While Derby returned to winning ways this past weekend, Manchester United were saved from defeat by the VAR. After going winless in four matches, Derby recovered with a 3-1 win over Sheffield Wednesday. Taking a 3-0 lead to half time, Derby were only denied a first clean sheet in five matches by Josh Windass’ goal in the 74th minute. Or is it director of football Marcel Brands, now on the club's board and placed in charge of all football strategy?This description alone suggests the Dutchman lured from PSV Eindhoven must call the shots and Moshiri should simply have the sign off. Brands is the man with the global contacts book, the networking reputation. That has us backing a home win and under 3.5 goals as our main tip in this one. We’re also backing Leeds to follow up on their solid home form with a 2-0 victory. The hosts have won to nil in 50% of their home matches so far this season, while 67% of Middlesbrough’s league games have seen under 2.5 goals scored. That has us going with a 2-0 home win in our correct score tip. He is so important to this team. PLAYER RATINGS Real Valladolid - Masip 7, Antonito 7, Olivas 6, Joaquin 6, Salisu 7, Carnero 5, Michel 6, Alcarez 6, San Emeterio 5, Unal 7, Guardiola 6. Subs - Plano 6, Villa 5, de la Fuente 4. Real Madrid - Courtois 7, Nacho 7, Ramos 6, Varane 7, Mendy 6, Casemiro 8, Kroos 7, Modric 6, Isco 5, Rodrygo 5, Benzema 6. Borussia Dortmund wonderkids Jadon Sancho and Erling Braut Haaland scored again as they beat Eintracht Frankfurt to move up to second in the Bundesliga. Lukasz Piszczek fired Dortmund into the lead with a fine 20-yard strike. England's Sancho expertly controlled Axel Witsel's pass out to the left wing, cut inside and slammed a low shot into the bottom corner. Fellow teenager Haaland tapped home from six yards out before Raphael Guerreiro blasted in a fourth. Due to the nature of the activity, banners are not checked before take-off and the content is at the operator's discretion. Following an emergency review this morning, Blackpool Airport will suspend all banner towing operations at the airport with immediate effect and we would suggest that other airports should also consider this approach in light of what has happened at Blackpool. Burnley and City players and staff had taken a knee in support of the Black Lives Matter movement moments before the aircraft circled over the stadium. It is an important win for us. Three points, clean sheet, good for mood and confidence and the table. A good evening for us,\" Norwich boss Daniel Farke said. There were some spicy moments in the last 10 minutes and anything can happen. Bournemouth have picked up four points from the last 36 on offer in the Premier League. Against sides outside the top 10, Reading have scored twice in all but one of their home games. They also hit a couple in a 2-2 draw at QPR earlier this season, one of the Rs’ many high scoring clashes. With over 2.5 goals landing in 73% of Reading’s home games – including six of their last eight – we are going for at least three goals to be scored in this meeting. Kortrijk welcomes Standard in the 24th round of the Jupiler League and it is a good question which side will show up today. Kortrijk has been inconsistent and they have 4-3-5 at home this season. They recently took a 2:2 draw at home vs Brugge in an inspired performance but it is a good question how much has Brugge applied themselves with a huge point gap on top. Kortrijk had problems with much weaker teams this season. Standard is ranked 4th in the league but it is mostly due to the good home game and much less on their away performances. Standard has 4-3-4 away from home but they do well against Kortrijk with 4 wins from the last 5 matches played. Well done. They beat Everton 3-2 on the weekend. Well done. Video - New club enters the race to sign Paul Pogba - Euro Papers01:20 Lionel Messi great again, Eden Hazard a fraud Now, as things work, Lionel Messi is back being good at football - having scored four goals against Eibar - and Eden Hazard succumbed to injury in Real Madrid's defeat to Levante. Since keeping three consecutive Premier League clean sheets in February, United have only kept two in their last 25 games in the competition (36 goals conceded). Excluding penalties, Aston Villa have conceded more goals from set-pieces than any other team in the Premier League this season (nine). There were just 112 seconds between Manchester United taking the lead through Victor Lindelof (63:21) and Tyrone Mings levelling for Villa at 2-2 (65:13). The Rio de Janeiro side are enjoying their best season in decades, having already wrapped up the league title and the Copa Libertadores, South America’s equivalent of the Champions League. However, they surprisingly went behind when Thiago Galhardo silenced the home fans at the Maracana stadium by putting the visitors ahead after 27 minutes. Over 2.5 goals have been produced in 44% of Morecambe’s home games and in 44% of Carlisle’s away games this season while both teams scored in 44% of Morecambe’s home games as well as in 56% of Carlisle’s away games, all of which adds weight to our final scoreline prediction for this weekends’ clash. He must be looking back at that saying 'why did I do that?' There's no good reason for him to do what he did. Eric Dier in the standsGetty Images Ignore the abuse like Fred does Every player gets abused. Look at poor Fred at Manchester United and what he has had to endure. The team was performing badly and he was only playing occasionally, one game out of five, and was probably not comfortable because he's not getting continuity in his game. Ancelotti's predecessors Ronald Koeman, Sam Allardyce and Silva will all go down in the history books as managers who tried but failed to bring back the glory years. What makes it worse for Toffees fans is the continued success of the red half of the city, with Liverpool the European and world champions and, barring a huge collapse, the next Premier League winners too. But this time, it might just be different at Goodison Park. Posted at 94' Corner, Manchester United. Conceded by Tim Krul. Posted at 94' Attempt saved. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Posted at 91' Attempt missed. Paul Pogba (Manchester United) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. The goal stood even though Arsenal complained that the ball was still moving when the free-kick was taken. Lacazette equalised 10 minutes later but Southampton always looked dangerous and were awarded a spot kick when Ings was dragged back by Kieran Tierney. Although Bernd Leno saved Ward-Prowse's shot, the midfielder followed up as Saints, who had picked up one point from their previous eight league games, scented a rare win. The final is set for Istanbul on 29 August. Europa League games would be played a day before each two-day block of Champions League matches. The final is planned for Gdansk, in Poland, on 27 August. It is understood UEFA will stick to the venues if they can, even though the games themselves will almost certainly be behind closed doors. But entry to Turkey and Poland is currently blocked. Uefa are aware there are no guarantees these restrictions will be lifted, meaning alternative venues might have to be found. After 8 games without a win (0-4-4), Mansfield finally won again in Cambridge (3-2). With 27 points, the team ranks 16th in the table. The last home games were problematic, where Mansfield did not win 5 times (0-2-3). Former Blues player Nathan Ake left the club to head to Bournemouth back in 2017 at a time when the team were blessed with a wealth of defensive options, though he could now be brought back, according to reports. In terms of forwards, there have been rumours about possible links between the Blues and Jadon Sancho, who is thought to be unhappy in the Bundesliga after rumours of a rift between him and Dortmund manager Lucien Favre.

	Team	Events	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goal difference	Points
1	Manchester City	22	18	2	2	41	56
2	Chelsea	22	12	7	3	28	43
3	Liverpool	20	12	6	2	34	42
4	West Ham United	21	11	4	6	12	37
5	Arsenal	20	11	2	7	8	35
6	Tottenham Hotspur	18	10	3	5	3	33
7	Manchester United	19	9	4	6	3	31
8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	20	9	4	7	2	31
9	Brighton & Hove Albion	20	6	10	4	0	28
10	Leicester City	18	7	4	7	-2	25
11	Crystal Palace	21	5	9	7	-1	24
12	Southampton	21	5	9	7	-8	24
13	Brentford	20	6	5	9	-6	23
14	Aston Villa	19	7	1	11	-5	22
15	Everton	19	5	4	10	-10	19
16	Leeds United	19	4	7	8	-16	19
17	Watford	19	4	2	13	-14	14
18	Norwich City	21	3	4	14	-35	13
19	Newcastle United	20	1	9	10	-23	12
20	Burnley	17	1	8	8	-11	11