1. Tottenham to win to nil against Man United – 15/8
SO FAR THIS season, Man United’s record in games on the road against fellow top-six teams in the Premier League has not been overly impressive.
In fact, the Red Devils have yet to score in one of these games — they drew 0-0 with Man City, lost 2-0 at Arsenal, drew 0-0 against Liverpool and lost 4-0 versus Chelsea, while getting beaten by the same opposition 1-0 in the FA Cup at Stamford Bridge.
Moreover, this weekend, they come up against a Tottenham side with the best home record of any team in the league — winning 16 and drawing two of their games so far at White Hart Lane this season.
Sunday’s game will be Spurs’ last home match before moving to Wembley next season, so even though their title hopes are all but over, they will still be keen to send their fans away with happy memories of the last game at the fabled stadium.
Following their Europa League exploits on Thursday, Jose Mourinho will almost certainly field an under-strength team, and so expect Mauricio Pochettino’s men to capitalise against a vulnerable Red Devils side.
2. Costa to score, Fabregas to assist a goal and Chelsea to keep a clean sheet against West Brom – 6/1
A win at West Brom tonight will officially confirm Chelsea as Premier League champions.
The Blues have enjoyed a superb season under Antonio Conte, who is set to win his fourth consecutive league title, having won three Serie As in three seasons at Juve.
And it’s hard to see the Baggies delaying Chelsea’s title party — since the start of April, Tony Pulis’ side have picked up just two points from six matches, while the Blues have won 11 of their last 13 games in all competitions.
In addition, Diego Costa may well find the target tonight. After a recent slump, he has three goals in three appearances. Cesc Fabregas, meanwhile, hasn’t always been an automatic starter, but that hasn’t stopped him racking up 11 assists. And with just 29 goals conceded, only Tottenham and Man United have better defensive records than Chelsea.
Therefore, expect all these trends to continue at the Hawthorns this evening.
3. Gabriel Jesus to be first goalscorer in Man City-Leicester – 3/1
Man City will be firm favourites when they host Leicester on Saturday.
Pep Guardiola’s men have lost just once at home this season, while the Foxes have won two out of 18 games on the road.
Sergio Aguero is a doubt for the game, but Gabriel Jesus is expected to play.
After a spell out injured, the 20-year-old forward is nearing full fitness again, so expect the starlet to cause the Leicester defence plenty of bother in tomorrow’s early kick-off.
4. West Ham-Liverpool to finish as a draw – 3/1
Only Stoke, Man United and Middlesbrough have drawn more games than Liverpool this season, though West Ham have only been involved in one less stalemate (nine overall).
The usually free-scoring Tottenham could not break down the Hammers last week, and Liverpool could well encounter similar problems at the London Stadium on Sunday.
Jurgen Klopp’s side have often struggled this season against teams who put 11 men behind the ball, and their most recent 0-0 draw at home to Southampton last Sunday suggests they are no closer to solving this perennial problem.
West Ham are unbeaten in their last five Premier League games, and so with Liverpool’s faltering attack and lack of creativity in midfield showing no signs of abating, Slaven Bilic’s team won’t go into this weekend’s game with too much apprehension.
5. Alexis Sanchez anytime assist against Stoke – 3/1
Predicting Arsenal games has not been an easy task this season, given their erratic form at times. On the road, they have lost (7) almost as many games as they’ve won (8)
Yet with 20 goals and nine assists, Alexis Sanchez has been one of the Gunners’ few relatively consistent performers since the start of the campaign.
Out of all the Premier League players, only Romelu Lukaku has been involved in more goals than the Chile international since the opening day.
As Arsenal push for a top-four spot that appeared unlikely during various points in the campaign, expect Sanchez to again be to the fore at Stoke in Saturday’s evening kick-off.
This week’s Premier League games
Friday
Everton v Watford 19.45
West Brom v Chelsea 20.00
Saturday
Man City v Leicester 12.30
Bournemouth v Burnley 15.00
Middlesbrough v Southampton 15.00
Sunderland v Swansea 15.00
Stoke v Arsenal 17.30
Sunday
Crystal Palace v Hull 12.00
West Ham v Liverpool 14.15
Tottenham v Man United 16.30
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United are a joke!
It’s brilliant!
Did u even read the article?
In what way? This should be interesting.
Lol United are so bad now, hype themselves up all summer and will be fighting Spurs and Everton for 5th place come May.
United fans myself included were patient last year. That patience is going to wear thin very quickly if something decisive doesn’t happen in the next 2 weeks. Not to win the league but to make us competitive for a top 4 spot. Somewhere between Woodward and the glazers is the truth in all this and the focus is going to mount day by day now on both.
What’s going to happen when your patience runs out if you don’t mind me asking??
He’ll start supporting Liverpool
Ask your advice obviously
Hahaha. Well played!
Fair play sir. I doff my cap to you
Yeah a much better team why wouldn’t he?
Have a look at how the Glazers run their sports teams in the US, such as the Tampa Bay Buc’s. They are very happy to have an average team turning over a profit with the option to sell that club in a very lucrative markets (NFL & Premiership). Made their money nickel and diming poor people in trailer home parks ! Bit like they are doing at OT.
You can’t really compare a small/medium market team like the Buccaneers to United though can you? For Tamba Bay to be competitive is half the battle! Now if the Glaziers owned the Patriots, Steelers, etc and acted the same way it would be the same thing.
Teams go in cycles, and right now United are going through a rough one. It’s just about remaining competitive while the team rebuilds. As an Arsenal fan that can be very frustrating though!
My thoughts were not related to market share or size but their view and management style. I think they are lacking that connection to their club. Man U might as well be Dunnes Stores for all they really care. Compare the Red Sox owners of Liverpool, they are IMHO more intune with sports side of the business which can be clearly seen in their desire to build a connection between Fenway and Anfield.
Can you really say it’s the Glazers not investing? As Gary Neville pointed out in the last 5 transfer windows only PSG in Europe have a higher net spend on players than Man United. Now they’re looking at the team thinking ‘we spent all that money but don’t appear to have very much to show for it,’ how can you expect them to pump even more money in? Something is wrong with the way United are investing in the squad. RVP was nothing more than a plaster which temporarily covered over a poor squad, successfully albeit. Fellaini was the definition of a panic buy, paying £28m for a player you didn’t really want when you could have got him £6m cheaper the previous week. Mata was an attempt at making a statement, a superstar became available so United grabbed him to show everyone they can still sign big players even though Kagawa was already surplus to requirements and Mata was there for the same job. Shaw we were told is one for the long term and now we’re told an 18 year old professional athlete is struggling to keep in shape. Zaha has barely been seen in a United shirt since he was bought a year and half ago for £15m. The managers and Woodward have been grossly mis-using the money the Glazers having been giving them, the money is there it’s just not being spent wisely.
They’re spending huge money at Man Utd though, just on poor targets. In the past 12 months I think they’ve spent something close to £150m so you can hardly accuse them of being stingy.
if I were united I’d let Ed Woodward handle the finances he’s done a good job getn sponsers on board and strengthening the clubs position in a marketing sense and is hire ferguson to b d chief negotiator in d market
Ferguson didn’t do that job even when he was manager…Gill did. But I agree with the concept, Woodward is a good CEO but isn’t a cute enough wh0re at transfers.
exactly Woodward has done such an amazing job with the money he has brought to the club in the past 3-4 years but the transfer negotiations should be handled by someone else but definitely not Sir Alex
United!
Only for the letter d..edward woodward would be ewar woowar….drop the w and he is the donkey in winnie the pooh…
Apart from chelsea no other team in the epl has made any decent signings … says a lot about the leauge nowadays
Lukaku to everton?
Sanchez to arsenal?
I think I’ll give them a ring and tell them I’m available.
I was a centre forward 30 years ago. Also a utility centre half.
Got a few goals too.
What’s their number?
Trolling aside what if Woodward is actually doing everything any other person would but the target isn’t interested bigger clubs and champions league are a big factor as well a lot of stick he’s getting when Fergie left the club with a very average squad
City were able to build a title winning squad from humble beginnings and without the promise of Champions League football in the early days. Ditto Liverpool as title contenders.
Why is Cesc Fabregas wearing a blue jersey when he would surely be the best possible successor to Paul Scholes? The answer is hard for Utd fans to accept but the reality is that he turned down the move. This kind of rejection from big name players appears to be coming as a surprise to the Utd management and they need to understand that football is fickle and things can change very quickly.
I wonder if Utd followers now have a greater understanding of what Liverpool went through after the golden era of 70s and 80s ended. When the ‘boot room’ era finished with Daglish, no one foresaw the hardship of the next 25 years. While it’s only the second year United are without Ferguson I wonder are a few starting to sweat over the fact that fighting for a Champions League place is the pinnacle of their goals for a few years. Whilst Rodgers has taken Liverpool to second it’s still a case of wait and see if he brings that or better on a year after year basis. Not much patience in the game these days. The premier league needs both Utd and Liverpool up there fighting year after year with the ‘new money’
#glazersout
This article shows just how much woodward is out of his depht. If only david gill could be reinstated. Also disappointing as a united fan to see the team we could be lining out with.
Good God you would swear nobody ever turned United down before last year , Fergie has for ever talked about targets that were missed out on during his years and that was at a time when if you wanted to play in the PL there were only two teams you went to UTD and Arsenal now you’ve got Chelsea City With Liverpool and Spurs also coming back into the lime light , so there’s a lot more on offer now to players
There’s some amount of panic buttons being pressed lately. One bad season and its curtains for united! ! Preseason we were back to business as usual and now they lost first game of the EPL and everybody thinks were up shitcreek. Wake up boys and girls its early yet. Some fans are just ridiculous, thinking we can win something every season. Its IMPOSSIBLE! CMON UNITED! !