The English Premier League resumes this upcoming weekend (Nov 21 & 22) after a week of due to international fixtures. The title race remains very close amongst Chelsea, Arsenal, and Manchester United. Liverpool continues to struggle while Manchester City looks for a top four finish. Here's our weekly list of previews, predictions, and USA/UK Television listings for Saturday 21st November 2009 & Sunday 22nd November 2009

Predictions (times listed are GMT aka UK local time)

Saturday, 21 November 2009

Birmingham v Fulham, 15:00 - 1-1 Draw

Burnley v Aston Villa, 15:00 Burnley wins 2-0

Chelsea v Wolverhampton, 15:00 Chelsea wins 4-0

Hull v West Ham, 15:00 Hull wins 1-0

Liverpool v Man City, 12:45 Liverpool wins 3-2

Man Utd v Everton, 17:30 Man United wins 2-1

Sunderland v Arsenal, 15:00 Arsenal wins 3-1

Sunday, 22 November 2009

Bolton v Blackburn, 13:30 Bolton wins 1-0

Stoke v Portsmouth, 16:00 Stoke wins 2-1

Tottenham v Wigan, 15:00 Tottenham wins 3-1

Video Previews (click on each match) & USA/UK TV Listings

Saturday, November 21, 2009 Time Home Away TV VENUE Nov 21 07:45 ET Liverpool v Manchester City ESPN2 (USA), Sky Sports 1 (UK) Anfield Nov 21 10:00 ET Birmingham v Fulham St Andrews Stadium Nov 21 10:00 ET Burnley v Aston Villa Turf Moor Nov 21 10:00 ET Chelsea v Wolverhampton Wanderers Setanta Ireland (UK) Stamford Bridge Nov 21 10:00 ET Hull City v West Ham United Kingston Communications Stadium Nov 21 10:00 ET Sunderland v Arsenal Fox Soccer Channel (USA) Stadium of Light Nov 21 12:30 ET Manchester United v Everton Fox Soccer Channel (USA), ESPN (UK) Old Trafford Sunday, November 22, 2009 Time Home Away TV VENUE Nov 22 08:30 ET Bolton Wanderers v Blackburn Rovers Sky Sports 1 (UK) Reebok Stadium Nov 22 10:00 ET Tottenham Hotspur v Wigan Athletic White Hart Lane Nov 22 11:00 ET Stoke City v Portsmouth Fox Soccer Channel (USA), Sky Sports 1 (UK) Britannia Stadium Click to continue reading...

Chelsea rattled in another four goals yesterday as we beat Bolton 4-0 at the Reebok stadium and let's face it, it could of been so much more. After the display in midweek I predicted that the game yesterday would be a much more difficult game and to Bolton's credit for 43 minutes of the first half it was. Click to continue reading...

Remarkable Recovery

Euro 2008 was a hugely enjoyable tournament on a number of levels. Viewers across the globe were spoilt with a month of delightful, positive football. Spain were indisputably the best team on show, and deserved winner of their first major championship in 34 years. However, a personal highlight was the re-emergence of Croatian striker Ivan Klasnic, after he had spent most of 2007 recovering from 2 kidney transplants.

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Traditional terrace tipplers still mouthing up their marmite at the news that Newcastle's St. James' Park will henceforth be known as sportsdirect.com@St. James' Park Stadium will be further aghast to learn that Chelsea would consider cashing in on Stamford Bridge. We are not too far off from Ethan Armstrong's vision here at EPL Talk of sponsored songs and players.

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Chelsea rattled in another four goals yesterday as we beat Bolton 4-0 at the Reebok stadium and let's face it, it could of been so much more. After the display in midweek I predicted that the game yesterday would be a much more difficult game and to Bolton's credit for 43 minutes of the first half it was. Click to continue reading...

Chelsea rattled in another four goals yesterday as we beat Bolton 4-0 at the Reebok stadium and let's face it, it could of been so much more. After the display in midweek I predicted that the game yesterday would be a much more difficult game and to Bolton's credit for 43 minutes of the first half it was. Click to continue reading...

A Much Improved Bolton Suffer Heavy Defeat

• Tuesday, Ocotber 31, 2009
• Venue: The Reebok Stadium
• Attendance: 22,680
• Referee: Peter Walton

• Jlloyd Samuel [45+1]
• Frank Lampard [45+2]
• Paul Robinson [57]
• Deco [61]
• Paulo Ferreira [80]
• Zat Knight (og) [82]
• Didier Drogba [90+1]

It was going so well until the stroke of half–time, a clipped heel took Drogba down, Chelsea ahead and The Wanderers down to 10 men.

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Chelsea remained at the top of the Premier League by beating Bolton 4-0 at Reebok Stadium. It was the perfect ending to an almost perfect Chelsea performance.Frank Lampard, Deco, Knight(OG) and Drogba scored a goal each for Chelsea. Click to continue reading...

The matches to watch after you realize that playing football while wearing a cape might be the most awesome thing ever.

Saturday

Arsenal v Tottenham at Emirates Stadium North London derby. While Spurs are a little depleted at the moment (Defoe, Lennon, dos Santos, and Modric all out), this is still the match of the weekend.

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Chelsea faces a tricky away trip to the Reebok Stadium to take on Bolton on Saturday. The two sides just clashed this midweek in the Carling Cup with Chelsea running out 4-0 winners. Carlo Ancelotti has been delighted with his side's start to the season, but Bolton has long been a bogey team in the Premier League for the Pensioners.

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The English Premier League has another full set of matches on Saturday, October 31 and Sunday, November 1. Some of the key matchups include Fulham v Liverpool, Manchester United v Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers v Chelsea, Everton v Aston Villa, and Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur. Will Chelsea remain on top and can Liverpool continued their recent form to keep pace with the top teams?

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Former Bolton manager Sam Alladyce revealed that some of Blackburn's players played against Chelsea despite showing some symptoms of Swine Flu. Big Sam is concerned about the virus but The Wanderers' current manager is not perturbed by an apparent outbreak at The Reebok Stadium.

In a statement on the official Rovers website Big Sam said;

"Obviously, we've had two players who have been particularly poorly with it, and we've had a few more that have had something which looked like the symptoms, but they still managed to travel with us and get through the game at Chelsea.

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A thrilling encounter was witnessed at The Reebok Stadium as Bolton scored a late goal to defeat Everton 3-2. The Premier League match had both sides matching the other in skill and speed. It was Chung-Yong Lee's 16th minute goal that got the proceedings going for Bolton. A free kick from Matt Taylor was scored [. Click to continue reading...

First Prem Home Win of the Season

• Sunday, October 25, 2009
• Venue: The Reebok Stadium
• Attendance: 21,547
• Referee: Phil Dowd

• Chung-Yong Lee [16]
• Gary Cahill [27]
• Kevin Davies [30]
• Louis Saha [32]
• Marouane Fellaini [55]
• Gary Cahill [57]
• Jlloyd Samuel [61]
• Marouane Fellaini [63]
• Ivan Klasnic [86]

The Wanderers' great start was evened out by the visitors but persistence earned Bolton a late goal and their first three points to be won at The Reebok since April.

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The English Premier League is well into the 2009-10 season and continues on Saturday, October 24 and Sunday, October 25. Liverpool looks to recover from their recent struggles with a crucial match against Manchester United. There are six matches on Saturday and four on Sunday. Here's a list of predictions, previews, and USA/UK television listings for this weekend of English Premier League matches.

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.Old Trafford is all set for another rollicking encounter on this Saturday, as Manchester United will lock horns with Gary Megson's Bolton on what would be a tough weekend for some of the top sides in the league. Red Devils would be playing without their star striker, Wayne Rooney. However, the team will have the services [. Click to continue reading...

As the nights draw in and leaves fall and while hedgehogs prepare to be burnt alive in bonfires there is one thing that begins to blossom — transfer rumours. Having said that, transfer rumour seem to be more evergreen than biannual.

The latest rumour involves midfielder Camel Meriem, currently at AS Monaco, who is thought to have gained the interest of Megson.

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There are some things that are constant in this world. There's no science or logic to it, it's just meant to be and there's no point trying to avoid it. Whoever wins The X Factor will probably be a bit of a pretentious twat. The Murdoch family will constantly complain about the BBC. England will always exit major tournaments on heartbreaking penalty shootouts. Click to continue reading...

Optimism Returns to The Reebok

• Saturday, October 3, 2009
• Venue: The Reebok Stadium
• Attendance: 21,305
• Referee: Mike Jones

• Ricardo Gardner [4]
• Tamir Cohen [32]
• Niko Kranjcar [34]
• Jermaine Jenas [35]
• Fabrice Muamba [59]
• Kevin Davies [69]
• Vedran Corluka [73]

Bolton Wanderers went ahead twice but a determined Tottenham Hotspurs fought back to earn a point in what was a highly entertaining match.

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Spurs will have to wait another year to break their winless streak at the Reebok Stadium. Their 2-2 draw against Bolton was the first draw in their EPL campaign.Harry Redknapp's side climbs up to third place with this point, but there are still 4 games yet to be played this weekend. Do Tottenham have what it takes to be a Premier League top four side? Click to continue reading...

The Premiership is full of colourful characters. From Robinho's thumb-sucking antics at Man City to Harry Redknapp's wheeling and dealing at Spurs. But Gary Megson looks to have stumbled upon something completely different. Ivan Klasnic is a man on a mission.

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Irish front man aims high.

Portsmouth Vs Tottenham Tickets Still Available!

Robbie Keane remains confident Tottenham can break into the top four this season.

The Spurs skipper feels the Premier League this season is as open as it has ever been.

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It's another full week of matches in the English Premier League with the marquee match-up over Chelsea v Liverpool. There's also one Monday match, Aston Villa v Manchester City. Here are predictions, video previews, and (USA & UK) TV listings.

Predictions (times listed are local UK time or GMT)

Saturday, 3 October 2009

Bolton v Tottenham, 15:00 Tottenham 3-2

Burnley v Birmingham, 15:00 Burnley 3-1

Hull v Wigan, 15:00 1-1 Draw

Man Utd v Sunderland, 17:30 Manchester United 2-0

Wolverhampton v Portsmouth, 15:00 0-0 Draw

Sunday, 4 October 2009

Arsenal v Blackburn, 13:30 Arsenal 3-0

Chelsea v Liverpool, 16:00 2-2 Draw

Everton v Stoke, 15:00 Everton 1-0

West Ham v Fulham, 15:00 West Ham 1-0

Monday, 5 October 2009

Aston Villa v Man City, 20:00 Man City 2-1

Video Previews and USA/UK TV Listings (times listed are USA Eastern Standard Time or EST)

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League Cup, Third Round Cheers Replace Jeers at The Reebok

• Tuesday, September 22, 2009
• Venue: The Reebok Stadium
• Attendance: 8,050
• Referee: Howard Webb

• Herita Ilunga [59]
• Kevin Davies [86]
• Extra Time
• Scott Parker [94]
• Gary Cahill [96]
• Johan Elmander [119]

With the last Saturday's boos still ringing in Megson's ears expectations were low, as was the attendance, but The Wanderers were not disheartened and made a livley start forcing a corner in less than a minute.

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Well you've got to hand it to him, Gary Megson must have the thickest skin in professional football. I've seen him barracked by his own fans at 4 different clubs over the years and that's some going, even in the fickle world of the football supporter. At a Nottingham Forest game, I saw fans come to blows trying to get to him, at Leicester I saw a fan throw his season ticket at him in his 3rd game in charge.

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A Late Penalty Saves Wanderers

• Saturday, September 19, 2009
• Venue: The Reebok Stadium
• Attendance: 20,265
• Referee: Mark Clattenburg

• Ricardo Fuller [7]
• Kevin Davies [45+1]
• Jlloyd Samuel [51]
• Dave Kitson [53]
• Dean Whitehead [58]
• Matt Taylor (Penalty) [89]

A dismal match in which a late goal provided little consolation for angry and dissatisfied Bolton fans.

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The English Premier League is starting to heat up with some crucial matches this weekend including Manchester United v Manchester City. Other matches of interest are Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United v Liverpool. It should be an exciting and busy week in the Premiership. Can Man City and Chelsea remain perfect or will either of them lose?

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The performance was not extra special. We've played better this season. Yet we won today. And that too after being 2-0 down within the first 5 minutes. So how did we do it?
Sheer determination. No other way to put it. I wonder how Wenger reacted at half time. Either a manager slaps his players and tells them to get their act together or he goes up to each player and tells them to look in the mirror and repeat the words "I am a damn good player. Click to continue reading...

There are two conflicting reports which state Danny Shittu, Bolton's out of favour defender, is finally leaving The Reebok Stadium. The Lowestoft Journal links the Nigerian with Ipswich Town while Tribal Football echoes The Mirror's story that Sheffield United have landed Danny.

Ipswich Town

A move to Portman Road would probably welcomed by Tractor Boys' manager, Roy Keane, who told the Lowestoft Journal;

"There's just one or two areas where we are coming up short at the moment.

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Editor's Note: Geoff Reid appears on WVHooligan.com each week. This week he returns with his series on the life of a Liverpool fan. Feel free to leave Geoff your thoughts below.

It's been a little while since I last posted my thoughts on Liverpool FC. Last time out, the club had just suffered a demoralizing defeat at home to the hands on Aston Villa, and crisis mode was being pushed by the media and some fans adding fuel to the already growing fire.

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Rafael Benitez has warned that it is too early to write off Liverpool's Barclays Premier League title chances.
The Liverpool manager believes his side can build on last month's 3-2 victory over Bolton Wanderers by embarking on an unbeaten run in the league. Liverpool lost two of their opening three matches, but Steven Gerrard's late winner secured a 3-2 victory at the Reebok Stadium and Benitez is backing his side to build on that victory. Click to continue reading...

Another week of Premiership action is now in the books, and Thursday means one thing: it's time for the Thursday Throwdown from A to Z. Here we go...

AÂ is for Anelka. Chelsea fans should be counting their lucky stars that both Nicolas Anelka and Didier Drogba are in spectacular form.

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Steven Gerrard believes Liverpool's dramatic 3-2 victory at Bolton will kick-start their title challenge.
The skipper grabbed a stunning late winner at the Reebok Stadium to ensure the Reds bounced back from their defeat to Aston Villa.
The international break means Liverpool are without a game for a fortnight but Gerrard is confident they will build on Saturday's triumph. Click to continue reading...

The Sunday papers overlooked the bigger picture as they hailed a return to winning ways for Liverpool after the dramatic 3-2 win over Bolton Wanderers.
Rafael Benitez called for his senior players to raise their game following the embarrassing defeat to Aston Villa last Monday. The manager had singled out Steven Gerrard for criticism in the aftermath of that game and his words had the desired effect as the Reds' skipper ran the show for his side at the Reebok Stadium. Click to continue reading...

Glen Johnson netted his second goal for Liverpool against Bolton on Saturday, and it was a real beauty, too.
The former Chelsea right-back lashed home a stunner from 25 yards to equalise at the Reebok Stadium, and with his left foot, too. The goal came just 10 days after his acrobatic effort against Stoke at Anfield. Click to continue reading...