Sat 11th August

 

Arsenal v Fulham

Aston Villa v Liverpool

Bolton v Newcastle

Chelsea v Birmingham

Derby v Portsmouth

Everton v Wigan

Man Utd v Reading

Middlesbrough v Blackburn

Sunderland v Tottenham

West Ham v Man City

 

The only one that really sticks out for me is the Bolton vs Newcastle one...

Sunderland away will be tough

Sunderland have 5 tough opening games. It is something like Spurs (h), Birmingham (a), Wigan (a), Liverpool (h), Man Utd (a) would like to think we could get at least 7 or 8 points from that.

Sunderland have 5 tough opening games. It is something like Spurs (h), Birmingham (a), Wigan (a), Liverpool (h), Man Utd (a) would like to think we could get at least 7 or 8 points from that.

 

Birmingham have got it worse I think. It's been proven that if you have a good start to the season as a newly promoted club - you'll survive the drop, so I think the first 6 games for the newly promoted clubs will be crucial. Derby have got the best set of fixtures to pick up points I reckon.

And again, at least 1 weekend in the season sees 2 games of the big 4 facing each other :lol:

 

But to the opening fixtures, if i was to make an early prediction it would go something like this.

 

Arsenal v Fulham - Arsenal win

Aston Villa v Liverpool - Draw

Bolton v Newcastle - Draw

Chelsea v Birmingham - Chelsea win

Derby v Portsmouth - Derby win

Everton v Wigan - Everton win

Man Utd v Reading - Man Utd win

Middlesbrough v Blackburn - Blackburn win

Sunderland v Tottenham - Tottenham win

West Ham v Man City - West Ham win

Tottenham? Ah well, we may not have the best record against them but it is a home game and it could have been a lot worse. And our opening games are quite tough, but i'm sure we'll get something out of them ^_^

Arsenal v Fulham (2-0)

Aston Villa v Liverpool (0-1)

Bolton v Newcastle (0-3)

Chelsea v Birmingham (4-1)

Derby v Portsmouth (0-2)

Everton v Wigan (2-1)

Man Utd v Reading (2-1)

Middlesbrough v Blackburn (2-0)

Sunderland v Tottenham (1-2)

West Ham v Man City (3-1)

Eugh. I don't like Middlesbrough away. That's often the sort of game we struggle with. We have Villa and Arsenal both at home after that, two sides that are likely to do well this year. :(