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Old School Meets New School
Time is just about out for Norwich City to salvage this season and stay in the Premier League. The team enters the penultimate week of the season second to last in the league and needing to beat out both Sunderland and Newcastle to stay up. By all accounts, that might be getting at least seven points from these last three matches, and even that might not cut it....
Normally speaking when you talk about games which flat out don't mean anything to anyone, bettors and sports fans steer clear, knowing that the results could be wildly unpredictable. On Saturday though, fans of all sports – soccer lovers or not – should tune in and watch Leicester City against Everton....
Tottenham will be hoping to still have a Premier League championship to go chase by the time it gets on the field on Monday night. Should Leicester City claim all three points at Manchester United on Sunday, the EPL race will be over with, and the Spurs can go back to solely focusing in on locking up a spot in the Champions League next year....
It's already been a huge week for Manchester City. The team managed a draw in the first leg of its home-and-home series with Real Madrid in the UCL semifinals to give it a real chance to get to the finale. However, all of that good work would go to waste if points were punted in what should be a winnable match against Southampton....
After starting the year as a favorite to get relegated and a 5,000 to 1 longshot to win the Premier League, Leicester City is on the verge of a championship. The Foxes need three points on the road against Manchester United to clinch their first ever championship....
Sunday afternoon can be a crucial day for Swansea City and Liverpool. The Swans need three points to ensure safety for next season in the Premier League once and for all, while Liverpool will need three in order to have any sort of shot of claiming a spot in European soccer next season....
Norwich City is officially up against it. The Canaries have spent much of the Premier League season on the right side of the drop zone, but with just three matches left, they'd be back in the Championship if the season ended today. Their chances of getting anything out of this match on the road at Arsenal are slim, but Alex Neil's side surely will be fighting with everything its got....
Monday's match for Tottenham Hotspur will feel a lot different depending upon what Leicester City does over the weekend. If the Foxes drop points in that match, White Hart Lane is surely going to be buzzing with a chance to get back within perhaps two or three points of the leaders.Either way, West Brom really feels like nothing but a sacrificial lamb here against a team which is playing great soccer at the moment and has a lot of momentum going for it....
Sunderland is still fighting for its right to stay in the Premier League, but it has a ways to go in order to hop Norwich City into the white zone.This match against Arsenal is able to be had, but the Gunners still have a lot they have left to play for too with a Champions League spot still up in the air....
Manchester City has a ton of work to do just to secure a spot in the Champions League for next season. Winning matches like this one at home against Stoke City is a bit of a prerequisite as we see it, as a loss would take destiny out of the hands of the Citizens with just three left to play after this weekend....
The day is coming for Leicester City. The team needs just eight points between what it gets and what Tottenham doesn't get to clinch its first ever Premier League title. The duel at home against Swansea City should be easy, but with pressure mounting on the Foxes, nothing is a given....
It's so odd to think that AFC Bournemouth and Chelsea are only separated by three points in the middle of the Premier League table with just four weeks left to play. The Cherries will have more to play for here knowing that they'd love to prove they can stick with the big boys, but in actuality, with both teams safe for next season and neither one capable of reaching the European spots, this is all about pride....
Tottenham still has its sights set on the Premier League title, but there's a massive mountain to climb to get back in the race. In all likelihood, the Spurs will have to net all 15 possible points the rest of the way and just hope that Leicester City slips up a few times. This match at Stoke City, a team which has seven wins in 16 home fixtures this year, won't be easy, but then again, neither was a 3-0 dominance of Manchester United last weekend....
Chelsea isn't going to factor in the Premier League this year, and the best it can do at this point is playing spoiler and try to stay in the top half of the table. Manchester City has essentially been eliminated from title contention, but there's still a heated race for that fourth and final Champions League spot for next season, and the Citizens will want to make sure they snare it....
Crystal Palace earned its first win of 2016 last week against Norwich City to ultimately pull away from the relegation zone, likely once and for all. The Eagles aren't quite in the clear yet, and getting points at Arsenal would be a welcome addition to their 38-point tally....
There's still a lot left to play for in the Premier League season, not the least of which is the last couple spots available for next year's Champions League.West Ham has been that team floating under the radar all season long, and if they happen to beat Arsenal on Saturday, there's a real chance they'll crack the Top 4....
Tottenham has now fallen seven points back of Leicester City at the top of the Premier League. Now, after losing two points against Liverpool last week, the Spurs are up against it versus a Manchester United team which has to have these three points to keep pace for the Champions League spots out of the EPL this year....
Sam Allardyce has said that Sunderland "have got to beat" Leicester City if it wants to stay up in the Premier League this year. The Black Cats certainly have problems, as they're four points back of Norwich City with seven matches left to play. The leaders though, have been winning matches by every way imaginable, and they aren't going to want to let off the gas pedal at the Stadium of Light this weekend....
Manchester City's chances of winning the Premier League are finished at this point. That said, if the Citizens want to finish in the Top 4, they'd better make sure they don't punt points against West Brom at home....
Everton's 2015-16 season will likely be remembered for its disappointment, but there's still time left to turn the tide. The team has only played in 29 matches, two off from what most what at this juncture, and going on the road and beating Manchester United could propel the Toffees back to the top half of the table....
The coronation could be on for Leicester City. The Foxes won't be happy with a five-point lead in the Premier League, but especially if Tottenham loses at Liverpool on Saturday, they'll know that a win against Southampton on Sunday could effective wrap up the team's first top flight championship in its long history....
Tottenham still has to think it has a shot of reaching the top of the Premier League, but it might take a perfect run-in from here to get the job done. This match at Liverpool is a tough one though, especially with the Reds still clinging to European hopes....
Time is running out fast for Aston Villa in the Premier League. The drop is looming, and the Villains have to make up 12 points in seven fixtures if they want to save their status in the top flight. Chelsea though, still has slim hopes to get into the Champions League slot for next year, and we have to think it's going to be motivated to go on the road and take the three points on Saturday after the international break....
March is a time where underdogs thrive and the improbable happens. Heck, ESPN's BPI gave Arkansas-Little Rock less than a one percent chance of coming back to beat Purdue in the opening round of the tourney after being behind by 14 points with less than five minutes to play, while Middle Tennessee State was a 16.5-point underdog to a Michigan State team which was rolling right along heading into the dance....
