Friday 25 October 2013

Football Predictions weekend commencing 25th October 2013

The Premier League pushes on with full throttle as we have another action packed weekend ahead of us!
 
Ian Holloway parted company with Crystal Palace this week in what has been a pretty disastrous start to the campaign - only Sunderland can boast a worse record who incidentally, also parted company with their manager a few weeks back. Holloway's departure seems more of a mutual decision compared to di Canio's outright sacking but it still highlights the huge pressures these managers are under to get that result. Their first game under the post Holloway era couldn't be any more difficult, coming up against Premier League leaders, Arsenal, at Selhurst Park. Sometimes when a manager leaves you often get an instant reaction from the players - sadly for Palace, I can't see that happening here as their squad is simply just not good enough. If Fulham can stick four goals past them I'd dread to think what Arsenal can do.
 
Everton have been quietly going about their business and have not really been mentioned as top four material this season, especially in the wake of Moyes' departure. But Martinez has been getting them playing some decent football and with only one loss to their name they're also hard to beat. The travel to an Aston Villa side who do look a more solid side than last season but proved more needs to be done after their loss to Spurs last week. They did look a lot better when Benteke came on and if he manages a full 90 minutes could cause some problems, but Predictor forecasts a marginal Everton win.  West Brom have had a respectable start to the season, currently lying mid table, however, they travel to an in form Liverpool side that are currently lying third. West Brom will put up a decent fight but Liverpool will probably be a little too strong, especially at Anfield - home win.
Manchester United are struggling, there's no doubt about that and this weekend they host a Stoke side who are on a poor run of form, even by their standards. United came away with a midweek Champions League victory against Real Sociedad, the weaker of the four Spanish Champions League clubs, but it still didn't seem particularly convincing. The main thing they need this weekend is just the three points, it doesn't matter about the performance at the moment. If they can put on a string of decent results and get themselves back in the Champions League mix, then they can get some confidence back and the performances will come. Last season this would've been a convincing victory, however, only a marginal win is expected.

This weekend sees the first Tyne-Wear derby of the season but Sunderland's form has been nothing short of awful.  Gus Poyet had his first game in charge last weekend and found out what a huge job he's got on his hands.  I don't think this will be a quick turn around and although Newcastle haven't had the best of starts but under current form they should still be too strong for a very poor Sunderland side - away win.

Sunday brings the flagship match of the weekend as Manchester City host Chelsea a chance take a big scalp.  Both teams had positive results in the Champions League midweek and have won their last two league games.  A win for either team could potentially put them top depending on other results but the home advantage seems to be the tipping point.  Close affair but a marginal win for Chelsea is forecast.  The last match of the weekend is at White Hart Lane as Spurs host Hull City.  Spurs come off a good win against Aston Villa last weekend, however, newly promoted Hull City have had a decent start to the season, currently sitting mid table.  Spurs have won five games this season but most by small margins, so they're only predicted a marginal win.

So my top tips this weekend are wins for Arsenal, Atletico Madrid, Twente and Ajax - they all look like sure winners.  The longer shots which seem like good value for money are away wins for Evian TG, Verona against Inter Milan, Livorno and Crotone of the Italian League.

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Enjoy...!




Time Day League Home Team Prediction Away team
12:45 Sat Eng Prem Crystal Palace  AAAAA Arsenal 
15:00 Sat Eng Prem Aston Villa  A Everton 
15:00 Sat Eng Prem Liverpool  H West Bromwich … 
15:00 Sat Eng Prem Manchester United  H Stoke City 
15:00 Sat Eng Prem Norwich City  D Cardiff City 
17:30 Sat Eng Prem Southampton  H Fulham 
13:30 Sun Eng Prem Sunderland  AAA Newcastle United 
16:00 Sun Eng Prem Chelsea  H Manchester City 
16:00 Sun Eng Prem Swansea City  H West Ham United 
16:00 Sun Eng Prem Tottenham Hotspur  H Hull City 
19:45 Fri Eng Champ Middlesbrough  D Doncaster Rovers 
12:15 Sat Eng Champ Barnsley  D Sheffield Wedn… 
12:30 Sat Eng Champ Huddersfield Town  D Leeds United 
15:00 Sat Eng Champ Blackpool  H Blackburn Rovers 
15:00 Sat Eng Champ Bolton Wanderers  A Ipswich Town 
15:00 Sat Eng Champ Derby County  HH Birmingham City 
15:00 Sat Eng Champ Burnley  H Queens Park Ra… 
15:00 Sat Eng Champ Yeovil Town  AAA Nottingham Forest 
15:00 Sat Eng Champ Reading  HHH Millwall 
15:00 Sat Eng Champ Leicester City  HH AFC Bournemouth 
15:00 Sun Eng Champ Charlton Athletic  D Wigan Athletic 
19:45 Mon Eng Champ Brighton & Hov…  AA Watford 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 1 Carlisle United  H Bristol City 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 1 Bradford City  AAA Wolverhampton … 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 1 Walsall  H Coventry City 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 1 Notts County  A Preston North End 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 1 Leyton Orient  HHH Rotherham United 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 1 Tranmere Rovers  AA Milton Keynes Dons 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 1 Port Vale  H Gillingham 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 1 Sheffield United  D Crewe Alexandra 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 1 Brentford  H Shrewsbury Town 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 1 Colchester United  AAAA Peterborough U… 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 1 Oldham Athletic  A Swindon Town 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 1 Stevenage  A Crawley Town 
14:00 Sat Eng Lge 2 Northampton Town  A Cheltenham Town 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 2 Bristol Rovers  AA Chesterfield 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 2 Scunthorpe United  A Hartlepool United 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 2 Dagenham & Red…  A Rochdale 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 2 Exeter City  D Burton Albion 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 2 AFC Wimbledon  A Oxford United 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 2 Morecambe  HH Accrington Stanley 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 2 York City  AA Fleetwood Town 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 2 Wycombe Wanderers  HH Bury 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 2 Torquay United  AA Portsmouth 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 2 Mansfield Town  HH Plymouth Argyle 
15:00 Sat Eng Lge 2 Newport County  D Southend United 
19:45 Fri Sco Prem Ross County  A Inverness CT 
15:00 Sat Sco Prem Dundee United  H St. Mirren 
15:00 Sat Sco Prem Hibernian  D Aberdeen 
15:00 Sat Sco Prem Kilmarnock  HH Heart of Midlo… 
12:45 Sun Sco Prem Partick Thistle  AAAA Celtic 
16:05 Sun Sco Prem St. Johnstone  A Motherwell 
19:30 Fri Fra Lig 1 Nantes  D Lille 
16:00 Sat Fra Lig 1 Olympique Mars…  D Reims 
19:00 Sat Fra Lig 1 Bastia  A Nice 
19:00 Sat Fra Lig 1 Guingamp  HH Ajaccio 
19:00 Sat Fra Lig 1 Lorient  D Sochaux 
19:00 Sat Fra Lig 1 Toulouse  H Rennes 
19:00 Sat Fra Lig 1 Valenciennes  A Evian TG 
13:00 Sun Fra Lig 1 Bordeaux  D Montpellier 
16:00 Sun Fra Lig 1 Monaco  HHH Olympique Lyonnais 
20:00 Sun Fra Lig 1 Saint-Étienne  AAA PSG 
19:00 Fri Fra Lig 2 Arles  A Dijon 
19:00 Fri Fra Lig 2 Créteil  HH CA Bastia 
19:00 Fri Fra Lig 2 Le Havre  H Brest 
19:00 Fri Fra Lig 2 Metz  HH Angers 
19:00 Fri Fra Lig 2 Nîmes  D Châteauroux 
19:00 Fri Fra Lig 2 Niort  D Istres 
19:00 Fri Fra Lig 2 Tours  HHH Laval 
19:00 Fri Fra Lig 2 Troyes  HH Auxerre 
13:00 Sat Fra Lig 2 Caen  HH Nancy 
19:30 Mon Fra Lig 2 Clermont  H Lens 
19:30 Fri Ger B'sliga Stuttgart  HH Nürnberg 
14:30 Sat Ger B'sliga Bayern München  HHH Hertha BSC 
14:30 Sat Ger B'sliga Schalke 04  AA Borussia Dortmund 
14:30 Sat Ger B'sliga Bayer Leverkusen  HHHH Augsburg 
14:30 Sat Ger B'sliga Hannover 96  HH Hoffenheim 
14:30 Sat Ger B'sliga Mainz 05  H Eintracht Brau… 
17:30 Sat Ger B'sliga Wolfsburg  D Werder Bremen 
14:30 Sun Ger B'sliga Freiburg  A Hamburger SV 
16:30 Sun Ger B'sliga Borussia M'gla…  H Eintracht Fran…
17:30 Fri Ger 2 B'sliga Greuther Fürth  HHH Ingolstadt 
17:30 Fri Ger 2 B'sliga St. Pauli  H Sandhausen 
17:30 Fri Ger 2 B'sliga Arminia Bielefeld  AAA Köln 
12:00 Sat Ger 2 B'sliga Fortuna Düsseldorf  H Paderborn 
12:00 Sat Ger 2 B'sliga FSV Frankfurt  H Aalen 
12:30 Sun Ger 2 B'sliga Union Berlin  HHHH Erzgebirge Aue 
12:30 Sun Ger 2 B'sliga Dynamo Dresden  D Energie Cottbus 
12:30 Sun Ger 2 B'sliga Karlsruher SC  D 1860 München 
19:15 Mon Ger 2 B'sliga Bochum  AA Kaiserslautern 
17:00 Sat Ita Ser A Sampdoria  A Atalanta 
19:45 Sat Ita Ser A Internazionale  A Hellas Verona 
11:30 Sun Ita Ser A Napoli  HHH Torino 
14:00 Sun Ita Ser A Bologna  A Livorno 
14:00 Sun Ita Ser A Catania  D Sassuolo 
14:00 Sun Ita Ser A Chievo  AA Fiorentina 
14:00 Sun Ita Ser A Juventus  HH Genoa 
14:00 Sun Ita Ser A Parma  D Milan 
14:00 Sun Ita Ser A Udinese  AAAA Roma 
19:45 Sun Ita Ser A Lazio  H Cagliari 
19:30 Fri Ita Ser B Reggina  D Pescara 
14:00 Sat Ita Ser B Bari  D Trapani 
14:00 Sat Ita Ser B Brescia  D Siena 
14:00 Sat Ita Ser B Carpi  A Latina 
14:00 Sat Ita Ser B Juve Stabia  AAA Empoli 
14:00 Sat Ita Ser B Palermo  HH Varese 
14:00 Sat Ita Ser B Spezia  D Modena 
14:00 Sat Ita Ser B Ternana  A Crotone 
14:00 Sat Ita Ser B Virtus Lanciano  HHH Padova 
19:30 Mon Ita Ser B Novara  AAA Cesena 
20:00 Fri Spa Prim Rayo Vallecano  D Real Valladolid 
15:00 Sat Spa Prim Málaga  H Celta de Vigo 
17:00 Sat Spa Prim Barcelona  HHHH Real Madrid 
19:00 Sat Spa Prim Elche  D Granada 
21:00 Sat Spa Prim Levante  D Espanyol 
11:00 Sun Spa Prim Sevilla  HH Osasuna 
16:00 Sun Spa Prim Villarreal  HH Valencia 
18:00 Sun Spa Prim Real Sociedad  HH Almería 
20:00 Sun Spa Prim Atlético Madrid  HHHHH Real Betis 
21:00 Mon Spa Prim Getafe  A Athletic Club 
19:00 Fri Hol Ere'div NEC  AAAA Heerenveen 
17:45 Sat Hol Ere'div ADO Den Haag  AAAAA Twente 
18:45 Sat Hol Ere'div Cambuur  D Utrecht 
18:45 Sat Hol Ere'div NAC Breda  HH Go Ahead Eagles 
19:45 Sat Hol Ere'div Ajax  HHHHH RKC Waalwijk 
11:30 Sun Hol Ere'div Roda JC  AA PSV 
13:30 Sun Hol Ere'div Feyenoord  HHH Heracles 
13:30 Sun Hol Ere'div PEC Zwolle  HH AZ 
15:30 Sun Hol Ere'div Vitesse  HH Groningen 
19:00 Fri Hol Eer Div Emmen  HHH Almere City 
19:00 Fri Hol Eer Div Willem II  D MVV 
19:00 Fri Hol Eer Div Eindhoven  HH Excelsior 
19:00 Fri Hol Eer Div Oss  A Helmond Sport 
15:30 Sat Hol Eer Div Sparta Rotterdam  H Den Bosch 
17:45 Sat Hol Eer Div Fortuna Sittard  H Achilles '29 
13:30 Sun Hol Eer Div Volendam  AAA De Graafschap 
19:00 Mon Hol Eer Div Jong PSV  D Telstar 
19:00 Mon Hol Eer Div Jong Ajax  AAA Dordrecht 
19:00 Mon Hol Eer Div Jong Twente  A VVV 
20:00 Sat USA MLS Philadelphia Union  A Sporting KC 
21:00 Sat USA MLS Toronto  A Montreal Impact 
22:30 Sat USA MLS SJ Earthquakes  H Dallas 
03:30 Sun USA MLS Chivas USA  AAA Portland Timbers 
17:30 Sun USA MLS DC United  AA Houston Dynamo 
20:00 Sun USA MLS Columbus Crew  D New England 
21:00 Sun USA MLS New York RB  HH Chicago Fire 
00:00 Mon USA MLS Whitecaps  D Colorado Rapids 
01:00 Mon USA MLS Seattle Sounders  AA LA Galaxy 
18:00 Fri Arg Prim Belgrano  H Rosario Central 
0.837 Fri Arg Prim Newell's Old Boys  H Godoy Cruz 
22:15 Fri Arg Prim Boca Juniors  HH Colón 
01:15 Sat Arg Prim Arsenal  H Gimnasia La Plata 
21:00 Mon Arg Prim Estudiantes  H Quilmes 
23:10 Mon Arg Prim Olimpo  HH Racing Club 
21:30 Sat Bra Ser A Botafogo  H Atlético Mineiro 
21:30 Sat Bra Ser A Cruzeiro  HH Criciúma 
18:00 Sun Bra Ser A Corinthians  D Santos 
18:00 Sun Bra Ser A Bahia  D Atlético PR 
18:00 Sun Bra Ser A Internacional  D São Paulo 
18:00 Sun Bra Ser A Ponte Preta  D Vasco da Gama 
18:00 Sun Bra Ser A Portuguesa  D Flamengo 
20:30 Sun Bra Ser A Fluminense  D Vitória 
20:30 Sun Bra Ser A Náutico  AAAA Goiás 
20:30 Sun Bra Ser A Coritiba  A Grêmio 
08:00 Sat Jap J Lge Sanfrecce Hiro…  D Vegalta Sendai 
04:00 Sun Jap J Lge Ventforet Kofu  D Tokyo 
04:00 Sun Jap J Lge Albirex Niigata  HH Shonan Bellmare 
07:00 Sun Jap J Lge Kashima Antlers  H Kawasaki Frontale 
07:00 Sun Jap J Lge Urawa Reds  HHH Kashiwa Reysol 
07:00 Sun Jap J Lge Júbilo Iwata  AA Shimizu S-Pulse 
07:00 Sun Jap J Lge Nagoya Grampus  H Omiya Ardija 
07:00 Sun Jap J Lge Oita Trinita  AAA Yokohama F. Ma… 
10:00 Sun Jap J Lge Sagan Tosu  AA Cerezo Osaka 

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