Roma vs Chelsea, Manchester United vs Benfica, Olympiakos vs Barcelona & other UCL starting XI

Roma XI: Alisson, Juan, Kolarov, Fazio, Florenzi, Nainggolan, Strootman, De Rossi, Perotti, Dzeko, El Shaarawy.

Subs: Skorupski, Moreno, Manolas, Pellegrini, Under, Gonalons, Gerson.

Chelsea XI: Courtois, Rudiger, David Luiz, Cahill, Azpilicueta, Bakayoko, Fabregas, Alonso, Pedro, Morata, Hazard.

Subs: Caballero, Christensen, Zappacosta, Kenedy, Drinkwater, Willian, Batshuayi.

Manchester United XI: De Gea, Darmian, Bailly, Smalling, Blind, Matic, McTominay, Mata, Lingard, Martial, Lukaku.

Subs: Romero, Lindelof, Shaw, Herrera, Mkhitaryan, Young, Rashford.

Benfica XI: Svilar, Douglas, Ruben Dias, Jardel, Grimaldo, Fejsa, Filipe Augusto, Pizzi, Salvio, Diogo Goncalves, Raul.

Subs: Julio Cesar, Lopez, Samaris, Jonas, Seferovic, Eliseu, Cervi.

Celtic XI: Gordon, Lustig, Boyata, Bitton, Tierney, Forrest, Brown, Armstrong, Sinclair, McGregor, Dembele.

Subs: De Vries, Griffiths, Gamboa, Hayes, Rogic, Ntcham, Ajer.

Bayern Munich XI: Ulreich, Sule, Martinez, Robben, James, Rafinha, Boateng, Vidal, Tolisso, Alaba, Coman.

Subs: Starke, Hummels, Thiago, Rudy, Kimmich, Friedl, Wintzheimer.

Olympiakos XI: Proto; Diogo, Botía, Engels, Koutris; Romao, Tachtsidis; Elabdellaoui, Odjidja, Carcela; Fortounis.

Barcelona XI: Ter Stegen, Semedo, Umtiti, Mascherano, Alba, Paulinho, Busquets, Sergi Roberto, Denis Suarez, Luis Suarez, Messi

Subs: Cillessen, Rakitic, Iniesta, Deulofeu, Alcácer, Digne, Andre Gomes.

PSG XI: Areola, Alves, Marquinhos, Silva, Kurzawa, Verratti, Rabiot, Draxler, Mbappe, Neymar, Cavani.

Anderlecht XI: Boeckx, Appiah, Mbodji, Spajic, Obradovic, Dendoncker, Gerkens, Kums, Trebel, Onyekuru, Hanni.

Kick off: 8:45pm

Bale, Varane and Keylor Navas out of Tottenham clash

Real Madrid will be missing Gareth Bale, Raphael Varane and Keylor Navas when they face Tottenham in their Champions League match on Wednesday.
Zinedine Zinadane has revealed his 19-man squad and they were not included due to injury.

Goalkeepers: Casilla, Moha.

Defenders: Sergio Ramos, Nacho, Marcelo, Theo, Achraf, Vallejo.

Midfielders: Modric, Casemiro, Kroos, M.Llorente, Asensio, Caballos, Isco.

Forwards: Benzema, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lucas Vazquez, Mayoral.

Harry Kane returns to training

Harry Kane has returned back to training after missing Tottenham's game aginst Manchester United due to a hamstring injury.
Mauricio Pochettino will be hoping to play Kane in their Champions league match against Real Madrid on Wednesday.
   

Bournemouth vs Chelsea starting XI

Bournemouth XI: Begovic, Francis, Ake, S Cook, Smith, L Cook, Surman, Daniels, Stanislas, Defoe, Afobe.

Subs: Boruc, Gosling, Arter, Pugh, Ibe, Mousset, Wilson.

Chelsea XI: Courtois, Azpilicueta, Luiz, Rudiger, Zappacosta, Bakayoko, Fabregas, Alonso, Pedro, Morata, Hazard.

Subs: Caballero, Cahill, Christensen, Ampadu, Drinkwater, Willian, Batshuayi.

Kick off: 5:30pm

Ac Milan vs Juventus starting XI

Ac Milan XI: Donnarumma, Zapata, Romagnoli, Rodriguez; Abate, Kessie, Calhanoglu, Biglia, Borini; Suso, Kalinic.

Juventus XI: Buffon, Lichtsteiner, Rugani, Chiellini, Asamoah; Khedira, Pjanic; Cuadrado, Dybala, Mandzukic; Higuain. 

Kick off: 5:00pm

West Brom vs Manchester City, Arsenal vs Swansea, Liverpool vs Huddersfield & other 3pm Epl starting XI

West Brom XI: Foster, Nyom, Gibbs, Evans, Hegazi, Livermore, Barry, Krychowiak, McAuley, Rodriguez, Rondon.

Subs: Myhill, Robson-Kanu, Yacob, Phillips, Brunt, McClean, Chadli.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Stones, Otamendi, Delph, Fernandinho, De Bruyne, Sane, B Silva, D Silva, Jesus.

Subs: Bravo, Danilo, Sterling, Gundogan, Aguero, Mangala, Toure. 

Liverpool XI: Mignolet, Gomez, Lovren, Matip, Moreno, Milner, Henderson, Wijnaldum, Salah, Sturridge, Firmino.

Subs: Karius, Grujic, Klavan, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Can, Robertson, Solanke.

Huddersfield XI: Lossl, Smith, Schindler, Zanka, Lowe, Hogg, Williams, Mooy, La Parra, Ince, Depoitre.

Subs: Green, Malone, Kachunga, Cranie, Quaner, Mounie, Hadergjonaj.

Arsenal XI: Cech, Bellerin, Koscielny, Mertesacker, Monreal, Kolasinac, Xhaka, Ramsey, Ozil, Sanchez, Lacazette.

Subs: Macey, Wilshere, Giroud, Walcott, Holding, Iwobi, Coquelin.

Swansea XI: Fabianski, Naughton, Mawson, van der Hoorn, Fernandez, Clucas, Ki Sun-yeung, Fer, Carroll, Ayew, Abraham.

Subs: Nordfeldt, Narsingh, Dyer, Routledge, Mesa, Rodon, McBurnie.

Watford XI: Gomes, Kiko, Holebas, Britos, Kabasele, Cleverley, Doucoure, Capoue, Richarlison, Carrillo, Deeney.

Subs: Karnezis, Janmaat, Mariappa, Gray, Hughes, Zeeglaar, Watson.

Stoke XI: Butland, Shawcross, Zouma, Wimmer, Pieters, Allen, Fletcher, Choupo-Moting, Diouf, Shaqiri, Ramadan.

Subs: Grant, Berahino, Jese, Afellay, Adam, Ngoy, Edwards.

Crystal Palace XI: Speroni, Ward, van Aanholt, Tomkins, Dann, Milivojevic, Cabaye, Loftus-Cheek, Schlupp, Townsend, Zaha.

Subs: Hennessey, Fosu-Mensah, Sako, Delaney, Kelly, Puncheon, Riedewald.

West Ham XI: Hart, Cresswell, Fonte, Zabaleta, Ogbonna, Kouyate, Noble, Fernandes, Lanzini, Ayew, Chicharito.

Subs: Adrian, Arnautovic, Carroll, Obiang, Masuaku, Antonio, Rice.

Kick off: 3:00pm

Manchester United vs Tottenham starting XI

Manchester United XI: De Gea, Bailly, Valencia, Jones, Smalling, Young, Herrera, Matic, Mkhitaryan, Lukaku, Rashford.

Subs: Romero, Mata, Martial, Lingard, Blind, Darmian, McTominay.

Tottenham XI: Lloris, Aurier, Davies, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Dier, Winks, Eriksen, Alli, Sissoko, Son.

Subs: Vorm, Trippier, Rose, Sanchez, Llorente, Dembele, Nkoudou.

Kick off: 12:30pm

Coutinho ruled out against Huddersfield

Philippe Coutinho is set to miss Liverpool's game against Huddersfield and their Champions league tie against Maribor.
Coutinho has an abductor strain which could see him miss some games.

Harry Kane to miss Manchester United clash

Harry Kane is set to be out of Tottenham's premier league clash against Manchester United at Old Trafford due to a hamstring strain.
Although, Pochettino confirmed Kane's injury is not considered serious and he could be fit in time to face Real Madrid in the Champions League.     

Carabao cup quater-final draw

Chelsea vs Bournemouth

Arsenal vs West Ham

Leicester vs Manchester City

Bristol City vs Manchester United


To be played  December 19 & 20

N'Golo Kante back to first team training

N'Golo Kante is nearing his Chelsea return has he resumed first team training on Thursday. The midfielder was ruled out for four weeks after picking up a hamstring injury during the international break.
Chelsea will be hoping to have him back against Roma and Manchester United.

Eric Bailly returns to training

Eric Bailly has returned to training at Manchester United after being out for three weeks. This will be a big boost to United as they face Tottenham on Saturday.

Leicester appoint Claude Puel as their new manager

Leicester city have appointed Claude Puel as their new manager. Claude Puel who was the former manger of Southampton has decided to take over Leicester after Craig Shakespeare was sacked.

Leicester City Vice Chairman Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha confirmed the appointment of Claude Puel by saying “When we began the process of identifying a new manager, the Board quickly established the profile of candidate we needed to take the Club forward and Claude Puel was a perfect fit.       

“Upon meeting Claude, his attention to detail, knowledge of our squad, understanding of our potential and his vision to help us realise it were extremely impressive. He quickly emerged as the outstanding candidate and I am delighted we will have the opportunity to reinforce our long-term vision, aided significantly by his expertise.”

Chelsea vs Everton & Tottenham vs West Ham Carabao cup starting XI

Chelsea XI: Caballero, Rudiger, Christensen, Cahill, Zappacosta, Drinkwater, Ampadou, Kenedy, Musonda, Willian, Batshuayi.

Subs: Eduardo, Clarke-Salter, Sterling, Scott, Fabregas, Pedro, Morata.

Everton XI: Pickford, Baines, Williams, Jagielka, Kenny, Baningime, McCarthy, Davies, Lennon, Mirallas, Rooney.

Subs: Robles, Keane, Sigurdsson, Niasse, Calvert-Lewin, Holgate, Lookman.

Kick off: 7:45pm

Tottenham XI: Vorm, Trippier, Foyth, Alderweireld, Davies, Rose, Dier, Sissoko, Dele, Son, Llorente.

Subs: Gazzaniga, Sanchez, Walker-Peters, Dembele, Winks, Eriksen, Nkoudou.

West Ham XI: Adrian, Byram, Ogbonna, Rice, Kouyate, Cresswell, Noble, Fernandes, Lanzini, Ayew, Carroll.

Subs: Hart, Fonte, Masuaku, Obiang, Arnautovic, Haksabanovic, Chicharito.

Kick off: 8:00pm

Swansea vs Manchester United, Arsenal vs Norwich, Manchester City vs Wolves & other Carabao cup starting XI

Swansea XI: Nordfeldt, Rangel, van der Hoorn, Mawson, Olsson, Ki, Mesa, Clucas, Routledge, Ayew, McBurnie.

Subs: Mulder, Naughton, Fernandez, Fer, Fulton, Narsingh, Abraham.

Manchester United XI: Romero, Darmian, Lindelof, Smalling, Blind, Tuanzebe, Herrera, Lingard, McTominay, Martial, Rashford.

Subs: Pereira, Jones, Shaw, Matic, Mata, Mkhitaryan, Lukaku.

Arsenal XI: Macey, Debuchy, Elneny, Holding, Nelson, Coquelin, Wilshere, Maitland-Niles, Walcott, Iwobi, Giroud.

Subs: Iliev, Osei-Tutu, Sheaf, Dasilva, Willock, Nketiah, Akpom.

Norwich XI: Gunn, Pinto, Zimmermann, Klose, Husband, Reed, Trybull, Vrancic, Maddison, Murphy, Oliveira.

Subs: McGovern, Martin, Jerome, Hoolahan, Wildschut, Stiepermann, Franke.

Leicester XI: Hamer, Amartey, Maguire, Dragovic, Chilwell, Iborra, King (c), Albrighton, Gray, Iheanacho, Slimani.

Subs: Jakupovic, Fuchs, Ndidi, Mahrez, Musa, Ulloa, Vardy.

Leeds XI: Wiedwald, Anita, Jansson, Shaughnessy, Borthwick-Jackson, Phillips, Klich, Roofe, Hernandez, Cibicki, Grot.

Subs: Lonergan, Ayling, Pennington, Vieira, Sacko, Alioski, Lasogga.

Bristol City XI: Steele, Pisano, Wright, Flint, Magnusson, Bryan, O'Dowda, Brownhill, Pack, Taylor, Diedhiou.

Subs: Fielding, Vyner, Kelly, Eliasson, Bakinson, Paterson, Djuric.

Crystal Palace XI: Hennessey, Fosu-Mensah, Kelly, Tomkins, Van Aanholt, Puncheon, Riedewald, Lee, Loftus-Cheek, Kaikai, Sako.

Subs: Henry, Souare, Phillips, Delaney, Mutch, Lumeka, Ladapo.

Bournemouth XI: Boruc, Smith, Simpson, Cook, Daniels, Arter, Gosling, Pugh, Fraser, Mousset, Wilson.

Subs: Ramsdale, Ake, Butcher, Hyndman, Mahoney, Ibe, Afobe.

Middlesbrough XI:Konstantopoulos, Roberts, Ayala, Fry, Friend, Clayton, Forshaw, Baker, Traore, Tavernier, Bamford

Subs: Mejias, Fabio, Gibson, Howson, Downing, Wing, Fletcher.

Kick off: 7: 45pm

Manchester City XI: Bravo, Danilo, Mangala, Adarabioyo, Zinchenko, Bernardo, Toure, Sterling, Gundogan, Aguero, Jesus.

Subs: Ederson, Walker, Stones, De Bruyne, Delph, Sane, Nmecha.

Wolves XI: Norris, Batth, Coady, Hause, Bennett, Vinagre, N'Diaye, Price, Marshall, Costa, Enobakhare.

Subs: Burgoyne, Doherty, Cavaleiro, Ronan, Miranda, Deslandes, Bonatini.

Kick off: 8:00pm

Cristiano Ronaldo wins FIFA best player of the year

Cristiano Ronaldo has once again been crowned as the best FIFA men's player of the year ahead of Lionel Messi and Neymar.
Zinedine Zidane won the Best FIFA Men's Coach, Buffon won FIFA goalkeeper of the year, Olivier Giroud won the FIFA Puskas Award for goal of the year, Celtic won the Best Fans prize award ahead of Borussia Dortmund and FC Copenhagen supporters,Lieke Martens won the Best FIFA Women's Player award, Netherlands coach Sarina Wiegman was named Best FIFA Women's Coach after guiding them to Euro 2017 glory.
                   

Everton sack Ronald Koeman

Everton have sacked Ronald Koeman after their 5-2 loss to Arsenal on Sunday. A statement on the club's official website read "Everton Football Club can confirm that Ronald Koeman has left the Club.
Chairman Bill Kenwright, the Board of Directors and Major Shareholder Farhad Moshiri would all like to express their gratitude to Ronald for the service he has given to the Club over the past 16 months and for guiding the Club to seventh place in last season’s Premier League campaign".

Kylian Mbappe wins Golden Boy award

Kylian Mbappe has won the Golden boy award ahead of Ousmane Dembele and Gabriel  Jesus.
The award is given to the best player under the age of 21 in Europe and is voted for by a panel of journalists from across the continent.

Nigeria to play Argentina in a friendly match

After qualifying early for next year's world cup in Russia, Nigeria have decided to play Argentina in a friendly match on the 14th of November 2017. This match will come after the super Eagles play their last world cup qualifying match against Algeria.

Tottenham vs Liverpool starting XI

Tottenham XI: Lloris, Trippier, Alderweireld, Sanchez, Vertonghen, Aurier, Winks, Alli, Eriksen, Son, Kane.

Subs: Vorm, Rose, Davies, Dier, Sissoko, Nkoudou, Llorente.

Liverpool XI: Mignolet, Gomez, Matip, Lovren, Moreno, Henderson, Milner, Can, Salah, Coutinho, Firmino.

Subs: Karius, Alexander-Arnold, Klavan, Grujic, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Solanke, Sturridge.

Kick off: 4:00pm

Everton vs Arsenal starting XI

Everton XI: Pickford, Kenny, Keane, Williams, Jagielka, Baines, Sigurdsson, Gueye, Vlasic, Rooney, Calvert-Lewin.

Subs: Robles, Mirallas, Martina, Niasse, Klaassen, Davies, Lookman.

Arsenal XI: Cech, Bellerin, Mertesacker, Koscielny, Monreal, Kolasinac, Ramsey, Xhaka, Ozil, Sanchez, Lacazette.

Subs: Macey, Wilshere, Giroud, Walcott, Holding, Iwobi, Coquelin.

Kick off: 1:30pm

Huddersfield vs Manchester United, Manchester City vs Burnley, Newcastle vs Crystal Palace & other 3pm Epl starting XI

Huddersfield XI: Lossl; Lowe, Schindler, Zanka, Smith; Hogg, Williams; Ince, Mooy, Kachunga; Depoitre.

Subs: Coleman, Malone, Sabiri, Cranie, Van La Parra, Mounie, Hadergjonaj.

Manchester United XI: De Gea, Valencia, Jones, Smalling, Young, Herrera, Matic, Lingard, Mata, Martial, Lukaku.

Subs: Romero, Lindelof, Blind, Rashford, Mkhitaryan, Darmian, McTominay.

Manchester City XI: Ederson, Walker, Stones, Otamendi, Delph, De Bruyne, Fernandinho, B Silva, D Silva, Sane, Aguero.

Subs: Bravo, Danilo, Sterling, Gundogan, Mangala, Jesus, Toure.

Burnley XI: Pope, Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee, Ward, Arfield, Cork, Hendrick, Brady, Defour, Wood.

Subs: Lindegaard, Taylor, Barnes, Gudmundsson, Westwood, Bardsley, Long.

Newcastle XI: Elliot, Yedlin, Lascelles, Lejeune, Manquillo, Shelvey, Hayden, Ritchie, Perez, Atsu, Joselu.

Subs: Darlow, Clark, Murphy, Diame, Merino, Gamez, Mitrovic.

Crystal Palace XI: Speroni, Ward, Dann, Sakho, Van Aanholt, McArthur, Cabaye, Milivojevic, Schlupp, Townsend, Zaha.

Subs: Hennessey, Tomkins, Loftus-Cheek, Fosu-Mensah, Sako, Puncheon, Riedewald.

Swansea XI: Fabianski, Naughton, Mawson, Fernandez, Olsson, Britton, Narsingh, Carroll, Sanches, Ayew, Abraham.

Subs: Nordfeldt, Ki, Van der, Dyer, Routledge, Clucas, Rangel.

Leicester XI: Schmeichel, Simpson, Morgan, Maguire, Fuchs, Iborra, Ndidi, Albrighton, Mahrez, Okazaki, Vardy.

Subs: Hamer, Chilwell, Gray, Iheanacho, King, Amartey, Slimani.

Stoke XI: Butland, Zouma, Cameron, Shawcross, Johnson, Allen, Fletcher, Pieters, Diouf, Jese, Choupo-Moting.

Subs: Wimmer, Berahino, Afellay, Adam, Crouch, Sobhi, Grant.

Bournemouth XI: Begovic, Adam Smith, Francis, Ake, Daniels, Stanislas, Lewis Cook, Surman, Ibe, Mousset, Afobe. 

Subs: Boruc, Steve Cook, Gosling, Pugh, Arter, Callum Wilson, Fraser.

Kick off: 3:00pm