Aston Villa v Newcastle – Live on Sky Sports 1, k/o 12:30pm

The first match between these sides this season ended in a goalless draw at St. James’ Park. Both teams will be keen to avoid a similar result this time. Despite continuing to be in contention for fourth place, Villa have hit a dodgy patch of form and, like Newcastle, have managed just two points in three Premiership matches. Newcastle finally scored their first Premiership goal in over 7 hours against Middlesbrough; the goal from Michael Owen would have gone a long way to restoring his confidence. Considering Villa’s consistency this season, bookies have priced them as favourites for this match, with Centrebet offering 4/5 on a win, while Newcastle have been priced at 19/5 (VC Bet) to upset the rulebook and get the first win of King Kev’s reign.

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Aston Villa to Win 17/20 VCBet
Draw 12/5 Centrebet
Newcastle to Win 2/1 Better


Sunday’s Premiership Football

Man Utd v Man City – Live on Sky Sports 1, k/o 1:30pm

This Sunday sees two of the fiercest rivals in club football clash when Man Utd face Man City at Old Trafford. This will be the 149th time these two teams have faced each other in a competitive fixture, with United having won 59 games and City having won 40, with the most recent game resulting in a 1-0 win for City, courtesy of a Geovanni goal. United have recovered brilliantly from their early season slump to be within two points of league leaders Arsenal, whereas seventh placed City find themselves 17 points adrift of United. City new boy Benjani, a transfer deadline signing, will be looking to continue his fantastic goalscoring form for his new club against their ferocious rivals. With United at home and in great form, the bookies have priced them as firm favourites at 3/10 (VC Bet), meanwhile City have been priced at 8/1 by Better to get a priceless away win.

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Chelsea v Liverpool– Live on Sky Sports 1, k/o 4:00pm

The second big match on Sunday sees title challengers Chelsea take on Liverpool at Stamford Bridge in what looks to be a make or break game for both sides. After a disappointing 1-1 draw at Portsmouth last weekend, Chelsea are now 6 points behind leaders Arsenal and now face a mammoth task to regain the title they last held in 2006. Despite dropping points last week, Chelsea’s form is still red hot and the side has only tasted defeat once in 30 games. After so much promise and talk pre season to deliver a serious title challenge, Rafa’s men have disappointed and find themselves in fifth place and a huge 17 points behind Arsenal. At the moment the club is struggling to hold down a Champion’s League spot for next season as it seems the off the field troubles concerning the owners is having an effect on the club. Bearing this in mind, bookmakers have placed Chelsea as favourites, pricing them at 1/1 (Centrebet) to get the away win, while Better have priced Liverpool at 10/3 to reinstall some pride at Stamford Bridge.

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Monday’s Premiership Football

Arsenal v Blackburn – Live on Setanta Sports 1, k/o 8:00pm

Arsenal ended Man City's 12-game unbeaten run in the Premiership last week. Given the performance of their two strikers, Emmanuel Adebayor and Eduardo in that 3-1 victory, it's easy to see why the Gunners have scored more goals than any other team in the top flight. Mark Hughes' side can make life very difficult for the opposition on their day and if they can limit the time Cesc Fabregas and Mathieu Flamini have on the ball in the centre of the park and create a few chances of their own for Roque Santa Cruz, they could stand a chance of repeating the draw they achieved at home to Arsenal earlier in the season. With Arsenal playing at home, the Gunners have been priced as favourites at 2/7 (Better), meanwhile Blackburn have been priced at 10/1 by Centrebet to get a priceless away win.

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