In total Liverpool will be defending a sixteen match unbeaten streak of
home form against City in all competitions.
The Bianconeri are actually 6/4 favourites at bet365 * (betting odds taken on March 16th, 2018 at 6:42 p.m.) to get the victory in the first leg in Turin on the back of their good
home form against the Spaniards.
Liverpool will be looking to turn around
some home form against the Red Devils as they have lost their last two at Anfield against them in the league.
Spurs are on a four match unbeaten streak of
home form against Chelsea at the moment, but this one isn't a White Hart Lane, it is at Wembley, Tottenham's temporary home.
So can they start building up
some home form against?
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.
The saving grace for the Canaries here is that they are running in decent
home form against QPR.
Will Chelsea be able to extend their good
home form against the Gunners and really keep the North London side down?
Swansea and West Ham should put on an exciting match for the onlookers while Leicester should present the perfect evidence of their good
home form against Bournemouth.
Not exact matches
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So firstly Shearer is convinced that his Newcastle side will manage to do the business at Villa Park even though his Toon Army side has only won two games on the their travels this season and regardless of Martin O'Neill's recent poor
form the midlands club have only lost three times at
home this season and have managed to avoid defeat
against Liverpool, Man United and Arsenal in the process.
Wenger had a fully fit starting XI to choose from, apart from Bellerin, we were at
home against a mid-table team who have been in poor
form (Intertoto Cup), and were only just getting used to their new manager, and we barely created a chance
against them.
The
home side will be built to counter attack according to Sam Allardyce, in hope of picking holes in our defence, and we will have to be wary of their in -
form striker Jermaine Defoe, although he does not have a great record
against us.
And the
home side will be buoyed by their battling draw
against the league leaders Chelsea and a return to
form after their recent slump.
To be fair to Arsenal I thought we started the game pretty well
against a very pumped up Crystal Palace roared on by a vocal
home support, as well as being in good recent
form and fighting for survival.
April 4th: at
home vs Liverpool This clash at the Emirates will see two in -
form sides in the Barclays Premier League pitted
against each other.
When you come to the bigger occasions the motivation is bigger and Joe Hart said it himself «we need to be a million percent better
against Arsenal» and I expect them to be, but nevertheless we are at
home and on current
form City are there for the taking.
We need a strong performance, and match their
home - advantage intensity with our newfound good
form against big teams.
Whether it was being caught too narrow, leaving too much space in behind or being dragged right across the pitch and leaving themselves badly exposed, it was a defensive display to forget for the visitors as their miserable
form away fro
home against the current top six continued.
Memorable results included a 2 - 1
home win
against Liverpool and a 4 - 0 thrashing away to Aston Villa, with Gareth Bale in superb
form hitting a second - half hat - trick.
One game where they may do this is their 3rd tough fixture in a row, this time coming
against a strong in
form Reading side away from
home.
West Ham United have named a strong side as they look to continue their superb run of
form in today's
home game
against struggling Aston Villa.
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FORM The Rossoneri have won five of the last six matches at
home in European competitions (1 draw) and have kept a clean sheet four times — including our last 1 - 0 win
against Ludogorets — .
Maybe Cowquelin could come in to
form a double pivot with Flamini, especially as we need to be solid away from
home against a more expansive than usual Sam Allardyce side.
We've played really well at
home this season (even
against dirty mancs) it's our away
form that has been terrible.
He scores a hat trick here and there
against small teams at
home for Everton but for very much of the season, he contributed better when they played away, as Everton overall
form this season has indicated.
I for one was a worried Gooner after the Ox picked up a hamstring problem during the defeat at Man City as it could have kept him out for weeks and there would be no guarantee he would come back in the same
form, but with the Evening Standard reporting that he will be back in action as soon as the
home game
against Crystal Palace on new years day, we should have no such problem.
And
against a
home side who were on a good run of
form themselves, Arsenal faced a daunting task.
I think sometimes
against teams, especially away from
home in this league, away
form Man City, Man United, Chelsea, I think they need a different approach.»
With Arsenal in great
form and the international break to give us a rest and with Gerrard and probably Skrtel banned for the game
against us and Lallana a doubt with a groin problem that has forced him out of the England squad, Liverpool could hardly pick a worse time to play us at
home.
With Per's long term injury I really hope Mustafi gets his feet right and they
form a solid CB partnership, but young Rob Holding's performances have been decent so far and I expect him to keep his place for our
home game
against Southampton, due to the fact Mustafi is out with Germany on international duty.
His team is now the underdog in the midst of their equals and even lower teams, his players make same mistakes
against same teams (like Southampton, stoke, west brom, etc) that their results
against these teams away from
home are very much predictable irrespective of their
form or their opponent's
form.
So much so, in fact, that we might — as Walcott swiveled and poked
home his second
against Swansea, striking like a proper striker — have entertained the thought that this run of
form, these goals, this latest positional tweak had finally brought down the guillotine on potential, had set Walcott free from himself.
Sergio Aguero demonstrated why he one of the league's most in -
form strikers as he beautifully rose to head
home Manchester City's second goal
against Watford on Saturday.
Remaining away games are
against Palace, QPR, N'castle, Burnley, Hull and Man U.
Home form will probably decide it for us.
What will be most intriguing for me is how we will fare
against in -
form big teams, especially away from
home after all these past years of beatings & lack of mental toughness.
Going
against the team having the best
form at
home.
Paul Clement's men know they will face a stern examination
against a Gunners side who have been in fine
form at
home this season.
I really hoped that the two goals he scored as Arsenal beat Hull City in the FA cup last week would spur the French international forward into the sort of
form he was showing in the first half of the season, but Olivier Giroud was so ineffectual
against Watford yesterday that he may as well have been at
home watching it on TV.
Look at
form but not just the last few results, look at
home form and away
form as well as past results
against the current opposition.
The Gunners have accumulated just two points lesser than champions Manchester City based on their
home form and they should clinch a strong result
against West Ham.
They get a
home game
against a Burnley side who finally managed to snap their long winless streak of
form with success at Turf Moor over Everton last weekend.
A rejuvenated Saint - Etienne away from
home with multiple absentees will be no walk in the park, but if Kylian Mbappe & Co. can replicate their
form from Saturday's Coupe de la Ligue triumph
against Leonardo Jardim's men, then the potential title handover in Paris next week is very much on.
During Euro 96, he was in the
form of his life as England narrowly missed out on another triumph on
home soil and he achieved national hero status when he saved Gary McAllister's penalty
against Scotland.
In Aston Villa, Romero may have to deal with a more physical threat, particularly in the
form of Rudy Gestede who rose on his debut
against Bournemouth to head
home the winner from a corner.
Home advantage meant little, you only had to see Leicester's result at the Etihad last week to realise that Arsenal were coming up
against a team in top
form playing with no fear whatsoever.
In their last six at
home against Spurs, Burnley have lost just the one game (W4 D1 L1) so actually have pretty good
form running in the head to head on
home soil.
Henry, who turns 33 next month, has struggled for
form this season and was barracked by some of the
home supporters during Saturday's 4 - 3 win
against Bolton at Loftus Road.
Hats off to Burnley for their immense
home form, but it is still hard to go
against Chelsea collecting the three points.
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).