As predicted, the teams in the top group, including Liverpool, Man City and Arsenal, will all win this round to continue the Premier League championship race. Meanwhile, MU is also predicted to defeat Wolves.
After an intermission period, making way for the FA Cup and English League Cup arenas, the English Premier League will return in the middle of this week. The earliest match of round 22 took place on Wednesday night, when the team ranked 3rd in the rankings, Arsenal, had a trip to Nottingham’s City Ground.
In the most recent round nearly two weeks ago, the London Gunners had a resounding 5-0 victory over Crystal Palace to end a streak of three consecutive losing matches, including being eliminated by Liverpool in the FA Cup. Against host Nottingham, who has not won 4 recent matches in a row, Arsenal is expected to win to continue chasing Liverpool and Man City in the race for the championship.
The highlight match of round 22 will be the competition between top team Liverpool and 9th ranked team Chelsea. The Kop is showing that the loss of Mohamed Salah does not affect their performance much as they win like bamboo in all competitions, with the achievement of reaching the final of the English League Cup, the 5th round of the FA Cup and continuing to consolidate their leading position. top of the Premier League rankings.
With Chelsea, coach Maurico Pochettino’s team also has the necessary stability when it just won a ticket to the final of the English League Cup. Before facing Liverpool at Wembley next month, the Blues will make a trip to Anfield to face the top team. However, in the absence of too many key players due to injury, Chelsea is expected to be left empty-handed in this match.
Defending champion Man City, in this round, has the most advantage compared to its competitors, when playing at home to welcome rookie Burnley. Confrontation history has seen The Citizens win all 12 recent matches against Burnley in all competitions and only lose 1 match. With the return of many pillars and impressive recent performance, Man City is predicted to win, even win decisively, to chase Liverpool in the championship race.
In this round, the remaining team in the Top 4, Aston Villa, will welcome Newcastle, their familiar “prey”. According to statistics, Aston Villa has won all 4 recent times hosting Newcastle at Villa Park without scoring any goals. In the context that the Magpies have been performing poorly in recent times and falling to 10th place in the rankings, Newcastle is expected to leave empty-handed.
MU, the team that just had a resounding victory over the “underdog” opponent Wrexham in the fourth round of the FA Cup, will have a trip to Wolves’ stadium, the team they won in all 3 recent visits. According to predictions, coach Erik ten Hag’s team will have a win to continue the race to compete for tickets to the European Cup next season.
