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The UEFA Cup holders succumbed to a 2:1 defeat in the first leg but the Miners are more than capable of overturning the one-goal deficit at their Donbass Arena. Fulham produced quite a coup by winning the first leg but the way the Cottagers have been playing lately, nobody would be surprised to see them get to the next round
Atletico had the upper hand throughout the first leg at Vicente Calderon but they allowed the Turks to score an important away goal that makes them the favourites to go through. Both sides had difficult games at the weekend, but while Galatasaray earned a 1:1 draw with Besiktas, los Colchoneros lost to Almeria and the Spaniards will have to show a big improvement in order to get something from this match
We saw a very interesting match in the first leg at Stade Lille Metropole and with the French side winning the game 2:1, this tie is very much open. The Turks continued to struggle on the domestic stage, having lost at home to Bursa, while Lille kept the rich vein of form with a hard-fought win over Rennes. Fener lost to Bursa The players and coach are under tremendous amount of pressure after Fener lost to Bursa on Monday having squandered a two-goal lead and that could prevent the hosts from showing all they’ve got.
Benfica earned a valuable 1:1 draw in the first leg and the Eagles are now hot favourites go through, especially since they are in much better form than their opponents. Hertha boosted their Bundesliga survival chances with the 3:0 win over Freiburg and the impressive win served as a big boost for the players’ confidence. The Eagles flying high this season After several years of struggles, Benfica have finally built together a decent team that are, what is even more important, playing to their potential
United players need to show a response to the 3:1 defeat at Goodison Park that came in the worst possible time, just as they were closing in on Chelsea. West Ham, on the other hand, finally escaped from the danger zone with two comprehensive home wins and the Hammers are in a good position to try and spring a surprise at Old Trafford. United hammered at Goodison The 3:1 defeat at Goodison Park was very hard to swallow for Sir Alex Ferguson as his side were supposed to put extra pressure on Chelsea with another convincing win but they utterly failed and are now no less than four points adrift of the Blues.
The rivals expect this duel in a quite different form, which speaks in favour of West Bromwich Albion, even though they are the visitors. Considering their good away form lately, as well as City’s poor performance at home, it is clear who the favourite in this game is
The rivals expect this duel in a quite different form, which speaks in favour of West Bromwich Albion, even though they are the visitors. Considering their good away form lately, as well as City’s poor performance at home, it is clear who the favourite in this game is. Robins falling down Bristol City are slowly sinking and they are turning from a play-off contenders into a midtable team that can’t do much more than that
After a goalless affair against Schalke in front of their fans, Freiburg suffered a new defeat this time in Frankfurt, but thanks to poor result of rest of the rivals, they managed to stay above the dangerous zone. Hertha are waking up slowly, but they can't seem to record a result better than a draw and finally move away from the bottom
After a goalless affair against Schalke in front of their fans, Freiburg suffered a new defeat this time in Frankfurt, but thanks to poor result of rest of the rivals, they managed to stay above the dangerous zone.
Last weekend Almeria reached a precious point in the relegation battle, after they managed to fight a last minute draw against Getafe.
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