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Wolfsburg vs Eintracht Frankfurt

While other teams are undecided about their push for the last European spot in the Bundesliga, Wolfburg are doing their best to hold onto it.

Eintracht Frankfurt are languishing in 14th position with 29 points from 27 games.

Stats:

Wolfsburg have one loss in five league games [2W, 2D, 1L], they’ve scored a minimum of 2 goals in 3 of their last five games.

The Wolves have won 1 of their last 5 home games [1W, 2D, 2L], keeping 2 cleansheets in the process.

Eintracht Frankfurt have 1 point in 5 league games, failing to keep a cleansheet in all of those games.

They’ve conceded at least 3 times in their last four games.

Hertha BSC vs Augsburg

Both are unbeaten since the return of the Bundesliga which sets us up nicely for a well contested tie.

Four points separate Hertha BSC [10TH position] from Augsburg [12th position] on the log.

Stats:

Hertha are unbeaten in five league games including a 4nil win in the Berlin derby and a 2-2 draw at 3rd placed Liepzig.

Hertha have scored at least two goals in five of their recent matches, they have one win in five home games [1W, 2D, 2L].

Augsburg have one win in five recent games [1W, 1D, 3L], they’ve conceded at least two goals in three of their last five games.

Four of the last seven outings between these two have ended in a draw, both teams have scored in 4 of the last 5.

Hertha BSC are unbeaten against Augsburg at home in all competitions.

There have been more draws [9] in matches between these two teams than wins [8].

A minimum of three goals have been scored in four recent games between these them.

Verdict:

Hertha BSC have got form on their side but this game is one of the few games that is more likely to end in a statement than a win by either sides, we will most likely witness a flood of goals, at least two.

Prediction: Hertha BSC 2-2 Augsburg



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Nigeria international Chibuzor Okonkwo believes Gernot Rohr can make the Super Eagles the best team on the African continent. The Super Eagles defender says that Rohr can be the right man to lead Nigeria to African glory again.
The Franco-German tactician who recently extended his contract with the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) earlier this week. Find out more: https://www.sportscrooner.com/rohr-can-lead-nigeria-to-afcon-title-okonkwo/

Paris Saint-Germain agrees a deal to keep Mauro Icardi permanently from Internazionale. The Ligue 1 Champions are set to secure the forward permanently after his loan spell at the Parc de Princes.
The change in fee may be an indication of the effect that coronavirus will have on the summer transfer market. PSG, who had earlier negotiated a clause to buy Icardi for €70m. However, the ongoing financial uncertainty in European football means that more prices will drop significantly lower. Find out more at: https://www.sportscrooner.com/psg-agree-50m-deal-to-sign-icardi-from-inter/

Wales manager and Manchester United Legend, Ryan Giggs has commended Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp for the formidable season. He adds the Liverpool deserves to win the title and every other honors that comes with it.
Giggs, who holds the United appearance record after representing the club 963 times between 1990 and 2014. He says that he also wants to add some of Liverpool’s style in the way Wales play under him as manager.

Find out more: https://www.sportscrooner.com/fantastic-liverpool-deserves-to-win-title-giggs/

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We’re set for the first midweek games since Budesliga returned some days ago, home advantage seem to have been eradicated maybe due to the lack of fans at the stadium.
Our match stats, preview, and predictions have been compiled and ready to be served.

Borussia Dortmund vs Bayern Munich
Dortmund welcome Bayern Munich to the Signal Iduna park for second Der Klassiker match of the 2019-20 Bundesliga season.
Hefty classical fixtures such as this one are what we signed up for as lovers of the beautiful game of football and hopefully, we’ll be rewarded with topnotch football come Tuesday.



Let’s take a look at the record and history between these two teams as we attempt to foretell the outcome of the game.
Form
Dortmund have won their last six Bundesliga matches scoring 15 goals and conceding once.
Bayern Munich have won their last six league matches too, scoring 22 times and conceding five times.
The Bavarians are unbeaten away from home since December 2019 when they lost 2-1 to Borussia M’gladbach.
Dortmund a haven’t lost an home fixture since April 2019, the last time they conceded at home was in January this year.
They’ve won their last five games at home, keeping four cleansheets in the process.
Head-to-Head
Bayern Munich have won five of the last seven games between these two teams, the Bavarians have however lost their last two away outings against Dortmund.
The both teams to score call haven’t happened in the last 3 recent games between them, we expect that trend to end in this game.
Prediction: Dortmund 1-3 Bayern Munich


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Manchester United midfielder, Paul Pogba is back on the tranfer market headlines -- his superstar agent, Mino Raiola is negotiating a potential summer move to Juventus.

Real Madrid are also interested but in the 27-year old.



Juventus are willing to let Adrein Rabiot leave this summer if his valuation is met. Arsenal and Everton have registered their interest in the Frenchman.

Ainsley Maitland-Niles will leave Arsenal when the transfer window commence due to lack of playing time under Mikel Arteta according to the Star.



Bayern Munich may spoil Manchester United's transfer plans for Jadon Sancho with a bid of their own according to The Sun.


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Bayer Leverkusen youngster, Kai Havertz, has caught the attention of the footballing world this season.
The German midfield maestro is an embodiment of exquisite technique, laser-accurate passes and ice-cold composure on the ball.
Still only 20, Havertz has been likened to some of Germany’s best ever midfielders, Mesut Ozil and Micheal Ballack.
To be candid though, his traits are similar to that of both players.





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The Nigerian Football Federation [NFF] has reached an agreement with Super Eagles coach, Gernot Rohr on a new Contract. The new contract is expected to end after the FIFA World Cup in Qatar in 2022.


Find out more: https://www.sportscrooner.com/nff-retains-gernot-rohr-as-super-eagles-coach-until-2022/

Spain's Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, has given his assent for LaLiga to return on June 8, during a press conference earlier today.

"Spain has done what it should and now new horizons are opening for everyone

"The time has come to bring back many day-to-day activities.

"From June 8, LaLiga will be back."

The football authorities in Spain were hoping to return to action on June 12 but have been waiting on the Government's directive before making an official announcement.





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LaLiga will be back from June 8 - Spain's Prime Minister

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The Bavarians are unblemished in seven straight games are seem to be matching towards yet another title.

Eintracht Frankfurt lost some quality players like Luka Jovic and Ante Rebic before the start of the season which has affected the team’s performances this term.

They [Eintracht Frankfurt] seem to have lost the steam and drive that helped them qualify for this season’s Europa league.

Bayern Munich have won six of the last six meetings between both sides, the margin of the victories has been similar to a tennis scoreline.


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The Bundesliga returns to our screen this weekend, it promises to provide tons of goals and excitement.
We’ve done our homework on the possible outcomes and as we’re more than happy to share them with you.

Borussia M’gladbach vs Bayer Leverkusen
Two teams in form go toe-to-toe in the headline game of Week 27 Bundesliga fixtures.
Both teams have scored in all of M’gladbach’s five recent matches, a minimum of 3 goals have been scored in four of those games.
Bayer Leverkusen have scored at least three times in all of their last four matches, they’re unbeaten in their last 11 games, winning 10 of them.
M’glabach have won two of the last meetings between the two teams.
There has been no draw in the last 7 meetings between these two, both teams have scored only twice in that same period.
Goals are assured (at least two), but we are going for a draw in this game.



Prediction: Borussia M’gladbach 1-1 Bayer Leverkusen





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English Football League [EFL] officials have hatched a flexile plan of conducting COVID-19 tests for players as Championship teams prepare to return to training on Monday.



Amidst reports that N’Golo Kante, Troy Deeney and some other Watford players have refused to return to training due to COVID-19 fears. Officials of the EFL Championship are eager to avoid the situation that has befallen the Premier League by adopting a ‘flexible approach’ that will convince players in the second division to resume training without any controversy





Read full story here: https://www.sportscrooner.com/covid-19-football-players-get-option-for-self-test/

Real Madrid offered Gareth Bale to a few clubs in the MLS according to reports by The Athletic.

The Welshman's future has been thrown into a limbo since his relationship with club manager Zidane strained.

Read: Fiorentino Perez makes first move for Halaand

Bale is being scouted by a host of clubs -- Newcastle United have particularly shown interest in recent times.

His former team, Tottenham, are also interested but Bale's wages are not easily affordable especially with the current financial situation.

Read: Adrein Rabiot eye Manchester United move

The 30-year old is one of the highest earners at Real Madrid, taking home around €14.5m yearly.


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Roger Milla [Miller], is one of the most iconic players in football’s history.
The former Cameroonian striker is revered by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and world’s football governing body, FIFA.
Milla earned himself a place in Pele’s list of the greatest 125 living football players when the Brazilian was asked to pick in 2004.
In 2007, CAF celebrated 50 years of its existence and conducted a poll to determine the best African player since the inception of the organzation — Roger Milla won the prize.

Milla also won the African Player of the year in 1976.

First attempts
Milla played for Cameroon at the 1982 FIFA World cup, he could have had a goal against Peru but his effort was disqualified by the referee.
Cameroon went on to draw the World champions then, Italy, but it was not enough to secure their place in the next round of the FIFA World cup.
The team bowed out of the first round after playing 3 draws in the first three matches.
He won the 1976 African Player of the year award , he participated in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles before called it quit on his international career.

Read: NFF, Gernot Rohr set to sign new deal



A special phone call from the President of Cameroon, Paul Biya, dragged him out of retirement and off he went to the 1990 FIFA World cup at age 38.
He went on to light up the tournament with four goals despite not starting any of the matches and and became the oldest goal scorer in the history of the World cup.
Milla grabbed a brace in Cameroon’s group stage match against Romania and another [brace] against in the extra time of the round of 16 match against Colombia.

Read: Nigeria Sports Ministry direct NFF to setup players welfare plan



Those extra time goals sent Cameroon into the quarter final of the competition, the farthest any African team as managed at the FIFA World cup before Senegal equalled the feat at the 2002 edition.
Cameroon were behind in the quarter final game against England, Milla stepped up from the bench to set up an equalising goal before giving the central African country the lead from the spot.
England rallied back to win match 3-2, but Roger Milla’s animating celebrations in that tournament will forever be remembered.
The makossa corner flag dance remains one of the most iconic celebration in the football till today.


How many of you remember his iconic celebration?

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Real Madrid’s president, Fiorentino Perez has contacted Borussia Dortmund manager Hans-Joachim Watzke after Dortmund marked the restart of the Bundesliga with a 4nil demolition Schalke 04. However, many think its Real Madrid’s first move for Erling Halaand.


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Real Madrid’s president, Fiorentino Perez has contacted Borussia Dortmund manager Hans-Joachim Watzke after the Dortmund marked the restart of the Bundesliga with a 4nil demolition Schalke 04. However, many think its Real Madrid’s first move for Erling Halaand.
Watzke expressed his gratitude to German government before revealing he got congratulation messages from different people including Liverpool’s manager Jurgen Kloop and Fiorentino Perez.
Read: Coutinho picks where he will play next season



Landmark for Erling Halaand
Halaand continued from where he left off before the season was suspended, the youngster opened the scoring in the Revierderby with his 13th goal for Dortmund in as many games.
The Norwegian is hitting numbers that even football greats like Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi couldn’t reach when they were his age.
Halaand, who is only 19 years old, has 41 goals in all competitions this season, Cristiano Ronaldo was 23 years when he first scored 40+ goals in one season, Lionel Messi was 22 years when he hit 41 goals for Barcelona in the 2009/10 season.


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Bayern Munich will ask to extend Coutinho's loan move until the end of their Champions League campaign.

Read: Coutinho picks where he will play next season

Manchester City have joined the race for Jack Grealish prompting Aston Villa to hike their asking price to £90million.

Juventus are in talks with Paulo Dybala over an extension to his current deal.

AC Milan have turned their searchlight to Netherland and Lyon attacker Memphis Depay.

Wolverhampton Wanderers are chasing Nigerian Striker Emmanuel Dennis from Club Brugge.

Read: Bundesliga matchday-26 review (Goals, assists and more)


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With football back in some parts of the world and the German Bundesliga taking the bold step of being the first of the top 5 leagues to resume in Europe. Bundesliga restart is looking to spark hopes of a restart on major leagues in Europe. But is a restart possible in Africa? Can football return in Africa?
The big question on the minds of African fans would be: “when will football return in Africa?” “is a restart in football possible in Africa?”
Find out more: https://www.sportscrooner.com/why-football-cannot-return-in-africa-until-mid-june/

The Minister of Youth and Sports development, Sunday Dare, has directed the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) to set up a viable plan that will take care of players’ welfare.
This directive was given in a letter signed by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Youth and Sports and dated May 11, 2020.


“We acknowledge and appreciate the kind gesture of extending support to the families of our fallen heroes in following the lead of the Ministry to pledge the monthly payment of N30,000.





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Club Brugge's manager Philippe Clement has fueled rumours of Emmanuel Dennis leaving the club this summer.

Kylian Mbappe will extend his contract with PSG only if there's an exit clause included in it.

Read: Mbappe not in a rush to dump PSG

Leicester are keen on keeping Nigerian defensive midfielder Wilfred Ndidi

Higuain will leave Juventus at the end of this summer to create space for Mauro Icardi according to reports on Italy.

AS Monaco currently have over 70 players on their pay roll and will need to sell a handful of them this summer.

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Kylian Mbappe could stay on at PSG despite strong interest from Real Madrid.
Zidane is a huge admirer of his compatriot [Mbappe] and club President Fiorentino Perez is happy to sanction the deal but Real Madrid may have to wait an extra year or even more before making a major signing. Read: Mbappe scoop Ligue 1 golden boot award




Find out more: https://www.sportscrooner.com/mbappe-not-in-a-rush-to-dump-psg/

Ahead of the weekend we did a comprehensive analysis of the Bundesliga games and predicted them.
We set out 2 games for correct score prediction and one of them landed...congrats if you jumped on it.
Click the link below to see proof in case you still have doubts.

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Complete Bundesliga week 26 predictions: https://www.sportscrooner.com/return-of-bundesliga-week-26-preview-and-predictions/

Kia Joorabchian, Philippe Coutinho's agent has revealed that the current uncertainty caused by the coronavirus crisis will have a short-term effect on the Brazilian's potential move away from Barcelona.

The 27-year-old Brazilian midfielder has spent the 2019/20 season on loan at Bayern Munich. Although, it looks very unlikely that the German side will execute their 120 million euro option to buy Coutinho.
Find out more: https://www.sportscrooner.com/coutinho-picks-where-he-will-be-playing-next-season/

Dortmund vs Schalke Prediction

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The Bundesliga and a few other leagues around the world are back in action.

I've drawn up a list of the five teams who are most likely to end up with a win considering form, fitness level and head-to-head, hopefully it provides value to your betting coupon this weekend.
Seoul
The K League 1 is one of the safest leagues to stake because of its low rate of upsets.

Seoul will be looking to bounce back from their 3-1 loss to Gwangwon in match-day one.

Seoul have won the league five times and their record against Sunday's opponent, Gwangju is imperious.

Seoul have won 11 of the 15 games they've played against Gwanju, scoring 32 goals and conceding 18.

The head to head record is [11W, 2D, 2L] in favor of Seoul.

Gwangju have managed to get just one point out of a possible 24 points when they've played away to Seoul and that should continue this weekend.

Prediction: Seoul 3-1 Gwangju

Leipzig
There's a good chance Leipzig will jump to second place after this round of matches [if other results go in the favor], the home side were on a good patch before the suspension of the league.

I believe strongly they will continue from where they left off, Leipzig have scored 11 times and conceded 3 goals when playing at home against Freiburg winning 3, drawing 1 and losing none.


Leipzig have conceded once in their last six games in all competitions, which shows how good their defence is, Freiburg have only kept one clean sheet away from home all season.

Prediction: Leipzig 2-1 Freiburg

See complete predictions here:
Five teams that will win this weekend

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Samuel Eto’o took part in a live-streamed chat organised by Generation Amazing, and praised Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé and above all Ronaldo. The former Cameroon international takes the opportunity to name a striker he believes is better than him.



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Arsenal and AC milan will go head-to-head for Luka Jovic's signature this summer.

AC Milan are in talks with Ralf Rangnick to become their new manager, the German is expected to take charge next season but he's already looking at a few players he'd like to sign.

Barcelona are Lautaro Martinez's first and only choice, although PSG and Manchester City will try to sway his decision.

Read: Barcelona agree deal Laurato Martinez deal

Chelsea target Dries Mertens wants to remain in Serie A according to reports in Italy.

Juventus have offered Miralem Pjanic is an outright swap deal for Jorginho.

PSG have shown interest in Tiemoue Bakayoko, according to Le10 Sport, Chelsea will demand €35million for the Frenchman.




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Borrusia Dortmund’s tie vs Schalke is the headline fixture for this weekend, the RevierDerby is one of the most followed derbies in the world.
Fans all around the world will be treated to premium Bundesliga entertainment when the teams return to action this weekend.
The 3-day German football feast is scheduled to hold between 16-18 of May.
We have made efforts to carefully select the best possible result of all Bundesliga week 26 matches, hopefully it helps you make the right betting predictions.



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