SOCCER FOOTBALL 24H

Brighton v Newcastle Tuesday 28th February, 19:45 Live on Sky Sports 1   Brighton Brighton  clinically ended Reading's outside hopes of automatic promotion on Saturday with a powerful 3-0 triumph at the Amex.  Chris Hughton 's charges pressed high out of possession whilst staying compact and disciplined in their own third to restrict their ball-playing visitors from picking a route through.    The Seasiders were potent on the counter-attack and goals from  Sam Baldock ,  Jamie Murphy  and  Anthony Knockaert  took Albion back to the top of the table. It means Brighton now have four players in double figures for goals the first time since promotion to the top-flight for the only time in their history in 1978/79.    The hosts expect left-back  Seb Pocognoli  to shake off an injury to start on Tuesday night with first-choice Gaetan Bong and Liam Rosenior both absent. Fikayo Tomori is on standby for the Seagulls.   Ne...

Eintracht Frankfurt v Arminia Bielefeld Tuesday February 28, 17:30 A flying start for us in Portugal  last night,  as Arouca lost 2-1 at home to Belenenses to land our BTTS bet. I celebrated with a Portuguese tart, but don't tell my wife...I'm supposed to be on a diet. To Germany now, and a David v Goliath cup tie between Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt and second-tier relegation battlers Arminia Bielefeld. We've reached the quarter-finals of the German Cup, and there's a place in the last four at stake. Frankfurt narrowly avoided relegation last season, beating second-division Nurnberg in a two-legged playoff to secure their top-flight status. This term, impressive coach  Niko Kovac  has dragged them into the top half of the table, ably assisted by some excellent transfer dealings by those on high at the Commerzbank Arena. The Eagles have hit some turbulence recently though. They have suffered three straight defeats in the league, losing to Baye...

Leicester v Liverpool Monday February 27, 20:00 Live on Sky Sports 1   Leicester   It's been an eventful few years for Leicester, and the latest chapter in this remarkable story revealed itself late on Monday night as the club's owners announced they had sacked manager  Claudio Ranieri  less than nine months after he'd steered the club to their first ever top flight title.   No room for sentiment then, and the Foxes must now turn their attention to Liverpool's visit to the  King Power Stadium  all the while looking over their shoulders for the spectre of relegation which looms large. Caretaker boss Craig Shakespeare must rally these beleaguered players and try and unite them.   Islam Slimani is a doubt with a groin injury.   Liverpool   Manager  Jurgen Klopp  called Leicester's decision to fire Ranieri 'mystifying' this week, and it's not surprising the likable German was disappointed to see a fellow manager suffer such a fate....