However, City's win on the final day of last season is their only victory in their last six top -
flight matches at the Reebok Stadium (W1, D2, L3).
Not exact matches
This beauty features a constant flow of air
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flight.
While
flights leaving the country on a Monday won't quite
match the culinary standards of Sweden's Malmö Aviation — the first airline in the world to join the MFM campaign —
at least the choice has improved for the growing number of people who are eating less meat.
Goals from Mohamed Yattara and Alexandre Lacazette ensured that Lyon won their second consecutive
match in the French top
flight and overtook Paris Saint - Germain
at the summit of the division.
Having taken just one point from their last three
matches, their lead
at the top of the Spanish top
flight has been cut to three points, and it's imperative that the reigning champs see off troubled Valencia on Sunday in order to re-establish themselves
at the top of the table.
The Tuscany outfit may have been defeated by Lazio
at the weekend, but they are still enjoying a fine campaign in the Italian top
flight and find themselves fourth — three points behind leaders Napoli — after 19
matches.
Injuries have no doubt hampered his progress, but Welbeck has played 190 top
flight matches, mostly up front, so there's really no excuse for that to be
at least a bit higher.
They went down 1 - 0
at Chelsea, 3 - 0 against Everton
at Goodison Park and then drew another blank
at the weekend, meaning they went three top -
flight matches without a goal or a point for the first time in 26 years.
Ryan has impressed in the Belgian top
flight and also starred for his national side in all three of their
matches at last summer's World Cup finals, suggesting that he could be ready to compete
at the highest level.
KEY FACT: The Baggies are winless in 19 top -
flight games
MATCH ODDS: West Ham 19/20 Draw 12/5 West Brom 7/2 bet365 Pick: Both Teams to Score @ 11/10 ANDY SAYS: I think West Ham should be winning this, but it won't be easy... 1 - 0 GRAEME SAYS: Could be a better game than some think, I think a big score draw... 2 - 2 SILKY SAYS: Have to go with a home win, don't think West Brom are going to get anything... 2 - 0 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Manuel Lanzini is a great prospect in the Index
at # 1.21
Barca have taken just one point from their last three
matches in the Spanish top
flight, and their hefty lead
at the top of the Spanish table has been whittled away to just three points.
The Clarets are W9 D2 L3
at Turf Moor this season in the top
flight and after a 1 - 1 draw with league leaders Chelsea in their last home
match, they may be confident of taking something in this one.
A heavy loss against Liverpool in their last game
at the Amex snapped a six
match unbeaten streak of home form that they were on in the top
flight (W2 D4).
Burnley remains winless out on the road, but they did manage to snap a seven -
match winless streak that they were on in the top
flight when they beat Stoke 1 - 0
at Turf Moor in midweek.
Arsenal supporters, who will be looking for a single
match ticket on any of the club's upcoming fixtures can Compare Footballtickets in the top
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Burnley are on a four
match winning streak
at Turf Moor in the top
flight and they have a brilliant overall home record this season in the Premier League of W8 D1 L3.
The Gunners have produced a four
match winning streak
at the Emirates in the top
flight and they are unbeaten in their last nine games there (W7 D2).
They have netted in each of their last three
at Turf Moor though and of the goals that they have come up with
at home in the top
flight, two - thirds of them have come in the second half of
matches, while two - thirds of their goals conceded have been in the second half of
matches too.
Boro are on a five -
match winless streak
at the Riverside in the top -
flight (D3 L2) and they are winless in their last thirteen home and away as well in the league.
KEY FACT: This is the first top -
flight encounter between Huddersfield and Brighton
MATCH ODDS: Huddersfield 17/10 Draw 21/10 Brighton 2/1 bet365 Pick: Half time score 0 - 0 @ 6/5 ANDY SAYS: Home win here for me, be close but think Town will win... 2 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: Hard not to see SILKY SAYS: Tough one to call, but will just side with Huddersfield... 2 - 1 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow:
At 64p, Solly March is very much one to watch for Brighton
Southampton are currently running on an eight
match unbeaten streak in the Premier League
at home (W5 D3), which is the third current best home unbeaten record in the top
flight.
There was a 3 - 3 thriller
at Vicarage Road between these two recently and that just extended Liverpool's unbeaten form to four
matches against the Hornets in the top
flight (W3 D1).
It will probably be enough
at the end of the day, but for a club who are on a seven
match losing streak in the top
flight, the pressure could be on if they lost their next game away
at the rising Leicester City on the weekend.
Tottenham, the Foxes» nearest rivals for the top
flight title, could not extend their push for glory and were held by Chelsea in their
match at Stamford Bridge, which means Claudio Ranieri's men have completed the most unlikely of campaigns.
Hughes has managed
at Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City, Fulham, Queens Park Rangers and most recently Stoke City in the Premier League, taking charge of almost 450 top -
flight matches and achieving eight top - ten finishes in his career to date.
Brighton have lost seven and drawn one of their last eight away FA Cup
matches against top -
flight opposition — their last away win of this kind was
at Newcastle United in January 1986.
Huddersfield are without Nahki Wells, Jonathan Hogg, Martin Cranie and Jon Stankovic KEY FACT: Huddersfield's last top -
flight match was in April 1972 and was also away at Crystal Palace MATCH ODDS: Palace 4/5 Draw 12/5 Huddersfield 15/4 ANDY SAYS: Be an interesting one this, and I think my old club might get held here — 1 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: Such a tough call, how do Palace play under De Boer, I will give them the benefit of the doubt — 2 - 1 SILKY SAYS: Be a close game this one, but I fully expect Palace just to have too much — 2 - 1 LADBROKES PICK: Crystal Palace and under 2.5 goals @ 21/10 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Christian Benteke is still a class performer and for us could still be a very good addition to your port
match was in April 1972 and was also away
at Crystal Palace
MATCH ODDS: Palace 4/5 Draw 12/5 Huddersfield 15/4 ANDY SAYS: Be an interesting one this, and I think my old club might get held here — 1 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: Such a tough call, how do Palace play under De Boer, I will give them the benefit of the doubt — 2 - 1 SILKY SAYS: Be a close game this one, but I fully expect Palace just to have too much — 2 - 1 LADBROKES PICK: Crystal Palace and under 2.5 goals @ 21/10 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Christian Benteke is still a class performer and for us could still be a very good addition to your port
MATCH ODDS: Palace 4/5 Draw 12/5 Huddersfield 15/4 ANDY SAYS: Be an interesting one this, and I think my old club might get held here — 1 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: Such a tough call, how do Palace play under De Boer, I will give them the benefit of the doubt — 2 - 1 SILKY SAYS: Be a close game this one, but I fully expect Palace just to have too much — 2 - 1 LADBROKES PICK: Crystal Palace and under 2.5 goals @ 21/10 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Christian Benteke is still a class performer and for us could still be a very good addition to your portfolio
Hodgson's first
match in charge saw Palace lose 1 - 0
at home to Crystal Palace; that meant the Club became the first in top -
flight history to lose its opening five games of the season without scoring a goal.
The Saints have been impressive
at this ground since returning to the top
flight, which makes this a tough fixture to play 72 hours after a crunch
match at Wembley.
The Blues have been ticking along well on home soil in the top
flight with a five
match winning streak going
at the Bridge and they are going as strong favourites to win this Boxing Day affair.
KEY FACT: This the first time Brighton have played a top -
flight match in Newcastle MATCH ODDS: Newcastle 23/20 Draw 11/5 Brighton 3/1 bet365 Pick: Newcastle to win @ 23/20 ANDY SAYS: Hard to see Brighton getting anything here, has to be a home win... 2 - 0 GRAEME SAYS: Being at home, I would have to side with Newcastle... 2 - 1 SILKY SAYS: A close game, would have to say a draw... 1 - 1 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Mikel Merino at 73p could be a ba
match in Newcastle
MATCH ODDS: Newcastle 23/20 Draw 11/5 Brighton 3/1 bet365 Pick: Newcastle to win @ 23/20 ANDY SAYS: Hard to see Brighton getting anything here, has to be a home win... 2 - 0 GRAEME SAYS: Being at home, I would have to side with Newcastle... 2 - 1 SILKY SAYS: A close game, would have to say a draw... 1 - 1 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Mikel Merino at 73p could be a ba
MATCH ODDS: Newcastle 23/20 Draw 11/5 Brighton 3/1 bet365 Pick: Newcastle to win @ 23/20 ANDY SAYS: Hard to see Brighton getting anything here, has to be a home win... 2 - 0 GRAEME SAYS: Being
at home, I would have to side with Newcastle... 2 - 1 SILKY SAYS: A close game, would have to say a draw... 1 - 1 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Mikel Merino
at 73p could be a bargain
Barry played his 633rd
match in the English top -
flight after he was named as captain in West Brom's starting line - up for their clash
at Arsenal on Monday night.
Spanish giant Real Madrid and Serie A top
flight Juventus played against each other total twelve times where six
matches at home and six
matches at away ground for both teams.
Winning
at home is a must for teams that want to make the playoffs, as cross-country travel and commercial
flights make away
matches difficult in MLS.
MADRID: The kit man for Spanish top -
flight club Leganes was banned for eight
matches on Friday after launching into a tirade
at officials during their Copa del Rey defeat to Real Madrid.
However, Rovers are unbeaten in three top -
flight matches away from home, a run which even includes their shock 3 - 2 victory
at Old Trafford over Manchester United on 31 December, 2011.
Unfortunately for Lupoli though, Henry's bold claims were never
matched, and
at 27 he can now be found playing on loan in Hungary's top
flight.
At the home venue of Serie A top
flight, the
match finished with 2 — 2 goals.
Stoke are just W1 D4 L9 on their travels in the top
flight and a 1 - 1 draw out
at Leicester on the weekend snapped a three -
match losing streak that they were on away from home.
They still are in now in many respects, with Everton the only team to have won their in 24 top -
flight matches, while they've yet to lose
at home to one of the traditional top four of Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool or Man Utd since their return to prominence last season — W1 D6 L0.
They battled to a 1 - 1 draw
at home against West Brom last weekend, and that point saw them snap a four
match losing streak that they were on in the top
flight.
They are on a six
match winning streak in the top
flight and they are unbeaten in eight
at Old Trafford this term in the league.
It is a five -
match losing streak that the Terriers find themselves on
at the moment in the top
flight and during that run of
matches, they have scored only the one goal.
So it's not all rosy
at the moment for them and they have won just one of their last five top
flight matches in a W1 D2 L2 record.
The Red Devils are W3 D2 L2 this season on their travels in the top
flight and that win
at Watford snapped a three
match winless streak that they were on away from home (D1 L2).
The Baggies are now on a five -
match losing streak in the top
flight having lost 1 - 0 out
at Watford last weekend.
The Red Devils are going along
at a nice click
at the moment having put together a 12
match unbeaten streak in the top
flight at the moment (W7 D5).
Their position in the table now looks worryingly precarious, with only a solitary point keeping the relegation zone
at bay and a heavy defeat possibly on the way
at Stamford Bridge, they could soon join the likes of relegation mainstays West Ham and Wolves inside the bottom three should their goal difference take a battering, which, considering they post the worst away defence in the entire top -
flight — having shipped 22 in 9 away
matches — is a likely scenario.
There was no shortage of elaborate pre-
match hype; a clash of the titans as two teams who have dominated the English top -
flight for the past seven years — United topping the Barclay's Premier League in four of the last seven season, Chelsea doing so in the outstanding three — went toe - to - toe
at Old Trafford for the most eagerly - anticipated
match - up of the season thus far — and it certainly delivered on its promise.
May 7 — A record 154 Premier League fixtures will be screened live in Britain in each of the next three seasons — representing 40 per cent of all top -
flight games and 16 more
matches than
at present.