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Man Utd host Blackburn in the early kick off on Saturday and despite Sir Alex Ferguson making an encouraging phone call to his opposite number here during the week it seems likely that Steve Kean will be under even more pressure after this game assuming that Blackburn get nothing from the match. Man Utd are on a role at the moment and a win here would take them top of the league for 24 hours at least and with Man Utd often improving in the second half of the season Sir Alex…

Swansea continue to look strong at home on Tuesday but perhaps it is a dropped two points at home to QPR that Swansea might look back on as their defining moment this season. Swansea haven't looked likely to gain many points on the road all season so every point counts at home, luckily so far Swansea's home record has kept them out of the danger zone. Tottenham continue to go from strength to strength, their win over Norwich on Tuesday was mightily impressive and they…

Chelsea continue to struggle to string meaningful results together and it looks as though they could be competing for fourth place at best currently but with the January transfer window just around the corner Andre Villas-Boas will have a chance to add to his already expensively assembled squad. There is talk of £150m being available to spend and that sort of figure could even put them back in the title race. Aston Villa would love to have just a fraction of that to spend, …

News that Thierry Henry could soon be seen once again in an Arsenal shirt will have Arsenal fans extremely excited, especially with their over reliance on Robin Van Persie this season. It often seems that if Van Persie doesn't score then Arsenal don't win and that was certainly the case when Arsenal dropped points at home to Wolves during the week. QPR picked up a valuable point at Swansea on Tuesday but they are still edging towards the bottom three and Neil Warnock…

This fixture has produced some epic encounters over the years, most notably the two 4-3 wins for Liverpool in 1996 and 1997. What Liverpool would give for the ability to score four goals in a match, figures published this week showed that they have the lowest chance conversion ratio in the Premiership and lack of goals is what is likely to cost them a return to the top four this season. Liverpool go into this match one point in front of opponents Newcastle and that represents an …

This has been a Championship fixture for the past three years but after both teams gained promotion last season it is a Premiership fixture for this first time and it is the playoff winners who go into this match two points ahead of last season's Championship winners. Both sides will be wary of how tough the second half of the season can be for the newly promoted sides, just look at Blackpool last season, and three points for either of these teams could be a huge result and…

Stoke may have been beaten by Man City last time out but four wins from their last five league games is a great record to take into the festive fixtures. Stoke have proved this season that they can handle a blip and Tony Pulis will be hoping to push on up the table in the second half of the season. Aston Villa are still struggling for results under Alex McLeish with their only three points in six games coming agaisnt strugglers Bolton. Villa have a tough run of fixtures at the…

Martin O' Neill has already started to produce the goods at Sunderland since his arrival, two wins from three games has seen Sunderland begin to move up the table but both wins came against out of form teams (Blackburn and QPR) and both came courtesy of late goals so there is still plenty of improvement for Martin O'Neill to find in his team. Traditionally this is the time of year that Everton improve after a slow start and they will have been boosted after a 1-0 win…

Chelsea will have been pleased to have avoided defeat at White Hart Lane last week but at the same time they will have probably been a bit disappointed they didn't go on to win the game in the second half. After two draws in a row Andre Villas-Boas will be looking to return to winning ways in this match in his first game against local rivals Fulham. The away side come into this game off the back of a thrashing at the hands of Man Utd and losing that game by such a wide…

Being bottom of the Premiership at Christmas is usually a relegation sentence, only West Brom have escaped relegation after being bottom at Christmas since the Premiership began and things don't look good for Steve Kean's side at the moment. Things don't get much tougher than a trip to Anfield and Blackburn, who are without an away win this season, are predicted to struggle against a team that is unbeaten at home this season. Liverpool have been hitting the headlines …