Premiership Predictions

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Aston Villa v Norwich
Norwich had a very good result last weekend against Arsenal and this weekend they face their former manager Paul Lambert, who led them to two successive promotions.
Lambert and his Villa team have problems of their own, they just cant seem to score much and i keep wondering why he changed his style of play from what he used to do at Norwich. The villa owners brought him on board to do what he did at Norwich and that is create alot of chances, play an open attacking game and penetrate defense
Now he is very cautious with his play and it is costing Villa, However Villa at Villa park are not an easy task, as Norwich will find out.
Prediction: Aston Villa 2 Norwich 0

Arsenal v QPR
QPR Manager knows how to make Arsenal suffer, in his days at Blackburn, Arsenal just didnt want to face him, although this season, his QPR side seems to be giving away alot of chances, which could create a very big problem against Arsenal. The gunners have had a bad week, a loss at Norwich which i think they deserved and a loss to Shalke in Mid week which they didnt deserve. Their biggest problem at the moment is confidence and rightly said by assistant Steve Bould.
They are dying to make a comeback and recent Arsenal teams come back with bangs that is why iam fearing for QPR, if Arsenal are on song they will demolish QPR, if they are below par, then QPR will get a draw, i will go with the former.
Prediction: Arsenal 4 QPR 0

Reading v Fulham
Week in week out, i keep saying Reading is just not premier league quality. This is a game that will surely affirm this.
Having said that, Fulham are not a good away side, having won only at Wigan this season, Dimitar Barbertov is their best player for me but he also doesnt play well away from home.
This si a huge chance for Reading to pick up some valuable three points, although i will go for only one point for them
Prediction: Reading 1 Fulham 1

Stoke v Sunderland
This is a game Martin Oniell and Sunderland didnt want at the moment, considering they just cant score, can you imagine only Steven Fletcher has scored a league goal this season??
Stoke on the other hand have had all the hard fixtures you can imagine and they have gone through them with some good direct play and ofcourse more importantly picking up some points. they are at home today, as usual very hard to break down and their main striker Peter Crouch can be a handful for defenders.
I will go for a Stoke win.
Prediction: Stoke 2 Sunderland 1

Wigan v West ham
Andy Carrol and Carlton Cole both go to Wigan, to face a team for me i think is a shadow of itself. Wigan is a team that doesnt have a player who can play through the 90 minutes with urge when they are losing, for me the best player for them has been their striker Kone, he is the only one i feel can help Wigan survive, on days when he is off, Wigan will lose.
Big Sam has done a good job at West ham, i can see these days he likes the strikers to be fed the ball and he has awesome strikers, so i have a feeling Big Sam's Westham will win this tie but narrowly
Prediction: Wigan 0 West ham 1

Manchester City v Swansea
Swansea finally ended their bad run and beat Wigan last weekend but they come against a wounded City, after that embarrassing loss in Amsterdam. City has to win this game and i think they will convincingly.
I said this before and will say it again, City's problem is Roberto Machini, if he can just get a starting line up that he trusts instead of tinkering the team all the time, they would be going places. This week ofcourse he defended his decisions but i think those are excuses and am sorry he has run out them. He needs to win and for his sake i pray he starts this weekend
Prediction: Manchester City 3 Swansea 0

Everton v Liverpool
The blue side of Merseyside must be anticipating this tie with positive vibes. this is the first time in a very long time that Everton goes into this game with better statistics than Liverpool.
I was looking at the Liverpool squad and it has about 6 players that will play the Merseyside derby for the first time. David Moyes, the Everton Manager knows all about this derby and considering his game policy of counter play and heavy defense deployment can keep out Raheem Sterling, who has been very exceptional and make Marroune Fellaini play his best.
The reds have had a good week and look like Brendan Rodgers ideas have started sinking in but Everton will be a bit stronger than Liverpool
Prediction: Everton 2 Liverpool 1

Newcastle v West Brom
West Brom have had an exceptional start to the premier league season but that has mainly been at home, they lost last week to Manchester city and this week they go away to Newcastle who for me i think have the most balanced team in the premier league.
they have a good player in every area on the pitch, Collocini in defense, the industrious Ben Arfa in midfield and Demba Ba, one of the most feared strikers in the premier league.
Newcastle did well to get a point at sunderland considering they were a man down and i think they will win this tie without having to tussle
Prediction: Newcastle 2 Westbrom 0

Southampton v Tottenham Hotspurs
Spurs travel to st.Mary's after a disappointing home loss against Chelsea, i will not blame them for the loss because Chelsea outplayed them especially in Midfield, probably with Gareth Bale in the team, things would have been different. Well he is going to play against the Saints and the worry for them is they let in too many goals.
Southampton has good attacking players and play beautiful attacking football but their defense is too naive. Spurs will take advantage of this and win this game
Prediction: Southampton 1 Tottenham 3

Chelsea v Manchester United
This is arguably the biggest game this weekend. The two best teams in the league go against each other with each knowing a loss of points could prove a gateway for the other.
Chelsea have an amazing attacking quartet of Mata, Oscar, Hazard and Torres but United have the best strike force in the premier league for me, Rooney, Van Persie and Welbeck are all on fire.
This is going to be an interesting tie..so who will win it?? Chelsea have beaten Arsenal and Spurs away already and seem like no one can stop them but United loves these games and they usually do well against teams that feel they cant be stopped combined with Sir Alex Ferguson's premier league experience, i see a United win.
Prediction: Chelsea 1 Manchester United 3