The first weekday clash for the season and this really excites me. Wolves beat Wigan 1-0 (who beat Aston Villa 2-0 over the weekend) and Chelsea again came back from 1-0 down to beat Sunderland 3-1. This really sets the tone as the supposed bottom tier clubs are going for wins against the more established teams and winning matches against each other. The tone is thus set for a really exciting season in England, at least now theres fun all over instead of just looking at which of the regular top 4 teams will win it.
Manchester United travel to face newly promoted Burnley and while they may appear to be whipping boys, we should bear in mind the narrow 1-0 win on Ssunday against the yoyo-ing Birmingham. They had their chances and did not do too badly themselves. As much as i would like to see a goal fest, caution should not be thrown to the win. On-form Rooney should be sharp enough to complete his century of goals and i'll be eagerly watching tonight.
Two other fixtures worth looking at tonight would be Stoke vs Liverpool and Hull City vs Tottenham. Stoke had drew Liverpool 1-1 last season in the same fixture and being biased, i would definitely like to see that happen again, but objectively speaking, there is immense pressure on pool to add weight to their title claims with a win against surprise survivors Stoke. Tottenham, having beat Liverpool despite a couple of blips should look to continue their fine form unless Hull City can capitalise on their chances. They were decent against Chelsea on Saturday, but they would need to get results. All that matters is just results.
Surprise performers Arsenal have once again shown us what they are capable of with a comfortable 2-0 in Scotland despite it being touted as a tough fixture. We shall continue keeping tabs on them for interest's sake.
Till kick off in 12.5 hours time, i'll be getting excited.
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