Chelsea to rule London ?

Round 3 of the Premiership brings us the London derby between high flying Chelsea and the surprisingly lackluster Spurs. Chelsea will be looking to maintain their 100% record in the Scolari era, while Tottenham will try to get rid of that embarrassing zero in their total-points column. BetUknow community and its top predictors are quite certain that The Blues will win the match and stay at the top. Still, this is not as straightforward as it may seem, as only 50% of the community top 20 differently. In other words, 50% of the top 20 predictors think Spurs will come out with something from this match.

In another match Aston Villa are facing the unimpressive Liverpool at the Villa Park. Liverpool will try to stay at the top which will be a difficult task considering the omission of skipper Steven Gerrard due to an injury. Rafa would have been glad to have Gareth Barry’s services now…. BetUknow community suggests Xavi Alonso and Mascherano will manage to fill the void left by Gerrard, overcoming the battling Villains. They say Aston Villa’s home advantage will not be enough to help them recover from the defeat to Stoke. They say Liverpool will win. Now all that is left is to see whether they know their football or not.

Premiership - Round 2

Manchester City are facing West Ham for their first home match this season. Things haven't been good so far for The Citizens after suffering a 4-2 defeat against Aston Villa in their season opener and losing their first UEFA cup match 1-0 at home. This is probably the result of the turmoil amongst Manchester City board, due to Shinawatra issue.
At the same time, The Hammers’ injury list just keeps on going, with Ferdinand, Dyer, Bellamy, Spector and Gabbidon making only a part of it. Alan Curbishley can only hope Dean Ashton will maintain his sharp form of last week opener against Wigan.
BetUknow community suggests a draw while the community's top predictors are divided between a draw and a win for The Citizens.
At another match Chelsea meets Wigan at the JJB stadium. According to the community, Chelsea's great form should allow them to win the match without any troubles. The community's top predictors suggest Chelsea will win, but a draw is also a reasonable option.

Hooray ….The Premier League is back!

After a very annoying summer, with too much talking of Ronaldo, Barry, Robinho and Berbatov sagas, we are back in business. Finally it is time to stop the talking and start playing.
Since I have nothing to lose, let me start my first post of the season with my prediction for the Premiership final standings:
1. Manchester United
2. Chelsea
3. Liverpool
4. Arsenal
5. Tottenham


18. Hull
19. Fulham
20. Stoke
Our first preview of the season concerns Man United and Newcastle, playing at Old Trafford on Sunday. Perhaps it was the bluntness of his attacking force in The Community Shield which urged Sir Alex to buy another striker, but although Berbatov is yet to sigh, BetUknow members don't think it will cost them the match. 77% of the community believes the champions will win their first match of the season.
Runner-ups Chelsea are facing Portsmouth at the Bridge for their first match of the season. 66% of the community chose to put their money on Chelsea as they can’t see renewed Pompey causing any sort of an upset.
In general, BetUknow community sees the home teams winning their first matches. This does not include newly promoted Hull and Middlesbrough. The community sees these team suffering home defeats to Fulham and Tottenham, respectively.
Let the games begin!