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Showing 11am, 16 October: Deportivo Alaves v Malaga

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Deportivo Alaves will be hosting the match against Malaga, in a Primera División encounter. With 9 points in the league and 2 matches won out of the last 5 games, Deportivo Alaves is looking to get a home victory in this match.

On the other hand, the team coached by Juande Ramos, is ranked 8 in Primera División rankings, comes with a form of Loss-Loss-Win-Loss-Win in the last 5 league games. Malaga has conceded an average of 1.29 goals per match over this season, and will be sure to put up a fight to get the best result for them as well in this match.

In their last 4 H2H meetings, Deportivo Alaves managed to secure 0 victories while playing at home, while Malaga scored 0 victories in away games.

Source: betvertiser.com

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everton

Showing 3pm, 15 October: Man City vs Everton

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Manchester City pair Kevin De Bruyne and Raheem Sterling could return from respective hamstring and calf injuries.

Fabian Delph could also be involved and Vincent Kompany is training after a groin problem, but Bacary Sagna has been ruled out with a hamstring injury.

Everton defender Leighton Baines is available after a two-match absence with a hamstring strain.

Romelu Lukaku and Phil Jagielka have recovered from thigh problems and Darron Gibson is fit.

Aaron Lennon and James McCarthy will be assessed.

Source: BBC Sport

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espanyol

Showing 7.45pm, 14 October: Las Palmas v Espanyol

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Las Palmas vs Espanyol: Preview and Prediction

It is nothing less than brilliant if you look at the way how Las Palmas have started their La Liga campaign. After 7 match weeks, they are 7th in the standings with a 4 point gap from the league leaders. This might change as we reach the later stages of the season or they could be even fighting for a spot in European Football next season. For the moment they are drawing plaudits with their entertaining football based on attacking philosophy.

Espanyol are side that continue to struggle in La Liga since over a decade now. The management decided to shake things up by bringing the influential Quique Flores to the managerial hot seat. They have also done some pretty good business in the transfer market by bringing in the likes of Diego Reyes and Pablo Piatti on loan. But the performances on the field hasn’t changed as they have won just once from their 7 league matches this season. They are currently 17th in the league table and ever close to the relegation zone. The pressure is high on Flores to deliver a positive result when his take on Las Palmas on Friday’s Spanish La Liga clash.

Source: leaguelane.com

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cardifcity

Showing 7.45pm 14 October: Cardiff City v Bristol City

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Neil Warnock makes his Cardiff City bow on Friday night as he takes on Bristol City, one of the division’s form sides.

A bumper crowd is expected in South Wales as the Bluebirds look to build on the feel good factor surrounding the arrival of the new manager.

A win would, albeit temporarily, lift Cardiff out of the relegation zone and into 19th in the table.

It starts a busy and hugely important week for the Bluebirds, with Sheffield Wednesday in town on Wednesday night before a trip to Nottingham Forest next weekend.

Source: walesonline.co.uk

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Showing 7.30pm 14 October: Borussia Dortmund v Hertha Berlin

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Borussia Dortmund vs Hertha BSC Match Preview: Looking for a rebound

After an agonisingly dull two weeks of international football, the Bundesliga is back. This Friday, Borussia Dortmund have the (dis)pleasure of welcoming Hertha BSC Berlin to the Westfalenstadion. It should be quite the match. Hertha have had a great start to the season, with an excellent 4-1-1 record that has them in second place, a point ahead of BVB. After a frustrating 2-0 loss to Bayer Leverkusen, it’s vital that Borussia Dortmund stop Hertha from building too much of a lead in the standings.

Many on this site predicted a mediocre season from Hertha, but so far their play has been anything but. Their only loss was at the hands of Bayern Münich, and they have kept three clean sheets through six matches. Capping off the Blue-Whites excellent start has been the brilliant play of Vedad Ibisevic, who has scored five goals and notched two assists in just six matches.

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Showing 7.45pm, 6 September: Switzerland v Portugal World Cup qualifier

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Having won a major tournament for the first time in their history, Euro 2016 champions Portugal have elevated themselves to the upper echelons of the footballing world, and as such the pressure will be on them to qualify for the World Cup in two years.

The last country to have been surprise champions of Europe were Greece in 2004, but they subsequently missed out on qualifying for the World Cup in 2006 and the Portuguese will be keen to avoid such an embarrasing repeat. Fernando Santos’ side begin their campaign with arguably the toughest game they are a likely to face in Group B, travelling to Basel to take on a Switzerland side with a formidable home record.

The Swiss have only lost one World Cup qualifier at home since 2001, while England are the only team to have won a European Championship qualifier in Switzerland since 1995. If those statistics make for frightening reading for the Portuguese then the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo from their side will further decrease their chances of starting with a win.

Source: goal.com

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