14.08. (Wed) 22:00 Ecuador - Spain

Vicente del Bosque intends to use Spain's friendly with Ecuador on Wednesday to cast his eye over some of his future stars.

The likes of Xavi, Juan Mata and Gerard Pique have all been left of out the world and European champions' squad, with Inigo Martinez, Koke and Thiago Alcantara - stars of the victorious Under-21 side at the European Championship - all getting the chance to impress at senior level.
Del Bosque's side lost their last match, the Confederations Cup final against Brazil, ending a run of 23 games unbeaten and his fresh-faced squad will no doubt be designed to shake up the competition in the side.

Winger Antonio Valencia is the notable absentee from Reinaldo Rueda's Ecuador squad for the fixture in Guayaquil.

The Manchester United winger returned to domestic action in his side's 3-1 friendly loss to Sevilla before appearing in the 2-0 Community Shield win over Wigan, but Rueda believes using Valencia would be too much of a risk.

"Since June 11 when we played Argentina, Antonio hasn't played a single [international] match and that is a big difficulty," he told La Deportiva. "It is a risk for selection and for the player, because he is exposed to injury."

Ecuador have not won any of their last three matches, but remain in third position in the South America World Cup qualifying group with four games remaining.

The last time the two teams met was over a decade ago, with Spain coasting to a 4-0 victory thanks to a hat-trick from Fernando Morientes.

The fixture is Ecuador's first since the death of Christian Benitez earlier this month.

14.08. (Wed) 21:00 England - Scotland

PROBABLE LINEUPS

ENGLAND
Hart
Walker, Cahill, Jones, Baines
Wilshere, Cleverley, Lampard
Walcott, Rooney, Welbeck

SCOTLAND
McGregor
Hutton, Martin, Hanley, Mulgrew
McArthur, Brown
Snodgrass, Morrison, Maloney
Griffiths

Ashley Young is the only player to have withdrawn from Roy Hodgson's squad, having missed Manchester United's 2-0 Community Shield win over Wigan.

However, the England manager is confident Wayne Rooney will be able to take part at Wembley after seeing him in training on Monday.

Meanwhile, Gordan Strachan also just one casulty, with Brighton midfielder Liam Bridcutt suffering for a groin injury.

But the experience of Darren Fletcher, Gary Caldwell and Steven Fletcher again miss out after failing to face Croatia.

DID YOU KNOW?
England v Scotland is the oldest match in football, dating back to 1872.
But the two countries have not faced each other since a play-off double-header for Euro 2000 in 1999.
The last time England hosted their 'Auld Enemy' in a friendly encouter at Wembley was a 2-2 draw in April, 1953.
England are unbeaten at in five games at Wembley under Roy Hodgson, winning three.
Meanwhile, Gordan Strachan has won just two of his four games in charge, most recently triumphing 1-0 away in Croatia in June.
Following Hodgson calling up Leon Osman to face Sweden in November, Rickie Lambert could become England's third-oldest debutant since 1954 if he makes the field. He is 17/10 with Paddy Power to score at anytime on Wednesday.
Strachan is bringing a fairly inexperienced squad across the border, with 16 of the squad having represented their country on 10 occasions or less.
Only five of squad play in Scotland, with 10 plying their trade in the Premier League.

14.08. (Wed) 21:00 Belgium - France

France will look to halt a run of three straight defeats when they travel to the King Baudouin Stadium to face Belgium on Wednesday.

Didier Deschamps' side have only won one of their last five games and were on the receiving end of losses to Spain, Uruguay and Brazil in their previous three matches.

Deschamps has recalled Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri to the international squad for the match in Brussels. The 26-year-old has not featured for the national team since Euro 2012 and served a three-match suspension after becoming embroiled in an argument with a journalist following the team's quarter-final defeat to Spain.

Sevilla midfield Geoffrey Kondogbia, who was part of the winning French squad at the Under-20 World Cup, has also been handed a senior call-up, while there is a surprise place for Monaco defender Eric Abidal.

In contrast to France's recent poor form, they face a Belgium side full of confidence having lost just three of their previous 28 matches.

Marc Wilmots’ side are on a five-match winning streak and will be confident of another victory in front of their home fans.

The 25-man squad contains 11 players who play in the Premier League, including Tottenham's Jan Vertonghen, despite his struggle with injury during pre-season.

Spurs team-mates Nacer Chadli and Mousa Dembele are named in the squad, as are Chelsea trio Kevin de Bruyne, Eden Hazard and Romelu Lukaku.

Meanwhile, 17-year-old Zakaria Bakkali earns his first senior call-up following an explosive start to the season with club side PSV, in which he became the youngest player ever to score an Eredivisie hat-trick on Saturday.

14.08. (Wed) 20:45 Wales - Ireland

PROBABLE LINEUPS

WALES
Hennessey
Gunter, Williams, Gabbidon, Davies
Collison, Allen
Vaughan, Ledley, Robson-Kanu
Bellamy

IRELAND
Westwood
Coleman, O'Shea, Clark, Wilson
McCarthy, Whelan,
Brady, Hoolahan, McClean
Long

Wales' star player Gareth Bale (foot) is ruled out of the fixture despite joining up with the national side for training. He faces a fight to be fit for Tottenham's opening Premier League game of the season.

Elsewhere, Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey and West Ham defender James Collins have both withdrawn from the squad with minor injuries.

Swansea full-back Jazz Richards and Brighton midfielder Andrew Crofts have been called up into the squad as replacements.

For Giovanni Trapattoni, record goalscorer Robbie Keane is out with a hip injury, while the Italian tactician has indicated that QPR defender Richard Dunne needs to play regularly in order to be considered for selection.

The Boys in Green suffered a spate of withdrawals ahead of the clash, with Norwich City winger Anthony Pilkington pulling out of an Irish squad for the fifth time in 12 months. Key players Sean St Ledger, David Forde, Aiden McGeady and Stephen Quinn are also unavailable.

Trapattoni has included Yeovil Town striker Paddy Madden in his panel after the striker topped the League One goalscoring charts last season and Millwall forward Andy Keogh was another late addition to the squad.

DID YOU KNOW?
Ireland and Wales have played each other a total of 12 times, with each team winning on five occasions.
Ireland are unbeaten in their last four encounters against Wales. The last time the Welsh emerged victorious against the Boys in Green was over 20 years ago in a 1992 friendly game at the RDS Arena in Dublin.
John O'Shea is the most capped player in the squad and is set to pick up his 90th cap on Wednesday
Darren O'Dea is the only member of the Irish squad plying his trade outside of England. The former Celtic and Ipswich Town centre back is now playing in Ukraine after joining Metalurh Donetsk from MLS side Toronto.
Wales have won two consecutive competitive games just twice in the last eight years, after following their 2-1 win over Scotland with a 2-0 defeat to Croatia earlier this year.
Sixty per cent of Wales' goals in their World Cup qualification campaign have come in the final 15 minutes of matches.

14.08. (Wed) 20:45 Italy - Argentina

Argentina will warm up for their next World Cup qualifier against Paraguay by looking to extend their unbeaten run over Italy on Wednesday.

The Albiceleste are unbeaten in their past three clashes with the Azzurri, winning the two most recent encounters.

The last meeting was also in Rome's Stadio Olimpico in a friendly in 2001 and Argentina won 2-1, with Kily Gonzalez and Hernan Crespo scoring the goals for the visitors.

Argentina head coach Alejandro Sabella has picked a strong squad for Wednesday's match with the likes of Lionel Messi, Angel Di Maria and Gonzalo Higuain alongside Erik Lamela in attack.

Sabella's team have not lost in six outings, but have drawn three of their past four, including a 1-1 stalemate in a World Cup qualifier away to Ecuador that would have seen Argentina wrap up qualification for Brazil 2014 if they had won.

Italy have lost two of their past three games, going down to Brazil and Spain at the Confederations Cup before defeating Uruguay on penalties to finish third at the World Cup warm-up event.

In one change to Italy's squad from the tournament, head coach Cesare Prandelli has included Argentina-born striker Pablo Osvaldo.

But, in general, Prandelli has picked a familiar squad full of veterans such as Andrea Pirlo, Gianluigi Buffon, Daniele De Rossi and Riccardo Montolivo.

Italy will use their clash with Argentina as a final test ahead of a busy couple of months of World Cup qualifying.

While Italy sit atop of Group B, they face a set of tough fixtures, with Bulgaria and Czech Republic in September before a trip to Denmark and a home clash against Armenia in October to complete their qualifying campaign.

14.08. (Wed) 20:45 Germany - Paraguay

Bayern Munich duo Bastian Schweinsteiger and Mario Gotze are key omissions from Germany's squad to face Paraguay on Wednesday.

The midfield pair have been hampered by injuries in pre-season, with Schweinsteiger struggling with an ankle complaint while Gotze steps-up his recovery from a groin injury, and Joachim Low has decided not to risk their fitness for the fixture at the Fritz-Walter-Stadion.

Low has recalled nine players from Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund who were left out of the country's two-match tour of the United States in June, having featured in May's Champions League final.

Among those brought back are Bayern defenders Jerome Boateng and Philipp Lahm, while Dortmund midfielders Sven Bender and Marco Reus are also named as Germany keep one eye on the autumn's vital World Cup qualifiers.

However, Schalke's 21-year-old star Julian Draxler was forced to withdraw from the squad after injuring his Achilles tendon in the club's 3-3 draw with Hamburg.

An experimental Germany side lost their last fixture 4-3 against the United States in June, ending a nine-game unbeaten run.

Paraguay boss Victor Genes has named a 21-man squad, including Barcelona's 17-year-old striker Antonio Sanabria, who is a reported transfer target for Premier League side Arsenal.

Liga MX outfit Toluca are well represented, with Richard Ortiz, Pablo Velazquez and Edgar Benitez all included.

Paraguay have lost their last two fixtures, both World Cup qualifiers, against Ecuador and Chile, and they sit bottom of the South American qualifying table with eight points from 12 games.

14.08. (Wed) 20:30 Bosnia and H. - USA

PROBABLE LINEUPS

USA (4-2-3-1): 
Howard;
Evans, Cameron, Brooks, F. Johnson;
Bradley, Jones; Corona, Diskerud, E. Johnson;
Altidore.

ROSTER:
GOALKEEPERS: Cody Cropper (Southampton), Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), Tim Howard (Everton)
DEFENDERS: John Anthony Brooks (Hertha Berlin), Geoff Cameron (Stoke City), Edgar Castillo (Club Tijuana), Brad Evans (Seattle Sounders FC), Michael Parkhurst (Augsburg), Tim Ream (Bolton Wanderers)
MIDFIELDERS: Alejandro Bedoya (Nantes), Michael Bradley (Roma), Joe Corona (Club Tijuana), Mix Diskerud (Rosenborg), Fabian Johnson (Hoffenheim), Jermaine Jones (Schalke), Sacha Kljestan (Anderlecht), Danny Williams (Reading)
FORWARDS: Jozy Altidore (Sunderland), Terrence Boyd (Rapid Vienna), Eddie Johnson (Seattle Sounders FC), Aron Johannsson (AZ Alkmaar), Bobby Wood (1860 Munich)

Bosnia-Herzegovina (4-4-2): 
Begovic;
Sunjic, Zukanovic, Spahic, Bicakcic;
Rahimic, Lulic, Pjanic, Salihovic;
Ibisevic, Dzeko

ROSTER:
GOALKEEPERS: Asmir Begovic (Stoke City), Asmir Avdukic (FK Borac Banja Luka), Jasmin Fejzic (VfR Aalen)
DEFENDERS: Ermin Bicakcic (Eintracht Braunschweig), Emir Spahic (Bayer Leverkusen), Toni Sunjic (FC Zorya Lugansk), Mensur Mujdza (SC Freiburg), Ervin Zukanovic (Genk)
MIDFIELDERS: Miralem Pjanic (AS Roma), Senad Lulic (Lazio), Sejad Salihovic (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim), Adnan Zahirovic (VfL Bocum), Elvir Rahimic (CSKA Moscow), Haris Medunjanin (Gazientepspor), Miroslav Stevanovic (Elche), Zvjezdan Misimovic (Guizhou Renhe), Avdija Vrsajevic (Hajduk Split)
FORWARDS: Edin Dzeko (Manchester City), Vedad Ibisevic (Stuttgart), Edin Visca (Istanbul BB)

DID YOU KNOW?
Fresh off winning the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the USA is on an all-time record 11-game winning streak. Its last non-win came against Belgium in a friendly in May.
Not to be outdone, Bosnia-Herzegovina is 5-0-1 in UEFA World Cup qualifying and has not lost in nine matches. Its last loss came on U.S. soil against Mexico, also in May. The surge has the nation at its highest FIFA ranking ever, 13th.
Tim Howard has been named U.S. captain for the match, with full-time captain Clint Dempsey not called in by Jurgen Klinsmann.
The USA roster features four players earning the first senior team call-ups: Bobby Wood, Aron Johannsson, John Anthony Brooks and Cody Cropper.
Johannsson is ineligible to play unless FIFA approves his one-time international allegiance switch from Iceland to the USA prior to Wednesday's match.
Brooks is a German-American dual-national center back eligible to play for both countries. He scored on his Bundesliga debut with Hertha Berlin after helping guide the club to promotion last season.
Bolton defender Tim Ream returns to the USA for the first time since October 2011.
The midfield battle could be contested by a pair of AS Roma standouts, with Michael Bradley set to clash with club teammate Miralem Pjanic.
Six members of the USA's Gold Cup-winning side are on the roster (Bedoya, Diskerud, Corona, Castillo, E. Johnson, Parkhurst).
Defender Michael Orozco Fiscal was initially called in by Klinsmann, but he had to withdraw after suffering a hamstring injury in Puebla's match Sunday night.
These teams have never met in international play before.

10.08. (Sat) 15:30 Augsburg - Borussia D.

Borussia Dortmund's Nuri Sahin believes his side are well prepared for their Bundesliga opener against Augsburg on Saturday.

Jurgen Klopp's men enjoyed a comfortable 3-0 win at Wilhelmshaven in the first round of the DFB-Pokal on Saturday thanks to goals from Kevin Grosskreutz, Marvin Ducksch and Robert Lewandowski.
Sahin played the full 90 minutes but, despite the win, he admits there is still work for the team to do.

"We moved the ball around pretty well," he told the official Bundesliga website.

"We could have maybe injected a bit more pace into the match, but then Wilhelmshaven were playing very deep. That doesn't make it any easier for us deeper-lying midfielders to pick out the gaps."

Sahin, on loan from Real Madrid, believes his team-mates can kick off their campaign in positive fashion at the SGL Arena as they look to challenge champions Bayern Munich for the Bundesliga title.

"We've got a few days to go till it kicks off, but from here on we're settling into the normal Bundesliga rhythm," Sahin continued.

"The win at Wilhelmshaven was a successful start, which is all that matters."

Augsburg, who also won their DFB-Pokal first-round tie, are more likely to be involved in a scrap at the bottom end of the table rather than the top, having avoided the relegation play-off by just two points last season.

Despite the signing of Halil Altintop from Trabzonspor in the close-season, sporting director Stefan Reuter believes the club's only priority is to stay in the league.

"All we're thinking about is avoiding relegation," he confessed recently.

Dortmund did the double over Markus Weinzierl's side last season, winning 3-1 away and 4-2 at home.

09.08. (Fri) 20:30 Montpellier Herault - Paris Saint Germain

New Paris Saint-Germain boss Laurent Blanc aims to hit the ground running when his expensively-assembled side begin their Ligue 1 title defence on Friday against Montpellier.

The reigning champions have spent more than €100 million during the close-season in a bid to improve their already-talented squad, with more than half of that going on striker Edinson Cavani from Napoli, while Marquinhos and Lucas Digne have also joined the club in big-money deals.
Those new additions have made PSG even stronger as they aim to reclaim the title they won by 12 points from Olympique de Marseille last year and Blanc knows that the pressure is on to deliver another success.

After a mixed pre-season - featuring two wins and two defeats - PSG lifted the first trophy of the new campaign with a 2-1 victory over Bordeaux in the Trophee des Champions on Saturday.

Despite the victory, Blanc was quick to warn his side that now they are the team to beat in French football and there will be no such thing as an easy game.

"This season, every side will be super-motivated when it comes time to play against PSG, this [the Trophee des Champions] was a good example of what we can expect this season," he said.

"Our pre-season preparation has been tough, we only got some players back quite late on in the piece and we're still not quite ready.

"What lies ahead will be tough, but those are exactly the kind of challenges that are the most exciting. [Against Bordeaux] we saw some young lads make a very good first impression, and that proves that PSG is not just a team of stars, we also have some great homegrown talent coming through."

Of the new signings to have arrived at the Parc des Princes, it remains to be seen whether Cavani will feature.

The striker was not involved in the triumph over Bordeaux and may not make his debut after being called up by Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez for their friendly clash with Japan. Marquinhos is also a doubt with an injury.

Montpellier could not have been given a harder opening to the season, and they come in to Friday's clash with a blot on their pre-season record in the form of a 2-1 defeat to lowly Frejus.

Like their opponents, they have strengthened their squad during the close-season, with defender Siaka Tiene likely to be given an immediate chance to play against his former club.

The 31-year-old made 75 appearances in the French capital during his three-year stay at PSG, but found opportunities hard to come by last season, and he will be hoping to gain a starting berth in new coach Jean Fernandez's first XI.

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Championship Opta Facts – August 10-11

Blackburn Rovers v Nottingham Forest
Blackburn have won their last three matches against Forest at Ewood Park, scoring eight and conceding one.
Forest have mustered just two goals in their last six matches (all comps) against Blackburn, winning only once (D1 L4).
Last season, Jordan Rhodes scored against 18 different Championship sides, including one goal against Forest in Blackburn's 3-0 win at Ewood Park in January, as well as Huddersfield's 1-1 draw in August 2012.
At the end of the 2012/13 season, Rovers went five matches unbeaten (W2 D3) at Ewood Park.
Leon Best's equaliser against Derby was his first league goal in 567 days, with his last strike coming against QPR when playing for Newcastle on 15 January 2012.
In 2012/13, 31% of Blackburn's goals came in the final 15 minutes of their Championship matches. Leon Best's goal against Derby on the opening weekend was scored in the 89th minute.

Blackpool v Barnsley
Blackpool have won just one of their last six league games against Barnsley (D2 L3). Indeed, two of those defeats have come at home.
Barnsley have enjoyed just one victory in their last eight league games (W1 D5 L2).
Two Blackpool players (Matt Gilks & Keith Southern) have been sent off in the last three meetings between the two sides.
Tom Ince netted in both of last season's league meetings between these two teams.
Blackpool last tasted a league defeat at Bloomfield Road in March, since then they have won three and drawn one on home soil.
The Tykes have drawn their last four away games and have not won in seven on the road in total (D5 L2).

Bolton Wanderers v Reading
Bolton have won five of the last six games at home against Reading in all competitions (L1).
Adam Le Fondre has now scored in three of his last four league appearances for Reading.
The last five league ties have produced a total of 15 goals, averaging at three goals per game.
The last 13 matches meetings between these sides have produced a winner on the day.
Bolton have won nine and drawn two of their last 11 league matches at the Reebok Stadium, with their last home defeat coming on December 26th 2012.
Reading have not drawn a league match away from home since November 2012, since then they have won two and lost 12.

Brighton & Hove Albion v Derby County
Brighton have gone six league games unbeaten against the Rams, winning three and drawing three.
Derby have scored just two goals in their last six league games against Brighton, failing to score in four of these matches.
Brighton are unbeaten at home in the league so far in 2013; winning seven and drawing three.
The Rams have not kept an away clean sheet in the Championship since December 15th 2012. Since then, they have conceded in all 12 of their league matches away from Pride Park.
Johnny Russell scored on his competitive debut for Derby last weekend. The former Dundee United striker netted 29% of his shots in the SPL last season; the third best ratio when considering all players to score at least 10 goals (12 players).
Leonardo Ulloa has netted nine goals in his last 15 appearances in the Championship for the Seagulls.

Charlton Athletic v Middlesbrough
Charlton have gone six competitive games without victory against Middlesbrough, losing four (D2).
Middlesbrough's last away victory in the league came on December 8th 2012 - since then they have won just one point from 12 games (D1 L11).
There have been 21 goals scored in the last five competitive meetings between the two teams, averaging at 4.2 goals per game.
Boro netted six goals against Charlton last season, five of which came from different scorers.
The Addicks have won their last four league games at The Valley, netting at least two goals in each match.
After their opening day defeat, Boro have now won just one of their last 12 games in the Championship (W1 D2 L9).
No player scored more league goals for Charlton than Yann Kermorgrant in 2012-13 (12) and he scored Charlton's only goal in their opening day defeat to Bournemouth.

Huddersfield Town v Queens Park Rangers
Huddersfield have kept just one clean sheet in their last six league games at the John Smith Stadium.
QPR have failed to score a goal away from home in a league fixture for five hours and nine minutes.
This will be the first meeting between the two clubs since 2003. The Terriers have won four of their last five home games against QPR (L1).
Queens Park Rangers have won their last two fixtures against Huddersfield, 3-0.
In their opening game against Sheffield Wednesday, QPR's Nedum Onuoha scored for the first time since November 2010, thus ending a 64-game goal-drought for the player.
Andrew Johnson's goal for QPR on the opening day was his first (in all competitions) since November 2011; 19 games ago.

Ipswich Town v Millwall
Ipswich have won three and lost one of their last five games against Millwall at Portman Road (D1).
Millwall have failed to score in five of their last six league matches, including their opening day defeat to Yeovil (0-1).
After conceding nine goals in three games against the Lions (L3), the Tractor Boys kept clean sheets in both of their league games against Millwall in 2012-13.
Ipswich have kept a clean sheet in six of their last nine league games at Portman Road.
Ipswich Town have lost back to back league games for the first time since October 2012.
The Tractor Boys scored just nine goals in the final fifteen minutes of Championship matches last season - no team netted fewer in this period.

Sheffield Wednesday v Burnley
Sheffield Wednesday have won just once in their last seven games against the Clarets at Hillsborough (D2 L4).
Burnley have kept a clean sheet in just one of their last nine league games away from home.
The last four meetings between these two teams have produced 19 goals - an average of 4.8 a game.
Sheffield Wednesday have won three and lost none (D1) of their last four league matches at Hillsborough.
Burnley threw away a one goal lead against Bolton on Saturday (1-1) - last season they dropped 30 points from leading positions in the Championship, a total inferior only to Bolton (34).

Watford v Bournemouth
Troy Deeney has scored five goals in his last six league games for Watford (inc. playoffs).
Eddie Howe's side were the highest scoring team in League One last season, netting 76 goals.
Watford have won three successive competitive games against Bournemouth.
These two teams have met just once in this century, with the Hornets prevailing through a League Cup tie, 1-0 in August 2003.
The Hornets have won just one of their last five regular season matches at Vicarage Road (D2 L2).
Bournemouth have won nine and drawn one of their last 10 league matches.

Yeovil v Birmingham City
The Glovers have lost just one of their last 13 home games in league competition, winning 10 of them.
Birmingham lost their final league away game in 2012-13. They have not lost back to back away games in the Championship since August 2012.
This will be the first time the two clubs have ever met in a competitive fixture.
Birmingham kept a clean sheet in four of their final seven Championship away matches in 2012-13.
Yeovil Town have conceded only one goal in their last four league games (inc. playoffs) at Huish Park.

Leicester City v Leeds United
No side managed a better goal difference in home matches in the Championship last season than Leicester City (+23).
Leeds have scored exactly one goal in each of their four league games against Leicester City since the start of 2011-12.
The Foxes have picked up just one win in their last six home games against Leeds United (D4 L1).
10 of the last 13 competitive meetings between these sides have seen both teams hit the back of the net.
Leicester have kept only one clean sheet in their last 16 league games (inc. playoffs).
A win over Watford on the final day of the 2012/13 season ended a 12-match winless run (D4 L8) away from Elland Road for Leeds United.

League One Opta Facts – August 10

Bradford City v Carlisle United
Carlisle United have only managed to beat Bradford City once in the last 18 league meetings between these teams (D8 L9).
This is the first league meeting between these two teams since New Year's Day 2007; Carlisle won this fixture 1-0.
Bradford have gone four matches in all competitions without a victory over Carlisle (D2 L2).
Bradford City's draw against Bristol City ended a run of four losses on the opening day of the season.
Nahki Wells was on target for the Bantams against Bristol City and has now netted nine times in his last nine league games (inc. play offs).

Brentford v Sheffield United
The Blades have beaten the London side in three of the last four league fixtures to have taken place at Brentford.
Brentford have only managed one win in the last eight against the Yorkshire club in league competition (D3 L4).
In the last seven league fixtures to have been played between these two teams, at least one side finished the game having scored two goals.
Blades defender Harry Maguire scored on the opening day of the 2013/14 season against Notts County, he also scored on the opening day of the 2011/12 season against Oldham.
The last time these sides met, three players were handed red cards, Harry Maguire, Tony Craig and Clayton Donaldson.

Colchester United v Port Vale
This will be the first time these sides have met since January 2006, when Colchester managed a 2-1 victory over the Vale.
The Essex side have failed to score against Port Vale just once in the last seven meetings in league competition.
There has only been one draw in the last 12 league games between the teams, Colchester winning five of them with Port Vale running out winners in six.
Colchester secured an opening weekend victory against Gillingham on Saturday, courtesy of an 89th minute Andy Bond strike. Last season the U's netted just five goals in the final fifteen minutes of matches; a league-low.
After the opening weekend, Port Vale are now unbeaten in their last nine league games, winning three (D6).

Leyton Orient v Shrewsbury Town
There has not been a draw involving these sides in 18 league matches when Orient have been at home; a run that goes back to 1968.
Shrewsbury Town have shipped seven goals in the last three matches against Leyton Orient.
The Shropshire club have scored in 10 of the last 11 league meetings with Leyton Orient.
Kevin Lisbie scored three goals for Leyton Orient over the course of both home and away fixtures against Shrewsbury Town last season, all from the penalty spot.
Leyton Orient's 5-1 victory last weekend was their largest opening day win ever, eclipsing their 5-2 defeat of Portsmouth in August 1964.

MK Dons v Crewe
MK Dons have scored in all four prior league fixtures against Crewe.
Crewe are looking for their first win at MK Dons in the league, having failed to win in their two previous attempts (D1 L1).
There was not a single card shown in the corresponding fixture at the Stadium:mk last season.
There is yet to be a result between these sides where one side has scored more than two goals.
Last weekend's 3-3 draw against Rotherham was the first time Crewe had scored three or more goals on the opening day of the season since 1992, when they beat Torquay 4-2 at home.

Notts County v Peterborough United
Notts County have won only once in the last 12 league meetings with Peterborough (D3 L8).
The Magpies have netted only one goal in the previous five at home to the Posh in the league.
Peterborough have managed to find the back of the net in five of their last six league visits to Meadow Lane.
Notts County have avoided defeat at home to the Posh just once in the last five league games, when the sides drew 0-0 in 2006.
No side received more red cards in League One last season than Notts County (7). County were the first club to receive a red card this campaign, when Gary Liddle was sent off against Sheffield United.

Oldham Athletic v Walsall
Walsall have managed to win just once in their last nine league visits at Oldham (D3 L5).
Oldham have scored in the last seven fixtures against Walsall.
The Latics have gone nine games without scoring more than two goals in the league against Walsall.
There have been only eight cards in the last four meetings between these sides.
Last weekend, Craig Westcarr netted twice for the Saddlers against Tranmere and has now scored five goals in his last six league games for the club.

Rotherham United v Preston North End
Preston have won three of the last four meetings in league competition between these sides.
Preston have scored only three times in their last seven league visits to Rotherham, failing to score in five of these matches.
In their last seven league fixtures at home to the Lancashire side, Rotherham have not managed to score more than one goal in a game.
The Millers have beaten Preston just three times in their last 11 league meetings (D2 L6).
Towards the end of the previous campaign, the Millers won their last four league games at the New York Stadium.

Swindon Town v Stevenage
Stevenage failed to score in their two previous league matches against Swindon Town.
Swindon scored seven in their only two previous meetings against Stevenage.
Over the course of the two fixtures in the league last season, six different players scored for Swindon.
Swindon were the joint-top scorers (along with Bournemouth) in the division last season with 76 goals, whilst just three sides scored fewer than Stevenage (47).
Swindon finished the regular 2012/13 campaign with a five-match unbeaten run at home, winning twice (D3).

Tranmere Rovers v Crawley Town
These two teams faced each other for the first time last season in league competition, with Tranmere winning both.
Crawley conceded seven goals over their only two previous meetings against Tranmere Rovers.
There were only four yellow cards shown in the two reverse fixtures last season.
Six of the nine goals scored in the two fixtures involving these teams have been scored in the first half.
Jamie Proctor has netted three goals in his last two league games for Crawley.

Wolves v Gillingham
This game marks the first time these teams have lined up against each other in the league since 2005, when the two clubs drew 2-2 at Molineux.
Wolves have entertained the Kent club six times previously in league competition, with the Gills conceding in every game (18 goals in total).
Gillingham have only ever beaten Wolves away from home once in the league (D2 L3), that win came in 1985.
Wolves have conceded just three goals in their last five in the league against Gillingham, with Wolves scoring 14 over the same period.
Gillingham won a league high 42 points on the road in League Two last season (W11, D9, L3).

Coventry City v Bristol City
Coventry have beaten Bristol City just once in their last five at home in the league (D1 L3).
The Robins have failed to score in just one of their last nine league visits to Coventry.
The Sky Blues scored one goal in each of their last three meetings at home to The Robins.
Jay Emmanuel-Thomas and Scott Wagstaff both scored on their Bristol City debuts last weekend, as the Robins drew 2-2 with newly-promoted Bradford City.
The Sky Blues lost 24 points from winning positions at home last season; a league-high.

Scottish Premiership Opta Facts – August 10-11

Dundee United v Inverness CT
The Terrors have not lost to Inverness in four home games, winning three.
They've scored 11 goals in the process, although they conceded five in that period.
There has been just one 0-0 result in 19 SPL games between the two sides.
Last season's 4-4 thriller at Tannadice Park was the only time that particular score line was recorded in the SPL in the 2012/13 campaign.
Dundee United failed to win any of their home games in which they went behind last season, while Caley were unbeaten on the road when they went ahead, winning six (D2).

Ross County v Partick Thistle
This will be the first time the two clubs have met since March 2012, when both sides were in the second tier of Scottish football.
That season Ross County kept three clean sheets in four games against the Jags.
Ross County have gone eight games (all comps) unbeaten against Partick Thistle, winning three (D5).
Partick have not been in the top tier of Scottish football since the 2003/04 season, when they did not register a win in their opening 14 games (D2 L14).
Ross County kept 15 clean sheets in the SPL last season - second only to champions Celtic (16).

Hearts v Hibernian
Last season in the SPL, Hearts failed to register a win against their arch rivals, drawing three (L1).
The Jambos have lost just once in their last 14 SPL games against Hibs, winning seven (D6).
The five matches in all competitions between these sides last season produced 19 yellow cards - Hearts 10 and Hibs 9.
The last red card in this fixture was in the 2012 Scottish FA Cup final and was for Hibernian's Pa Saikou Kujabi as Hearts won 5-1.
This fixture will be the 301st meeting between the old rivals, with Hearts leading Hibs 133 wins to 78 (89 draws).

Kilmarnock v St Johnstone
In the 2012/13 SPL campaign, the Saints won all three of their fixtures against Kilmarnock.
Last season, St Johnstone's Murray Davidson netted three times in three appearances against Killie.
St Johnstone took the lead in 19 games last season and did not lose a match when doing so (W14 D5), while Kilmarnock did not register a win when going behind (D4 L15).
The Saints are unbeaten in their last eight against Killie (W5 D3) and have not lost in their last five visits to Rugby Park (W3 D2).
Kilmarnock have lost six of their last seven SPL matches and have not won at home since February.

Motherwell v Aberdeen
The two sides met five times in all competitions last season with both sides picking a win apiece (D3).
Motherwell have gone 13 SPL games without defeat against Aberdeen, winning seven (D6).
Motherwell gained 20 points from a losing position in the SPL last season - more than any other side. In the 21 games in which they went behind they won 5 and drew 5.
Aberdeen scored the fewest first-half goals out of all the SPL clubs last season with 15.
The Dons have won their last two Scottish FA Cup fixtures at Fir Park but have not won in the league there since the second game of the 2008/09 season.