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Kompany Ruled Out Of Man City Clash With QPR

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MANCHESTER (Sporting Alert) — Defender Vincent Kompany has been ruled out of Manchester City English Premier League weekend clash against QPR with a calf injury.

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Kompany picked up the muscle problem during the midweek Champions League clash against CSKA Moscow, which the defending EPL champions dropped 2-1 at home.

The Belgian center-back now joins fellow defender Aleksandar Kolarov and playmaking midfielder David Silva on the injured list for Saturday’s contest.

Kompany also look set to miss his country’s Euro 2016 qualifying clash against Wales on Nov. 16 and the friendly international game with Iceland four days prior to that encounter.

“Kompany has a calf problem,” Man City manager Boss Manuel Pellegrini confirmed.

“I don’t think it is too serious but he will not play on Saturday and I don’t know if he will be ready for his national squad next week.

“Maybe not but at the moment it is difficult to say. We will get the doctors’ opinion on it too.”

With the skipper out, summer signing Eliaquim Mangala is expected to take his place in the starting back four, while Yaya Toure, who was sent off in the defeat to CSKA Moscow, will be handed the captain’s armband.

Manchester City beat Manchester United 1-0 in their last English Premier League outing and Pellegrini is confident his team will return to winning ways against a QPR side that is struggling on their return to the top flight.

The game will be played at Loftus Road Stadium and will be broadcasting live on Sky Sports.

Match Appointments
Referee: Mike Dean Assistants: J Brooks, L Betts Fourth Official: M Atkinson

Manchester City v Tottenham Line-ups, Live Scores

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MANCHESTER (Sporting Alert) — Manchester City handed Frank Lampard a starting place, while Hugo Lloris is fit and starts in goal for Tottenham in today Premier League clash at Etihad Stadium.

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Manager Manuel Pellegrini makes six changes to his Manchester City starting squad with Lampard getting a starting place in midfield over Yaya Toure, who is on the bench.

Sergio Aguero, who has scored five goals in five Premier League meetings against Spurs starts as the lone forward in the attack with Edin Dzeko, who has netted six goals in six league games against Spurs and Stevan Jovetic both on the bench if needed.

Bacary Sagna and Gael Clichy also start, so too does Jesus Navas and James Milner, while Fernandinho and Aleksandar Kolarov are substitutes and right-back Pablo Zabaleta is not in the match day squad at all.

For Tottenham, meanwhile, striker Emmanuel Adebayor starts on the bench, with Roberto Soldado getting the starting place as the lone man up front.

There is a Premier League debut for Argentinian defender Federico Fazio, who starts in the backline alongside Eric Dier, Younes Kaboul and Danny Rose, while Nacer Chadli is fit and does starts after overcoming an injury.

The last six Premier League games between these two sides have produced 30 goals, with Manchester City scoring 22.

Man City was a comfortable 6-0 winner at this venue last season.

Manchester City: Hart, Sagna, Demichelis, Kompany, Clichy, Milner, Fernando, Jesus Navas, Lampard, Silva, Aguero.
Subs: Dzeko, Kolarov, Caballero, Fernandinho, Jovetic, Boyata, Toure.

Tottenham Hotspur: Lloris, Dier, Kaboul, Fazio, Rose, Capoue, Mason, Lamela, Eriksen, Chadli, Soldado.
Subs: Vertonghen, Adebayor, Vorm, Townsend, Kane, Dembele, Stambouli.

Referee: Jon Moss (W Yorkshire)

France v Norway Live World Cup warmup coverage

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(SportingAlert.com) — Starting lineups and live coverage of the 2014 Fifa World Cup international friendly game between France and Norway at Stade de France on Tuesday night.

France v Norway Live World Cup

Paul Pogba, Yohan Cabaye, Olivier Giroud, Patrice Evra and Antoine Griezmann are all amongst the starters tonight for the 1998 World Cup champions, with several star players also on the bench.

Regular first choice goalkeeper Hugo Lloris starts on the bench this time with Stéphane Ruffier named in goal, while Bacary Sagna, Loïc Remy and Moussa Sissoko, are also on the bench.

Arsenal forward Giroud will lead the attack and he will be supported by Griezmann. Pogba, who has had yet another outstanding season with Italian champions Juventus, and Cabaye, who left Newcastle United to join PSG in January, start as the central midfielders.

Amongst the starters tonight for Norwary are striker Joshua King and defender Brede Hangeland, with Morten Gamst Pedersen starting on the substitutes’ bench.

France v Norway

France: Ruffier, Debuchy, Koscielny, Sakho, Evra, Valbuena, Pogba, Cabaye, Matuidi, Griezmann, Giroud
Subs: Lloris, Remy, Sagna, Digne, Landreau, Mavuba, Grenier, Sissoko, Perrin, Schneiderlin, Cabella, Gonalons

Norway: Nyland, Linnes, Hangeland, Nordtveit, Hogli, Johansen, Tettey, Jenssen, Daehli, Elyounoussi, King
Subs: Forren, Jarstein, Konradsen, Nielsen, Pedersen, Ringstad, Berisha, Danielsen

Referee: Padraig Sutton (Rep of Ireland)

FA Cup Final: Arsenal v Hull City Live Score Updates

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LONDON (Sporting Alert) — Lukasz Fabianski has been selected to start in goal for Arsenal in today’s FA Cup final against Hull City at Wembley.

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Fabianski, who has started every game of this year’s FA Cup for Arsenal, had been backed by manager Arsene Wenger to keep his place in the starting XI ahead of regular number one Wojciech Szczesny.

Starting the game as well are Lukas Podolski, Olivier Giroud, Mesut Ozil and Aaron Ramsey, so does full-back Bacary Sagna, who is almost certainly to be playing his last match for the Gunners with Manchester City reportedly set to sign him before the World Cup.

Yaya Sanogo stats the game on the bench, with Jack Wilshere and Mathieu Flamini, but there is no Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

Tom Huddlestone and Matty Fryatt are amongst the starters tonight for Hull City.

James Chester also makes a surprise comeback and starts at the back alongside the likes of Curtis Davis, Ahmed Elmohamady and Liam Rosenior.

Arsenal: Fabianski, Sagna, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs, Arteta, Ramsey, Cazorla, Ozil, Podolski, Giroud.
Subs: Szczesny, Vermaelen, Monreal, Rosicky, Wilshere, Flamini, Sanogo.

Hull City: McGregor; Davies, Bruce, Chester, Rosenior, Elmohamady, Livermore, Huddlestone, Meyler, Quinn, Fryatt.

Arsenal v Bayern Munich Live TV Channels and Game Time

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LONDON (Sporting Alert) — Defending champions Bayern Munich will battle with Arsenal in the Champions League last 16 tie at Emirates Stadium on Wednesday night.

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Bayern Munich are the favourites to win the entire competition, with Arsenal just another team standing in the German side’s way.

The Gunners know how dangerous the visitor will be, but they are not just going to sit around and let them have their own way.

“Bayern were very strong last year, they achieved everything, they got the treble and were very sharp and almost the perfect team,” center-back Per Mertesacker said on Arsenal.com.

“But with Pep Guardiola in charge, they look even sharper. They look to get even more possession, which is nearly impossible but he has put something in, that Barca style.

“I think they have improved this season on what they are doing so it will be a really tough one and demands a lot from our side – mainly defensively.

“Can we cope with that possession, can we cope with their qualities? They don’t just have 11 players, they have nearly two teams who can compete on a Champions League level, so they are the toughest opponent you can get in Europe.

“We know their players quite well so that will be interesting for us. We know each other but we need to think about our team shape and how we can destroy their possession.”

Midfielder Mikel Arteta is out suspended and has been replaced in the matchday squad by Tomas Rosicky, while goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny will return in goal for Lukasz Fabianski.

Arsene Wenger is also set to recall the likes of Santi Cazorla, Jack Wilshere, Kieran Gibbs, Bacary Sagna and Olivier Giroud (tired), who were rested against Liverpool in the FA Cup win.

UPDATED: Arsenal 2-0 Liverpool: Cazorla and Ramsey – Live

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Santi Cazorla celebrates scoring
Santi Cazorla celebrates scoring

LONDON (Sporting Alert) — Arsenal has extended their lead over Liverpool in their English Barclays Premier League clash at Emirates Stadium after going 2-0 up in the second half.

Santi Cazorla fired home a wonderful strike in the first half and Arsenal added another in the second through Aaron Ramsey, who struck a beauty.

A wonderful run down the right hand side saw full-back Bacary Sagna delivering a good cross which picked out Cazorla, but the unmarked Spaniard saw his header crashing off the post.

But while Liverpool defenders stand and watched the Arsenal man reacted first to fired home the loose ball past Simon Mignolet in the 19th minute.

In the 59th minute the Gunners went 2-0 up when the on form Ramsey fired over the head of Mignolet to extend the leaders’ advantage in the contest.

Arsenal is currently keeping Daniel Sturridge and Luis Suarez very quiet in this game and Liverpool is struggling to find any other attacking options from elsewhere.

Arsenal leads the EPL with 22 points and would go five clear of Liverpool should they go on to win this game.

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Arsenal v Liverpool

Arsenal: Szczesny, Sagna, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs, Ramsey, Arteta, Rosicky, Ozil, Cazorla, Giroud. Subs: Vermaelen, Monreal, Fabianski, Bendtner, Jenkinson, Akpom, Hayden.

Liverpool: Mignolet, Toure, Skrtel, Sakho, Flanagan, Gerrard, Lucas, Henderson, Cissokho, Sturridge, Suarez. Subs: Brad Jones, Agger, Coutinho, Moses, Allen, Sterling, Kelly.

Referee: Martin Atkinson (W Yorkshire)

Georgia v France Live on ESPN3.com, Team Starting News

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(Sporting Alert) — The following are the starting lineups for the 2014 World Cup European Group I clash between Georgia and France tonight.

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Among the starters for France tonight are Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema, who has been partnered with Arsenal in-form striker Olivier Giroud in the attack.

Aggressive winger Franck Ribery is also in the French starting team, while Manchester United left-back Patrice Evra and Arsenal’s Bacary Sagna both start in the back line, along with Laurent Koscielny and Eric Abidal.

Mathieu Debuchy, Adil Rami, Gael Clichy, Samir Nasri and Andre-Pierre Gignac are all on the substitutes’ bench.

France and Spain currently command Group I and are expected to qualify for Brazil from the group.

Georgia v France

Georgia: Loria, Grigalava, Lobjanidze, Kashia, Amisulashvili, Khubutia, Kankava, Ananidze, Okriashvili, Kobakhidze, Gelashvili
Subs: Revishvili, Targamadze, Modebadze, Dvalishvili, Popkhadze, Tomashvili, Grigalashvili, Dzaria, Khizanishvili, Dolidze, Tskhadadze, Kvaskhvadze

France: Lloris, Evra, Sagna, Koscielny, Abidal, Valbuena, Sissoko, Guilavogui, Ribery, Giroud, Benzema
Subs: Mandanda, Debuchy, Rami, Clichy, Nasri, Mangala, Gignac, Payet, Gonalons, Landreau

Referee: Firat Aydinus (Turkey)

STARTING TEAM: Bayern Munich v Arsenal LIVE! Scores

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MUNICH (Sporting Alert) — Barclays Premier League side Arsenal made five adjustments to the team which lost to Bayern Munich in the Champions League last-16 first leg tie for tonight’s game.

Coming in are goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski, Carl Jenkinson, Kieran Gibbs, Tomas Rosicky and Olivier Giroud, with Wojciech Szczesny, Thomas Vermaelen, Bacary Sagna, Jack Wilshere and Lukas Podolski.

Midfielder Jack Wilshere, forward Podolski and defender Sagna are all injured.

Wilshere and Podolski are both out with ankle injuries, while Sagna has a knee problem and will not feature. Defender Nacho Monreal, who transferred from Malaga is ineligible for the contest, and Szczesny is rested.

Wenger said on Arsenal.com: “Wilshere is out with an inflamed ankle, on the [left side], not the [right side] where he was injured [before] and he will be out for three weeks.

“He will not be available for Munich, for Swansea and not for the England games.

Bayern Munich, in the meantime, are without midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger and defender Jerome Boateng, who are both suspended, while midfielder Franck Ribery is ruled out with ankle ligament damage.

Former Chelsea winger Arjen Robben, as expected replaces the injured Franck Ribery, with Bayern Munich making two changes to the side that beat the Gunners 3-1 at the Emirates in the first leg.

German midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger is out suspended.

Bayern Munich v Arsenal (2:45 ET)

Bayern Munich: Neuer, Lahm, Van Buyten, Dante, Alaba, Javi Martinez, Gustavo, Muller, Kroos, Robben, Mandzukic. Subs: Starke, Shaqiri, Rafinha, Pizarro, Contento, Gomez, Tymoschuk.

Arsenal: Fabianski, Jenkinson, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs, Arteta, Rosicky, Ramsey, Walcott, Giroud, Cazorla. Subs: Mannone, Diaby, Vermaelen, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Coquelin, Arshavin, Gervinho.

Referee: Pavel Kralovec (Czech Republic)

Arsenal FC vs Aston Villa FC Starting Teams

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(Sporting Alert) — Arsene Wenger made three changes to his Arsenal side for the Barclays Premier League game today against Aston Villa at Villa Park.

The game also attacker Gervinho making a return to the bench after being out because of an ankle injury.

But the three changes made by Wenger to his Arsenal side are defenders Carl Jenkinson and Kieran Gibbs and midfielder Aaron Ramsey, who all come in as replacements for captain Thomas Vermaelen, Bacary Sagna and Jack Wilshere, who start this game on the bench.

With Vermaelen dropped to the bench, midfielder Mikel Arteta will captain the side.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain also starts, also does the in-form Olivier Giroud, who continues up front.

Paul Lambert’s Aston Villa team have slipped into the drop zone and confidence at the moment is not on a high. Darren Bent continues to be out so  Gabriel Agbonlahor and Christian Benteke start.

Arsenal FC Team vs Aston Villa FC Team

Arsenal FC Team: Szczesny, Jenkinson, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Gibbs, Arteta, Ramsey, Cazorla, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Podolski, Giroud.
Subs: Mannone, Sagna, Vermaelen, Coquelin, Wilshere, Arshavin, Gervinho.

Aston Villa FC Team: Guzan, Lowton, Vlaar, Clark, Stevens, El Ahmadi, Westwood, Bannan, Weimann, Agbonlahor, Benteke. Subs: Given, Ireland, Albrighton, Holman, Delph, Bowery, Lichaj.