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Arsenal vs Watford Preview Arsenal go into this one on the back of four straight Premier League victories while fourth-placed Watford are searching for their first win in three. The Gunners beat Brentford 3-1 in the Carabao Cup in midweek as Watford lost 4-2 on penalties after a 2-2 draw with Spurs A rsenal defender Sokratis is now available for selection following a dead leg, but Emile Smith Rowe is a doubt. Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Konstantinos Mavropanos and Laurent Koscielny all remain out injured. Watford defender Christian Kabasele will be able to play as the red card he received during Wednesday's Carabao Cup tie against Tottenham Hotspur has been rescinded. Arsenal have won eight of their 10 PL meetings with Watford, but the two defeats have come in the last three meetings between the sides. Watford have picked up three victories in their last six matches against Arsenal in all competitions. An interesting statistic - Arsenal's last home ...

  Premier League Matchweek 7 Preview Saturday 29th October West Ham vs Man Utd    Arsenal vs Watford   Everton vs Fulham  Huddersfield vs Tottenham   Man City vs Brighton    Newcastle vs Leicester    Wolves vs Southampton    Chelsea vs Liverpool    Sunday 30th September Cardiff vs Burnley    Monday 1 st  October  Bournemouth vs Crystal Palace There are certainly some interesting ties this weekend, most certainly a repeat of Chelsea vs Liverpool, this time at Stamford Bridge. The Blue's won the midweek Carabao Cup tie 2-1, following a wonder goal by Eden Hazard.  Fresh off the back from their penalty loss to Frank Lampard and his Derby side, United travel to London Stadium to face a revived West Ham team. The Hammers won 8-0 in their midweek fixture and are unbeaten in their last 3 fixtures....

Premier League Games - 22/23rd September  Fulham vs Watford Burnley vs AFC Bournemouth C Palace vs Newcastle Cardiff vs Man City Leicester vs Huddersfield Liverpool vs Southampton Man Utd vs Wolves Brighton vs Spurs West Ham vs Chelsea Arsenal vs Everton Predictions Fulham 1 vs 1 Watford Burnley 1 vs 2 AFC Bournemouth C Palace 0 vs 0 Newcastle Cardiff 0 vs 5 Man City Leicester 2 vs 1 Huddersfield Liverpool 3 vs 1Southampton Man Utd 2 vs 2 Wolves Brighton 1 vs 2 Spurs West Ham 1 vs 3 Chelsea Arsenal 2 vs 1 Everton

Arsenal  vs Vorskla Poltava Bernd Leno and Lucas Torreira are in line for their first Arsenal starts as the Gunners host Vorskla Poltava in their Europa League game on Thursday at 20:00.   Unai Emery won the competition three times with Sevilla - is expected to make a whole heap of changes, with Bernd Leno yet to feature for the Gunners since his summer move from Bayer Leverkusen. Lucas Torreira may also be given his chance to impress, with Emery adding that any of the players who start on Thursday could be in line to feature against Everton on Sunday.  Arsenal were the losing semi-finalists in the Europa League to eventual winners Atletico Madrid in last seasons campaign, but Vorskla Poltava manager Vasyl Sachko says his side are capable of getting a win. "Our club is writing history, writing history for our city and that is a huge honour for us," he said. "We haven't come here just for a stroll in the park, we understand that Arsenal are the favouri...

Thursday 20th September Europa League Matchday 1 Preview  Britain have 4 hopes of winning silverware in the Europa League this season, with 2 clubs from England, and 2 from Scotland.  England's hopes currently begin with Arsenal and Chelsea, but we could see other English teams drop into the competition through the Champions League 3rd place, and  Scottish hopes rest on the Glasgow clubs Celtic and Rangers Todays Games Akhisar Belediye vs Krasnodar Besiktas vs Sarpsborg Dynamo Kiev vs Astana Genk vs Malmo FF Lazio vs Apollon Limassol MOL Vidi FC vs BATE Borisov Marseille vs Eintracht Frankfurt PAOK Salonika vs Chelsea Rapid Wien vs Spartak Moscow Rennes vs FK Jablonec Sevilla vs Standard Liege Villarreal vs Rangers AEK Larnaca vs FC Zurich Arsenal vs Vorskla Poltava Celtic vs Rosenborg Dinamo Zagreb vs Fenerbahce F91 Dudelange vs AC Milan FC Copenhagen vs Zenit St. Petersburg FC Spartak Trinov...

Wednesday 19/9 Champions League Schedule  Ajax vs  AEK Athens Shakhtar Donetsk vs  Hoffenheim BSC Young Boys Bern vs  Manchester United Benfica vs  Bayern Munich FC Viktoria Plzen vs  CSKA Moscow Manchester City vs  Lyon Real Madrid vs  Roma Valencia vs  Juventus Manchester City vs Lyon City come into this seasons Champions League as favourites to win the competition.  They kickoff their campaign against French side Lyon at the Etihad, hoping to start with a win.  The Premier League champions will however, be without Pep Guardiola who is serving a touchline ban at the Etihad Stadium after his sending off in last season's quarter-final against Liverpool.  Mikel Arteta, will be in charge of the team on Wednesday night as Guardiola will not be allowed any contact with the players inside the stadium. Prediction - Man City 3-1 Lyon Young Boys vs Manchester Un...

Tuesday 18/9/18 Schedule Barcelona vs PSV Eindhoven  One of the favourites for this competition Barcelona host Dutch side PSV Eindhoven at Nou Camp. Messi and Co will be hoping to kick start their campaign with a win.  Prediction - Barcelona 4-0 PSV Inter Milan vs Tottenham Hotspur The first of England's representatives play away at Inter Milan in the first game of their 18/19 Champions League season. Kieran Trippier and Toby Alderwerield were omitted from the squad travelling to the Italian capital, and the amazing ground that is the San Siro.  Inter return to Champions League action following a six-year absence and will be  hoping that their return starts off well. Ivan Perisic and Mauro Icardi will certainly be crucial to Inter's plans, and new signing Radja Nainggolan will definitely be integral to a winning start.   Prediction - Inter 2-2 Spurs Liverpool vs Paris Saint-Germain Last season's...

Premier League Matchweek 5 - Sunday/Monday Preview Wolves vs Burnley  Wolverhampton Wanderers will look to build on a first win of the season following their last minute win at West Ham last time out, while Burnley are  sitting  in the relegation zone, still seeking their first victory. Wolves have won both of their previous Premier League meetings with Burnley, lose victories coming in the 09/10 season under Mick McCarthy. Burnley are however, unbeaten in their last four league encounters with Wolves, winning two and drawing two. Burnley have never won a Premier League away match against a promoted side,  (W0 D6 L4), which includes a 0-2 defeat to Wolves at Molineux in December 2009. Wolves are looking for a first win in 15 home matches in the Premier League (D4 L10) which would end their longest winless run at Molineux in the top flight. Prediction - Wolves 2-1 Burnley Everton vs West Ham Everton have drawn 3 and...

Premier League Matchweek 5 Preview  Tottenham vs Liverpool   Tottenham host Liverpool in Saturday's early kickoff at Wembley, and the Reds will want to continue their 100% form.  Spurs come back into the season from the international break following their defeat to Watford 2 weeks ago.  If Liverpool can make it five wins out of five, for what would be only the third time at the start of a season, then the talk about champions would begin to build. Tottenham will still hurt after their defeat at Watford, whilst Mauricio Pochettino has had to deal with numerous issues, from the malarkey surrounding their new stadium delays to Hugo Lloris’s drink-drive conviction. It could be a classic.  Prediction - Spurs 1-2 Liverpool Bournemouth vs Leicester Leicester City travel to the south coast, and the Vitality Stadium to face Bournemouth.  The Foxes haven't beaten their opponents of today in 6 Premier Leag...