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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: WhoScored vs The Heavyweight - Capital One Cup Final Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: WhoScored vs The Heavyweight - Capital One Cup Final Tips In a new weekly fixture in partnership with Bookmaker Ratings, WhoScored.com will be going head-to-head with a member of the BR team, exchanging betting tips rather than body blows. For each prediction that comes in, a point will be awarded with the winner being the team (WhoScored or Bookmaker Rati...

Player Focus: Stones Must Learn From Mistakes to Salvage His Season

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Player Focus: Stones Must Learn From Mistakes to Salvage His Season In a season of inconsistency in the Premier League that has led to such an open title race it’s perhaps Everton that best epitomise the unpredictablility of England’s top-flight. The fact, however, that the Toffees have become so predictably unpredictable has ensured Roberto Martinez&rsq...

WhoScored Tipster: The Top Tips in This Week's Champions League Action

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WhoScored Tipster: The Top Tips in This Week's Champions League Action Now back in full swing, bet365 are celebrating the return of the Champions League with another great offer for both new and existing customers. With Arsenal hosting Barcelona once again in the knockout stages they are giving anyone who places a pre-match bet of up to £50 a risk-free in-play be...

Weekend Preview: A Look Ahead to the Biggest Clashes in Europe this Weekend

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Weekend Preview: A Look Ahead to the Biggest Clashes in Europe this Weekend The Premier League may be out of action due to the FA Cup this weekend but the rest of Europe’s top leagues resume as normal and there are a number of matches that serve up plenty of intrigue.La LigaThe real showpiece event in Spain this weekend sees Atletico Madrid host Villarreal in Sunday&r...

League Focus: Scorers of the Premier League's Most Valuable Goals

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League Focus: Scorers of the Premier League's Most Valuable Goals When Jamie Vardy and Harry Kane opened the scoring for their respective sides from the spot last weekend, the goals looked likely to prove decisive in the title race. It came to pass that Vardy's penalty would count for nothing as Arsenal came from behind to snatch all three points but while it was ...

WhoScored Tipster: The Smart Money on this Week's Champions League Action

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WhoScored Tipster: The Smart Money on this Week's Champions League Action The Champions League is back and bet365 are celebrating its return by offering new and existing customers a £50 risk-free in-play bet for this week's big match between PSG and Chelsea if you place a bet of the same value on the match before kick-off.The promotion certainly adds extra intri...

Team Focus: Tenable Palace Plight Typical of Pardew Profile

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Team Focus: Tenable Palace Plight Typical of Pardew Profile Christmas Day 2015 was one to celebrate with extra cheer for Crystal Palace fans. With 29 points after 17 league matches of the season the Eagles sat sixth but importantly they were level with both Tottenham and Manchester United in the race for a Champions League finish.At the time the manager was ...

Team Focus: Has Klopp Failed to Have the Desired Effect at Liverpool?

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Team Focus: Has Klopp Failed to Have the Desired Effect at Liverpool? The hysteria surrounding Liverpool upon the appointment of Jurgen Klopp in October was understandable. Here was a manager revered in the game not only for his man management skills but his ability to come up trumps tactically in big matches. On both counts the German has been success at Anfield thus...

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...