Sunderland’s Lamine Kone is out with a back injury, while fellow centre-back Younes Kaboul has left for Watford. Fabio Borini is a doubt, while Lee Cattermole, Billy Jones, Jan Kirchhoff and Sebastian Larsson are out, but new signing Steven Pienaar is available Middlesbrough midfielders Grant Leadbitter and Marten de Roon …

Premier League champions Leicester play host to last seasons runners up Arsenal and both are coming off the back of opening weekend defeats. Leicester were victims of the biggest upset as they lost to newly promoted Hull while Arsenal’s patched up defence capitulated at home to Liverpool. The pressure is …

James Morrison of West Brom could make his first Premier League start in seven months after returning from a hamstring injury as a substitute last weekend. Jonny Evans is likely to continue at left-back, with Chris Brunt still out with a long-term knee injury. Winger Yannick Bolasie is expected to …

Two Italian managers go head to head at Vicarage Road this afternoon as Walter Mazzari’s Watford play host to Antonio Conte’s Chelsea in what is set to be a continental clash in a very domestic setting. Antonio Conte got his reign as Chelsea manager off to the ideal start on …

This fixture was originally scheduled to be played at Anfield but due to Liverpool still undergoing construction work on their man stand they requested the game be switched to Turf Moor. Subsequently that means a second game on the road for Jurgen Klopp’s side while Burnley have their second home …

If you have said that both these sides would have picked up opening day wins before Saturday then you would have probably been viewed as someone who doesn’t know what they are talking about. With Hull having to play host to defending champions Leicester and Swansea having somewhat of a …

This is a game that I will be in attendance at later Today and with White Hart Lane undergoing reconstruction work in preparation for their new stadium built, who knows it could very well be the last ever time I go to the stadium in it’s current guise. Ex Tottenham …

Pep Guardiola takes his Manchester City side to Stoke fresh off of all but qualifying for the group stages of the Champions League thanks to their 5 star performance in Bucharest on Tuesday. He may have passed that test with flying colours but can he clear the hurdle of his …

    The 2016/17 Championship season began with an array of new faces. Aston Villa being relegated from the Premier League was an outcome that had been brewing for a number of years after some chronic under-investment in the playing staff. Norwich City have become something of a yo-yo club …

After a long and almost never ending transfer saga regarding Paul Pogba we were all ready for his debut last Sunday away at Bournemouth but everyone overlooked the fact that he was still set to carry out a suspension for his misdemeanours back in Italy. United went on to win …