Premier League Shake Up

This week's English Premier League play left the top of the table in a tighter race than previous years. Chelsea still hold a 2 point advantage over Manchester United despite losing this week to Liverpool 2-0. Striker Fernando Torres has again found his form. If torres can maintain his form Liverpool who is currently ten points away from leaders Chelsea could move closer to the top. Manchester United kept its league title hopes in tact with a win this weekend against the Wolves, as Park Ji Sung put away a game winner.

Manchester United faces Manchester City in an important derby this week which could reflect the direction of the top of the table. Arsenal lost points this weekend with a 0-1 defeat to Newcastle. The Newcastle victory puts them in contention for a top spot in the English Premier League as they finish the week of play only 3 points behind 3rd place Arsenal and Manchester City. As Arsenal take on the Wolverhampton Wanderers a team that is currently at the bottom of the table, Manchester United and Manchester City play in the derby one of the two teams will likely drop points, Chelsea take on Fulham, a team towards the bottom of the table.

Next weeks round of matches will likely leave one team a little further away from the top. I would bet on Manchester United solidifying their spot at the top.

New look to Top of Table: Barclay’s EPL

My betting season has not been as easily predictable this season as it was just one season ago. Things are exactly going to plan so far this season. The top four teams to top the EPL previously included Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool. This is no such the case in this season’s table. Manchester United, Manchester City, Arsenal, and Chelsea top the table but not by the dominating margins of previous seasons.

Your betting system may have changed regarding the Barclays English Premier League, now that the top 4 contenders are dropping more points early. Chelsea who has the hardest game this week facing Aston Villa, a team lead by Gerard Houllier, currently sitting in eighth place. Chelsea has only lost 1 of its last 7 fixtures, that defeat coming at the hands of Manchester City. Chelsea has a commanding +21 goal differential. Manchester City the number 2 team a top the table heads in the Lancashire derby match against Blackpool at Bloomfield Road, where they will likely continue to their fourth win.
Manchester United sit just one point behind Manchester City, a they head into a game against West Bromwich Albion the 6th place team in the table. Albion can go ahead of Manchester united wit a win this weekend, while Manchester United is expecting a win, they are also expecting a tough match, against a team that came up with a great result against Arsenal. Arsenal is matched up against Birmingham, but the real test will come not this weekend, but next weekend, as Arsenal takes on  Manchester CIty.

Name	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
* Chelsea	7	4	0	0	14	0	2	0	1	9	2	+21	18
* Manchester City	7	3	1	0	7	2	1	1	1	2	1	+6	14
* Man Utd	7	3	0	0	9	2	0	4	0	7	7	+7	13
* Arsenal	7	2	0	1	12	4	1	2	1	4	5	+7	11
* Tottenham	7	2	1	1	5	3	1	1	1	3	3	+2	11
* WBA	7	2	2	0	6	3	1	0	2	3	9	-3	11
* Stoke City	7	2	1	1	5	4	1	0	2	3	5	-1	10
* Aston Villa	7	2	1	0	5	1	1	0	3	4	11	-3	10
* Blackpool	7	0	1	1	3	4	3	0	2	8	11	-4	10
* Fulham	7	1	2	0	4	3	0	4	0	4	4	+1	9
* Sunderland	7	1	3	0	4	3	0	2	1	3	4	0	8
* Bolton	7	0	3	0	4	4	1	2	1	6	7	-1	8
* Blackburn	7	1	1	1	3	3	1	1	2	4	5	-1	8
* Wigan Athletic	7	1	1	3	3	13	1	1	0	1	0	-9	8
* Newcastle	7	1	0	2	7	4	1	1	2	3	6	0	7
* Birmingham	7	1	2	1	2	3	0	2	1	5	7	-3	7
* Everton	7	0	2	1	4	5	1	1	2	2	2	-1	6
* Liverpool	7	1	2	1	5	5	0	1	2	2	6	-4	6
* Wolves	7	1	1	1	4	4	0	1	3	3	8	-5	5
* West Ham Utd	7	1	1	2	4	7	0	1	2	1	7	-9	5