Match Previews

The end is drawing near with teams having approximately 5 games left to either win their championships, stay in the top flight, or just earn gate receipts.

Its pedal to the medal now if Man Utd or Liverpool want to win their Premiership crown. Not much in store for Fulham except to continue earining gate receipts for new players next season after a great performance in this one. They really imposed themselves this season. Shearer's Newcastle will have to do all they can in the next 5 matches to save their season though it'll be a really tough fight with lots of luck needed.

Man Utd take on red hot Tottenham tonight and after having beaten both Liverpool and Chelsea at home this season, they will definitely fancy their chances against a at-times-stumbling Man Utd who are playing like the Arsenal of old, creating plenty of chances but not converting them. They are sorely in need of a regular character up front, someone clinical to score goals in any way. 20 years of history stand in Tottenham's way but i fancy a United win at home. They have to if they want to go 6 points clear of the chasing on-fire-in-front-of-goal-but-with-a-woeful-defence Liverpool. Eyes on Ubnited's right side of defence. Will it be Rafael or Brown tonight?

Liverpool take on Hull City who have honestly been stuttering and showing their true potential. Its a long 38-game season to keep up big wins against the other Premier League Clubs. Its not the best league in the world for nothing. Liverpool however face a challenge in keeping their leaky defence shut tight so Hull may just unsettle them. Benitez would definitely be hoping for a win to keep the pressure up on United.

I'm definitely going to be looking forward to see how Arsenal do against Middlesbrough. With a Champions League semi-final away at Old Trafford slightly more than 48 hours later, it'll be interesting to see how Arsenal do, especially with a bit of an injury crisis. However Arshavin is in fine form and looking extremely sharp and considering being cup tied for the Champions League, we can expect him to feature and nick it for Arsenal. That is, if they can bolster their defence and not give away goals like they did against Liverpool in a match they should have won.

Poor poor Newcastle. They seem to be tugging on every neutral's heartstrings. Can they actually start their much desired turnaround and get a result for their fans? I really think that those really affected by all this are their fans. Such dedication but yet, such massive disappointments. They have lots to do against Portsmouth come Monday.

Plenty of other matches going on as well,

We see Bolton vs Villa, Man City take on Everton, Fulham host Stoke, WBA and Sunderland and West Ham take on Chelsea tonight.

Also playing tomorrow, Blackburn against Wigan.

Plenty of action at both ends of the table so do stay tuned for it and vote for your SoccerCrazee Best Defender of the year for they have been the men keeping the goals safe.