Premier League Football Previews

There are a number of tasty games this week, however, the best of these is undoubtedly the North London derby between Tottenham and Arsenal. This is quite possibly the most tense rivalry in the Premier League at the moment and with both teams heavily involved in the race for Champions League football we could see even more sparks than usual. Tottenham are currently in 3rd place while Arsenal are in 4th and only 4 points separate the sides after some poor recent performances from Spurs. Although Tottenham have been better overall over the last few seasons, Arsenal have rose to the occasion multiple times with the last 6 matches between the sides ending in only 3 Spurs wins. The last league match between them ended in an Arsenal win in a very entertaining match that finished 4-2. In the match, Arsenal were actually deservant of the win, as they doubled Tottenham’s shots with 22 while also managing more on target. Expected goals had the match down at 2.71 to 1.09 and although many ac...

We return to the Premier League straight away with midweek games and we’ve got a great fixture coming up for us on Wednesday as Chelsea face Spurs in what should be an entertaining London Derby. Both teams are highly involved in the race for Champions League football and although Tottenham are 8 points off 5th place this lead could be easily lost within a number of days especially when they are playing teams of the caliber of Chelsea. Chelsea are one of two teams to have a game in hand over the rest of the league as they sit in 6th place, 3 points behind Arsenal in 4th and 10 points off this Spurs side. These teams have had an extremely tight rivalry over the past few seasons with 3 wins a piece over the last 6 matches between them. In these last 6 though, only 3 have come in the Premier League in which Spurs have come out on top winning 2 with Chelsea only winning 1. One of Tottenham’s wins came in the reverse fixture in the league in which they managed to win 3-1 at their own gr...

This week’s final fixture (along with Manchester United vs. Liverpool) comes from the Emirates as Arsenal are facing Southampton. Although, when you look at the league table, this doesn’t seem like a very even fixture with Arsenal in 5th and Southampton in the relegation battle in 18th, this could prove to be a tighter match than it looks as Southampton have had some promising moments under Hasenhuttl. Both teams’ form have been very unstable lately with no real coherency from one performance to the next which is highlighted by Southampton beating Everton and Leicester and then just weeks late drawing with Burnley and losing to Cardiff. This inconsistency of the sides involved makes it very hard to predict what will happen in this match and an upset could occur like in the last time these sides met. This last match was a dramatic 3-2 Southampton win in which they capitalized on some Arsenal errors to come out as unexpected victors. Arsenal were actually quite unlucky to lose this ...

This weekend, we have an intense mid table clash coming up for us as Wolves travel to the Vitality to face Bournemouth on Saturday. Wolves have excelled in recent matches which has seen them move up to 7th while Bournemouth have done the opposite slipping outside the top 10 and into 11th. Still though, only 6 points separate the sides meaning this margin could be reduced to 3 or expanded to 9 by the end of the match. The teams, however, seem less well matched when you look at expected points with Wolves actually in 5th on 43 while Bournemouth have a mere 34. These teams have only met 3 times in their histories with only one of these, the reverse fixture earlier this season, coming in the Premier League while the other two came in the 2014/15 Championship season. In these matches, Bournemouth have won 2 with Wolves winning only 1, however, Wolves’ one win came in the reverse fixture this season when they were at home. In this match, Wolves came out on top 2-0 as they got into good ...

In the upcoming set of fixtures we have a classic match as a rejuvenated Manchester United side t ake on Liverpool at Old Trafford. With both teams in superb form at the moment and with them fighting to achieve their separate goals this looks to be an exciting fixture with plenty of drama. While United’s form has skyrocketed in recent weeks, Liverpool have slumped in a form slightly, however, they are still level on points with City even with a game in hand. The last match between these teams ended in Liverpool completely outplaying United. Although the score was only 3-1 in Liverpool’s favour they never looked in doubt in the match with expected goals predicting the game at a comfortable score of 2.66 to 0.60 as Liverpool took an incredible 36 shots in the match while United only managed 6 and 2 on target. Liverpool also had 65% possession as United barely got on the ball and never looked like threatening the opposition's goal. However, you’d be right to expect a very differe...

There’s a big match this weekend that could be a massive title decider as Chelsea travel to the Etihad to face Manchester City. Due to the quality of these sides, this was always going to be a tense and important match but with City level on points with Liverpool and with Chelsea only 2 points ahead of 5th, the game is no doubt going to be hyped up even more due to it’s possible value to the sides involved. Both teams achieved wins in their last matches, however, while City are in top form, Chelsea are currently enduring a rough spell at the club with manager Maurizio Sarri questioning some of his players’ commitment to the team. The reverse fixture between them was a thrilling match in which Chelsea ran out 2-0 winners after a rigid performance from them. This was one of Sarri’s best tactical games with Chelsea as he employed a deep block very well as Chelsea finished their chances brilliantly in order for them to keep their defensive structure intact. The game had a combined exp...

Home Team Predicted Score Away Team Fulham 1-3 Manchester United Watford 2-1 Everton Huddersfield 0-2 Arsenal Southampton 1-1 Cardiff Crystal Palace 1-2 West Ham Liverpool 3-0 Bournemouth Brighton 2-1 Burnley Tottenham 2-1 Leicester Manchester City 2-1 Chelsea Wolves 2-0 Newcastle