We're back after a dull international break with only the bitching and banning of the Brazilian players by FIFA bringing any interest to the proceedings.
It looks like however, that Brazil have dropped their complaints and the players from Brazil, including Leeds' superstar Raphinha will be allowed to play in the huge match between Leeds and Liverpool on Sunday.
What else is going on today? Oh, only Ronaldo making his second debut for scum. He's 36, and the premier league is a harder, faster league than the Italian or Spanish league, so my prediction is a huge damp squib. £480,000 a week, a reduction from the £663,000 he was on at Juventus. It genuinely makes me sick.
But first, let's take a look at today's game between...
@nathen007's Prediction
Chelsea are sitting pretty with seven from a possible nine, leaving them in fourth place with only the draw with Liverpool blotting their copybook but that was still a very impressive performance for a team down to ten men and you could argue they were much the better side when they still had eleven players on the field.
Looks like Silva will be able to play after all and Lukaku will be back, but Kante and Pulisic are still out through injury.
Villa are just trying to settle down after all the huge personnel changes recently and this won't be helped by the loss of Emi Martinez and Buendia due to quarantine rules.
The loss of Jack Grealish doesn't seem to have affected them too much and they have been solid rather than spectacular in their first 3 games with Danny Ings been a stand-out performer. Still, it's going to be a tough ask to get anything from this game with the Tuchel rejuvenated Chelsea looking like real contenders this years.
Prediction: Chelsea 2 : 0 Aston Villa - First goal scorer: Lukaku
Simply write the name of the FIRST GOALSCORER and the CORRECT SCORE as a comment. The competition closes 5 minutes before kick-off which is 17.30 BST (16.30 UTC)
The Small Print
In the first goal scorer competition, own goals do not count. In the correct score competition, it's the score after 90mins. Extra time and penalties do not count and the pot for each competition will roll over if there is no winner. If more than one person chooses the same first goal scorer or correct score, the prize is shared, and everyone gets a little upvote! It seems I also need to add, one entry per person. Don't forget the new rule that only people with a rep of 50 or above are eligible to enter unless they have been approved. The bonus will be added to any winnings ONLY if Leeds United win and/or Man U lose and all pay-outs will never exceed 50% of post pay-out. Other bonuses are paid out at my discretion.
And the Winners Were...
I did all that in my last post that seemed to pass everyone by but for this weekend...
HOW ABOUT A QUADRUPLE POT?
Here's the deal. If Man. U LOSE, I will double the pot. When Leeds win, I will double the pot. If Man.U lose AND Leeds win, I quadruple the pot!
Everything to play for gang!
It's good to be back with the EPL and so I'm hoping for a good turnout today. Have a great weekend, gang and thanks for playing along.