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Paris Saint-Germain moved five points clear, Lyon were upset at home, and St Etienne thrashed Montpellier in the French Ligue 1 on February 8-9, 2013.

Top Performers

Jeremy Menez(Paris Saint-Germain) A goal in a comfortable win over Bastia

Floyd Ayite(Stade de Reims) A goal and an assist as his side won at Nancy

Guillermo Ochoa(Ajaccio) Six saves and a clean sheet against Bordeaux

Results

Friday, February 8, 2013

Paris Saint-Germain 3-1 Bastia

56′	Jérémy Menez	1 0
71′	Zlatan Ibrahimovic(pen)	2 0
83′	2 1	Wahbi Khazri
89′	Ezequiel Lavezzi	3 1

Saturday, February 9, 2013

St Etienne 4-1 Montpellier

13′	Brandao	1 0
29′	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	2 0
48′	Yohan Mollo	3 0
49′	3 1	Rémy Cabella
74′	Mathieu Bodmer	4 1

Ajaccio 1-0 Bordeaux

31′

Ricardo Faty

1 0

AS Nancy Lorraine 1-2 Stade de Reims

29′	Sebastien Puygrenier	1 0
48′	1 1	Floyd Ayite
58′	1 2	Odair Fortes

Nice 1-1 Lorient

75′	0 1	Mareque Lucas
82′	Valentin Eysseric	1 1

Troyes 0-0 Sochaux

Valenciennes 2-1 Brest

10′	Mathieu Dossevi	1 0
45′ +1′	Rudy Mater	2 0
90′ +1′	2 1	Florian Raspentino

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Evian 1-1 Marseille

50′	0 1	Andre-Pierre Gignac
57′	Kassim Abdallah (red card)
59′	Yannick Sagbo(pen)	1 1
75′	Jordan Ayew (red card)

Stade Rennes 2-0 Toulouse

79′	Romain Alessandrini	1 0
84′	Mevlut Erding	2 0

Lyon 1-3 Lille

28′	0 1	Aurelien Chedjou
45′	0 2	Florent Balmont
50′	0 3	Salomon Kalou(pen)
57′	Lisandro López(pen)	1 3

Odds

Title Race

Paris Saint-Germain 1/12

Lyon 6/1

Marseille 28/1

To be relegated

Nancy 1/7

Troyes 1/7

Reims 6/4

Sochaux 17/10

Table

Pos.

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Bayern Munich inched closer towards the title and Hamburg shocked Borussia Dortmund in the German Bundesliga on February 8-9, 2013.

Top Performers

Heung-Min Son(Hamburg) Two goals including the match winner against Borussia Dortmund

Mario Gomez(Bayern Munich) A goal and an assist as Bayern cruised past Schalke

Kevin Trapp(Eintracth Frankfurt) Six saves to preserve a clean sheet against Nuremberg

Results

Saturday, February 9, 2013

Borussia Dortmund 1-4 Hamburg

17′	Robert Lewandowski	1 0
18′	1 1	Artjoms Rudnevs
26′	1 2	Heung-Min Son
31′	Robert Lewandowski (red card)
59′	Jeffrey Bruma (red card)
62′	1 3	Artjoms Rudnevs
89′	1 4	Heung-Min Son

Borussia Monchengladbach 3-3 Bayer Leverkusen

44′	Martin Stranzl	1 0
52′	1 1	Sidney Sam
58′	Luuk de Jong	2 1
60′	2 2	Stefan Kießling
64′	2 3	Andre Schürrle
86′	Patrick Herrmann	3 3

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Nuremburg

Hannover 96 1-0 Hoffenheim

8′

Mame Biram Diouf

1 0

Greuther Furth 0-1 Wolfsburg

23′

0 1

Bas Dost

Stuttgart 1-4 Werder Bremen

34′	0 1	Mehmet Ekici
50′	Ibrahima Traore	1 1
61′	1 2	Aaron Hunt
74′	1 3	Mehmet Ekici
90′ +2′	1 4	Kevin De Bruyne

Bayern Munich 4-0 Schalke

19′	David Alaba(PK)	1 0
32′	Bastian Schweinsteiger	2 0
51′	David Alaba	3 0
63′	Mario Gomez	4 0

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Augsburg 1-1 Mainz

43′	0 1	Adám Szalai
45′ +1′	Shawn Parker(red card)
57′	Sascha Mölders	1 1

Freiburg 1-0 Fortuna Dusseldorf

87′

Pavel Krmas

1 0

Odds

Title Race

Bayern Munich 1/150

Borussia Dortmund 18/1

To be relegated (last two)

Greuther Furth 1/5

Augsburg 8/13

Hoffenheim 6/7

Suttgart 37/15

Table

Pos.

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Juve extended it's lead at the top of the table, Lazio were held by Napoli and there were six draws in the Italian Serie A on February 8-9, 2013.

Top Performers

Michael Agazzi(Cagliari) The goalkeeper had six saves in a match in which AC Milan dominated for large stretches.

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Juventus and Napoli both won, Balotelli shined for AC Milan, and Siena got a crucial win in the Italian Serie A on February 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.

Top Performers

Mario Balotelli(AC Milan) The newly signed striker scored two goals including the match winner in stoppage time (penalty kick).

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FC Barcelona extended their lead to 16 points over Real Madrid and nine points over Atletico Madrid in the Spanish Primera Division on February 2nd and 3rd.

Top Performers

Tono (Granada The goalkeeper made four saves to hand Real Madrid a 1-0 loss.

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Man United won at Craven Cottage, Man City rallied for a draw, and Tottenham gained ground on Chelsea in the English Premier League on February 2nd and 3rd.

United wins, City draws

It was a poor weekend for Manchester City as they dropped points in the title race.

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The Spanish Copa del Rey starts the semifinals on January 30th and 31st with Real Madrid v Barcelona and Atletico Madrid v Sevilla.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Real Madrid v FC Barcelona, 3:00 PM EST (beIN Sport, Sky Sports 3, Al Jazeera Sport)

Barcelona will probably be favored but Real Madrid will find a way.

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It's a full slate of midweek matches on January 29th and 30th in the English Premier League highlighted by Arsenal hosting Liverpool.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Aston Villa v Newcastle United, 2:45 PM EST (Fox Soccer, Abu Dhabi Sports)

Neither side has won a match in recent weeks and that probably won't change.

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Napoli closed the gap on Juventus in the title race and AC Milan moved up to fifth place in the Italian Serie A on January 26th and 27th.

Napoli wins, Juve draws

Juventus, who looked to be in cruise control at the winter break, were held to a draw on Saturday.

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It was an unpredictable in the English FA Cup fourth round as several of the top EPL sides, Tottenham and Liverpool, were knocked out of the competition.

Tottenham & Liverpool knocked out

The FA Cup is still a competition where minnows can defeat the giants.

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There's one match in the English Premier League on January 23rd as sixth place Arsenal hosts 12th place West Ham United.

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Arsenal v West Ham United, 2:45 PM EST (Fox Soccer, Abu Dhabi Sports)

The Gunners will rebound from a weekend loss at Chelsea with a dominating win against the Hammers.

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The Spanish Copa del Rey (King's Cup) concludes the quarterfinal round with second leg matches on January 23rd and 24th.

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Sevilla v Real Zaragoza, 1:30 PM EST (beIN Sport, Sky Sports 2, Al Jazeera Sport)

Sevilla will win the second leg after getting a draw in the first leg at Zaragoza.

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The CAF African Cup of Nations has two matches in Group A as South Africa plays Angola and Morocco faces Cape Verde Islands.

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

South Africa v Angola, 10:00 AM EST (ESPN 3, EuroSport, Al Jazeera Sport)

South Africa will rebound from the first match draw with a victory.

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The CAF African Cup of Nations has two matches in Group D as the Ivory Coast faces Togo and Algeria plays Tunisia.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Ivory Coast v Togo, 10:00 AM EST (ESPN 3, EuroSport, Al Jazeera Sport)

The much more talented and stronger Ivory Coast side should have little trouble lowly Togo.

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The English Capital One Cup will finish up the semifinals with Bradford City and Swansea City holding leads heading into the second legs this week.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Aston Villa v Bradford City, 2:45 PM EST (beIN Sport, Sky Sports 1, Al Jazeera Sport)

A great first leg from Bradford will make things interesting but the EPL side will end the fairytale at Villa Park.