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EPL Weekend Match Preview And Prediction by teejayahmed(m): 6:47pm On Sep 19, 2014 |
QPR V Stoke City Stoke are unbeaten in their last four Premier League games ( Apart from that one they lost last week. And the other one - Ed , a run that included that famous 1-0 win at Man City. QPR for their part were a shower of murky sh*te at Old Trafford last time out. A collective blue and white embarrassment who, in Rio Ferdinand, now surely possess a player who along with Charlie Nicholas, David Niven, Malcolm McLaren and Elvis Presley fits the criteria for Sick Boy's unifying theory of life i.e. he's old and he cannae hack it anymore. Away win. Betting: Stoke to win at 9/5 (Hills/Ladbrokes). Aston Villa v Arsenal Despite their defensive crisis and midweek Champions League shellacking in Germany, Arsenal remain odds on across the board for this. Not cool. Not cool at all. The bet to make you rich is surely backing over 2.5 goals at evens. Villa have been flying and should definitely breach Arsenal's beleaguered back line while going forward the Arse always have a goal or two in them. Betting: Over 2.5 goals at evens (bet365) Burnley v Sunderland No team has scored fewer Premier League goals than Burnley this season and with Danny Ings again missing it promises to be another long old afternoon at Turf Moor. The Black Cats have made a poor start themselves but possess a bit more collective quality than the hosts and if anyone is going to shade this it will be Gus Poyet's men. Betting: Sunderland (draw no bet) at 23/20 (Bet Victor) Newcastle v Hull 'Bilton's Banker' this weekend is Hull City. The Tigers have won on four of their last five visits to Tyneside and couldn't be facing Newcastle at a better time. There's trouble brewing up there and the hatred for the men in charge is genuine. While 'Pards' is a strong character I feel he's lost the dressing room with too many players content to go through the motions. They were a disgrace at St Mary's last time out and if they repeat that kind of effort they'll sink without a trace here. Betting: Hull City to win at 14/5 (Ladbrokes) Swansea v Southampton Both clubs have made brilliant starts and sit proudly in Champions League spots at the time of writing. This is a tough match to call but in Graziano Pelle the Saints have a red- hot striker (four goals in his last three). Rather like Rocky Balboa he's a greasy fast 200-pound Italian tank (save for the fact he's not 200-pounds and Balboa wasn't really Italian). He's better than 6/1 to score first though and given he's been on fire lately that is a price that excites. Betting: Pelle to score first at 13/2 (Paddy Power) West Ham v Liverpool The Reds looked poor for long spells during their long-awaited Champions League return and I am unsure whether they can be trusted at 5/6 here (particularly having lost to Villa at home before that). However we've seen how ruthless they can be away from Anfield when playing on the counter (33 goals from their last 11 away games in the league) and Raheem Sterling's pace may prove too much altogether for a fairly pedestrian Hammers defence. Betting: Sterling to score first at 7/1 (bet365) Leicester City v Manchester United The way Van Gaal has bought this year it's clear he's looking to overrun and out-score teams without worrying too much if they ship a few. And against 75% of top-flight teams, including Leicester, they'll probably be able to do just that. I'm still waiting for new wheel trims after Radamel Falcao failed to start against QPR but despite this the Colombian has been chalked up as a warm 4/1 jolly to score first on Sunday. A better bet in my view is for the Red Devils to win here by two goals or more. Leicester haven't disgraced themselves thus far but then again they haven't played against Angel Di Maria yet. His display against QPR? Just wow... Betting: Manchester United (-1) to beat Leicester at 13/8 (Paddy Power) Tottenham v West Brom Firstly Spurs can eat s**t. I had £100 on them at evens to beat Partizan Belgrade on Thursday night and I'm convinced their poor showing in a 0-0 draw sent me into a deep depression that ultimately caused me to have an argument with my partner. She went to bed (so I thought) in a huff and in my post-Europa League betting malaise I then somehow thought it would be OK to pleasure myself on the couch. At the point of climax she's only come back down the stairs forcing me to quickly abort my mission. Alas it was too late and the tell tale signs of man glue on my tracksuit bottoms left me facing some awkward questions. As a consequence I write this from the spare room and I lay the blame squarely at the door of Harry Kane. Betting: Tottenham to win 1-0 at 7/1 (bet365) Everton v Crystal Palace Everton were absolutely brilliant against Wolfsburg by all accounts (I didn't see the game, distracted obviously, given my aforementioned sticky predicament) but I feel they have the firepower to really run riot here against Palace so a few quid on a high scoring Toffees' win definitely looks the way to go. Betting: Everton to win 4-1 at 22/1 (Coral) Manchester City v Chelsea What a game to wrap up the weekend. I can't see the winner of this season's Premier League title not being one of these two so this game has huge wider significance. Citeh are favourites but can be backed at odds against, but it's worth remembering that Don Jose masterminded a superb smash-n-grab 1-0 win here for Chelsea last season. His side is vastly superior this time round and in Diego Costa they have a direct, physical front man straight from the Alan Shearer mould. Shearer himself recently labelled the Iberian "the real deal" and it's easy to see why. Costa has smashed seven goals in just four top flight appearances so I reckon we'd be nuts not to steam into him at a whopping 13/8 to continue his goalscoring run at the Ethiad. Betting: Costa to score anytime at 13/8 (Ladbrokes) 1 Like |
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