Tag: Team

20 March 2026 Off

West Bromwich Albion: Team news – Krystian Bielik has shoulder surgery

By Total Football News

West Bromwich Albion defender Krystian Bielik has undergone surgery on his shoulder and could miss the remainder of the season, boss James Morrison has confirmed.

The Pole missed the past two league games after to go off in their match against Sheffield United on 7 March.

“He has been pushing it and he felt a bit more damage so we thought it best he get the surgery,” Morrison told BBC

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13 March 2026 Off

Hull City: Team news – Eliot Matazo suffers setback that could end season

By Total Football News

Hull City midfielder Eliot Matazo may not play again this season after picking up a quad injury to derail his recovery from knee surgery, boss Sergej Jakirovic has confirmed.

The Belgian faces a further “three or four weeks” on the sidelines after being withdrawn from an Under-21’s game, having already been absent from the squad for over a year because of his knee ligament injury.

“Our target is that

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6 March 2026 Off

Kieran McKenna: Leicester City are still a good team, says Ipswich boss

By Total Football News

Leicester City will be no pushovers when they visit Portman Road in the Championship on Saturday (15:00 GMT), according to Ipswich Town head coach Kieran McKenna.

The Foxes have slipped into the relegation zone after having six points deducted for breaching financial regulations, and on the back of a nine-game winless run, but McKenna says they still have plenty of quality.

“We felt it earlier in the season… you look

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6 March 2026 Off

Blackburn Rovers: Team news – Trondstand loss ‘a devastating blow’

By Total Football News

Blackburn Rovers boss Michael O’Neill has labelled midfielder Sondre Tronstad’s season ending injury as a “devastating blow” in their fight against relegation.

The 30-year-old was taken off at half-time during the side’s defeat to Bristol City with an anterior cruciate ligament injury and has since undergone reconstructive surgery.

“We were trying to be optimistic, trying to be hopeful, but in the first half against Bristol City you could tell he

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26 February 2026 Off

Leicester City: Team news – Jordan James and Jamaal Lascelles poised for return

By Total Football News

Leicester City midfielder Jordan James and defender Jamaal Lascelles may be available for Saturday’s game against Norwich (12:30 GMT).

James has missed six matches with a hamstring injury while Lascelles has been absent for the past two, but both have returned to training.

“We are looking at Saturday, but we are also looking at the games after that,” manager Gary Rowett told BBC Radio Leicester.

“But those two would be

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23 February 2026 Off

Portsmouth FC opinion: Pompey playing like a top-end Championship team

By Total Football News

When writing on Wednesday morning, I described Pompey’s mammoth result at The Valley as our biggest away win of the season. Four days later and four miles across London, we had an even bigger result at The Den.

The power, physicality and combativeness from our January additions, coupled with a noticeable uptick in both performances and results is no coincidence at all.

Pompey have now already won more away games

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17 February 2026 Off

Birmingham City’s US owners complete takeover of women’s team

By Total Football News

Birmingham City’s owners have completed the purchase of the women’s team, with England and Blues legend Karen Carney part of several independent investors involved in the deal.

Shelby Companies Limited (SCL) are a subsidiary of Knighthead Capital Management – an investment firm co-founded by Blues chairman Tom Wagner.

They bought a controlling share of the Championship club in July 2023 before increasing that to a full takeover last November.

They

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14 December 2025 Off

Portsmouth crowd has vital role in helping team out of trouble

By Total Football News

The famous Fratton Park atmosphere can be the key to Portsmouth getting out of trouble this season.

Their 2-1 comeback win over Blackburn was a reminder of the power their home support can have in matches and they must lean into it more moving forward.

Once the home team found its feet in the game, the crowd were electric and loud in helping them end a run of three winless

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13 December 2025 Off

Premier League and FPL team news: All your injury and Fantasy Premier League info in one place

By Total Football News

Forward Mohamed Salah returns to the Liverpool squad this weekend after talks with manager Arne Slot.

Fellow attacker Cody Gakpo will miss the next few weeks with a muscle injury, while midfielder Wataru Endo is out with an ankle issue and defender Conor Bradley is serving a one-match suspension.

Sweden striker Alexander Isak suffered a knock in midweek and faces a late fitness test.

Brighton striker Stefanos Tzimas has suffered

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8 December 2025 Off

Best manager and best team – can Crystal Palace sustain special season?

By Total Football News

Glasner joined Palace in February 2024 following successful stints at Wolfsburg and Eintracht Frankfurt.

The 51-year-old has since guided Palace to back-to-back record points totals in the Premier League and led them to a first major trophy when they triumphed over Manchester City in the FA Cup last season.

That led to a first ever appearance in a major European competition – although it was downgraded from Europa League to

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