Aston Villa are up against Leicester City in the Premier League of England on January 4. The match is set to start at 15:00 UTC. ScoreBat is covering the .... How to watch today's Leicester City vs Aston Villa Premier I don't think the idea of either team wanting to avoid losing will have anything to do with it - in terms of how long is left to go, or where the points could leave them. That move was a controversial one, much like any that sees a team ripped from its community, but you can't say it hasn't been successful. Speaking to Sky Sports in May, Henry said: I know a lot of people wanted to hear about [the takeover]. We are in the most important period for the team. Report & free highlights: Dominant Liverpool drub Man Utd to move topLiverpool's quadruple bid: How do Klopp's side fare in historic challenge?Premier League table | Liverpool fixtures | Get Sky SportsAnd speaking on The Gary Neville Podcast, Neville said the decision to go for Diaz in January was further evidence of Liverpool's smart planning. Watford-Norwich six-pointer The Essential Football Podcast returns as host Alice Piper is joined by Charlotte Marsh and Ben Grounds to preview another captivating round of Premier League games which could have ramifications at both ends of the table. Safa CEO Tebogo Mothlante has said: We will be writing to both Caf [the Confederation of African Football] and Fifa - firstly to investigate how the game was handled and secondly to challenge some of these decisions. Team news, stats and predictions for the latest round of the Scottish Premiership, as Rangers go to Livingston on Sunday, live on Sky Sports. How Celtic squandered their opportunityCeltic took even longer to get going than their supporters after a 30-minute silent protest against the board and only managed one other shot on target - a Ralston effort that was cleared off the line just before half-time. Manchester City have set a Champions League knockout record for biggest first-half lead in an away match with a four-score outburst against Sporting CP on Tuesday. Sporar was lucky to avoid a red card for putting his forehead in George Baldock's face after the hour, and the simmering Sporting Lisbon loanee was substituted for his own good after being booked by referee James Linington. Indeed, should he find the net in Wednesday's meeting with Young Boys, Ronaldo would achieve a feat that only he has ever managed before, in 2017-18 with Real Madrid: scoring in all six group games in the same season. In the 42nd minute, the Baggies did manage to get themselves ahead. Blackpool got themselves on terms in the 53rd minute. He has changed his game slightly to lessen his running but once he puts the Welsh shirt on, everything else will go out of the window. Tottenham were also interested in Vlahovic, but the 21-year-old is keen to join Juventus. It's thought that Vlahovic only wanted to go to Juventus. Chelsea 3-2 Leeds United INCIDENT: Leeds win a penalty after Marcos Alonso fouls Daniel James in the box. Brighton's Moises Caicedo became the 100th player to score his first ever Premier League goal against Manchester United “By the way, my contract as a manager is also expiring in the summer. So, for us, we have the same goal, we have the same ambition to be as successful as we can possibly be in the next three or four months,” said the German. Leicester vs Aston Villa: TV channel, live stream, team Leicester City will hope to claim some Midlands bragging rights and keep themselves in fine form for Europe when they welcome Aston Villa at the King Power ... Elite youth football in Northern Ireland is very much in vogue, with a talented crop of young players coming through the international system fuelling excitement for what they could bring to the senior team in the future - an excitement that was heightened by 17-year-old Dale Taylor making his debut in Having agreed to pay £523m for the rights, Suning Holdings Group failed to pay an instalment due in March 2020 for the 2020-21 season. The Premier League cancelled the agreement six months later, saying the retail giant had broken the terms of the contract. Lionel Messi has matched Thierry Henry's record for most missed penalties in Champions League history while surpassing Cristiano Ronaldo for most penalty attempts. I can understand if the cancellation is due to Covid, if there are 10 cases in the camp and players have to do the right thing and isolate. Henry claims the two leading contenders for the award are this season's Premier League top goalscorer Mohamed Salah (22) and La Liga's top scorer Benzema (26 goals). We expected a certain game-plan from Watford. That is going to happen and you have to go through that. “I think the Covid is all around the world. It is not that in this part of the world there is no Covid. That is not true. That was the start of it and I thought it was a really difficult game. I think this [the game against Leeds] is a warning sign. Blagg, from Retford, Nottinghamshire, was reported by a West Brom fan before his messages were investigated by the security team at Chelsea and passed on to police. In front of the goal, his ratio is excellent. But he's not only a striker, he can play on the wing, too. Very technical. He knows what to do with the ball, when to keep it, when to give it. Michael Forbes, a left-sided centre-back at West Ham, is another one - he is an Under 18 but has played a year up at Under 19. Big, strong and physical with a great attitude, still has a lot of learning to but again has massive potential, while Jamie McDonnell is also doing well at Forest. Luton centre-back Tom Lockyer and goalkeeper James Shea failed to deal with Gary Gardner's cross and Taylor held off Lockyer to tee up Bacuna to finish high into the net from 12 yards. Arsenal supporters are still getting to know the 28-year-old following a stop-start first season in England, most of which was played behind closed doors. We have gone behind quite a lot of times and have always shown a lot of character to come back and get something from the game. Opta stats - Brighton on the up as Chelsea falter again Brighton are now unbeaten in each of their last three Premier League games against sides starting the day in the top three (D3), having lost 17 of their previous 22 such games (W3 D2).After four clean sheets in five games, Chelsea have only kept four clean sheets across their last 16 matches in all competitions.All four of Hakim Ziyech's Premier League goals for Chelsea have come away from home, scoring at Turf Moor, the Etihad Stadium, Vicarage Road and the Amex Stadium.Chelsea have conceded two headers in the Premier League this season, both of which have been scored by Brighton players; Danny Welbeck in December and Adam Webster this evening.What's next? Shortly after the U.S. men's national team's win over El Salvador on Thursday, Gregg Berhalter confirmed American soccer's worst-kept secret. We got into so many situations, we had so many shots and we weren't efficient enough in the final third or in and around the box to find the right pass and hit the target much more often than we did. By 5.45pm, the security and Covid test check cordons around the stadium had been breached as stewards and police officers were outnumbered by ticketless fans who were intent on getting into the game. I know Mo wants to stay, we want Mo to stay. These things take time, but I think all of it is in a good place. The Liga leaders have been hit by an outbreak of coronavirus with Luka Modric, Marcelo, Rodrygo Goes, Marco Asensio, Gareth Bale and Andriy Lunin all testing positive and therefore unavailable. Thirteen teams have already secured their spot ahead of the opening game on 21 November, but that means there are still 19 places up for grabs and some big hitters struggling to make it. He scored on his latest comeback in the club's Spanish Super Cup semi-final defeat by Real Madrid on 12 January, only to re-injure his hamstring against Bilbao eight days later. Brooks left Sheffield United and signed for Bournemouth in the summer of 2018. He scored seven goals and registered five assists in 30 appearances during his first season at the club. Asked how Houghton is dealing with the disappointment of missing out on another England squad, Wiegman said: “She was really, really disappointed, of course, but you need to do smart things too. If you need more time to get fit, you have to take that time otherwise you’ll be out for a longer period.