Manchester United will look upon this fixture as an almost guaranteed three points, while Pompey boss Avram Grant may be looking at damage limitation.

Alex Ferguson normally sees his team go from strength to strength at this time of year and this season seems no different. A fantastic away win against Arsenal last week puts United right in the slipstream of Chelsea after they were surprisingly held by Hull City in midweek, and they won t expect Portsmouth to stand in their way. The injured list is diminishing for United with long term absentee Hargreaves, Ferdinand and O Shea the only players of note missing this week. Wayne Rooney continues to make headlines for all the right reasons with another goal against Arsenal and few would bet against him scoring certainly not Ferguson…

Andy Robertson highlighted Sadio Mane s last-gasp winner against Aston Villa as more evidence of how much the Liverpool star has raised his game in 2019.

The Senegal international dazzled on Saturday, setting up one and scoring the other to inspire a remarkable late comeback at Villa Park.

Liverpool trailed for over an hour before left-back Robertson met Mane s brilliant cross towards the end of 90 minutes.

The winger then cleverly glanced in Trent Alexander-Arnold s corner in the fourth minute of added time as the Premier League leaders maintained their six-point advantage over Manchester City.

It was a smashing goal, Robertson told Liverpool s official website of Mane s decisive header.

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Matthijs de Ligt set his sights on team success with Juventus after claiming a prestigious individual prize at the Ballon d Or ceremony on Monday.

The Netherlands international was named the 2019 winner of the Kopa Trophy, given annually to the best player in the world aged under 21.

De Ligt described the award as an honour and hoped it would not be his last taste of silverware for the season.

Juve, the club he joined from Ajax in July, have long harboured ambitions to win the Champions League and are locked in a Serie A title race with Antonio Conte s Inter.

Inter will be a difficult challenge because they are a great team with great players, De Ligt told reporters in Paris.

But the season is long and for us it is all about winning.

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The UEFA Champions League group stages are finally here. Tomorrow marks the first fixtures, with Chelsea FC and Arsenal representing the English Premier League. Manchester United and Manchester City will take the field on Wednesday with extremely high expectations for the Manchester-based clubs. Previews for United and City will be available tomorrow. So let s get to it.

Chelsea v. Bayer Leverkusen: from Stamford Bridge, London, England

This match stands out for one reason, it marks the return of former Blues midfielder Michael Ballack to Stamford Bridge. Ballack will reportedly be honored by Chelsea prior to kick-off. The club will be thanking Ballack for the four years he spent with the team and Ballack is ever so thankful.

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You don’t want to face an angry Tom Brady but the Carolina Panthers will have to face that when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers arrive in town on Sunday. Brady was shut out against the Saints and he won’t let that happen again. Meanwhile, the Panthers are a mess with head coach Matt Rhule angering the fanbase and seemingly sleepwalking towards losing his job.

Find out what happens by reading our NFL picks and predictions for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Carolina Panthers.

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It’s a matchup of two teams looking to improve their playoff standing in their respective conferences when the Cincinnati Bengals host the San Francisco 49ers.

The Niners saw their three-game winning streak snapped last week and are still dealing with a plethora of injuries, while the Bengals were left licking their wounds after giving up 41 points in a loss to the Chargers.

Which team will bounce back, cover the short spread and move one step closer to the playoffs? Find out in our free NFL picks and predictions for 49ers at Bengals on December 12.

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Tis the season for scary movies with Halloween happening on Monday. And under all that slashing and screaming and gore that populates the film genre, aren’t horror movies just underdog stories at their core?

We have lone survivors like “Final Girls” Laurie Strode and Ellen Ripley, who overcome the odds to whoop the big baddy and win the day. You also have guys like Chris Washington in “Get Out” and Ash Williams in “The Evil Dead” going to great lengths to come out on top, like chopping off their own hand and braining someone with a bocce ball.

And, even considering the evil antagonists in horror flicks, you often have a one-man wrecking crew like Jason Voorhees and Michael Myers, who are massively outnumbered, seem to …

After a gut-wrenching loss to the Eagles two weeks ago, Josh Allen and the Bills have strung together two wins against some of the league’s strongest contenders in the Chiefs and Cowboys. Josh Allen has combined for four touchdowns and just one turnover across those two games, providing a level of consistency that was sorely missing during the earlier parts of the season.

Week 16 odds will see Buffalo travel to take on the Justin Herbert-less Chargers, who may have newfound relief and motivation after former head coach Brandon Staley was fired after last week’s embarrassing divisional loss.

Can Josh Allen and interim offensive coordinator Joe Brady keep the offense humming? Or will the Staley-less Chargers defense pose as a credible threat in Week 16?

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Jordan Love and the red-hot Green Bay Packers travel to the Big Apple (well, kinda) to face the New York Giants tonight in one-half of a Monday Night Football doubleheader in Week 15.

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On Sunday we see Cowboys vs. Rams at SoFi Stadium in NFL action. The teams both start their preseason with a game that is unlikely to see either team’s starting QB. That gives us an opportunity to study the depth charts and make an interesting pick for the game.

Don’t miss my Cowboys vs. Rams predictions and NFL picks for August 11.

Cowboys vs Rams prediction

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It’s challenging to make a pick for Dallas Cowboys vs. Los Angeles Rams with a lack of information available around how much we’ll see from the starters, but a look at both head coaches’ records shows that Mike McCarthy’s 31-32 preseason record is far better than that of Sea…