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With Man. City being with one hand on the cup, one may say it's a boring league. But Premier League is never boring, because its Premier. I predict a great battle for the 4 places that lead in Champions League. But this is like the battle outside the gates of “Mordor”. That's not the real battle. The real battle is in the bottom with a lot of teams struggling not to relegate. The rest of the season is gonna be amazing, even if the winner seems to be clear.
West Brom – Brighton
West Brom: Bromwich is struggling hard right now. Being without win for a very long time and breaking the curse in the cup while the were playing with Exeter (2-0), is not exactly what we call good signs. But everyone thinks it's about time to do the comeback in the league. Gibbs, Morrison and Chadli will be unavailable. Evans, Dawson and Phillips are in the run to be ready for the match
Brighton: The seagulls are not in a better position even if they played slightly good in the cup against Crystal Palace (2-1). Despite the fact that they were equalized early in the second half they pushed a lot, missed some chances, and finally got salvated late in the match. This does not reverse the fact that they won 1 match in the last 10. Brown is also injured
Verdict: West Brom is getting better day after day and in combination with the 5 goalless away fixtures of Brighton, buggies should win this one. So 1 seems good choice at 1.95
Watford – Southampton
Watford:Only 1 win in last 9 matches for the hornets. Nevertheless they played attractive football against Bristol in cup and won easily 3-0. Kiko and Hughes will be missing from the team
Southampton:Even worse for the saints without winning in last 9 matches. Despite this fact, they also won Fulham in cup with 1-0 wasting a lot of chances to score. Austin will miss the match, but Soares and Hoedt will be available. It is important to be mentioned that Pelegrino is seating on a “hot seat” right now.
Verdict: With Watford expected to play high paced football there are a lot of goals to be expected in this match from both teams so over seems good choice O at 1.80
Crystal Palace – Burnley
Crystal Palace: The glaziers look like hospital. Schlupp, Townsend, Ward and Loftus – Cheek are likely impossible to be ready for the match. Dann, Sako and their captain Puncheon won't be available. The deafeat from Brighton seems to be their last problem.
Burnley:They fought in Manchester against City, but two minutes were enough to break them
They lost 1-4 and they are running six fixtures without win. They signed N'Koudou from Tottenham last days. Arfield, Ward and Wood struggle to be ready for Saturday
Verdict: Despite the great run recently Crystal Palace will have absences in the match. Burnley from the other hand stands brave in away fixtures with only two defeats with X2 seeming perfect 1.72
Newcastle – Swansea
Newcastle:They played well against Luton winning 3-1, getting some of their lost self-esteem after their moderate league presence. Elliot won't be ready for the match. So are Mitrovic, Mbemba, Lejuene and, possibly, Lascelles
Swansea:The swans had a draw with Wolves in cup, having serious problems in their attack. Carvalhal is also a new addition in the team, having a little more than two weeks in the team. Naughton, Fer, Rangel and Abraham won't play. It is difficult also for Saches.
Verdict: Difficult match to choose. I, personally, see newcastle as a winner but is clearly an unstabble match .
Chelsea – Leicester
Chelsea:After playing 3 matches every week from last days of November, the blues seems to be significantly tired. The cup match ended 0-0 with Norwitch without playing good. They also gonna have full programm until February. They also gonna play again with Arsena on Wednesday. Barkley was also added from Everton but is doubted if he will be ready
Leicester:They changed a lot against Fleetwood in the cup, but they were lucky not to be disqualified as the home team hit the crossbar in the last minutes. Despite this fact, they played well against Huddersfield on league where they won 3-0. Jamie Vardy and Christian Fuchs possibly will be available. Morgan and Simpson will be left outside
Verdict: It's gonna be a difficult match for Chelsea as they are tired and expecting Arsenal and Leiceister kept a lot of players on the bench in cup match. They are also good on counter attacks. A lot of bets can be played on this one but G/G seems the most valuable 1.90
Huddersfield – West Ham
Huddersfield :They won against Bolton (2-1) in the cup despite having a lot of changes. They added Kongolo from Monaco, who played quite well against Bolton. Craine and Lowe will be possibly left outside
West Ham:They dissapointed everyone against league one team Shrewsbury, playing with full roster, where none scored and keeping the 0-0, with Man of the Match Joe Hart (!!!!). In the league the have a good streak with one deafeat in last 7 games. Reid will probably miss the match. Cresswell, Antonio and Arnautovic must be ready.
Verdict: They seem quite quite similar opponents recently so is difficult to pick a winner. You can pick draw X which pays well 2.85
Tottenham – Everton
Tottenham :3-0 isn't so easy as it seems against Wimbledon, as Harry Kane gave the solution for the Spurs. They also dissapointed against West Ham in league (1-1). Rose and Alderweireld will miss the match
Everton:They played hard against Liverpool in the cup, they fought but in the end the lost 2-1. They played well that's for sure. Tosun (added from Besiktas) will be available, so as Gueye. Doubts for Keane.
Verdict: The 1.20 they give for Tottenham seems unrealistic this period of time. So, if you like the risk X2 stands tall at 3.60, as Everton seems very stable right now
We wish you good luck whatever you may chose.!
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