A big weekend for Barclays Premiership football. The 9th and 10th April coupon will see two London Derbies; Man United battling to get a top 4 position and Tottenham battling to close the lead on the title. Not to mention an impressive Leicester team looking to make history by winning the title. Aston Villa, Newcastle, Sunderland and Norwich are all looking to pull off a great escape from the premiership relegation zone. All this weekend and previewed here. Plus the editor’s Acca Backer.
Saturday 9th 2016
West Ham v Arsenal
12:45
West Ham may be hot of the heals of an FA Cup victory against Man United. Arsenal won’t want to drop any points that would put their 3rd position in jeopardy.
Aston Villa v Bournemouth
15:00
Aston Villa have got everything to play for: currently bottom of the league. Villa need more goals if they’re going to survive the drop. Nearly 2 goals per match for the rest of the season to get out of the relegation zone.
C Palace v Norwich
15:00
Palace and Norwich are evenly matched and sit side by side in the league table. Norwich traveling down from the North of England are on the tails of two wins in the premier league.
Southampton v Newcastle
15:00
Newcastle are 7 points adrift of getting out of the drop zone, and will throw everything they’ve got against 7th placed Newcastle. With Rafa Benitez calling the shots, arguably they’ve got one of the best chances of winning the scrap to escape the drop.
Swansea v Chelsea
15:00
Swansea are in the safe zone two places above relegation, but, with some tough games approaching against Leicester and Liverpool they’ll need to give it everything they’ve got to secure their position.
Watford v Everton
15:00
Everton are sitting mid table after a 1 – 0 defeat to Man United, after a goal early in the second half from Man U’s Anthony Martial’s (the 1000th goal at Old Trafford). What will Everton make against lesser rivals Watford after only their second away league defeat of the season?
Man City v West Brom
17:30
Man City will be looking to rack up some points to pull away from Man United for the coveted fourth spot.
Sunday, 10 April 2016
Sunderland v Leicester
13:30
A big game for both teams. Sunderland needs points to get clear of the drop zone. You can bet Leicester will not want anything to get in the way of the dream of wining the Premiership title for the first time.
Liverpool v Stoke
16:00
A checkered history of winning matches by both sides precedes this match. Liverpool will have licked their wounds after a 6 – 1 drubbing at home to Stoke last time.
Tottenham v Man Utd
16:00
Man United are firmly in contention for next season’s Champions League football after their 1 – 0 victory against Everton. An important match for Louis Van Gal’s Man United desperately trying to side step Man City for a Champions League place. If Tottenham win this one the liklihood of Van Gal succumbing to calls for the board to replace him (possibly with Mourinho) must increase.
The editors Acca Backer
Time for a long shot. For the craic you understand. This ones going to be a 5 fold accumulator bet. Winnings from each bet goes in to fund the next bet. Each selection is a match win bet and has to win or it’s no pay day. Here with go;
Arsenal
Newcastle – come on Rafa work your majic.
Everton
Leicester
Stoke – this one is a long shot
All to win with a £1 stake. What will it pay? £293.71. Let’s be honest pigs will fly over the King Power stadium before this one lands, but, the same thing was said of Leicester City wining the 2016 Barclays Premiership title last season.
Make up your own mind, with a free bet account opening offer from Betfair, check it out.