The highlight games for the next set of EPL matches are WOLVES versus ARSENAL and CHELSEA versus BURNLEY. Our feature columnist, John Newsome, previews these and all game week 27 matches with his unique and insightful commentary. You can view all previous analysis from John’s regular column here: English Premier League Predictions For Saturday.
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Game Week-31
Wednesday 18th
WOLVES v ARSENAL
20.00 in England
Sky Sports
This fixture is a Game Week-31 affair, which has been brought forward due to Arsenal’s appearance in the Carabao Cup Final, taking place on Sunday, the 22nd of March.
Wolves gained a point from a draw by a 0-0 score against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground on Wednesday.
Although goalless which saw Forest have 35 shots, with 10 of them on target, the game resulted in the sacking of the Forest Manager Sean Dyche.
In a bizarre twist of fate, the ex-Wolves Manager Vitor Pereira, who was sacked by Wolves for being rubbish, has now been appointed the Nottingham Forest Manager.
So a bloke who was sacked by a club that are going to be relegated, now takes over at another club who are struggling and could quite easily be relegated themselves.
As the great Jimmy Greaves used to say,
‘Football, it’s a funny old game!’
Wolves remain at the foot of the table with 9 points from 26 games played.
The Gold and Blacks need another 3 points to make sure they are not the worst team in Premier League history, which is currently Derby County who only amassed 11 points in the 2007/08 campaign.
There was an FA Cup 4th-Round tie against Grimsby before this rearranged game, which saw Wolves progress following a victory over the Mariners by a 1-0 score.
Arsenal also progressed to the 5th-Round, following an easy victory over Wigan on Sunday.
Arsenal were held against Brentford at the GTech Stadium last Thursday, with both teams gaining a point from a draw by a 1-1 score.
After a goalless hour, Noni Madueke scored to give the Gunners the lead, however, that only lasted 10 minutes, with the Bees scoring an equaliser to give both teams a point apiece.
The point gained, left Arsenal at the top of the table, now with 57 points from 26 games played.
That’s 4 points ahead of Man City.
This game against Wolves will give Arsenal the opportunity to go 7 points clear, before City next play.
The reverse fixture at the Emirates saw Arsenal secure a 2-1 home win over Wolves.
The game was goalless for the first 70 minutes, then the Wolves Goalkeeper Sam Johnstone pushed a Bukayo Saka shot onto the crossbar which inadvertently bounced back onto Sam with the ball then going into the back of his own net to give Arsenal a lead.
Tolu Arokodare scored an equaliser for Wolves in the 90th minute that should have seen the away team earn a point, however, Yerson Mosquera scored another own goal in the 94th minute to gift Arsenal the victory.
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Game Week-27
All of these Game Week-27 fixtures are the reverse of Game Week-12 which took place over the weekend of the 22nd, 23rd and 24th of November 2025.
Saturday 21st
ASTON VILLA v LEEDS UNITED
15.00 in England
Aston Villa left it late to get the victory over Brighton at Villa Park on Wednesday.
Tyrone Mings headed home the only goal of the game in the 86th minute to give Villa the win from a 1-0 score.
However, the goal was later given as an Own Goal by Brighton’s Jack Hinshelwood.
It’s always a shame when that happens.
To the naked eye, it does appear that Tyrone headed the ball into the net and subsequently ran away to celebrate.
Yet someone somewhere decides that the ball came off Jack so it’s an OG.
Jack doesn’t want the goal and Tyrone does, so just leave it as a Tyrone Mings goal.
In the Sunderland v Liverpool game, Virgil Van Dyke headed the ball towards the goal but before it crossed the line, the Sunderland player Habib Diarra headed it into the net.
That was more of an Own Goal than Jack Hinshelwood’s, yet the goal was given to Virgil.
It doesn’t make sense.
Aston Villa stay in 3rd place with 50 points from the 26 games completed.
Aston Villa were knocked out of the FA Cup on Saturday, succumbing to a defeat against Newcastle at Villa Park.
The priority now for Unai Emery and his team is to stay in the Top Four and gain entry into next season’s Champions League and/or win the Europa League, which will offer up the same Champions League opportunity.
Leeds United gained a brilliant point from a draw by a 2-2 score against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday.
That’s a total of 4 points from a possible 6 taken from the 2 fixtures against Chelsea, which is simply brilliant for Daniel Farke’s Whites.
The West Yorkshire Puddings did see their idols concede a goal to trail at the break, then concede a penalty just before the hour mark which was converted to leave Leeds trailing by 2 goals to nil.
It was then the away team that sprang into action, with 2 quick fire goals from Lukas Nmecha and Noah Okafor, making the score level.
With no further goals, Leeds held on for a brilliant draw.
Daniel Farke’s Whites move above Tottenham, with Leeds now sitting in 15th place with 30 points from the opening 26 games completed.
Leeds progressed to the 5th-Round of the FA Cup, following a penalty shootout against Birmingham, after the 4th-Round tie finished 1-1.
The West Yorkshire Puddings headed off to try and find the train station for the journey back up the tracks.
A few tried to get through the barriers at King’s Cross by using their Blockbuster Video Membership Card, while singing gayly,
‘Marching On Together!’
Aston Villa gained the away-day victory over Leeds at Elland Rd back in November.
Lukas Nmecha scored first to give Leeds the lead at the break.
It was then the Morgan Rogers show, with the Villa man scoring twice in the 2nd-half to give Villa the win from a 2-1 scoreline.
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BRENTFORD v BRIGHTON
15.00 in England
Brentford’s great home form continued last week, when the Premier League leaders Arsenal, turned up at the GTech Stadium but couldn’t gain a victory.
After Arsenal had scored on the hour mark to take the lead, Lewis Keane-Potter, scored to equalise for Brentford and with no further goals, both teams gained a point apiece from a 1-1 score.
Brentford sit in 7th place with 40 points.
That basically means the Bees are safe and won’t be relegated, so now it’s a push to try and get a European adventure for next season.
Brentford will play in the 4th-Round of the FA Cup, where they take on Macclesfield.
That particular game will be played after this EveryTip column has been completed, so the result won’t be known.
Brighton suffered defeat against Aston Villa at Villa Park on Wednesday.
A late corner in the 86th minute, saw a Tyrone Mings header come off Jack Hinshelwood and end up in the net, giving Villa the win from a 1-0 scoreline.
Brighton are now winless from the last 6 Premier League games with 3 losses and 3 draws in those 6, leaving the Seagulls in 14th place with 31 points from the 26 games completed.
There was a special moment made at Villa Park with James Milner making his 653rd Premier League appearance, which equals the record set by Gareth Barry.
It was somewhat fitting that the record was equalled at Villa Park, with Gareth making 365 of those 653 for Aston Villa and James playing 100 of his 653 for Aston Villa also.
This game against Brentford could see Mr Milner break the record, if Fabian Hurzeler decides to send the lad on as a substitute or even start James.
Brighton have just the Premier League to concentrate on now, after being knocked out of the FA Cup by Liverpool on Saturday.
Brighton gained the home victory over Brentford when these two met at the Amex.
Igor Thiago scored the opening goal to give the Bees a lead at the interval.
Danny Welbeck equalised for the Seagulls in the 71st minute before Jack Hinshelwood got the winner in the 84th to give Brighton the points from a 2-1 scoreline.
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CHELSEA v BURNLEY
15.00 in England
Back-to-back Premier League games at Stamford Bridge against 2 of the promoted teams from last season.
Chelsea grabbed a draw from the jaws of victory against Leeds United at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday.
What’s meant by that is, for the opening hour against Leeds, Liam Rosenior’s Blues were in complete control, with Joao Pedro scoring in the 1st-half and Cole Palmer converting a penalty just before the 60-minute mark, to give Chelsea a comfortable lead going into the last half hour.
It suddenly all changed when Leeds scored 2 quick fire goals to make the score level and give both teams a point apiece from a 2-2 scoreline.
The Archbishop was happy.
Chelsea stay in 5th place with 44 points from the 26 fixtures completed.
The Blues progressed to the 5th-Round of the FA Cup, following Friday’s win over Hull in that particular competition.
It’s more than likely that Chelsea get a better result today against Burnley, who haven’t adapted to life in the Premier League as well as Leeds have.
Having said that, the Clarets did play in a great entertaining game against Crystal Palace.
All of the fun happened in the 1st-half at Selhurst Park on Wednesday.
Crystal Palace scored twice in the opening 33 minutes and at the 40-minute mark, were well on their way to leading at the break.
Amazingly, that didn’t happen, as Burnley scored 3 times before the half-time whistle, with goals from Hannibal Mejbri, Jaidon Anthony and a Jefferson Lerma OG, stunning the home crowd and for that matter, the Claret faithful who had made the long journey down to South London.
After the 5 goals scored before the pie and Bovril were purchased, it could have been assumed that there would be more after the break, however, that wasn’t the case, with the game finishing in a victory for Burnley from a 3-2 scoreline.
Burnley stay in 19th place with 18 points from the 26 games played.
That’s now 9 points away from safety, with the safe team being Nottingham Forest, who have 27 points.
Unfortunately, for the Claret faithful, their idols were knocked out
of the FA Cup, succumbing to a defeat against the League One side, Mansfield, who are managed by Nigel Clough.
It does give Scott Parker the chance to concentrate solely on the league and try to avoid relegation.
Chelsea got the away day victory over Burnley at Turf Moor in the Game Week-12 encounter.
Pedro Neto scored in the 1st-half to give the Blues the lead at the break.
Enzo Fernandez sealed the win by scoring in the 88th minute to give Chelsea the points from a 2-0 scoreline.
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WEST HAM v BOURNEMOUTH
17.30 in England
Sky Sports
West Ham were literally seconds away from getting a victory over Manchester United at the London Stadium last Tuesday.
After a goalless 1st-half, Tomas Soucek scored in the 50th minute to give the Hammers a lead which lasted until the 96th minute when the referee was about to blow his whistle for full time.
Unfortunately for the Bubbles in attendance, Manchester United scored an equaliser in the last minute of the added-on 7, to give both teams a share of the points from a draw by a 1-1 score.
It was a hammer blow, so to speak, especially with Tottenham losing on Tuesday, as the extra 2 points would have put West Ham just 3 behind Tottenham.
The point gained against United, as remember, it’s always a point gained if the game is drawn, leaves West Ham in 18th place with 24 points from 26 games played.
The Hammers progressed to the 5th-Round of the FA Cup but were made to work for the win.
After a goalless 90 minutes, West Ham scored in Extra Time to get the victory over Burton on Saturday.
After 11 winless Premier League games, Bournemouth are now unbeaten in the last 6, with 4 wins and 2 draws in those 6.
The latest game produced a victory over Everton at Hill Dickinson Stadium, with goals from Rayan and Amine Adli, giving the Cherries the points from a 2-1 scoreline.
Everton had scored the opener to lead at the break, before Bournemouth’s 2 goals.
Bournemouth sit in 9th place with the same 37 points as Everton.
The Cherries had the weekend off after being knocked out of the FA Cup in the 3rd-Round.
Both teams shared the points from a draw by a 2-2 score in the reverse fixture at the Vitality Stadium back in November.
Callum Wilson scored twice for the Hammers against his old club to give West Ham the lead at half-time.
Unfortunately for the travelling Bubbles in attendance, 2nd-half goals from Marcus Tavernier (penalty) and Enes Unal gave both teams a point apiece from the Archbishop’s favourite scoreline.
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MAN CITY v NEWCASTLE
20.00 in England
TNT Sport
Man City gained a victory over Fulham at the Etihad on Wednesday.
First-half goals from Antoine Semenyo, Nico O’Reilly and Erling Haaland, gave City the win from a 3-0 scoreline.
In truth, it was an easy night for Pep’s Blues, with Pep Guardiola having the luxury of taking off Erling Haaland at half-time.
Man City stay in 2nd place with 53 points from 26 games, now only 4 points adrift of Arsenal at the summit, following the Gunners draw against Brentford on Thursday.
That said, Arsenal do play again before Man City, in the rearranged fixture so the gap could be 7 points before kickoff tonight.
Both teams progressed to the 5th-Round of the FA Cup with Man City getting a victory over Salford and Newcastle inflicting a defeat on Aston Villa.
Newcastle got back to winning ways against Tottenham at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium last Tuesday.
Following 5 winless games in all competitions, with 3 straight Premier League defeats, goals from Malick Thiaw and Jacob Ramsey gave Eddie Howe’s Magpies the away night victory over Thomas Frank’s Spurs from a 2-1 scoreline.
Tottenham did score an equaliser just before Jacob’s winner.
The win, also sealed Thomas Frank’s fate at Tottenham but more on that in the Tottenham v Arsenal preview.
Newcastle sit in 10th place with the same 36 points as Sunderland both having played 26 times.
Before this fixture against Man City, Newcastle head to Azerbaijan to face Qarabag in the 1st-leg of the Champions League playoff.
Newcastle gained the home victory over Man City at St James Park back in November.
After a goalless 62 minutes, Harvey Barnes scored the opener in the 63rd, which was quickly cancelled out by a Ruben Dias goal 5 minutes later.
Harvey wasn’t done yet and scored his 2nd and ultimately the winning goal 2 minutes after Ruben’s equaliser to give Newcastle the win from a 2-1 score.
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***Premier League Team of the Week***
GOALKEEPER- Gianluigi Donnarumma- Man City
RIGHT-BACK- Wataru Endo- Liverpool
CENTRE-BACK- Tyrone Mings- Aston Villa
CENTRE-BACK- Malick Thiaw- Newcastle
LEFT-BACK- Rayan Ait-Nouri- Man City
MIDFIELDER- Keane Lewis-Potter- Brentford
MIDFIELDER- Tomas Soucek- West Ham
MIDFIELDER- Hannibal Mejbri- Burnley
FORWARD- Jorgen Strand-Larsen- Crystal Palace
FORWARD- Antoine Semenyo- Man City
FORWARD- Lukas Nmecha- Leeds United
STAR MAN- Antoine Semenyo- Man City
***Last Week’s Winning Tips-
Newcastle To Win- 11/8
Aston Villa To Win- 19/20
Man City To Win- 2/5
Correct Scores-
Tottenham v Newcastle 1-2- 11/1
Correct Tips-
Tottenham v Newcastle-
Newcastle Score in Both Halves- 2/1
Aston Villa v Brighton-
Aston Villa Win To Nil- 23/10
Sunday 22nd
CRYSTAL PALACE v WOLVES
14.00 in England
Sky Sports
Crystal Palace suffered a bizarre defeat against Burnley at Selhurst Park last time out.
Jorgen Strand-Larsen scored twice to give Palace the lead after 33 minutes of the game.
The bizarre bit then occurred with Burnley scoring 3 times before the half-time break.
There were no further goals in the 2nd-half, leaving Palace with the loss from a 3-2 scoreline.
The defeat leaves Crystal Palace in 13th place with 32 points from the opening 26 games completed.
Although Palace are the current holders of the FA Cup, the Eagles had the weekend off due to being knocked out in the 3rd-Round.
There is a trip to Bosnia and Herzegovina on Thursday to face Zrinjski in the Europa Conference League playoff 1st-leg, so the travelling could have an impact on this fixture against Wolves.
Wolves come into this game having played the rearranged fixture against Arsenal.
Whatever the result against the Gunners, Wolves will still be at the bottom of the table.
Second-half goals from Daniel Munoz and Yeremy Pino gave Palace the away-day victory by a 2-0 scoreline, over Wolves in the Game Week-12 affair at Molineux.
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NOTTINGHAM FOREST v LIVERPOOL
14.00 in England
Sky Sports
Nottingham Forest have had an interesting week.
In the Premier League outing against Wolves at the City Ground last Wednesday, Forest gained a point from a draw by a 0-0 score.
It wasn’t a loss but the result prompted Nottingham Forest’s enigmatic owner Evangelos Marinakis to sack Sean Dyche and look for his 4th Manager of the season, after Nuno Espírito Santo, Ange Postecoglou and Mr Dyche.
Then, following the game against Wolves and the sacking, Evangelos went and appointed the ex-Wolves boss, Vitor Pereira, who had been sacked himself due to being rubbish and overseeing Wolves’ first 10 games of this campaign, which produced 8 losses and 2 draws.
So a guy who has already sacked 3 Managers so far this season, now appoints a Manager who got sacked for being rubbish!
As Sir Alex Ferguson once said,
‘Football eh? Bloody el.’
Forest had 35 shots against Wolves, of which 10 were on target (SOT).
Obviously, Mr Marinakis wasn’t happy with Sean Dyche’s style of play, which admittedly, can be pragmatic, however, is it Sean’s fault, whilst standing on the sidelines, that his players, can’t put the ball in the back of the net?
Forest sit in the precarious position of 17th, with 27 points from the 26 games played, which is just 3 points above the relegation zone.
West Ham, now managed by Nuno Espírito Santo, are the team chasing Forest down.
Don’t be surprised if Nottingham Forest, now under the guidance of Vitor Pereira, are overtaken by Nuno’s West Ham.
The Tricky Trees had been knocked out of the FA Cup in the previous round so had the weekend off.
Forest head to Turkey on Thursday, to take on Fenerbahce, in the Europa League 1st-leg playoff.
Liverpool did what no other team have done this season and that was gain a victory over Sunderland at the Stadium of Light.
A single Virgil Van Dijk goal, scored in the 61st minute, gave Arne’s Slot Machines the win over Regis’ Black Cats by a 1-0 scoreline.
Liverpool sit in 6th place with 42 points from the 26 games played so far.
At the moment, it does mean that the only way to gain entry into next season’s Champions League, is by winning the competition this year, which is not out of the question but will be a tough ask.
Liverpool are still in the FA Cup, following a win over Brighton in the 4th-Round.
Coincidentally, Liverpool and Brighton are the teams that knocked Barnsley out of this season’s FA Cup and Carabao Cup.
It’s probably remarkable to think that Sean Dyche, who has just been sacked as the Forest Manager, oversaw his team gain a victory over Liverpool at Anfield back in November.
Murillo scored the opener in the 33rd minute to give Forest a lead at the break.
Nicola Savona scored the 2nd, within a minute of the restart, with Morgan Gibbs-White adding a 3rd in the 78th minute to give Nottingham Forest the win over Liverpool by a 3-0 scoreline.
Forest had to wait 55 years to get a victory at Anfield, however, like buses, 2 came along in quick succession, following last season’s win (0-1) for the Tricky Trees at Liverpool’s iconic stadium.
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SUNDERLAND v FULHAM
14.00 in England
Sky Sports
Despite having a great season so far, Sunderland have lost 4 of the last 10 games, with 2 wins and 4 draws coming from the others.
Meaning 10 points from a possible 30.
The latest Premier League outing, saw Sunderland relinquish their unbeaten record at the Stadium of Light, suffering a narrow defeat against Liverpool by a 1-0 scoreline.
That leaves Sunderland in 11th place with the same 36 points as their North East rivals Newcastle, both having completed 26 games.
It was then an FA Cup 4th-Round tie against Oxford United, which saw Sunderland progress, following a win from a 1-0 scoreline.
Fulham are a place and 2 points adrift of Sunderland, sitting 12th with 34 points, following their Game Week-26 encounter against Man City at the Etihad last week.
Three City goals, all in the 1st-half, gave Man City the points from a 3-0 scoreline.
That is now 3 straight Premier League defeats which Marco Silva needs to address.
Fulham got the win in their FA Cup 4th-Round tie against Stoke on Sunday, to progress to the 5th-Round.
A single Raul Jimenez goal scored in the 84th minute, gave Fulham the home win over Sunderland by a 1-0 scoreline, when the two met at Craven Cottage back in November.
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TOTTENHAM v ARSENAL
16.30 in England
Sky Sports
It was thought that Thomas Frank would be safe in his job until Tottenham’s Champions League adventure was finished, however, the decision to sack Thomas was made, following another home defeat, this time against Newcastle last Tuesday.
Tottenham have won just once in the last 11 Premier League games, with 6 losses and 4 draws from the other 10.
Those good at Math will know that’s just 7 points gained from a possible 33, which is simply not good enough.
Archie Gray scored to equalise an earlier Newcastle goal, however, Newcastle scored again to inflict the defeat on Tottenham by a 2-1 scoreline.
That prompted the Tottenham hierarchy to pull the plug on Thomas Frank’s Managerial bath, leaving Tottenham looking for their 6th Permanent Manager in the past 7 years, since getting rid of Mauricio Pochettino.
Thomas Frank
Ange Postecoglou
(Ryan Mason)
(Christian Stellini)
Antonio Conte
Nuno Espírito Santo
Jose Mourinho
Mauricio Pochettino
(Ryan Mason was the Interim Manager on 2 occasions, with Christian Stellini also stepping in as the Interim.)
Tottenham’s precarious position in the Premier League table, currently sitting in 16th place with 29 points, prompted the sacking, especially with this tricky game against the North London rivals, who have won 6 of the last 8 Premier League games between the two.
It’s more than likely there will be another Interim Manager (not Ryan this time!) to see Tottenham through to the end of the season, then a permanent Manager will be appointed.
The Interim Manager has been confirmed, with the ex-Juventus Gaffer, Igor Tudor taking over until the end of the season.
Igor did start the 2025/26 Serie A campaign as the Juve Boss but was sacked in October following 8 (eight) winless games for the ‘Old Lady’.
However, if one looks at those 8 games without a win, there is a different perspective.
Following 3 straight victories in the opening 3 games of Serie A (including beating Inter), Juventus drew the next 3 against Verona, Atalanta and AC Milan, then lost 2 in a row (against Como and Lazio), which led to Igor being sacked.
There were also 3 games in the Champions League where Juve drew against Borussia Dortmund by an amazing 4-4 score, drew with Villarreal (2-2), then lost against Real Madrid (1-0).
So a stat that states Igor Tudor’s last 8 games at Juventus were winless, is correct but as one can see, 6 of those were drawn games with plenty of goals thrown in.
Only time will tell whether Igor Tudor is successful at Tottenham but the stat of having 8 winless games before the lad was sacked, should be looked at on its merit.
The permanent Manager, if Igor doesn’t pull up any trees in the remaining games, could quite possibly be Mauricio Pochettino, who wouldn’t come at the moment, due to his involvement with the USA team at the World Cup.
However, the timing would be perfect when the World Cup finishes.
The other contenders (again if Igor fails) are Roberto De Zerbi, John Heitinga, Robbie Keane and even Ruben Amorim!
(Is it April 1st?)
At the moment, Mauricio is the favourite but that’s definitely not going to happen anytime soon, at least not until July when the USA’s World Cup adventure is over, so it’s up to IT to see what happens at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Tottenham had the weekend off after being knocked out of the FA Cup in the previous round.
Arsenal will have played an extra game against Wolves at Molineux before this North London Derby.
Whatever the result will be against the Gold and Blacks, the Gunners will still be at the summit of the Premier League.
Arsenal smashed Tottenham at the Emirates in the Game Week-12 affair.
Goals from Leandro Trossard and Eberechi Eze gave Arsenal a lead at the break.
Eberechi then scored again just after the restart before Richarlison scored a superb goal from 40 yards to give Tottenham some hope of a comeback.
That didn’t materialise after Eberechi scored Arsenal’s 4th and his 3rd (Double E hat-trick) to secure the victory from a 4-1 scoreline.
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Monday 23rd
EVERTON v MANCHESTER UNITED
20.00 in England
Sky Sports
Following 5 unbeaten games (2 wins and 3 draws), Everton suffered a loss last time out against Bournemouth at Hill Dickinson Stadium.
Iliman Ndiaye scored first just before the break, converting a penalty to give the Toffees a lead at half-time.
Unfortunately, for the watching Blues in attendance at the Swanky New Stadium, Bournemouth scored twice in the 2nd-half, to inflict the defeat on Everton by a 2-1 scoreline.
The loss leaves the Toffees in 8th place with the same 38 points as Bournemouth, both having completed 26 games.
United and Everton were knocked out of the FA Cup back in January, so both have had the weekend off, meaning it will be almost 2 weeks since either kicked a ball in anger.
It was touch and go as to whether Super Michael Carrick would remain unbeaten from the 5 games he’s overseen, in the fixture against West Ham last week.
The Hammers scored first just after the break and looked set to get the victory until Benjamin Sesko scored the United equaliser in the 96th minute to snatch a draw from the jaws of victory.
The point gained from the draw by a 1-1 score, leaves Manchester United in 4th place with 45 points from the opening 26 games and keeps Super Michael’s unbeaten record, which is simply brilliant.
There is a United fan out there who has refused to cut his hair until his idols win 5 in a row.
Unfortunately, the youngster (whose hair is at the moment, akin to Marouane Fellaini’s) has to wait for the barber’s visit and starts his 5-game cycle again.
All the best kid!
If one remembers the reverse fixture at Old Trafford, it really was a bizarre Monday Night Football.
Firstly, Idrissa Gueye was shown a straight Red Card in the 13th minute for, wait for it, slapping his teammate Michael Keane.
The 10-man Toffees then scored a goal with Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall notching in the 29th minute to give Everton a lead at the break.
It would have been easily assumed that the man advantage Manchester United had would see them overrun Everton in the 2nd-half, however, that wasn’t the case, as the away team held on for the victory from a 1-0 scoreline.
One hopes this Monday Night Football at Hill Dickinson offers up the same sort of drama.
Betfred offer Everton at 13/5, the Draw at 5/2 and slight Odds On 19/20 for Manchester United to come away with all 3-points.
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