Aston villa has really showed and put in more effort this season than last season, there winnings this season has proven that and also considering the fact that they won, man city, arsenal, Tottenham show's the fact that Aston villa's head coach has up his game. But for me i don't think they will find it easy to surpass liverpool, arsenal and mancity to win the league. Man city won't give in to that but lets keep our fingers crossed and see what happens.

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Man United doesn't seem to have much hope and can only fight for its position in the English Premier League. It was the only way but Liverpool were not worthy opponents. Liverpool is too strong and much more stable,  while Man United will certainly suffer a lot if they face a strong opponent. In my opinion this is a disaster and will still benefit the opponent. Let's say Man United loses then can they still keep their coach? The question we most want to  get the answer to. Playing at Anfield unfortunately Man United nightmare will never end.  Just imagine how enthusiastic Liverpool will be in enjoying this match.
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I doubt if man united will retain their couch if they lose at Anfield. Erik ten Hag is under increasing pressure after overseeing three defeats in United's last four matches, including Tuesday's loss at home to Bayern Munich that saw them exit Europe.
United are huge outsiders to claim victory at Anfield, with Liverpool a point clear at the top of the Premier League - five places and 10 points above United.

Jurgen Klopp's side also thrashed United 7-0 in the same fixture last season and Ten Hag's outfit face the daunting task of taking on their rivals with a heavily depleted squad.
Bruno Fernandes will miss the fixture due to suspension after the captain picked up a fifth yellow card of the season for dissent in last weekend's 3-0 home loss to Bournemouth. This match will indeed be a nightmare for the red devils.

Arteta has no fresh injury concerns heading into Sunday’s game, but he does have a couple of big selection calls.
Leandro Trossard will want to start against his former club and he could come into the frontline, while Jorginho is expected to retain his place at the base of midfield after starring at St. James’ Park.
Jakub Kiwior should continue alongside Gabriel at centre-back, and Kieran Tierney could make a rare Premier League start amid Oleksandr Zinchenki’s recent defensive struggles.

While on the brighton side, Roberto De Zerbi will almost certainly make a few changes to the side that was thumped by Everton on Monday. Solly March and Julio Enciso are two contenders to return to the fold, and they could replace Facundo Buonanotte and Deniz Undav respectively. Injuries have forced the Brighton manager to improvise with his right-back selection as of late, but a potential solution could be re-introducing Levi Colwill to the starting XI and deploying Adam Webster on the right.

Adam Lallana, Tariq Lamptey and Jeremy Sarmiento are all sidelined for the visitors, while Joel Veltman is a major doubt. Evan Ferguson is back in contention, however. I'm rooting for a 3-0 win against Brighton.

I don't see them getting or ending at top 4. The structure of man united this season is nothing to write home about. there looses thie season is more than there winnings which is really not nice. When the transfer window was open they didn't use the opportunity to sign better players. Ten hag really needs to put more effort or else he might be sacked anytime soon. I really hope they get to sign better players in the january transfer window.

Like i always say English premier league teams this season are really unpredictable on like last season. Manchester united winning against Chelsea and losing against Bournemouth. Nobody would ever believe such thing would happen, but it did happen. Erik ten hag really needs to up his game, his job as the couch of the red devils is really at stake if the looses is much more than the winnings. Man united management board are expecting much from him, the fans are alsi expecting much from him. He should take advantage of this pressure to atleast qualify for champions league next season.

Yeah they can't be underestimated, there previous winnings and clean shit against big teams has proven that already. Aston villa's head coach has really put more work and efforts to the team this season than last season. If Liverpool, mancity and arsenal doesn't up there games and put more effort, i see aston villa going all the way to the top of the premier league table. The teams we call smaller team's are really unpredictable this season.

It is really embarrassing for Bournemouth to keep a 3-0 clean shit against manchester united. Its really embarrassing and a big slap to the face of the red devil fans. I never expected such result, Manchester united defensive line was so scattered. Another thing i noticed was that there was misunderstandings within the players, harry maguire really didnt perform well today. Eric teng hang needs to up his game and belt up, else i see his job at stake. Anyways congrats to Bournemouth on this win. It really came as a surprise.

For me i don't see arsenal winning against Aston villa, because aston will definitely use a home advantage against them. If you check aston villa's previous home recorde's they always winning at home hardly before they lose at home.

In my today's bet slip i gave them over 1.5 (2 goals) at least this prediction will keep my mind at rest in this game. I wish arsenal to win though but either of them should score at least 2 goals for me.

Harry maguire saw off competitions from Jeremy Doku (Manchester City), Anthony Gordon (Newcastle), Thomas Kaminski (Luton), Raheem Sterling (Chelsea), and Marcus Tavernier (Bournemouth) to take home the accolade.

As well as the three clean sheets, Harry recorded the joint-highest number of blocks and fifth-highest number of clearances across the penultimate month of the year, making him a worthy winner.

Congratulations on your award Harry maguire, i hope to see you improve more and help push the red devils defense line.

I am surprised with the result because I did not expect Everton to win the match even at Goodison park since they have been losing against Newcastle United in that same stadium; but it seems like the points deduction on Everton side triggered their anger and they start performing better because since they deducted their points, they only lose to Manchester United, they were able to take some points in some of the match’s and they won some a which is very good.

Newcastle United this season have won Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal, Manchester City and PSG; they are always good against big teams, but when it comes to playing average teams like them, they flop and lose matches like a small team, this is why they are still out of the top four in the Premier League table
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I'm really surprised as you are too, i was expecting Newcastle to be going home with a 3 point. But yet everton had to up there game tonight. I earlier game them an everton 2-3 Newcastle but my prediction didn't come through. But well Victory for the hosts tonight will see them move out of the bottom three, while Eddie Howe’s side will be looking to go back up to fifth if they manage a third straight league victory. They’ve only won once on the road this term though, while Sean Dyche’s men have also only won once at home.

Eddie Howe will be missing Newcastle goalkeeper Nick Pope and this will be a big blow, but he will still field a strong enough lineup to win this game. Callum Wilson, Harvey Barnes, Jacob Murphy and Joe Willock are already on the sidelines. Given Everton's impressive form of late, it will be an uphill task for Newcastle to beat them. I predict an Everton 2-3 Newcastle result as i expect.

Leon Bailey's deflected strike earned Aston Villa a deserved 1-0 win over Manchester City at Villa Park that lifted them above the reigning champions into third.

The goal came late in the game to maintain the perfect home record of Unai Emery's side and reflected their superior endeavour throughout the contest against an unusually passive City. It is now four Premier League games without a win for Pep Guardiola's side.

Erling Haaland did have two chances in the first half but City never looked comfortable, missing the suspended Rodri badly. They drop to fourth in the table and are now six points adrift of Arsenal. On this evidence, they may need to worry about Villa too. I expect more than this from Pep Guardiola in there next match against luton town.

United have struggled to replicate last season’s efforts, especially at Old Trafford, where they have lost five of their 11 matches in all competitions this term.
In particular, Erik ten Hag’s side have struggled against top-level opposition, losing to Newcastle United twice, Manchester City, Arsenal, Spurs and Brighton already this season. They may have similar trouble against a Chelsea outfit who are inconsistent but on the up.
The Blues won just one of their first six Premier League matches this term but have recently won six of their past 10 games in all competitions, with valuable draws against Manchester City and Arsenal.
Mauricio Pochettino’s side have found their goalscoring touch, netting 12 times in their previous four games, and they could flourish against a leaky Red Devils backline.
United looked devoid of confidence in their 1-0 loss at Newcastle and Chelsea are fancied to inflict further pain on their opponents with victory in this one. But never the less I'm rooting for the blues to win the game against the red devils.

Well... I must say, today is really flooded with interesting games and we all should be careful about making predictions today. as to say some of the predictions may not go as predicted.

My predictions goes like this👇👇👇

Liverpool vs Sheff utd - home
Crystal palace vs Bournemouth - double chance
Aston Villa vs mancity - away
Man united vs Chelsea - 1.5
Brighton vs Brentford - 1.5

Mikel Arteta made three changes to the Arsenal team from the weekend. Ben White, Kai Havertz and Jakub Kiwior all come into the side to add some real height into this battle. It was really a die hard match, honestly i wasn't
expecting luton town to perform the way they did. Giving that arsenal is a much better team than luton town in terms of formation and good players but yet luton town still had to prove to there fanbase they where still in the game when they where leading 3-2 against arsenal but the goal from kai havertz and declan rice in the 60 and 90+7 minutes finalized the win for arsenal and made them 36 point clear at the top of the premier league table.

The match will be the first game at Old Trafford during the festive month, so United fans will be hoping for a performance to get them in the mood to spread some Christmas cheer. But at thesame time i don't see them winning this match against chelsea. Chelsea is in a better form than the red devils and am totally rooting for the blues. But well the end of 90 minutes will determine the winner.

For the first time in nearly 32 years, arsenal will be making a trip to Kenilworth Road to face a Luton Town side buoyed after winning their first Premier League home game 10 days ago. Mikel Arteta’s side are two points clear at the top of the table after Saturday’s 2-1 win over Wolves as they look to go one better than last season, where the finished runners-up to Manchester City. While luton town are in the 17th position on the English premier league table. Both teams fan base are expecting to go home with 3points but end of the match would determine who would be going home with 3points.

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It was really a tough match at the etihad stadium which ended in a draw game between Manchester city and Tottenham Hotspur, which the both teams went home with at least 1 point each. It wasnt really a good game for pep Guardiola and his expectations of going home with 3 points was cut short. But i do hope and expect a bounce back in there next league game.