Premier League

Lawro's Premier League Predictions V Ufc Star Michael Bisping

... the BBC Sport Predictor game. Premier League predictions - week 21. West Ham v Crystal Palace. A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth 10 points. The exact score earns 40 points. On FA Cup third-round weekend, Lawro got nine correct results, including three perfect scores from the 32 ties for a total of 180 points. He was up against a trio of You Tubers - Manchester City fan Alex from Blue Moon Rising TV, Tottenham supporter Barnaby from Spurred On and Arsenal fan Reev. Alex came out on top, with 14 correct predictions, including three perfect scores. FA Cup leaderboard after round three. Correct result. Those scores do not count towards Lawro's total for the season from Premier League fixtures or appear on the guest leaderboard. Total scores after week 20. All kick-offs 15:00 GMT unless otherwise stated. West Ham 3-0 Crystal Palace. Lawro's prediction: 1-1. Everton v Man City (13:30 GMT). Everton have already started their shopping in the January sales and I would expect one of their new signings, Morgan Schneiderlin, to go straight into their midfield on Sunday. Manchester ...

Silva Opens Hull Premier League Career With Bournemouth Win

... against Bournemouth, falling behind in the third minute to Stanislas' penalty after Harry Maguire bundled over Ryan Fraser in the area. Hull turned the game around with a 32 nd-minute equalizer. Andrew Robertson swung over a cross to the far post and Hernandez, who was also on target in last week's FA Cup win against Swansea, headed home his first league goal since August. Momentum quickly swung Hull's way and the hosts could have gone in at the break in front, but Ryan Mason's shot was blocked by Ryan Fraser and Sam Clucas pulled his effort wide. Five minutes into the second half though, Hull went ahead. Robert Snodgrass fed Hernandez on the right edge of the area and the striker jinked inside before unleashing a thumping left-footed shot beyond goalkeeper Artur Boruc and inside the far post. Mason went close with a rising 25-yard effort ...

Mark Hughes Targeting Stoke City's Highest-ever Premier League Finish

... the scoring with a 15 th-minute strike and doubling his tally seven minutes later in style after exchanging passes with Xherdan Shaqiri and Peter Crouch. Hughes said: "Everybody is talking about it. At the time, you are always following other things, then you see it develop and you see a couple of one-twos and then all of a sudden you think, 'If we get the final pass, then it's going to be an opportunity for a goal.'. "Thankfully that's what happened. I'll enjoy looking back at the video and seeing it from start to finish. By all accounts, it was one of the better goals that we have been involved in, so that's good.". Crouch capitalised on an error by hapless keeper Vito Mannone to make it 3-0 with the 99 th Premier League goal of his career and his 50 th strike for the Potters. Peter Crouch has now scored 99 goals in Premier League play. Hughes said: "He continues to defy people who question whether or not we should have given him a contract or [ask] should he still be playing at this level. We have no doubts whatsoever. "He's only one goal away now from 100 Premier League goals, which is a really important landmark for him and I'd be very, very ...

The Best Stats And Facts From Saturday's Premier League Action

... four-plus goals in three of their last five Premier League home games. They’d only conceded four or more in three of their previous 62 league games at the Liberty Stadium. Watford 0-0 Middlesbrough. The Hornets haven’t lost to Middlesbrough in the league since October 2012, seven games without defeat (W 4 D 3). There were just three shots in the first half between Watford and Middlesbrough; the lowest first half total of the season. Watford ended a run of 10 successive Premier League games without a clean sheet, with their first shut-out since October 2016 (v Hull). Watford 0-0 Middlesbrough. In contrast, Middlesbrough have failed to score in five of their last seven Premier League games, recording just one win in that period (D 2 L 4). The Hornets have failed to score in the first half in 14 of their last 16 Premier League games. ...

Who Will Take Man Utd-liverpool Bragging Rights? Another Double For Dele Alli

... stop his former side for going four games unbeaten in the Premier League. Everton 3-0 Southampton. The world's second most expensive defender moved to the Etihad for £47.5 m in August after three seasons at Goodison Park with the clubs playing out a 1-1 draw earlier in the season during which City had two penalties saved by Maarten Stekelenburg. A win on Sunday would mark a turn in fortunes for Everton, who are winless in their last seven Premier League games against City, with Pep Guardiola's men looking to maintain their push in the top four. Everton vs Man City. Get Sky Sports Get a Sky Sports pass. Who will take bragging rights in the 50 th Premier League meeting between Man Utd and Liverpool ? (Nissan Super Sunday - Live on Sky Sports 1 HD from 3.30 pm). These two fierce rivals will meet for the 50 th time in the top flight on Super Sunday this weekend, and both sides are hitting their stride in terms of form to set up a sizzler for their gold anniversary match. Sunderland 2-2 ...

Premier League Mid-season Review

... opening up a five-point gap at the top. Flying under the radar early in the season, Chelsea kept themselves within touching distance of the top before going on a terrific 13-game winning streak, which only recently ended in a 2-0 defeat to Tottenham Hotspurs. Swift departure. Down at the wrong end of the table, the battle for survival has been fought tooth and nail with many sides still in danger of relegation at the halfway mark. The bottom three have not changed since week nine of the season, with Hull City, Swansea City and Sunderland occupying the unenviable Premier League positions. The Tigers kicked off in fine style with back-to-back wins in August but have since only claimed one victory. Swansea appointed American coach Bob Bradley in an effort to inject the team with new vigour, but the move hasn’t paid off as yet, with the Swans in 19 th position with four wins from 20 games resulting in Bradley’s swift departure from the club. Meanwhile, Sunderland have recovered somewhat after their horrific start to the campaign, but still find themselves in ...

Joey Barton Marks Premier League Return With Burnley Winner

... home area when Virgil van Dijk played a Ward-Prowse free-kick across goal and Heaton scrambled to safety. After Barton’s goal, the game finally burst into life and Heaton made impressive late saves from Ryan Bertrand and Josh Sims to guarantee three points. “You can't make it up," Dyche added on Barton's fairy tale return. "I just said to him I couldn’t write your story. It was a sublime finish, of course, he'll be telling everyone that anyway but we probably earned a scratch of luck today. “We'll see what he can add. He's just come on today and played at Sunderland in the cup. “He's experienced of course, there's a manliness to the way he goes about his performance and there's an assuredness from many years of playing top-level football around many clubs. Virgil van Dijk reacts to Southampton's defeat (Getty). “For all he ...

Fantasy Premier League Gameweek 21 Advice, Picks

... Alli's hot streak in EPL return. John Wallin. Thursday January 12 th, 2017. The following Fantasy Premier League advice is tailored toward players of Togga's Perfect XI. It's a weekly game in which every Premier League player is eligible to be selected into a 4-4-2 formation. There is no salary cap, no squad restrictions and you pick a fresh XI every week. The festive period is behind us, the transfer window is open and a handful of marquee names have departed for Africa Cup of Nations hosted by Gabon. In the Premier League, managers are turning their attention back to the run-in for the title and FPL managers should be doing the same. With most of the absences for Gameweek 21 known already, this week's Perfect XI is about selecting the names with the best matchups and highest potential; slow and steady wins many a race, but likely not your fantasy league. Selecting the Perfect XI each week isn't an easy task and even the best-laid plans can use a Plan B, so we've provided alternatives ...

Premier League Intensity May Have Surprised Pep Guardiola

... as they suffered a 2-1 home defeat to Leicester. Former Ajax and Valencia boss Koeman - who said after October's draw that City were the best team he had ever faced as a manager - is glad for the chance to bounce back in such a high-profile game. "We know we had a really big disappointment last week," the Dutchman said. "Now we have an opportunity after that defeat. "We know we need to be very good. They had a great performance last week against West Ham. But if we go face-to-face on Sunday, and we play with that aggression and pressing, then we can make it very difficult.". Everton were eliminated at home in both the FA Cup and EFL Cup this season, but Koeman has pointed out that in the league his team - seventh at the start of the weekend - have been beaten only once so far at Goodison Park, last month's 1-0 defeat to Liverpool sealed by Sadio Mane's added-time goal. "So far, we have lost one game ...

Jose Mourinho's Resurgent Manchester United Face Ailing Liverpool

... Liverpool when Jurgen Klopp's faltering side visit Old Trafford in Sunday's Premier League headline clash. United have won their last nine games in all competitions – their best run since an 11-match winning streak in early 2009 – while Liverpool are still to win a game in 2017. Mourinho's men needed an ultra-defensive performance to secure a 0-0 draw at Anfield when the teams last met in October, but three months on, his team are now firing on all cylinders. File photo of Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho. Reuters. "Because the results are better, that changes a lot of things," the United manager said. "You know, at that time I had less time of working together with my players. Now I have a little bit more,". "We know each other better, we have a certain way of thinking football, we have a certain way to play football,". "We don't just have good performances, we have also the happiness of the good results," Mourinho said. United's trip to Anfield fell during a troubling sequence that saw them win just twice in 11 league outings. But although they have sat in sixth place for over two months, they have closed to within five points of Liverpool, who slipped to fourth ...

Which Region Rules Epl

... club of Manchester is. The bitterest rivalry, though, is that between United and Liverpool, partly because of the history of industrial competition and partly because, in terms of trophies and global fan base, they remain the biggest two teams in England. This is a rare period of flux in which United and Liverpool are vying for supremacy; historically one has always tended to be dominant. Alli the greatest; other winners, losers from Premier League's wild holiday slate. One of the fascinations of the Premier League this season has been the meeting of six great coaches. The theory was that Manchester would become the world capital of football when Pep Guardiola renewed his rivalry with Jose Mourinho, but at the moment it’s Jurgen Klopp who is coming out on top there, with a sense that his high-octane football is more modern, more radical than that of his rivals (with the requisite concerns over the defense). In London, it can feel as though Arsene Wenger has not quite adapted to the physical demands of the modern game, while both his rivals, Chelsea's Antonio Conte and Tottenham's Mauricio Pochettino, are thoroughly modern advocates of a pressing ...