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What is the percentage chance of your side winning its Premier League game this weekend?
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HOW likely is your team to come out of its game with a win this weekend?
Sky Sports’ Premier League predictor has worked out the percentage chance of each team winning in gameweek 25.
They use a stats-based algorithm to rank results, previous performances and the difficulty of fixtures.
So what is the chance of your team winning their match?
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Debutant Gabbiadini makes his mark for Italy
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Manolo Gabbiadini got his Southampton career off to a great start with a wonderful debut goal on Saturday, and in so doing the striker signed from Napoli last month became the scorer of the 400th Premier League goal by an Italian player.
So premierleague.com took a closer look at the Italians to have made their mark in the Premier League, greats such as Gianfranco Zola, Paolo Di Canio and Benito Carbone.
Gabbiadini, who also became Southampton’s 100th PL goalscorer, is only the ninth Italian to get a goal on his PL debut (see table below) out of 66 to have played in the competition.
The first goal by an Italian was on the opening day of 1996/97, when Fabrizio Ravanelli made an instant impact for Middlesbrough with a debut hat-trick against Liverpool.
Ravanelli, or the “White Feather” as he is known, went on to become the fourth-highest Italian scorer in the Premier League.
As for the highest Italian scorer, that is Paolo Di Canio who holds the record.
The former West Ham, Sheffield Wednesday and Charlton Athletic forward struck 66 times in the Premier League, and his spectacular volley for West Ham against Wimbledon on 26 March 2000 was arguably the best goal of all in the competition’s history.
As for landmark goals by Italians, Gabbiadini joins Nicola Berti, who struck the 100th in the PL, for Tottenham Hotspur in 1998, Zola, who got number 200 against Spurs in October 2000, and Manchester City’s Bernardo Corradi who scored the 300th against Fulham in 2006.
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Southampton to announce signing: Star poised to take Jose Fonte’s No.6 shirt
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The 29-year-old has been without a club since leaving the Serie A giants in the summer.
But he is now set to bolster Saints’ troubled backline and is in line to take Jose Fonte’s No.6 shirt.
Former captain Fonte left Southampton to join West Ham last month.
Virgil van Dijk’s injury compounded the January exit of Fonte, with Claude Puel’s side subsequently conceding 11 goals in the four matches in all competitions.
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Last month saw the launch of @SFC_Foundation’s Pan-Disability Football League. Find out more about the project: http://sfcne.ws/SFPanDFL
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Premier League goalkeepers ranked from worst to best by fans: Who is number one?
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A FAN poll has revealed who people think are the best and worst goalkeepers in the Premier League.
Over 34,000 votes had been cast on the Sky Sports poll as of 6.30pm today, revealing that Liverpool and Manchester City’s international stoppers are very unpopular figures.
With 35 goalkeepers to choose from - including Joe Hart who has been farmed out on loan to Torino this season - it is a very interesting countdown.
CLICK THROUGH THE GALLERY ABOVE TO SEE WHO FANS THINK ARE THE BEST AND WORST KEEPERS IN THE LEAGUE.
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Austin under police investigation after car crash
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Premier League star Charlie Austin is being investigated by police after a crash that left a cyclist in a critical condition.
The Southampton striker, who is paid £55,000 a week, claims the rider rode into his path when he drove off from a junction after traffic lights turned green.
The cyclist was rushed to hospital after the collision in Southampton in October, prompting police to launch the probe - which could take several months.
Austin, who joined the club for £4million last year and drives a Porsche, has not been arrested but provided a statement to police giving his version of events.
He has also regularly visited the cyclist in hospital and he is believed to have made a gradual recovery.
Austin, his club’s top scorer, described the accident as ‘extremely regrettable’ and said he is fully co-operating with the police.
In a statement, he said: 'In late October 2016, I was driving in the city centre of Southampton and had stopped at traffic lights at a junction.
'I moved forward when the lights turned green and it was at that point that a cyclist unexpectedly came across my path and a collision occurred.
‘Following a police investigation of the accident, I provided a statement to the Hampshire Constabulary in early 2017 to give them my version of events.’
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Saints land clubless Caceres as defensive cover — on £100,000 a week!
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Southampton have solved their EFL Cup final crisis by signing former Juventus and Barcelona ace Martin Caceres on a £100,000-a-week deal.
Free agent Caceres, whose last first-team appearance came last February with Juve, rejected offers from AC Milan and Sunderland to move to the Saints for the rest of the season.
The Uruguay international, 29, will be eligible to face Manchester United at Wembley on February 26 once his work permit has been rubber-stamped.
Boss Claude Puel had been hunting a defender since star and skipper Virgil van Dijk was ruled out for three months with an ankle injury suffered just days days after previous captain and fellow centre-back Jose Fonte was sold to West Ham.
Caceres, who has 68 caps, helped Uruguay knock England out of the 2014 World Cup, but has not played this season after Juve released him at the end of a campaign ended prematurely by an Achilles injury.
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That sinking feeling: How often has your team conceded the first goal this season?
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FALLING behind in the Premier League can be fatal, so which team lets in the first goal most often?
While some teams have the power to regularly come back from early goals to claim draws and even wins, many will crumble once they concede.
So perhaps it’s no surprise to see plenty of the relegation battlers - including Sunderland and struggling champions Leicester - at the wrong end of this list. But who has suffered most?
CLICK THROUGH THE GALLERY ABOVE TO FIND OUT.
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Premier League star under police investigation after crash left cyclist critical
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Southampton striker Charlie Austin has been under police investigation after being involved in a crash which left a cyclist critically injured.
Austin, 27, hit the man riding a bicycle as he set off from traffic lights back in October.
Austin stopped his car and attended to the cyclist, who was rushed to hospital in an ambulance from the scene in Southampton city centre back in October.
The ex-QPR forward has since made regular checks on the man, who has made a gradual recovery.
Austin gave a statement to police earlier this month, after they launched an investigation into the incident.
Austin, who cost Southampton £4million in January 2016, has not been arrested - although road traffic accident investigations can take months before the driver is issued with court summons.
Austin says the incident was “extremely regrettable" and in a statement declared:
“In late October 2016, I was driving in the city centre of Southampton and had stopped at traffic lights at a junction.
“I moved forward when the lights turned green and it was at that point that a cyclist unexpectedly came across my path and a collision occurred.
“Following a police investigation of the accident, I provided a statement to the Hampshire Constabulary in early 2017 to give them my version of events.”
Austin is currently out of action for four months, after suffering a shoulder injury in December.
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Caceres’ quality is never in doubt - but his injury record is concerning for Southampton
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HIS quality has never been in doubt.
It’s his injury woes that should be the real concern.
With Juventus and Barcelona listed among his former clubs, it doesn’t take a genius to work out that Saints’ incoming centre-back has something special about him.
Martin Caceres has been in squads that have won league titles, domestic cups, a Champions League and an international tournament.
During the 29-year-old’s five-season stay, Juve won five Serie A titles and lifted the Coppa Italia twice.
While Caceres was at the Camp Nou, Barcelona won the Champions League, La Liga and Copa Del Rey, in one season.
With Uruguay, Caceres, who has 68 caps, won the 2011 Copa America, scoring a crucial penalty in the quarter-final shootout victory over Argentina.
It has been spectacular and, once he joins Saints, he instantly has the chance to make history, and have another medal dangling round his neck.
He may even make his debut in the League Cup final – such is the close proximity to his move to England and the showpiece game against Manchester United at Wembley on February 26.
If he does play, Caceres will likely face a familiar foe at Wembley, having met United’s Wayne Rooney before at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
The versatile defender, who can play anywhere along the backline, played the full game in Uruguay’s 2-1 win over England in Sao Paulo, which played a key part in the Three Lions’ group stage elimination.
Caceres’ team-mate and former Liverpool star Luis Suarez (now of Barcelona, of course) was England’s tormentor that day, scoring twice to cancel out Rooney’s equaliser 15 minutes from the end.
The soon-to-be Saints man helped Uruguay to the last 16 in Brazil, playing all four games before being beaten by Columbia.
Undoubtedly, Caceres is an international star of high quality.
But there are, of course, many reasons why he’s available on a free transfer.
In this age of multi-million pound transfers, Caceres, at his age and pedigree, should be commanding sky-high transfer fees.
Yet, there have been injuries that have seriously held him back.
One stumbling block in his search for a club has been his wage demands, which amount to six figures. That is some ask considering that he has not played for a year.
AC Milan could not come to an agreement for his signature because they could not reach personal terms.
But that has opened the door for Saints.
The Premier League is wealthier than Serie A, and Saints can more than compete with the wage demands he’s asking for.
It’s more concerning than anything else for Saints that his injury record is terrible.
Flicking through his history – filled with medals and trophies – there is also a lot chronicling his horrific string of injuries.
In five seasons at Juventus, Caceres never made more than 20 Serie A appearance per campaign.
The most League games he played in one term in Turin was 18, in 2012/13.
He missed the first half the 2014/15 season because of a hamstring injury, returning in January 2015, only to fracture his left ankle in training three months later.
Surgery was required and Caceres didn’t return until the following season, but that come back didn’t last long either.
It wasn’t an injury that hampered his progress on this occasion, however.
Juve suspended the centre-back after crashing his Ferrari into a bus stop in Turin – allegedly he was over the legal alcohol limit, days before he was due to be involved in a Champions League game.
Caceres finally returned to action after a three-month ban, but his comeback lasted just a month, after he ruptured his Achilles tendon.
He was stretched off in tears out of a league win over Genoa in February last year.
That was the last time he played a competitive game.
Caceres also lacerated his kidney during his stint at Sevilla, while during his first spell on loan at Juventus – from Barcelona – he was sidelined for several months with an injury.
The 5ft11in defender started his career in his homeland with Defensor, before moving to Spanish outfit Villareal in 2007.
He was sent out on loan to Recreativo in 2007/08 and impressed enough for Barcelona to spend 16.5 million euros to bring him to Catalonia.
However, as has been the unfortunate pattern of his career, he found game time limited at Barca because of injury problems and being behind Rafael Marquez, Gerard Pique and Carles Puyol in the pecking order.
Subsequently, he left on loan for Juventus and then Sevilla, who he eventually joined permanently in 2011.
Los Rojiblancos then sent him back to the Italian giants in a second loan spell, before he signed a four-year contract with the Old Lady in 2012.
He’s certainly a gamble for Saints, but if he shows his undoubted quality, then he could be a star.
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Caceres could make historical debut
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MARTIN Caceres could be set to make history by becoming the first-ever Saints player to make his debut at Wembley.
The Daily Echo understands that Saints will sign the former Juventus and Barcelona centre-back once a work permit has been granted and other formalities are concluded.
However, the completion of the 29-year-old free agent’s deal is expected to come too late for him to be involved in Saturday’s Premier League match at Sunderland.
That means the next opportunityto deploy their new man, after the trip to the Stadium of Light, is in the League Cup final against Manchester United at Wembley.
Consequently, Caceres’ first appearance will likely come at the national arena, as Saints aim for their first major silverware in 41 years.
Caceres, who has been without a club since last summer and last played a competitive game a year ago, is due to arrive to bolster Saints’ depleted defensive options.
With talismanic centre-back Virgil van Dijk and Jose Fonte now gone, Claude Puel has been using usual back-up Maya Yoshida and youngster Jack Stephens at the back, with unfit Florin Gardos also making one appearance following two years injured.
The Uruguayan, who has 68 caps for his country and played at the 2014 World Cup, arrived in Southampton on Monday for talks and a medical.
The Daily Echo understands a deal will be done but, with a work permit and other details to confirm, the signing is not yet imminent.
It is likely Caceres will command high wages but, with Puel’s side very short on defensive options, Saints are ready to offer what will likely be a short-term contract to bring in cover.
One of the biggest concerns for Saints will be Caceres’ fitness – the Uruguayan hasn’t played since last February after suffering a ruptured Achilles tendon and has a history of injuries.
But it is felt the vastly experienced defender will add much-needed quality to the backline, with Saints on a miserable run of six defeats in seven Premier League games and on the eve of the League Cup final.
Caceres has been available since ending his five-year stay with Italian giant Juventus last June, where he was part of a squad that won five Serie A titles and a Coppa Italia double.
After regaining fitness, following his Achilles tendon injury, the South American attracted interest from numerous clubs – although many clubs were deterred by his £100,000-a-week wage demands.
He was on trial at Crystal Palace last month, but Sam Allardyce chose to sign Liverpool’s Mamadou Sakho on loan instead.
West Ham and Sunderland also showed an interest, but it was AC Milan who looked to have signed Caceres recently.
However, after passing a medical, he was unable to agree personal terms.
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