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.
If Burnley are to put up a defensive display as they did against United, Manchester City will be facing an uphill task at the Turf Moor.
Prediction: Burnley 1 - 3 Man City (x2, GG, Over 1.5)
Hull City Vs West Brom 4pm
Hull City are one point below the relegation zone as they face an in form West Bromich Albion team who now have two straight win and have averaged 1.5 goals in each of the games. Hull City despite their bad form were able to record a surprising victory over Southampton earlier this month. With 33% win ratio at home, Hull City will be hoping to steal something from this one.
Tony Pulis side may not be ranked among the best in the league but the Welsh man's West Brom have suffered just two defeat in their last 6 games picking up 8 points in the process and find themselves 9th on the premier league table.
Prediction: Hull City 1 - 2 West Brom (X2, GG, over 1.5)
Leicester City Vs Middlesbrough 4pm
Leicester City having secured a place in the round of 16 in their first ever Champions League appearance can now face the premier league with some sort of seriousness in other to avoid fighting the relegation battle come end of the season. Unfortunately for them they face a hard nut to crack in Middlesbrough who have a line up of players who couldn't perform up to expectation in the premier league with their respective employers in the country.
Middlesbrough may not be picking up maximum points in their games but with the kind of performance they put out against Chelsea last Sunday. Leicester may be in for some shocker.
Prediction: Leicester City 2 - 2 Middlesbrough (1x, GG, over 1.5)
Liverpool Vs Sunderland 4pm
Liverpool missed their opportunity to remain top of the premier league table as they were held to a goalless draw last week at Saint Mary's stadium. This week they welcome a Sunderland side who have discovered how to win games. If Liverpool were playing against any other team I would have easily gone for a home win but being Sunderland who I have previously predicted to go on a good run of form after picking up their first three points, I see this one as a game Liverpool will look back at and be causing their luck.
prediction: Liverpool 1 - 1 Sunderland (x2, GG, over 1.5)
Swansea City Vs Crystal Palace 4pm
This is one of those games were you cannot easily predict what will happen in the game. With Swansea yet to record a single win since the appointment of Bob Bradley they will see this as a perfect opportunity to do so against a struggling Crystal palace side.
One sure thing this game promises is that both team will get on the score sheet.
Prediction: Swansea 3 - 2 Crystal Palace (1, GG, over 2.5)
Chelsea Vs Tottenham 6:30pm
One have to feel sorry for Tottenham, recently they have been handed all matter of test, with games against Arsenal, another against the reigning Champions Leicester, then another London rival in West Ham and now they face Chelsea yet another team from London in a late kick off game (which I usually say is always tricky). Both teams resilience will be put to the test as Tottenham
Prediction: Chelsea 0 - 0 Tottenham (x2)
Sunday 27/11/2016
Watford Vs Stoke City 1pm
This fixture will make for the perfect mid table clash. With both teams enjoying a good run of form and scoring at will. Statistically Watford are favourite for this game as they boast of a 56% home win ratio against Stoke City 33% away win ratio. Most times this things do not always work in football. So we will be expecting a mouth watering and exciting Super Sunday opener.
With Watford looking as they though they are usually lucky with the Sunday games as was evident against Manchester United early this season I see them getting all three points in this fixture.
Prediction: Waford 2 - 1 Stoke City (1x, GG, over 1.5)
Arsenal Vs Afc Bournemouth 3:15pm
The gunners have recently gone on that type of run that have made them not to be crowned champions since 2005, with three straight draws in their last three games in all competitions. Many may argue that they were against tough opponents in Manchester United, Tottenham and PSG. But we all know that when Arsenal get into such gear it always difficult for them to move to the next gear.
This time around they come up against a team that know how to grind something out of games of this nature.
Afc Bournemouth face a big task this weekend as they travel to the Emirate stadium. Their primary task is to shut the gunners out from scoring a goal, whether they themselves will get any of their own is a question that will be answered come Sunday.
Prediction: Arsenal 0 - 0 Afc Bournemouth (1x)
Manchester United Vs West Ham 5:30pm
I do not think any team in the league will like to face Manchester United this period and moreover not at old trafford. United have shown that they can be devastating in front of their fans even though they have dropped 6 points in their last three games there in the league. But with the transformation going on at the club currently in terms of team performance, Old trafford is no longer a good hunting ground. To make matter worst, United welcome West Ham to the theater of dreams bearing in mind that it was the hammers who stopped their qualification for the UEFA Champions league last season. So they will surely want to take their own pound of flesh.
West Ham on the other hand will be fighting for anything they can get to keep them off that relegation zone, where they currently sit just a single point above 18th placed Hull City.
Prediction: Manchester United 2 - 0 West Ham (1)
Southampton Vs Everton 5:30pm
This game will be about Ronald Koeman who returns to his former club with his new team Everton who are at the moment struggling for form and consistency.
If both team play to their potential I expect to see a good game of football with Everton coming out on top.
