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The opening day fixtures make good reading for Arsenal, Chelsea and Wolves

Six Premier League fixture-list related trends and statistics

1. The last five newly-promoted teams to kick their season off at home all avoided defeat, which is good news for Wolves who open against West Ham.

2. However, the last four to start away from home have all lost. That doesn’t bode well for Birmingham and Burnley, who start at Man United and Stoke.

3. Chelsea have won their opening game in each of the last seven seasons and this year they kick-off their campaign at home to Hull.

Posted: June 17th, 2009 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment comment

BOXING DAY FOOTBALL

Five reasons why Villa won’t do the double over Arsenal

Aston Villa/Arsenal, 5.15pm, Sky Sports 1, Best Odds, Free Bets

Having kept three clean sheets in four games against the Big Four this season, Aston Villa are favourites to pull six points clear of an Arsenal team missing captain Cesc Fabregas and last season’s top-scorer Emmanuel Adebayor. However, chickendinner are confident that Arsenal won’t be losing their sixth league game of the season just yet and here are five reasons why:

1. It’s been over ten years since Aston Villa last recorded a home win over the Gunners, when they triumphed 3-2 in December 1998.

2. Aston Villa haven’t won successive home league games this season and they have only done so twice in the last fourteen months.

Posted: December 24th, 2008 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment comment

BOXING DAY FOOTBALL

Stoke 11/1 to take advantage of Man Utd’s poor away form

Stoke/Man Utd, 12.45pm, Sky Sports 1, Best Odds, Free Bets

Having thumped Stoke 5-0 at Old Trafford last month, Manchester United are overwhelming favourites to come out on top again when the teams collide on Boxing Day. Considering the reigning champions have won all bar one of their last fourteen December 26 clashes, an upset seems unlikely but rather than stating the obvious, we are going to level the playing field by offering five reasons why an upset could occur and they won’t leave with three points:

1. Manchester United were upset in their final away game of 2007 when West Ham recorded a 2-1 victory over them.

2. Stoke have a good record at home to the Red Devils historically, having lost on just ten of the 44 occasions that they have hosted the champions. The Potters have won three of their last four home games against them, winning both of the last two 2-1.

Posted: December 23rd, 2008 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment comment