EPL Index Match Previews

Martin Jol is still a favourite among Spurs fans but on Sunday afternoon, that affection will be put on hold when Spurs travel to Craven Cottage in search of a seventh win in eight Premier League matches. If Spurs can claim the points against Fulham, they will enter the international break with 22 points from their first ten games. Already more than one third of the points they collected in the entire last season. Faint whispers of a top three …

Everton travel to an in-form Newcastle on Saturday having suffered a testing early season stretch of games. Defeats to Manchester City, Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester United in four out of the last five games have left the Toffees precariously placed in the league. This weekend, one would think Evertonians may be encouraged facing a supposed lesser foe in Newcastle, however the Toon Army have been inspired so far this campaign, enjoying their best start to a season for over a …

After the disappointment of last Sundays home defeat to Everton, Fulham travel up the M6 to the DW Stadium to once again attempt to change our away day fortunes. While we have a good record against Wigan in the Premier League, it's not so hot away from home. Out of our twelve meetings in total we've won a third of our games. However we're yet to get a three point maximum against them outside the capital. That said in our six …

In Spurs’ first home game since the derby victory, they welcome another London rival, Queens Park Rangers. Tottenham will hope to continue a rich recent run of form which has seen them unbeaten since August. Five wins and one draw in their last six has Spurs sitting in fifth place, still with a game in hand. QPR’s form is less consistent. A scratchy win against Chelsea last start has released the pressure on manager Neil Warnock. Spurs will be optimistic …

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So two losses and a win in the space of the week leaves Stoke fans in a semi-positive mood going into the Monday night  fixture at home to Newcastle United. As each game passes, the fans seem to be getting more and more optimistic about their team’s chances – which can only be a good thing for the club. Currently 9th in the league, averaging 1.3 points per game after 9 games and more than holding their own in Europe, …

You'd be forgiven, if you're a Manchester United fan, for being sick of the sight of Anfield lately. Where previously we could look forward to the trip, knowing that our record there  was absolutely insane, we now find ourselves without a league win since 2007, when Carlos Tevez turned a Rooney shot into the roof of Reina's net for the only goal. Of course, whilst Liverpool may have won the last three games at Anfield, prior to that their previous home victory …

[caption id="attachment_5220" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Balotelli Converting his PK"][/caption] Manchester City is coming off the international break looking to continue their Premier League dominance with a win over unbeaten Aston Villa this weekend. To put this coming match-up in to perspective, I have compared the numbers from the two EPL games Villa and City played last year (I don't have the data from the FA cup game). The games were split, with each club winning at home. What's strange is that …