Bolton's record at home to Manchester United isn't the best, abysmal in fact, with Bolton having beaten the Red Devils just once in a Premier
League encounter at The Reebok stadium in eleven meetings, but more alarming than Bolton's slim tally of wins over one of England's most successful clubs is the amount of defeats they've suffered at the hands of United, with Bolton losing seven times on home soil and will nose dive into Sunday's meeting in the knowledge they've lost the last two Reebok meetings.
Manchester United hosted Swansea City during their day 37 Premier
League encounter at Old Trafford.
In addition, Sanchez has been widely criticized for laughing on the bench when Arsenal were down 5 - 1 against Bayern Munich in the second leg of the Round of 16 Champions
League encounter at the Emirates Stadium last week.
Premier League leaders Manchester City welcome Arsenal in Sunday's crunch Premier
League encounter at the Etihad Stadium.
A 2 - 1 victory over Arsenal in their most recent
league encounter at home was arguably their most impressive win of the season, not to mention their fifth on the trot at home for the Trotters (pun very much intended).
The Trotters have struggled immensely away from home in 2011 and will no doubt appreciate this weekend's home encounter, regardless of who it's against — especially as they were 2 - 1 winners over Arsenal in their most recent
league encounter at the Reebok, their fifth consecutive home win.
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers is wary of the Bayern bounce ahead of their Champions
League encounter at the Allianz Arena on Wednesday night.
Three months on from their highly - charged and ultimately controversial Premier
League encounter at Anfield, age - old rivals Liverpool and Manchester United prepare to do battle all over again only this time a place in the fifth round of the FA Cup is at stake.
With this, Michael Owen could boost his England chances with a rare start, although, the England hopeful did start United's previous Champions
League encounter at home to CSKA, of which he had very little impact on the game.
Our team prediction for Arsenal and Aston Villa ahead of their Premier
League encounter at the Emirates Stadium.
Aston Villa and Everton played out a 1 - 1 draw in a tame Premier
League encounter at Villa Park.
Diego Costa was back among the goals as Chelsea beat Southampton 4 - 2 in a Premier
League encounter at Stamford Bridge...
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has accused Cardiff of wasting fans» money following Saturday's controversial Premier
League encounter at Stamford Brid -LRB-...)
Hull City were held to a draw at home by Sunderland in a bad tempered Premier
League encounter at the KC Stadium.
Tottenham secured a 3 - 1 win over Borussia Dortmund in a thrilling Champions
League encounter at Wembley on Wednesday night.
Manchester United lead Everton 1 - 0 at half time in today's Premier
League encounter at Old Trafford, with Angel Di Maria scoring United's goal and David de Gea saving Leighton Baines» penalty.
Burnley host Everton in their Premier
League encounter at Turf Moor and here is how the two sides will lineup.
Still, changes will obviously be made tot he starting line up and one thing that Liverpool can pretty much bank on is their home form against Newcastle, as the Reds have beaten the Magpies in the last seven Premier
League encounters at Anfield.
They will, though, be slightly disappointed with the start they've made at home, drawing their opening two
league encounters at The Reebok with Fulham and Birmingham City, but Bolton fans were left delirious as they beat West Ham 3 - 1 at Upton Park, their second win over the Hammers in successive seasons.
This season they have yet to lose, winning five of nine, and have even reigned supreme in four of their previous five
league encounters at the Stadium of Light, all of which were without conceding.
-- Each of the previous eight Premier
League encounters at Old Trafford were won by the home side, Man Utd, whose last defeat at home to Bolton occurred nine - and - a-half years ago in September 2002 (0 - 1).
-- In eleven previous Champions
League encounters at home to French opposition, United have yet to taste defeat, winning eight and drawing three.
Not exact matches
Wow that was an amazing and full blooded Premier
League encounter between Arsenal and Liverpool and in some ways it was very similar to what happened
at Anfield last season.
Liverpool are also the only team to beat City in the Premier
League this season as they won an epic
encounter 4 - 3
at Anfield earlier in 2018.
Former England internationals Steven Gerrard and Rio Ferdinand have moved to share their disappointment
at Aaron Ramsey's supposed play - acting in Arsenal's Champions
League encounter with Paris Saint - Germain last night.
The two ex teammates will come head to head on Saturday
at the Etihad in what will be their first
encounter in the Premier
League.
United are in the perfect position to chop and change as they sit 12 points clear
at the top of the Premier
League, allowing Ferguson to rest several key players against Norwich before their decisive Champions
League last 16 second leg
encounter with Real Madrid on Tuesday.
The former Borussia Dortmund man has scored 30 goals in his two seasons
at Bayern Munich but last season was dropped for crucial
encounters, including two fixtures against Barcelona in the Champions
League, and was also left out of the starting eleven for the opening Bundesliga match of the season.
This means that fans watching the
encounter at home on their television sets will be able to see the game through the 9 - year
league veteran's eyes, hearing what he hears.
something new for sure will happen
at the very least we will be getting new players the question being who...... a striker with 30 goals abomyang a central defender a midfielder new maneger who diago simone will do well with atlatico or lazio he is connected to them arsenal needs some one within its ranks some one connected to them But today we seen an ugly
encounter were certain players should have had the red i think technology should come in to it and players should be disciplined after The premier
league is a physical strong competition to win it you got to be very strong very accurate and very demanding and if you do not have the team to do it you do not win our team didn't live to exceptions of last season so there for changes will have to happen
Arsenal have hit form
at exactly the right time and, after victory over Newcastle in their last
encounter, currently sit third in the Premier
League.
Unsurprisingly, the
encounter was the main topic of discussion on the Sunday Supplement on Sky Sports, and the panel were in agreement that Guardiola's City are starting to look very ominous
at an early stage of the Premier
League title race.
This is followed by the first of the BBC's Saturday evening Kick Offs
at The Hawthorns, where West Bromwich Albion entertain Newcastle in what is likely to be an interesting
encounter after summers of both clubs since relegation from the Premier
League.
Arsenal
encountered AFC Bournemouth
at the Emirates today, in this weekend's set of Premier
League fixtures.
And an away game
at Stoke is always likely to be a bruising
encounter, so all we can do is hope that Alexis comes through the game unscathed and then maybe he can have the rest he deserves when Arsenal travel to Turkey for the final Champions
League group game next week.
While one chance of silverware has disappeared, they did record an encouraging 1 - 1 draw
at Chelsea in the first leg of their
League Cup semi-final, with the return game
at the Emirates following the weekend's
encounter with the Eagles.
There have been plenty of managerial changes
at top clubs around the
league and most of them have led to lower performance, not better, the only exception being Conte's Chelsea, whom Arsenal have beat in 3/4 of the last competitive
encounters in the last year.
From what we have seen from the Arsenal team so far it is going to take a significant turnaround in form to achieve two wins from the next two Premier
League encounters, but we know that the Gunners can blow hot and cold and so I would not be
at all surprised if Arsene Wenger and the players confound the general consensus of the football pundits and do it.
With Arsenal thrashing Liverpool 4 - 1 this weekend, here's a look back
at some other one - sided meetings between the Premier
League's big boys, who clearly don't always provide close - run
encounters...
The all - action England international is enjoying yet another eye - catching season
at right back for the north London club, with the 23 - year - old having been responsible for creating one goal for his side in the Premier
League in this campaign, while at the same time producing on average 0.8 accurate crosses per league enco
League in this campaign, while
at the same time producing on average 0.8 accurate crosses per
league enco
league encounter.
Tactics works well when you understand your opponent tactic by neutralizing it and then have a clout and enough canning to win the
encounter MR wenger don't look
at his opponents tactics he sets his game plan and stick to it even if he is down and out but seems to always do better after the interval I am looking forward for the new season as we have a good bunch of players in a very demanding
league with the likes of Mourinho Klopp Conte Guardiola Ranieri it is going to be very interesting right to the wire with the defending champions leicester and how Conte and Guardiola adapt to the Premier League We the Arsenal start with Liverpool and then go to leicester it is time to role up the sleeves and get into the fight Com on you G
league with the likes of Mourinho Klopp Conte Guardiola Ranieri it is going to be very interesting right to the wire with the defending champions leicester and how Conte and Guardiola adapt to the Premier
League We the Arsenal start with Liverpool and then go to leicester it is time to role up the sleeves and get into the fight Com on you G
League We the Arsenal start with Liverpool and then go to leicester it is time to role up the sleeves and get into the fight Com on you Gooners
There are no surprises over which opening - day game will grab all the headlines though, as it sees Arsenal host Liverpool
at the Emirates in what should be a thrilling
encounter to kick off the new Premier
League season.
Everton host Stoke City
at Goodison Park this weekend in their third Premier
League encounter of the season.
Considering that the Gunners haven't beaten Spurs in their last 6
League encounters (4 draws, 2 losses) the draw looks like extremely good value
at 5/2.
The Gunners will have to take on Crystal Palace
at the Emirates Stadium on the Saturday, before travelling to Bournemouth for another
league encounter three days later, before having to play in the cup in what will be our third game in seven or eight days, with the match likely to be played on either the Saturday or Sunday.
A best XI of stand - out performers after Saturday's Premier
League action.With all of the big sides in Premier
League action on Saturday, here's a look
at who made into the CaughtOffside best XI of the weekend after some high - profile
encounters such as the Merseyside and North London derbies, as well as some other excellent
encounters in the English top flight...
Here, we take a look
at three player battles that could play a pivotal role in who wins this Premier
League encounter between Arsenal and Manchester City.
Our results have flattered our side recently, leaving us little room to complain
at present, but in reality, we were lucky not to have been eliminated by Norwich City in the
League Cup, and Red Star Belgrade could easily have picked up more than one point from our two EL
encounters.
Although Arsenal have only lost one single game in the
League this season, the fans are expecting a very difficult
encounter away
at Swansea tomorrow evening.
United have won 32 of the teams» 50 Premier
League encounters, including the last three in a row
at Old Trafford.