Both of these kicked their season off with
a draw on the opening weekend of the Championship and so they will be looking for a little bit better this time around.
Not exact matches
Chelsea have brought in Asmir Begovic from Stoke City, and signed AS Monaco forward Radamel Falcao
on a loan deal, and both players came
on as subs during the club's 2 - 2
opening weekend draw with Swansea City.
We also have our own form to fall back
on however, having gone unbeaten since the
opening weekend of the season, although our consecutive 1 - 1
draws with rivals Manchester United and Tottenham will not have us full of confidence going into the match.
Having fallen to defeats to Manchester City, Crystal Palace and Everton, and having shipped 2 - 2 in an
opening -
weekend draw to Swansea City, it appeared as though the Blues got their season back
on track with back - to - back victories over Maccabi Tel - Aviv and Arsenal.
The Blues picked up a
draw at home to Swansea City
on the
opening weekend of the campaign and then slipped to a 3 - 0 defeat away at title challengers Man City.
They
drew to Swansea City
on the
opening day of the season, before losing to the Citizens last
weekend.
The
opening weekend of the Premier League started off strong, with our value picks going 2 - 0
on Saturday (Stoke / Middlesbrough +225
Draw, Hull +0.5), but Sunday brought 2 losses (Arsenal +140, Bournemouth +0.5).
The
weekend fixtures kicked off in the Youth Alliance League with Walsall and Accrington separated at the top of the league
on goal difference with Bury in third place just one point behind, but it's Walsall who have
opened up a two point lead, winning 2 - 0 win at Bury while Accrington dropped points in a
draw at Preston.
While Massimiliano Allegri's men were
drawn against the team also referred to as Bianconeri
on the
opening weekend of the new season, expected challengers Roma were sent to Hellas Verona.
They took a solid 2 - 0 home win over Reading to
open with and then held their own in a 1 - 1
draw with Sheffield Wednesday
on the
weekend.
Jose Mourinho's side go into the game having taken maximum points from our first two matches, while our opponents are yet to win, after
drawing 2 - 2 at Leicester
on the
opening day, before allowing a two - goal advantage to slip against Arsenal last
weekend, with the Gunners stealing a point right at the death.
They got a 1 - 1
draw at Liverpool
on the
weekend but were set up defensively as you would expect and only got the one shot
on target from
open play all game.
Though Watford were trounced 6 - 0 by City in September, they have doled out some bloody noses
on home turf, holding Liverpool to a 3 - 3
draw on the season's
opening weekend and beating Arsenal 2 - 1 last month.
Leeds have collected four points from their
opening two games, starting with a thrilling win out at Bolton before playing out a 0 - 0
draw with Preston
on the
weekend.
Verdict — Norwich should be a lot more forthcoming with their attacks at Carrow Road than they were at the DW Stadium
on the
opening weekend, but Stoke will be full of confidence after two very tidy results;
drawing 0 - 0 with Chelsea
on the
opening weekend before beating FC Thun of Switzerland, away from home, in their pivotal Europa League qualifier.
That's the unusual combination that
drew hundreds of winter - weary visitors to the Garfield Park Conservatory
on Sunday for the
opening weekend of the Azalea and Camellia Flower Show.
Earlier this month, Alibaba launched Tao Café, its first cashier-less cafe, in Hangzhou, the capital of east China's Zhejiang province,
drawing queues of customers
on the
opening weekend.
The annual
open studios
weekend has been very successful in
drawing people to our community, and we believe adding lead time this year will allow for more voices in the community to be heard and have an impact
on planning and production.»
Because I am
on a roll, I made it to the
opening of the Pandemic Gallery's Sew
Draw show this past
weekend in Brooklyn — and all I got ta say is: Get.
There a new FOCUS show
opening this
weekend at the Modern; one that focuses
on drawing, plain and simple.