After they were placed into administration last Friday, Sheffield Wednesday have now received contact from American billionaire John Textor about buying the club.

The Owls knew the inevitable was coming for some time and it speaks volumes that many around the club will be relieved to be in administration rather than under the ownership of Dejphon Chansiri. His decade-long ownership has finally come to an end following a period in which staff and players went unpaid on a number of occasions.

Whilst there may be some light at the end of the tunnel off the pitch, however, Sheffield Wednesday have suffered on it. Henrik Pedersen’s side have been dealt an automatic 12-point deduction which has left them on -6 points and an impossible battle to stay up in the Championship.

Many have had their say on the consequences that they’ve been handed by the EFL, including Gary Lineker. The former Match of the Day host told The Rest is Football podcast: “They have gone into administration, obviously, and hopefully they can sort it all out. But they have got the 12-point penalty and are now on -6.

“I understand why clubs have to suffer repercussions, but I just think it’s like kicking a club when it’s down and at its lowest. We have had this with other clubs, and it just doesn’t sit well. It’s almost like the fans take the punishment.”

Julian Pitts, Kris Wigfield, Paul Stanley and Begbies Traynor have been appointed joint-administrators and are tasked with finding a suitable buyer for the club, with the EFL ready to relax their 21-day insolvency guideline to fast-track any potential sale.

John Textor makes contact with Sheffield Wednesday

According to reporter Alan Myers, Textor has now made contact with Sheffield Wednesday and their administrators about a potential deal to buy the club.

The American billionaire has also been linked with Wolverhampton Wanderers and it’s clear that he’s looking to invest in English football after selling his Crystal Palace shares in the summer.

That said, Sheffield Wednesday should proceed with caution. Having only just ended a toxic relationship with Chansiri, the last thing they need is another difficult ownership.

Textor stole the headlines when he resigned from his leadership position at Lyon after they were relegated to Ligue 2 amid financial problems. Although they have now been reinstated to France’s top flight and Textor remains a shareholder from afar, his day-to-day role received major protest from fans.

A repeat at Sheffield Wednesday is not guaranteed, but the Owls must ensure that Textor is right for them if they are to add themselves to his portfolio of clubs.

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Tottenham Hotspur were held to a 0-0 draw by Monaco in the Champions League last time out, but it was the hosts who had the better chances to win the match.

The French side created five ‘big chances’ in the game, compared to Tottenham’s one, and Guglielmo Vicario prevented a whopping 2.68 xG with eight saves.

Whilst Thomas Frank will be concerned that his goalkeeper needed to make so many saves, the Spurs head coach should be concerned about the lack of potency in the final third.

Tottenham have struggled at the top end of the pitch under the former Brentford boss in the Premier League so far this season, as shown in the table below.

1

Crystal Palace – 33

Crystal Palace – 22

2

Man City – 27

Man City – 17

3

Liverpool – 24

Liverpool – 17

4

Chelsea – 23

Leeds – 14

5

Arsenal – 22

Man Utd – 14

6

Man Utd – 22

Arsenal – 13

7

Brighton – 18

Newcastle – 11

8

Leeds – 17

Nottingham Forest – 11

9

Newcastle – 15

Chelsea – 10

10

Everton – 15

Everton – 10

Spurs do not rank within the top ten Premier League sides for ‘big chances’ created or missed, as they sit 15th in the division for ‘big chances’ created with 13, per Sofascore.

On top of struggling to create chances on a consistent basis, it also remains to be seen whether or not the Lilywhites have a striker who can provide consistent quality in front of goal.

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Mathys Tel, Richarlison, and Dominic Solanke are the main centre-forward options at Frank’s disposal this season, although Solanke is currently making his way back from an ankle injury.

Despite scoring a goal against Leeds United last month, Tel may rank at the bottom of the manager’s options in the number nine position, because he is still a young and inexperienced player.

The France U21 international has scored four goals in 28 appearances in all competitions for the club, per Sofascore, which shows that he still has development to go through before he can offer a consistent threat.

Richarlison is currently the first-choice number nine, in Solanke’s absence, and he has scored eight goals in 37 matches since the start of last season, per Sofascore, including three goals in eight Premier League outings this term.

Appearances

27

Starts

25

xG

10.97

Goals

9

Big chances missed

12

Minutes per goal

245

xA

1.15

Assists

3

As you can see in the table above, Solanke scored more goals in the Premier League alone last season than Richarlison has managed in all competitions since the start of the 2024/25 campaign.

This suggests that the England international is the best striker in the current Spurs squad, but the club are reportedly keen on a player who is even better than him.

Spurs ready to pay up for Serie A striker

According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, as relayed by TuttoJuve, Tottenham Hotspur are one of a number of clubs interested in a deal to sign Juventus centre-forward Dusan Vlahovic.

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The report claims that Fabio Paratici is eyeing up a potential swoop for the Serbia international, but will face competition from Premier League rivals Chelsea and Manchester United.

It adds that all three clubs are willing to pay the fee that Juventus are looking for, which is up to £22m, as they look to move on from Vlahovic in the upcoming January transfer window.

The experienced striker’s contract in Turin is set to expire at the end of the 2025/26 campaign, which is why the Old Lady are keen to move on from him in January to avoid losing the forward for nothing in the summer.

Why Spurs should sign Dusan Vlahovic

Paratici should push to secure a deal for Vlahovic ahead of both Chelsea and Manchester United because he could arrive in North London as an instant upgrade on Solanke.

The Serbian number nine’s form last season and throughout his career at the top level suggests that he would offer a far more clinical and lethal presence at the top end of the pitch for Spurs.

Vlahovic scored 17 goals in all competitions during the 2024/25 campaign, including the summer Club World Cup, and hit double figures for goals in the Serie A, per Sofascore.

Starts

21

25

Goals

10

9

Minutes per goal

180

245

Shots on target per game

1.0

1.0

Assists

4

3

Aerial duels won per game

1.3

1.7

Aerial duel success rate

48%

43%

As you can see in the table above, Vlahovic was far more prolific than Solanke at league level, as shown by their respective minutes per goal ratios, whilst he also won a higher percentage of his aerial duels and provided more assists.

These statistics suggest that the Juventus striker, who was described as an “absolute monster” by reporter Carlo Garganese, would provide more quality than the Englishman in the final third.

That is further backed up by their respective career finishing statistics. Per UnderStat, Solanke has scored 38 goals from 52.23 xG in his top-flight career, whilst Vlahovic has 89 goals from 90.73 xG in his time in the Serie A with Fiorentina and Juventus.

This suggests that Vlahovic would provide a level of clinical finishing and goalscoring prowess that Frank does not currently have at his disposal in North London this season.

Therefore, Paratici needs to do all he can to convince the Serbian marksman to turn down potential moves to Manchester United and Chelsea to join the Lilywhites in the upcoming January transfer window, as he would improve the current first-team squad.

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وجه محمود الخطيب، رئيس النادي الأهلي، التهنئة إلى لاعبي الفريق الأول لكرة القدم والجهاز الفني بقيادة ييس توروب، والإداري والطبي، بمناسبة الفوز بكأس السوبر المصري للمرة الخامسة على التوالي والسادسة عشرة في تاريخ النادي.

وحقق فريق الأهلي لقب السوبر المصري عقب الفوز على غريمه التقليدي الزمالك، بهدفين نظيفين، في المباراة التي جمعت بين الفريقين مساء اليوم على ملعب آل نهيان. 

طالع.. أحمد عبد الرؤوف بعد خسارة الزمالك لقب السوبر: ليست نهاية العالم.. والإصابات صعبت مهمتنا أمام الأهلي

وأشاد رئيس النادي بالأداء المتميز للاعبين وروحهم العالية، والإصرار على إحراز البطولة في هذه المرحلة، واستعدادًا لخوض تحديات عديدة في الفترة القادمة.

وتمنى أن تكون بطولة السوبر بداية للمزيد من النجاحات والبطولات خلال الفترة القادمة على كافة المستويات المحلية والقارية.

كما هنأ محمود الخطيب جماهير الأهلي، وأكد على تقديره لمساندتها لناديها وفرقه الرياضية في كل المواقف داخل وخارج البلاد.

Jadon Sancho has been urged by a Premier League legend to improve his attitude so he does not waste the latest opportunity to kickstart his career at Aston Villa. Sancho is into the third loan spell of his disastrous time at Manchester United but he has struggled to get into Unai Emery's side, playing just 52 minutes in the Premier League so far.

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  Substitution deepens Sancho woes

  Sancho joined Villa on deadline day on loan after no club wanted to sign him permanently following a disappointing spell at Chelsea last season. He has only started two games for the Villans, in the Carabao Cup and Europa League, as he struggles to regain full fitness after being a part of United's 'bomb squad' over the summer along with Alejandro Garnacho, Marcus Rashford, Antony and Tyrell Malacia.

  Sancho made just his second Premier League appearance on Sunday against Manchester City when he replaced the injured Emi Buendia in the 29th minute. But he was then taken off in the second half as Villa looked to protect their 1-0 advantage. Emery insisted that he had always planned to take Sancho off as he is not yet fully fit although the image of him coming off the pitch only 45 minutes after being brought on added to the sense that he has a long way to go to get back to the player he once was. And Premier League all-time top scorer Alan Shearer believes Sancho must change his attitude if he is to make the loan move a success.

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• Shearer: Sancho will only get so many opportunities

  Shearer told : "I don't know what's going on with Jadon Sancho in terms of his training or his life, but he's got an opportunity at Villa now, and if it doesn't work out here, people will look back and say, 'Hang on, you've been given so many opportunities.' You can only have so many.

  "I guess it is humiliating when you're put on as a sub and then taken off again. It hasn't worked out yet for him, but there's only one way around it and that is hard work. Get your head down, get your attitude right, and if you do that, things will turn around."

• Former coach believes Sancho can follow Dembele's footsteps

  Sancho's career has been in freefall ever since he moved to United for £74m in 2021 on the back of three sensational seasons with Borussia Dortmund. He failed to replicate his form in Germany for the Red Devils and early into his third season he fell out with coach Erik ten Hag, blasting back at the Dutchman after he had been accused of not showing enough effort in training. Sancho was cast out from the squad for four months, eventually returning to Dortmund on loan. He thrived back at his former club, helping them reach the Champions League final.

  And his former coach Edin Terzic has sensationally claimed that the winger could one day win the Ballon d'Or and follow the same redemption path as Ousmane Dembele. The French winger bombed at Barcelona after joining the Catalans from Dortmund for a total fee of £135m in 2017 but has turned his career around at Paris Saint-Germain. He won the 2025 Ballon d'Or for his role in PSG winning the Champions League for the first time to complete the treble.

  Terzic told : "All those players can win the Ballon d’Or in the future. Even Jadon. From the talent point of view, if you talk about Jadon, then maybe five years ago you would talk about Ousmane Dembele in the same way."

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  Sancho continues road to full fitness

  Sancho will be looking to get sharper and fitter by playing at least some role in Villa's next three matches before the November international break. He might struggle to get in the starting line-up in Saturday's game at Liverpool although he will be expecting to start in the Europa League game at home to Maccabi Tel Aviv on Thursday. Villa will then host the in-form Bournemouth before the two-week break for international fixtures, although Sancho will remain with his club as he has no prospect of returning to the England squad any time soon.

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A coletiva de imprensa de Leila Pereira segue repercutindo dentro do Palmeiras após a atual mandatária responder às críticas da torcida com certo sarcasmo e muita provocação ao passado recente do clube.

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Parte dos conselheiros da situação que apoiam a presidente não gostou do tom usado por Leila que, no lugar de acalmar os ânimos em um momento delicado do clube na temporada, apenas colocou mais fogo no incêndio que o Verdão vive atualmente.

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Um dos maiores ídolos do clube, o ex-goleiro Marcos repostou em seu Instagram o vídeo do jornalista Mauro Beting se mostrando contrário às falas de Leila Pereira.

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Questionado por um torcedor se não tinha medo de sofrer algum tipo de represália por parte de Leila, Marcos respondeu:

– Não sei como vai ficar minha vida, mas não posso me furtar de dar uma opinião depois de hoje. Somos gratos, sabemos da importância, somos chatos, mas ao mesmo tempo sei que o torcedor é o bem mais precioso de um clube, ai fica difícil pra mim – disse o pentacampeão mundial.

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Neste momento, o saldo que fica é, se Leila Pereira tentou jogar a torcida do Palmeiras contra a maior organizada do clube, ela acabou dando um tiro no próprio pé, e daqui até o final de seu mandato a reprovação dos palmeirenses só tende a aumentar caso as coisas não funcionem dentro de campo.

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India’s batting coach shared an insight into the thinking side of India’s maverick keeper-batter

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Aaron: Need a ‘maverick’ like Pant to disrupt opposition plans

In Sydney during the 2020-21 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Rishabh Pant shocked everyone on the final day when he walked out at the fall of India captain Ajinkya Rahane’s wicket in the second over of the day. Pant brought a sensational approach to saving the Test, scoring 73 in the first session. He was 97 off 117 when Nathan Lyon started the 80th over. Cheteshwar Pujara, Pant’s partner at the time, reminded him to just be watchful because the second new ball was going to be crucial.Pant went down the track first ball of the 80th over and was dismissed off a thick outside edge. He was devastated. It seemed as if a crane would be required to take him off the field. He was also angry at Pujara for casting a seed of doubt in his head, which he felt contributed to the miscue.Related

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Two days before the third Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy Test at Lord’s, India batting coach Sitanshu Kotak spoke about this side of Pant while talking about how much of a thinker of batting he is. Kotak was asked how important it was for batting partners to not talk to Pant. “Rishabh actually talks a lot about what he does, when he does [it], why he does [it],” Kotak said. “To me, he’s spoken, but he’s someone who doesn’t like talking too much during his innings because he feels that that changes his mindset, and he takes the wrong decision. That’s only when he’s batting.”Apart from that, he talks about other batters also, about himself also, and he does [properly plan] what he wants to do because it’s not so easy to score Test hundreds or not so easy to be successful at this level without having any planning.”No advice might be the best advice if you’re batting with Rishabh Pant•Getty Images

The moves Pant makes might look random, but Kotak suggested there is thought and planning behind each of them. Kotak was happy to have a maverick such as Pant in the line-up but generally insisted on the batters not being too eager to score runs, which might have become a habit after playing – as India have done – on extremely bowling-friendly pitches in the last few years.”If a batter thinks there is a lot of movement in the pitch, and if there is [half] an opportunity I have to score boundaries because there is a good ball coming [anyway], that is a bad mindset for red-ball cricket,” Kotak said. “Anyway, they possess so much skill because of white-ball cricket that they can convert anything in the slot into fours and sixes. They don’t have to really think that I want to hit a boundary.”Kotak insisted that this was not an instruction imparted after the first-Test defeat at Headingley but his general philosophy before the start of the series. “We have batted well in both the matches,” Kotak said. “I feel we have such skilful batters [who] can score at four an over without going searching for runs. What else is aggressive batting? We are scoring 360 in 90 overs. But our mindset now is to not go looking for boundaries.”That is not necessarily good news for England because they relied on getting batters caught on the boundary to make their way back into the match during both of India’s innings at Headingley. In the second Test at Edgbaston, captain Shubman Gill led by example and refused to be content with a big score and play a casual shot. He aggregated 430 runs in the match to bat England out of the game.

India Under-19 collapsed after a 133-run stand between Malhotra and Mhatre

ECB Reporters Network supported by Rothesay22-Jul-2025Ralphie Albert sparked not one collapse but two in taking 6 for 53 as England Under-19 edged ahead in the rain-affected 2nd ‘Test’ against India at Chelmsford.The 17-year-old left-arm spinner reduced India from 170 for 1 to 181 for 4 before helping to secure the last six wickets for 37 as India were bowled out for 279 to trail by 30.This looked unlikely when Ayush Mhatre and Vihaan Malhotra were compiling a dominant stand of 133 for the second wicket. Malhotra would go on to make 120 at nearly a-run-a-ball, but aside from this pair, only Harvansh Pangalia (28) and Kanishk Chouhan (23) reached double-figures, with five batters making ducks.England openers Ben Dawkins and Adam Thomas survived the odd scare to stretch that lead to 123 before bad light ended play 12 overs before the scheduled close.Rain delayed the start until 12.15pm before Malhotra and Mhatre dominated the pre-lunch session.Mhatre, dropped at cover on the second afternoon, was reprieved a second time when Alex Green failed to take a tough caught-and-bowled chance, but soon made the most of his good fortune, two sumptuous fours off the back foot and a huge six from the bowling of day-two centurion Ekansh Singh among the pick of his shots.Malhotra survived a big shout for lbw and being struck midships by James Minto. His cover drive off Green was a thing of beauty, and he raised the 100 of the innings with six over square leg. Another six took him to 50 as India scored 108 in the 75 minutes of play. England looked to be searching for wickets, and the result was too many four balls in a tardy effort.[File photo] Ralphie Albert triggered twin Indian collapses•Getty ImagesWhether it was harsh words from the coaches or an inspired lunch choice, England emerged a different side. Tighter bowling brought a breakthrough when Mhatre missed one from Alex French, which angled in and spreadeagled his stumps. He scored 80.Door ajar, Albert produced some spin wizardry to strike twice in as many overs, wicketkeeper Abhigyan Kundu bunting back a caught and bowled before Rahul Kumar edged low to Thomas at slip.India’s response was to counter-attack, Pangalia dispatching a long-hop over the longest boundary before driving and cutting for successive fours.At the other end, Malhotra’s 16th four took him to his hundred in 101 balls and at 242 for 4 the visitors were back in the ascendancy.However, Pangalia top-edged a cross-bat slog into the deep and RS Ambrish became the third duck on the Indian card when he drove to cover in Albert’s next over.The Surrey youngster was on a roll, Malhotra becoming his biggest prize when perishing to a catch by Ben Mayes on the midwicket fence. Albert wasn’t finished there, Henil Patel his fourth wicket in 13 balls courtesy of Thomas’ second smart slip catch of the afternoon.Thereafter, only Chouhan held up the hosts for a while, Albert’s fellow spinner Mayes (2 for 17) picking up the last two wickets – a due reward for a tight spell.Dawkins and Thomas were both on a pair and began nervously, the former given a life when dropped at first slip off Aditya Rawat on 7.Rawat’s searching examination survived, the pair prospered, Dawkins clearing the ropes at midwicket, while Thomas drove and cut well to reach 50 with seven fours in the last over before the light closed in.

Glamorgan competed a comprehensive victory over Kent to keep pressure on the qualification spots in the South Group of the Vitality Blast.On a home return to Sophia Gardens in their T20 campaign, Glamorgan chased 119 with more than eight overs to spare in an explosive innings after a dominant bowling display.Andy Gorvin returned career best figures of 4 for 17 along with Ned Leonard taking 4 for 26 to make it nine wickets in his last two matches. Only Jack Leaning put up some resistance with 45 from 40 balls to help lift Kent from 27 for 3 after six overs.Kiran Carlson top-scored for Glamorgan with a quickfire 34 balls as a series of cameos secured a comfortable six-wicket victory.Glamorgan gave the Spitfires first use of the green-topped surface and instantly reaped the rewards of doing so in terms of economy, initially, before Imad Wasim began a clatter of wickets in the third over.With Daniel Bell-Drummond dismissed early, Kent’s top scorer in the Vitality Blast, Tawanda Muyeye, falling in the next over didn’t help Kent at 9 for 2, mistiming a drive to give Leonard a first-ball wicket, caught at deep-third.The struggles in timing and finding the pace of the pitch continued throughout the Kent innings, finding themselves three down in the powerplay with Harry Finch unable to continue his form from a half-century last time out, missing an attempted ramp.With no intention of dying wondering, the Spitfires continued to up their sluggish run-rate on a two-paced wicket. Two internationals in the form of Joe Denly and captain Sam Billings attempted to rebuild until Gorvin dismissed the pair in the same over.Kent slipped from 37 for 3 to 43 for 5 after nine overs. Gorvin was exceptionally difficult to get away with his varied medium pace. Billings was bowled first, slog-sweeping, before Denly played around a nip-backer.Leaning’s blows towards the back end, particularly off Dan Douthwaite, produced his best knock of the campaign and helped Kent to a respectable total. The 31-year-old found two sixes in the final over from Jamie McIlroy, who had dropped him off his own bowling earlier in the innings on 13. Leaning successfully farmed the strike from his No. 11 partner Matt Parkinson, after the lower-order continued to come and go.Glamorgan came out firing as Carlson so often does, leading from the front alongside Will Smale. Twelve from the first over quickly had the hosts realising that this chase could be a matter of net run rate importance rather than the risk of a win-lose situation.Smale’s ramp for six off overseas Tom Rogers’ first ball helped Glamorgan to take 46 from his three overs with a flurry of shots along the way.With Glamorgan having no issue with finding their timing, the relentless striking continued – though a few mistimed shots found fortunate results. Not all fell safe with Smale first to go, bringing the inexperienced Alex Horton to free himself for a quick 20 which included four consecutive boundaries off Rogers.Carlson’s 34 in no time ended, similarly to Smale, trying one shot too but with the game all but done following a 70 for 1 powerplay.Horton’s cameo ended pulling Nathan Gilchrist to deep square leg which brought Ben Kellaway and Colin Ingram together. Ingram punished Parkinson for two sixes in the same over before being dismissed with two to win, the batters enjoying their short stays.Asa Tribe came in to find the winning runs after his return from the Netherlands, where he played for Jersey just 24 hours prior. The potentially important figure in the successful chase being the 11.4 overs it took to complete the task.

The Chicago White Sox are having one of the worst seasons in Major League Baseball history. Through 139 games, they are 31-108 and things are not improving. When you dig down into the numbers, the level of futility from the Southsiders is truly insane. What follows is a look at the most mind-boggling stats and facts about the 2024 White Sox.

The White Sox have the three longest losing streaks in MLB this season. Those have consisted of 21 games, 14 games, and their current 11-game skid. If you took away all of those losses, their winning percentage would be .333, which would still be the worst in baseball. The Colorado Rockies (51-87) are second worst at .370.

As a group, the American League Central's teams enter Wednesday's action 32 games under .500. The AL Central has five teams. Four of them are over .500. The Cleveland Guardians, Minnesota Twins, Kansas City Royals and Detroit Tigers are a combined 45 games over .500. Chicago is 77 games under .500.

The 1899 Cleveland Spiders are generally considered to be the worst team in the history of Major League Baseball. They finished that season 20-134. They didn't lose their 108th game until September 7. The White Sox did it on September 2.

The White Sox currently have 31 wins. In baseball history, 124 pitchers have matched or exceeded that number of victories on their own in a single season. Old Hoss Radbourn did it three times!

After a defeat on Monday, Chicago has now lost 20 consecutive games started by Chris Flexen, a streak that has lasted since his last win on May 8. It is the longest losing streak in a single pitcher's starts since 1900. But this certainly isn't all on the Flexen. In 12 of those starts, he has allowed three or fewer runs and the White Sox have won none of them. Flexen is 0-11 with a 5.73 ERA in his last 21 appearances (20 starts) since he won his last game.

The White Sox are anemic offensively. They are currently last in MLB in on-base percentage (.277), slugging (.388) and home runs (109). Their OPS (.615) is the worst in baseball by more than 50 points and they have scored 97 fewer runs than anyone in MLB. They're also 29th in batting average (.219) barely edging the Seattle Mariners (.216).

Things aren't much better on the pitching side. Chicago is 29th in ERA (4.89), WHIP (1.45) and earned runs allowed (661), 28th in home runs allowed (179) and 27th in opponents' batting average (.258).

In their last 45 games, the White Sox are 4-41, which is the worst record in a 45-game span since the 1916 Philadelphia A's.

Those same Philadelphia A's finished with the worst winning percentage in modern MLB history at .235. The White Sox are currently at .223.

Luis Robert currently leads the White Sox non-pitchers in WAR. He has only collected 0.6. Only seven non-pitchers on the roster have produced a positive WAR this season. In all, 33 players have produced a negative WAR for the White Sox this season, 12 of them pitchers.

Chicago currently has a run differential of -301. The worst differential in modern baseball history was the 1932 Boston Red Sox at -349. That number is certainly within reach.

The White Sox won four consecutive games from May 8 through May 11. It is their longest winning streak of the season. They have only had six winning streaks all season.

Chicago has had three winless homestands this season. In their most recent, the White Sox went 0-10 against the Tigers, Texas Rangers and Mets, while being outscored 54-22.

The 1962 New York Mets suffered the most losses in modern MLB history as they went 40-120 in their expansion season. The White Sox are on pace to finish 36-126.

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Com este resultado, o Palmeiras ultrapassa o Bragantino e passa a ocupar, de maneira provisória, a vice-liderança do Brasileirão, com 53 pontos conquistados. Por outro lado, o Bahia segue próximo à zona do rebaixamento, na 15ª posição da tabela, com 34 pontos.

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>!FORÇA! O zagueiro Raul Gustavo sentiu a coxa direita e deixou o campo machucado. No banco de reservas, foi possível ver o defensor chorando após a substituição.

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>!QUE FRIEZA! Gustavo Gómez lançou Endrick que dominou e partiu para cima da defesa do Bahia. O jovem foi empurrado e sofreu falta, mas o árbitro deu vantagem e a bola sobrou com Raphael Veiga, que finalizou da entrada da área, no cantinho, para abrir o placar do jogo.

>!ANIMAL! Como gol marcado diante do Bahia, Raphael Veiga superou Edmundo e se tornou, de forma isolada, o 5º maior artilheiro do Palmeiras na história do Campeonato Brasileiro, com 35 gols. Ídolo demais!

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>!FOI POR POUCO! Rony começou a jogada pelo lado esquerdo e cruzou rasteiro, em direção a Artur. O atacante desviou e Marcos Felipe fez grande defesa. Na sobra, Marcos Rocha encheu o pé mas isolou a bola. Quase o segundo do Verdão!

>!FORA! Nicolás Acevedo fez uma falta dura sobre Artur e recebeu cartão amarelo, o segundo, e foi expulso aos 45 minutos da segunda etapa.

COMO FOI O PRIMEIRO TEMPO?
O Palmeiras teve a posse de bola por mais tempo, mas pouco incomodou o Bahia, que estava muito fechado. O sistema tático implantado por Rogério Ceni, com três zagueiros, igualou o jogo em todos os setores e tirou as opções de passe do Verdão pelo meio e pelas pontas. O gol de Raphael Veiga foi mais resultado da qualidade dos jogadores do que uma jogada pensada e construída.

E A ETAPA FINAL?
Se na primeira etapa o Palmeiras tinha controle do jogo mas pouco criava, tudo mudou no segundo tempo, especialmente com as trocas de Rogério Ceni, que foi soltando o time na busca pelo empate. Luis Guilherme, Artur e Rony entraram bem e deixaram o Verdão mais criativo. Vale destacar: a defesa do Palmeiras praticamente não foi exigida na segunda etapa.

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OS NÚMEROS DA PARTIDA

O QUE VEM POR AÍ
Na próxima rodada o Palmeiras vai ao Rio de Janeiro enfrentar o líder Botafogo, no jogo que pode definir se o Palmeiras ainda briga ou não pelo título do Brasileirão em 2023. O jogo acontece no dia 1º (quarta-feira), às 21h30 (hora de Brasília) no Estádio Nilton Santos. O Bahia, por sua vez, recebe o Fluminense, na terça-feira (31) às 19 horas (hora de Brasília), naquele ques será o último jogo do clube carioca antes da final da Libertadores.

FICHA TÉCNICA
PALMEIRAS 1 x 0 BAHIA
CAMPEONATO BRASILEIRO – 30ª RODADA

Local: Allianz Parque, em São Paulo (SP)
Data e hora: 28/10/2023 (sábado), às 19 horas (horário de Brasília)
Árbitro: Rodrigo Jose Pereira de Lima (PE)
Assistentes: Rodrigo Figueiredo Henrique Correa (Fifa/RJ) e Francisco Chaves Bezerra Junior (PE)
VAR: Wagner Reway (VAR-Fifa/PB)
Público e renda: 33.747 pessoas e R$ 2.226.993,59.
Cartões amarelos: Fabinho (5’/2ºT), para o Palmeiras; Nicolás Acevedo (9’/1ºT), Kanu (48’/1ºT), Everaldo (31’/2ºT) e Nicolás Acevedo (aos 45’/2ºT) para o Bahia.
Cartões vermelhos: Nicolás Acevedo (45’/2ºT, após receber o segundo cartão amarelo)
Gols: Raphael Veiga (38’/1ºT) (1-0)

PALMEIRAS:Weverton; Luan, Gustavo Gómez e Murilo; Mayke (Marcos Rocha, aos 36’/2ºT), Fabinho (Jailson, aos 25’/2ºT), Richard Ríos e Joaquin Piquerez; Raphael Veiga (Artur, aos 18’/2ºT), Breno Lopes (Rony, aos 36’/2ºT) e Endrick (Luis Guilherme, aos 18’/2ºT);Técnico:Abel Ferreira

BAHIA:Marcos Felipe; Gabriel Xavier, Kanu e Raul Gustavo (Diego Rosa, aos 18’/1ºT); Cicinho, Nicolás Acevedo, Rezende e Matheus Bahia (Lucas Mugni, no intervalo); Ademir (Biel, aos 16’/2ºT), Luciano Juba (Camilo Cándido, aos 16’/2ºT) e Vinícius Mingotti (Everaldo, aos 16’/2ºT); Técnico:Rogério Ceni

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