Saturday’s Barclay’s Premier League fixtures begin at Upton
Park, where West Ham host Manchester City, who will be disappointed with the
midweek Champions League game away to CSKA, throwing away a two-goal lead,
albeit through the softest of penalty decisions.
West Ham find themselves up in fourth place, and with two
quality, in-form strikers, Sakho and Valencia, they can cause a few headaches
for Kompany, and company……..Excuse the pun. Having said that, I can’t see the
sky blues losing this one, especially with a striker in more deadly form than
the hammers duo. City need to keep Aguero fit in they want any chance of
winning the title this season.
Both teams to score is currently 4/6, and a sure bet for me.
Then, it’s onto the four 15:00pm kick-offs, as Hull travel
to Anfield, high-flying, and high-scoring Southampton host a tough Stoke side,
Sunderland will be looking to pay back there fans a little at home to Arsenal,
and an average clash from the bottom half of the table with West Brom and
Crystal Palace battling it out at the Hawthorns.
Liverpool got lucky last week against QPR, in a mad last ten
minutes at Loftus Road, and I’m sure Bruce’s Hull side won’t make things easy
for them in this one either. I do expect Liverpool to come away with the
victory, although odds of 4/11 don’t appeal. Again, both teams to score is a
bet I’m looking too, currently 8/11.
The evening kick-off on Saturday, comes from the Liberty
Stadium, Swansea against Leicester. Leicester have been in poor form since
their triumphant 5-3 home win against Manchester United in September. Away from
home, they’ve scored just the one (compared to 10 at home), with loses against
Chelsea, Palace and Newcastle.
Swansea’s home form has been good so far this season, with
their only home defeat coming against Southampton, and a late Wanyama goal. The
Swans should win this comfortably enough, and are currently 19/20 on BET365. I'd probably go for a double with Swansea and West Brom TO WIN at 2.72/1 - BET365
Sunday has 3 Barclay’s Premier League games, with Spurs
hosting Newcastle and Everton travelling to Burnley for the early kick-offs, before
the clash of the weekend from Old Trafford, with Mourinho v Van Gaal. I expect Everton to overcome Burnley, but don't expect many goals, or an exciting game. Tottenham scored 5 in midweek in their Europa League clash at home to Greek side Asteras Tripolis, and can carry that on against a poor Newcastle defence, who are yet to win away from home in the league this season.
My double for Sunday's action would be Spurs and Everton TO WIN
which is 2.02/1 on BET365
I’m unsure on the big game between United and Chelsea as yet,
as for a result, with doubts on the main man Costa, and his back-up Remy.
Although, the likes of Fabregas, Hazard, Schurrle, Oscar, and even an ageing
Drogba, aren’t to be taken lightly, and with United’s current defending, it
wouldn’t take much to get past them. 4/6 on both teams to score, again, looks a
certainty, even without the Leagues joint-top scorer.
The Monday Night Football on Sky Sports sees QPR take on
Aston Villa. Harry Redknapp’s men need to get last week’s defeat to Liverpool
out of their minds quickly, and focus on another tough game against Villa.
These are the games you need to be getting points from, and with a visit to
Stamford Bridge and a home game against Manchester City to follow, there’s no
better time.
