Entries from October 2009

Updates from Bundesliga, BundesligaII, Ligue 1, Scotish Premier League and Scottish Division II

Date October 5, 2009

The remaining matches of matchday 8 in Bundesliga saw Stuttgart losing 0-2 at home against Werder Bremen. As told in earlier posts, Hamburg failed to defeat Hertha BSC by a margin of 3 goals which cost them the top spot in the table. Bayer Leverkusen sit pretty on top with goal difference.
Ahlen were defeated 0 [...]

Updates from Serie A

Date October 5, 2009

Inter Milan managed to hold on the top spot in Serie A when Sampdoria failed to score 3 points for the night at home. Sampdoria were forced to draw 1-1 by visiting Parma side. The draw demoted Sampdoria to the second spot on goal difference with 16 points from 7 games.
After two consecutive draws in [...]

Today in La Liga

Date October 4, 2009

Barcelona increased their lead to 3 points without even getting on the field today. Big spenders, Real Madrid faced their first defeat this season against third placed Sevilla who were playing at home. Though Real were playing without their costliest possession, as Ronaldo was ruled out due to injury he picked during midweek’s Champions League [...]

Today in Premier League

Date October 4, 2009

It was all blues at Stamford Bridge as Chelsea defeated Liverpool 2-0 and regained the top spot in the league table. Though Chelsea had a better side on paper than Liverpool, it took Chelsea 60 minutes to actually prove that they were better than the reds on the pitch.
Drogba probably settled the debate for now, [...]

Premier League, La Liga and Serie A updates

Date October 3, 2009

Manchester United faced their first draw this season at the hands of Sunderland at Old Trafford. Sunderland opened the scoring in the 7th minute when Bent amazed Foster with his one touch bolt into the bottom left corner of the goal post. Second half saw an attacking United side. In the 51st minute Nani’s cross [...]

Bundesliga and Ligue 1 updates

Date October 3, 2009

Bayer Leverkusen went 3 points clear of now second placed Hamburg with a home win over Nurnberg. The 4-0 defeat, left Nurnberg with only 5 points from 9 league games this season. Hamburg will have a chance to get their pole position back by defeating bottom placed Hertha BSC by a margin of 3 goals [...]

Matchday 8 in Serie B, Bundesliga and BundesligaII

Date October 2, 2009

Match day 8 in Serie B had only Ascoli and Sassuolo playing. 6th placed team Ascoli faced humiliating 1-5 home defeat against 4th placed team Sassuolo tonight in Serie B. Sassuolo opened scoring in the 2nd minute with Polenghi but 7 minutes later Bernacci equalized for the home team. The match looked in balance for [...]

Matchday 9 in Ligue 2

Date October 2, 2009

Matchday 9 in Ligue 2 saw Caen extending their lead at the top to 4 points with a win against Sedan tonight. Caen were playing home and defeated Sedan 3-1 coming from behind. Sedan went ahead in the 2nd minute and the score remained 0-1 at half time. But second half goals from Barzola, Nivet [...]

Europa League Matchday 2 – Groups G, H, I, J, K and L

Date October 1, 2009

Group G saw Lazio coming back strongly after their home defeat against Salzburg on Match day 1. Lazio scored 4 away goals against Levski Sofia who lost their second consecutive group game and are yet to score in the competition. RB Salzburg continued their winning run by defeating Villarreal 2-0 at home.
Alex de Souza scored [...]

Europa League Matchday 2 – Groups A, B, C, D, E and F

Date October 1, 2009

48 teams from top European Leagues contested tonight in the second most prestigious competition in European football. Anderlecht was playing at home against Ajax in Group A. Legear scored a crucial equalizer in the 85th minute to equalize the Ajax goal that was scored by Rommedahl’s in the 72nd minute. Other matches in the group [...]