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Michael Carrick hails attitude of Manchester United match-winner Benjamin Sesko

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Manchester United head coach Michael Carrick praised match-winner Benjamin Sesko’s attitude after the striker came off the bench to score for the third time in four matches in the 1-0 victory at Everton.

The Slovenia striker has yet to start in Carrick’s six matches in charge, but has contributed two winners and a late equaliser to maintain the former midfielder’s unbeaten start following his initial short-term appointment.

Sesko has scored six in his last seven appearances, but has still not managed to force his way into the starting line-up and, while Carrick said there was maybe some frustration for the £66million summer signing, the 22-year-old was not complaining.

“I get why everyone’s talking about it and making a bigger deal of it, but I’ve got a really good relationship with Ben,” said Carrick.

“I’ve got no problem with Ben and he hasn’t got an issue. He obviously wants to play, but I can’t speak highly enough of how he’s been and the work he’s putting in and his attitude to come on and do what he’s done again.

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“We’ve had some really good conversations and he’s in a really good place, and part of us is helping him take his steps in development and growing him as a player.

“Sometimes that’s little steps, sometimes that’s bigger steps and he’s taken some huge steps recently. That’s great to see.”

Carrick also had praise for Senne Lammens, who kept United’s first league clean sheet away from home since last March.

“For me a goalkeeper has to be reliable, be trustworthy,” he said. “Instead of creating a chaos, you want him to take the chaos away and calm things down. I think Senne does that.”

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Everton tried to put Lammens under pressure by stationing a number of players near him at a series of corners in the second half, but to no avail.

Toffees boss David Moyes conceded it was a plan that failed.

The Scot said: “The goalie was bloody brilliant. The save he made from Michael Keane, the way he dealt with the corners.

“We hoped somewhere we’d have got a nick on one of them with the pressure we had in those situations. I thought we would get one, but we didn’t. For me he was the best player on the pitch.”

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Everton have won just four of their 14 Premier League games at their new stadium and Moyes accepts his side are still adapting.

He said: “I think there is probably a change – other teams come here and enjoy it.

“There are things about it which are different and we have to get used to.

“But I think our games are better than at Goodison. Our team is better this year and it wasn’t as if we were winning every game at Goodison, to be honest.”

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Wolfsburg vs Eintracht Frankfurt Prediction and Betting Tips

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Wolfsburg will invite Eintracht Frankfurt to Volkswagen Arena in the Bundesliga on Saturday. The hosts have five wins and are 17th in the league table. Frankfurt have 10 wins and are seventh in the league standings.

Die Wölfe have endured a poor run of form and are winless in their last 11 games in all competitions. They suffered a second consecutive defeat last week, as they resumed their league campaign after the international break with a 6-3 away loss to Bayer Leverkusen. The Danish trio of Jonas Wind, Joakim Mæhle, and Christian Eriksen scored in the first half, but they conceded four goals after the break.

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Die Adler are winless in their last two games and were held to a 2-2 draw by Koln last week. After a goalless first half, Jonathan Burkardt and Arnaud Kalimuendo scored in quick succession in the second half. Koln scored twice late in the match to level the score.

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Wolfsburg vs Eintracht Frankfurt Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

  • The two teams have crossed paths 53 times in all competitions. Die Wölfe have the lead in the head-to-head record with 24 wins. The visitors have 11 wins, and 18 games have ended in draws.
  • They last met in the reverse fixture in November and played out a 1-1 draw.
  • The hosts have the joint-worst defensive record in the league, conceding 63 goals, 10 more than Eintracht Frankfurt.
  • Wolfsburg have scored a goal each in their last three meetings against the visitors.
  • Six of the last nine meetings between the two teams have produced under 2.5 goals.
  • Die Adler are winless on their travels across all competitions since December.
  • Only Hamburg have drawn more games (10) in the Bundesliga this season than the visitors (9).

Wolfsburg vs Eintracht Frankfurt Prediction

Die Wölfe have lost five of their last six league games, conceding 17 goals in that period, and will look to improve upon that record. Notably, they have scored in all but one of their last 10 home games.

They have a lengthy absentee list for this match, as Cleiton, Kevin Paredes, Bence Dárdai, Rogério, Jenson Seelt, Kilian Fischer, Jonas Wind, and Marius Müller are injured, and Konstantinos Koulierakis is suspended.

Die Adler have conceded two goals apiece in their last two league games. They have conceded three goals each in four of their last seven away games, which is cause for concern.

Michy Batshuayi, Rasmus Kristensen, Kauã Santos, Nnamdi Collins, and Jean-Mattéo Bahoya remain sidelined for the visitors.

Frankfurt are unbeaten in their last four meetings against the hosts and should make the most of Wolfsburg’s struggles to eke out a win.

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Prediction: Wolfsburg 1-2 Eintracht Frankfurt


Wolfsburg vs Eintracht Frankfurt Betting Tips

Tip 1: Result – Eintracht Frankfurt to win

Tip 2: Goals – Over/Under 2.5 Goals – Over 2.5 goals

Tip 3: Both teams to score – Yes

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Tip 4: At least one goal to be scored in the second half – Yes