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Shay Given's Premier League Predictions
Shay Given's Premier League Predictions
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No clean sheets in 21 league games and struggling to score goals as well, it's not a great combination if you're looking to get out of the relegation zone. But that's the situation facing Ruud Van Nistelrooy and his Leicester side at the moment.
Brentford enjoyed a good result away at West Ham last weekend and everything is pointing towards an away win again here. But I just have a feeling that Leicester will get something from the game and that the evergreen Jamie Vardy will have a say, so I'm going to be backing the draw.
14th versus 15th in the league and it's Everton who are above Manchester United in the table. This is a really difficult one to call. David Moyes has done a brilliant job so far at Everton while Ruben Amorin is still trying to find the right combinations and consistency at United.
A lunchtime kick-off on Saturday you can guarantee Goodison Park will be rocking but I can see this one being an entertaining draw with both sides scoring a couple. Alejandro Garnacho scored an incredible bicycle kick in this fixture last season so he probably feels good about returning to the scene of that. So I'll tip him to get amongst the goals again here.
Two draws on the bounce for Aston Villa, including that hard fought point against Liverpool in midweek. And it's two defeats in a row for Chelsea who are going through a real rough patch at the moment.
On the back of that and considering the firepower that Unai Emery has at his disposal now with the arrivals of Marcus Rashford and Marco Asencio to add to the likes of Ollie Watkins and Morgan Rogers, I can see this one being a home victory. If Villa are to take the three points it'll close the gap between themselves and Chelsea in the race for those European places.
What a game this is going to be. Obviously Liverpool pushing hard for the title and Manchester City still struggling a bit and coming into this one after being knocked out of the Champions League by Real Madrid.
Pep Guardiola has made it clear that his players need to pull their socks up now and make sure City get back into the Champions League for next season and I think they'll be out to prove a point in this one.
It'll be a great game and I'm going for a point apiece.
*Odds correct at the time of writing. 18+ only. GambleAware.