This Virgil Van Dijk disallowed goal vs Man City (VIDEO BELOW) saw the Liverpool defender have his effort not given by goal line technology. Liverpool were trailing 1-0 at this stage when the VVD goal was not allowed.
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Statistics- Real Madrid and Man Utd target Bruno Fernandes is also a clutch penalty taker
Young Sporting Lisbon midfielder Bruno Fernandes, linked with the likes of Manchester United and Real Madrid in the current 2019-20 summer transfer window, is also an excellent penalty taker.
The Portuguese press have taken note of the fact that Bruno has been instrumental in Sporting CP’s penalty shootout victories in the recent past. The 24 year old has been asked to take penalties on the last six occasions, and has scored in all!
Another fine penalty taker appears to be veteran French international Jeremy Mathieu, who also boasts of a 100% record (4/4). A player favoured to take penalties, but not supremely successful with them is former Liverpool defender Sebastian Coates, who now plies his trade in Lisbon.
A look at the stats below for Sporting’s incredible recent streak of penalty shootout wins (they’ve won the last seven they’ve been involved in)
Championship Promotion Odds- Who will get promoted to the Premier League at the end of the 19-20 season?
The 2019-20 edition of the Championship kicks off tonight, with Luton taking on Middlesbrough. We decided to take a look at the Championship promotion odds before the beginning of the season. The team most likely to earn promotion is Leeds, who came so close last season before frittering it away. LUFC lead the pack at 8/5, ahead of the duo of Fulham and Cardiff, who were relegated from the top flight at the end of the 18/19 season.
However Huddersfield are not being considered favourites to bounce back- at 5/1, HTAFC’s chances are lower than the likes of West Brom, Brentford, Stoke and Boro.
What are the odds on Luton achieving three consecutive promotions ?
Luton earned back to back promotions from League Two and League One to play in the Championship during 19/20. They are quoted at 14/1 to get promoted from the Championship to the Premier League.
Championship promotion odds at the beginning of the 2019/20 EFL Championship season (odds as on August 2, 2019)