Saturday December 15, 2012 Kick off: 13:35 Preliminary Round: Pool 2 Stadio Comunale di Mongio
Leicester Tigers can edge closer to the Heineken Cup quarter-finals on Saturday when they make the trip to Italy to face Benetton Treviso.
Richard Cockerill's men held out for a 33-25 win at Welford Road in the last round to give them 10 points from three games in Pool 2.
Treviso welcome the Tigers to the Stadio Comunale di Monigo having lost all three of their fixtures in the group.
Leicester have made six changes in total, with Anthony Allen, Brett Deacon, Dan Cole and Louis Deacon all given starts.
| Date | Saturday 15th December 2012 | ||||
| Time | 15:25 CET | ||||
Liverpool hope to push their winning streak to four when they take on Aston Villa. The Reds have made serious progress toward getting back on track since the calendar turned to December and now must build off that momentum.
Villa have been playing well, too. They are unbeaten over their past five matches, including an impressive 4-1 Cup victory over Norwich City on Tuesday. Having to fight through numerous injuries will make it tough to keep the streak alive, though.
At this time last season, we found both Manchester City and Newcastle United in the top half of the Premier League table, with the Blues leading the way and the Magpies sitting in seventh position.
A year later, the Blues sit in second position, trailing the leaders, Manchester United, by six points. The Magpies find themselves in 14th position with only 17 points, two points ahead of relegation.
The final round of Bundesliga matches before
the winter break looks set to be a cracker, as two of Germany’s most
prestigious names go head to head at Allianz Arena on Friday evening.
Bayern
Munich are already assured of going into the break as “Herbstmeister”,
as they top the league by 11 points, while Borussia Monchengladbach have
some catching up to do if they hope to repeat last season’s top four
finish.
The fixtures for Week 17 of the German Bundesliga season begins with a intriguing Friday match, as Borussia Monchengladbach aims to separate themselves in the race for a European place when they travel to Allianz Arena to battle top of the league Bayern Munich whom are looking to extend the gap.
With a million Rand for the winning team and another million to a
skilled and lucky fan, you just can’t miss the inaugural NBM 7s Premier
League (7sPL) international rugby tournament in George, South Africa, on
14 and 15 December 2012.
Morning at 10:30 Central Coast Mariners day leader receives visit from
Melbourne Heart in a game that matters to the eleventh stage of the
A-League. In the last recent meeting between the two teams on the same
field there was a 3-1 victory for the hosts.
The Spurs just played in Utah last night and lost, but I expect them to
bounce back strong here. San Antonio is 4-1 in the second of
back-to-back games this season, with the only loss coming when Popovich
infamously rested four starters in Miami. The Spurs are an awesome 8-1-2
ATS in their last 11 games when playing without a day of rest. The
Trail Blazers have had two days’ rest but are just 7-18-3 ATS in their
last 28 games when playing on two days’ rest.
