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Manchester City v Arsenal – Preview, Team News, Betting

Arsenal are looking for their first points as they travel to Manchester City in Week three of the Premier League

The match will kick off at 12:30 on Saturday, 28th August in the Emirates Stadium with Martin Atkinson in charge.

Pep Guardiola’s team is looking for their second win of the season. They started the campaign with a poor loss to Tottenham Hotspur but returned to form by thrashing newly promoted Norwich.

In the 5-0 win over Norwich, new signing Jack Grealish got his first goal for the club while striker Gabriel Jesus laid a claim to be the club’s main striker. Now that Harry Kane has confirmed that he will stay at Spurs, the club is looking to Cristiano Ronaldo to provide star power upfront.

Arsenal are still considered by many to be a team in crisis. They started their Premier League season with two 2-0 losses to Chelsea and Brentford.

Now Mikel Arteta’s team have finally claimed a victory against West Brom in the EFL Cup. Although it was a very week West Brom side, the game will no doubt give confidence to the Gunners’ players.

Last season, Man City earned three wins against Arsenal, two in the league, and one in the EFL Cup. Only Saturday will decide if Arteta can overcome his former mentor.

Predicted Starting 11

Manchester City 

Formation

4-3-3

Starting Team

Ederson (GK), Mendy, Dias, Stones, Cancelo, Grealish, Rodri, Gundogan, Sterling, Jesus, Mahrez.

Injuries

De Bruyne, Foden, Herrera.

Arsenal

Formation

4-2-3-1

Starting Team

Leno (GK), Tierney, Mari, Holding, Soares, Xhaka, Lokonga, Saka, Odegaard, Pépé, Aubameyang.

Injuries

White, Nketiah, Gabriel, Martinelli, Bellerin, Runarsson, Partey.

Betting

Man City are clear favorites to win with odds of 1/5.

A draw has odds of 5/1.

Arsenal are the underdogs with odds of 10/1 to win.

 

Score Prediction

Arsenal may be slightly more hopeful now but this will not change their luck. The reigning Premier League champions still have a point to prove after their loss to Spurs and will come strong.

Expect this game to end 2-0 with Man City being the clearly stronger team.

Republic of Ireland Name 25-Man Squad For September Internationals

Republic of Ireland manager Stephen Kenny has named a 25-man squad for the upcoming FIFA 2022 World Cup qualifiers against Portugal, Azerbaijan and Serbia.

Ireland will travel to Faro to take on Portugal at the Estádio Algarve on Wednesday, September 1 before returning to Ireland to take on Azerbaijan on Saturday, September 4 and Serbia on Tuesday, September 7 at the Aviva Stadium.

Enda Stevens, Callum O’Dowda, Jason Knight and Chiedozie Ogbene have all been ruled out through injury whilst West Bromwich Albion striker Callum Robinson tested positive for COVID-19 this week, and is currently in isolation.

Burnley defender Nathan Collins receives his first call-up to the senior squad whilst Jamie McGrath and Andrew Omobamidele keep their place in the squad after impressing in the summer camp in Andorra and Hungary.

Brighton and Hove Albion striker Aaron Connolly and Newcastle United midfielder Jeff Hendrick return to the squad having missed the summer international friendlies, with the squad set to fly out to Portugal on Sunday.

Republic of Ireland Squad

Goalkeepers: Caoimhin Kelleher (Liverpool), Gavin Bazunu (Portsmouth, on loan from Manchester City), Mark Travers (AFC Bournemouth)

Defenders: Seamus Coleman (Everton), Matt Doherty (Tottenham Hotspur), Shane Duffy (Brighton and Hove Albion), John Egan (Sheffield United), Dara O’Shea (West Bromwich Albion), Ryan Manning (Swansea City), James McClean (Wigan Athletic), Andrew Omobamidele (Norwich City), Nathan Collins (Burnley).

Midfielders: Josh Cullen (Anderlecht), Jeff Hendrick (Newcastle United), Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa), Harry Arter (Nottingham Forest), Jamie McGrath (St. Mirren), Jayson Molumby (Brighton and Hove Albion)

Attackers: Aaron Connolly (Brighton and Hove Albion), James Collins (Cardiff City), Daryl Horgan (Wycombe Wanderers), Adam Idah (Norwich City), Troy Parrott (MK Dons, on loan from Tottenham Hotspur), Shane Long (Southampton), Ronan Curtis (Portsmouth).

Fixtures

01/09 – Portugal v Republic of Ireland, Estádio Algarve, 7:45pm
04/09 – Republic of Ireland v Azerbaijan, Aviva Stadium, 5 pm
07/09 – Republic of Ireland v Serbia, Aviva Stadium, 7:45 pm

Paralympics Star Keane Wins Gold For Ireland

Ellen Keane has won gold in the SB8 100m Breaststroke and given Ireland its first medal of the 2020 Summer Paralympics with a personal best time.

Keane shattered her personal record with her gold medal swim as she recorded a time nearly two seconds better than her previous best – recorded in the heats of the event.

Keane won her heat in style with a then-personal best time of 1:21.71 and improved on it when it mattered most with a scintillating 1:19.93 in Wednesday morning’s final.

The 26-year-old’s rival in the heat, New Zealand’s Sophie Pascoe got off to a better start in the race and took the lead early on.

The Irish Paralympian’s turn after the first 50 metres of the race swung the momentum in her favour and she chased Pascoe down to take home the top prize.

Keane overtook her opponent in the final stretch and touched home in first place with the New Zealander in second.

Pascoe won New Zealand their first medal of the Tokyo Games in a time of 1:20.32, with Adelina Razetdinova taking bronze for the Russian Paralympic Committee in 1:24.77.

Rio 2016 gold medalist Katarina Roxon was the fourth person to touch the wall, doing so for Canada.

Keane talked to RTÉ after her victorious race and spoke of an unexpected event that she feels helped her focus on the race.

“I don’t think it’s fully sunk in yet,” she told RTÉ Sport. “When I dove in my goggles filled up with water but I think that was maybe a good thing because I couldn’t see where the girls were around me.

“Just on the turn I saw Sophie a little bit but I just had a game plan in mind and I stuck to that.”

Keane has added to her bronze medal from Rio with her performance on Wednesday in her fourth Paralympics and has opened the doors for more medal for the Irish athletes over the next two weeks.

Liverpool v Chelsea – Preview, Team News, Betting

Chelsea face their first title competitors when they travel to Liverpool this Saturday in Week Three of the Premier League

This game will kick off at 17:30 on Saturday, 28th August in Anfield with Anthony Taylor refereeing.

This game will be Liverpool’s first challenging match of their Premier League campaign. They eased past Burnley and Norwich in their opening matches.

Stars like Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino, and Trent Alexander-Arnold seem to be back to full form and ready to compete for the title again. Their talisman Mohamed Salah is ranked 1st for chances created in the league currently as well.

Chelsea have grabbed the attention of every neutral fan of the Premier League already this season. The Blues dominated their first two games against Crystal Palace and Arsenal, scoring and keeping clean sheets.

Thomas Tuchel has clearly made the English League the main focus of the team’s plans this year. The Champions League winners are now joined by world-class striker Romelu Lukaku who scored on his debut last week.

Last season the two teams split the spoils with both sides managing to win away from home. This is surely lined up to be the game of the weekend.

Predicted Starting 11

Liverpool

Formation

4-3-3

Starting Team

Alisson (GK), Robertson, Van Dijk, Matip, Alexander-Arnold, Keita, Henderson, Thiago, Salah, Firmino, Mane.

Injuries

Oxlade-Chamberlain, Fabinho, Milner.

Chelsea

Formation

3-4-3

Starting Team

Mendy (GK), Rudiger, Christensen, Azpilicueta, Alonso, Kante, Jorginho, James, Havertz, Mount, Lukaku.

Injuries

Pulisic, Loftus-Cheek.

Betting

Liverpool are narrow favorites to win with odds of 6/4.

A draw has odds of 9/4.

Chelsea are the bookies’ slight underdogs with odds of 9/5 to win.

Score Prediction

There will be interesting battles all over the field; Van Dijk versus Lukaku, Robertson versus James, etc. The winners of these battles will decide who will take this tie.

Both teams are in great form coming into this game but Chelsea looks to have the slight edge. If their team begins in full strength, they will be nearly impossible to stop.

Expect this game to end 2-1 to Chelsea.

Carabao Cup 2021/22 R3 Draw

The Carabao Cup round three draw took place on Wednesday night with 16 ties to look forward to in the next round of the tournament.

The third-round ties will take place in the week commencing September 20, which is after the first international break of the year.

The number of teams in the tournament has been whittled down to 32 after two action-packed rounds.

Joint-record winners Liverpool will travel to Carrow Road for the second time in a handful of games to face Norwich City.

Holders Manchester City will host Wycombe on their quest for a ninth league cup and bragging rights with the outright most wins.

City have won the last four Carabao Cups in a row and have won six of the last eight on their way to equalling Liverpool’s long-standing record.

Inter-city rivals Manchester United will welcome former boss David Moyes to Old Trafford once again when they play West Ham United.

2019-20 finalists Aston Villa will travel to Stamford Bridge to take on Thomas Tuchel’s UEFA Champions League winners and 2018-19 finalists Chelsea.

Last season’s runners-up Tottenham Hotspur will visit Wolves at the Molineux in a fixture that will see Spurs boss Nuno Espirito Santo pitted against his old club for the second time in a month.

There are two non-Premier League ties in the third round of the competition –  Preston vs Cheltenham and Wigan vs Sunderland.

The 16 ties leave a lot of room for upsets and drama as the big sides are not expected to field their strongest teams.

Carabao Cup third-round draw

QPR vs Everton

Preston vs Cheltenham

Manchester United vs West Ham

Fulham vs Leeds

Brentford vs Oldham

Watford vs Stoke

Chelsea vs Aston Villa

Wigan vs Sunderland

Norwich vs Liverpool

Burnley vs Rochdale

Arsenal vs AFC Wimbledon

Sheffield United vs Southampton

Manchester City vs Wycombe

Millwall vs Leicester

Wolves vs Tottenham

Brighton vs Swansea

Derry SHC – Preview, Fixtures, Where To Watch

The 2021 Derry Senior Hurling Championship begins on Friday, August 27 when record champions Kevin Lynch’s host Lavey at Páirc Chaomhín Uí Loingsigh, and defending champions Slaughtneil take on Ballinascreen.

This year’s instalment of the county championship includes a group stage – two groups of four, where each team in a group plays each other once before a knockout stage helps determine the winner.

Group A consists of Ballinascreen, Banagher, Eoghan Rua and Slaughtneil while Group B involves Kevin Lynch’s, Lavey, Na Magha and Swatragh.

Slaughtneil come into the 2021 Derry SHC as reigning champions and have not relinquished their crown since winning the first of eight-in-a-row in 2013.

The side will be hungry to continue that streak and their dominance in both Gaelic football and hurling with another county championship victory.

Kevin Lynch’s are seen as the biggest threat to Slaughtneil’s conquest of Derry as the 23-time champions search for their first title in 10 years.

Lavey and Swatragh’s league campaigns are seen as impressive within the county and they are expected to impress again in the championship.

However, both teams are in a group with Kevin Lynch’s, meaning one of the three teams will be out of the competition before we reach knock-out hurling.

Derry SHC Fixtures/Results

Group Stage – Round 1

Friday, August 27: Kevin Lynch’s 1-15 – 0-17 Lavey, Páirc Chaomhín Uí Loingsigh, 7 pm – Group B

Friday, August 27: Slaughtneil 4-26 – 2-13 Ballinascreen, Slaughtneil, 7 pm – Group A

Friday, August 27: Swatragh 2-20 – 1-10 Na Magha, Davitt Park, 7:30 pm – Group B

Saturday, August 28: Eoghan Rua 0-13 – 0-21 Banagher, Coleraine, 7 pm, Slaughtneil – Group A.

Group Stage – Round 2

Wednesday, September 8: Ballinascreen 0-19 – 0-4 Eoghan Rua, Ballinascreen, 7:30 pm – Group A

Wednesday, September 8: Kevin Lynch’s 1-22 – 1-15 Swatragh, Celtic Park, 7:30 pm – Group B

Wednesday, September 8: Na Magha 1-15 – 2-28 Lavey, Owenbeg, 7:30 pm – Group B

TBA: Banagher – Slaughtneil, Banagher, TBA – Group A

Group Stage – Round 3

Sunday, September 12: Slaughtneil 3-27 – 0-10 Eoghan Rua, Slaughtneil, 1 pm – Group A

Sunday, September 12: Banagher 1-15 – 1-9 Ballinascreen, Owenbeg, 2 pm – Group A

Sunday, September 12: Lavey 1-15 – 1-15 Swatragh, Lavey, 4:30 pm – Group B

Sunday, September 12: Na Magha 0-10 – 3-19 Kevin Lynch’s, Na Magha, 4:30 pm – Group B

Where To Watch

Fans can attend the game live in a limited capacity. Alternatively, games and re-runs can be streamed with a #WeAreDerry season pass. Replays can also be bought.

Liverpool To Face Norwich In R3 Of Carabao Cup

Liverpool have been drawn to face Norwich City in round three of the 2021/22 Carabao Cup after the conclusion of the round two fixtures.

The third round draw was made on Wednesday evening with 32 teams involved in it, 60 less than the competition had in the beginning.

The third-round ties will take place in the week commencing September 20, which is after the first international break of the year.

Liverpool will travel to Carrow Road for the second time in a handful of games to face Norwich City.

Norwich thrashed Bournemouth 6-0 at home in the second round and will be hoping to pull off an upset to reach the fourth round.

Debutant Christos Tzolis scored a brace and assisted two further goals in the rout while American Josh Sargeant scored twice and assisted one on the night.

Norwich boss Daniel Farke made 10 changes after his side’s heavy defeat to Manchester City.

However, Farke was quick to put a stop to any overreactions after the victory.

He said: “It is important that you deliver a good performance, but we also have to be a bit careful.

“This was a game on Championship level, top Championship level, and it proves that if we played there then we would probably romp the league again.

“But the Premier League is a different animal and I have to make sure I don’t throw some lads too early into the cold water.”

The sides recently met on the opening weekend of the 2021/22 Premier League with Jurgen Klopp’s Reds running out 3-0 victors.

Mohamed Salah and Bobby Firmino got on the scoresheet that day and some Alisson heroics kept the sheet clean but the three stars are not expected to line out for Liverpool in the tie.

Klopp tends to rotate his side for cup fixtures and it is believed that he will do the same for this years instalment of the EFL Cup.

Bet254.com. How to Join and Bet on Bet254 Kenya

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Arsenal finally find win against West Brom reserves

Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal team have eventually got their first win of the season yesterday while facing West Brom in the EFL Cup

The match kicked off at 20:00 yesterday evening in the Hawthorns for Round Two of the Cup.

Arsenal fans will be delighted to see their club captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang put in a man-of-the-match performance, scoring a hattrick. Their new signing, goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale also kept a clean sheet in goals.

Arsenal’s thorough and dominant 6-0 win does come with one large asterisk; West Bromich Albion were playing basically their third-choice team.

The West Brom starting 11 included none of the players from their previous Championship matches. Perpetual loan players Alex Palmer and Adam Reach were given rare starts.

French manager Valerian Ismael seemingly has no care for small domestic cup competitions while he takes charge of the Birmingham side. He also gave the chance for returning and fringe players Robert Snodgrass, Kenneth Zohore, and Cedric Kipre.

West Brom’s main objective for the season is to get an automatic promotion which will not be neglected for any other tournament.

Arsenal can still take some joy in getting their first win in five attempts. The six goals scored yesterday were also the Gunners’ first scores in four games.

The full-strength side was essential for Arsenal, in need of a win. Starts were given to new players Martin Odegaard and Nuno Tavares while Alexander Lacazette reappeared from illness off the bench.

Mikel Arteta’s only worry from this game is that his squad may be tired for their Premier League tie against Manchester City, just three days later. They travel to the Emirates for 12:30 on Saturday, 28th August.

Match Report

West Brom

Palmer (GK), Kipre, Taylor, Shotton, Ingram, Castro, Snodgrass, Reach, Fellows, Zohore, Gardner-Hickman.

Substitutes

King, Faal

Arsenal

Ramsdale (GK), Tavares, Kolasinac, Holding, Chambers, Xhaka, Elneny, Saka, Odegaard, Pépé, Aubameyang.

Substitutes

Maitland-Niles, Lacazette, Martinelli

Goals

Aubameyang 17′, 45′, 63′

Pépé 45′

Saka 50′

Lacazette 69′

Paralympic Swimming: Keane and Ní Riain qualify for finals

Team Ireland had two swimmers in action early this morning in the Tokyo Aquatic center on Day Two of Paralympic action

Ireland’s busy morning in the pool began just before 03:00 Irish Time.

Róisín Ní Riain – S13 100m Backstroke (Heats)

Ní Riain was looking to go one better from her admirable performances yesterday in the pool. The 16-year-old, in her first Paralympic race, swam a personal best to reach the final.

Today she went in heat two of the 100m backstroke. Starting in lane seven, she lined up against Team USA, Uzbekistani, and Spanish swimmers.

Her good form continued today as she started fast off the blocks and she held a position near the top of the pack at the turn. The speed continued with the final straight and she finished in third place.

Ní Riain swam her second personal best in two days with a time of 1:09.23, this time would be good enough for her to reach the women’s final later today.

Ellen Keane – SB8 100m Breaststroke (Heats)

This was Keane’s first race of her fourth Paralympic Games. The 26-year-old is one of the more experienced Irish athletes in Tokyo and showed her class to qualify for this year’s competition.

Keane would go in lane five and be up against a tough opponent in Pasco from New Zealand.

Both swimmers started very fast and broke out in front ahead of all the other athletes. At the turn, Keane was holding onto Pasco’s shoulder and maintaining the pace.

The final 25-meter stretch was very close as the Irish woman began to attack the finish line. By the narrowest of margins, Keane snuck into first place as they stretched out for the wall.

She can be very happy with herself finishing the heats with the fastest time of 1:21.71, a new personal best, and qualifying in good stead for the finals later today.

Keane seems like a strong medal candidate which is very impressive due to a change in classification last year seemingly leaving her hard done by.

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