Napoli have a largely full strength squad to choose from ahead of the clash in Naples – and most importantly, the ‘Big Three’ of Marek Hamsik, Edinson Cavani and Ezequiel Lavezzi are all expected to start.
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Napoli – Chelsea Preview: The Blues look to end a run of one win in six against the Serie A side
Groningen have recorded a 3-0 victory over PSV in Sunday afternoon’s Eredivisie encounter at the Euroborg. Hyun-Jun Suk gifted the hosts the lead in the first half with a good finish from a narrow angle, before Leandro Bacuna made it two after the break.
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Groningen 3-0 PSV: Suk double and Bacuna strike down Eredivisie leaders
A virtual spectator in the Madrid goal. A solid performance from the Portugal defender, who led the line and helped Varane look comfortable against a discreet Racing attack.
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Player Ratings: Real Madrid 4-0 Racing Santander
Bundesliga basement side Freiburg battled their way to a scoreless draw against Bayern Munich on Saturday, a result that saw the German record champions slip to third in the table.
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Freiburg 0-0 Bayern Munich: Dismal draw sees Bavarians fall four points behind Dortmund
Armin Bacinovic is the only major injury worry for Palermo coach Bortolo Mutti ahead of the fixture on Sunday. Abel Hernandez and the red-hot Fabrizio Miccoli will likely get the nod up front against a a makeshift Lazio back four.
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Palermo – Lazio Preview: Edy Reja's side hoping for another clean sheet to stay in Serie A title race
Napoli recorded their second victory of the week and moved up to fifth in Serie A with a 3-0 triumph over Fiorentina at the Stadio Artemio Franchi on Friday.
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Fiorentina 0-3 Napoli: Cavani fires visitors up to fifth in Serie A with deadly double
Napoli recorded their second victory of the week and moved up to fifth in Serie A with a 3-0 triumph over Fiorentina at the Stadio Artemio Franchi on Friday.
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Fiorentina 0-3 Napoli: Cavani fires Vesuviani up to fifth in Serie A with deadly double
Juventus paid the price for some wayward finishing as they were held to a 0-0 draw with Parma on Wednesday night.
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Parma 0-0 Juventus: Vucinic & Giaccherini squander excellent chances to ensure AC Milan stay top of Serie A
Open an account with Sportingbet today and get up to £100 in free bets! Champions League hopefuls Napoli collected their first league win in six matches thanks to a convincing 2-0 victory over Chievo at Stadio San Paolo in Monday evening’s Serie A encounter.
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Napoli 2-0 Chievo: Britos and Cavani strike as Walter Mazzarri's side record first Serie A win in six matches
Open an account with Sportingbet today and get up to £100 in free bets! Feyenoord have recorded a 3-1 win over Vitesse at De Kuip in Sunday afternoon’s Eredivisie encounter.
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Feyenoord 3-1 Vitesse: Guidetti hat-trick helps hosts to hard-fought win
Atletico Madrid continued their unbeaten record under Diego Simeone but despite numerous opportunities were held to a 0-0 draw by a determined Racing side at El Sardinero.
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Racing Santander 0-0 Atletico Madrid: Juanjo Gonzalez's side thwart Atleti's climb up La Liga with a resolute …
AC Milan came from behind to beat Udinese 2-1 at the Stadio Friuli to take a valuable three points which take them to the top of Serie A. The Zebrette started well and took a first-half lead through Antonio Di Natale.
Feyenoord coach Ronald Koeman is without the injured Kaj Ramsteijn and Ricky van Haaren, but doesn’t have any other noteworthy injury worries. Defenders Stefan de Vrij is fully match-fit again, but will likely start from the bench as Koeman will hold on to Bruno Martins Indi at centre-back.
Valencia striker Roberto Soldado has recovered from the flu that sidelined him from Wednesday’s Copa del Rey semi-final defeat at the hands of Barcelona and could start against Sporting Gijon.
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La Liga Preview: Valencia – Sporting Gijon
Open an account with Sportingbet today and get up to £100 in free bets! CSKA Moscow ‘s Sekou Oliseh has revealed that the issue of racism in Russian football no longer affects him.
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'Every time we play Zenit or Spartak Moscow it's always the same thing' – Sekou Oliseh no longer fazed by racism in …
Borussia Monchengladbach have an almost clean bill of health to choose from for the visit of Schalke. Martin Stranzl missed Wednesday’s cup clash with Hertha Berlin through flu, but could return at Roel Brouwers’ expense.
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Bundesliga Preview: Borussia Monchengladbach – Schalke
Following his late red in his side’s 2-2 draw with Leverkusen, Cristian Molinaro is suspended. The Italian’s absence, coupled with Arthur Boka’s continued involvement in the Africa Cup of Nations will give Gotoku Sakai a chance to start for Bruno Labbadia’s side.
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Bundesliga Preview: Stuttgart – Hertha Berlin
A somewhat compromised Bayern Munich side welcome Kaiserslautern to the Allianz Arena without the on-field presence of two regular first-teamers in Bastian Schweinsteiger and Daniel Van Buyten.
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Bundesliga Preview: Bayern Munich – Kaiserslautern
Racing Santander earned a vital point in their last outing against Levante, but after Villarreal’s victory, the Cantabrians find themselves in the bottom three when they welcome Atletico Madrid to El Sardinero.
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La Liga Preview: Racing Santander – Atletico Madrid
Moscow, Feb 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) At least one in 10 football players in Russia, which would host the world cup in 2018, has been approached at some point of time to fix a match, the FIFPro international players’ association has said.
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Russian football players asked to fix matches: Report
The head of the Russian Football Union (RFS) Sergey Fursenko does not exclude that in the Championship of Russia, and after the transition of the season can be used the idea of split into two teams of eight.
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Sergey Fursenko does not preclude changes to the format of the Championship of Russia
Juventus laboured and could only muster a 0-0 draw at Juventus Arena against a rock-solid Siena side in Sunday’s Serie A action. It was a stuttering performance from the Old Lady in what was a fairly scrappy game.
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Juventus 0-0 Siena: League leaders dominant but fail to break down resilient visitors
Just when it appeared that the Rossoneri appeared capable of making the breakthrough at San Siro, the Sweden international was dismissed for a petulant slap on Salvatore Aronica.
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AC Milan 0-0 Napoli: Ibrahimovic collects damaging red card as Rossoneri are held to frustrating stalemate
Barcelona ran out 2-1 winners in their La Liga clash against Real Sociedad at Camp Nou on Saturday evening, despite the away side’s goalkeeper Claudio Bravo making a number of fine saves.
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Barcelona 2-1 Real Sociedad: Tello nets first league goal and Messi is also on target but champions are unconvincing …
Schalke drop two points in the race for the Bundesliga title as Mohammed Zidan scored on his return to Mainz in a 1-1 draw at the Veltins Arena. It took just 14 minutes for Zidan to score after he was found unmarked at the back post by the Slovenian Zabavnik, who provided a magnificent cross.
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Schalke 1-1 Mainz: Obasi rescues point but Huub Stevens' side lose ground on leaders Borussia Dortmund in Bundesliga …
Ajax boss Frank de Boer will still have to make do without the services of long-term injury concerns Kolbeinn Sigthorsson and Bruno Silva.
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Eredivisie Preview: Ajax – Utrecht
The hosts will tackle the Bianconeri without the services of Houssine Kharja, with the former Genoa midfielder representing Morocco at the Africa Cup Of Nations, while Per Kroldrup could make his first appearance of the season after the former Everton defender recovered from the knee problem that has seen him out of action since last April.
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Serie A Preview: Fiorentina – Udinese
Former head of the Russian Football Union (RFS) Vyacheslav Koloskov has expressed its view that politicians in IFAs RFS added, but with the Treaty matches the situation had not changed.
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Ex-President of the RAF: “in Russia, dogovornâki-not a massive phenomenon in Turkey”
After their disappointing 4-2 defeat to Cagliari, the positive news for Roma is that both influential midfielder Daniele De Rossi and powerful striker Pablo Daniel Osvaldo have rejoined their team-mates in training and while the former Espanyol man is still at least 10 days away from returning, De Rossi may be in the starting XI versus the Nerazzurri, though his presence has yet to be confirmed.
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Serie A Preview: Roma – Inter
The big news for the hosts is that captain Benedikt Howedes has returned to the side after recovering from a fractured cheekbone incurred in late January when the Germany international clashed with team-mate Marco Hoger.
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Bundesliga Preview: Schalke – Mainz
