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The North-West Derby or Liverpool against Manchester United is one of the biggest fixtures in not just the Premier League but in English football as they are the two most successful team in English football with 38 top-flight titles between them. Both teams are having contrasting seasons. The Reds are making a strong title challenge remaining unbeaten while United are 16 points off their rivals and 8 points off the Champions League spots. So, Liverpool probably for the first time in the PL era come to this as heavy favourites but United have the upper hand in recent meetings. Last 7 Meetings Manchester United 2-1 Liverpool (17/18) Liverpool 0-0 Manchester United (17/18) Manchester United 1-1 Liverpool (16/17) Liverpool 0-0 Manchester United (16/17) Liverpool 0-1 Manchester United (15/16) Manchester United 3-1 Liverpool (15/16) Liverpool 1-2 Manchester United (14/15) The Red Devils have been able to keep Liverpool in their last two meetings at Anfield as both matches e...

Wednesday brought the complete end of the Champions League group stages. Groups E to H played their last group games with many knowing who are going through. Here are the highlights from Wednesday's night. Lyon make it through The only game that was a winner takes all scenario was Lyon facing Shakhtar Donetsk at the NSC Olimpiyskiy. Lyon knowing a draw was enough for them to go through went behind with Júnior Moraes opening the scoring giving the Ukrainians the edge. With 17 shots, the Ligue 1 side needed to find an equalizer which they got from captain Nabil Fekir in the 65 minute.  Finishing with 8 points while Shakhtar finished with 6 points, Lyon go through in Group F with Manchester City who topped the group after beating Hoffenheim 2-1 at the Etihad. CSKA Moscow shock Real Real Madrid experienced a shock 3-0 defeat at the hands of CSKA Moscow at the Santiago Bernabéu. Madrid rested many of their senior players as they are already through with only Marcelo, Isc...

The Group Stages of the UEFA Champions League is at its end on Matchday 6 will teams knowing what is needed for them to advance to the knockout stages and whether they will top their group. Here are the highlights from yesterday's action. Alisson saves Liverpool's beacon Liverpool's Alisson Becker made a match winning save late in the game to give Liverpool an all important 1-0 win against Napoli at Anfield to advance into the knockout stages of the Champions League from Group C. The Premier League leaders knew a 1-0 win or win by 2 goals will see them through and did that thanks to Mohamed Salah's goal late in the first half. The Reds were deserved winners but will be thankful that their wasted chances did not come back to haunt them with Napoli having one big chance that Alisson was called upon to make an important save. Liverpool are the third team after Arsenal and Celtic to go through despite losing 3 of their group games. Fine margins. Moura sends Spurs t...

While we can talk trash about the international break, it's an opportunity for national teams to meet and try things out in preparations for major tournaments. There have been some news from international football that are interesting starting with: UEFA Nations League  The UEFA Nations League right now is at its conclusion in the league format. Those who top their group in League D to B will be promoted while teams who finished bottom in their group in League A to C will be relegated. In League A, the Netherlands beat France 2-0 relegating Germany to League B and the Netherlands will face Germany in the last Nations League game with a draw enough to go to the semifinals. Portugal advanced to the semifinals after a goalless draw against Italy. England faced Croatia and finally got one over the opponents beating them 2-1 at Wembley with goals from Jesse Lingard and Harry Kane, joining Portugal in the semis. Belgium's hopes of going through crashed losing to Switzerland 5...

One-third of the Premier League season is already done so far with more twist and turns to come. With what we have seen so far this season, here are the winners and losers of the Premier League. So far. Winners: Manchester City It wouldn't surprise many if Manchester City go on to win the title as they are the team to beat this season. However, some believed that they would drop off this season like we've seen from past defending champions. The defending champions are top of the Premier League with 32 points having improved so much this season thanks to their improved defence with the centre-back pairing of Aymeric Laporte and John Stones,  and the form of Bernardo Silva, who has stepped up in Kevin De Bruyne's absence with injury. The Portuguese had doubled his goal contributions from last season with 3 goals and assists as well as improving in his defensive play making 1.3 tackles per game this season. With no sign of slowing down, Pep's side are showing no ...

This past weekend had some scintillating matches where the games brought some great entertainment but also what things could go by the end of the season. Here's the weekend rewind of football action. United outclassed by City Manchester City hosted their city rivals Manchester United at the Etihad on Sunday and to say it was a mismatch will be an understatement. City stumped their authority from the get-go and we're rewarded with David Silva opening the scoring. Sergio Agüero doubled City's lead before Anthony Martial got one back from the penalty spot. The third goal by City was a that of fluidity and patience as City made 44 passes before Ilkay Gündogan slotted it home. City's dominance continues, top in the Premier League with 32 points while United are eighth with only 20 points. Liverpool win, Chelsea drop points For the chasing pack, Liverpool managed to get back to winning ways beating Fulham 2-0 at Anfield. The away side caused problems for the Red...

This weekend is bringing some blockbuster games before the international break with the Manchester Derby in the Premier League, Der Klassiker in the Bundesliga and AC Milan taking on Juventus in the Serie A. Here's the match preview of each of these three games. EPL: The Manchester Derby The Manchester Derby is here again as Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola lock horns again at the Etihad on Sunday. Manchester City are the team to beat this season dropping just four points in their 11 games played in the league and have only been behind for just 12 minutes. City with their potent attack have also been strong at the back conceding just 6.5 shots per game. The least in the division. The City player to highlight would be Raheem Sterling who has become such a fearsome attacker this season making a goal contribution every 70 minutes as well as making 2.7 shots per game and 2.3 key passes per game. So for Manchester United, they would have to try really hard not only keeping City qu...