Fixtures & Results
Mauricio Pochettino says Tottenham captain Hugo Lloris is set to follow in the footsteps of Harry Kane and sign a new contract at White Hart Lane.
Kane penned fresh terms on Thursday, taking his deal up to 2022 and reportedly putting him among the club’s highest earners.
MARK HUGHES has confirmed that captain Ryan Shawcross remains a doubt for this weekend’s Premier League game with Burnley.
Stoke City will be targeting back-to-back wins when they welcome the Clarets to the bet365 Stadium on Saturday, but could be without the influential defender once more.
A superb goal from debutant Carles Alena saved Barcelona from an embarrassing defeat as they drew 1-1 at Hercules in the first leg of their Copa del Rey last-32 tie.
Luis Enrique made 11 changes with Saturday’s El Clasico in mind and watched his side endure a significantly more testing evening than he would have expected.
Eddie Nketiah scored a hat-trick to earn Arsenal their third successive Premier League 2 Division 1 win as they beat Leicester City 3-0 at Boreham Wood.
The 17-year-old, who had never previously scored in the competition, opened his account after 15 minutes and hit a quickfire double early in the second half to seal the three points and take the Gunners up to fourth in the table.
Facts and stats form the Potters’ away triumph
TRIUMPHANT // Stoke have now registered back-to-back victories against Watford having not been successful in any of the previous six matches.
Barcelona lost ground to Real Madrid in the LaLiga title chase, while Manchester City had to come from behind against Burnley to keep pace with Chelsea and Liverpool at the Premier League summit.
Juventus’ 3-1 defeat at Genoa allowed Roma and AC Milan to close the gap to four points at the top of Serie A, and Borussia Dortmund’s defeat at Eintracht Frankfurt was especially costly as the top four all won.
STOKE CITY produced an immediate response to last weekend’s first defeat in seven as they returned to winning ways in front of the live SKY television cameras on Sunday lunchtime. Heurelho Gomes’ first-half own goal proved to be the difference between the two sides on paper, although in truth there was only ever one side likely to take maximum spoils.
Watford vs Stoke City
Sunday 27th November 2016
Vicarage Road
Kick Off 12.00pm
STOKE CITY will be looking to bounce back quickly from last weekend’s loss to Bournemouth when they face Watford in Sunday’s live televised fixture at Vicarage Road.
Burnley 1-2 Man City
Manchester City returned to the top of the Premier League table ahead of the other matches thanks to Sergio Aguero’s double at Burnley.
Swansea City 5-4 Crstal Palace
Fernando Llorente struck twice in stoppage time at the Liberty Stadium as Swansea City fought back to hand Crystal Palace a sixth defeat in a row.