2 — Manchester City have kept just two clean sheets in their 14 Premier
League matches under Pep Guardiola.
And the omens aren't positive for the Cottagers, who have never won at Anfield, but they did hold the Reds to a 0 - 0 draw there last season and with the Londoner's being draw specialists under Mark Hughes — Drawing 10 of their opening 17
league matches under the Welshman — A stalemate isn't out of the question, although Steven Gerrard's best efforts may deny Fulham any share of the spoils as the former England captain is set to return from a month on the sideline with an injury.
The Baggies have won only one and drawn four of their five
league matches under the former Liverpool tacticians watch, whom will pit himself against his former employer barely three months after he was booted out of Anfield back in January following one of the club's worst ever starts to a season.
The 35 - year - old has started six Premier
League matches under Allardyce, winning three of them, drawing one and recording two clean sheets.
8 — West Brom have take just eight points in 14 Premier
League matches under Alan Pardew (W1, D5, L8)-- four fewer than their first 14 games of the 2017 - 18 season before his arrival (W2, D6, L6).
Saints have never failed to win for six consecutive
league matches under manager Ronald Koeman.
Dawson hasn't started a Premier
League match under the new White Hart Lane boss so it would appear that the former Nottingham Forest man is not part of the Portuguese boss's plans and therefore the Tottenham centre back may opt to accept QPR's offer after all.
But the Reds are in sparkling form — especially at Anfield, where they've yet to lose
a league match under Kenny Dalglish (W5 D2 L0).
Not exact matches
Under the terms of the deal Seven gain rights to all home Test
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matches from the Twenty20 Big Bash
League, while Foxtel would have rights to broadcast every ball bowled, simulcasting what is on free - to - air, and taking 50 over one day and Twenty20 international
matches exclusively.
It isn't enough to simply get
Under 21 games and a few cup
matches with the first team, because those fixtures don't necessarily offer players the true physicality, feel and experience of playing in the Premier
League.
Manchester City's midweek defeat to Barcelona in the Champions
League means that, after winning their first 10 games
under Pep Guardiola, the title favourites are now without a victory in four
matches.
Wenger and the Gunners will be expecting a spirited showing from Swansea in their first
match under new manager Bob Bradley, but they are still on a terrible run of six Premier
League games without a win and in none of those games have they kept a clean sheet, conceding 12 goals while Arsenal have scored 14 in our last five.
This will be Arsenal's last chance of silverware this season, having fizzled out of the Premier
League title race, and will likely be
under more pressure than our rivals, but form generally goes out the window in these sorts of
matches.
spurs play good football
under pochetino they are fast on the counter, their pressing is effective (remember z city
match) if i'm not wrong this season they coincide few goals they have good defense in the
league.
The 19 - year old has been starring for the Arsenal
under 21 side recently but as reported by the Daily Express, he was resigned to using our pre-season traing and
matches to force his way back into the manager's plans for the Premier
League squad.
25 - year - old Hammers star left Ipswich Town for Upton Park in July 2014 and hasn't missed a Premier
League match since and has been in fine form
under new boss Slaven Bilic.
He's played less than a handful of CL games, never touched the international stage, and has 20 good
matches under his belt in the premier
league.
The 21 year old was a key player in Spain's recent European
Under 21 Championship triumph in Israel and is likely to leave his La Rosaleda side this summer and must now decide between a move to the Bernabeu and a move to Man City where he could reunite with his former Malaga boss Manuel Pellegrini, assuming of course that the Premier
League side are willing to
match the offer made by Real Madrid.
The American
league is in full swing, for one thing, and our very
under strength squad of not
match ready players managed to beat the best of them, something that the Ox told Arsenal Media that he thinks was a big shock to the All - Stars side which included massive talents like Andrea Pirlo, David Villa and our long time nemesis Didier Drogba.
«If we can keep him fit and he can get plenty of Premier
League matches and international
matches under his belt,» added Hodgson, «at his young age we think we've got a good player going forward.»
Keep both, use chambers for Europa and use holding for
league matches, it's going to be a long season, chambers is not as bad as people think, there is a reason we payed 16m for him, if not loan chambers, benching him won't help his development, he's even ahead of holding in the
under 21..
Joining city would have assured a
league medal but assurance of starting every
match under pep would be highly unlike.
It is only at Arsenal
under Wenger that we played a whole
match in the Champions
League without a single shot fired.
In his second season,
under a burgeoning Pep Guardiola and the renaissance he would bring, Henry would find his feet with 26 goals in 42
matches acquiring La Liga, Copa Del Rey and his much coveted Champions
League trophy.
He should be rotated, give him every
match in FA Cup and Europa
League, build his fitness for a season, rotate him for smaller
matches in EPL and he will reach his prime if he gets an injury free season
under his belt
As you'll know by now — unless of course you've been living
under a rock — Liverpool take on Manchester United today in one of the most keenly anticipated
matches of the Premier
League season.
This
match will give Wenger a record 811 Premier
League games
under his belt, and let's hope we make it a happy one by beating the Baggies by 3 - 1...
With Alex Iwobi most recently making the transition from the
Under 21's to the first team, Zelalem is more than likely to be in with a chance of being included at the very least in some
match day squads next year, especially in the earlier rounds of the
league cup competitions.
Still, Pennant found some of the best form of his career
under Benitez during his time at Liverpool, and notably gave a man - of - the -
match display for the club during their 2007 Champions
League final defeat to AC Milan.
Back in September the
under - fire Blues boss suggested his team was lacking any «serial champions» after losing three of their opening seven Premier
League matches.
Downing was a virtual ever present last term
under Kenny Dalglish but thus far this term has started just one Premier
League match and Rodgers probably wouldn't stand in the England man's way if he were keen on a move back to Middlesbrough, the side he represented for eight years prior to his move to Villa Park in the summer of 2009.
The last time Arsenal went to Old Trafford for a Premier
League match we were full of optimism as Manchester United were not only struggling in general for form
under Louis van Gaal but were going through a bit of an injury crisis.
The 24 year - old is set to return to the senior playing squad for the Premier
League tie with Sunderland this weekend, having survived his way through three
Under - 21
matches over the past two weeks.
I do not think that we can ignore the fact that Arsenal were
under the cosh from the start of our Champions
League match away to Bayern Munich last night.
Wenger famously guided his side, regularly considered the «Invincibles», to finish the 2003 - 04 season without losing a single
league match, but despite such a feat, has come
under criticism from a small section of fans in recent years.
Although it will be incredibly difficult to ever
match his contributions on the pitch, it's vitally important for a former club legend, like Henry, to publicly address his concerns regarding the direction of this club... regardless of those who still feel that Henry has some sort of agenda due to the backlash he received following earlier comments he made on air regarding Arsenal, he has an intimate understanding of the game, he knows the fans are being hosed and he feels some sense of obligation, both professionally and personally, to tell it like he sees it... much like I've continually expressed over the last couple months, this team isn't evolving
under this current ownership / management team... instead we are currently experiencing a «stagnant» phase in our club's storied history... a fact that can't be hidden by simply changing the formation or bringing in one or two individuals... this team needs fundamental change in the way it conducts business both on and off the pitch or it will continue to slowly devolve into a second tier club... regardless of the euphoria surrounding our escape act on Friday evening, as it stands, this club is more likely to be fighting for a Europa
League spot for the foreseeable future than a top 4 finish... we can't hope for the failures of others to secure our place in the top 4, we need to be the manufacturers of our own success by doing whatever is necessary to evolve as an organization... if Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke can't take the necessary steps following the debacle they manufactured last season, their removal is imperative for our future success... unfortunately, I strongly believe that either they don't know how to proceed in the present economic climate or they are unwilling to do whatever it takes to turn this ship around... just look at the current state of our squad, none of our world class players are
under contract beyond this season, we have a ridiculous wage bill considering the results, we can't sell our deadwood because we've mismanaged our personnel decisions and contractual obligations, we haven't properly cultivated our younger talent and we might have become one of the worst clubs ever when it comes to way we handle our transfer business, which
under Dein was one of our greatest assets... it's time to get things right!!!
After that, however, Arsenal go to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea after the opening Europa
League match at home to the German side Cologne, so it would have been good for us to get more from the opening three games than just three points as we are now
under serious pressure to not lose touch with the teams at the top before the season has really got going.
I get the reason for Arsene Wenger bringing up the last time Arsenal faced our Champions
League opponents Barcelona at the Emirates Stadium, as we did beat them 2 - 1 despite being
under the cosh for a lot of the
match.
Correction Arseman, Arsenal won the title
under Graham in 1990 — 91 losing only one
match He also won the FA Cup and
League Cup double in 1993, and the European Cup Winners» Cup in 1994.
Meanwhile, either side of the weekend, the Blues»
Under - 19s are facing the biggest
matches of their careers to date at the 2018 UEFA Youth
League finals tournament in Nyon.
Arsenal's
under - 19 side won their UEFA Champions
League Youth
match agains Napoli, with Austin Lipman the star.
KEY FACT: Swansea City have only lost one of their last seven Premier
League meetings with Everton
MATCH ODDS: Swansea 8/5 Draw 9/4 Everton 2/1 bet365 Pick:
Under 2.5 goals @ 3/5 ANDY SAYS: I can see Swansea doing enough here to claim the win... 2 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: I believe Everton have almost downed tools, home win for me... 2 - 0 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Jordan Ayew is on form and one to watch
KEY FACT: In Liverpool's only previous PL visit to London Stadium they won 4 - 0 to record their biggest away
league victory at West Ham
MATCH ODDS: West Ham 4/1 Draw 3/1 Liverpool 8/13 bet365 Pick:
Under 4.5 cards 8/13 ANDY SAYS: Easy win for Liverpool here, don't say how West Ham will compete... 0 - 3 GRAEME SAYS: West Ham need to get something I think they might claim a point... 1 - 1 SILKY SAYS: Hard one but I believe that Liverpool will land the win... 1 - 2 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Just under # 2, Mo Salah is a great
Under 4.5 cards 8/13 ANDY SAYS: Easy win for Liverpool here, don't say how West Ham will compete... 0 - 3 GRAEME SAYS: West Ham need to get something I think they might claim a point... 1 - 1 SILKY SAYS: Hard one but I believe that Liverpool will land the win... 1 - 2 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Just
under # 2, Mo Salah is a great
under # 2, Mo Salah is a great deal
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
Wenger and his side are
under serious pressure having lost four of their last five
league games and six of their last nine
matches in all competitions.
Wigan reached the FA Cup semi-finals and Championship play - offs
under Rosler last term but made a poor start to this season, winning just three of their first 17
league matches.
Liverpool take on Manchester City in the final Premier
League match of 2016 on Saturday evening and Jordan Henderson attempts to explain the rush of walking out
under the Anfield floodlights.
KEY FACT: Newcastle have won only three points from their last 57 available in the Premier
League against Man City
MATCH ODDS: Newcastle 12/1 Draw 23/4 Man City 1/4 bet365 Pick: Man City to win and Both Teams to Score @ 8/5 ANDY SAYS: Have to go with City, don't see Newcastle testing them too much... 0 - 3 GRAEME SAYS: Has to be an away win, but might not be as easy as some think... 0 - 2 SILKY SAYS: Comfortable City victory — easy three points for me... 0 - 4 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow:
Under # 4 — why isn't Kevin De Bruyne higher?
KEY FACT: Jose Mourinho has lost none of his 11 Premier
League meetings with Sam Allardyce
MATCH ODDS: Everton 9/2 Draw 5/2 4/5 bet365 Pick:
Under 2.5 goals @ 8/13 ANDY SAYS: Close one here and I think Everton will get something... 1 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: Not sure I see Everton winning this, they should get a point though... 2 - 2 SILKY SAYS: Has to be United for me, I think they will win here and win well... 0 - 3 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Jesse Lingard just inside the top - 100 and worth a watch
KEY FACT: Burnley are unbeaten in their last four
league matches played on New Year's Day
MATCH ODDS: Burnley 13/2 Draw 7/2 Liverpool 1/2 bet365 Pick: Liverpool to win & Over 2.5 goals @ 5/4 ANDY SAYS: Tough game for Liverpool here but they should take the win... 0 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: I don't see Liverpool not winning here... 0 - 2 SILKY SAYS: Burnley won't be easy to beat but should be three away points... 1 - 2 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Sadio Mane at
under # 3 looks a huge bargain