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Neither team have had campaigns to write home about. While Odisha lie at the very bottom of the table, East Bengal haven't fared much better and are ninth. However, ending the season with a convincing win could give some relief to both sets of long-suffering supporters. ISL 2020-21 SPECIAL PAGE | ISL 7 POINTS TABLE | ISL 7 RESULTS/FIXTURES Robbie Fowler's side were always pegged down by the inability of their forwards to convert possession into goals. Bright Enobakhare remains the only one of their strikers to have netted this season and SCEB lie at the very bottom of the goals scored list. The club was also let down by the failure of their Indian forwards to fire. Despite boasting big names like Jeje Lalpekhlua, CK Vineeth and Balwant Singh, Fowler managed to get zero shots on target from the trio. Odisha has had similar woes throughout the season. Except for Diego Mauricio, no other player stepped up in the goalscoring department. Mauricio was responsible for 57 per … [Read more...] about ISL 2020-21: SCEBFC vs OFC, Preview: East Bengal and Odisha look to end season on a high

WATFORD (AFP) - Daniel Sturridge insists he never doubted his ability to make his mark at international level and highlights his January move to Liverpool as the catalyst for his emergence as England's in-form goalscorer. Sturridge - in line to return to Roy Hodgson's England side against Germany at Wembley on Tuesday after missing last week's 2-0 friendly defeat by Chile with a thigh injury - joined Liverpool in a £12 million (S$24.1 million) move from Chelsea 11 months ago after failing to progress from the fringes of the Stamford Bridge first team. Long tipped as an England star in the making, the 24-year-old has since blossomed on Merseyside after being handed a regular starting spot and a return of 23 goals in 33 appearances for club and country during 2013 tells its own story. With the World Cup finals still seven months away, it already seems certain that, barring injury, Sturridge and Wayne Rooney will provide the focus of England's attack in Brazil next year. The … [Read more...] about Football: Sturridge says Liverpool move led to World Cup chance

REUTERS: AC Milan coach Stefano Pioli said that if he had to choose between his side's striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Inter Milan forward Romelu Lukaku, he would pick the Swede "all his life" ahead of the Milan derby in Serie A on Sunday. Former Manchester United team mates Ibrahimovic and Lukaku meet for the first time since their fiery exchange in last month's Coppa Italia fixture, a clash that was so heated it resulted in an inquiry by the Italian Football Federation. Pioli believes that episode between both club's top goalscorers this season will not spill over into Sunday's encounter. "What happened is now over," Pioli told a news conference ahead of the derby at the San Siro. "It will be a heartfelt battle between them but also one with great respect and sportsmanship. "Tomorrow we have to be an attentive and determined team, to defend well and attack well. If had to choose between Ibra and Lukaku as my striker, I would keep Zlatan all my life." Milan led the way in … [Read more...] about Football: Pioli says he would chose Ibrahimovic over Lukaku ‘all my life’

BURNLEY, England: Burnley were held to a 0-0 draw at home to West Bromwich Albion in the Premier League on Saturday, despite the visitors being reduced to 10 men for an hour. Burnley's task looked to have become easier when West Brom's Semi Ajayi was sent off on the half-hour mark, his handball deemed to have denied the hosts a goalscoring opportunity. Despite enjoying plenty of possession, however, Burnley created very little in attack, disappointingly mustering just one shot on target all match. The depleted visitors had two great chances to win it late on, but January signing Mbaye Diagne was unable to find the target from close range and Matheus Pereira's goalbound strike was cleared off the line by James Tarkowski. Even though they failed to secure all three points, Burnley stretched their unbeaten run to four league games to sit 15th in the standings on 28 points, nine points clear of the relegation zone. West Brom, however, will rue those missed chances as they … [Read more...] about Football: Burnley held to stalemate at home by 10-man West Brom

REUTERS: Manchester City will not get carried away by their stellar recent form as they prepare for a stern test from Swansea City in Wednesday's FA Cup fifth-round tie, manager Pep Guardiola said on Tuesday. A 14-game winning run in all competitions has lifted City to the top of the Premier League, five points clear of Manchester United with a game in hand. They have also advanced to the final of the League Cup, where they face Tottenham Hotspur in April. "I only think about the next game and try to prepare well, there are no secrets," Guardiola told reporters when asked about the reason behind their recent success. "What happens in the past is just that. We are calm when we lose and it's the same now. The reason is that we are thinking of the next game, and now it's Swansea." City needed three second-half goals to claw back a two-goal deficit when these two sides met in the FA Cup quarter-finals in 2019, and Guardiola is hoping for smoother passage this time around. … [Read more...] about Soccer-No secrets to Man City’s winning run, says Guardiola