KEY FACT: Arsenal have never failed to score in 17
home league matches against Crystal Palace MATCH ODDS: Arsenal 1/2 Draw 15/4 Palace 6/1 bet365 Pick: Under 2.5 goals @ 27/20 ANDY SAYS: I can see my former club claiming a point from this... 1 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: Hard to see Palace getting anything here, and they probably won't... 2 - 1 SILKY SAYS: Arsenal will have too much for Palace here, home win... 3 - 1 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Wilfried Zaha at # 1.79 looks a very good buy
KEY FACT: Crystal Palace have won four of their last six
home league matches against Watford MATCH ODDS: Palace 13/10 Draw 5/2 Watford 23/10 bet365 Pick: Palace to win and Both Teams To Score @ 10/3 ANDY SAYS: Another close game but I think my old club will get something here... 1 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: I think Palace might just get the win they are looking for... 2 - 1 SILKY SAYS: Watford are the better team so I can see them getting the three points... 1 - 2 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Wilfried Zaha at # 1.42 still looks a very good buy
KEY FACT: Crystal Palace have won only one of their last 12
home league matches against Arsenal MATCH ODDS: Palace 7/2 Draw 3/1 Arsenal 4/5 bet365 Pick: Arsenal to win @ 4/5 ANDY SAYS: Tough trip to Arsenal but I think they will just edge my former side... 0 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: I can see Palace getting something from this... 1 - 1 SILKY SAYS: I can see Arsenal getting the three points here, but won't be easy... 1 - 2 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Mesut Ozil under # 4 looks a decent prospect
KEY FACT: Brighton won their last
home league match against Spurs, although it in April 1983 MATCH ODDS: Brighton 11/2 Draw 10/3 Spurs 11/20 bet365 Pick: Under 2.5 goals @ 43/40 ANDY SAYS: I don't see an issue for my former club here, convincing win... 0 - 3 GRAEME SAYS: I think Brighton get something here, draw... 1 - 1 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Christian Eriksen — what a player!
KEY FACT: David Moyes has never lost
a home league match against Watford MATCH ODDS: West Ham 31/20 Draw 23/10 Watford 2/1 bet365 Pick: 2 or more Watford cards @ 4/5 ANDY SAYS: Hard to separate these two and I think this will end up a draw... 1 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: I can see West Ham getting the victory they need... 2 - 1 SILKY SAYS: West Ham win for me, will have too much for Watford... 2 - 0 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Richarlison is in the top - 100 and a terrific signing
Due to Arsenal's participation in the FA Youth Cup, our Under - 18s»
home league match against the Gunners, scheduled for this Saturday, will now take place on Tuesday 24 April.
Not exact matches
Arsenal have gone seven
home league matches in a row without conceding a goal from open play — all four goals
against them in that period have been penalties.
There has been and will continue to be an awful lot of talk among Arsenal fans and in the football press about various behind the scenes goings on at our club, but right now the manager and the players need to focus on the next
match and taking all three Premier
League points from our
home game
against Manchester City.
The Gunners need to win both of their remaining Premier
League matches to have any hope of reaching the Champions
League places, and first they will have to take all three points from their
home tie
against the already - relegated Sunderland.
As for the Arsenal vs Stoke Premier
League match at the Ems on Sunday, the reason for the low turnout in our last
home PL
match against Watford could be attributed to the freezing weather condition in the UK that forced most Arsenal season ticket holders to stay at
home.
Reading have won their only two previous Premier
League home matches against Manchester City without conceding a goal: 1 - 0 in September 2006, and 2 - 0 in March 2008.
Look the Bayern the barca and co are top top teams with huge history We need to concentrate to build up wins we need to win cups then
league than we go and win the champion
league the result today show that we are Lincoln in front of Bayern and a bit better as we scored
against Bayern and Lincoln did nt score
against us >> > I had a busy Tuesday as I was coming
home I guessed we were 1 2 down I turned on the
match to be 1 2 to see it go down hill I wished I never turned it on
Will you please give reason as to why chelsea struggled to score two goals
against leicester city at the bridge.things like this happen in futbol.so, are you saying man city is crap cos they lost at
home to stoke.dont forget the manner with which they won the
league last season.the
league is a marathon and it will be ridiculous to say chelsea is already the champ considering everton played us last week and chelsea this week - two energy sarping
matches
Although the Scot has not yet publicly commented on this turn of events, Old Trafford legend Paddy Crerand has probably said what Fergie is thinking, blasting the Premier
League and the bods that work there for having the audacity not to allow the Red Devils to have
home matches against West Brom, Stoke and Hull after a tough trip having to beat some Danish minnows.
They have already secured the top spot in Group K of the UEFA Europa
League, as the only team that can
match their points tally of nine is Napoli, and Liverpool's head to head record
against the Italians of an away draw and a
home win mean they can not be overtaken.
But we should have beaten Liverpool in the second leg.There was also no justification of that.We might as well lose all our
matches against the big teams and justify on the basis of it being a
match against a big team.I mean
home and away defeats is just unacceptable.Champions must also find ways to possibly win all their
matches against the big teams no matter which ever way it goes.This is because that can make all the difference in winning the
league.
Home against a relegation team with the worst manager in the whole
league (even the Magpies fans agree with me) and got outplayed them most of the
match.
You might think that Arsenal should be thinking about all out attack for the
home match against Hull City in the Premier
League tomorrow.
In fact there are at least three key men at the current
league leaders Chelsea who still appear to be pretty wary of the Gunners, which is probably increased this week as Arsene Wenger prepares to take the team to Stamford Bridge looking for a repeat of the
match against them at
home, which saw Arsenal inflict their heaviest defeat of the season.
After successfully scouting the Dortmund midfielder in there arm chair during the champions
league home and away
matches against us!!
Another reason I fancy Arsenal to do the business is that although Everton looked good
against Chelsea, in their last 8 Premier
League games at
home, they have only won once,
against Newcastle, and they actually lost 5 of those 8
matches.
If Arsenal do as we expect them to this weekend and run out as winners of the
home game
against a struggling Southampton side getting used to their new manager Claude Puel, while he gets used to the English Premier
League for the first time, then we will be heading into the next round of
matches a bit closer to at least one of our big spending Premier
League rivals.
Ok may be give the back up keeper some
matches in the 2 domestic cups, but certainly not the finals, give him some dead rubbers in the champions
league and may be one or dead cert
home premier
league games,
against the likes of Norwich, Bournemouth, Watford, etc..
Arsene Wenger might decide to keep faith with the Arsenal players who got beat in our last Premier
League match which ended with a 4 - 0 defeat away to Liverpool and could have been a lot worse if Petr Cech had played as badly as his outfield colleagues, but somehow I doubt it and expect the manager to make a few changes to the team for the
home game
against Bournemouth tomorrow.
Dimitar Berbatov scored four goals in his last Premier
League match against Reading, in Tottenham's 6 - 4
home win in December 2007.
While Chelsea do own the distinction of being one of only a small handful of teams to beat Arsenal at all this season — they have not lost a single
match at
home in any competition since a 3 - 2 defeat
against Olympiacos in the Champions
League... back in September.
The former Manchester United and Netherlands defender Jaap Stam is the manager of Reading and although Arsenal should be feeling confident ahead of this
match at
home to lower
league opposition, I reckon that Stam will be feeling a bit more confident knowing which players his Reading team will be coming up
against.
Luckily, the other
matches against teams near to them in the
league like Chelsea, Liverpool and West Ham, are at
home.
Arsenal have it all to play for in the final round of this season's Champions
League matches, needing to win by a scoreline other than 1 - 0 or 2 - 1 away from
home against the Greek champions in order to progress to the second round.
KEY FACT: Southampton have won seven and drawn the other of their eight Premier
League home matches against Crystal Palace
MATCH ODDS: Southampton Evs Draw 5/2 Palace 16/5 bet365 Pick: Draw @ 5/2 ANDY SAYS: A tough game to call, but I think Palace will get something... 1 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: I firmly believe Palace will be getting the three points here... 0 - 2 SILKY SAYS: I can see this playing out as a draw... 1 - 1 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Christian Benteke at 88p, has dropped outside the top - 200
If the away game at Villa Park was where Kane kick - started his season, the
home match against Chelsea on New Year's Day was when he established himself as a real Premier
League star.
Arsenal are on a nine -
match undefeated streak at
home against West Ham in the
league, scoring exactly three goals in each of their last four.
Apart from one EFL Cup tie
against Bristol City they play as many as 6 premier
league games starting with
home match against Manchester City.
Historically they have a far superior record in games
against us with 68 wins in 136
matches, and we have only beaten them once in the
league (either
home or away) in the last ten years (3 - 2 at Goodison in 2016, after coming back from two down).
The Hornets are unbeaten in their last five
home Premier
League matches against newly - promoted sides (W2 D3) without conceding a single goal.
Crystal Palace are coming into this game on the back of 3 - 1 defeat in the hands of Arsenal and they will fancy their chances at
home against current
league leaders City to get something out of this
match.
Fans will have the opportunity to see the new 96 Avenue and Paisley Square at Liverpool's first
home match of the season,
against Leicester City in the Premier
League on Saturday September 10.
The U18 Professional Development
League gets underway for real tomorrow when teams come up against opponents in the same league with Burnley facing what is now a home match against Sheffield Wedn
League gets underway for real tomorrow when teams come up
against opponents in the same
league with Burnley facing what is now a home match against Sheffield Wedn
league with Burnley facing what is now a
home match against Sheffield Wednesday.
• Stoke City have won just one of their 14 Premier
League matches against Manchester United (W1 D2 L11) but have lost just one of the last four at
home (W1 D2 L1).
However, the Foxes haven't lost any of their last nine
league matches against Burnley (W6 D3) and they haven't lost a home game in the Premier League against a newly promoted side since back in 2001 and are favourites
league matches against Burnley (W6 D3) and they haven't lost a
home game in the Premier
League against a newly promoted side since back in 2001 and are favourites
League against a newly promoted side since back in 2001 and are favourites here.
In the first
match played on Sunday, Tottenham Hotspur celebrated a high 4 - 0
home win
against Watford, putting more pressure with in on the
league toppers, Chelsea.
We will be wearing our newly released 2015/16
home kit
against Hull City tomorrow at White Hart Lane, but there are more important things to worry about in our penultimate Premier
League match than new kits.
KEY FACT: Burnley are unbeaten in their three
home Premier
League matches against Stoke
MATCH ODDS: Burnley 13/10 Draw 11/5 Stoke 13/5 bet365 Pick: Both Teams To Score @Evens ANDY SAYS: Tough game this, but Burnley at
home on a winter's night, have to go with them... 2 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: I think Stoke have been poor recently so have to go Burnley... 2 - 0 SILKY SAYS: Have to think Burnley will just about have too much for Stoke here... 2 - 1 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Xherdan Shaqiri is still a class act but not only jut over 70p
KEY FACT: Stoke have won seven of their last nine
home Premier
League matches against newly promoted sides
MATCH ODDS: Stoke 6/5 Draw 9/4 Brighton 11/4 bet365 Pick: Half time score 0 - 0 @ 6/4 ANDY SAYS: Stoke win for me here, think Paul Lambert will get the win... 2 - 0 GRAEME SAYS: Stoke have improved and they should just about claim the three points... 2 - 1 SILKY SAYS: I can see a
home win, think Stoke will take the victory... 2 - 0 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: At # 0.69, Jack Butland has to be a good buy
KEY FACT: Leicester have lost only one of their seven previous Premier
League matches against Stoke
MATCH ODDS: Leicester 8/11 Draw 5/2 Stoke 4/1 bet365 Pick: Under 2.5 goals @ 19/20 ANDY SAYS: Leicester for me, they should be taking the three points... 2 - 0 GRAEME SAYS: Has to be a
home win, I think Leicester will be too good... 3 - 1 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: At 88p, what a bargain Jamie Vardy is
It's back to
home soil for them this weekend where they have winnable
match on their hands
against the
league's worst away side.
KEY FACT: Swansea have won five of their six
home Premier
League matches against West Brom
MATCH ODDS: Swansea 17/10 Draw 21/10 West Brom 2/1 bet365 Pick: Both Teams to score in the first half @ 11/2 ANDY SAYS: A real six - pointer this one, but I will just go with the
home side... 1 - 0 GRAEME SAYS: I don't see West Brom getting beat here, think they will grab a point... 0 - 0 SILKY SAYS: I can see goals here, but not sure either is good enough for the win... 2 - 2 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Tammy Abraham is just outside the top 150 at # 1.22
Our next
home match will be
against Manchester City in our Champions
League clash!
And 19 times English Premier
League title winner Manchester United is on 5th with 41 points and they have a 1 - 1 goals drawn on last
match against Chelsea at
home.
Compare the
match against Everton above with our first
home match in the Premier
League against Swansea.