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Watford;

This weeks fixture is a Away game to Liverpool... Only change to the Hornets line up this week is the return of the marauding Benjamin Menday at LB. Liverpool playing the WHD tactic, could be tough for CAT to breakdown and find openings.. Here hoping Liverpool try to make the home advantage count a get a little brave and attack more, leaving spaces for Sterling/KDB and Maddison to exploit. Some interesting lineups this week with Zaha/Moses Vs Mendy/Wan-Bissaka .. and Lallana coming up against his Former club. Looking towards Jorginho to contain the danger from the middle of the park with support from Pogba. Manager taking the opportunity to give the players some more Rest after suffering from injuries early on in the season and being the first time this season where only one game will be played for the Hornets, will it have a positive impact on the players? Time will tell...

Genk;

An away trip to Mechelen who are unfortunate to have Andria Zivkovic injured for this game, but still have plenty of talent... Nathan Ake (Will he be in Belgium for much longer?) Jordan Lukaku, Yari Verscharen.. Genk boast a impressive start to the season, however only scored 13 goals in 4 games.. with other teams firing more regularly. Something the manager aims to address.. Maybe the players aren't happy with there bonuses? However, this week is all about improving the revenue at the Club to enable a more sustainable model going forward. WIN vs CAT this week, will Genk survive the continuous attacks from Mechelen... 

Leverkusen;

Hattrick of away days for my teams, as Leverkusen away to Mannheim.. Who currently sit bottom of the table, the Away fans will be expecting Leverkusen to take full advantage of opportunity to take all 3 points. As currently sit second in the table to Dresden on Alphabetical order! Shareholders are pleased with the early season form and the transfers made so far. With the manager looking to bring in additional funds from various sponsors to help improve the poor infrastructure at the Club which needs to be address to bring long term success to the Club.. 
Fans are ecstatic about watching Eduardo Camavinga this week after his debut for France.. the media was speaking to his father this week Camavinga’s father turned to his 10-year-old son and said: “Eduardo, you are the hope of the family, it is you who will raise us up.” After watching his house burn down.. 
Will he be the spark to get Leverkusen promoted this season......

Botafogo;

Back to back victories puts Botafogo right back in the middle of the pack only 3 points off Top after beating the previous league leaders Vasco! Only 1 enforced change this week with Tete coming in on Sublime form, for the injured Lucas who reported a minor knock last week. Change sees Felipe Anderson switch to the opposite wing to ensure balance in the team. Hulk relishing his preferred Solo CF role with younger Victor Bobsin transitioning into Senior football well, being the 2nd longest serving player currently. 
This weeks game is a ... you guess is AWAY trip to Flamengo! Who sit nicely at the top of the Table so the Botafogo players are FIRED up to take back what was once theirs. Flamengo come into the game fresh with no injuries. However, that only serves to energise the players more to bring their A game! a Win is a must to ensure that don't fall too far behind!

Friendly games have kicked off, I expect the League games to kickoff at 1000 hours Wednesday morning...

Excited this week - Havertz is ready for his full debut at TM...

Andy@Schalke wrote:

Excited this week - Havertz is ready for his full debut at TM...

You don't want to be doing silly things like that...i would loan him out to his real life club 

Stadiums are filling up as kickoff approaches...

The ref blows and the games are underway, good luck to everybody today...

Valencia 1 Betis 0 Montoya on 3 minutes.

Velez 0 Independente 1 Rodrigo De Paul freekick on 5 minues.
Everton 0 Arsenal 1 Pereira.
Palace 0 Charlton 1 Firmino.
Celtic 1 Kilmarnock 0 Di Santo.

Anderlecht 1 Lokeren 0 Praet on 6 minutes.
Cherry 0 Bohemians 1 Arter.
Liverpool 0 Watford 1 Kane header.
Ajax 1 Heracles 0 Weghorst.
Milan 1 Sampdoria 0 Halilovic.
Tanda 0 Gagnoa 1 Dabo.

Goias 0 Fluminense 1 Richarlison header on 7 minutes.
Wimbledon 0 Norwich 1 Bony.
Aldershot 0 Consett 1 Ibe.
Monaco 1 Montpellier 0 Markovic header.

Vasco 1 Corinthians 0 Celsinho on 8 minutes.
Villa 1 Plymouth 0 Lukaku gives Villa the lead in the days big game.
Leicester 0 Birmingham 1 Sanchez.
Sochaux 0 Marseille 1 Khaoui.
Dortmund 1 Frankfurt 0 Muller freekick.

Spurs 1 Leeds 0 Winks freekick on 9 minutes.
Hamburg 0 Schalke 1 Havertz of course.

Emelec 1 Cuenca 0 Bolanos on 10 minutes.
Cherry 1 Bohemians 1 Noble.
Tanda 0 Gagnoa 2 Dudu.
Ruzomberok 1 Zilina 0 Hee-Chan header.
Nacional 1 Cerrito 0 Albiol.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Vasco 1 Corinthians 0 Celsinho on 8 minutes.
Villa 1 Plymouth 0 Lukaku gives Villa the lead in the days big game.
Leicester 0 Birmingham 1 Sanchez.
Sochaux 0 Marseille 1 Khaoui.
Dortmund 1 Frankfurt 0 Muller freekick.

But, can Villa turn the lead into a win?

Liverpool 0 Watford 2 De Bruyne on 11 minutes.
Palace 0 Charlton 2 Sancho.
Hannover 1 Kickers 0 Martinez header.
Colorado 1 Harrisburg 0 Bradley.
Giants 0 Chicago 1 Vinicius.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Vasco 1 Corinthians 0 Celsinho on 8 minutes.
Villa 1 Plymouth 0 Lukaku gives Villa the lead in the days big game.
Leicester 0 Birmingham 1 Sanchez.
Sochaux 0 Marseille 1 Khaoui.
Dortmund 1 Frankfurt 0 Muller freekick.

Annoying to concede first against Villa - enough time to come back though!

Velez 0 Independente 2 Senesi header on 12 minutes.
Goias 0 Fluminense 2 Diego Ribas.
Akranes 1 Vestmann 0 Mwepu.

Cosmos 1 Galaxy 0 Altidore on 13 minutes.

Banstead 0 Burnley 1 Propper penalty on 14 minutes, cant get the team going at the moment.
Nacional 2 Cerrito 0 Nandez.
Danubio 1 Fenix 0 Liziero header.

Newcastle 0 Wednesday 1 Tejera freekick on 15 minutes.
Partick 1 Aberdeen 0 Rodriguez header.
Motherwell 0 Rangers 1 Griffiths.
Giants 0 Chicago 2 Guedes.

Flamengo 1 Botafogo 0 Clayton on 16 minutes.
Emelec 2 Cuenca 0 Pereira header.
Everton 1 Arsenal 1 Nasri.
Paris 1 Etienne 0 Menez.
Inter 1 Lazio 0 Zaniolo freekick.
Tanda 0 Gagnoa 3 Dudu penalty.

Wimbledon 0 Norwich 2 Seri on 18 minutes.
Nantes 1 Lorient 0 Mbappe.
Ruzomberok 2 Zilina 0 Kucka header.

Colorado 1 Harrisburg 1 Rossi on 19 minutes.