Ben Marshall is not yet ready to return for Blackburn, who host bottom-of-the-table Blackpool at Ewood Park. The Rovers midfielder missed the 1-1 draw with Cardiff in midweek because of a shoulder injury and he is not slated to return to training until next week. Jason Lowe may not feature again this season after discovering he needs an operation on a foot problem while this fixture comes too ...Full Story »

Lens striker Adamo Coulibaly believes a win over relegation rivals Evian on Saturday could prove a turning point for his side. Evian visit Lens with both clubs desperate for points to try to escape the relegation zone in Ligue 1 - Evian are just a point ahead of the home side but a draw would leave both teams marooned in the bottom three. Coulibaly told Lens' website: "We know that we have to ...Full Story »

Fiorentina coach Vincenzo Montella insists his players will not be distracted by their Europa League game at Tottenham when they visit Sassuolo on Saturday. The Florence outfit take on Spurs on Thursday in London in the first leg of their last-32 tie. Despite the obvious attraction of next week's clash, Montella believes his team's only focus right now is on the domestic front. "We will have ...Full Story »

David McAllister looks like missing out for Stevenage when they tackle fellow play-off hopefuls Bury. The midfielder limped out of Saturday's 1-0 loss to Mansfield with a groin injury and boss Graham Westley revealed he is 'almost certain to miss out' on the clash with the Shakers with Simon Walton is likely to get the nod in his place. Westley has plenty of other injuries to contend with Calv...Full Story »

Bury boss David Flitcroft is expected to keep faith with his misfiring young strikers when they welcome Exeter to Gigg Lane on Saturday. Hallam Hope, aged 20, stretched his barren run in front of goal to 12 matches last weekend while 21-year-old Danny Rose has just three goals in his last 25 appearances. Flitcroft does have the option of calling on senior forward Daniel Nardiello to shoulder t...Full Story »

Fiorentina coach Vincenzo Montella hopes the departure of Juan Cuadrado will not distract his team from taking three points at Genoa on Saturday. Montella announced ahead of his team's trip to Liguria that the Viola had sold Cuadrado to Chelsea pending a medical. As part of the deal that will see the Colombian winger move to Stamford Bridge, Chelsea's out-of-favour forward Mohamed Salah is set...Full Story »

Substitute James Roberts produced a superb finish from 20 yards two minutes into stoppage time to earn Oxford a 2-2 draw with Exeter at the Kassam Stadium. The Grecians, behind early on, looked to be heading for victory when they went 2-1 up after 87 minutes with Alex Nichols looping a header in from close range. But Roberts worked space for himself on the edge of the area and curled a left-fo...Full Story »

A monumental week for Sky Bet League Two basement club Hartlepool ended in anti-climatic fashion as Danny Hylton earned Oxford a 1-1 draw at Victoria Park. Six points adrift of second bottom, Pools were given reason for cheer on Tuesday when a takeover was followed by the exciting appointment of Ronnie Moore as manager. It appeared Moore would enjoy a winning start when Joe Ironside put Hartle...Full Story »

David Flitcroft's Bury made it eight games without a win after lowly York fought back to claim a 2-2 draw at the JD Stadium. The Shakers led 2-0 with 28 minutes to go after two goals in five minutes through Andrew Tutte and Daniel Nardiello. But Jake Hyde pulled one back just four minutes later before Luke Summerfield secured a point with a 78th-minute free-kick. Bury's Ryan Lowe had an early ...Full Story »

Lens escaped from the Ligue 1 relegation zone by pulling off a 2-0 home victory over Nice at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis. The Pas-de-Calais club were stranded in 19th place going into Friday night's encounter with Nice but goals in either half from Wylan Cyprien and Adamo Coulibaly proved enough to fire them above Evian, Metz and Bastia and into 16th. So dominant were Lens that they were able t...Full Story »