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Carabao Cup roundup: League Two strugglers Crawley knock out Fulham | Carabao Cup

Struggling Crawley put aside their depressing League Two kind to say a 3rd Premier League scalp in 4 seasons by dumping Fulham out of the Carabao Cup with a surprising 2-0 success. Kevin Betsy’s facet sit second backside of the English Soccer League following a single level from 5 video games however deservedly progressed to spherical three because of targets from captain Tom Nichols and Liverpool loanee James Balagizi. The hosts held on comfortably to immediate a pitch invasion after the ultimate whistle. “The gamers put in a tremendous efficiency,” mentioned former Fulham midfielder Betsy, whose group overcame League One outfit Bristol Rovers within the first spherical. “We have been relentless in our urgent and our software. We caught to the sport plan extraordinarily effectively. It labored. It was a implausible evening for everybody. Fulham are a very good facet. Once I seemed on the group sheet, I used to be like ‘Oh my God, there are quite a lot of good gamers in there’. We’re going via a bit troublesome patch within the league however within the cup we’re doing fairly effectively.” Bournemouth supervisor Scott Parker praised the character of his younger facet as…

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Premier League team news: predicted lineups for the weekend action | Premier League

Bournemouth v Arsenal Saturday 5.30pm Sky Sports activities Premier League Venue Vitality Stadium Final season n/a Referee Craig Pawson This season G1 Y5 R0 5 playing cards/sport Odds H 38-5 A 1-2 D 4-1 Bournemouth v Arsenal Bournemouth Subs from Dennis, Neto, Marcondes, Lowe, Stanislas, Dembélé, Moore, Hill, Senesi, Billing, Anthony, Saydee Uncertain Solanke (ankle), Zemura (sickness) Injured Fredericks (calf, 27 Aug), Rothwell (thigh, 10 Sep), Brooks (match health, Oct) Suspended None Self-discipline Y6 R0 Kind WL Main scorers Lerma, Moore 1 Arsenal Subs from Turner, Bellerín, Tierney, Smith Rowe, Nketiah, Maitland-Niles, Holding, Soares, Tomiyasu, Pépé, Vieira, Sambi Lokonga, Elneny, Marquinhos Uncertain None Injured Nelson (knock, unknown) Suspended None Self-discipline Y3 R0 Kind WW Main scorers Jesus, Martinelli 2 Crystal Palace v Aston Villa Saturday 3pm Venue Selhurst Park Final season Crystal Palace 1 Aston Villa 2 Referee Andy Madley This season G1 Y2 R0 2 playing cards/sport Odds H 13-8 A 2-1 D 44-19 Crystal Palace Subs from Johnstone, Milivojevic, Olise, Mateta, Hughes, Édouard, Ebiowei, Richards, Riedewald Uncertain None Injured McArthur (groin, 30 Aug), Butland (wrist, 11 Sep), Ferguson (ankle, Dec), Tomkins (calf, unknown) Suspended None Self-discipline Y5 R0 Kind LD Main scorer Zaha…

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Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend | Premier League

1) Spurs revenue from shrewd summer time offers Reducing off the provision traces between Harry Kane and Son Heung-min labored a deal with for Chelsea last Sunday, till the introduction of Richarlison for the ineffective Ryan Sessegnon offered added distraction for the house aspect’s defenders, his off-the-ball runs repeatedly pulling them out of place. The Brazilian might be hoping to begin in opposition to Wolves and his inclusion within the lineup may nicely spell disappointment for Son. Health allowing, Clément Lenglet is prone to fill in for the injured Cristian Romero and, with Sessegnon wanting an excellent guess to make method for Ivan Perisic, Tottenham’s uncharacteristically early switch dealings are already wanting as wise as they’re shrewd. A second-half alternative for Hwang Hee-chan in his aspect’s scoreless draw in opposition to Fulham, it might even be no shock to see Gonçalo Guedes make his first begin for Wolves, and fellow big-money recruit Matheus Nunes may additionally function. BG 2) Trio of Arsenal victories lengthy overdue The final time Arsenal gained their opening three matches of the league season, they have been in the course of a 49-match unbeaten run. At first of the 2004-05 season,…

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Aston Villa v Everton: Premier League – live! | Premier League

Key occasions Present key occasions solely Please activate JavaScript to make use of this characteristic Half-time leisure … and Barça are offering loads of leisure all proper. Right here’s Sid Lowe on the ever-evolving fiasco at Camp Nou. Take pleasure in, get pleasure from. HALF TIME: Aston Villa 1-0 Everton There’s simply sufficient time for Ramsey to whistle a cross by way of the Everton field from the left, Coutinho inches away from toe-poking dwelling. And that’s the tip of an entertaining first half. Villa have been the higher aspect by far, however their efforts to defend corners are shambolic and due to this fact an in any other case toothless Everton nonetheless have hope. 45 min +2: Villa are everywhere in defending the nook. Davies swishes by way of skinny air with an acrobatic lunge. A sport of pinball ensues. Villa lastly clear. VAR checks for a possible handball in opposition to Carlos, however nothing doing. Not very shut, positively no cigar for Everton’s Tom Davies. {Photograph}: Tony McArdle/Everton FC/Getty Photos Up to date at 13.25 BST 45 min +1: The primary of three added minutes practically results in an Everton equaliser. Iwobi sends a…

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