EPL WEEK 18 PREDICTION

The beauty of the English Premier League is that, it is always available to bring you breath taking games during the festive season. The boxing day fixture traditionally marks the mid point stage of the season. Historically the team that tops the league on Christmas day usually goes ahead to win the league and this season the Blues currently occupy that position with a 6 points lead to second placed Liverpool.
This year's boxing day fixtures will see 8 games go down, while the remaining two fixtures will be played over Tuesday and Wednesday.
Monday 26/12/2016
Watford Vs Crystal Palace 1:30pm
The boxing day games kicks off with this clash at the Vicarage Road, Watford have not found it easy of late, suffering back to back defeats after their wonderful display against Everton.  Luckily for them the last two defeats have come on their travels away from home. And they will be ready to welcome a "Pardewless" Crystal Palace after the English man was relieved of this duty as manager just days before Christmas.

Crystal Palace will be hoping they can secure the services of Sam Allardyce whom many believe is the master of the relegation battle, they will be relying on his services to steer them off the relegation zone come May 2017, and they will be no better time to start than with this fixture. But first the new boss has to understand his new players.
Prediction: Watford 2 - 0 Crystal Palace (1, over 1.5)

EPL Week 17 Prediction

The premier league enters its week 17 this weekend as the battle for the top four places intensify. With league leader Chelsea looking to extend their lead at the top as their close rivals face tough opponents meaning that points will be dropped. While Manchester United will be looking to close the gap between themself and the current occupants of the top four.
Crystal Palace and Chelsea kick off the week 17 round of matches with an early game while West Brom and Man Utd concludes the Saturday fixtures with the day's last kick off. While Sunday sees the biggest game of the round between Manchester City and Arsenal then the week 17 round of matches concludes on Monday with the Merseyside Derby.
Saturday 17/12/2016
Crystal Palace Vs Chelsea 1:30pm
Crystal Palace will be heading into this one at the back of a painful defeat to Manchester United in midweek at the Selhurst park. Luckily for them they will still be the host for this one as Chelsea come visiting. Despite their defeat to United, Alan Pardew's men can take solace in the fact that they put up a great fight against a star stunted United side and will be hoping they can repeat such against a Chelsea side that are currently unbeaten in their last 10 matches.

Chelsea having extended their lead at the top by 6 points on Wednesday with a 1 - 0 win against Sunderland thanks to a Cesc Fabregas goal, will be coming into this one knowing that the English premier league does not give room for lapses and will be hoping to escape with anything they can get at Selhurst park.
Prediction: Crystal Palace 1 - 1 Chelsea (X, GG, over 0.5)

EPL Week 16 Prediction

Doesn't it feel good reuniting with your television just after 2 days for another round of the English Premier League matches? Many people love this time of the year for various reasons but for we football fans we love it because it provides us with a lot of exciting football matches. The English premier league round of 16 matches kicks off on Tuesday evening with Afc Bournemouth taking on Leicester City while Everton host the Gunners at the Merseyside . The remaining 8 fixtures comes up the next day Wednesday.
Tuesday13/12/2016
AFC Bournemouth Vs Leicester City 8:45pm
Afc Bournemouth return to the Vitality Stadium after a defeat to Burnley on Saturday. A game many expected Bournemouth to have won easily but unfortunately were brought back to reality with a 3- 2 defeat after their memorable come back against Liverpool the last they played in front of their fans.
One thing about the English premier League is that once you fail to utilize your opportunity you will get to pay for it. And as Bournemouth  failed to increase their confidence with a win away at Burnley I feel they will surely pay the price in this game.

Leicester City on the other hand come into this one with a lot of confidence following their 4 -2 thrashing of Pep Guardiola's Manchester City at the Etihad stadium on Saturday. If not for anything, Leicester experience of playing on Tuesday night thanks to their participation in this season's UEFA Champions league will see them walk out of the Vitality stadium with all three points.
Prediction: AFC Bournemouth 1 - 3 Leicester City (2, GG, over 1.5)

EPL Week 15 Prediction

After another midweek of European football, the English premier league takes center stage as teams eliminated from European club competitions will be turning their attention to the league to make sure they give a good account of themselves on the "local" scene.

The week 15 round of matches we will see Watford take on Everton in an early kickoff, while Arsenal host in form Stoke City, last week surprised winners AFC Bournemouth will be hosted by Burnley at the Turf moor, other games see, Hull City take on Crystal Palace, Swansea tackle David Moyes' Sunderland, while Leicester City and Manchester City concludes the Saturday fixtures. Sunday sees Chelsea host West Brom at Stamford Bridge, then the Super Sunday clash between Manchester United and Tottenham, while other fixtures include, Southampton vs Middlesbrough then week 15 concludes with Liverpool taking on West Ham .

Saturday 09/12/2016

Watford Vs Everton 1:30pm

EPL Week 14 Prediction

Just when we thought we have been served enough mouth watering clashes this season, EPL week 14 has brought forth another one as third place Manchester City host table toppers Chelsea. This is one game many teams will be keeping an eye on, because any slip from one of them will have an effect on the title race.
Talking of title race, the week 14 fixtures sees Liverpool take on Bournemouth on Sunday, while Arsenal take on West Ham at the Olympic stadium on Saturday. Other games see Tottenham take on Swansea at home, Stoke city play host to Burnley, West Brom host Watford, while Jose Mourinho's men take on Everton on Sunday evening as they plan to avenge the embarrassment of last season.

Saturday 3/12/2016
Manchester City Vs Chelsea 1:30pm
Manchester City will be the first big team to face Chelsea since their switch to the 3-4-3 formation, it will be remembered that Chelsea lost to Arsenal and Liverpool at the early stage of the season prior to Conte's tactical change which have now seen them win all their games and sits top of the table one point above their Saturday opponent.

Guardiola will be have to answer a lot of questions if he is to get anything from this game and the chief of them being "how is he going to stop Chelsea from tearing his team apart". We all know Guardiola to be a tactical genius but when faced against a straight forward and dogged manager in Antonio Conte, there will only be one winner; the person who wants it more.
Prediction: Manchester City 0 - 1 Chelsea (away to score)

EPL WEEK 13 PREDICTION

The English premier league enter its week 13 with ten fixtures which sees 6 games on Saturday and the remaining 4 on Sunday.
With Christmas fast approaching the league is set to get more competitive as the first round of matches are 6 games away from being completed.
Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United all dropped points last weekend, while Tottenham, Chelsea and City picked up all three points as the race to occupy the top four spot continues.
Saturday 26/11/2016
Burnley Vs Manchester City 1:30pm
Burnley enjoyed a short run of form including their wonderful defensive display against Manchester United at Old trafford, after which they went on to beat Crystal Palace 3 - 2 and then suffered a 4 - 0 humiliation at the hands of West Brom on Monday night football.

They will be playing host to Pep Guardiola's Manchester City who also are struggling for form at the moment. Not many predicted this struggle for City after their early cruise control at the beginning of the season when they were sweeping teams away. Last weekend they needed the help of one time outcast Yaya Toure to secure all three points against Crystal palace .

EPL Week 12 Prediction

Guess what, the international break is over and we welcome a mouth watering weekend of the most watched league in the world. There is no better way to welcome back the Epl than with a "REunited" clash between the "Staggering one" and the "cruising one" as Manchester United welcome the Gunners to the theater of dreams. Just after that comes clashes between Crystal Palace and Manchester City and then another interesting one between the buying club Liverpool and the selling club Southampton at saint Mary's stadium. Saturday football comes to a close with the London derby between Tottenham Hotspurs and West Ham.
The premier league week 12 comes to conclusion with the only game of Super Sunday between Middlesbrough and Chelsea at the Riverside.
A weekend filled with fixtures like this is one you definitely wouldn't want to trade for anything because it promises lots of breath taking goals and not one that comes very often.
Saturday 19/11/2016
Manchester United Vs Arsenal 1:30pm
Its so unfortunate I have to begin my prediction with this fixtures, because it is somehow the toughest of all game to predict for many reasons. First because I am a United fan, secondly the gunners current form, third, Wenger's record against Jose Mourinho, fourth, Arsenal record against United at Old trafford (not a single win in 10 years in the league) and the final one United current crop of players appear weak.

With the above I have no clear direction on how to approach this game. But one thing worthy of noting is that for the first time Jose Mourinho will be managing a weaker team (compared to his previous Chelsea teams) against his arch rival Wenger and not just that he is going to be without a Didier Drogba who usually provides the goal or a Diego Costa who will get one of Arsenal defender sent off.

EPL WEEK 11 PREDICTION

It has been an entertaining week of European football except for the fans on the red side of Manchester who witness a torture of a game on Thursday night as their team escaped with 2 - 1 defeat at the hands of Turkish side Fenerbahce who deserved to have won by a far wider margin.  They will be hoping to put that feeling away as we welcome the week 11 of the English premier League, which see two star games featuring Chelsea Vs Lukaku's Everton and London derby between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspurs.
SATURDAY 5/11/2016
Bournemouth Vs Sunderland  4pm
Bournemouth welcome the worst team in the league to the Vitality stadium. Bournemouth had been on a good run not until they failed to win against another struggling team in Middlesbrough who defeated them 2 - 0 last weekend. Eddie Howe will be hoping his team misfortune last week is a one off thing and try to correct it as quickly as possible.
If anyone needs our prayer is definitely David Moyes who is yet to prove to his employers that he is the right man for the job after 10 games.

Many may argue that his team have suffered because of injuries but to be fair to the neutrals who offer them support out of pity Sunderland have not shown signs of winning a single a game so far though most times they tend to play well but eventually gas out in the later stages of the game.

EPL PREDICTION WEEK 10

Last week was not a good one for the prediction team as the English Premier League produced some funny results which makes the league beautiful. The week 10 provides us with another opportunity to experience the excitement of the EPL as teams battle to return to winning ways while some managers continue the fight to retain their job.
The weekend begins with an early kick off game on Saturday between Sunderland and Arsenal fc then a late game between Crystal Palace and Liverpool, then two Super Sunday Clash which features Everton and Southampton and then concludes with a Monday Night football between Stoke City and Swansea City.

SATURDAY 29/10/2016
Sunderland Vs Arsenal 12:30pm
Sunderland remains the only team in the league yet to pick up a single win this season. They have been performing well in the EFL Cup up until they were knocked out this Wednesday by a Southampton side who are on a good run of form.

EPL PREDICTION WEEK 9

After an intense week of European night football, The English premier returns for its week 9 round of action as the battle for the early grip at the top intensifies with the two top teams lie in wait for one to slip.
The week 9 round of matches has its key fixture to be the game between Chelsea and Manchester United at Stamford Bridge which will be the return of Jose Mourinho to the Bridge since his dismissal from the club last season. Other fixtures include Saturday's early kick off between Tottenham and Bournemouth, Champions Leicester City are at home to Crystal Palace while Liverpool and West brom concludes the Saturday games. The week 9 fixtures resumes again on Sunday with Manchester City taking on Southampton then concludes with the key fixture of the week.
SATURDAY 22/10/2016
AFC Bournemouth Vs Tottenham 12:30pm
Bournemouth have been enjoying some fine form of late unbeaten in the last three games with two victories including their convincing 6 - 1 thrashing of Hull City last weekend.
They play host to early season title contenders Tottenham, who on the other hand are yet to win a game since defeating Manchester City. The Vitality Stadium is a difficult place to come to especially at a time like this when Bournemouth have found their scoring boots as well as being able to shut down opponents from scoring them.

Spurs will have to rely on the return of star striker Harry Kane for inspiration as they hope to return to winning ways this weekend. Games such as this tend to provide acidic test on title contenders credentials.

EPL Prediction Week 8

According to @Optajoke it feels like 6 months since the last time a premier league game was played due to the international break to some I guess it feels much more. The good news is the ever entertaining English premier league returns to our screens this weekend for its week 8 round of matches, as the league table begin to take shape with teams like Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester United and Liverpool gradually finding their way to reasonable positions on the log.
The weekend kicks off with a big clash between Champions Leicester City and Seventh placed Chelsea fc and concludes with the match of the week between Manchester United and Liverpool Fc a game which has been termed "The Red Monday"match.
SATURDAY 15/10/2016
Chelsea Vs Leicester City 12:30pm
The blues return back to Stamford Bridge after their 2- 1 defeat to Liverpool to host champions Leicester City on the back of a 0 - 2 away win at Hull City. Chelsea have found it difficult playing against the big teams so far under Italian manager Conte loosing both games to Arsenal and Liverpool. The game with Leicester provides them a chance to correct the wrongs and get back to winning ways at home. The Blues will be boasted by the fact they have a 67% win ratio at home compared to the 0% of Leicester City away from home so far this season.

Leicester on the other hand have found life as defending champion tough to handle as teams prepare extra hard to face them which has currently left them 12th on the table with just 8 points from a possible 21.

EPL Prediction Week 7

As the international break approaches with two weeks of non premier league football we will be treated to a premier league filled weekend beginning with a rare Friday night football between Everton and Crystal Palace and conclude with a Super Sunday clash between Burnley and Arsenal. Every team at this stage knows it is very crucial to get all three point before departing for the international break.

Last weeks predictions against the final outcome

PREMIER LEAGUE RESULT	OUR PREDICTION
Manchester United 4 – 1 Leicester City	Manchester United 3 – 1 Leicester City
Liverpool 5 – 1 Hull City	Liverpool 3 – 0 Hull City
Middlesbrough 1 – 2 Tottenham	Middlesbrough 1 -0 Tottenham
Stoke City 1 – 1 West Brom	Stoke City 0 – 2 West Brom
Sunderland 2 – 3 Crystal Palace	Sunderland 0 – 0 Crystal Palace
Swansea City 1 – 3 Man City	Swansea City 1 – 3 Man city
Arsenal 3 – 0 Chelsea	Arsenal 1 – 2 Chelsea
West Ham 0 – 3 Southampton	West Ham 2 – 3 Southampton
Burnley 2 – 0 Watford	Burnley 0 – 2 Watford

FRIDAY 30/09/2016

Everton Vs Crystal Palace 7:45pm
There is no better way to begin the weekend than with this breath taking fixture, this promises to be an end to end game with each team having players with quick foot and speed on their flanks. With Wilfred Zaha back to the Palace squad this will spice up things a little bit more.

Prediction EPL Week 6 September 2016

The Premier League returns again this weekend after the EFL cup games which were played mid week. The EFL cup fixtures came in handy for some clubs who needed to feel what it is like to win a game after weeks of win-less streak.
This premier League week six kicks off with a mouth watering clash between Manchester United and champions Leicester City at Old Trafford then extends to the super Sunday clash between West Ham and Southampton and then concludes with Monday night football between Burnley and Watford.
Saturday 24/09/2016

Manchester United Vs Leicester City 12:30pm
During the time of Sir Alex Ferguson who would have imagined that this game will one day become a high profile fixture. But fast forward to September 2016, it is not just a high profile fixture because Leicester City are visiting Old trafford as champions but also a defeat for Jose Mourihno will raise a big question mark over the career of one of football's modern day great managers.

EPL Match Day 5 Predictions 2016/2017 Season

The English Premier League returns for a "mad" weekend of football beginning with the rare Friday super clash between Chelsea and Liverpool and rounds up with a Super Sunday clash between Tottenham Hotspurs and David's Moyes Sunderland.
FRIDAY 16/9/2016
Chelsea Vs Liverpool 8pm
Chelsea one of the teams yet to loose a game this season play host to Klopp's Liverpool who are gradually looking like the real deal after a long while since the exist of Rafa Benitez from the Merseyside Club which have now seen them miss out of the Champions League since 2010 not until the 2014/2015 season in which they were eliminated in the group stage.

Chelsea under Conte have been playing a well organised and compact pattern of football which have help breath life into star players notably Eden Hazard and Diego Costa.  They will be coming up against a Liverpool side who has found it so easy to score goals (9 goals) this season with the arrival of Sadio Maine who is willing to run down a defence for a whole 90 minutes.