Arsene
Wenger conceded Arsenal’s defence was too weak in the air during their 3-3 draw
at West Ham.
Andy Carroll
struck a hat-trick, including two headers, which put West Ham 3-2 up after
falling 2-0 behind, before Laurent Koscielny stole a point for Arsenal – a
result which put a huge dent in their title ambitions.
The draw,
plus Leicester City’s 2-0 win over Sunderland, left Wenger’s side 13 points off
the league leaders with six games left in their season.
Liverpool
Daniel Sturridge striker marked his return to Liverpool’s starting XI with a
goal in the comprehensive 4-1 Premier League win over Stoke City on Sunday.
Sturridge
was left on the bench for last Thursday’s Europa League quarter-final first leg
at Borussia Dortmund, but responded with an excellent all-round performance and
the crucial second goal as Liverpool swept Stoke aside after Bojan Krkic had
equalised Alberto Moreno’s early opener at Anfield.
Newcastle
were lucky that there were three teams worse than themselves last season. This
season it does not look like they will get that lucky. The Magpies are
currently odds of 1/16 to be relegated and those odds are very fair at the
moment.
Newcastle
would need to improve immensely in their next few games and hope that Norwich
fail to pick-up points as well. It seems that the Canaries are the only team
above any of the bottom three that they can realistically catch-up to this
season.
Aston Villa
are all but relegated from the Premier League after losing 2-1 at home to AFC
Bournemouth on Saturday.
Crystal
Palace’s 1-0 victory over Villa’s relegation rivals Norwich City means Eric
Black’s side can still mathematically survive, but they showed few signs of
fight as they were beaten by goals from Steve Cook and Joshua King.
Newcastle
United lurched a step closer to relegation from the Premier League with their
ninth consecutive away defeat, a 3-1 loss at Southampton on Saturday.
Rafael
Benitez’s men travelled to St Mary’s Stadium in desperate need of a result
after last weekend’s dramatic 3-2 reverse at Norwich City left them six points
adrift of safety.
(LWDDW) Chelsea
Vs Man City (WWLDW)
Previous matches between Chelsea and
Man City
Matches
Played: 40. Chelsea Win: 22. Draw: 7. Man City Win: 11
City travel
to meet Chelsea at Stamford Bridge as the season enters the final few weeks.
The top two
from 2014/15 meet for the second time in 2015/16 with only a few games left and
Manuel Pellegrini will want to make sure that it is sky blue that triumphs in
West London.
It finished
all square between the two sides in the capital in January 2015, with David
Silva equalising in first half injury time to give City the point their display
more than merited.
Chelsea have
won just one of their last seven Premier League home games, drawing the other
six.
Manuel
Pellegrini's side have lost just one of their last seven Premier League away
matches (W3 D3 L1).
Am sticking
with Over 2.5 Goals here, Chelsea will be depending and experimenting with their
youngsters again. I see both teams scoring.
My Verdict: Chelsea 2:2 Man City
(DDDWW) Man
Utd Vs Aston Villa (LLLLL)
Previous matches between Manchester
United and Aston Villa
Matches
Played: 50. Manchester United Win: 38. Draw: 10. Aston Villa Win: 2
The Red
Devils have lost just one of their last 40 Premier League matches against the
Villans (W29 D10 L1).
Aston Villa
have won none of their last 12 Barclays Premier League meetings with Manchester
United (W0 D3 L9).
Wayne Rooney
has scored 13 Premier League goals against Aston Villa. He has only netted more
against Newcastle in the competition (14).
The Villans
have scored just five goals in their last 12 Premier League games on the road.
The Red
Devils have kept 10 clean sheets in their last 15 Premier League home matches.
Aston Villa
have won none of their last 15 Premier League away games (D3 L12).
My Verdict: Man Utd 3:1 Aston Villa
Predictions
Norwich 1:1
Sunderland
Everton 2:1
Southampton
Man Utd 2:1
Aston Villa
Newcastle 1:0
Swansea
West Brom 1:1
Watford
Chelsea 1:2
Man City
Bournemouth 1:2
Liverpool
Leicester 2:1
West Ham
Arsenal 2:0
Crystal Palace
Stoke 1:3
Tottenham
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