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The Premier League returned this week with six matches, beginning with three games on Tuesday which saw Sheffield United looking to back up their first win of the season at the weekend in the cup and grab their first win in the league, Everton looking to get into the top four and Man United looking to avoid defeat and gain the top spot in the division ahead of their mammoth clash at the weekend… Tuesday, January 12 Sheffield United 1 …

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Monday night saw Round 17 come to a head as the champions and current league leaders Liverpool visited the South Coast to take on Southampton, and the Reds knew a win would take them three points clear at the top, let’s see what happened… Southampton 1 Liverpool 0 Both sides made changes from their previous games, Saints had to change their keeper after McCarthy tested positive for Covid so Forster was in between the sticks for the hosts, whilst for …

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Happy new year to you all and Round 17 kicked off 2021 with another set of fixtures as the season fast approaches the halfway mark.  It began on Friday with two games beginning at Goodison Park… Everton 0 West Ham United 1 A rather poor game in the North West kicked off proceedings in the new year but it was The Hammers who managed to find an 86th-minute winner to take all the points in this encounter.  Neither side had created …

Man Utd go level at top, Gunners make it three straight wins & City crush Chelsea Read More »

The final games of 2020 came on Wednesday as Round 16 came to a head, which saw two scheduled matches supposed to take place, but the Spurs v Fulham game, the 6 pm kick-off, was postponed due to an outbreak of Covid-19 in the Fulham camp, meaning it was decided the fixture would be cancelled and rescheduled for a future date. The left just the 8 pm matchup, Newcastle v Liverpool, as the sole match on Wednesday and the game …

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Five more games took place on Tuesday evening as Round 16 continued, four early evening ones and then a late evening one, here is how the early evening games panned out… Brighton & Hove Albion 0 Arsenal 1 The question coming into this one would be if The Gunners would be able to build on that impressive win over Chelsea on Boxing Day, and after seeing Brighton’s line up minus some big players including Maupay and Welbeck, they must have …

Arsenal, Burnley, Leeds and Man United all pick up wins Read More »

Bank Holiday Monday after the Christmas festivities saw two more games as Round 16 got underway in what was a very busy period for the sides, with only forty-eight hours in between their last games in Round 15 and these ones, so time for those squads to get a bit of use as most managers decided to make some changes, anyway this is what happened today… Crystal Palace 1 Leicester City 1 Roy Hodgson made a few changes to his …

Crystal Palace, Leicester, Chelsea & Villa all pick up points Read More »

Round 15 took place over two days, Boxing Day and then Sunday, as the festive period saw plenty of fixtures continue to be played out, there were six games crammed into boxing day whilst four more took place on Sunday, let’s see what happened… Boxing Day Leicester City 2 Manchester United 2 The Foxes twice came from behind to earn a point at home to Man United, Marcus Rashford opening the scoring midway through the half after getting on the …

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Round 14 of the Premier League came to a head-on Monday evening with two more games, beginning at a sodden Turf Moor as Burnley looked for the points to get them back out of the bottom three… Burnley 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 Conditions at Turf Moor suggested this could be a scrap, which is a perfect scenario for a Sean Dyche type of team, they are becoming hard to beat these days and Wolves knew they had to be smart …

Burnley & Chelsea Come Away With 3pts – Round 14 – Monday’s Review Read More »

Round 14 of the Premier League continued on Sunday, with another four games, but before we look at today’s contests, lets quickly recap what happened on Saturday as four games did take place yesterday. Liverpool smacked seven past Palace at Selhurst Park as they extended their lead at the top, Firmino and Salah both netted twice as the Reds grabbed only their second away win of the season in style, whilst Manchester City saw a Raheem Sterling effort enough to …

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The final games of Round 13 in the Premier League took place on Thursday evening and it saw teams at both ends of the table looking for points for very differing reasons.  The 6 pm game saw us in the Midlands as Villa welcomed Burnley to Villa Park… Aston Villa 0 Burnley 0 Villa has been bonkers lately, after beating Liverpool 7-2 at Villa Park they have lost three there on the spin, to Leeds, Brighton, and Southampton, yet, they …

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Round 13 of the Premier League continued with no fewer than six games on a bumper Wednesday evening, including the top two doing battle at Anfield, more on that later but the three 6 pm kick-offs took us to The Emirates, Elland Road and King Power so let us see how those games panned out… Arsenal 1 Southampton 1 The Gunners are unbeaten in twenty-five home league games against Southampton, with their last loss being twenty-three years ago, with The …

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