Last night, while strolling to a 5 - 0 win
over relegation favourites West Bromwich Albion, European Cup holders Manchester United set a new English record for the 1,032 minutes without conceding a goal.
Not exact matches
The football media seems to think that Crystal Palace are the clear
favourites and with Alan Pardew taking
over at Selhurst Park, it looks like it would be a positive experience and hopefuly not a tough
relegation battle.
The Clarets are one of the
favourites to suffer
relegation this season from the top flight and Chelsea will be expected to produce a comfortable win
over them at home.
It was, though,
over an opponent you would have expected Arsenal to teach a lesson or two to in
relegation favourites Blackpool, but it was nevertheless a commanding display from Arsene Wenger's players and they will look to build on their resounding Emirates victory by registering a win at a venue which may well have memories of a nightmare outing last season flooding back.
Now they have decided to pull the plug with the club firm
favourites for
relegation — BetVictor make them 2/9 to go down, which is a probability of just
over 80 %.