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ESPN FC’s Paul Mariner explains why he feels Gareth Southgate’s young core of players will have a great chance at winning Euro 2020.

Harry Kane’s hat trick and a goal from Raheem Sterling secured an easy 4-0 win for England over Bulgaria, at Wembley.
A slight weekend loss for the column at the weekend despite our banker bet landing as England, inspired by Harry Kane, eventually put Bulgaria to the sword at Wembley. The Three Lions are back out against Kosovo on Tuesday evening as they look to extend their advantage at the top of Group A.
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England have scored 14 goals in three Euro 2020 qualifying matches so far but may not have things all their own way against Kosovo at St Mary’s. For a nation only awarded…

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England scored 10 goals in their first two Euro 2020 qualifiers.
International football makes a welcome return this week as England face Bulgaria and Scotland host Russia in Euro 2020 qualifying action.
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ESPN FC’s Steve Nicol presents his Saturday Premier League week four takeaways including best goal, biggest letdown and controversy.

Steve Nicol delves into just how much Man City will rue the loss of Aymeric Laporte who was stretchered off vs. Brighton.
We got a 6/1 treble up over the weekend while also correctly calling Cristiano Ronaldo to score for Juventus against Napoli. Euro 2020 qualifiers take centre stage later in the week so now is an ideal time to take a breath and have a look at the revised betting for the Premier League title and top goal scorer.
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Despite the fact that Liverpool are the only team in the Premier League to still have a 100% record, Manchester City’s title odds have been cut to 2/5…

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Steve Nicol feels Liverpool’s bench could still do with another young, hungry attacker to help out the world class front three.
It’s back-to-back 13/2 winners now for the column after Anthony Martial struck first for Manchester United against Wolves on Monday evening. There’s another busy weekend of Premier League action including Arsenal’s crunch trip to Liverpool.
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The only sides to win both Premier League games thus far meet on Saturday, but it’s difficult to look beyond a home win at Anfield. Liverpool lost only one league game last season, scored 16 more goals than Arsenal and dished…

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Peter Crouch addresses the dominance of Manchester City and Liverpool in the English Premier League title race.
The column took a hit in midweek as Liverpool failed to beat Chelsea in 90 minutes in the UEFA Super Cup. The Premier League’s second weekend of the season brings a second top-six clash as Manchester City’s clash with Tottenham.
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Manchester City have barely put a foot wrong domestically over the past two seasons, winning back-to-back Premier League titles and accumulating 198 points in the process. During that period they’ve also beaten Spurs four times in the…

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Craig Burley says Alisson’s injury is a blow for Liverpool, but the recent signing of Adrian lessens the sting of losing the Brazilian.
Another weekend profit for the column after we tipped up Mohamed Salah to score first against Norwich and Lyon to beat Monaco at 11/8. Plenty of games coming up this week including the UEFA Super Cup clash between Liverpool and Chelsea.
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Wednesday sees an all-English UEFA Super Cup final, something of a rarity in the modern game. The showpiece in Istanbul provides Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool with another opportunity to win a major European trophy following their…

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The FC crew share the latest on Romelu Lukaku’s rumoured move to Inter and David Luiz’s demands to leave Chelsea.

The Exploding Heads are back as player agents to field calls from the likes of Gareth Bale, Harry Maguire and Phil Jones on a lively transfer deadline day.
The moment everyone has been waiting for all summer has arrived as the Premier League season kicks off this weekend. We’ve got all the best betting angles covered from the opening round of matches, including Liverpool’s curtain-raiser against newly promoted Norwich City on Friday night.
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Arsenal took six points from Newcastle last season and they can get their new season off to a flyer with victory at St James’ Park on Sunday.
New Magpies manager Steve Bruce’s…

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Celtic missed out on the Champions League group stage last season despite being all-conquering in Scotland.
We landed 5/1 and 11/5 winners over the weekend thanks to Raheem Sterling and Borussia Dortmund to start the new season with a bang and w…

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Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was surprised to hear one reporter refer to the Community Shield as a pre-season friendly.
Our banker bet won again in midweek and we also tipped Tottenham to beat Real Madrid, but Los Blancos failing to find the …

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Gab Marcotti explains how Real Madrid’s shocking defeat to Atletico Madrid has reignited efforts to bring Paul Pogba to the Santiago Bernabeu.

Following Real Madrid’s humiliating 7-3 defeat to Atleti, Stewart Robson thinks the writing is already on the wall for Zinedine Zidane.
There were more winners for the column last time out as we tipped Ajax to beat PSV Eindhoven in the Dutch Super Cup, while also backing Diogo Jota to score first for Wolves against Crusaders at 15/4. There are more Champions League qualifiers this week, while Bayern Munich host a tasty looking Audi Cup as preseason preparations are ramped up a notch.
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Celtic won the first leg of their latest Champions League qualifier against Nomme Kalju 5-0 and the bookies seem…

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