English Premier League Tips and Predictions: Matchweek 19

Summary

Premier League action has never come at a faster pace, and we are heading straight into matchday nineteen after a pivotal week 18 surfaced with some great results.

Teams have to get their conditioning and rotations right, as the season’s real grind starts now.

All the way up until June, this football season will now continue at a lightning-fast pace.

With not much time for rest, and more time for games played, players and managers will be stuck with some tough decisions.

Nearly halfway through the whole Premier League season in terms of matches played by the totality of teams, there is a lot of ground to be made up for many.

The current two leaders (Arsenal and Manchester City) are dominating proceedings.

Although it doesn't look like anyone will be even remotely close to catching them, teams will make it their goal when they come up against them.

The relegation battle has been particularly interesting this season, as teams like Southampton and Wolves stare down the negative barrel.

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Arsenal versus Newcastle - Tuesday, January 3rd

London is currently a sea of red, representing the dominance of the Gunners.

Mikel Arteta’s side have entered the second half of the season with a flying start, beating their cross-town rivals in West Ham.

Gabriel Jesus their star signing will be out for a couple of months, signalling a new time for backup striker Eddie Nketiah.

His performance in the upcoming months will be crucial to how successful this Gunners club can be.

Scoring shouldn’t be a problem with the number of chances this team can create from the midfield and attacking options, however, will they get converted?

Nketiah did well in his start against West Ham this past week, but we will be looking for them to turn the heat up for the rest of the way.

Newcastle is third best in the Premier League now and they cannot be stopped.

A three to nil win over Leicester City reflected the team’s drive to survive, and emphasis on excellence.

2022-2023 revelation Miguel Almiron has been everything the Magpies supporters have wanted and more.

Paraguayan Messi has contributed eight goals in the past eight games, highlighting his importance on the offensive side of the pitch.

Eddie Howe has truly shaped this team into a well-oiled machine with no fear.

Betting Prediction - Take the asian total of over 2.5 goals in this matchup between two teams that couldn’t be closer than at the moment.

Chelsea versus Manchester City - Thursday, January 5th

This fixture was the exact line-up for the Champions League Final back in 2020.

The once European Champions, Chelsea, are looking to rebound their PL form and history.

Struggling to keep up and score even a single goal during open play before this month, Chelsea will welcome Manchester City to a matchup that can mean so much to the Chelsea Blues.

City are by no means intimidated by this version of Chelsea and will be looking to push the pace on them from minute one.

Erling Haaland versus Kai Havertz is the matchup that you should be looking out for, and the number of goals scored between the two.

Betting Prediction - Manchester City team total over 2.5 goals in a dominant performance from Guardiola’s boys.