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Em busca do inédito título da Copa do Brasil, o São Paulo enfrenta o Juventude nesta quarta-feira, no Morumbi, pelo jogo de ida das oitavas de final da competição. O Tricolor tenta arrancar bem no mata-mata contra a equipe gaúcha, campeã do torneio na edição de 1999. A esperança do São Paulo é que o time reviva o espírito aguerrido apresentado na Libertadores, em que chegou às semifinais. Já os gaúchos tentam surpreender sob a batuta do técnico Antônio Carlos Zago, ex-jogador do São Paulo. O duelo de volta está marcado para o dia 21 de setembro, em Caxias do Sul.

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Local: Morumbi, em São Paulo (SP)
Data/Hora: 24 de agosto de 2016, às 21h45
Árbitro: Wilton Pereira Sampaio-GO (FIFA)
Assistentes: Fabricio Vilarinho da Silva-GO e Fabiano da Silva Ramires-ES
Onde assistir: TV Globo, Premiere e tempo real do LANCE!

SÃO PAULO: Denis, Buffarini, Maicon, Lyanco e Mena; João Schmidt; Kelvin, Hudson, Thiago Mendes e Cueva; Chavez. Técnico: Ricardo Gomes.

JUVENTUDE: Elias, Vinícius, Anderson Marques, Ruan Renato (Klaus) e Pará; Wanderson, Vacaria, Wallacer e Felipe Lima; Roberson e Hugo Almeida. Técnico: Antônio Carlos Zago.

Desfalques do São Paulo: Lucas Fernandes, Breno, Wellington, Ytalo e Renan Ribeiro (lesionados), além de Rodrigo Caio (liberado para resolver questões pessoais)
Pendurados: Não há

Desfalques do Juventude: Carlinhos, Ernani e Vidal (lesionados)
Pendurado: Elias

PALPITÃO:Na redação do LANCE!, 90% dos palpites foram para vitória do São Paulo, enquanto os outros 10% são de apostas em empate, sem ninguém apostar em vitória do Juventude.

A nine-man Glasgow Rangers side crashed out of the Europa League at the round of 16 stage on Thursday evening.

Steven Gerrard’s men were defeated at Ibrox for the first time in just over a year by Czech Republic champions Slavia Prague, also ending a 13-game unbeaten run in the competition.

The visitors took the lead early in the first half, but things went from bad to worse after the break. Just six minutes after being introduced from the bench, Kemar Roofe received a straight red card for catching the goalkeeper with a high boot.

Slavia Prague doubled their advantage shortly later as Leon Balogun followed the 28-year-old in for an early shower.

However, the Gers duo weren’t the only two players to badly let Gerrard down on the night. You could probably make a case for pretty much everyone, although the fact that Scott Arfield was hooked after just 55 minutes was rather damning.

As a key member of that engine room, in the absence of the injured Ryan Jack particularly, the 32-year-old veteran should’ve stepped up to the mark in what was a historic occasion for the newly-crowned Scottish champions.

Instead, he was lightweight and anonymous alongside Steven Davis and Glen Kamara.

Arfield managed the fewest number of touches (29) of any Rangers player to start from the off, even fewer than goalkeeper Allan McGregor (40), and that’s just not what you need from someone who is supposed to pull the strings in the middle of the park.

From those limited touches, the Canada international struggled in possession, losing the ball nine times whilst he could only make 71% of his 24 passing attempts. This was comfortably the worst effort from any Gers player, and that’s just not what you need from a midfielder.

Considering Arfield is averaging an accuracy of 84.4% of his passes this season, via WhoScored, he was clearly having an off night.

The former Burnley ace won just one of seven duels (14%) too, only emphasising how much he struggled to combat the industrious strength of the visiting Czech Republicans.

GlasgowLive graded Arfield a 4/10, the joint-worst from the starting XI alongside Balogun and claimed: ‘It’s just not worked out for him since coming back from injury and he really struggled in his 50 odd minutes on the pitch.’

Indeed, the ageing midfielder hasn’t managed above a 6.22 WhoScored rating since mid-December and last night was just another sign of why the Gers should be looking to move on from him sooner rather than later.

He badly let Gerrard and the club down.

AND in other news, Exclusive: West Ham will be monitoring Rangers striker, claims Pundit…

Slowly but surely, Crystal Palace are starting to look like better bets to stay in the Premier League.

Of course, their 4-1 battering at the hands of Tottenham on Sunday evening provided evidence to the contrary but a period of three unbeaten games before that must have pleased Roy Hodgson.

The Eagles have been incredibly inconsistent this season and that shone through in north London over the weekend. Spurs haven’t been particularly swashbuckling in recent months but the effervescent trio of Harry Kane, Heung-min Son and Gareth Bale all ran riot on Sunday.

How Hodgson would love for three players of their quality. Bale looks back to his best and in the process of scoring twice, was a lively energetic threat.

The same cannot be said for Palace’s right-hand side where Andros Townsend severely disappointed. The winger began his career at Spurs where he played for 16 years, starting out as a young schoolboy to becoming a senior professional.

Yet, on Sunday evening, he showed exactly why he never made a name for himself at the very top of the game.

Townsend was devoid of much quality and very rarely had a chance to threaten the Spurs backline. Of course, there are better litmus tests for this Eagles attack but the 29-year-old did little to try and haunt his former employers.

He was hauled off after just 65 minutes having had a minimal impact on proceedings. Townsend touched the ball on just 40 occasions which was the lowest tally of any outfield Palace player to start the match.

On top of that, the winger made only 13 passes during his time on the field. That was fewer than goalkeeper Vicente Guaita and only more than Hodgson’s three substitutes; Wilfried Zaha, Jeffrey Schlupp and Jean-Philippe Mateta.

Townsend clearly isn’t as creative and hustling as he once was. The attacker managed a solitary key pass and when faced with the likes of Sergio Reguilon and Son in the channels, he often came out second best; winning just 37.5% of his defensive duels.

The fact that Hodgson took him off so early into the game spoke volumes, especially when it was the defence who were being given the biggest runaround.

Townsend did his best to inject a slice of energy into proceedings, and as he always proves, he was willing to work hard for the team. Yet, the forward’s end product was ultimately missing.

With Zaha now back from injury, the former England international better be wary. His place in the team could soon be under threat.

AND in other news, Imagine him & Mateta: 22-goal Palace target could create dream attack for Hodgson…

Speaking to Football Insider, talkSPORT regular Gabriel Agbonlahor has been wowed by Jarrod Bowen and has admitted he fully deserves a pay rise in reaction to claims from The Athletic over an increase to his salary – going on to say is it is a ‘great bit of business for West Ham’. 

Bowen has been a mainstay for David Moyes since arriving in 2020, starting 16 Premier League games in total this campaign alone, and reliable journalist David Ornstein claims the attacker has received a significant increase in salary after passing 30 appearances in all competitions for the Irons.

Agbonlahor hails Bowen business

In reaction to this development, Agbonlahor has heaped praise on the ‘great bit of business’ for West Ham with Bowen whilst claiming he will be a ‘star’.

“For me, he’s a quality player,” explained the talkSPORT regular to Football Insider. 

“The pay rise he’s got he deserves because he’s been outstanding this season.

“I’m sure now he just wants to get a few more goals and assists now to back up these great performances because he’s definitely going to be a star.

“It’s a great bit of business for West Ham.”

Transfer Tavern take

Given Bowen’s contribution for the Hammers this season, scoring four times and grabbing two assists (Whoscored), it’s hard to argue with the former Premier League striker’s assessment – and he is fully deserving of his reward.

Time will tell whether he does become a star for Moyes, but you wouldn’t bet against it based off this season.

In other news: West Ham fans reacted to these ‘unbelievable’ links, find out more here.

After slipping to yet another defeat in the Championship – albeit one they perhaps may have expected – Nottingham Forest are deep in the midst of a relegation battle 17 games into the season.

Chris Hughton’s side lost 2-1 to high-flyers Norwich in mid-week, and although they ended a horrific run without scoring in the clash, they had no points to show by the end of it.

And with their next opponents, Brentford, enjoying another season full of promotion potential, Forest face an extremely tall order to end their winless streak.

Hughton will surely have to make some big changes to try and spark some life into his side and get them back to winning ways.

Despite the fact Brice Samba hasn’t been entirely convincing this season – his clanger against Reading was particularly awful – Hughton may resist the temptation to drop his number one for this game.

In front of him, the Forest boss could make the big call to finally drop Tobias Figueiredo after his latest shocker in mid-week, and that could see veteran defender Michael Dawson come in.

Further forward, Anthony Knockaert’s goal against the Canaries may see him return to the starting line-up in place of Sammy Ameobi, and Hughton could well get the Frenchman to start on the right hand side and get Joe Lolley to move over to the left in a bid to change things up.

Predicted XI: Samba; Christie, Dawson, Worrall, Ribeiro; Sow, Cafu; Knockaert, Arter, Lolley; Taylor.

With the wretched form that Nottingham Forest find themselves in, Chris Hughton is no doubt desperately searching for some source of inspiration to try and change their fortunes around.Their run over the past few weeks in the Championship has been wretched to say the least, losing four times and picking up just one point from their last five matches.That stretch of games has also seen them fail to hit the back of the net even once, and that surely is the most pressing concern for Hughton and his staff.

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And whilst that may be a lot of pressure to thrust on a young man’s shoulders, Forest must surely consider unleash one of the brightest prospects on their books: Alex Mighten.

The 18-year-old featured in the first four games of the new Championship season, but hasn’t been since, which is a crying shame.

Speaking after he signed a new contract earlier in the summer, Forest’s academy manager Gary Brazil waxed lyrical about the teenager’s abilities.

Former Forest boss Sabri Lamouchi was equally fulsome in his praise of the young winger, saying: “With Alex, he’s a future talent. To sign a future talent is just to send the right message to the players. If we know he’s a talented player, the opponents, the whole team, they know that.

“So, we are lucky to work with him, and the trip is long for him – but step-by-step, last season, we gave him small time and small chances. The idea is to give him more chances and more time to play.”

Since Hughton has come in however, that simply hasn’t been the case. But with Forest up against it at the moment, and Anthony Knockaert really struggling himself, he could find a real spark in one of the club’s brightest young talents.

Meanwhile, this Forest ace let Chris Hughton down just as much as Ryan Yates against Reading.

Moussa Sissoko may have just opened the door for Harry Winks to steal his place in the Tottenham Hotspur midfield after struggling at home to Manchester City on Saturday.

Jose Mourinho has trusted Sissoko with being a key part of his plans in north London this season, but failed to see that faith repaid as the Frenchman boisterously frolicked around the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium without leaving an authoritative impression.

It was the sort of backs-to-the-wall display against Pep Guardiola’s Sky Blues that should have seen Sissoko impose himself more commandingly than he managed, having proven himself as a “big and powerful” unit since joining the Premier League and proving opinions wrong since joining Spurs.

“People look at him and think, ‘Wow he’s big and powerful’ and he looks so serious sometimes – but underneath it, he’s a big softie, really,” Sissoko’s former Newcastle United teammate James Perch told The Athletic.

“I knew he had lots of ability, but I didn’t see a top club buying him. Since he’s gone there, he’s surprised everyone, really.”

Saturday’s 2-0 win over Manchester City was Sissoko’s 12th appearance across all competitions this term, having now started six of Tottenham’s eight Premier League games, featured in two of their three Europa League Group Stage ties and started September’s EFL Cup win over London rivals Chelsea.

Mourinho’s preference to start Sissoko has come at the expense of Spurs product Winks, who has been shunned to the fringes and left feeding off scraps with just 17-minutes of top-flight action to his name since the start of October.

Winks also found himself omitted from Mourinho’s matchday squad for a third time in Tottenham’s last four Premier League fixtures this weekend, just days after telling Sky Sports that he finds it “difficult” being an outcast and reports surfacing that he could request a January transfer.

Spurs, however, will demand £40million should the Premier League title contenders look to sell the midfielder who Mauricio Pochettino once backed to be England’s Andres Iniesta.

“Harry has the profile of the perfect midfield player,” Pochettino said, via quotes by the Evening Standard. “His characteristics are perfect. When we talk about midfielders like [Spain greats] Xavi and Iniesta, he’s like this type of player. He has this capacity.”

Sissoko may have just opened the door for Winks to prove himself to Mourinho, as the £80,000-per-week enforcer could only win two of his four ground duels and one of three aerial contests on route to SofaScore’s lowest match rating for a starting Spurs player at 6.5 out of 10.

He further lost possession eight times, committed one foul, misplaced 30% of his 23 attempted passes, offered no key balls or shots on goal and made just one dribble.

Mourinho saw little defensive impact, either, as Sissoko could only register two clearances, one interception and one successful tackle despite City enjoying 67% of the possession, which they turned into 22 shots.

AND in other news, Daniel Levy risked a mammoth blunder by accepting a low-ball offer for a 63-cap Tottenham man this summer.

Three Standard Liege players have tested positive for Covid following their clash against Glasgow Rangers in midweek, it has been confirmed.

Liege hit with health blow

The ‘Gers travelled to Liege for their Europa League clash on Thursday and came away with a well-deserved 2-0 victory. However, the bad news is that three players have since tested positive for the virus.

Maxime Lestienne, Eden Shamir and Abdoul Fessal Tapsoba have been named as the unlucky trio, and the former even played against Steven Gerrard’s side on Thursday. As such, the Ibrox outfit face a nervous wait to find out whether any of their own players have been affected.

Nervous wait for Gerrard

Liege were in action against Club Brugge in the Belgian top flight last weekend and their opponents were also damaged by Covid issues within their squad. It seems that those problems have now been transferred to Liege, and it would not be unthinkable for the 54-time Scottish champions to be affected.

In the long-term this may not be too much of a danger for the players. After all, they are incredibly fit athletes who are not part of the most vulnerable group. However, it does mean that anyone who tests positive would be unavailable for two weeks as they would be forced to quarantine away from the rest of their teammates.

This is why Gerrard and Ross Wilson have put so much effort into building a squad – it is important to have alternative options when players aren’t available. Hopefully, though, this is just a scare rather than something which would become a serious problem at Ibrox.

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After seeing both of his summer transfer targets disappear before his very eyes, Roy Hodgson must unleash Crystal Palace ace Eberechi Eze against Fulham.

What’s the word?

Recent reports had revealed that Hodgson’s side were targeting moves for Ismaila Sarr and Said Benrahma.

But the Brentford star joined West Ham instead, whilst Sarr ended up staying at Watford after the Hornets rejected a £25m bid from Palace for the 22-cap Senegal international.

Despite missing out on both their key targets, it may have a positive impact on one player who is already at the club.

Time to shine

Big things are expected from Eze after he arrived in the summer from Queens Park Rangers for a fee that could rise to £20m, becoming the club’s second arrival of the transfer window.

The highly-rated England U21 international – who is valued at £16m via Transfermarkt – made quite the impression at the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium last season, as he started every game for Mark Warburton’s side in the English second division. scoring 14 goals and supplying 8 assists in the Championship, whilst he averaged 2.2 shots, 1.8 key passes and 3 dribbles per game, via WhoScored.

Despite the fact the 22-year-old has already made four appearances in the Premier League so far, including twice featuring from the bench, it’s safe to say that he would have been looking nervously over his shoulder amid Palace’s interest in both players.

In the end the Eagles failed to sign an attacking midfielder, which is what Hodgson will have wanted all along, as it’s an open secret that Wilfried Zaha is angling for a move away from Selhurst Park.

Once lauded as a “fantastic” player by QPR chief executive Lee Hoos, this has paved the way for Eze to stake his claim in the starting XI.

If the speedster can cement his place in the side, Hodgson could start to build a dream attack that Palace fans have been craving for so long. He just needs to be guaranteed game time, which is no easy task.

AND in other news, Crystal Palace make huge deadline call on Jack Butland which could pay off…

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O triunfo do São Paulo sobre o Figueirense foi um passo crucial para acender ainda mais o sonho da equipe encerrar o Brasileirão com a última vaga do G4. Graças ao gol marcado por Thiago Mendes nos acréscimos, o Tricolor paulista chegará ao duelo contra o Goiás com 72% de possibilidade de se garantir na Copa Libertadores de 2016, segundo o “Infobola”.

De acordo com Tristão Garcia, Especialista da Academia LANCE! em Estatística e Matemática, os são-paulinos passam até se não vencerem o Goiás no Serra Dourada:

– Além de ficar no G4 com uma vitória, o São Paulo precisam até de um empate contra o Goiás. Além disto, a equipe paulista é a única que depende só de suas próprias forças nesta briga para estar na Copa Libertadores.

Em caso de derrota, o São Paulo passará se o Inter não vencer o Cruzeiro no Beira-Rio.

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O Internacional chegará à última rodada com os outros 28% de chances de estar no G4. Aos olhos de Tristão Garcia, o número alto é até uma surpresa pela campanha do Colorado, que enfrentará o Cruzeiro na rodada final:

– Para um clube que oscilou tanto, o Internacional chega ao fim do Brasileiro com boas chances. A equipe tem a seu favor a vantagem de jogar no Beira-Rio, onde tem um bom aproveitamento. Mas não pode tropeçar, e terá de torcer contra o São Paulo.