Life back in the Premier League after 25 years away does not get any easier for Coventry City. Manchester City flexed their muscles last time out with a 4-1 win over Crystal Palace. After only just edging past Bournemouth in their first game, new head coach Enzo Maresca has enjoyed an encouraging start in the unenviable position of replacing Pep Guardiola.
Bayer Leverkusen are hoping to get their season up and running against Union Berlin, and they have been boosted by Moussa Diaby's return. The post Diaby backed to provide ‘something special’ on Leverkusen return appeared first on SoccerNews.
The 25-year-old joined the Tynecastle club this summer having agreed a pre-contract back in January when he was still at St Johnstone and has forced his way into Wouter Vrancken's starting XI. McPake set up teammate James Wilson for the opening goal in Thursday night's Edinburgh derby and scored one of his own as Hearts beat Hibernian 3-1. New Scotland manager Sebastien Pocognoli was in the stands at Easter Road watching on as he prepares to select his squad for this month's Nations League matches against Slovenia, Switzerland, and North Macedonia.
Brentford boss Keith Andrews has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Sunderland at Gtech Community Stadium (kick-off 15:00 BST). Midfielder Mathias Jensen remains sidelined with "a little issue" and could miss next week's trip to Bournemouth too. Josh Dasilva, Sepp van den Berg and Antoni Milambo are also unavailable.
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