’s EPL fixtures.
Arsenal is the only English team this season that could boast of a 100% win at this stage of the 2022/2023 EPL season.
They are presently seated on top of the table with 9 points from three games.
Fulham have also been unbeaten so far this season, recording two consecutive draws against Liverpool and Wolverhampton Wanderers before getting an emphatic win over Brentford last weekend.
Fulham are currently 7th on the Premier League table.

Preview

The Gunners have started the 2022/2023 season in great form majorly as a result of Jesus in the final third. Arsenal have recorded wins over Crystal Palace, Leicester City and most recently over Bournemouth.
Arsenal still have two more home fixtures against Fulham and Aston Villa before travelling to the Old Trafford to take on Manchester United.

Meanwhile, Fulham have been unable to secure consecutive Premier League seasons since 2014, dropping off into the Championship following their last two promotions to the top flight.
The Cottagers, however, have started off this season in great style, picking up five points out of a possible nine, placing them in seventh position.
Mitrovic’s 90th minute goal ensured that Fulham get their first straight win over Brentford at the Craven Cottage.
However, Fulham fell 2-0 behind Crawley Town in the EFL cup on Tuesday night, this exiting the competition.

Both teams last met in April 2021 in a game that ended in a 1-all draw. However, the Cottagers have not beaten their London rivals since January, 2012.

Team News

Arsenal

Arsenal will again be without the services of Reis Nelson but this is never an issue for the Gunners.
Saka, Odegaard and Martinelli all team up to support Gabriel Jesus in the final third as Thomas Partey and Granit Xhaka feature in the midfield.

Jesus remains a boost to the Gunners. He starts in the final third for the Gunners.

Fulham

Fulham will also be without the services of Wison and Solomon. Kebano will also be unavailable due to a groin issue.
Mitrovic will be up-front together with the support of Andreas Pereira, Decordova-Reid and Jay Stanofield. Harrison Reed and Paulhinha set to start in the central midfield.

Arsenal possible starting lineup:
Ramsdale; White, Saliba, Gabriel, Zinchenko; Thomas, Xhaka; Saka, Odegaard, Martinelli; Gabriel Jesus

Fulham possible starting lineup:
Leno; Tete, Adarabioyo, Ream, Robinson; Reed, Palhinha; Stansfield, Pereira, Cordova-Reid; Mitrovic

MATCH PREVIEW: SOUTHAMPTON VS MANCHESTER UNITED 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿Southampton welcomes Manchester United to the Saint Mary’s Stadium in the early kickoff of MatchDay 4 in the EPL; Ronaldo likely to remain as a substitute; New signing, Casemiro, set to feature.

By Jay Eyibio

After an exciting triumph over Liverpool in their last Premier League game, Manchester United are set to face Southampton in a game away from the Old Trafford.
United’s victory over Liverpool last Monday had seen them move five places up from an initial 19th spot to the 14th spot on the EPL table.
Southampton, on the other hand, picked up maximum three points in their last game against Leicester City.
The saints are presently seated on the 11th spot on the EPL table.

Preview

Southampton go into this game with a bit of confidence as they had humbled a struggling Leicester City side last weekend. Recall that Maddison had put the Foxes in the lead in the 54th minute. Che Adams came off the bench and scored twice to ensure that Southampton secured all three points.
Also on Tuesday, Southampton defeated Cambridge United by 3 goals to nil to progress to the third round of the EFL cup.

Manchester United will be looking forward to getting a second Premier League win this season. Goals from Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford ensured the win for United against Liverpool at the Old Trafford. With the arrival of the club’s new signing, Casemiro, who’s likely to debut in the game against the Saints, there seems to be some boost in the United’s camp.
Southampton have not won United since January 2016 with their last home win against the Red Devils coming in April 2003. However, the last time both teams met, the game ended in a 1-all draw.

Team News

Southampton

There seems to be an exciting news for Hasenhutti’s camp on the return of Romain Perraud to training. He’s most likely to start on the bench.
However, the team sis not expected to be different from that which started in the game against Leicester City. Lavia, Moussa Djenepo, Joe Aribo and Mohammed Salisu will be back in the starting XI following the EFL cup clash with Cambridge United on Tuesday.

Perraud is back in training for the Saints.

Manchester United

The trio of Harry Maguire, Ronaldo and Luke Shaw are likely to remain as substitutes.
New signing, Casemiro is likely to debut and this could be at the detriment of Scott McTominay.
Anthony Martial might replace Anthony Elanga with Varane and Malacia retaining their spots in the XI

Southampton possible starting lineup:
Bazunu; Walker-Peters, Bella-Kotchap, Salisu, Djenepo; Ward-Prowse, Lavia; Aribo, Elyounoussi, A Armstrong; Adams

Manchester United possible starting lineup:
De Gea; Dalot, Varane, L Martinez, Malacia; Fernandes, Casemiro, Eriksen; Sancho, Rashford, Elanga

Premier League: Build-up to four matches after Spurs beat Wolves

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TOTTENHAM

1-0

WOLVES

MATCH DETAILS

FT: Tottenham 1-0 Wolves – Kane heads opener from corner
Crystal Palace v Aston Villa, Fulham v Brentford, Leicester v Southampton (15:00 BST)
Everton v Nottingham Forest
Bournemouth v Arsenal (17:30 BST)

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reporting… Sports Oracle

FULL-TIME

Tottenham 1-0 Wolves

Time is up!Spurs go top of the Premier League. They had to graft for this win, but Harry Kane’s close-range header means they move to seven points from three games as Wolves stay on just one.

67 mins

Tottenham 1-0 Wolves

What’s going on now?Ruben Neves is down and both sets of players are shoving and pushing. It looks like Harry Kane and Neves have been swapping off-the-ball trips and shoves. Nathan Collins then shoves Kane and prompts the aggro.

That goal sees Harry Kane reach 185 in the Premier League and moves him above Sergio Aguero (184) on the all-time top scorers list.

64 mins

GOAL – Tottenham 1-0 Wolves

Harry Kane

The pressure tells!

Tottenham win another corner that is flicked on at the near post by Ivan Perisic and loops perfectly for Harry Kane, who is practically on the goalline and nods home.The forward is now the Premier League’s highest goalscorer for a single club.

HALF-TIME

Tottenham 0-0 Wolves

A frustrating half for both teams.Spurs were contained and managed superbly by Wolves. They barely got a sniff.Wolves will be much the happier of the two, but will be wondering if they perhaps should have taken advantage at some point.

KICK-OFF

Tottenham 0-0 Wolves

Tottenham have an early chance to take top spot in the Premier League.Wolves have some new faces and are looking for their first win of the campaign.We are under way…

Team news

Tottenham v Wolves (12:30 BST)

Tottenham boss Antonio Conte makes two changes to the team that started the 2-2 draw against Chelsea last weekend.Davinson Sanchez comes in to replace Cristian Romero, who is out with a muscle injury while Ivan Perisic starts in place of Ryan Sessegnon who drops to the bench.

Tottenham XI: Lloris, Sanchez, Dier, Davies, Emerson, Bentancur, Hojbjerg, Perisic, Kulusevski, Son, Kane.

Subs: Forster, Doherty, Richarlison, Gil, Sessegnon,Tanganga, Moura, Lenglet Bissouma

Wolves make three changes to the side that started the 0-0 draw against Fulham. Manager Bruno Lage gives a debut to record signing Matheus Nunes following his move from Sporting Lisbon, while Joao Moutinho and Goncalo Guedes both make their first starts of the season.Hwang Hee-Chan and Leander Dendoncker both drop to the bench, while Morgan Gibbs-White has departed for Nottingham Forest.

Wolves XI: Sa, Jonny, Collins, Kilman, Ait Nouri, Nunes, Neves, Moutinho Podence, Guedes, Neto.

Subs: Sarkic, Jimenez, Hwang, Boly, Semedo, Toti, Dendoncker, Traore, Cundle

Match Preview: Leicester City 🆚 Southampton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

By Jay Eyibio

Leicester City play host to Southampton at the King Power stadium. Leicester City are winless in their first two Premier League season and will be looking forward to getting their first win against Southampton.
Leicester City are sitting on 15th on the Premier League table with Southampton, just two spots below them.

Leicester City’s home ground hosts the game between LCFC and Southampton by 15:00 GMT+1

Preview

With the possible departures of Wesley Fofana, Tielemans and Jamie Vardy, it has become eminent for Rodgers to make new signings but this shouldn’t be a priority over getting the Leicester City team to get a first win since the resumption of the 2022/2023 Premier League season.
Leicester City have scored twice in each of their games against Brentford and Arsenal but have only garnered one point from the two games. Leicester City will face Chelsea and Manchester United consecutively after their game with Southampton, hence the need to get a win over Southampton.

On the other hand, the Southampton side had shown a great come back last weekend when they bounced back from an initial 2-0 down time against Leeds United courtesy of goals from Joe Aribo and Kyle Walker-Peters in the final 18 minutes.
However, Southampton have to put in a great deal of work in their leaking defence.

Southampton have remained winless in their last four games against the Foxes, with their last win coming in January, 2020.

Team News

Leicester City
Fofana will likely retain his spot in the backline. Soyancu may replace Daniel Amartey with Kelechi Iheanacho likely to get a spot in the final third.

Amidst transfer rush, Fofana is likely to start in the backline for the Foxes.

Southampton

There are chances of having changes in the final third as Aribo, Mara and Adam Armstrong all have cases to be recalled.

Leicester City possible starting lineup:
Ward; Fofana, Evans, Soyuncu; Castagne, Tielemans, Ndidi, Justin; Maddison, Iheanacho; Vardy

Southampton possible starting lineup:
Bazunu; Bella-Kotchap, Bednarek, Salisu; Walker-Peters, Ward-Prowse, Lavia, Djenepo; Armstrong, Aribo; Adams

Match Preview: Tottenham Hotspurs 🆚 Wolverhampton Wanderers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

By Jay Eyibio

MatchDay 3 of the English Premier League resumes with an anticipated clash between Tottenham Hotspurs and Wolverhampton Wanderers at the Tottenham Hotspurs Stadium.
Spurs are looking forward to maintaining their unbeaten run since the start of the new Premier League season.
Wolves are presently 14th on the premier league table with Spurs sitting in 4th place.
Wolves have failed to defeat either Leeds United or Fulham in their first two games.

Tottenham Hotspurs Stadium will host the game between Tottenham Hotspurs and Wolverhampton Wanderers by 12:30pm GMT+1

Preview

Recall that Spurs in their last game against Chelsea had survived a defeat courtesy of Kane’s late equalizer which ensured that both teams shared the spoils at the Stamford Bridge. Antonio Conte, although he’ll be out of tomorrow’s clash, will definitely be looking forward to his side securing all three points, in a bid to close up on present Premier League defending Champs, Manchester City who they’re presently trailing behind. Spurs however will be meeting Manchester City on the 10th of September at the Etihad stadium.

Meanwhile, Lage’s side, Wolves, are on pressure to get their first win in the 2022/2023 Premier League season after securing just one point from two games.

Team News

Tottenham Hotspurs
Host, Spurs will be without the services of Cristian Romero due to a muscle injury and he’s likely going to be replaced by either of Clement Langlet, Davinson Sanchez or Japhet Tanganga. This is likely the only anticipated change in the Spurs squad.

Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Guedes will likely start this game alongside Morgan Gibbs-white while Semedo, Moutinho and Adama Troare are likely to be left in the reserve after their recent injuries.
New signing, Nunes will start amongst the replacements having had just two days to train with his new Wolves teammates.

Tottenham Hotspur possible starting lineup:
Lloris; Sanchez, Dier, Davies; Emerson, Hojbjerg, Bentancur, Sessegnon; Kulusevski, Kane, Son

Wolverhampton Wanderers possible starting lineup:
Sa; Jonny, Collins, Kilman, Ait-Nouri; Dendoncker, Neves; Guedes, Podence, Neto; Hwang

Son makes the Ballon D’or 30-man shortlist as Messi and Neymar miss out🎌

By Unenikpe Eyibio

Present Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi has missed out on the 30-man shortlist for this year’s award following a disappointing debut campaign with PSG. His teammate, Neymar, couldn’t make the shortlist too as long time rival, Cristiano Ronaldo is included in the 30-man shortlist.

PSG stars miss out of Ballon D’or shortlist.

Karim Benzema, who happens to be the favorite to get the Ballon d’Or following an amazing Champions League outing, made the list alongside premier league stars such as Kevin de Bruyne, Son as well Salah. However, Sadio Mane, who currently plays for Bundesliga champions, made the 30 man shortlist.

Karim Benzema remains top favorite to pick up the Ballon D’or.

BALLON D’OR NOMINEES

Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid)

Rafael Leao (AC Milan)

Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig)

Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)

Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich)

Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)

Vinicius Jnr (Real Madrid)

Bernardo Silva (Manchester City)

Luis Diaz (Liverpool)

Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona)

Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City)

Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)

Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid)

Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)

Luka Modric (Real Madrid)

Erling Haaland (Manchester City)

Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus)

Joao Cancelo (Manchester City)

Kylian Mbappe (PSG)

Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)

Casemiro (Real Madrid)

Son Heung-min (Tottenham)

Fabinho (Liverpool)

Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)

Mike Maignan (AC Milan)

Harry Kane (Tottenham)

Darwin Nunez (Liverpool)

Phil Foden (Manchester City)

Sadio Mane (Bayern Munich)

Sebastian Haller (Borussia Dortmund)

Let me know who you think deserves to get this Ballon D’or in the comment section.