The novice in the Premier League Hull City impressed everyone with their performance and proved themselves as a solid home team, conceding only three goals at home this season before the last match against Manchester United.
The busy holiday schedule of the Premier League puts against each other two teams that have not won in 4 consecutive rounds.
Manchester City and Liverpool face each other in a clash, the outcome of which will have a serious impact on the battle for the title of the Premier League. Liverpool currently ranks first in the standings, but City only behind by one point. Both teams are in great form and we definitely can expected an exciting game.
Manchester United finally managed to find the right move, registering four straight wins in all competitions and will undoubtedly go into this match with the clear goal to keep this run. However, this may not be so easy against Hull City right on Boxing Day, who lost just once at home ground this season.
The game of the round of the Premier League is undoubtedly between the teams of Arsenal and Chelsea. Both of them have serious ambitions for the title and the direct clash between them can play a crucial part in the battle for the first place. Chelsea have a good chance to overtake their city rivals in the standings, while Arsenal must win in order to reclaim the first place, which is currently occupied by Liverpool.
Tottenham interim coach Tim Sherwood will lead the team for the second time, after his unconvincing debut with the loss of West Ham in midweek. All fans and management of the Spurs hope he will manage to break the bad run and it is interesting to see what changes will be made for the match against Southampton.
The problems in the squad of Manchester United are constantly increasing. After the injury of the top striker Van Persie, Rooney also got injured during the week. The pressure on David Moyes is great and his team needs to win in this match.
Tottenham and Liverpool face each other in another exciting clash of the Premier League. After yesterday's loss of Arsenal, Liverpool have the opportunity to get to just two points behind the first place, while the target for the home side is to catch up their today's opponent in the standings.
The match of the round in the Premier League is definitely the one between Manchester City and Arsenal. Both teams have ambitions for the title, but City are 6 points behind their opponent in the standings, and a loss
in this meeting will significantly put the "citizens" away from the first place. With a victory at this inhospitable stadium, Wenger`s team will make a serious claim for the title.
Milan and Ajax face each other in a direct clash for the second place in group H of the Champions League. A draw is enough for the hosts qualify for the next stage of the tournament and to bring joy to their suffering supporters. Milan is performing disastrously this season and naturally this makes their fans mad. Ajax on the other hand is in great form and the team definitely has the strength to defeat Milan.
Tonight we will find out which of the teams of Napoli, Arsenal and Borussia Dortmund will leave the competition of the Champions League. All three teams demonstrate great football and absolutely met the high expectations for this group. It is even possible for a team who made 12 points in the group stage of the Champions League to be dropped from the tournament. Currently, Arsenal is the leader with 12 points, while Napoli and Borussia have 9.
Manchester United secured their place at the second round of the Champions League but the team of David Moyes is in urgent need of a win after two consecutive home losses and already three games without success. Shakhtar in turn, takes the second place in the group, only one point ahead of Bayer Leverkusen, and the Ukrainians will seek the three points in this visit to move on to the next stage of the tournament.
One of the most interesting matches of the last round of the Champions League's group stage is definitely the one between Galatasaray and Juventus. In this direct clash both sides will decide who will move on in the tournament. Juventus currently occupies the second place in the group with a small lead of two points over Galatasaray and thus the draw also satisfies the Italians.
Both sides will meet after having achieved identical results - draws in the final round of the leagues and victories in Coppa Italia in midweek.
The current leaders in the standings Arsenal will host the very well performing team of Everton in a match of round 15 of the Premier League. Everton have not beaten Arsenal from the last 12 games between the two teams but under the leadership of Roberto Martinez, the Caramel showed that they can win against any team from the league.
This visit of West Ham will definitely be one of their hardest challenges of the season. Liverpool performs great at Anfield, Luis Suarez just does not stop scoring. The top striker has scored already 13 goals in 9 games and after his four hits against Norwich in midweek he is undoubtedly the favorite for the top scorer in this match.
After the good start of the season Southampton made a 3-game losing streak and now faces again a hard collision with the struggling for the title Manchester City. Southampton is one of the teams with less goals conceded this season, while City has scored the most goals and it is definitely interesting to see who will prevail in this meeting.
David Moyes faces for the first time the team, where he spent 11 years as a manager. Manchester United completely dominated the matches between the two teams in recent years and now led by Moyes they will try to keep that good statistics.
Only a point separates Tottenham and Manchester United in the English Premier League and managers of both teams this season are under increasing pressure from critics.
In recent years, the matches between Newcastle and West Bromich are quite attractive with many goals scored. In this game Newcastle will try to strengthen their good performances lately, but West Brom certainly is able to oppose any team in England, even as a guest.
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