Newcastle’s stunning 3-2 win over Chelsea came at the perfect time for the Magpies as they head to White Hart Lane on Saturday lunchtime to kick off this weekend’s Premier League fixtures. A lot was made of Alan Pardew’s French revolution on Tyneside and Moussa Sissoko made an instant impact with a brace against the Blues to quickly validate the manager’s decision.
A couple of weeks ago this would have been a cake walk for Spurs, yet things are very different now. Andre Villas-Boas has been dicing with danger with his lack of striker options and it came back to haunt him with Jermain Defoe limping off last weekend with an ankle injury. Spurs’ second top scorer is expected to be out for around three weeks to give the Magpies a real chance of snatching a point.
At least Gareth Bale is fit, who scored for Wales midweek and has 11 league goals for Spurs already. He got the winner against West Brom last time out, yet I wasn’t impressed with Spurs and they were helped by Goran Popov’s dismissal for his unsavoury behaviour.
Hatem Ben Arfa’s spot kick got Newcastle the three points in the reverse fixture and although I don’t think they’ll win in North London, they are good value for a share of the spoils.
Sir Alex Ferguson will have no doubt highlighted Sunday’s clash with Everton as one of hardest remaining on the calendar. Everton utterly outplayed United on the opening weekend as Marouane Fellaini got the winner and was pretty much unstoppable for 90 minutes.
One of the best games of last year was Everton’s visit to Old Trafford that produced an incredible 4-4 draw in which United blew a two goal lead with seven minutes to play.
The Toffees have drawn too many of their league matches – 12 of 25 so far – and three of their past four games. It highlights Everton’s determination, but United are a formidable force at Old Trafford. Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie are a match for anyone and they have shared 28 league goals between them.
United know that if they can maintain their nine point advantage come Sunday afternoon then there are not many difficult challenges remaining. Everton’s last win at United came in 1992 and the hosts have the momentum heading into the clash with three straight wins.
I expect United to narrowly beat Everton and take another significant step towards landing a 20th league title.
Betting on BETDAQ – Alan’s Punts:
Tottenham v Newcastle – Back the draw at 4.1
Man United v Everton – Back the United at 1.79
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