Premier League Round Up - Game 8
Newcastle vs
Liverpool
The last time that these two sides met
at St James’ park Liverpool were rampant, winning 0-6, I don’t think that they
will achieve that same score though this time around.
Out of all the signings that Newcastle
have made this year, it only seems to be Loic Remy that has made any impact
whilst playing for the Toon.
Liverpool will be looking to follow up
on their recent good form. They were playing very decent football up until the
international break, and I think they will continue that form in this game.
Prediction: Newcastle 1-3 Liverpool
Prediction: Newcastle 1-3 Liverpool
Arsenal
vs Norwich
Arsenal were flying high before the
international break. They might have been a little worried to see record
signing Mesut Ozil limp off against Sweden on Tuesday, but news is he will be
fit and ready to play against Norwich on Saturday.
Norwich did well against Chelsea but
they were undone in the last 10 minutes. Their unlucky streak will, in my
opinion, continue against Arsenal. They are struggling for goals, which is surprising
given the amount of attacking options that they have in their team.
Prediction:
Arsenal 2-0 Norwich
Chelsea vs
Cardiff
Cardiff
seem to be in a bit of disarray behind the scenes at the moment with owner
Vincent Tan replacing one of Malky Mackay’s main men behind the scenes with a
23 year old, Inexperienced former work experience employee.
It
really isn’t what they need as they were doing fine in the League and looked
like a very good team, capable of holding their own, but now, it will be
interesting if this has an effect on them.
For
Chelsea this match shouldn’t be a problem. It has been a mixed start for the
club, but hopefully once Jose Mourinho knows his best team, they will settle.
They are near the top of the table too, so panic buttons shouldn’t really be
pressed just yet.
Prediction:
Chelsea 2-0 Cardiff
Everton vs
Hull
Hull
have been surprisingly better than I expected this campaign, and they haven’t
done too badly when it comes to their results either.
They
might struggle however against a side in Everton, who only lost their unbeaten
start to the season in their last game away at Manchester City.
The
likes of Lukaku who scored for Belgium on international duty, and Baines and
Jagielka, who will be buoyed by their heroics for England in the break, seem to
me will be hard for Hull to contain, although they will give them a good game.
Prediction:
Everton 2-1 Hull
Manchester
United vs Southampton
This
is going to be a tough match for both sides as Man united are very inconsistent
at the moment, whilst Southampton are performing very well.
Man
United were lucky in their last game against Sunderland, to come away with
three points. They would be hoping that coming up against Southampton, they
should have a chance to kick start their season, but I don’t think it is going
to be that easy.
Prediction:
Manchester United 1-1 Southampton
Stoke
vs West Brom
Stoke have stalled a bit after a
decent start to the season, losing three on the bounce is not good for
confidence at the Britannia.
I know Mark Hughes is trying to change
the style of their play, but at the moment nobody in their team wants to stick
the ball in the back of the net.
West Brom have shown in recent weeks
what a good side they are and, after having a rather poor start to the season,
Steve Clarke’s men seem to have put that behind them.
This will be a difficult match for
them however, with Stoke not having great firepower at the moment it will be a
tight contest.
Prediction:
Stoke 1-1 West Brom
Swansea vs
Sunderland
Gus Poyet will be in charge of his
first game as Sunderland boss.
Coming up against Swansea, who have
not won at home in the Premier League this season, will not be the easiest
first game in charge.
Poyet will be looking for drive,
hunger and most of all a real gutsy performance from his new side as they try
and search for their first win of the season. They have Newcastle next week,
and they will undoubtedly want to win that one.
All in all I think Swansea will win,
but you will definitely see a good reaction from the players in regards to this
appointment, which will mean better things to come from this Sunderland side.
Prediction:
Swansea 2-0 Sunderland
West
Ham vs Man City
West Ham will be cautious coming up
against Man City, although in my opinion they shouldn’t have to be.
An amazing and well deserved win at
Spurs last time out should give the Hammers all the confidence in the world
going into this match against a side in city, who have not played very well
away this season.
They have re=signed Carlton Cole on a
short term deal, but even with this signing, I feel they need a little more
option up front.
The visitors only have one point from
three games and will have to get their players to step up in order to see this
one out, which I think they should.
Prediction:
West Ham 1-2 Man City
Aston
Villa vs Tottenham
Villa haven’t had a good record
at home against Spurs in recent years, and in my opinion I think that will
continue.
Christian Benteke should be
back for the Villains after injury, but they cannot keep relying on him, their
team needs to pull together to keep villa safe.
Yes, Spurs did lose heavily to
West Ham last time out but I think that was just a blip and AVB would have told
them to forget about it straight after it happened.
With Andros Townsend doing well
for England and everyone else back from international duty, which took their
minds off that result, I think this one should result in a victory for Spurs.
Prediction:
Aston Villa 1-3 Tottenham
Crystal
Palace vs Fulham
Fulham fans still persist on wanting
Martin Jol to leave. Sure they might not be playing the best football they have
every played, but their result against Stoke last time out proves that they can
grind out results, which is all you really need in this league to survive.
Palace have lost 4 games in a row and
this is a growing problem that Ian Holloway is facing. They really need to get
a result here, but I am not overly sure they will.
Games like these they will be looking
at to focus on getting three points to keep ticking along. It is going to be a
tough season for the Eagles and will be made tougher if they lose on Monday.
Prediction: Crystal
Palace 1-1 Fulham
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