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Norwich v Man Utd, Saturday 17:30 Â – Norwich played out a 0-0 draw with Reading in their last game to give them an impressive return of just one goal conceded in their last four Premier League games. – Sebastian Bassong has divided opinion throughout his career, but looks to be back towards his […]
Arsenal vs. Tottenham, Saturday 12:45pm  – It’s often said that form doesn’t count for anything in a derby game. How both Arsenal and Tottenham will hope that that is true this weekend. The north London rivals meet in Saturday’s lunchtime kick off on the back of two poor weeks in the league. The Gunners […]
Manchester City vs. Aston Villa 15:00 Â – City and Villa took part in very contrasting endings to their matches last weekend. Manchester City were pushed all the way by Spurs before coming from behind to win at home, while Villa led Manchester United 2-1 before capitulating to a 3-2 defeat. – Edin Dzeko […]
Liverpool vs. Wigan, Saturday 15:00 Â After earning a well-deserved point away at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, Liverpool will be looking to stay ahead of Wigan in the league. Currently there is just one point separating the sides sitting in 13th and 14th position respectively. – Liverpool are unbeaten in 6 league games but […]
Wigan v West Brom, Saturday 15:00 Following their surprise win at White Hart Lane last weekend, Wigan welcomed high flying West Brom to the DW Stadium. Last week’s win over a lacklustre Tottenham moved Roberto Martinez’s side up to 13th in the table, joining Liverpool on 11 points. James McCarthy had his running boots on […]
Stoke v QPR, Saturday 15:00 Stoke failed to take anything away from the last outing, as they lost 1-0 away to Norwich. Whilst Tony Pulis’ side are often maligned with criticism over their supposed long-ball tactics, this game was most definitely evidence of a lack of ambition and creativity in the Potters’ side, with few […]
Southampton v Swansea, Saturday 15:00 The torrid results endured in recent weeks by Southampton continued for yet another weekend as they couldn’t find a way back against Tottenham at St Marys. A solitary goal from Jay Rodriguez was all Nigel Adkins’ side could muster in a match where their defensive frailty, an unfortunate consistent on […]
Reading v Norwich, Saturday 15:00 Reading were once again left waiting for the first Premier League win of the campaign as they drew 1-1 with QPR at Loftus Road. Kaspar Gorkss impressive strike gave them an early first-half lead, but the Royals failed to impose any kind of dominance on the rest of the match […]
Everton v Sunderland, Saturday 15:00 Everton will likely have been at a loss to explain how they left Craven Cottage with only a point after drawing with Fulham in a match which they dominated. Two goals from the hugely influential Marouane Fellaini propelled David Moyes’ side into a commanding position but unfortunately they could not […]
Chelsea v Liverpool, Sunday 16:00 Chelsea lost top spot in the Premier League to Manchester United last weekend with a 1-1 draw against Swansea. Victor Moses scored his first Premier League goal for Chelsea in that game and quickly followed up with a first Champions League goal in midweek Moses has had just 7 attempts […]
Man City v Tottenham, Sunday 13:30 Manager Roberto Mancini continues to come under pressure for the Champion’s stuttering start to the season. Man City sit in 3rd position and could be 5 points off city rivals Manchester United by the time they kick off against Tottenham on Sunday. Samir Nasri completed 62 passes in his […]
Aston Villa v Man Utd, Saturday 17:30 Ciaran Clark was dominant in breaking up play in Aston making 30 interceptions in the game, the most by a player in a single game all season according to the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index. Ashley Westwood also displayed a fantastic work rate in covering 7.1 miles in […]
Arsenal v Fulham, Saturday 15:00 Arsenal fell victim to the skills of their former star striker Robin van Persie as they were dominated in a 2-1 defeat away to Man Utd. The continued return to fitness of midfielder Jack Wilshere, despite his second-half dismissal, was one of the few bright spots in a poor showing […]
West Brom v Southampton, Monday 20:00 Romelu Lukaku scored for West Brom in his second start for the Baggies last weekend, but his goal was not enough to prevent Newcastle defeating West Brom 2-1 Lukaku has three goals now in the Premier League this season having had 18 efforts at goal with a lethal 89% […]
Liverpool v Newcastle, Sunday 16:00 Liverpool shared the spoils with Everton in the Merseyside derby last weekend as Luis Suarez took centre stage as his shot drew an own goal from Leighton Baines and he also scored the second Suarez now has six goals this season, but his 50 efforts at goal means his conversion […]
QPR v Reading, Sunday 13:30 QPR looked like holding Arsenal to a draw in their last league fixture before Mikel Arteta scored a controversial late winner Previously Jamie Mackie and Esteban Grenaro had both missed good opportunities to get on the score sheet Only Sunderland have scored fewer goals than QPR this season, but it’s […]
Sunderland v Aston Villa, Saturday 15:00 Sunderland have now drawn six of their first nine games this season after a 0-0 draw with Stoke in their last outing Simon Mignolet was outstanding for the Black Cats to keep a clean sheet Sunderland are the lowest scoring team in the league, having scored just six goals […]