England English Premier League Matchday 17, December 14-16
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Liverpool vs Watford Preview:
Possible starting lineups:
Liverpool:
Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, Van Dijk, Robertson; Oxlade-Chamberlain, Henderson, Keita; Salah, Origi, Shaqiri
Watford:
Foster, Femenia, Cathcart, Kabasele, Masina, Capoue, Doucoure, Deulofeu, Pereyra, Sarr, Deeney
Liverpool are flying high at the moment. They were successful in the Champions League and secured knock-out stage by winning 2:0 at Red Bull Salzburg on Tuesday. It was a hard-fought victory after Naby Keita and Mohamed Salah scored in the second half. The Egyptian winger has been involved in 27 Champions League goals for Liverpool since he joined the Reds in 2017, scoring 19 goals and assisting 8. Only Leo Messi (28) has better score in that period. Domestically, Liverpool are leaders in the Premier League, collecting 46 from the possible 48 points. They have won all but one league match in the past four months, scoring two or more goals in 14 matches. The atmosphere in the squad is excellent, while the players confidence is at highest level. Liverpool are unbeaten in their past 33 Premier League games, their longest ever run without defeat in top-flight history. last weekend the Merseysiders outplayed Bournemouth at Vitality, winning 3:0. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, one of seven changes for the Reds, opened the scoring after a brilliant long-range pass from Jordan Henderson. Naby Keita scored the second goal just before the break, while Salah set the final result. For this match Klopp has three injury worries. Joel Matip is still rehabilitating from injury, while Dejan Lovren, who limped off against Salzburg, is rated as doubtful. Fabinho has suffered ankle ligament damage and he is out for at least two weeks. Finally, Nathaniel Clyne is a long-term absentee. Xherdan Shaqiri, Divock Origi and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain are pushing for a starting place.
Watford are at the bottom of the table with just nine point after 16 matches and another defeat would make the things even worse. The Hornets have a record of one win, five draws and 10 defeats. The lone victory was earned against newcomers Norwich City in November. One win from the opening 16 matches is Watford's poorest record at this stage of a season. According to the expectations, manager Javi Gracia paid the prize for the bad results and he was sacked. The Spaniard, who was in charge since January 2018, was replaced by Quique Sanchez Flores. But there wasn't any improvement, so the club officials decided to make another change - U23 coach Hayden Mullins was put in temporary charge following the sacking of Sanchez Flores. Mullins led the club in two matches - a 2:0 defeat from Leicester City and in the goalless draw with Crystal Palace last weekend. The draw could be evaluated as a step forward, though the fact they haven't scored under Mullins was the key reason for another change. The club officials brought Nigel Pearson as third permanent manager. His main job is to improve the efficiency. In general, Watford have lot of scoring problems. The Hornets have failed to score in nine Premier League games this season, more than any other side. Captain Troy Deeney was out for several weeks after undergoing knee surgery and maybe his absence is the reason for that. Deeney, who scored 11 goals last season, will lead the line on this match. Pearson has four of unavailable players for his debut - Jose Holebas, Danny Welbeck, Tom Cleverley and Sebastian Prodl. That's not all as Craig Dawson and Daryl Janmaat are rated as doubtful with head and knee injury respectively.
Liverpool vs Watford Predictions:
Liverpool are eight points clear of the second-placed Leicester City. The atmosphere in the squad is excellent following the Champions League success, while the players confidence is "High as Everest". The Reds will go for another victory. But being overconfident sometimes could produce problems. I expect Watford to score at Anfield. I am well aware they have scored just 9 goals so far, but don't forget Liverpool have some defensive issues. They kept clean sheet just on 3 of the 16 played matches in the Premier League. In addition, Klopp's men never kept clean sheet this season at Anfield. They conceded on eight home games in the Premier League, plus three times in the Champions League. I expect the series to continue.
Liverpool vs Watford Pick: Both teams to score - Yes @ 1.98 with Unibet
Possible starting lineups:
Liverpool:
Alisson; Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, Van Dijk, Robertson; Oxlade-Chamberlain, Henderson, Keita; Salah, Origi, Shaqiri
Watford:
Foster, Femenia, Cathcart, Kabasele, Masina, Capoue, Doucoure, Deulofeu, Pereyra, Sarr, Deeney
Liverpool are flying high at the moment. They were successful in the Champions League and secured knock-out stage by winning 2:0 at Red Bull Salzburg on Tuesday. It was a hard-fought victory after Naby Keita and Mohamed Salah scored in the second half. The Egyptian winger has been involved in 27 Champions League goals for Liverpool since he joined the Reds in 2017, scoring 19 goals and assisting 8. Only Leo Messi (28) has better score in that period. Domestically, Liverpool are leaders in the Premier League, collecting 46 from the possible 48 points. They have won all but one league match in the past four months, scoring two or more goals in 14 matches. The atmosphere in the squad is excellent, while the players confidence is at highest level. Liverpool are unbeaten in their past 33 Premier League games, their longest ever run without defeat in top-flight history. last weekend the Merseysiders outplayed Bournemouth at Vitality, winning 3:0. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, one of seven changes for the Reds, opened the scoring after a brilliant long-range pass from Jordan Henderson. Naby Keita scored the second goal just before the break, while Salah set the final result. For this match Klopp has three injury worries. Joel Matip is still rehabilitating from injury, while Dejan Lovren, who limped off against Salzburg, is rated as doubtful. Fabinho has suffered ankle ligament damage and he is out for at least two weeks. Finally, Nathaniel Clyne is a long-term absentee. Xherdan Shaqiri, Divock Origi and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain are pushing for a starting place.
Watford are at the bottom of the table with just nine point after 16 matches and another defeat would make the things even worse. The Hornets have a record of one win, five draws and 10 defeats. The lone victory was earned against newcomers Norwich City in November. One win from the opening 16 matches is Watford's poorest record at this stage of a season. According to the expectations, manager Javi Gracia paid the prize for the bad results and he was sacked. The Spaniard, who was in charge since January 2018, was replaced by Quique Sanchez Flores. But there wasn't any improvement, so the club officials decided to make another change - U23 coach Hayden Mullins was put in temporary charge following the sacking of Sanchez Flores. Mullins led the club in two matches - a 2:0 defeat from Leicester City and in the goalless draw with Crystal Palace last weekend. The draw could be evaluated as a step forward, though the fact they haven't scored under Mullins was the key reason for another change. The club officials brought Nigel Pearson as third permanent manager. His main job is to improve the efficiency. In general, Watford have lot of scoring problems. The Hornets have failed to score in nine Premier League games this season, more than any other side. Captain Troy Deeney was out for several weeks after undergoing knee surgery and maybe his absence is the reason for that. Deeney, who scored 11 goals last season, will lead the line on this match. Pearson has four of unavailable players for his debut - Jose Holebas, Danny Welbeck, Tom Cleverley and Sebastian Prodl. That's not all as Craig Dawson and Daryl Janmaat are rated as doubtful with head and knee injury respectively.
Liverpool vs Watford Predictions:
Liverpool are eight points clear of the second-placed Leicester City. The atmosphere in the squad is excellent following the Champions League success, while the players confidence is "High as Everest". The Reds will go for another victory. But being overconfident sometimes could produce problems. I expect Watford to score at Anfield. I am well aware they have scored just 9 goals so far, but don't forget Liverpool have some defensive issues. They kept clean sheet just on 3 of the 16 played matches in the Premier League. In addition, Klopp's men never kept clean sheet this season at Anfield. They conceded on eight home games in the Premier League, plus three times in the Champions League. I expect the series to continue.
Liverpool vs Watford Pick: Both teams to score - Yes @ 1.98 with Unibet
Arsenal vs Manchester City Preview:
Possible starting lineups:
Arsenal:
Leno; Bellerin, Chambers, Sokratis, Kolasinac; Torreira, Guendouzi; Pepe, Ozil, Martinelli, Aubameyang
Manchester City:
Ederson; Walker, Fernandinho, Otamendi, Mendy; Rodri, Bernardo Silva; De Bruyne, Bernardo, Sterling; Gabriel Jesus
Arsenal will host Manchester City at the Emirats in the derby match of 17th round. The Gunners have started the season very good, but then completely disappoint. At the moment they have 22 points, 24 adrift of league-leaders Liverpool. This is the club worst run of results in 27 years. The owner Stan Kroenke was forced to sack manager Unai Emery, while Freddie Ljungberg, who played for the club between 1998 and 2007, was appointed as an interim coach. The North London club failed to win on the first two matches under his guidance. Arsenal played a 2:2 draw with Norwich City, while then lost 2:1 to Brighton at the Emirats. Nevertheless, the last round brought some sunshine - the Gunners won 3:1 against city rivals West Ham. Eighteen-year-old Gabriel Martinelli, Nicolas Pepe and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang were the scorers. The latest is in excellent form - since his debut in February 2018, Aubameyang has scored 43 goals in the Premier League, a joint-high along with Leicester's Vardy. Arsenal also secured progress to the last 32 of the Europa League after a 2:2 draw with Standard Liege on Thursday. Ljungberg has some injury issues ahead of this match. Kieran Tierney is sidelined after dislocating his shoulder, while Granit Xhaka is out because of concussion. Hector Bellerin, meanwhile, is rated as doubtful with a tight hamstring injury. Dani Ceballos remain sidelined, while Rob Holding and Pepe are injury doubts.
Manchester City suffered a painful 2:1 loss to Manchester United in the derby of the previous round. The Citizens are now third with 32 points, huge 14 points behind league leaders Liverpool. This is the first time Guardiola has been more than three points behind the top of the table at this stage of the season. City have lost four matches this season. Pep composed a great team, his players have scored 501 goals in 199 games in all competitions under him - 96 more than any other English team since the Spaniard was appointed in 2016. However, it is clear Manchester have defensive issues. The Citizens have conceded 19 goals, more than some mid-table teams like Sheffield United and Crystal Palace. However, the atmosphere in the squad is positive following the Champions League victory over Dinamo Zagreb on Wednesday. Guardiola's men played very good and secured a 4:1 win at Maksimir. Gabriel Jesus was "Player of Match" after scoring a hat-trick, while Phil Foden netted the fourth goal. The reigning champions have some injury issues ahead of this match. Central defender John Stones limped out of last weekend's Manchester derby and his absence is a huge problem for Guardiola. Goalkeeper Ederson is rated as doubtful. The Brazilian withdrew from the starting lineup against Dinamo Zagreb because of illness, but should be fit. Leroy Sane, Sergio Aguero and Aymeric Laporte remain sidelined due to injuries.
Arsenal vs Manchester City Prediction:
I expect more than three goals at the Emirats. Arsenal are easily scoring and conceding. The Gunners have played Over 3.5 in three of the four matches under Ljungberg. Manchester City, meanwhile, are something like 'scoring machine'. They have scored 501 goals in 199 games in all competitions under Guardiola, 96 more than any other English team since the Spaniard was appointed in 2016. At the same time City have defensive issues, they failed to keep clean sheet on the last 10 matches across all competitions.
Arsenal vs Manchester City Pick: Over 3.5 @ 1.94 with SBOBET
Possible starting lineups:
Arsenal:
Leno; Bellerin, Chambers, Sokratis, Kolasinac; Torreira, Guendouzi; Pepe, Ozil, Martinelli, Aubameyang
Manchester City:
Ederson; Walker, Fernandinho, Otamendi, Mendy; Rodri, Bernardo Silva; De Bruyne, Bernardo, Sterling; Gabriel Jesus
Arsenal will host Manchester City at the Emirats in the derby match of 17th round. The Gunners have started the season very good, but then completely disappoint. At the moment they have 22 points, 24 adrift of league-leaders Liverpool. This is the club worst run of results in 27 years. The owner Stan Kroenke was forced to sack manager Unai Emery, while Freddie Ljungberg, who played for the club between 1998 and 2007, was appointed as an interim coach. The North London club failed to win on the first two matches under his guidance. Arsenal played a 2:2 draw with Norwich City, while then lost 2:1 to Brighton at the Emirats. Nevertheless, the last round brought some sunshine - the Gunners won 3:1 against city rivals West Ham. Eighteen-year-old Gabriel Martinelli, Nicolas Pepe and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang were the scorers. The latest is in excellent form - since his debut in February 2018, Aubameyang has scored 43 goals in the Premier League, a joint-high along with Leicester's Vardy. Arsenal also secured progress to the last 32 of the Europa League after a 2:2 draw with Standard Liege on Thursday. Ljungberg has some injury issues ahead of this match. Kieran Tierney is sidelined after dislocating his shoulder, while Granit Xhaka is out because of concussion. Hector Bellerin, meanwhile, is rated as doubtful with a tight hamstring injury. Dani Ceballos remain sidelined, while Rob Holding and Pepe are injury doubts.
Manchester City suffered a painful 2:1 loss to Manchester United in the derby of the previous round. The Citizens are now third with 32 points, huge 14 points behind league leaders Liverpool. This is the first time Guardiola has been more than three points behind the top of the table at this stage of the season. City have lost four matches this season. Pep composed a great team, his players have scored 501 goals in 199 games in all competitions under him - 96 more than any other English team since the Spaniard was appointed in 2016. However, it is clear Manchester have defensive issues. The Citizens have conceded 19 goals, more than some mid-table teams like Sheffield United and Crystal Palace. However, the atmosphere in the squad is positive following the Champions League victory over Dinamo Zagreb on Wednesday. Guardiola's men played very good and secured a 4:1 win at Maksimir. Gabriel Jesus was "Player of Match" after scoring a hat-trick, while Phil Foden netted the fourth goal. The reigning champions have some injury issues ahead of this match. Central defender John Stones limped out of last weekend's Manchester derby and his absence is a huge problem for Guardiola. Goalkeeper Ederson is rated as doubtful. The Brazilian withdrew from the starting lineup against Dinamo Zagreb because of illness, but should be fit. Leroy Sane, Sergio Aguero and Aymeric Laporte remain sidelined due to injuries.
Arsenal vs Manchester City Prediction:
I expect more than three goals at the Emirats. Arsenal are easily scoring and conceding. The Gunners have played Over 3.5 in three of the four matches under Ljungberg. Manchester City, meanwhile, are something like 'scoring machine'. They have scored 501 goals in 199 games in all competitions under Guardiola, 96 more than any other English team since the Spaniard was appointed in 2016. At the same time City have defensive issues, they failed to keep clean sheet on the last 10 matches across all competitions.
Arsenal vs Manchester City Pick: Over 3.5 @ 1.94 with SBOBET
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Crystal Palace vs Brighton & Hove Albion
Time: 03:45 GMT+8 on December 16, 2019
Venue: Selhurst Park
Key Insights:
However, for the final statement and prediction, We are still backing up the Eagles squad for a full time of 1 - 0 scorecard, and with the trusted website in Malaysia football betting tips handicap of Crystal Palace -0.5
Head to Head of Crystal Palace vs Brighton:
Time: 03:45 GMT+8 on December 16, 2019
Venue: Selhurst Park
Key Insights:
- Crystal Palace has lost each of their last three Premier League matches happened on Mondays, while the entire three of Brighton’s matches have ended in 2 - 2 stalemate.
- Crystal Palace has won their last Premier League ground fixture in a 1 - 0 against Bournemouth and this match taking place one year and one day since the host last won back to back in home soil matches within the tournament.
- Crystal Palace lost this exact game last season, however, they didn’t lose straight ground matches against Brighton back then in 1983.
- Brighton are successful in their last Premier League on the road match in a 2 - 1 against Arsenal, additionally, they last won straight matches on travel in November 2017. The visitors have never won back to back top flight fixtures in London.
- Brighton finished the league double against Crystal Palace last season and they have not won three straight against the Eagles in the entire tournaments since back then in September 1984, it was a run of five.
However, for the final statement and prediction, We are still backing up the Eagles squad for a full time of 1 - 0 scorecard, and with the trusted website in Malaysia football betting tips handicap of Crystal Palace -0.5
Head to Head of Crystal Palace vs Brighton:
| Date | Team | Score | Team |
| 09/03/19 | Crystal Palace | 1 - 2 | Brighton |
| 04/12/18 | Brighton | 3 - 1 | Crystal Palace |
| 14/04/18 | Crystal Palace | 3 - 2 | Brighton |
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====> CRYSTAL PALACE VS BRIGHTON
Date: 16th December 2019 at 20:45
BET ON: Asian handicap - CRYSTAL PALACE +0.00
Odd: 1.89 (SBOBET)
- Here we've got an interesting Monday night fixture. Two defensive powerhouses, pitted against each other. As such, home advantage will clearly add to the strength of Palace this match-day. They haven't been beaten in three games now and their sole three losses in front of the home crowd this campaign had come against Leicester, Manchester City, and Liverpool.
- Furthermore, Palace have only lost to top 4 contending sides this campaign (Manchester City, Chelsea, Leicester, Liverpool, and Tottenham), bar their away loss to Sheffield.
- On the other hand, Brighton were winless in four of their last five games, and lost three of these as well. With their sole win coming against a struggling Arsenal side. Restraint enough, Brighton have only one once in 14 years at Sedhurst park (Palace's home), this match-up is likely to see this drought continue.
- Brighton just don't have an enigma like Palace's Zaha, they are a very readable team that do very predictable things. No fault to the manager, but the players know exactly what they are in the side to do and rarely stray from this. You could argue either Gross or Maupay is similar to Zaha, but we just can't see how Brighton snatch this win.
- Palace have held 4 clean sheets from 8 at home and we expect that this will be bumped to 5 from 9.
Date: 16th December 2019 at 20:45
BET ON: Asian handicap - CRYSTAL PALACE +0.00
Odd: 1.89 (SBOBET)
- Here we've got an interesting Monday night fixture. Two defensive powerhouses, pitted against each other. As such, home advantage will clearly add to the strength of Palace this match-day. They haven't been beaten in three games now and their sole three losses in front of the home crowd this campaign had come against Leicester, Manchester City, and Liverpool.
- Furthermore, Palace have only lost to top 4 contending sides this campaign (Manchester City, Chelsea, Leicester, Liverpool, and Tottenham), bar their away loss to Sheffield.
- On the other hand, Brighton were winless in four of their last five games, and lost three of these as well. With their sole win coming against a struggling Arsenal side. Restraint enough, Brighton have only one once in 14 years at Sedhurst park (Palace's home), this match-up is likely to see this drought continue.
- Brighton just don't have an enigma like Palace's Zaha, they are a very readable team that do very predictable things. No fault to the manager, but the players know exactly what they are in the side to do and rarely stray from this. You could argue either Gross or Maupay is similar to Zaha, but we just can't see how Brighton snatch this win.
- Palace have held 4 clean sheets from 8 at home and we expect that this will be bumped to 5 from 9.
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