Happy new Premier League year

The Christmas is here and we are about to enjoy 5 straight days of English football. Due to the congestion of the matches during this period of time, good performances are the key to keep your season on track. Take Chelsea, for instance, they have to win both their matches in order to maintain the 4 points gap at the top of the table, since no less than 4 of their players will be leaving for the African Championship games.
Portsmouth must also try and win as many points as they can before the departure of Kanu, Dindane and Belhaj, while Manchester City with new manager Mancini must win in order to prove that they can truly leave Hughes' saga behind and start a new era. So in conclusion – some team will have a merry Christmas while other will… uhhh… won’t!

I chose to highlight a couple of tight and herd-to-predict matches, as you can find great odds in them:

Fulham-Tottenham (2.9/3.3/2.5) - (bwin, Expekt, Ladbrokes) It'll be interesting to see whether Tottenham can break into big 4 and continue their great form after 2 wins in a raw, one of them an impressive 3-0 over Manchester City. Still, they run into high flying Fulham, who are on a 5 match unbeaten run, and winning their last home match 3-0 over Manchester United.

Sunderland-Everton (2.4/3.4/3) - (Ladbrokes, Ladbrokes, Expekt. The Black Cats won only once in their last nine games and have slipped into 10th position. This is a huge opportunity for them to try and get back on track, showing the same skills that helped them climb up the table on couple of months ago. Still, they have a high obstacle in the form of Everton. The Toffees struggle to find their form, earning a dull home point with Birmingham a week after a huge 3-3 away draw at Chelsea. This inconsistency means they hover only 2 points above the relegation position. You don’t have to be too witty to realize that Everton must win in order to revive their Premier League inspirations

BetUknow members predict a draw in both matches. You can try and take these two bets, as one is enough in order to make some decent profit.
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This season shows that anything can happen

This season’s Premiership offers a chance for everyone. Unlike previous years, where the top 4 used to hammer every other team, this season see them concede points on regular basis. Last weekend saw Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool lose points on home soil. If that wasn’t enough, the midweek matches saw both Chelsea and Liverpool struggle to beat much inferior opponents as Portsmouth and Wigan.
Still, in contrast to Chelsea and United, which top the table, Liverpool form not only sent them all the way down to 6th place, 5 points adrift of Aston Villa in 4th, but it also canceled Liverpool main strength of recent years – playing at Anfield. You don’t have to be rich or even too strong to take points from Liverpool at Anfield, as the draw results with Manchester City and Birmingham suggest. As long as this won’t change – Liverpool should not even dream of making it to a Champions League spot.
Still, why Rafa is pondering of how to solve this, he’ll have to wary on his Saturday trip to the south the face the rejuvenating Portsmouth. Since Avram Grant was appointed things calmed down a bit, but there is no doubt he has his work cut out for his, as Pompey’s squad lack the quality and depth. Surviving in the Premier League will be a miracle as Pompey look too weak, but if Grant want to keep this dream alive – he has to come up with something from the home match with Liverpool.

It’s not surprising to see the bookies consider Liverpool as clear favorites for this one (1.55 @ Bwin), but this season shows that anything can happen. BetUknow bettors predict Liverpool as winners, share your thoughts with us @ Betuknow

Liverpool's lost season

The 16 teams which qualified to the next round of the Champions League were determined yesterday, and the absence of Liverpool from this list is amazing, consider the relative weakness of this year’s Champions League. In recent years Rafa Benitez knew that as long he completes a good Champions League campaign will give him the support and confidence from his owners and supporters, regardless of his achievements in the Premier League.

But now, with the Champions League campaign over, Rafa will have to start and bring results from Liverpool's next matches in the Premier League. Not an easy task for a team that lies 12 points behind league leaders Chelsea, to say the least, but that’s the only way for him to save his job at Merseyside. Well, he’ll have his work cut out for him, as his next match sees Arsenal coming to Anfield.

In my opinion there is nothing Rafa can do to save this bad season. Moreover, at the moment I can't even see Liverpool finish in the top 4. The squad it too thin, the players are not good enough and, apparently, Rafa has lost his magic. A win on Sunday might be the first step in the right direction, but a defeat will probably make Rafa a dead man walking, leaving Aston Villa, Tottenham and Manchester City to fight on the 4th and last Champions League spot

BetUknow members predict that the match will end in a draw (3.25 @ Expekt). Predict the outcome of this and other Premier League matches here:
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