Crystal Palace v Hull City: Date, Time, Live Stream, TV Info and Preview

by Hull Daily Mail

FOOTBALL moves on very quickly and no-one can afford to be thinking about the FA Cup when Hull City head to Crystal Palace tomorrow.

Whilst it’s great to be in the last 16 and facing a game against Brighton, City’s bread and butter is the Premier League and they need to ensure they do the business at Selhurst Park.

City will go there with a buzz around the squad after beating Southend, but you’d still expect manager Steve Bruce to make something like eight or nine changes to his starting line-up.

Fortunately for Bruce, he now has players waiting in the wings who are playing well and putting real pressure on him with regards to his team selection. That can only keep everyone on their toes and be good for the club’s hopes of avoiding the drop.

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But make no mistake, they are heading to a Palace side which is now looking like it has real belief that they can avoid the drop themselves.

Since Tony Pulis came in as manager they have looked a lot more organised and are a difficult side to beat at home anyway.

Pulis was at the KC Stadium and in the stands when Palace inflicted a 1-0 defeat on the Tigers earlier in the season, but they are now a side which is much more in his mould.

As fans will know from his time at Stoke, he likes his sides to get the ball up to the strikers early and try to play the majority of the game in the opposition’s third.

City will have to be able to deal with that threat, before they can even start to think about getting the ball down and passing it in the manner they prefer.

Palace are coming into the game on the back of a cup defeat by Championship outfit Wigan, the holders, so the two sides could not be more of a contrast in terms of atmosphere.

But with belief running through the camp after the weekend FA Cup win, City will fancy their chances in the capital.

And although it is a bit of a six-pointer, it’s also a great chance to put yourself in an excellent position if you do pick up the victory.

Source:- http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Crystal-Palace-v-Hull-City-Peter-Swan-says-Tigers/story-20505609-detail/story.html

Liverpool v Everton: Date, Time, Live Stream, TV Info and Preview

by Craig Bloomfield

With that in mind, it is a game both clubs will be desperate not to lose, but with Tottenham in the top four race too, and Manchester United potentially coming up on the rails, even a draw would probably be a setback for the Reds and Blues.

Brendan Rodgers and Roberto Martinez will play their strongest available XIs, the make up of which will be heavily dependent on injury news.

Martinez has confirmed that Seamus Coleman will definitely miss the derby, while Sylvain Distin is a doubt.

Should the Frenchman be passed fit, it will probably mean John Stones deputises for Coleman at right-back, but if Distin misses out, Stones could be selected at centre-back ahead of John Heitinga, meaning a place for Tony Hibbert at full-back.

Coleman's absence at right-back may persuade Brendan Rodgers to select Luis Suarez as the nominal left-sided attacker in his Liverpool side, with less emphasis on the player in that position needed to track back and help the Reds' left-back defensively.

That would also allow the Reds boss to give Phillipe Coutinho a break. The Brazilian has started 10 of the last 11 Liverpool games (coming on at half-time in the other, an FA Cup tie with Oldham) and has looked a little jaded in recent weeks.

Rodgers will also be praying that Joe Allen is passed fit, enabling the Welshman to slot in to a midfield three, playing the Lucas holding role, alongside Steven Gerrard and Jordan Henderson.

Neither Gerrard nor Henderson are truly adept at shielding the Reds back four and Rodgers will also want his team to compete for possession against the Toffees midfield, which will almost certainly contain Gareth Barry and James McCarthy.

Ahead of the Blues' impressive midfield duo, Martinez must decide who will link the play between the middle of the park and Romelu Lukaku.

Being away from home, he may opt for the industry of Leon Osman, with Kevin Mirallas and new boy Aiden McGeady providing ammunition and width, but Steven Pienaar could also feature if passed fit.

Lukaku will fancy his chances against Kolo Toure, although Mamadou Sakho could yet reclaim his place in the Liverpool back four if he proves his fitness.

Jon Flanagan returned from injury as a late sub in the FA Cup win at Bournemouth and may get the nod ahead of Martin Kelly at right-back.

Some Kopites are even hoping Flanagan is selected at left-back ahead of Aly Cissokho.

Here is how the two teams could line up:

Source:- http://talksport.com/football/liverpool-v-everton-line-ups-injury-leads-suarez-tactical-switch-14012777337

Swansea City vs Fulham: Date, Time, Live Stream, TV Info and Preview

by Matt Law

Fulham will attempt to pull Swansea City deeper into the Premier League relegation battle when they travel to the Liberty Stadium on Tuesday evening.

The home side have taken just one point from their last six league games, with that run of form leaving them in 15th position in the table, just three points off the bottom three.

Swansea's home form has also been disappointing this season with five defeats and just two wins from their 11 matches on their own patch.

Fulham, meanwhile, sit in 17th position on 19 points. They have lost their last two in the league, but would move ahead of their opponents on Tuesday with victory.

That said, the London outfit have lost eight of their 11 league games on their travels this season, scoring just eight times in the process and conceding 26.

The corresponding match last season ended in a 3-0 win for Fulham, but Swansea were 2-1 winners when they travelled to Craven Cottage earlier in the campaign.

Swansea will have Spanish winger Pablo Hernandez to call upon in the league for the first time since New Year's Day after the former Valencia attacker recovered from a hamstring injury, but key trio Jonathan de Guzman, Nathan Dyer and Jonjo Shelvey are all expected to miss out.

Leading scorer from last season Michu also remains on the sidelines, but in-form Wilfried Bony will lead the line for the Welsh outfit.

Fulham, meanwhile, will ring the chances from their 1-1 draw in the FA Cup with Sheffield United. That will mean returns for the likes of Scott Parker, Steve Sidwell, Dimitar Berbatov and Clint Dempsey, but long-term absentee Brede Hangeland remains on the sidelines.

Recent form

Swansea: LWLLW

Fulham: DLWLD

Possible starting lineups

Swansea: Tremmel; Rangel, Chico, Williams, Davies; Britton, Amat, Pozuelo; Routledge, Bony, Hernandez

Fulham: Stekelenburg; Riether, Senderos, Hughes, Riise; Parker, Sidwell, Kasami; Kacaniklic, Berbatov, Dempsey

Source:- http://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/swansea-city/preview/preview-swansea-city-vs-fulham_133209.html

Norwich City vs Newcastle: Date, Time, Live Stream, TV Info and Preview

by DEEPAK VIKRAMAN

Newcastle United, with reports of one of their best players -- Yohan Cabaye -- swirling, will look to put those issues on the backburner when they travel to Carrow Road to take on Norwich City in the English Premier League.

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The Magpies have won four of their last six games in the Premier League -- the two losses coming against title contenders Manchester City and Arsenal - with that run seeing them in eighth on 36 points, seven behind fourth-placed Liverpool.

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"They're doing well. They had a very good run before a poorer run, and then a very good result at West Ham," Norwich manager Chris Hughton said. "What has been very good has been their away form, so that we'll have to be conscious.

"We're up against a good side but we're at home and we're concentrating very much on what we would like to do."

Alan Pardew though has been bombarded by questions over Cabaye's future, with the France international midfielder subject of a bid from PSG, while Manchester United have also reportedly showed an interest.

The manager insisted Cabaye was in the right frame of mind, and would start the game against Norwich, who are unbeaten in their last four home games against Newcastle, despite reports suggesting the midfielder could be headed to France on Tuesday to complete his switch to PSG. "Yohan's been very, very good," Pardew said. "He's preparing for the Norwich game. I expect him to play."

While Newcastle have half an eye on getting near that top-four spot, for Norwich it is all about staying as far away from the relegation zone as possible, with five points currently separating them from the bottom three.

Chris Hughton, a former Newcastle manager, has been under pressure to get results, with the 1-0 win over Hull City ten days ago lifting that pall of gloom a little bit.

"Irrespective of who the opposition were tomorrow, it's an opportunity for us," Hughton said on Monday. "We want to build on our last home performance. I personally didn't feel the scoreline was a true reflection of the Hull game. We had some really good periods and we wish we could have made it more comfortable for ourselves, but it was a game we won.

"There's a good feel at having done that and we want to extend that, and we have a good opportunity to do that tomorrow."

Team news: Norwich: Michael Turner, Elliot Bennett (both knee) and Jonathan Howson (back) are still ruled out, while Jonathan Gutierrez is ineligible to play against his parent club.

Newcastle: Mathieu Debuchy returns from a three-match suspension, but Fabricio Coloccini and Ryan Taylor remain sidelined. Papiss Cisse is also ruled out, and it remains to be seen whether Cabaye will even be involved, despite Pardew's assurances.

Expected lineups: Norwich: Ruddy; Martin, Basssong, Bennett, Olsson; Snodgrass, Fer, Johnson, Pilkington; Van Wolfswinkel, Hooper.

Newcastle: Krul; Debuchy, Williamson, Yanga-Mbiwa, Santon; Tiote, Anita; Sissoko, Cabaye, Gouffran; Remy.

Prediction: 1-0 to Newcastle

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Source:- http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/536189/20140128/newcastle-norwich-city-live-streaming-information-epl.htm

Southampton vs. Arsenal: Date, Time, Live Stream, TV Info and Preview

by pdb

Southampton vs. Arsenal
Tuesday, 28 January 2014 11.45AM PT/2.45 PM ET/7.45 PM BT
Barclays Premier League
League Form:  ARS DWWWWW | SOTON LWLLWD
St. Mary's Stadium, Britannia Rd., Southampton
Televisual Representation: None, but match is available on Premier League Live Extra/Extra Time if you are so equipped

The wacky fixture date and time thing continues for another match, as Arsenal and Southampton play that rarest of beasts, a Tuesday night game, thanks to this weekend's FA Cup exertions.  With seven games on the schedule, I guess it's not that rare this Tuesday, though.

Anyhoo, Arsenal made it through Friday night's Cup win pretty much unscathed, and, in a sentence I feel like I may have written a few times before, are rapidly returning to health; Mikel Arteta, Aaron Ramsey, Thomas Vermaelen, and Tomas Rosicky may be available for selection (although Arteta and Vermaelen are a bit questionable), and we can probably expect a full-strength, Giroud/Szcz/Cazorla/Sagna-populated lineup tomorrow, as Arsenal look to keep turning the screws on their title-contending challengers.  After playing pretty well on Friday, it's reasonable to expect Ox to get some time at his former club as well, although I doubt he'll get a start.

Remember back in late September, when Southampton were as high as fourth in the table, and it wasn't unreasonable to think they'd have a pretty strong season and maybe even push for a European place?  That's the cautionary tale about paying too much attention to the table that early in the season.  After their visit to the Emirates in November, a 2-0 Arsenal win that was a lot harder than the scoreline indicates, Southampton struggled to score for a while, lost eight of their next nine, and saw their league position drop as low as ninth.

Ninth is, in fact, where they currently sit - and it seems like, without trying to sound condescending, that's where they belong.  They're a squad full of solid, hard-working players who play in a formation similar to Arsenal's, so they're by no means a bad team, they just lack the personnel to maintain a serious charge at a Champions League place at this point.

I fully expect this to be a tight, nervy game that may well end in a draw; Arsenal are on a bit of a hot streak at the moment, but Southampton always give Arsenal a good test.  Away from home, especially, Arsenal will need to avoid their seemingly regular 20 minute stretch where they don't seem to care about the game very much if they want to avoid dropping points tomorrow night.

POSSIBLE STARTING LINEUP:
Szczesny; Monreal, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Sagna; Flamini, Ramsey; Podolski, Ozil, Gnabry; Giroud.

Source:- http://theshortfuse.sbnation.com/2014/1/27/5350532/premier-league-southampton-arsenal-match-preview

Manchester United vs Cardiff City: Date, Time, Live Stream, TV Info and Preview

by Liam Apicella

All eyes - and not for the first time this season - will be on Old Trafford on Tuesday night for more than one reason.

Ordinarily, the return of the man responsible for Manchester United winning the Champions League back in 1999 would dominate the headlines, but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been trumped by Juan Mata.

The Spaniard, who completed his club-record £37.1m switch from Chelsea to United at the weekend, has been tipped to make his highly anticipated debut against Solskjaer's Cardiff City.

As well as Mata, Red Devils manager David Moyes may be able to call upon the fit again Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie, although the latter of that duo may start the encounter as a substitute.

Rio Ferdinand and Marouane Fellaini have also recently returned to training following injury layoffs, but captain Nemanja Vidic is suspended and Michael Carrick is doubtful.

Meanwhile, having started on the bench against Bolton Wanderers at the weekend, it is expected that Solskjaer will hand recalls to Fraizer Campbell and Craig Noone.

Man United full-back Fabio da Silva may also be part of the Cardiff squad, providing that his proposed transfer is completed, while the same can be said for Stoke City striker Kenwyne Jones.

The away side, who are bottom of the table, have not defeated United since November 1960, which is a sequence of results that dates back six encounters.

Recent form

Man United: LLLWLW

Cardiff: DLWLLW

Possible starting lineups

Man United: De Gea; Rafael, Smalling, Evans, Evra; Fletcher, Giggs; Januzaj, Mata, Rooney; Welbeck

Cardiff: Marshall; Fabio, Caulker, Turner, Theophile-Catherine; Whittingham, Medel, Gunnarsson, Mutch, Noone; Campbell

Sports Mole says: 2-0

Source:- http://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/man-utd/preview/preview-man-united-vs-cardiff_133144.html

Sacramento Kings vs Utah Jazz: Date, Time, Live Stream, TV Info and Preview

by JEFF BARTL

While the Sacramento Kings haven't played all that well when fully healthy, they're finding things even more difficult without their two leading scorers.

DeMarcus Cousins and Rudy Gay both are game-time decisions as Sacramento looks to avoid a fourth straight loss when it visits the Utah Jazz on Monday night.

The Kings (15-28), one-half game ahead of Western Conference-worst Utah (15-29), have played the last two contests without Cousins (ankle sprain) and Gay (Achilles strain), who combine for 42.7 points per game.

Sacramento, though, nearly pulled off an upset in Friday's 116-111 overtime loss to Indiana before falling 125-117 to Denver on Sunday. Isaiah Thomas scored 22 points for the Kings, who are hoping to have at least one of their top players back Monday.

Coach Mike Malone said before Sunday's contest that Gay is closer to returning than Cousins, though both will be evaluated before each contest to determine their availability.

Marcus Thornton had 19 points Sunday and rookie Ben McLemore added 18 off the bench.

"The reality is if DeMarcus and Rudy are out, other guys have to step up," Malone said. "We had six guys in double figures and we're going to need that again (Monday). Utah is waiting on us, it's a very tough place to play and we're going to have to have a concerted team effort to have a chance to win on the road."

The Jazz lost back-to-back games to Minnesota before beating Washington 104-101 on Saturday behind a solid performance from reserve Enes Kanter, who scored 24 points and hit 11 of 13 from the field.

Derrick Favors played after missing the previous contest with a right hip strain and finished with 11 points and 14 rebounds, but he deferred to Kanter most of the night.

"Enes was doing the scoring, so I just tried to go out there and play defense and get rebounds," Favors said

Kanter scored four points in each loss to the Timberwolves.

"I personally was really bad two games against Minnesota, (so) I wanted to come out with lots of energy," Kanter said. "My coaches have given me a lot of confidence and we've been practicing really hard. The things I have been trying to do and now showing in the games."

Gordon Hayward added 16 points and Alec Burks scored 15 off the bench for Utah, which has won six of eight at home. Though the Jazz sit at the bottom of the West, they are 12-8 with a starting lineup of Hayward, Favors, rookie Trey Burke, Marvin Williams and Richard Jefferson.

"We did a good job of attacking them after playing inside-out," said Burke, who had 12 points and eight assists. "We attacked them in transition, attacked them in the half court."

Jefferson scored 20 points, while Favors and Hayward had 17 apiece to help Utah beat Sacramento 122-101 in the last meeting Dec. 11.

Thomas had 20 for the Kings in that contest after scoring 26 off the bench Dec. 7 to help overcome Hayward's 22 points in a 112-102 overtime victory. McLemore hit a 3-pointer with three seconds remaining in regulation to send it into OT.

Source:- http://www.sportingnews.com/nba/preview/2014012726/sacramento-kings--utah-jazz