ENGLAND
Obviously, the biggest match of the weekend saw Manchester United end Chelsea’s streak of non-losses away from home by handily defeating the Blues 3-0 at Old Trafford. In the only other match decided by more than one goal, Everton continued to pile on top of Hull City’s downward spiral with a 2-0 victory. Elsewhere, another Tottenham loss, this time 0-1 at the hands of surprising Wigan Athletic, moved the club into the relegation zone, for now. Otherwise, the biggest news was the postponement of two matches due to frozen fields.
The two biggest matches in the upcoming week likely will be odd-day matches. On Wednesday, Manchester United welcomes Wigan Athletic to Old Trafford in a match that was delayed due to the Club World Cup. On Monday, the latest edition of the Merseyside Derby takes place when Liverpool and Everton go head-to-head. There’s not a lot of excitement in the other Premiership matches this weekend.
Table:
1. Liverpool (13-7-1) 46 +22
2. Chelsea (12-6-3) 42 +28
3. Man United (12-5-2) 41 +22
4. Aston Villa (12-5-4) 41 +12
5. Arsenal (11-5-5) 38 +11
6. Everton (10-5-6) 35 +4
7. Wigan (9-4-7) 31 +4
8. Hull City (7-6-8) 27 -11
9. Fulham (6-8-5) 26 +4
10. West Ham (7-5-9) 26 -4
11. Newcastle (5-8-8) 23 -6
12. Bolton (7-2-12) 23 -7
13. Sunderland (6-5-10) 23 -8
14. Portsmouth (6-5-9) 23 -12
15. Man City (6-4-10) 22 +8
16. Midd’brough (5-6-10) 21 -12
17. Stoke City (5-6-10) 21 -15
18. Tottenham (5-5-11) 20 -6
19. Blackburn (4-6-10) 18 -14
20. West Brom (5-3-13) 18 -20
Recent Matches:
Aston Villa 2-1 West Bromwich Albion
(Davies 18, Agbonlahor 41; Morrison 49)
Arsenal 1-0 Bolton Wanderers
(Bendtner 84)
Everton 2-0 Hull City
(Fellaini 18, Arteta 45)
Fulham PPD Blackburn Rovers
Middlesbrough 1-1 Sunderland
(Martins 45; Jones 82)
Newcastle United 2-2 West Ham United
(Owen 19, Carroll 78; Bellamy 29, Cole 55)
Portsmouth PPD Manchester City
Stoke City 0-0 Liverpool
Wigan Athletic 1-0 Tottenham
(Figueroa 90)
Manchester United 3-0 Chelsea
(Vidic 45, Rooney 63, Berbatov 87)
Upcoming Matches:
Manchester United x-x Wigan Athletic
Blackburn Rovers x-x Newcastle United
Bolton Wanderers x-x Manchester United
Chelsea x-x Stoke City
Manchester City x-x Wigan Athletic
Sunderland x-x Aston Villa
West Bromwich Albion x-x Middlesbrough
Hull City x-x Arsenal
West Ham United x-x Fulham
Tottenham Hotspur x-x Portsmouth
Liverpool x-x Everton
ITALY
Without question, the biggest and best match of the weekend was the pairing of Roma and AC Milan on Sunday. Braces by Roma’s Mirko Vucinic and Milan’s Alexandre Pato provided all of the scoring in the 2-2 draw. The upset of the week saw Fiorentina fall at home to Lecce 1-2, moving Lecce out of the relegation zone for now, to be replaced by Torino, who lost 0-3 to Genoa. The performance of the week belongs to Goran Pandev, who scored a hat trick in Lazio’s 3-2 defeat of Reggina.
As in England, an extra make-up match takes place on Wednesday when Roma hosts Sampdoria in a Week Nine match. With respect to the weekend matches, two stand above the others as AC Milan hosts Fiorentina on Saturday and Lazio hosts Juventus on Sunday. Meanwhile, Internazionale will try to get back on track when it takes on Atalanta.
Table:
1. Inter Milan (13-4-1) 43 +20
2. Juventus (12-3-3) 39 +18
3. AC Milan (10-4-4) 34 +10
4. Napoli (10-3-5) 33 +10
5. Fiorentina (10-2-6) 32 +10
6. Genoa (9-5-4) 32 +10
7. Lazio (9-3-6) 30 +5
8. Palermo (8-2-8) 26 +1
9. Catania (7-4-7) 25 -3
10. Atalanta (7-3-8) 24 +1
11. Roma (7-3-7) 24 -2
12. Udinese (6-5-7) 23 -1
13. Cagliari (6-4-8) 22 -2
14. Sampdoria (5-5-7) 20 -3
15. Siena (5-4-9) 19 -6
16. Lecce (3-8-7) 17 -9
17. Bologna (3-7-8) 16 -8
18. Torino (4-3-11) 15 -14
19. Reggina (3-4-11) 13 -19
20. Chievo Ver. (2-4-12) 10 -18
Recent Matches:
Genoa 3-0 Torino
(Biava 18, Jankovic 49, Motta 85)
Inter Milan 1-1 Cagliari
(Ibrahimovic 76; Acquafresca 65)
Bologna 1-1 Chievo Verona
(DiVaio 45 (p); Pellissier 43)
Fiorentina 1-2 Lecce
(Melo 24; Giacomazzi 6, Castillo 28)
Juventus 1-0 Siena
(Del Piero 33)
Napoli 1-0 Catania
(Maggio 80)
Palermo 3-2 Atalanta
(Miccoli 22, Bresciano 39, Cavani 81; Floccari 65, Pinto 78)
Reggina 2-3 Lazio
(Corradi 4 (p), Cozza 63; Pandev 14, 22, 76)
Udinese 1-1 Sampdoria
(Domizzi 62; Delvecchio 57)
Roma 2-2 AC Milan
(Vucinic 22, 72; Pato 48, 53)
Current Matches:
Roma x-x Sampdoria
Siena x-x Reggina
AC Milan x-x Fiorentina
Atalanta x-x Inter Milan
Cagliari x-x Udinese
Chievo Verona x-x Napoli
Lecce x-x Genoa
Sampdoria x-x Palermo
Torino x-x Roma
Catania x-x Bologna
Lazio x-x Juventus
Obviously, the biggest match of the weekend saw Manchester United end Chelsea’s streak of non-losses away from home by handily defeating the Blues 3-0 at Old Trafford. In the only other match decided by more than one goal, Everton continued to pile on top of Hull City’s downward spiral with a 2-0 victory. Elsewhere, another Tottenham loss, this time 0-1 at the hands of surprising Wigan Athletic, moved the club into the relegation zone, for now. Otherwise, the biggest news was the postponement of two matches due to frozen fields.
The two biggest matches in the upcoming week likely will be odd-day matches. On Wednesday, Manchester United welcomes Wigan Athletic to Old Trafford in a match that was delayed due to the Club World Cup. On Monday, the latest edition of the Merseyside Derby takes place when Liverpool and Everton go head-to-head. There’s not a lot of excitement in the other Premiership matches this weekend.
Table:
1. Liverpool (13-7-1) 46 +22
2. Chelsea (12-6-3) 42 +28
3. Man United (12-5-2) 41 +22
4. Aston Villa (12-5-4) 41 +12
5. Arsenal (11-5-5) 38 +11
6. Everton (10-5-6) 35 +4
7. Wigan (9-4-7) 31 +4
8. Hull City (7-6-8) 27 -11
9. Fulham (6-8-5) 26 +4
10. West Ham (7-5-9) 26 -4
11. Newcastle (5-8-8) 23 -6
12. Bolton (7-2-12) 23 -7
13. Sunderland (6-5-10) 23 -8
14. Portsmouth (6-5-9) 23 -12
15. Man City (6-4-10) 22 +8
16. Midd’brough (5-6-10) 21 -12
17. Stoke City (5-6-10) 21 -15
18. Tottenham (5-5-11) 20 -6
19. Blackburn (4-6-10) 18 -14
20. West Brom (5-3-13) 18 -20
Recent Matches:
Aston Villa 2-1 West Bromwich Albion
(Davies 18, Agbonlahor 41; Morrison 49)
Arsenal 1-0 Bolton Wanderers
(Bendtner 84)
Everton 2-0 Hull City
(Fellaini 18, Arteta 45)
Fulham PPD Blackburn Rovers
Middlesbrough 1-1 Sunderland
(Martins 45; Jones 82)
Newcastle United 2-2 West Ham United
(Owen 19, Carroll 78; Bellamy 29, Cole 55)
Portsmouth PPD Manchester City
Stoke City 0-0 Liverpool
Wigan Athletic 1-0 Tottenham
(Figueroa 90)
Manchester United 3-0 Chelsea
(Vidic 45, Rooney 63, Berbatov 87)
Upcoming Matches:
Manchester United x-x Wigan Athletic
Blackburn Rovers x-x Newcastle United
Bolton Wanderers x-x Manchester United
Chelsea x-x Stoke City
Manchester City x-x Wigan Athletic
Sunderland x-x Aston Villa
West Bromwich Albion x-x Middlesbrough
Hull City x-x Arsenal
West Ham United x-x Fulham
Tottenham Hotspur x-x Portsmouth
Liverpool x-x Everton
ITALY
Without question, the biggest and best match of the weekend was the pairing of Roma and AC Milan on Sunday. Braces by Roma’s Mirko Vucinic and Milan’s Alexandre Pato provided all of the scoring in the 2-2 draw. The upset of the week saw Fiorentina fall at home to Lecce 1-2, moving Lecce out of the relegation zone for now, to be replaced by Torino, who lost 0-3 to Genoa. The performance of the week belongs to Goran Pandev, who scored a hat trick in Lazio’s 3-2 defeat of Reggina.
As in England, an extra make-up match takes place on Wednesday when Roma hosts Sampdoria in a Week Nine match. With respect to the weekend matches, two stand above the others as AC Milan hosts Fiorentina on Saturday and Lazio hosts Juventus on Sunday. Meanwhile, Internazionale will try to get back on track when it takes on Atalanta.
Table:
1. Inter Milan (13-4-1) 43 +20
2. Juventus (12-3-3) 39 +18
3. AC Milan (10-4-4) 34 +10
4. Napoli (10-3-5) 33 +10
5. Fiorentina (10-2-6) 32 +10
6. Genoa (9-5-4) 32 +10
7. Lazio (9-3-6) 30 +5
8. Palermo (8-2-8) 26 +1
9. Catania (7-4-7) 25 -3
10. Atalanta (7-3-8) 24 +1
11. Roma (7-3-7) 24 -2
12. Udinese (6-5-7) 23 -1
13. Cagliari (6-4-8) 22 -2
14. Sampdoria (5-5-7) 20 -3
15. Siena (5-4-9) 19 -6
16. Lecce (3-8-7) 17 -9
17. Bologna (3-7-8) 16 -8
18. Torino (4-3-11) 15 -14
19. Reggina (3-4-11) 13 -19
20. Chievo Ver. (2-4-12) 10 -18
Recent Matches:
Genoa 3-0 Torino
(Biava 18, Jankovic 49, Motta 85)
Inter Milan 1-1 Cagliari
(Ibrahimovic 76; Acquafresca 65)
Bologna 1-1 Chievo Verona
(DiVaio 45 (p); Pellissier 43)
Fiorentina 1-2 Lecce
(Melo 24; Giacomazzi 6, Castillo 28)
Juventus 1-0 Siena
(Del Piero 33)
Napoli 1-0 Catania
(Maggio 80)
Palermo 3-2 Atalanta
(Miccoli 22, Bresciano 39, Cavani 81; Floccari 65, Pinto 78)
Reggina 2-3 Lazio
(Corradi 4 (p), Cozza 63; Pandev 14, 22, 76)
Udinese 1-1 Sampdoria
(Domizzi 62; Delvecchio 57)
Roma 2-2 AC Milan
(Vucinic 22, 72; Pato 48, 53)
Current Matches:
Roma x-x Sampdoria
Siena x-x Reggina
AC Milan x-x Fiorentina
Atalanta x-x Inter Milan
Cagliari x-x Udinese
Chievo Verona x-x Napoli
Lecce x-x Genoa
Sampdoria x-x Palermo
Torino x-x Roma
Catania x-x Bologna
Lazio x-x Juventus
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