Chivu is having an excellent first season in charge of Inter, a club that he represented as a player for many years. Some had concerns about his lack of top flight coaching experience, and yet he has the Nerazzurri eight points clear at the top, albeit with Milan having a game in hand. If the Rossoneri beat Pisa tonight that will become five points, adding a bit of pressure ahead of their game against the Bianconeri.
Jurassic Park sounded great given the spectacular beasts on display, but there was chaos after they started to do their own thing. When Cristiano Ronaldo, surely the T rex, and Karim Benzema, perhaps a velociraptor, are scoring in spectacular fashion there are headlines around the world, but the Saudi Pro League is finding out that when they start to flex their muscles off the pitch, there is even more interest and, it turns out, a real problem for the competition.
Barcelona will aim to extend their lead atop LaLiga to four points with victory at Elche. The Blaugrana slipped up in their last away game in the league, with defeat at Real Sociedad allowing Madrid to gain ground in the title race. Hansi Flick's men have since won three in a row, with a home win over Real Oviedo sandwiched by a pair of victories in the Champions League, and they will be heavy favourites to prevail at Estadio Martínez Valero.
Conte watched on as his team were humbled upon his return to Turin on Sunday, with Jonathan David, Kenan Yildiz and Filip Kostic on target for the Bianconeri. Indeed, Napoli lost a Serie A match by at least three goals for only the third time under Conte, after defeats to Hellas Verona and Atalanta at the start of the 2024-25 campaign.
"You felt that in the stadium after the whistle the stands are full now. Big, big positive energy," Rohl said. "Danilo scored, this is great. Gassama scored. All the subs tried and helped the team. It was again a great team performance. It feels great with eight wins [in a row in all competitions]. "It's a statement, especially from the point we were at. I spoke about being hunter and this is still where we are."
The Opta supercomputer is firmly behind Chelsea ahead of this game, with the Blues winning 62.8% of its 10,000 pre-match simulations. Arsenal are assigned a 17.5% chance of victory, while 19.7% of scenarios saw the points shared. And going into matchday 13, the Opta supercomputer gives Chelsea a 27% chance of retaining their title, with Man City topping the pile in 71.7% of season simulations.