Thursday 14 March 2024

Premier + Cup Predictions (Week 29)

Time for the annual mixed up League and Cup week
Just 4 league games so padded out with 4 Cup games.
(only counting the 90+ minute score in the cup games, No extra time etc.)

In the league the big one is at the bottom with Luton v Forest
Aston Villa and Tottenham (hopefully) have hard games in the 4th place battle.
Cup games have obvious favourites in each.
First match 12:15 Saturday (5:15 am for Biopunk)

Wolves v Coventry (FAC)
Burnley v Brentford
Luton v Nottm Forest
Fulham v Tottenham
Man City v Newcastle (FAC)
*
Chelsea v Leicester (FAC)
West Ham v Aston Villa
Man Utd v Liverpool (FAC)


Good Luck All  😀

Wednesday 6 March 2024

Premier Predictions (Week 28)

Getting in early for this week
A bonus game this week with the re-arrangement of the Cherries Luton game which was abandoned due to Tom Lockyer's heart attack.
5 games on Saturday, 4 on Sunday, 1 Monday, 1 Wednesday

Big game on Sunday with Liverpool at home to Man City both have Euro games this midweek, also the 4th place battle between Villa and Tottenham.
Burnley and Sheffield Utd's relegation looking certain now as even if Everton and Forest get 10 point deductions they would still be above those two.
But suprise team Luton still have a chance of staying up.
Enough waffle here are the games.


Man Utd v Everton
Bournemouth v Sheff Utd
Crystal Palace v Luton
Wolves v Fulham
Arsenal v Brentford
*
Aston Villa v Tottenham
Brighton v Nottm Forest
West Ham v Burnley
Liverpool v Man City
*
Chelsea v Newcastle
Bournemouth v Luton


Good Luck All  😀

Friday 1 March 2024

Premier Predictions (Week 27)

week 27, already ¾ of the way through the season
Still a 3 way race at the top, Liverpool and Arsenal away to teams needing the points at the bottom.
Manchester derby might be close?

7 games on Saturday, 2 on Sunday and 1 on Monday.
Euro week next week so probably some squad rotation.

Brentford v Chelsea
Everton v West Ham
Fulham v Brighton
Newcastle v Wolves
Nottm Forest v Liverpool
Tottenham v Crystal Palace
Luton v Aston Villa
Burnley v Bournemouth
Man City v Man Utd
Sheff Utd v Arsenal


Good Luck All  😀

Thursday 22 February 2024

Premier Predictions (Week 26) + FA Cup 5th Round

A mixed bag this week
Just 8 Premier league games this week so I've added the League Cup Final (as I always do),
Meaning 6 games on Saturday, 2 on Sunday, 1 on Monday.
(Full time score for the Cup game, not including Extra time or penalties).

Man City and Arsenal have the chance to reduce Liverpool's lead
Palace v Burnley the big one at the bottom
West Ham play Brentford on Monday, who have beaten us all 5 times we've played in the PL 😒

Our table tightening up with Biopunk's surge 😉

Aston Villa v Nottm Forest
Brighton v Everton
Crystal Palace v Burnley
Man Utd v Fulham
Bournemouth v Man City
Arsenal v Newcastle
Wolves v Sheff Utd
Chelsea v Liverpool (LCF)
West Ham v Brentford


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Totally separate competition

For anyone still playing the Cup competition (Just Me and Paulo probably)
Here are the fixtures for that, 1 game Monday, 3 games on Wednesday, 4 on Thursday)

FA Cup 5th Round  🏆
(90+ minute score only, so draw is possible)

Coventry v Maidstone
Bournemouth v Leicester
Blackburn v Newcastle
Luton v Man City
Chelsea v Leeds
Nottm Forest v Man Utd
Wolves v Brighton
Liverpool v Southampton



Good Luck All  😀

Thursday 15 February 2024

Premier Predictions (Week 25)

Week 25, a 12 game week
7 Games on Saturday, 2 on Sunday,
1 each on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

The Liverpool v Luton game pulled forward 3 days as Liverpool play in the League cup final next weekend, the City v Brentford game re-arranged from just before Christmas.

Big week for Brentford who could do Arsenal a favour against the top 2.
Everton v Palace the big one at the bottom, will Hodgson still be there?
West Ham go to Forest, and I hate to say it's a must win. 😟


Brentford v Liverpool
Burnley v Arsenal
Fulham v Aston Villa
Newcastle v Bournemouth
Nottm Forest v West Ham
Tottenham v Wolves
Man City v Chelsea
*
Sheff Utd v Brighton
Luton v Man Utd
*
Everton v Crystal Palace
*
Man City v Brentford
Liverpool v Luton


Good Luck All  😀

Thursday 8 February 2024

Premier Predictions (Week 24)

Week 24 (7 games on Saturday, 2 on Sunday, 1 on Monday)

Man City could go top for 2½ hours until Liverpool play.
West Ham hoping for a treble over Arsenal, current form says unlikely but you never know?
At the bottom Sheff Utd and Burnley look down with either Everton, Luton, Forest, Brentford or Palace looking most likely to join them.

The weekend has the 2 International Cup finals
Africa - Ivory Coast v Nigeria
Asia - Qatar v Jordan
+ Man City play in Europe on Tuesday away to Copenhagen.


Man City v Everton
Fulham v Bournemouth
Liverpool v Burnley
Luton v Sheff Utd
Tottenham v Brighton
Wolves v Brentford
Nottm Forest v Newcastle
West Ham v Arsenal
Aston Villa v Man Utd
Crystal Palace v Chelsea


Good Luck All  😀

Friday 2 February 2024

Premier Predictions (Week 23)

Fixtures coming thick and fast, here's Week 23
5 games on Saturday, 4 on Sunday, 1 on Monday
Obvious stand out game is the 1st v 2nd match on Sunday, Liverpool at Arsenal.
Man City away at Brentford on Monday which is not a given.
At the bottom I can't believe Chris Wilder saying Sheffield don't get anything from refs? obviously had his eyes shut against West Ham 😂

Everton v Tottenham
Brighton v Crystal Palace
Burnley v Fulham
Newcastle v Luton
Sheff Utd v Aston Villa
Bournemouth v Nottm Forest
Chelsea v Wolves
Man Utd v West Ham
Arsenal v Liverpool
Brentford v Man City


Good Luck All  😀

Monday 29 January 2024

Premier Predictions (Week 22)

I was going to do a double week post, but I'll settle for just the midweek games to avoid confusion.
The week 22 games are spread over 3 days.
5 on Tuesday 30th Jan, 3 on Wednesday 31st Jan, 2 on Thursday 1st February.

Liverpool will stay top but Man City, Arsenal and maybe Villa and Tottenham are all breathing down their necks.

At the bottom at least 8 teams are still involved in the relegation battle.
The 3 promoted teams have surprised me, Luton are better than expected while Burnley and Sheffield are worse.
Forest and Everton might be hit with more points deductions, Crystal Palace's chances seem to be dependant on Olise and Eze being fit.
Brentford should bounce back when their front 3 return.

Nottm Forest v Arsenal
Fulham v Everton
Luton v Brighton
Crystal Palace v Sheff Utd
Aston Villa v Newcastle
Man City v Burnley
Tottenham v Brentford
Liverpool v Chelsea
West Ham v Bournemouth
Wolves v Man Utd


As always Good Luck All  😀

Tuesday 23 January 2024

FA Cup Predictions 2024 (4th Round)

For anyone still playing it's FA Cup time again  🏆
The 4th Round, Spread out for telly again, first game is on Thursday
Then 4 games on Friday, 6 on Saturday, 4 on Sunday and one on Monday.

15 Premier league teams left, sadly West Ham the only ones to lose to lower league opposition. 😢
One non league team left, Maidstone.

Bournemouth v Swansea
Bristol City v Nottm Forest
Chelsea v Aston Villa
Sheff Wed v Coventry
Tottenham v Man City
Ipswich v Maidstone
Everton v Luton
Leeds v Plymouth
Leicester v Birmingham
Sheff Utd v Brighton
Fulham v Newcastle
West Brom v Wolves
Watford v Southampton
Liverpool v Norwich
Newport v Man Utd
Blackburn v Wrexham


Good Luck All  😀

Thursday 11 January 2024

Premier Predictions (Week 21)

Week 21 runs over 11 days from Friday 12th to Monday 22nd
Supposed to be a winter break but 7 teams have FA Cup replays in the middle.

First game is Friday night 12th
with 2 games on Saturday 13th, and 2 on Sunday 14th
Then 2 games on Saturday 20th, 2 on Sunday 21st, and finally 1 on Monday 22nd


Burnley v Luton
Chelsea v Fulham
Newcastle v Man City
Everton v Aston Villa
Man Utd v Tottenham
Arsenal v Crystal Palace
Brentford v Nottm Forest
Sheff Utd v West Ham
Bournemouth v Liverpool
Brighton v Wolves


Good Luck All  😀

Wednesday 3 January 2024

FA Cup Predictions 2024 (3rd Round)

FA Cup Predictions 2024 (3rd Round)      🏆   ⚽   🏆

Here we go with Season no.9 of the NBTF F.A Cup predictions Competition.

Rules - 3 points for a correct score, 1 point for a correct result.
Scores at full time (90+ minutes) only (not including extra time and penalties).
As far as I know there are still replays for the 3rd and 4th Rounds?


Round 3 x 32 games, Round 4 x 16 games etc, So a total of 63 games.
Winner will be whoever scores the most at the end.

Here are the games (Copy & Paste advised), 
1 on Thursday, 3 on Friday, 19 Saturday, 8 Sunday and 1 Monday.
 
(Thursday)
Crystal Palace v Everton
(Friday)
Brentford v Wolves
Fulham v Rotherham
Tottenham v Burnley
(Saturday)
Coventry v Oxford
Maidstone v Stevenage
Millwall v Leicester
Wimbledon v Ipswich
Sunderland v Newcastle
Blackburn v Cambridge Utd
Gillingham v Sheff Utd
Hull v Birmingham
Newport v Eastleigh
Norwich v Bristol R
Plymouth v Sutton Utd
QPR v Bournemouth
Southampton v Walsall
Stoke v Brighton
Watford v Chesterfield
Chelsea v Preston
Middlesbrough v Aston Villa
Sheff Wed v Cardiff
Swansea v Morecambe
(Sunday)
Luton v Bolton
Man City v Huddersfield
Nottm Forest v Blackpool
Peterborough v Leeds
Shrewsbury v Wrexham
West Brom v Aldershot
West Ham v Bristol City
Arsenal v Liverpool
(Monday)
Wigan v Man Utd
 
Good Luck All   😀

Monday 1 January 2024

African And Asian Cups

If selected or fit?
these Premier league players will not be available while the African and Asian Cups are being played
January 12th to February 11th (+ a week either side possibly?)
Premier League weeks 21-24 plus many FA Cup and League Cup games.


Arsenal: Mohamed Elneny, Thomas Partey, Takehiro Tomiyasu
Aston Villa: Bertrand Traore
Bournemouth: Antoine Semenyo, Dango Ouattara, Hamed Traore (Injured)
Brentford: Yoane Wissa, Frank Onyeka, Saman Ghoddos, Kim Ji-soo. Bryan Mbeumo (Injured)
Brighton: Tariq Lamptey, Simon Adingra, Kaoru Mitoma, Samy Chouchane
Burnley: Lyle Foster, Anass Zaroury, Basilio Rieno
Chelsea: Nicolas Jackson
Crystal Palace: Jordan Ayew, Cheick Doucoure, Jeffrey Schlupp
Everton: Idrissa Gueye, Abdoulaye Doucoure
Fulham: Calvin Bassey, Alex Iwobi, Fode Ballo-Toure
Liverpool: Mohamed Salah, Wataru Endo, Joel Matip (Injured)
Luton: Issa Kabore, Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu
Man City:
Man Utd: Andre Onana, Sofyan Amrabat, Amad Diallo, Hannibal Mejbri
Newcastle:
Nottm Forest: Serge Aurier, Willy Boly, Ibrahim Sangare, Ola Aina, Cheikhou Kouyate, Moussa Niakhate, Emmanuel Dennis, Taiwo Awoniyi (Injured)
Sheff Utd: Anis Ben Slimane, Ismaila Coulibaly, Yasser Larouci, Benie Traore
Tottenham: Yves Bissouma, Pape Matar Sarr, Heung-Min Son
West Ham: Mohammed Kudus, Nayef Aguerd, Maxwell Cornet, Said Benrahma
Wolves: Boubacar Traore, Rayan Ait-Nouri, Hwang Hee-Chan, Justin Hubner

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AFCON African Cup (Ivory Coast) 13/01/24 to 11/02/24

Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea Bissau        
Egypt, Ghana, Cape Verde, Mozambique   
Senegal, Cameroon, Guinea, Gambia       
Algeria, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Angola   
Tunisia, Mali, South Africa, Namibia   
Morocco, DR Congo, Zambia, Tanzania

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AFC Asian Cup (Qatar) 12/01/24 to 10/02/24

Qatar, China, Tajikistan, Lebanon
Australia, Uzbekistan, Syria, India
Iran, United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong, Palestine
Japan, Indonesia, Iraq, Vietnam
South Korea, Malaysia, Jordan, Bahrain
Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Kyrgyzstan, Oman

Thursday 28 December 2023

Premier Predictions (Week 20)

Week 19 still playing as I post this.
But getting in early for the new year fixtures in week 20, before it's FA Cup 🏆 time again.

These 10 are spread over 4 days with 6 on Saturday, 2 on Sunday, and one each on Monday and Tuesday.

Luton v Chelsea
Aston Villa v Burnley
Crystal Palace v Brentford
Man City v Sheff Utd
Wolves v Everton
Nottm Forest v Man Utd
Fulham v Arsenal
Tottenham v Bournemouth
Liverpool v Newcastle
West Ham v Brighton
 
Good Luck All  😀 


Halfway Full Table



Wednesday 20 December 2023

Premier Predictions (Week 18 + 19)

Merry Christmas All  😀

Here we go with a festive double, weeks 18 + 19  (will do the week 20 after Christmas)

🎅 🍻 🎄 🦃 🔔  🍷 🍺 🎈 🤶🎄 🎊 🎅 🍷 🍻 🎄 🍺  🎅 ⚽

First kick off is Thursday night (the shape of things to come with TV companies wanting daily games)
On Saturday the top 2 meet at Anfield, prepare for Arteta to go ballistic 😆 with Villa hoping for a draw, as they meet bottom team Sheffield.
Forest's Cooper becoming the first manager out this season which will give hope to the 3 teams below them.
Man City play on Friday in Saudi, expect Fluminense to give them a harder game than the Japanese did.
*

Week 18 - Thursday 21st to Sunday 24th
(One game on Thursday, one on Friday, 6 on Saturday, One on Sunday Christmas Eve?)

Crystal Palace v Brighton
Aston Villa v Sheff Utd
West Ham v Man Utd
Fulham v Burnley
Luton v Newcastle
Man City v Brentford (Postponed)
Nottm Forest v Bournemouth
Tottenham v Everton
Liverpool v Arsenal
Wolves v Chelsea


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Week 19 - Tuesday 26th to Thursday 28th
(5 games on Tuesday, 3 on Wednesday, 2 on Thursday)

Newcastle v Nottm Forest
Bournemouth v Fulham
Sheff Utd v Luton
Burnley v Liverpool
Man Utd v Aston Villa
Brentford v Wolves
Chelsea v Crystal Palace
Everton v Man City
Brighton v Tottenham
Arsenal v West Ham



Good Luck All and Merry Christmas  😀

Thursday 14 December 2023

Premier Predictions (Week 17)

Early start this week with a Friday night game at Forest
5 games on Saturday and 4 on Sunday

Several games stand out
Top team Liverpool take on European losers Man Utd who they beat 7-0 last season when Man U were a better team than they are now, even Nunez might score??
Man City 4th? take on their bogey side Palace.
The Dyche derby, he takes form team Everton to Burnley.


Nottm Forest v Tottenham
*
Bournemouth v Luton
Chelsea v Sheff Utd
Man City v Crystal Palace
Newcastle v Fulham
Burnley v Everton
*
Arsenal v Brighton
Brentford v Aston Villa
West Ham v Wolves
Liverpool v Man Utd



Good Luck All  😃

Thursday 7 December 2023

Premier Predictions (Week 16)

Straight back with another 10 games. 6 games on Saturday, 4 on Sunday

Followed by another week of European games, plus the start of the World Club championship.
So probably a few rested players?


Crystal Palace v Liverpool
Brighton v Burnley
Man Utd v Bournemouth
Sheff Utd v Brentford
Wolves v Nottm Forest
Aston Villa v Arsenal
*
Everton v Chelsea
Fulham v West Ham
Luton v Man City
Tottenham v Newcastle


Good Luck All  😀

Thursday 30 November 2023

Premier Predictions (Week 14 + 15)

Going with a double week post this time as they are close together.


Week 14 games are 5 on Saturday, 5 on Sunday

Week 14 (Saturday and Sunday)

Arsenal v Wolves
Brentford v Luton
Burnley v Sheff Utd
Nottm Forest v Everton
Newcastle v Man Utd
Bournemouth v Aston Villa
Chelsea v Brighton
Liverpool v Fulham
West Ham v Crystal Palace
Man City v Tottenham


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Week 15 games are 2 on Tuesday, 6 on Wednesday, 2 on Thursday

Week 15 (Tuesday to Thursday)

Wolves v Burnley
Luton v Arsenal
Brighton v Brentford
Crystal Palace v Bournemouth
Fulham v Nottm Forest
Sheff Utd v Liverpool
Aston Villa v Man City
Man Utd v Chelsea
Everton v Newcastle
Tottenham v West Ham



Good Luck All

Wednesday 22 November 2023

Premier Predictions (Week 13)

On a personal note, I'm sad to say I lost my wife on Sunday
She had been ill with Myotonic dystrophy for around 15 years, but the sudden deterioration was unexpected 😢

But doing this is a distraction I really need, so I'll carry on 
So 7 games Saturday, 2 Sunday, 1 Monday

Man City v Liverpool
Burnley v West Ham
Luton v Crystal Palace
Newcastle v Chelsea
Nottm Forest v Brighton
Sheff Utd v Bournemouth
Brentford v Arsenal
Tottenham v Aston Villa
Everton v Man Utd
Fulham v Wolves

Please try to comment if possible
 
Just to add to the problems I am having trouble with the comments
Keeps saying unable to publish as myself, then I try anonymous and it works (sometimes)
then my logged in self is able to publish.
If it says "published" it should make the blog or spam folder and I can find it.
But if you are getting the "failed to publish, try again later" message I'll have no idea if any of you have tried to post? 

Good Luck All


Saturday 18 November 2023

Update

Sorry for not updating things
Wife is very ill in hospital, so other things on my mind at moment
Fingers crossed 
So hopefully predictions etc back before the next games

Whatever next 😒
 





Seems that I can edit this post, but not comment or reply ?????

Wednesday 8 November 2023

Premier Predictions (Week 12)

Another International week coming up where England take on the mighty Malta and North Macedonia.
Before that one more round of fixtures.
5 games on Saturday, 5 games on Sunday (first Kick Off Saturday 12:30)

A few games harder to pick due to midweek Europen matches for some.
I guess Stevie Wonder will be VAR official at Wolves again?
Have Chelsea got their act together or will 11 man Man City roll over them?

Wolves v Tottenham
Arsenal v Burnley
Crystal Palace v Everton
Man Utd v Luton
Bournemouth v Newcastle
*
Aston Villa v Fulham
Brighton v Sheff Utd
Liverpool v Brentford
West Ham v Nottm Forest
Chelsea v Man City


Good Luck All  😀