Here we go with some more predictions. They come thick and fast at this time of the year. Can I beat the four out of ten I managed on Boxing Day?
Sunday, 28 December 2008
Arsenal have slipped up at home a couple of times and managed to throw away a two goal lead at Villa, but Portsmouth don’t look too threatening at the moment. A 4-1 defeat at home to West Ham will hardly be worrying the Gunners.
It will be strange for Tony Adams to take a side to Arsenal and try to beat them. He is a Gooner through and through.
I think Adams will be celebrating tonight. Only because his favourite team has won mind, not the one he manages.
SoccerNews prediction: 2-0
Blackburn with a new manager take on shortly managerless Manchester City unless Mark Hughes can start to get some decent results, building on the 5-1 win over Hull.
Blackburn are a decent side and their ‘up and at them’ approach is not one that will sit comfortably with the flair loaded City side.
Blackburn’s recovery starts here. Although a 3-0 win against Stoke and a 0-0 draw at Sunderland might just be regarded as something of a recovery already.
SoccerNews prediction: 2-1
The dour derby. For anyone in the world who doesn’t come from Bolton or Wigan this must be the least exciting of all Premier League fixtures.
Sadly, it is likely to be amongst the least exciting games of football as well.
SoccerNews prediction: 0-0
Decent team playing poorly against a poor team playing OK. Could go either way this one.
I fancy Everton to just about have enough. Probably a last minute goal. Probably Tim Cahill or Aaron Lescott. It’s a fairly safe bet.
SoccerNews prediction: 1-0
The West London derby doesn’t have the same sort of image, reputation or glamour of most of the other big derby games around the world. I guess that is because for many years, Chelsea have been so much better than their neighbours.
It is possible that the gap is beginning to close. Nowhere near enough for Fulham to get any sort of result in this one though.
SoccerNews prediction: 0-2
Michael Owen gets the chance to put one over his former employees and put himself in the shop window.
Liverpool are a tighter unit than they have been for sometime but I fancy Owen to bag one against them. Unfortunately for Michael, I expect Liverpool to bag a couple too.
SoccerNews prediction: 1-2
West Brom are nowhere near as bad as Derby were last season, but they must be beginning to wish the season would end. There is no let up in the tests they face and Tottenham will be too strong for them at The Hawthorns.
SoccerNews prediction: 0-2
Gianfranco Zola’s beautiful football against Tony Pulis’ get it in the mixer football. For the neutral it would probably be best to see a Hammers victory, but then again, it is always good to see the underdog do well.
I’ll sit on the fence.
SoccerNews prediction: 1-1
Monday, 29 December 2008
Middlesbrough are a bit of a bogey team for United and I well remember them beating United over the Christmas period a few years ago.
United are looking pretty formidable at home and as long as they manage to take at least one of the many chances they will create I suspect they will be alright here.
SoccerNews prediction: 2-0
Tuesday, 30 December 2008
Another stern test for Hull as the exciting Villa come to town.
This game should be good to watch with both teams liking to play attractive, attacking football at pace. I’d certainly rather be watching this one than the game at Bolton!
I reckon Villa might just come out on top, but they’ll know they’ve been in a game.
SoccerNews prediction: 1-2
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