Quote from: Essential10 on Today at 04:38:10 AM

Liverpool and Newcastle meet in today's only Premier League match and Liverpool will have a chance to take points from top. Two consecutive defeats have seen Arsenal miss chances and in particular Arsenal suffered a major setback when they lost their last match against Fulham. However, Liverpool have drawn their last two matches at home against Manchester United and Arsenal. I think Newcastle have been out of rhythm this season, they have won just one of their last four games in the Premier League. Liverpool will be favorites considering their recent form and I don't think they can do much today at Liverpool's home ground. Looks like Liverpool will win 3-1.

In football, current form is more important than history because history can be broken by current forms of two teams in a direct match. Liverpool in this season and past season are different versions. They are stronger in this season and their latest performances are better than Newcastle United's recent performances.

These factors will be big advantage for Liverpool to find a winning and three points from an upcoming match against Newcastle United. It will be a perfect debut for Liverpool if they can win. Newcastle United are a potential competitor for top four too so if Liverpool win this direct match, they will be able to take advantage against a direct competitor for top four.

Quote from: vennali on Today at 12:31:01 AM

Arsenal were on top of the league for a few weeks but now find themselves at 4th, after losing to Fulham, away. It's still a very tight title race though with both Liverpool(a game in hand) and Aston Villa at 42 points and Arsenal, Man City at 40. Spurs are at 39 points, right behind them. Most teams are having an injury crisis and with players going in for international duty, there's going to be a lot of drama and change, in the coming weeks.

Liverpool at taking the first position now and Manchester City are coming back after some postponed matches. With many star players even on bench, they will have more options to alternate their squad for this marathon time of Premier League. This potentially will help Manchester City to make big difference after the marathon ends and clubs like Arsenal with limited players to use, will have more problems. They might lose points but a worse scenario is losing some star players for rest months of season because of injuries.