Swansea (2) v Everton
(6/4)
A cracking start to
the day’s games. Swansea’s red hot start to the season has been held up a bit
by defensive errors that cost them a win at Sunderland and didn’t help their
cause against Aston Villa, and there’s no doubting that the visit of Everton –
who were desperately unlucky not to beat Newcastle on Monday – is their
toughest task yet.
Advice: 2 pts Everton (6/4 general)
Chelsea (2/5) v Stoke
(8)
Chelsea will be annoyed at having let a two goal lead slip
against Juventus but they’re still top of the Premier League and could be set
for a big title challenge if carrying on from their impressive start so far.
Stoke have drawn all their games so far but are slightly lucky not to have lost
at least two of them, have failed to score in each of their last four visits to
Stamford Bridge in all competitions, and should be easily beaten today –
Chelsea to win to nil appeals considering how they have three clean sheets in 4
Premier League games already.
Advice: 1 pt Chelsea to win to nil (11/8 Skybet)
Southampton
(31/20) v Aston Villa (2)
Southampton
have yet to register a point after 4 games but few would have thought they
could get something out of the top three from last year, while Wigan themselves
are a good side. It’s easy to forgive them those defeats and they were unlucky to
lose to both Manchester Clubs (especially United), but they showed significant defensive
lapses on all occasions and Aston Villa, buoyed by a decent win against
Swansea, are likely to prove tough opposition having improved greatly over the
past two weeks.
Advice: 1 pt Aston Villa (2/1 general)
West
Brom (5/6) v Reading (7/2)
West Brome were roundly beaten by
Fulham last weekend but will get few better opportunities to bounce back than
against Reading, who were extremely poor against Tottenham despite improving in
the second half and let Chelsea back into the game through costly defensive errors.
At home they’ve beaten Liverpool (3-0) and Everton (2-0) and in between drew at
Spurs, and a similar performance should see them win and win well.
Advice: 5 pts West Brom (5/6
general)
West
Ham (5/4) v Sunderland (11/4)
A tough one to weigh up. West Ham’s
physical style has seen them win their two games so far but Aston Villa and
Fulham might not be the best travellers and therefore not the most reliable formguide.
Sunderland have drawn all three games but those came against Arsenal (A),
Swansea (A) and Liverpool, so they’ll clearly be tough to beat and at 4/6 to
avoid defeat, look worth supporting.
Advice: 1.5 pts Sunderland/Draw
(4/6 general)
Wigan
(6/4) v Fulham (9/4)
Wigan
have made a decent enough start to the new season but old defensive flaws came through
when they blew a lead twice going down to Stoke here and they were poor in the
second half against Manchester United. Fulham are hardly the best travellers o
the PL circuit despite a tempting price of 9/4, and the goals that decide this
could be few and far between. The last 4
meetings at the DW have gone under 2.5 goals and that looks to be the wise
choice once agiain.
Advice: 1 pt Under 2.5 goals (4/5
general)
Liverpool
(15/8) v Manchester United (9/5)
The
contrasting fortunes of these clubs couldn’t be more different – United are a
close second following three wins on the bounce following an opening night loss
to Everton, while Liverpool are languishing at the foot of the table with just
two points – but the gap between the two is a lot close than many think and
Brednan Rodgers’s side are the value here. Liverpool may be winless so far but
they’ve played Manchester City, Arsenal, and Sunderland (away) in their first
three games while West Brom proved their worth by beating Everton 2-0 soon
after dispatching the Merseysiders with the help of two very dubious penalties.
The Merseysiders should have beaten Manchester City and Sunderland, while
United so far have been very unconvincing in all four of their games from a performance
perspective, especially in midfield and defence with Fulham, Southampton and
Everton especially finding far too much space through the midfield, an area
which Liverpool expertise in – they’ve had more of the ball in 9 of their games
this season. With key centre backs still injured, they look badly unbalanced from
midfield and defence and if Liverpool can put enough pressure on a leaky centre
back pairing – and they’ve made more than enough chances to win each game they’ve
played in so far barring Arsenal - there’s every chance of them making it 5
Anfield wins from 6 games against United.
Advice: 2 pts Liverpool (15/8
general)
Newcastle (17/20) v
Norwich (4)
Newcastle haven’t made the blistering start this year that
they did to last season’s campaign but they’ve been playing very well and
should be well capable of beating Norwich, who offered little going forward
against West Ham at home. Newcastle showed resilience to snatch a late draw at
Everton and continued in the same vein when hitting the post 3 times in the
Europa League with a much weakened squad.
Advice: 3 pts Newcastle (17/20
Bet Victor)
Tottenham
(4/9) v QPR (6)
Tottenham’s start to the season
under AVB has been slow but things seem to have clicked with excellent
performances against Reading and Lazio in the past week. Spurs were unlucky to
have 3 goals chalked off against Lazio in midweek and are capable of scoring in
both halves against QPR, who have let in goals on both sides of the half time
whistle twice away from home.
Advice: 1 pt Spurs to score in
both halves (6/5 Paddy Power)
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