Season 27 Week 19 processing...

Welcome to week 19 and with only four weeks of the season left results are becoming even more vital, especially good luck to everybody this week.

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Fixtures: 
 Liverpool v Charlton Westham v Arsenal
 Watford v Chelsea Plymouth v Leicester
 Villa v Man City Birmingham v Fulham

Liverpool v Charlton Likely Lineup;
Gulacsi:GK,Fabio:LB,Klavan:CL,Coates:CR,Gunter:RB,Huddlestone:AM,Aquilani:PM,Zaha:RW,Slimani:CF,Tevez:TM,Moses:LW
Mignolet:GK,Cesar:RB,Kolarov:LB,Henderson:AM,Luiz:CL,Willian:DL,VanDijk:CR,Lallana:DR,Coutinho:TM,Mane:ST,Firmino:S2

Well both these teams last week looked to have dominated there games and were looking like taking all the points however football had other ideas! Liverpool had to settle for a draw last time out. A home game for the Red's they will be looking to exploit the Charlton Defence! Tevez looks to have been rejuvenated as of late and will hope to keep scoring to secure his teams premier league status! How will Tom react this week? Normally there would have been a public exacution from Tom regarding his team especially after a last minute sucker punch from Watford! Another game Tom would of felt he should of taken something from! Has Tom be trying to secure himself a new Goalkeeper lately? Will he be waiting until the EOS to do some business?

Key Matchup; Tevez Vs Henderson, Aquilani Vs Coutinho

Westham v Arsenal Likely Lineup;
Siegrist:GK,Christie:RB,Thompson:LB,Song:AM,Collins:CL,Dann:CR,Collison:DY,Mcgeady:PM,Cole:CF,Jarvis:RH,Taarabt:LH
Forster:GK,Chambers:RB,Koscielny:CL,Cahill:CR,Shaw:LB,Veretout:AR,Flamini:AL,Giroud:ST,Berahino:S2,Ozil:TM,Nasri:DY

Westham seem to be settled and stable now they don't do anything but atleast they try to play the game in a decent fashion. However they arn't picking up the points which is a shame for the boss... On that point has anyone seen the Westham boss of late? Seem's to be leaving the Assistant in Charge while maybe he's visiting the players Wifes while there playing? Naughty.. As for the Arsenal Boss they seem to be putting up a fight and refusing to let themselves get relegated this year! Even while not playing aswell they generate enough to take a draw last week! This week is probably another case of how many for the Arsenal manager... I fully expect Arsenal to take the 3 points!

Key Matchup; Mcgeady Vs Flamini, Ozil Vs Collison. 

Watford v Chelsea Likely Lineup;
Lloris:GK,Clyne:RB,Rose:LB,Stones:CR,Kompany:CL,Dier:AM,DeBruyne:RH,Pogba:DY,Rooney:TM,Kane:CF,Bale:LH
Mcgregor:GK,Filipe:LB,Vlaar:CL,Lovren:CR,Kelly:RB,DeJong:AM,DiMaria:DL,Falcao:ST,Afellay:TM,Remy:S2,Anderson:DR

Watford managed to pull off a sublime performance last time out grinding out all 3 points which kept them right up there in the title race! Surely last week Jamie thought it had finally happened and he was about to drop points! However there must be a large win bonus going around the Hornets camp! Chelsea have started to liven up last week getting there key player in Falcao on the scoresheet! However the blues are up against much tougher opponents this week and i dont expect it to be any way near as easy for Chelsea this week... DiMaria is still at the club has he seen something that give him hope for next season? Maybe Chelsea are to flex there financial muscles to match his ambition??

Key Matchups; DeBruyne Vs DiMaria, Bale Vs Anderson, Rooney Vs DeJong.

Plymouth v Leicester Likely Lineup;
Cech:GK,Bellerin:RB,Gibbs:LB,Fernandinho:AM,Ramsey:DR,Vermaelen:CL,Welbeck:ST,Wilshere:TM,Vardy:S2,Delph:DL,Alderweireld:CR
Jansson:GK,Briggs:RB,Buttner:LB,Demichelis:AM,Smedley:CL,Chiriches:CR,Valencia:RH,Cambiasso:BW,Ulloa:CF,Oubina:PM,Gnabry:LH

Plymouth struggled to breakdown the dominate City however i dont expect them to mull over the result too much as Plymouth are very good at bouncing back. Wilshere seem to go missing and Fernandinho wasn't his usual shield in front of the back four! However the Plymouth boss will surely manage to gee his team up against Leicester! However Leicester have decided to go DEF.. all it seemed to manage in the last game was damage limitation and only allowed them to ship 3 goals instead of 5.. How will the fans feel about this approach to "fooball" will they demand there team actually go for something! I expect to see a Plymouth victory.

Key Matchup; Wilshere Vs Demichelis

Villa v Man City Likely Lineup; 
Butland:GK,Coleman:RB,Brady:LB,Allen:AM,Bruma:CL,Keane:CR,Silva:TM,Eriksen:DR,Mccarthy:BW,Bony:CF,Chamberlain:DL
Hart:GK,Cresswell:LB,Lescott:CL,Smalling:CR,Richards:RB,Sane:DL,Drinkwater:DY,Dzeko:CF,Carroll:ST,Aguero:S2,Gundogan:DR

Villa pulled off a tactical masterclass last week as soon as they went a goal behind they dropped the BW and went for the 3 DY in midfield and it payed off by scoring 2 goals in 9 mins to take all the points last week which could have gone either way! However this week Rob has a much harder game and will he be as bold vs City? Sane seems to have hit the ground running at City accustomed to his new surroundings already and helping his team to a emphatic win last time round! Free flowing city continue to go strong without any support for there back 4 this week it could see a bit of a back and forth match with Silva and Eriksen able to cause problems for City! However the form that City are in it's probs going to be the away team that takes this game.

Key Matchups; Mccarthy Vs Drinkwater, Dzeko Vs Keane


Birmingham v Fulham Likely Lineup;
Krul:GK,Rafael:RB,Clichy:LB,Wanyama:CL,Evans:CR,Herrera:DY,Nani:DR,Hernandez:ST,Fellaini:CF,Lingaard:S2,Payet:DL
Ashby-Hammond:GK,Davies:LB,Walker:RB,Skrtel:CR,Ranocchia:CL,Schweinsteiger:AM,Sandro:BW,Negredo:CF,Sanchez:ST,Cisse:S2,Toure:DY

Big match for the relegation this week.. Brum go into the game on the back of a win so the momentum is with the home team! However they will be without the injured Jovetic this week i would have rather Fellaini or Payet! However the rest of the team are very settled so they have a few key ingredients already going for them this week! The optimism was with me until i realised that Reina was injured! Such a cruel twist of fate... How many injuries happen to goalkeepers? However the rest of the team is settled and well there is only 1 way to see how this game pans and that's leaving it to the games master! Negrado has gone 5 games and not scored yet... Will this be the week it changes?

Key Matchups; Fellaini Vs Ranocchia, Sandro Vs Herrera, Negrado Vs Evans.

Great review, thanks Phil.

No incomings planned at Charlton for the foreseeable future,  unfortunately.

Friendly games are underway...

Lots of new players added to the database this week as usual, with competition even tougher than normal it would seem, and some of the players as young as 15. Another great Premiership preview from Phil sets up this week's games in England perfectly.

Friendlies still running, looks like the League games will kickoff tomorrow at about 1200 hours, or thereabouts...

Reserves, Youths and Schoolboy games underway...

Domestic Cup semi-finals will be run Wednesday morning, followed by the League matches at 1200 hours.

Quite a few shocks this week...results roundup to follow after the league games.

League game reset is underway, kickoff at 1200 hours...

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Domestic Cup semi-finals will be run Wednesday morning, followed by the League matches at 1200 hours.

Quite a few shocks this week...results roundup to follow after the league games.

Oh dear .....

Good luck to everybody this week, some of you have some huge games so lets hope those next game bonuses will be paid...

The ref blows for the start of the games...

Ipswich 0 Banstead 1 Lambert header on 6 minutes.
Nantes 1 Monaco 0 Diego Costa.

Coventry 0 Stoke 1 Pelle penalty on 9 minutes.

very quiet start to the week so far...

Santos 1 Cristovao 0 Gabigol header on 12 minutes.

Great start for Nantes!!

Ipswich 0 Banstead 2 Barry on 13 minutes.
Rangers 1 Dundee Utd 0 Guidetti penalty.
Valencia 0 Barcelona 1 Muller.

Two huge games in Spain where third placed Valencia have the chance to cut Barcelona's lead and Real Betis in fourth can do the same to Real Madrid in second, can the two eternal underdogs of Spanish football finally step up and make the grade ? not a good start for Valencia.

Westham 1 Arsenal 0 McGeady on 15 minutes.
Marseille 1 Nice 0 Sagna.

Genk 1 Antwerp 0 Sanabria penalty on 16 minutes.
Notts County 1 Luton 0 Forte.
Paris 1 Bordeaux 0 Briand.

Leeds 0 Spurs 1 Defoe on 17 minutes.

Villa 0 Man City 1 Gundogan on 18 minutes.
Preston 1 Barnsley 0 Long header.

Westham 1 Arsenal 1 Berahino on 19 minutes.

Paul Hemmings wrote:

Villa 0 Man City 1 Gundogan on 18 minutes.
Preston 1 Barnsley 0 Long header.

That didn't take long.

Gladbach 0 Cologne 1 Srna on 20 minutes.
Inter 1 Milan 0 Higuain.
Kosice 0 Ruzomberok 1 Kucka.

If third placed Cologne can win at Gladbach the title race could be over and done this week with Schalke in such good form of late...

Vasco 0 Sao Paulo 1 Derlis header on 21 minutes.
Watford 1 Chelsea 0 Rose header.
Schalke 1 Berlin 0 De Vrij header.
Valencia 0 Barcelona 2 Lewandowski.
Cosmos 1 Galaxy 0 Altidore header.