SOCCER FOOTBALL 24H

Huddersfield v Fulham Monday November 5 2018 Live on Sky Sports Wagner's men badly out of tune Huddersfield stunned the Premier League last season, finishing 16th after 38 top-flight fixtures, but it's been much  tougher  this time. Ten games have yielded just three points thanks to draws against Cardiff, Everton and Burnley but that is the sum total of positive results in a hard campaign so far for the Terriers. Goalscoring  has been the main problem for David Wagner's side, who have failed to score in six of those ten Premier League matches. Indeed, the home fans have not yet cheered a goal and Huddersfield have not once scored more than a solitary goal this season. Worryingly they are  feeling the pressure  at the other end of the pitch, conceding 21 times to enter the weekend with the joint third worst defence in the league. However, they are a more effective unit at home, having let in just seven of that total at the Kirklees Stadium, restrict...

Newcastle United v Watford Saturday 03 November, 15:00 House that Ashley built has shaky foundations When a manager is warning all and sundry that it's going to be a long hard season, things rarely end well.  Rafa Benitez  banged the drum for further investment in his Newcastle squad, only to find that he had to sell the drum. By Premier League standards, Benitez has had to take a few risks. He traded  Salomon Rondon  for Dwight Gayle, and so far that swap has benefited West Brom more than Newcastle. He took the plunge by signing Yoshinori Muto from Mainz, but the Japanese speedster has only scored one goal in nine Premier League appearances. Ki Sung-yeung has only played three times in the league, and Federico Fernandez has been part of a defensive unit that has leaked 14 goals in ten games. Newcastle have failed to win any of their first ten games of the Premier League season ( Opta tell us they have never failed to win in the first 11), and they have...

Arsenal v Liverpool Saturday 17:30, Live on BT Sport 1 Match Odds: Arsenal   3.80 , Liverpool  2.06 , The Draw  3.90 . Arsenal's impressive unbeaten run will come under serious threat in the Saturday tea-time kick-off against Liverpool, with  Unai Emery  struggling to cope with his mounting injury crisis in defence. Full-back issues for Arsenal Emery already had problems at left-back, with both Nacho Monreal and back-up Sead Kolasinac missing the last couple of matches, and now has a concern about Hector Bellerin, who has arguably been the Gunners' most consistent attacking threat on the overlap so far this season. This has caused a major headache in the full-back positions.  Stephan Lichtsteiner  will certainly be used, although it remains to be seen on which flank. In truth, it will take only one of Monreal, Kolasinac and Bellerin being fit to give Arsenal's defence a reasonably settled look, but if all three miss out, Arsenal could be...

Bournemouth v Manchester United Saturday 3 November 2018, 12:30 Live on BT High-flying Cherries on a roll Following a 2-1 victory at home to Norwich on Tuesday night, with a somewhat weakened side,  Bournemouth  have reached the last-eight of the Carabao Cup for the second season in-a-row (where they've been drawn away to Chelsea for the second season in-a-row) and following their straightforward 3-0 win at Craven Cottage on Saturday, they've now  won eight of their last 12 Premier League games  and they've cemented their position in sixth place in the table. The Cherries are unbeaten at the Vitality Stadium in their last nine matches  in all competitions and they'll be looking to keep their fourth clean sheet in-a-row in the Premier League for the very first time on Saturday. Has there ever been a better time to be a Bournemouth fan? The bad news, if indeed there is any, is that they don't have a great record against Saturday's opponents, Mancheste...