Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Pre-match postbag. “They’ll sing in the stadium, in pubs, in living rooms. #His name is Diogo# Present tense. Is. In the collective memory of the football world. I can’t imagine what it’ll be like for his wife and children in the stadium. I hope they feel …
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This is a little late this season, so sorry about that! Those of you who have been around this site for a while know that we love a good prediction. With the new Premier League season scheduled to kick off TODAY with Liverpool vs. Bournemouth at 3:00 p.m. ET / 8:00 p.m. BST, it’s time for our annual Community Premier …
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The Premier League season is right around the corner, with the action kicking off on Friday. Reigning champions Liverpool will host a Bournemouth side that will break in a new defense under Andoni Iraola. After an active summer that has brought in five new players to the squad, will Liverpool be able to repeat as champions? The CBS Sports staff …
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Welcome to the first edition of The Athletic’s new Premier League Predictions game. This is where you (our lovely subscribers) have the opportunity to join a data algorithm, a six-year-old boy, and me in putting our credibility on the line on a weekly basis. Every week, we will give score predictions for each of the 10 Premier League games, with …
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LIVERPOOL VS. BOURNEMOUTH | Friday, August 15th |Premier League | Anfield8PM BST/3PM EST Bournemouth were tough opposition last season, and while the Reds handed them their biggest defeat — a 3-0 away win last September — the scoreline paper’s over the challenge of the game itself: even when losing, they never seem to quit, they never make it easy. Though …
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Leo Collis: It will be a battle of Scandinavian strikers at the top of the Golden Boot charts in 2025-26, featuring two from Sweden and one from Norway. One of the Swedes might be hindered by a transfer saga that could keep him out of the first few fixtures, leaving him with some work to do to catch up to …
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Chris Waddle: They’ve got a great squad. They bought a lot of players last year and it has taken time for them to get the balance right, but you saw things come together when they won the Club World Cup and I am really expecting them to kick on. They won’t walk it, but they are going to create chances …
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SoccerSoccerIt’s that time of year again: new hopes, new stars, and plenty of unanswered questions. Here’s what to look out for. Getty Images/Ringer illustration By Anthony DabbundoAug. 13, 12:50 pm UTC • 19 min The soccer calendar really is never-ending these days, and no season proves that more than this one. We’re less than a month removed from Chelsea’s Club …
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GOAL ranks all 20 teams ahead of the start of the new season, with Mikel Arteta’s men tipped to fall short for the fourth year in a row The wait is almost over! The Premier League returns on Friday at Anfield, where Liverpool will kick-off the defence of their title against Bournemouth. The resurgent Reds swept everyone aside on their …
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This summer marked the 40th anniversary of English football’s nadir. At a time of rampant hooliganism, fatal stadium tragedies and a ban from all European competition, an editorial in The Sunday Times infamously derided football as “a slum sport played in slum stadiums increasingly watched by slum people.” Four decades on, English football has emphatically shifted to the opposite extreme. …
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