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Leicester have the Premier League title in the bag and can convince the football world of it this weekend, according to Stuart Pearce. This weekends Super Sunday could shed new light on the title race as leaders Leicester go to third-placed Arsenal, while fourth meets second as Manchester City host Tottenham. Former Leicester City defender Matt Elliott explains just why he thinks theyll upset the odds and be champions this season Leicester go into the weekend with a five-point advantage over Spurs and Arsenal on the back of Saturdays convincing win at the Etihad, and Sundays game is their last against any of the current top four. Claudio Ranieris side began the season as 5,000-1 outsiders, but their form and fixture list has left Pearce certain the previously unthinkable will now happen.I hope they win it, I think theyll win it and if it was another team five points clear youd say theyre so hot favourites its frightening, former Manchester City boss Pearce told Sky Sports News HQ.This team is playing with a smile on its face, with energy and goals. Theyre going to Arsenal with a full-strength side once again, theyve only got 13 games to play for the title. Leicester City boss Claudio Ranieri says the others when asked who will finish top of the Premier League table This game on Sunday - if they end up winning that its over. I think its over anyway. I think Leicester will win the league. If they win on Sunday the rest of the football world will stop writing them off.Once they get this Arsenal game out of the way theyve got three out of four at home, then they play Crystal Palace away, then theyve got another three out of four at home. For me its there for them. I think theyll win the league, I really do. First-time title winners Can Leicester join an exclusive group of teams? Pearces fellow studio guest Tony Gale, who was part of the Blackburn squad that gatecrashed the establishment by winning the title in 1995, sounded a note of caution.I just worry about the end, he said. That last half-dozen games at Blackburn we really stumbled over the line - a few bottles went in our changing room. I hope their bottles dont go. Pep Guardiola will replace Manuel Pellegrini at Manchester City in the summer City are six points behind Leicester following Saturdays defeat in their first home game since the announcement about Pep Guardiolas summer arrival.I dont think it was a factor in the defeat, Pearce said. City played like City do - theyre very reliant on Sergio Aguero and they concede too many chances at the back. Also See: Ranieri: Dont look down This time last year... First-time title winners Leicester video Junior Seau Jersey . - The Oakland Raiders re-signed offensive lineman Khalif Barnes on Friday. Philip Rivers Jersey .com) - The women will also have a new champion at the Australian Open. http://www.cheapchargersjerseysauthentic.com/ .com) - Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Roger Federer were easy first-round winners Tuesday at the Australian Open. Dan Fouts Jersey . Kozun faked to the forehand and beat Monsters starter, Calvin Pickard, pad side in the second round for the winner. Spencer Abbott also scored in the shootout for the Marlies (25-13-4). LaDainian Tomlinson Jersey . Miller reached right to deflect Mikhail Grabovskis attempt with just over 2 minutes remaining in regulation, and then made two more saves in the shootout Sunday to give the Sabres a 2-1 win over the Washington Capitals. COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Senior striker Sophie Groff converted a penalty kick in the 74th minute to lift No. 1 seed South Carolina womens soccer to a 1-0 win over 20th-ranked Colorado in the second round of the NCAA Tournament Thursday night at Stone Stadium. The victory gave the No. 3 ranked Gamecocks (20-1-1) their most wins in a season ever and advanced them to the NCAA Tournament third round for the third time in school history. Colorado ends its 2016 campaign at 15-6-1 following the loss.Groffs game-winner came after she was taken down in the box trying to collect a cross from senior forward Daija Griffin from the right side. Colorado goalkeeper Jalen Tompkins charged into Groff and knocked her down to set up the ensuing attempt from 12 yards out. Groff, who opened the NCAA Tournament with a multi-goal match last Friday, saw Tompkins dive right and calmly slipped the ball into the left side of the net. The goal marked her second successful penalty kick of the season.Carolina, which put six shots on frame Thursday, nearly opened the scoring on two separate occasions in the first half. In the 17th minute, senior midfielder Chelsea Drennans corner kick located senior center back Paige Bendell deep inside the box. Bendell drilled a header towards net that deflected off Groff before being cleared off the line by a Colorado defender. The Gamecocks almost broke through in the 35th minute when Griffin rifled a shot from the left side of the box that was knocked away by Tompkins. The deflection created a dangerous loose ball, and Tompkins was able to punch it away again before a charging Groff could tap it in.The Gamecocks bid for a goal fell just shot again in the 50th minute when junior forward Savannah McCaskill raced to the ball and sent a diving cross into the box. Her delivery found Drennan, who one-timed a shot that missed just left. Less than 10 minutes after Groffs goal, McCaskill nearly doubled the advantage after sending a header wide left following a Carolina corner kick.Colorados best chance of the night came in the 55th minute when Buffalo forward Emily Bruder evaded the defensee and found herself one-on-one with Gamecock goalkeeper Mikayla Krzeczowski.dddddddddddd Krzeczowski charged off her line and used her leg to turn the shot away before Carolina center back Kaleigh Kurtz cleared the danger.The Gamecocks finished the match with a 15-9 shot advantage and attempted five corner kicks. Colorado put five attempts on target and totaled four corner kicks throughout the contest. Krzeczowski tallied five saves to earn her 10th shutout of the year and improve to 17-1-1 in 2016.QUOTABLEIm so proud of this team and what theyve done all year. I keep saying, you dont really understand what youve done until you can reflect upon it. Were all so focused on the run and meeting our own expectations of doing well. This team has shown all year (that) they find a way to win and they can play against the best. - South Carolina womens soccer coach Shelley SmithGAMECHANGERSenior forward Sophie Groff clinched the victory for the Gamecocks with her penalty kick in the 74th minute. The tally was the 10th career game-winning goal for the Grapevine, Texas, native.KEY STATThe Gamecocks limited the Buffaloes to just two shots on goal in the second half. Only four Colorado players registered a shot on the night.NOTABLESouth Carolina has reached the Round of 16 in the NCAA Tournament in two of the last three years. Senior striker Sophie Groffs nine career points (4G, 1A) in NCAA Tournament play are the most by a Gamecock ever. The Gamecocks are 4-of-5 on penalty attempts this season. Groff and senior midfielder Chelsea Drennan have both made two penalty shots on the year. South Carolinas 13 shutouts this fall are two shy of the programs single-season record. The Gamecocks have allowed just three goals at home in 2016. UP NEXTSouth Carolina faces No. 4 seed BYU in NCAA Tournament third round action Saturday at Stone Stadium. The fourth-ranked Cougars downed 25th-ranked Oklahoma 2-1 in Columbia earlier Thursday. Kickoff this weekend is slated for 7 p.m. ET.