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Old School Meets New School
Matters are a little bit closer in the Premier League now than they were a couple weeks ago, but Manchester City is still the odds on favorite to claim its fifth championship in team history....
The fact that Manchester United is still in the race in the Premier League is a testament to just how strong this team is. The Red Devils are only just barely favorites on the road this Saturday, but they could be in better shape than the BPL odds suggest against Everton....
The Premier League has its newest big time manager.Liverpool will be debuting Jurgen Klopp on Saturday against Tottenham in a fixture which suddenly became significantly more interesting than it looked like it was going to be a week ago at this time....
No team has been a bigger disappointment through the first quarter of the Premier League season than has Chelsea. The defending champs were projected to be the best team in England this year, but all of a sudden, these matches against teams like Aston Villa don't seem like complete locks....
There are only two teams in the EPL who have yet to allow a goal on the road this season. Both happen to be in action on the final day of Match Day 7 on Monday, as Everton takes on West Brom at The Hawthorns....
The Capital One Cup has just 16 teams left after last week's fixtures, and the draw has been set for the fourth round of the tournament.Most of the big boys from the Premier League are left standing, and that makes this competition a really tough one to handicap the rest of the way....
Manchester City's perfect season stopped after five matches.Now all of a sudden, the Citizens could reasonably be looking at a second straight defeat when they take on Tottenham in their annual visit to White Hart Lane....
Had you told any good soccer fan at the outset of the year that Newcastle was going to be sitting without a win in its first six matches of the season and would be in the relegation zone, it probably wouldn't be all that surprising.But had you told that same fan that heading into its match at St. James' Park that Chelsea would be on just seven points and would have the second most goals conceded in the EPL, he probably would have told you to pass the hash pipe....
No team in the Premier League has given up more goals than Sunderland at 13.If the Black Cats want to survive this season, they're going to have to shore up at the back, a problem which will probably be rearing its ugly head again this week against Manchester United....
It's tough to imagine that five matches into the season, mighty Chelsea sits just two points above the relegation zone and is -5 in goal differential. The Blues got back to their winning ways with an impressive display against Maccabi Tel-Aviv on Wednesday in the Champions League though, and that might be just what the doctor ordered to get back on track in the EPL as well, starting with a date with Arsenal this Saturday....
Manchester City was a 3 to 1 second choice to win the Premier League at the start of the season.All of a sudden, just five matches in, Manuel Pellegrini and the gang are the easy odds on favorites to capture yet another EPL championship....
Outside of Manchester City, the big boys have yet to assert themselves this year in the EPL. It's still early, but there might never be a better time for a team like Swansea City to dismiss a giant like Manchester United, an opportunity of which will come on Sunday afternoon at Liberty Stadium....
Three matches without a win isn't the end of the world for most Premier League teams. It's going to happen to virtually everyone over the course of the grueling season, even the best of clubs.Unfortunately for Tottenham though, that struggle has come right at the start of the year, and it has cast a shadow of doubt over White Hart Lane that a match which initially looked to be easy against Everton might turn into a bit of a disaster....
Fatigue might already be setting in for an overmatched and undermanned Newcastle side, something which could play a huge role this weekend against Arsenal at home....
The champs still look nothing like the champs. The good news for Chelsea though, is that the team is off to mark after beating West Brom 3-2 last week on the road.The bad news? A home date with Crystal Palace looks like anything but a lock on Saturday....
Few teams across the world can boast about a better start to their season than Manchester City has had. The Citizens are not just 2-0-0, but they have outscored their foes 6-0 to start the season as well. This match against Everton won't be easy, but the visitors are rightfully favored by a comfortable margin....
The EPL season might only be two games old, but it's still hilarious to see last year's champions, Chelsea sitting right in the thick of the relegation scrap.Of course, the Blues will work their way out of trouble in no time flat, but they're already five points off the pace of the leaders this season and won't want to lose any more ground on Sunday at West Brom....
The Premier League's third match day of the season looked to be ready to end with a classic match between Liverpool and Arsenal.However, a questionable Starting XI leaves us believing that the Reds are going to be facing a tremendous uphill battle....
Manchester United might be 2-0-0 in its first two matches of the Premier League season this year, but there is definitely a concern about how the club is playing. Perhaps that will change against Newcastle, a team which has just one point to show for two matches, come Saturday....
Last season, it would have been laughable to think that Leicester City could have been favored over Tottenham. Alas, just two matches into the 2015-16 EPL season, the survivors from last year in better form than the Europa League reps, and as a result, the Foxes are actually the favored side against the Spurs....
Yes, we're still early in the season, but the opportunity is staring Manchester City in the face to take a five-point edge on defending champion, Chelsea on Sunday morning in the biggest Barclays Premier League duel of the campaign to date....
The beginning of the BPL season is always fantastic. There aren't going to be many days this year where we can boast that Crystal Palace is in the running for the Champions League while Arsenal is in the relegation zone, but heading into Match Day 2 is one of them. The Eagles have their work cut out for them if they want to avoid reverting back to the norm on Sunday....
New signee Xherdan Shaqiri hasn't played a lot of first-team soccer of late, but he'll make his Stoke City debut and could play a huge role on Saturday's crucial tilt at Tottenham....
Already early in the season, both Everton and Southampton are struggling with injuries. The two sides are off to mark this year with a draw apiece, but both will be hard-pressed to find their first win of the 2015-16 term on Saturday morning....
Tim Sherwood's Aston Villa side barely escaped relegation last year, and a plucky start to the season has many supporters thinking that this week could be a signature fixture against giant Manchester United....
