Chelsea face trickly Villa, Man United hoping to cruise at Reebok

Even after a huge win over Portsmouth in the midweek, Chelsea would be wondering why only “three” points??? Now with that result the premier league action has got as hot as possible… After 31 matches Manchester United lead the table with 69 points, followed by Chelsea who is a point behind and followed by third placed Arsenal who are also a point behind

This weekend there is plenty of action… After a long time, the new leaders Manchester United will be visiting Reebok Stadium to face Bolton Wanderers and are most likely to cruise over them to stay at the top. On the other hand, Bolton‘s aim will be to climb certain positions to end at a respectable stage. News for the locker room is that Wayne Rooney was reported with a knee injury but is known to be fine and looking the fixtures ahead, Sir Alex will not be taking chances. Other than that the red devils will be traveling with their usual squad with some grim chances of including Owen Hargreaves. Bolton will be without Sean Davis due to ankle injury but their star performer Kevin Davis is ready to lead the kill.

Chelsea will be hosting seventh placed Aston Villa in a tricky fixture as Villa has earlier stalled Manchester United, Liverpool and are no outsiders to the title race. Once at fourth place will will be happy to finish in that place for a prized entry into Europe.

Matches timings for the next three days are:

Saturday:

Birmingham City Vs Arsenal 1500 Hours GMT

Chelsea Vs Aston Villa 1500 Hours GMT

Hull City Vs Fulham 1500 Hours GMT

Tottenham Hotspur Vs Portsmouth 1500 Hours GMT

West Ham United Vs Stoke City 1500 Hours GMT

Wolverhampton Wanderers Vs Everton 1500 Hours GMT

Bolton Wanderers Vs Manchester United 1730 Hours GMT

Sunday:

Burnley Vs Blackburn Rovers 1200 Hours GMT

Liverpool Vs Sunderland 1600 Hours GMT

Monday:

Manchester City VS Wigan Athletic 2000 Hours GMT

Ferdinand and Vidic return as United host Hammers.

After their shock defeat at Goodison Park, Manchester United will be back to Old Trafford and will be hosting West Ham United for a crucial match and a chance to narrow the lead to one point for the current leaders Chelsea. For the fact of the matter, this match was postponed due to snowfall and the league cup and finally a date was decided for the same on 23rd February.

 

Good news for the red devils is that Rio Ferdinand will be available after successfully completing his four match ban which happened due to violent conduct against Hull City. The other defender Namanja Vidic is also expected to start as he is fast recovering from the calf injury. The Serbian was on the bench for the match against Everton. It was visible that Unitedmissed Ryan Giggs on the wing. He is still out due to the arm injury. The Hammers remain just four points off the relegation zone, but their back to back wins over Birmingham City and Hull City have boosted confidence in Gianfranco Zola‘s squad. Nevertheless, they have struggled on their away fixtures this season, winning just one of 13 away games which is a huge cause of concern for the Hammers and the old Trafford tradition go against their wish to turn the tables.

 

With title for one and relegation scare for another at stake this will be an exciting contest to see who win. The odds favourManchester United, last time when they met at Opton Park the visitors thrashed them with four goals. Alan Wiley will be the referee for the night. He has handed 4 red cards 28 games overall and none for United.

The match will be starting at 2000 Hours GMT (i.e. 0130 Hours IST). Don’t miss the all important match.

Gerrard return to give Liverpool a big boost in the mid week football.

Giving light to the mid week football, 16 teams will be in action in the English premier league including second place Chelsea and Arsenal with the blues have a fairly easy chance of going to the top of the table. Other matches also includes bottom playersPortsmouth who will be up against West Ham United and with the recent results the survivals of Pompey’s is getting more and more difficult in the top league.
After bowing out of the FA Cup, Arsenal will be going for a nothing to loose match against Aston Villa who has surprised with their consistent fourth place in the premier league. Arsene Wenger will be hoping to put up a good show at Villa Park with his starting line up which will include Andrei Arshawin, Cesc Fabregas as his attacking force upfront.

Liverpool will be hoping to carry their winning momentum when they will be facing Wolverhampton Wanderers this Tuesday. Big boost for the reds is that their captain Steven Gerrard may be back after recovering from his hamstring injury that he picked up during their FA Cup loss to reading a fortnight ago. News from the Wolves camp is that Mick McCarthy is planning to unleash their new signing Adlene Guedioura for the first time in the match. With many adverse rumours looming large over Rafa Benitez, this match will be important for his future.
Chelsea will be hosting Birmingham City this Wednesday for a crucial match for both the teams. The point that will be worrying the blues will be that Birmingham City are unbeaten in their last 12 premier league games under their new manager Alex McLiesh. Chelsea can’t take them easily specially when they are at the tale of the top teams at eighth place.
The timings for the matches on Tuesday and Wednesday are:

Tuesday:
Portsmouth Vs West Ham United 1945 Hours GMT
Wolves Vs Liverpool 1945 Hours GMT
Bolton Wanderers Vs Burnley 2000 Hours GMT
Tottenham Hotspurs Vs Fulham 2000 Hours GMT

Wednesday:
Aston Villa Vs Arsenal 1945 Hours GMT
Chelsea Vs Birmingham City 1945 Hours GMT
Blackburn Rovers Vs Wigan 2000 Hours GMT
Everton Vs Sunderland 2000 Hours GMT

Spurs desprate for Maxi Rodríguez, Viera back to premier league!!!

Maxi Rodríguez is the man who is in the breaking news. It seems like the premiership teams are after him. The Argentine who is dubbed to be the next big thing in Argentina and the European world is being closely watched by several premier league team including Tottenham Hotspurs and Liverpool. Other than them, his home club Boca Juniors, Spanish powerhouse Villareal, all are after him. Currently playing with Atletico Madrid, he has the potential to break all the barriers. Tottenham Hotspurs are so curious to sign him that they are even offering David Bentely in exchange for the Argentine.

After spending some tough time with several European clubs, former French skipper Patrick Viera may be back to England. The tall & short-tempered Frenchman would be on its way to Manchester to play with Manchester City. Rumours are that his is unhappy with his performance at Inter and a 6 month loan deal till the end of the season here will probably lift his game. According to the new Man City manager Roberto Mancini “the deal is 99 percent on”. Interestingly he also coached Viera which his stint in Inter. But things may halt as he has accepted Inter’s request to delay his departure from San Siro till the time the injury hit Inter players are back.