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WEEKEND SOCCER HIGHLIGHTS: 17 - 19 May
CASH-BOOSTED POOLS AS EPL BATTLE GOES DOWN TO THE WIRE Yet again the battle for the English Premier League trophy is going down to the last day of the season and TAB is cranking up the drama with all-EPL cash-added Soccer 4, 6 and 10 bets on Sunday. And there’s plenty of excitement before that with R150,000-added Soccer 10 pools tonight and tomorrow, when all but two of the matches in the cash-boosted bet are PSL games. BOOKMAKERS MAKE CITY 1-8 FAVOURITES TO BEAT WEST HAM Manchester City must win at home to West Ham United on Sunday to be certain of becoming EPL champions for a fourth successive season and Arsenal are waiting like hawks to snatch the title if the reigning champions slip up. That can only happen if City fail to secure three points in Sunday’s final round of EPL matches and Arsenal beat Everton at the Emirates. Fixed-odds operators don’t really see that happening and City are 1-8 to win a seventh successive game since their Champions League elimination at the hands of Real Madrid. That will leave the Gunners runners-up for a second campaign in a row. Tomorrow sees the penultimate round of DStv Premiership action with the focus on the race for second place and champions Mamelodi Sundowns’ bid to finish the season unbeaten, a feat never before achieved in South African league history. The Brazilians have three games left and tomorrow is a tough assignment away at Stellenbosch, but they did beat Steve Barker’s side a fortnight ago in the Nedbank Cup semi-final. Stellenbosch are one point ahead of third-placed Orlando Pirates, but if they lose and Pirates win away at TS Galaxy at the same time, the Buccaneers will move second and into pole position to grab a slot in next season’s African Champions League. Winning away at TS Galaxy’s fortress at the Mbombela Stadium is easier said than done, however. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS WEEKEND Varane and Lindelof may be back for United; Chiefs missing two key players for Polokwane clash; Southampton hope Adams can play against WBA; Dundalk goalie banned for 10 games; Iraola stays at Bournemouth. * Manchester United are hopeful Victor Lindelof and Rafael Varane will make comebacks against Brighton on Sunday. Lindelof has been out since the end of March with a hamstring problem, while Varane has been absent since being forced off against Chelsea at the start of April. Varane's exit from Old Trafford at the end of the season has already been confirmed with the ex-France international set to leave on a free transfer. * Kaizer Chiefs must do without suspended defender Edmilson and winger Pule Mmodi for their penultimate game of the season at home to Polokwane City. Edmilson serves the second of a two-match ban and Mmodi is out for one game after an accumulation of cautions. Polokwane will be without Mozambican midfielder Manuel Kambala. * Southampton are hopeful that Che Adams will be able to shake off a calf issue in time to take his place in their attack tonight against West Bromwich Albion. The Championship playoff semi-final is locked at 0-0 after the first leg. The Scotland international taking the place of Sekou Mara could prove to be the only change from the first leg. * Dundalk say their goalkeeper George Shelvey “regrets” his use of discriminatory language after he was hit with a 10-game ban by the Football Association of Ireland. The former Nottingham Forest player was sent off after the final whistle in last week’s derby defeat against Drogheda United and was facing an automatic one-game ban. But an FAI disciplinary committee confirmed that Shelvey would be banned for 10 games for “abuse towards a match official. * TS Galaxy defenders Pogisho Sanoka (captain) and MacBeth Mahlangu are yet to miss a minute of DStv Premiership action for the club this season and are on course to be the only players to finish the season with a full house of minutes in the competition. * Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino expects Reece James and Ben Chilwell to be available for inclusion in Gareth Southgate’s preliminary EURO 2024 squad next week. James made his first appearance since undergoing surgery on a hamstring injury in December when setting up a late winner in the team’s 3-2 victory at Nottingham Forest, but was then sent off against Brighton on Wednesday. Chilwell returned to the bench for the trip to the English south coast, having played only 10 first-team minutes since early March. * Bournemouth manager Andoni Iraola has signed a new contract, extending his stay in the Premier League club until at least the end of the 2025-26 season.
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