December 11, 2024 • 25 mins
EPL Predictions Matchweek 16 - Manchester Derby + Chelsea Title Chance? | Football Today.
The Football Today Podcast brought to you by Betfair is full of Premier League fever, breaking down the best back or lay betting tips across Matchweek 16, including an extra breakdown of an always tense Manchester City vs Manchester United derby matchup!
The panel break down the biggest EPL news with Ange Postecoglou's struggling Spurs, Chelsea catching Liverpool for the title and a crazy relegation battle!
Get around Football Today's Liam 'Stats Guy' McAllion & Marcus Bazzano as they talk out all things EPL and world football, thanks to Betfair!
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02:03 Around The Grounds
08:52 Best Game Of The Matchweek
12:45 Back Or Lay Bets
18:40 Quick Tips
24:50 Outro
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
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We are here for all things English Premier League as
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Speaker 2 (00:49):
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Speaker 1 (01:01):
But yeah, today we're going to cover the top world
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That's our favorite part for EPR Match Week sixteen. Make
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(01:22):
to come. And then we're gonna finish off with some
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Speaker 3 (01:26):
Game this weekend. Sometimes not quick file.
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Speaker 2 (01:59):
All right, before we.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
Into the best best game of the match game of
the match week, which could be a Manchester derby which
were very excited about, we'll go through the around the grounds.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
From the past weekend.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Let's do it first.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
One, I want to touch on very annoying for fantasy
Premier League players, like I had three Liverpool players and
the Everton versus Liverpool game got abandoned you to storm
and wing conditions.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
I was like, oh, got captain Cellar. I had Bruno's
vice he scored. Oh that's all right, but my mate
had Palmer as vice. Brutal and he scored. They should go.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
The average scores for the players that if you don't play.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
But I don't know. It's been annoying because I had
three Liverpool players.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
But yeah, that game is going to be I think
in the Mattrik twenty four Mattric thirty three, they're saying, which.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Is ages away, ages away?
Speaker 1 (02:45):
But they found a little bit of time there because
there's so many games at the moment, they're not going
to be able to fit in.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
What about that poor Aussie Everton fans all the way
to England wad last Morsey said, Derby at Goodison Park
and yeah, because they're moving stadium. Oh yeah, true, and
that is brutal.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
I in a game gets abandoned once maybe every season,
and he's picked the ones that go all there from Australia.
But that's so shame is Coleman like Everton legend of
video he actually made as well.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
He invited them to training.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
The Aussie So the Aussie I don't know the name,
but he got to meet all the players and invited.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
So that's really I don't know how fifteen year old
can afford a plane tick to England and or Eviden
player gris and Park. Maybe his parents. He's he gets
all the reward then Oh yeah, tasty children, take your
credit for everything. He's already rich. Why does he get
to go meet the evident players.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Look, basically, I'm very justus.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Would would you go to a Goodison Park if if
Stanford Bridge was I want to go any game I
want to.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
I want to go to Stanford Bridge, obviously, but I
also want to do an away day away because that's
the best Atmos Park and away. Yeah, like yeah, he
was just sort of saying the Limbs Stadium.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
There we go, Chelsea up to second I can't believe
I'm saying that you'd be up and about after a
four to three win over Spurs. I'm calling it the
best game of the season so far. Crazy cold, Palmer.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
Pedro Netto wasn't too bad as well. Marcus yet you
want me to sing Chelsea if you want. He's running
down the right. His first name is Pedro and his
last names Neto.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Pedo, Neto, baby, Joe Neto.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Oh okay, that actually was pretty good.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
Didn't need to wear that's the chair.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
You're just you're just quoting, just quoting. There we go.
Everyone wasn't like the salary chance then that one. That's
not that one.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
Yeah, but that game, Oh my god, cold Palmer icing
the game with a chip finish a Panenka penalty? Who
the hell does that?
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Yeah? No, break the record twelve out of twelve. The
most was Yaya eleven out of eleven, fully enough though, Yeah.
Matt Latissier, Yeah, twenty four twenty five of his twenty
six penalties his records. Actually, that's crazy, insane.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
Because yeah, when Parma eventually gets the twenty six penalties,
surely one of them is going to be missing.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
I reckon He's going to eventually chip one even even
even missing just like three of which is incredible. He's
twelve from twelve, the best Premier League record. Good. That
was just a crazy game.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
Spurs were up to nil and then they did it
a spursy thing as usual.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
I think they're the team the most in Premier League
history to lose with a two goal advantage. Yes, the
bottle of two goals.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
That just sums him up.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
That just sums him up, doesn't it. But Big Ange
is a bit worried.
Speaker 3 (05:35):
And then Chelsea title contender's question mark you don't want to.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Tell you if I'm keeping them, keeping it and.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
Truly on the table also looks better because Liverpool didn't
play this week. When they get the game in hand,
it will look a bigger gap. Obviously, that seven point gap.
Next one was worrying signs for Manchester United and Newcastle.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Oh my god, they're like eleventh and twelfth. I think
worse United thirteenth or thirteenth. The Newcastle will think.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
Twelve twelve even worse. Geez United, what are they doing to?
Speaker 2 (06:05):
They lost the Forest lost, They lost the Knots three
to the first time they lost to Nottingham Forest in
probably a hundred years I think Premier League history. Yeah,
I think we mentioned it on last week's I can't
remember the exact day, Yeah, but it was a long time.
That is crazy.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
And then Newcastle they should be good. They got such
a good team and then what are they twelve?
Speaker 2 (06:25):
Yeah? As well, forward to Brentford. Their defense is the Worries.
Brenford Homer a decent side, but you.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
Shouldn't be again smash, that's that's wild.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
Next time we want to touch on Lester and Bournemouth
score two goals late to rescue points points.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
That was pretty exciting. Bournemouth have been really exciting this season.
They're really good. Was switch again? So so stiffid with
five minutes ago and then there's two one. What was
a little stat you had about second in the league
so far for x G. That's wild, behind Chelsea and
ahead of Liverpool. So they're creating big chances. They eight
(07:00):
they will take eight. That's that's crazy. I think it
was somewhere along the lawns of I think Chelsea are
thirty one xtually, uh former thirty Liverpool twenty nine.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
That last season well because they've actually been better without
the lanky which is wild because he was their best player.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
But they're just playing so well as a team.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
That manager is a really good manager and it just
proves that manager Ariola that's right, yes, yeah, so it
just proved that that sacking Garry O'Neil was the right
decision at the time because it wasn't where he is
with Wolves true.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
Another segue, say that, actually you can read that this one.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
This is pretty funny. West Ham won the alsakiko against
against Wolves. Obviously, Julian it looks like he's gonna get
sacked from west Ham. It looks like it's going to
get sacked from west Ham. And similarly, Gary O'Neill sa
I love that. I love that. Yeah, this classic. I
haven't hear of that before. I've never heard of that
one that that really tickles me. Are you always sticking me? Uh? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (07:58):
Now west Ham desperately needed that week just to they've
been horrible. Wolves have been a little bit unlucky this season,
but they're not gone too well.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
I've had a toss start, but you know, from these
easier games, you would expect him to pick up a
little bit more points, yes, than they have at the moment.
Speaker 1 (08:11):
And west Ham actually got that win for Mickle Antonio.
Have you seen his car? Yeah, oh my god, he's
Ferrari went straight into a tree. It's literally in half.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
But apparently he's okay, okay, he has surgery, I believe, but.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
They haven't the full stories that come out because there's
been lots of Premier League players that have gone a
bit drunk or tried to speak because they have all
these cool cars.
Speaker 3 (08:32):
So I'm hoping he doesn't seem like that type of player.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
He's not. It doesn't seem like an idiot. But yeah,
hopefully a right, Yeah, packages are right? Yeah what was
he delivering? Yeah? West Ham three points?
Speaker 1 (08:45):
There we go, There we go, and they were number
nine in the warm so that was very nice of
that west Ham.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
There we go.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
All right, let's quick segue you like a segway Best
game of the match week. There's some pretty weird games
this week.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
They're weird because they're like they're good teams against bad teams.
That actually means something.
Speaker 3 (09:03):
Yeah, but this one always means something.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
The Manchester derby, this one especially man You were out
of form.
Speaker 2 (09:08):
Man City just wo for as well.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
So Manchester City best Manchester United at the end he
had so man City's home game.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
You can read us through the little stats. You've put
it through. It well, this is it's kind of weird
because both teams are in the worst form heading into
a man Derby, probably in the club's history, like pre
City playing in probably in since two thousand.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
I'd say, Likegue will say, City of one four of
the past.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
Six meetings in the league. Though they did win the
Community Shield earlier this year, and they also lost the
Manchester the last season, which is why those teams faced
in the Community Shield. It was a season before Colled
Palmer scored for City in the Community Shield against Arsenal.
That's right. But City have just one win in their
(09:58):
last six league game. That is unrazy. That's the worst
they've been in my lifetime. But they've almost lost like
this season combined amount of games in the past previous
three seasons already Unreal's. But United have only won two
of the last six league games. So it's slightly better
but slightly better teams, but it's still United's worst starts
to a season since nineteen eighty six eighty seven after
(10:20):
fifteen bringing out the big guns here. It taken my
job that that is very good, not good. They seem
to break that record every year. Well, they don't get worse.
Speaker 1 (10:29):
The worse the last three years recond because they've been
finishing strong. Because I think there was as a season
where they did this and then they finished up four somehow,
which is not going to happen this season.
Speaker 2 (10:38):
But that they've just been horrible, like this is fucking
in the past. You go our city every other week,
three nail three.
Speaker 3 (10:44):
To one because you know, I probably could get on
the board.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
But this one is not that easy. You look at
the ficture that just happened with Manchester United when they
played Knots they lost three two. But the season before,
if you remember, yeah, similarly they were two nil down
in the first five minutes, five ten minutes, but they
went on to win that game. This season, they're going
to lose that game. And it's just games like that,
which ye see them have their worst starts to all season.
Speaker 3 (11:07):
That is crazy, all right, So we'll go through the
score picks and goal scorers.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
This is genuinely really hard. Give me, give me a
goalscorer and the score it is a bit rough. I'm
going to go three to one in favor of Manchester City. Okay,
it's a little bit rough. But Harlan has to find
the score sheet. I think he does. Anyway, he's equal
leading goal he's goored last. I think he's one ahead
(11:31):
now because Sala didn't play against Everton and should pick
a United goal scorer, and he's he's been a good form.
I'm going to do I say it, I was going
to go draw stuff. I'm going to all draw. Both
teams don't know how to win at the moment. City
It's like they go to the team's level.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
So Men United are definitely playing worse than Manchester City,
but they keep going to the team's level or worse City.
So I genuinely think this could be a tool. Brune
and I Reckon yet could score. I'm trying to think
of us for City, maybe like a long range after.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
Yeah, actually did so.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
He does lift in these big games, So I don't
mind Bruno maybe a goal and assist, but the two
that's a good shout. But I'm just gonna go draw
this because that's the funniest outcome. I genuinely, genuinely think
that man City just go to the level of.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
Their opposition at the moment. Pep's going to be scratching.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
You're saying it's going to be the worst game of
the season so far. If it's too all, if it's too.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
Yeah, no, I think both teams will lift because it's
such a big game and it's going to be too
all and everyone's like, oh my god, I can't believe
United had a draw.
Speaker 3 (12:34):
Because United fans would be happy with the tool.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
I think I think they would traveling yeah to the
crossdown right, not traveling too far, but yeah, yeah, I
know what you mean.
Speaker 1 (12:43):
Yep, all right, that's our Yeah. The best game of
the match week, the big Manchester Derby. Let's get into
the best part of the show, the back a Labet's
thanks to Betfair, the only place to back in laybet
on the EPR this season. So we got EPL match
Week sixteen last week. Because of the the cancelation and
the end of a game, we went two of three.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
We couldn't bet on the obviously you had you had
a tip for the Merseyside Derby. Yeah, that's right, but
two or three still positive?
Speaker 3 (13:08):
Yeah, if you'd all of them, then you're up.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
That's for handy. So yeah, we've gone positive for almost
five six weeks in a row now at least more
than fifty percent, which is really good, very handy. But
we've got some cheeky back all laid tips.
Speaker 1 (13:22):
Yeah, so we're going to have two each. Make sure
you check out Tony Hargreave's tips. He does big articles
for every single EBI match. Wek on betfair dot com
dot a u slash hub, so the betfair Hub. You
can even google betfair Hub.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
It's very very.
Speaker 3 (13:33):
Handy, all right, because we'll be the experts this week.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
What do you what do you do it? We're going
to I'm going to focus on that Manchester derby because
it's the biggest game of the week, all right. People
are going to punt on that one, yep. So I'm
going to back the over two and a half goals
in that game at a dollar forty nine. Ye. Look,
it's not great value, I think, but I think it's
virtually a lock. The last five meetings have all gone
over over as well. You could almost look at three
(13:58):
and over three and a half, yep. But seven of
City's last nine games in the league have gone over
and I think even the Champions League they've had a
couple of games where they consider and goals.
Speaker 1 (14:10):
But yeah, like in the past, you go, Cities defense
is just as good as they're stable, but they've been
shaky and their man defense is.
Speaker 2 (14:19):
Horrible, horrible. Look, I think there's gonna be goals on
offering this game.
Speaker 1 (14:22):
Love it.
Speaker 2 (14:23):
I'm going to back come out on saying this. You
said never back said this for three weeks in a row.
Speaker 1 (14:28):
Never back Tottenham. I'm back in Tottenham. Last week your
lay bets were perfect.
Speaker 2 (14:33):
Did they laid Tottenham laid ipswitch? Okay, no, I laid who?
Speaker 3 (14:39):
Did you laid Tottenham twice?
Speaker 2 (14:43):
I'm pretty sure possibly?
Speaker 1 (14:45):
And they lost obviously to Chelsea and then the one
before that they oh no, I can't find all right,
but they your bets one it is safe to later.
But I'm backing Tottenham at a dollar eighty here. The
only team that I want to back Tottenham against is Southampton. Southampton.
St think also Tottenham go win loss, win, loss, win loss.
They've done it, I think eight the last like nine
(15:06):
weeks have gone win lost, win, loss, win loss. They
lost to Chelsea. They're going to bounce back and then
they'll be like, oh we beat Southampton. No one will
care that much because just Southampton good value for Eightie's
great value for Southampton, who's the worst team in the league.
Spurs are undefeated in their last three meetings at Saint Mary's,
so I know it's Tottenham and this is going to
come and time to halt me. Maybe Olivia will cut
(15:27):
up a short for this, but genuinely they should win.
Dollar eighty is really good value against the worst team
in the com and even with like, if you're not
fancy on just backing Tottenham, you could always lay just
a little bit less, I assume in terms of like
the tope.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
But yeah, that's true, that's true.
Speaker 1 (15:45):
I'm just back into because I'm just I'm just confident
on them, so I'm happy to back then for a win.
Speaker 2 (15:49):
All Right, we'll do some lay bets. What are you
laying this week? Laying Brentford in the Chelsea versus Brentford
gaga nine dollars twenty Wow, a bit of a score, yeah,
because Brentford annoying teenth in the form table or like
they were away record this season away record they be
nineteenth on the table. Really yeah, it's only they only
seem to perform at home. Wow. So coming up against Chelsea,
(16:12):
who are in great nick at the moment, really good form,
scoring goals for fun. They've only lost two games this
season Chelsea against Liverpool and Manchester City. Yep, so I'm
expecting a Chelsea win here. But you can even like
it gives you the.
Speaker 1 (16:29):
Randomly Chelsea have these weird away games because Branford to
home this season have been unbelievable, so it could be
a draw.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
And then you get that with the labor and Brentford
haven't been great against the traditional Big six clubs this season.
They've they're owned four against the traditional Big six and
that the only two teams that haven't played is obviously
Chelsea and Arsenal. So they've lost to Manchester, you know,
I've lost to Tottenham City and.
Speaker 1 (16:55):
Yeah, okay, that's actually yeah, that's really good. They're not
good against the big teams. They've been smashing the lower
teams as well, but yeah, you get the draw in
the win. Chelsea should win that, but you still get
the draw on your hand with the laybacks like it,
I'm laying ipswich Town at four dollars thirty against Wolves
at the Molin News and Wolves are playing at home.
This is a really tricky one that if you want
to talk about al Secco or who's going to get
(17:16):
relegation battle, this is going to be a crazy probably
I reckon it could be a fun game because both
teams could be playing pretty attacking but I'm looking at
the attacking Wolves have scored nine more goals this season.
I reckon it could be a shootout, and if it's
going to be a shootout, I'm backing Wolves.
Speaker 2 (17:30):
They're not as bad as their form suggests. They've They've
had a horrible run.
Speaker 1 (17:33):
The only time where I'm like they look horrible is
that random Fauna lost to Eviden last week. Where did
that come from? I was talking a Wolves fan last
week and I'm like, oh, we had a little bit
of hope and then we lose that game. But they're
not that bad. They've had an incredibly tough run. They'll
be slightly said it will come into this one. They'll
have a bit of confidence. So I'm laying ipswitch Town.
Don't the other thing ipswich Town.
Speaker 3 (17:53):
They bottle it at the end of the games like
this one could be a drawer to win and then
you get the lay bet and happy days.
Speaker 2 (17:58):
Yeah, it was good to seetually cam Burgess.
Speaker 1 (18:01):
Yes, assists and assist. He was He's in my fantasy team.
Actually he was on my bench and he came.
Speaker 2 (18:06):
On very nice, very nice. So Liverpool not playing was
kind of a gift for you. Sort I lost the
one of Salad points Alexander Arnold points. Yeah, yeah, fair,
but yeah, Wolves at home they really like attacking football.
Speaker 1 (18:22):
Or something.
Speaker 2 (18:23):
I'd also probably get on Lockmatias Kuna Yeah, yeah, he's
the only one that he just seems to be always
involved in Wolves attacking play and any good play that
they have, so good and.
Speaker 3 (18:35):
Then we're going to be good as well. Over two
and a half, I think he's a lock in this one.
Speaker 1 (18:39):
Love it all right, let's finish off how we always
do with some quick fire tips EBL match Week sixteens
quick fire tips.
Speaker 2 (18:45):
This one will be.
Speaker 1 (18:47):
I feel like there's gonna be a lot of goals
in this one as well. Arsenal versus Everton obviously a.
Speaker 2 (18:50):
Lot of goals in probably Arsenal's favor, but you never know.
Arsenal have slipped up here and there. They've been pretty
shaky Fulham Fulham. They haven't been Fulham the last two seasons. Yes, crazy, unreal,
but they should get the job done here Arsenal, and
I believe they will.
Speaker 1 (19:04):
Yeah, especially at home, They're gonna could be like a
three nil pretty comfortable win for Arsenal and they get
their ship back on track.
Speaker 2 (19:10):
Next one, Wolves versus which I've said Wolves, I'm going
to back Wolves as well. I still I still like him.
I still like Wolves. I think they've got a lot
of upside to them.
Speaker 1 (19:19):
And I know we're talking about Gary O'Neil. I don't
think he's that bad. I think he knows what he's doing. Yeah,
they just have random I think the players have random
lapses on the field that I don't know.
Speaker 2 (19:30):
Their structure doesn't look too bad. Yeah, but the bad
thing is in football you could have a few bad.
Speaker 1 (19:34):
That's true, and then you get sacked. He might be
going before Christmas, but who knows. If they win this one,
then he might give. He might even be gone by
the time this week this podcast goes out. Maybe next
one Newcastle versus Leicester City. This is a tricky one
because Newcastle have been shaked by.
Speaker 2 (19:49):
Tricky but I think St. James's Park is crucial here. Yep,
so Newcastle for me stuff, I'm going to go draw.
I've backed Newcastle so many times. You've already gonna have
a party.
Speaker 1 (20:00):
Yeah, James part VARDI party every day the week. He'll
have his six red bulls. I love his videos. He
literally wakes up and has a red bull. Then he
does it, doesn't even eat hardly anything, and then he plays.
He's such another red bull, such an odd man.
Speaker 3 (20:11):
Oh he's so weird, but he knows what he's doing.
So I'm gonna go draw. Leicester haven't been that bad.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
And Newcastle, I don't know, it's been so shaky. Like
you said, they lift for the big games and then
they dropped to the opponent's level on the on the
sort of bad teams, agree.
Speaker 2 (20:24):
Liverpool verse Fulham.
Speaker 1 (20:25):
Liverpool will be itching to win after not playing on
the weekend, and you think they get an extra No,
I can't say an extra week's break because they didn't
play the league, but they did play in the Champions League.
Speaker 2 (20:35):
They still get an extra weekend's break, a weekend break.
They did play in the Champions League and beat Jerona
one nil. Yep, I think that was this morning. Was
so Liverpool should get the job done here. But former
just one of those teams they've been playing well. Take
points off the Big six. Not an anfield though surely
there's about a three one Yeah this, yeah, I tend
to agree. Yep. Next one, not versus aston Villa. This
(20:58):
is a tricky one.
Speaker 1 (20:59):
Not come not to back up to fifth. I believe
on the table. Yeah fifth, verse six. So this is
other than the Manchester derby. I can't believe I'm saying this.
Nots vers Aston Villa is probably the biggest game other
than the.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
Manchester, probably the best game of the week. It's gonna
be really fun. Notts in great form? What are they say?
Speaker 3 (21:15):
They're not in the most amazing form, but they're still fifth.
Speaker 2 (21:17):
They bounced back to victory, bounce back against United, so
and then Villa. I've been pretty sold won again in
the Champions League this morning as well. But I'm just
fairness out here. Forest have won just one of their
last eleven Premier League games against Villa, five wins, five draws.
I'm going to go the draw. I think both that
one win did come last season. Okay, I'm going to
(21:38):
go a draw as well. All right, I'm going to
go a draw as well. I just think noddingn Forest
at home and Villa haven't been all that convincing.
Speaker 3 (21:44):
Let's be honest, Actually stuff it. I'm gonna go knots.
Speaker 2 (21:46):
I love nuts.
Speaker 1 (21:47):
The city ground is going to be pumping. This is
there probably their one of the biggest games they can
get a dub. Are they gonna get a win here?
And yeah, yeah, stuff, I'm going City, sorry, not City,
knots going knots. Next one at Brighton Verse Crystal Palace
another weird one. I was looking brighter up to seventh,
but they have weird form. They've lost, they've.
Speaker 2 (22:04):
Lost the weird They are seventh, but they haven't been great.
No this season. No, that's after the top three.
Speaker 3 (22:12):
There's a lot of crap teams.
Speaker 2 (22:13):
Yeah, look, they had they haven't been bad. But I'm
still going to back them here. It's at the Amex,
isn't it. So yeah, go with Brighton there past weirdly
druid City.
Speaker 3 (22:25):
I don't know how, but yeah, but Palace is.
Speaker 2 (22:27):
Seventeenth, but they are undefeated in the last four really,
so they're actually in semi decently.
Speaker 1 (22:33):
Three of those were draws, yep, and one of those
against City, I'm going to I'm going to go to
the draw.
Speaker 3 (22:37):
I think Krystal passed. They haven't they have something going here.
Speaker 1 (22:39):
They're gonna They're gonna keep rolling and they'll get a job.
Brighton sometimes they don't know how to get the job done.
Speaker 2 (22:43):
They have They've had a few draws. Yeah, especially at home.
So they drawn six games, drawn seven, so I think draw. Yeah,
another draw for these two sides. I reckon. We already
went through this back quick one at Manchester City best
Man United. We're both gone to the city.
Speaker 1 (22:56):
Yep, Southampton versus Tottenham. I can they but we've said
that before. If they lose and is gone? Oh is
that what you're saying?
Speaker 2 (23:07):
If they lose to Southampton and is gone? Because this
is Tottenam's worst start to a season as well for
a long time. But it's weird because everyone's they're playing better.
It's very similar. I'll give you this to bas Ball
in the cricket. So Basball and the cricket's going. It's
great to watch. Tottenham a great to watch when they're attacking,
but they keep losing.
Speaker 1 (23:25):
Yeah, you need a plan B to still get you
over the line. And is never he just he's pretty stubborn.
Its pretty stubborn because I think deep down he knows
it's it will eventually work.
Speaker 2 (23:37):
But in this industry, because it's worked from wherever he's gone.
Speaker 1 (23:39):
But in this industry they're not going to give him
another like six months and two it clicks and I
think I think if the fans weren't as supportive of
and as they are. Yeah, he'd be gone by now.
Speaker 2 (23:49):
Oh yeah, I think I think I like because Daniel
leave if he gets rid of Ange, I think the
Tottenham fans get a bit rolled up. Ye, so I
reckon that's probably what's got him keeping a job at
the moment. But if they loose to Southampton, it's it's
hard to that would have been there. Yeah, surely they
win that one. Last to Chelsea West Brentford. You already
said Chelsea, let me go to the Chelse Yeah, Chelsea, harrum.
I think if it was at Brentford, I four could
(24:10):
have leaned towards to draw Brentford have Actually, I don't
think Chelsea have won any of the previous five league
meetings against really yeah, but the status that I mentioned
before were bent away and against the big clubs this season,
I think to Chelsea.
Speaker 1 (24:23):
Then last one Bournemouth versus west Ham. This could actually
be a fun game if west Ham bring their best.
But I'm going to lean towards Bournemouth at home.
Speaker 2 (24:29):
Yeah, I think Bournemouth is so good at home, Yeah,
so good at home. So Bournemouth finish the vitality very nice.
Uh yeah.
Speaker 1 (24:37):
When the more I go through it, I was saying, oh,
there's not that many good games. There is actually a
lot of good games. It's just different to you usual
big games.
Speaker 2 (24:42):
More more interesting. Watchers like keeping eye on this one
because this has the potential to be good. Yeah, it's
going to be a really good match with lots of goals,
I reckon. So we're very excited for that. All right,
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All right, before we.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
Into the best best game of the match game of
the match week, which could be a Manchester derby which
were very excited about, we'll go through the around the grounds.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
From the past weekend.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Let's do it first.
Speaker 1 (02:09):
One, I want to touch on very annoying for fantasy
Premier League players, like I had three Liverpool players and
the Everton versus Liverpool game got abandoned you to storm
and wing conditions.
Speaker 2 (02:18):
I was like, oh, got captain Cellar. I had Bruno's
vice he scored. Oh that's all right, but my mate
had Palmer as vice. Brutal and he scored. They should go.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
The average scores for the players that if you don't play.
Speaker 2 (02:35):
But I don't know. It's been annoying because I had
three Liverpool players.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
But yeah, that game is going to be I think
in the Mattrik twenty four Mattric thirty three, they're saying, which.
Speaker 2 (02:44):
Is ages away, ages away?
Speaker 1 (02:45):
But they found a little bit of time there because
there's so many games at the moment, they're not going
to be able to fit in.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
What about that poor Aussie Everton fans all the way
to England wad last Morsey said, Derby at Goodison Park
and yeah, because they're moving stadium. Oh yeah, true, and
that is brutal.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
I in a game gets abandoned once maybe every season,
and he's picked the ones that go all there from Australia.
But that's so shame is Coleman like Everton legend of
video he actually made as well.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
He invited them to training.
Speaker 1 (03:15):
The Aussie So the Aussie I don't know the name,
but he got to meet all the players and invited.
Speaker 2 (03:20):
So that's really I don't know how fifteen year old
can afford a plane tick to England and or Eviden
player gris and Park. Maybe his parents. He's he gets
all the reward then Oh yeah, tasty children, take your
credit for everything. He's already rich. Why does he get
to go meet the evident players.
Speaker 1 (03:36):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Look, basically, I'm very justus.
Speaker 1 (03:40):
Would would you go to a Goodison Park if if
Stanford Bridge was I want to go any game I
want to.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
I want to go to Stanford Bridge, obviously, but I
also want to do an away day away because that's
the best Atmos Park and away. Yeah, like yeah, he
was just sort of saying the Limbs Stadium.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
There we go, Chelsea up to second I can't believe
I'm saying that you'd be up and about after a
four to three win over Spurs. I'm calling it the
best game of the season so far. Crazy cold, Palmer.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
Pedro Netto wasn't too bad as well. Marcus yet you
want me to sing Chelsea if you want. He's running
down the right. His first name is Pedro and his
last names Neto.
Speaker 1 (04:24):
Pedo, Neto, baby, Joe Neto.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
Oh okay, that actually was pretty good.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
Didn't need to wear that's the chair.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
You're just you're just quoting, just quoting. There we go.
Everyone wasn't like the salary chance then that one. That's
not that one.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
Yeah, but that game, Oh my god, cold Palmer icing
the game with a chip finish a Panenka penalty? Who
the hell does that?
Speaker 2 (04:50):
Yeah? No, break the record twelve out of twelve. The
most was Yaya eleven out of eleven, fully enough though, Yeah.
Matt Latissier, Yeah, twenty four twenty five of his twenty
six penalties his records. Actually, that's crazy, insane.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
Because yeah, when Parma eventually gets the twenty six penalties,
surely one of them is going to be missing.
Speaker 2 (05:10):
I reckon He's going to eventually chip one even even
even missing just like three of which is incredible. He's
twelve from twelve, the best Premier League record. Good. That
was just a crazy game.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
Spurs were up to nil and then they did it
a spursy thing as usual.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
I think they're the team the most in Premier League
history to lose with a two goal advantage. Yes, the
bottle of two goals.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
That just sums him up.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
That just sums him up, doesn't it. But Big Ange
is a bit worried.
Speaker 3 (05:35):
And then Chelsea title contender's question mark you don't want to.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
Tell you if I'm keeping them, keeping it and.
Speaker 1 (05:42):
Truly on the table also looks better because Liverpool didn't
play this week. When they get the game in hand,
it will look a bigger gap. Obviously, that seven point gap.
Next one was worrying signs for Manchester United and Newcastle.
Speaker 2 (05:54):
Oh my god, they're like eleventh and twelfth. I think
worse United thirteenth or thirteenth. The Newcastle will think.
Speaker 3 (06:00):
Twelve twelve even worse. Geez United, what are they doing to?
Speaker 2 (06:05):
They lost the Forest lost, They lost the Knots three
to the first time they lost to Nottingham Forest in
probably a hundred years I think Premier League history. Yeah,
I think we mentioned it on last week's I can't
remember the exact day, Yeah, but it was a long time.
That is crazy.
Speaker 1 (06:20):
And then Newcastle they should be good. They got such
a good team and then what are they twelve?
Speaker 2 (06:25):
Yeah? As well, forward to Brentford. Their defense is the Worries.
Brenford Homer a decent side, but you.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
Shouldn't be again smash, that's that's wild.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
Next time we want to touch on Lester and Bournemouth
score two goals late to rescue points points.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
That was pretty exciting. Bournemouth have been really exciting this season.
They're really good. Was switch again? So so stiffid with
five minutes ago and then there's two one. What was
a little stat you had about second in the league
so far for x G. That's wild, behind Chelsea and
ahead of Liverpool. So they're creating big chances. They eight
(07:00):
they will take eight. That's that's crazy. I think it
was somewhere along the lawns of I think Chelsea are
thirty one xtually, uh former thirty Liverpool twenty nine.
Speaker 1 (07:09):
That last season well because they've actually been better without
the lanky which is wild because he was their best player.
Speaker 3 (07:14):
But they're just playing so well as a team.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
That manager is a really good manager and it just
proves that manager Ariola that's right, yes, yeah, so it
just proved that that sacking Garry O'Neil was the right
decision at the time because it wasn't where he is
with Wolves true.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
Another segue, say that, actually you can read that this one.
Speaker 2 (07:34):
This is pretty funny. West Ham won the alsakiko against
against Wolves. Obviously, Julian it looks like he's gonna get
sacked from west Ham. It looks like it's going to
get sacked from west Ham. And similarly, Gary O'Neill sa
I love that. I love that. Yeah, this classic. I
haven't hear of that before. I've never heard of that
one that that really tickles me. Are you always sticking me? Uh? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (07:58):
Now west Ham desperately needed that week just to they've
been horrible. Wolves have been a little bit unlucky this season,
but they're not gone too well.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
I've had a toss start, but you know, from these
easier games, you would expect him to pick up a
little bit more points, yes, than they have at the moment.
Speaker 1 (08:11):
And west Ham actually got that win for Mickle Antonio.
Have you seen his car? Yeah, oh my god, he's
Ferrari went straight into a tree. It's literally in half.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
But apparently he's okay, okay, he has surgery, I believe, but.
Speaker 1 (08:25):
They haven't the full stories that come out because there's
been lots of Premier League players that have gone a
bit drunk or tried to speak because they have all
these cool cars.
Speaker 3 (08:32):
So I'm hoping he doesn't seem like that type of player.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
He's not. It doesn't seem like an idiot. But yeah,
hopefully a right, Yeah, packages are right? Yeah what was
he delivering? Yeah? West Ham three points?
Speaker 1 (08:45):
There we go, There we go, and they were number
nine in the warm so that was very nice of
that west Ham.
Speaker 2 (08:50):
There we go.
Speaker 1 (08:51):
All right, let's quick segue you like a segway Best
game of the match week. There's some pretty weird games
this week.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
They're weird because they're like they're good teams against bad teams.
That actually means something.
Speaker 3 (09:03):
Yeah, but this one always means something.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
The Manchester derby, this one especially man You were out
of form.
Speaker 2 (09:08):
Man City just wo for as well.
Speaker 1 (09:10):
So Manchester City best Manchester United at the end he
had so man City's home game.
Speaker 2 (09:15):
You can read us through the little stats. You've put
it through. It well, this is it's kind of weird
because both teams are in the worst form heading into
a man Derby, probably in the club's history, like pre
City playing in probably in since two thousand.
Speaker 1 (09:30):
I'd say, Likegue will say, City of one four of
the past.
Speaker 2 (09:36):
Six meetings in the league. Though they did win the
Community Shield earlier this year, and they also lost the
Manchester the last season, which is why those teams faced
in the Community Shield. It was a season before Colled
Palmer scored for City in the Community Shield against Arsenal.
That's right. But City have just one win in their
(09:58):
last six league game. That is unrazy. That's the worst
they've been in my lifetime. But they've almost lost like
this season combined amount of games in the past previous
three seasons already Unreal's. But United have only won two
of the last six league games. So it's slightly better
but slightly better teams, but it's still United's worst starts
to a season since nineteen eighty six eighty seven after
(10:20):
fifteen bringing out the big guns here. It taken my
job that that is very good, not good. They seem
to break that record every year. Well, they don't get worse.
Speaker 1 (10:29):
The worse the last three years recond because they've been
finishing strong. Because I think there was as a season
where they did this and then they finished up four somehow,
which is not going to happen this season.
Speaker 2 (10:38):
But that they've just been horrible, like this is fucking
in the past. You go our city every other week,
three nail three.
Speaker 3 (10:44):
To one because you know, I probably could get on
the board.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
But this one is not that easy. You look at
the ficture that just happened with Manchester United when they
played Knots they lost three two. But the season before,
if you remember, yeah, similarly they were two nil down
in the first five minutes, five ten minutes, but they
went on to win that game. This season, they're going
to lose that game. And it's just games like that,
which ye see them have their worst starts to all season.
Speaker 3 (11:07):
That is crazy, all right, So we'll go through the
score picks and goal scorers.
Speaker 2 (11:11):
This is genuinely really hard. Give me, give me a
goalscorer and the score it is a bit rough. I'm
going to go three to one in favor of Manchester City. Okay,
it's a little bit rough. But Harlan has to find
the score sheet. I think he does. Anyway, he's equal
leading goal he's goored last. I think he's one ahead
(11:31):
now because Sala didn't play against Everton and should pick
a United goal scorer, and he's he's been a good form.
I'm going to do I say it, I was going
to go draw stuff. I'm going to all draw. Both
teams don't know how to win at the moment. City
It's like they go to the team's level.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
So Men United are definitely playing worse than Manchester City,
but they keep going to the team's level or worse City.
So I genuinely think this could be a tool. Brune
and I Reckon yet could score. I'm trying to think
of us for City, maybe like a long range after.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
Yeah, actually did so.
Speaker 1 (12:08):
He does lift in these big games, So I don't
mind Bruno maybe a goal and assist, but the two
that's a good shout. But I'm just gonna go draw
this because that's the funniest outcome. I genuinely, genuinely think
that man City just go to the level of.
Speaker 3 (12:19):
Their opposition at the moment. Pep's going to be scratching.
Speaker 2 (12:22):
You're saying it's going to be the worst game of
the season so far. If it's too all, if it's too.
Speaker 1 (12:28):
Yeah, no, I think both teams will lift because it's
such a big game and it's going to be too
all and everyone's like, oh my god, I can't believe
United had a draw.
Speaker 3 (12:34):
Because United fans would be happy with the tool.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
I think I think they would traveling yeah to the
crossdown right, not traveling too far, but yeah, yeah, I
know what you mean.
Speaker 1 (12:43):
Yep, all right, that's our Yeah. The best game of
the match week, the big Manchester Derby. Let's get into
the best part of the show, the back a Labet's
thanks to Betfair, the only place to back in laybet
on the EPR this season. So we got EPL match
Week sixteen last week. Because of the the cancelation and
the end of a game, we went two of three.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
We couldn't bet on the obviously you had you had
a tip for the Merseyside Derby. Yeah, that's right, but
two or three still positive?
Speaker 3 (13:08):
Yeah, if you'd all of them, then you're up.
Speaker 2 (13:09):
That's for handy. So yeah, we've gone positive for almost
five six weeks in a row now at least more
than fifty percent, which is really good, very handy. But
we've got some cheeky back all laid tips.
Speaker 1 (13:22):
Yeah, so we're going to have two each. Make sure
you check out Tony Hargreave's tips. He does big articles
for every single EBI match. Wek on betfair dot com
dot a u slash hub, so the betfair Hub. You
can even google betfair Hub.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
It's very very.
Speaker 3 (13:33):
Handy, all right, because we'll be the experts this week.
Speaker 2 (13:36):
What do you what do you do it? We're going
to I'm going to focus on that Manchester derby because
it's the biggest game of the week, all right. People
are going to punt on that one, yep. So I'm
going to back the over two and a half goals
in that game at a dollar forty nine. Ye. Look,
it's not great value, I think, but I think it's
virtually a lock. The last five meetings have all gone
over over as well. You could almost look at three
(13:58):
and over three and a half, yep. But seven of
City's last nine games in the league have gone over
and I think even the Champions League they've had a
couple of games where they consider and goals.
Speaker 1 (14:10):
But yeah, like in the past, you go, Cities defense
is just as good as they're stable, but they've been
shaky and their man defense is.
Speaker 2 (14:19):
Horrible, horrible. Look, I think there's gonna be goals on
offering this game.
Speaker 1 (14:22):
Love it.
Speaker 2 (14:23):
I'm going to back come out on saying this. You
said never back said this for three weeks in a row.
Speaker 1 (14:28):
Never back Tottenham. I'm back in Tottenham. Last week your
lay bets were perfect.
Speaker 2 (14:33):
Did they laid Tottenham laid ipswitch? Okay, no, I laid who?
Speaker 3 (14:39):
Did you laid Tottenham twice?
Speaker 2 (14:43):
I'm pretty sure possibly?
Speaker 1 (14:45):
And they lost obviously to Chelsea and then the one
before that they oh no, I can't find all right,
but they your bets one it is safe to later.
But I'm backing Tottenham at a dollar eighty here. The
only team that I want to back Tottenham against is Southampton. Southampton.
St think also Tottenham go win loss, win, loss, win loss.
They've done it, I think eight the last like nine
(15:06):
weeks have gone win lost, win, loss, win loss. They
lost to Chelsea. They're going to bounce back and then
they'll be like, oh we beat Southampton. No one will
care that much because just Southampton good value for Eightie's
great value for Southampton, who's the worst team in the league.
Spurs are undefeated in their last three meetings at Saint Mary's,
so I know it's Tottenham and this is going to
come and time to halt me. Maybe Olivia will cut
(15:27):
up a short for this, but genuinely they should win.
Dollar eighty is really good value against the worst team
in the com and even with like, if you're not
fancy on just backing Tottenham, you could always lay just
a little bit less, I assume in terms of like
the tope.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
But yeah, that's true, that's true.
Speaker 1 (15:45):
I'm just back into because I'm just I'm just confident
on them, so I'm happy to back then for a win.
Speaker 2 (15:49):
All Right, we'll do some lay bets. What are you
laying this week? Laying Brentford in the Chelsea versus Brentford
gaga nine dollars twenty Wow, a bit of a score, yeah,
because Brentford annoying teenth in the form table or like
they were away record this season away record they be
nineteenth on the table. Really yeah, it's only they only
seem to perform at home. Wow. So coming up against Chelsea,
(16:12):
who are in great nick at the moment, really good form,
scoring goals for fun. They've only lost two games this
season Chelsea against Liverpool and Manchester City. Yep, so I'm
expecting a Chelsea win here. But you can even like
it gives you the.
Speaker 1 (16:29):
Randomly Chelsea have these weird away games because Branford to
home this season have been unbelievable, so it could be
a draw.
Speaker 2 (16:34):
And then you get that with the labor and Brentford
haven't been great against the traditional Big six clubs this season.
They've they're owned four against the traditional Big six and
that the only two teams that haven't played is obviously
Chelsea and Arsenal. So they've lost to Manchester, you know,
I've lost to Tottenham City and.
Speaker 1 (16:55):
Yeah, okay, that's actually yeah, that's really good. They're not
good against the big teams. They've been smashing the lower
teams as well, but yeah, you get the draw in
the win. Chelsea should win that, but you still get
the draw on your hand with the laybacks like it,
I'm laying ipswich Town at four dollars thirty against Wolves
at the Molin News and Wolves are playing at home.
This is a really tricky one that if you want
to talk about al Secco or who's going to get
(17:16):
relegation battle, this is going to be a crazy probably
I reckon it could be a fun game because both
teams could be playing pretty attacking but I'm looking at
the attacking Wolves have scored nine more goals this season.
I reckon it could be a shootout, and if it's
going to be a shootout, I'm backing Wolves.
Speaker 2 (17:30):
They're not as bad as their form suggests. They've They've
had a horrible run.
Speaker 1 (17:33):
The only time where I'm like they look horrible is
that random Fauna lost to Eviden last week. Where did
that come from? I was talking a Wolves fan last
week and I'm like, oh, we had a little bit
of hope and then we lose that game. But they're
not that bad. They've had an incredibly tough run. They'll
be slightly said it will come into this one. They'll
have a bit of confidence. So I'm laying ipswitch Town.
Don't the other thing ipswich Town.
Speaker 3 (17:53):
They bottle it at the end of the games like
this one could be a drawer to win and then
you get the lay bet and happy days.
Speaker 2 (17:58):
Yeah, it was good to seetually cam Burgess.
Speaker 1 (18:01):
Yes, assists and assist. He was He's in my fantasy team.
Actually he was on my bench and he came.
Speaker 2 (18:06):
On very nice, very nice. So Liverpool not playing was
kind of a gift for you. Sort I lost the
one of Salad points Alexander Arnold points. Yeah, yeah, fair,
but yeah, Wolves at home they really like attacking football.
Speaker 1 (18:22):
Or something.
Speaker 2 (18:23):
I'd also probably get on Lockmatias Kuna Yeah, yeah, he's
the only one that he just seems to be always
involved in Wolves attacking play and any good play that
they have, so good and.
Speaker 3 (18:35):
Then we're going to be good as well. Over two
and a half, I think he's a lock in this one.
Speaker 1 (18:39):
Love it all right, let's finish off how we always
do with some quick fire tips EBL match Week sixteens
quick fire tips.
Speaker 2 (18:45):
This one will be.
Speaker 1 (18:47):
I feel like there's gonna be a lot of goals
in this one as well. Arsenal versus Everton obviously a.
Speaker 2 (18:50):
Lot of goals in probably Arsenal's favor, but you never know.
Arsenal have slipped up here and there. They've been pretty
shaky Fulham Fulham. They haven't been Fulham the last two seasons. Yes, crazy, unreal,
but they should get the job done here Arsenal, and
I believe they will.
Speaker 1 (19:04):
Yeah, especially at home, They're gonna could be like a
three nil pretty comfortable win for Arsenal and they get
their ship back on track.
Speaker 2 (19:10):
Next one, Wolves versus which I've said Wolves, I'm going
to back Wolves as well. I still I still like him.
I still like Wolves. I think they've got a lot
of upside to them.
Speaker 1 (19:19):
And I know we're talking about Gary O'Neil. I don't
think he's that bad. I think he knows what he's doing. Yeah,
they just have random I think the players have random
lapses on the field that I don't know.
Speaker 2 (19:30):
Their structure doesn't look too bad. Yeah, but the bad
thing is in football you could have a few bad.
Speaker 1 (19:34):
That's true, and then you get sacked. He might be
going before Christmas, but who knows. If they win this one,
then he might give. He might even be gone by
the time this week this podcast goes out. Maybe next
one Newcastle versus Leicester City. This is a tricky one
because Newcastle have been shaked by.
Speaker 2 (19:49):
Tricky but I think St. James's Park is crucial here. Yep,
so Newcastle for me stuff, I'm going to go draw.
I've backed Newcastle so many times. You've already gonna have
a party.
Speaker 1 (20:00):
Yeah, James part VARDI party every day the week. He'll
have his six red bulls. I love his videos. He
literally wakes up and has a red bull. Then he
does it, doesn't even eat hardly anything, and then he plays.
He's such another red bull, such an odd man.
Speaker 3 (20:11):
Oh he's so weird, but he knows what he's doing.
So I'm gonna go draw. Leicester haven't been that bad.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
And Newcastle, I don't know, it's been so shaky. Like
you said, they lift for the big games and then
they dropped to the opponent's level on the on the
sort of bad teams, agree.
Speaker 2 (20:24):
Liverpool verse Fulham.
Speaker 1 (20:25):
Liverpool will be itching to win after not playing on
the weekend, and you think they get an extra No,
I can't say an extra week's break because they didn't
play the league, but they did play in the Champions League.
Speaker 2 (20:35):
They still get an extra weekend's break, a weekend break.
They did play in the Champions League and beat Jerona
one nil. Yep, I think that was this morning. Was
so Liverpool should get the job done here. But former
just one of those teams they've been playing well. Take
points off the Big six. Not an anfield though surely
there's about a three one Yeah this, yeah, I tend
to agree. Yep. Next one, not versus aston Villa. This
(20:58):
is a tricky one.
Speaker 1 (20:59):
Not come not to back up to fifth. I believe
on the table. Yeah fifth, verse six. So this is
other than the Manchester derby. I can't believe I'm saying this.
Nots vers Aston Villa is probably the biggest game other
than the.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
Manchester, probably the best game of the week. It's gonna
be really fun. Notts in great form? What are they say?
Speaker 3 (21:15):
They're not in the most amazing form, but they're still fifth.
Speaker 2 (21:17):
They bounced back to victory, bounce back against United, so
and then Villa. I've been pretty sold won again in
the Champions League this morning as well. But I'm just
fairness out here. Forest have won just one of their
last eleven Premier League games against Villa, five wins, five draws.
I'm going to go the draw. I think both that
one win did come last season. Okay, I'm going to
(21:38):
go a draw as well. All right, I'm going to
go a draw as well. I just think noddingn Forest
at home and Villa haven't been all that convincing.
Speaker 3 (21:44):
Let's be honest, Actually stuff it. I'm gonna go knots.
Speaker 2 (21:46):
I love nuts.
Speaker 1 (21:47):
The city ground is going to be pumping. This is
there probably their one of the biggest games they can
get a dub. Are they gonna get a win here?
And yeah, yeah, stuff, I'm going City, sorry, not City,
knots going knots. Next one at Brighton Verse Crystal Palace
another weird one. I was looking brighter up to seventh,
but they have weird form. They've lost, they've.
Speaker 2 (22:04):
Lost the weird They are seventh, but they haven't been great.
No this season. No, that's after the top three.
Speaker 3 (22:12):
There's a lot of crap teams.
Speaker 2 (22:13):
Yeah, look, they had they haven't been bad. But I'm
still going to back them here. It's at the Amex,
isn't it. So yeah, go with Brighton there past weirdly
druid City.
Speaker 3 (22:25):
I don't know how, but yeah, but Palace is.
Speaker 2 (22:27):
Seventeenth, but they are undefeated in the last four really,
so they're actually in semi decently.
Speaker 1 (22:33):
Three of those were draws, yep, and one of those
against City, I'm going to I'm going to go to
the draw.
Speaker 3 (22:37):
I think Krystal passed. They haven't they have something going here.
Speaker 1 (22:39):
They're gonna They're gonna keep rolling and they'll get a job.
Brighton sometimes they don't know how to get the job done.
Speaker 2 (22:43):
They have They've had a few draws. Yeah, especially at home.
So they drawn six games, drawn seven, so I think draw. Yeah,
another draw for these two sides. I reckon. We already
went through this back quick one at Manchester City best
Man United. We're both gone to the city.
Speaker 1 (22:56):
Yep, Southampton versus Tottenham. I can they but we've said
that before. If they lose and is gone? Oh is
that what you're saying?
Speaker 2 (23:07):
If they lose to Southampton and is gone? Because this
is Tottenam's worst start to a season as well for
a long time. But it's weird because everyone's they're playing better.
It's very similar. I'll give you this to bas Ball
in the cricket. So Basball and the cricket's going. It's
great to watch. Tottenham a great to watch when they're attacking,
but they keep losing.
Speaker 1 (23:25):
Yeah, you need a plan B to still get you
over the line. And is never he just he's pretty stubborn.
Its pretty stubborn because I think deep down he knows
it's it will eventually work.
Speaker 2 (23:37):
But in this industry, because it's worked from wherever he's gone.
Speaker 1 (23:39):
But in this industry they're not going to give him
another like six months and two it clicks and I
think I think if the fans weren't as supportive of
and as they are. Yeah, he'd be gone by now.
Speaker 2 (23:49):
Oh yeah, I think I think I like because Daniel
leave if he gets rid of Ange, I think the
Tottenham fans get a bit rolled up. Ye, so I
reckon that's probably what's got him keeping a job at
the moment. But if they loose to Southampton, it's it's
hard to that would have been there. Yeah, surely they
win that one. Last to Chelsea West Brentford. You already
said Chelsea, let me go to the Chelse Yeah, Chelsea, harrum.
I think if it was at Brentford, I four could
(24:10):
have leaned towards to draw Brentford have Actually, I don't
think Chelsea have won any of the previous five league
meetings against really yeah, but the status that I mentioned
before were bent away and against the big clubs this season,
I think to Chelsea.
Speaker 1 (24:23):
Then last one Bournemouth versus west Ham. This could actually
be a fun game if west Ham bring their best.
But I'm going to lean towards Bournemouth at home.
Speaker 2 (24:29):
Yeah, I think Bournemouth is so good at home, Yeah,
so good at home. So Bournemouth finish the vitality very nice.
Uh yeah.
Speaker 1 (24:37):
When the more I go through it, I was saying, oh,
there's not that many good games. There is actually a
lot of good games. It's just different to you usual
big games.
Speaker 2 (24:42):
More more interesting. Watchers like keeping eye on this one
because this has the potential to be good. Yeah, it's
going to be a really good match with lots of goals,
I reckon. So we're very excited for that. All right,
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Speaker 3 (25:06):
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