English Premiership Predictions: Arsenal, Liverpool, Man U, Chelsea (Skipper covers all your premiership clubs)
SATURDAY
Arsenal v Tottenham
Spurs have a horrendous record against the Gunners. However, I was impressed with Spurs against City. They have also been well recently.
Arsenal’s “slump” in form only lasted for one game. They have all their stars back and they should win this. But for some reason I am going to defy my own logic and go for a draw.
Skipper predicts: 2-2
Aston Villa v Man City
Manchester City have not been good away from home. Aston Villa lost their last two home games, so this is a tough one to call. I fancy Villa to get back winning at home again.
Skipper predicts: 2-1
Bolton v Birmingham
Bolton are doing well at home. I fancy them to continue their good home form and win this comfortably.
Skipper predicts: 3-1
Fulham v Wigan
This is a huge game for both teams. Fulham have been struggling recently. Steve Bruce will fire up his team after a fantastic win last weekend. They will be full of confidence.
Skipper predicts: 1-2
Liverpool v Portsmouth
Liverpool really need to win this game to get the last two results out of their system. Rafa rested several of his stars against Chelsea, so he will field a strong side in this match.
Pompey have been good away from home, but I think they will taste defeat at Anfield.
Skipper predicts: 2-0
Middlesbrough v West Ham
Middlesbrough are in a good form, they have found a spring in their steps. Tuncay Sanli is playing really well.
West Ham have hit a slight dip, this is a tough game for them
Skipper predicts: 2-0
Reading v Sunderland
Sunderland have had terrible luck on their travel. Reading are always solid at home. I fancy Roy’s team to pull off a surprise victory in this one.
Skipper predicts: 1-2
SUNDAY
Man Utd v Everton
Everton are on a really good run. They managed to get a draw away at Chelsea. United usually win this fixture quite comfortably. Everton are showing new resilience this year, which I have seen in them before.
I think this will be a close game and end in a stalemate.
Skipper predicts: 1-1
Newcastle v Derby
Derby have been awful this year. Since Jewell taking over, they are showing a bit more fight but the results are not changing.
Newcastle are improving.
Skipper predicts: 2-0
Blackburn v Chelsea (1610)
Blackburn have had some bad results recently and have also started conceding a lot of goals. I wasn’t that impressed with Chelsea in the mid week. They will be without some key players.
I fancy Blackburn to beat Chelsea.
Skipper predicts: 2-0
posted by Skipper at 12/21/2007 09:39:00 am
EFT match of the season for 2008/2009: Barcelona construct a masterclass footballing performance to defeat the reigning Champions League holders and current English champions, Manchester United, by a scoreline of 2-0 in the 2009 Champions League final in Rome
EFT player of the season for 2008/2009: Chelsea central midfielder, Frank Lampard
EFT player of the month for May 2009: Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea)
EFT player of the month for April 2009: Andrey Arshavin (Arsenal)
EFT player of the month for March 2009: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
EFT player of the month for February 2009: Phil Jagielka (Everton)
EFT player of the month for January 2009: Nemanja Vidic (Man Utd)
EFT player of the month for December 2008: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
EFT player of the month for November 2008: Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea)
EFT player of the month for October 2008: Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool)
EFT player of the month for September 2008: Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
EFT player of the month for August 2008: Amr Zaki (Wigan Athletic)
EFT match of Euro 2008: Turkey's amazing comeback from two goals down to beat Czech Republic 3-2 as captain Nihat Kahveci's two goals in the last three minutes sensationally put his country through to the quarter finals at the expense of their beaten opponents
EFT player of Euro 2008: Spain (anchor) central midfielder, Marcos Senna
EFT match of the season for 2007/2008: Liverpool win titanic Champions League quarter-final second leg 4-2 against Arsenal that also saw two of the best football moments of the season - Fernando Torres' top corner strike and Theo Walcott's thrilling run across the whole of Anfield.
EFT player of the season for 2007/2008: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
EFT player of the month for May 2008: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)
EFT player of the month for April 2008: Ashley Young (Aston Villa)
EFT player of the month for March 2008: Fernando Torres (Liverpool)
EFT player of the month for February 2008: David James (Portsmouth)
EFT player of the month for January 2008: Ronaldo (Manchester United)
EFT player of the month for December 2007: Roque Santa Cruz (Blackburn Rovers)
EFT player of the month for November 2007: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
EFT player of the month for October 2007: Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
EFT player of the month for September 2007: Francesc Fabregas (Arsenal)
EFT player of the month for August 2007: Fernando Torres (Liverpool)
EFT player of the month for May 2007: Carlos Tevez (West Ham Utd)
EFT player of the month for April 2007: Wayne Rooney (Manchester Utd)
EFT player of the month for March 2007: Carlos Tevez (West Ham Utd)
EFT player of the month for February 2007: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester Utd)
EFT player of the month for January 2007: Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
EFT player of the month for December 2006: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester Utd)
EFT player of the month for November 2006: Didier Drogba (Chelsea)
EFT player of the month for October 2006: Jussi Jaaskelainen (Bolton Wanderers)
EFT player of the month for September 2006: Andrew Johnson (Everton)
EFT player of the month for August 2006: Nwankwo Kanu (Portsmouth)
EFT match of World Cup 2006: Italy win a thrilling 'end-to-end' World Cup semi-final 2-0 against Germany courtesy of two late extra time goals from Fabio Grosso and Alessandro del Piero 
EFT player of World Cup 2006: Italy captain and centre-back, Fabio Cannavaro
EFT match of the season for 2005-2006: Liverpool win the FA Cup final 3-1 on penalties against West Ham after a Steven Gerrard-led fighback saw the Anfield side recover from 2-0 and 3-2 down to level the match in normal time
EFT player of the month for May 2006: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
EFT player of the month for April 2006: Jamie Carragher (Liverpool)
EFT player of the month for March 2006: Robbie Keane (Tottenham Hotspur)
EFT player of the month for February 2006: Aiyegbeni Yakubu (Middlesbrough)
EFT player of the month for January 2006: Jason Roberts (Wigan Athletic)
EFT player of the month for December 2005: Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)
EFT player of the month for November 2005: Robin van Persie (Arsenal)
EFT player of the month for October 2005: Frank Lampard (Chelsea)
EFT player of the month for September 2005: Danny Murphy (Charlton Athletic)
EFT player of the month for August 2005: Wayne Rooney (Manchester Utd)
EFT match of the season for 2004-2005: Liverpool win Champions League final 3-2 on penalties against AC Milan after sensationally recovering from 3-0 down to level the match in normal time
6 Comments:
I am really hoping that Arsenal,ManU and Chelsea all lose but I think Everton will lose against ManU as it is being played at Old Trafford and I cant remember the last team to beat United at home(please mention if you know) also Liverpool should put 4 past Pompey if they play with the normal 11.(Itandje,Hobbs,Sissoko NO WAY) Blackburn to beat Chelsea definitely, Chelsea are not strong without Drogba and Terry, and im unsure about the North London derby.
Finally i want to talk about the Liverpool-Chelsea carling cup match. I dont blame Benitez for the loss, the team he fielded matched Chelsea's team and could have beaten Chelsea, however he fielded a few underperformers who shouldn't be part of Liverpool FC, we were extremeley unlucky on the day also extremeley lacking the cutting edge.
12/21/2007 5:12 pm
Last team to beat Utd at OT was West Ham last season, via Tevez. Itandje is third choice, Hobbs is reserve and fresh whle Sissoko is behind even Leiva in central midfield. Simply we field our strongest and get our thing on the road, so to speak. Pompey are well suited in attack and we should play like our lives depend on it.
Chelsea are without Terry but Carvalho can marshall in his place, the difference is Blackburn have welted at home and away. Santa Cruz is paying dividends but conceding so many since the Villa game makes for a bad past few weeks. I dont think Blackburn are stable enough now to handle Chelsea's attack.
I also dont think Spurs will handle Arsenal, they are not cohesive enough, still need King back and their strikers on full pelt. they are not, Bent has been quite a woeful £16.5m expenditure for one.
As for the Carling Cup defeat, we held well and should have converted our chances, it's the same story. OK a bit of luck with the looping goal and then Crouch commits a kamikaze lunge that, regardless of Mikel's guilt, was deplorable. We needed 11 out there and one of them being Crouch, not without him and 10 men.
RedsMan.
12/21/2007 6:11 pm
Agree with redsman. Arsenal will beat Spurs. Especially after getting the boost that they will be playing AC Milan In UEFA Chapions League. Im am sure the game will be open and plenty of goals from Arsenal.
Gooner
12/21/2007 6:42 pm
i think arsenal, man utd and chelsea will all win. i fear for liverpool at the moment.
12/22/2007 10:17 am
We did it, four past pompey and Rafa started with a sensible team, I will observe Kuyt's performance later tonight to see if he has evolved in to a ATTACKER.
12/22/2007 5:49 pm
Skipper, these are not the best set of predictions you will ever do! :)
12/23/2007 9:39 pm
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