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ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
10/24/2014

West Ham United vs Manchester City

Home - West Ham United
Last away matches - W-L-D-W-L-W

Sam Allardyce has denied that he was given an ultimatum by the board to try and improve the style of football played by West Ham United this season, but there is no denying that there has been an improvement. The Hammers have been affected adversely by injuries over the last couple of years and they are about as healthy as they have been since returning to the Premier League which has shown by results on the field.last season many people would have thought this game would be very easy for the visitors, however West Ham United come into this game of the back of two straight wins. They also beat newly promoted team such as Queen Park Rangers and and Burnley. They lost to Manchester United, however they had a very good result in beating Liverpool. West Ham have enjoyed their best start to a Premier League season for a long time and as a result they sit in fourth position in the table. Enner Valencia was signed after impressing in the World Cup and what a signing it looks like as he is finding the net quite frequently from Midfield, which is not his preferred position.

Away - Manchester City
Last away matches - D-W-W-L-D-W

The Champions League continues to be a conundrum that is impossible to solve for Manchester City after they blew a 0-2 lead in Russia against CSKA Moscow during the week. They would have at least been boosted by the fact that Roma were beaten heavily at home by Bayern Munich which gives Manchester City a chance to qualify for the Last 16,but now they focus on closing the gap to Chelsea in the PremierLeague.Manchester City had quite a bad start to the season and a loss at home to Stoke City shocked everyone, however they picked up their form a little bit beating Liverpool and drawing against leaders Chelsea, which means they are now sat behind Chelsea in 2nd place in the table. They have had a bad time in the Champions league as they have drawn two and lost one, which means it is going to be an up hill battle if they want to qualify from the group stages of the competition.

Asian Handicap
Home - (+1.00)
Away - (-1.00)
Pick - West Ham United (+1.00)
Odds - 2.06
Stakes - 10/10
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ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
10/24/2014

Liverpool vs Hull City

Home - Liverpool
Last away matches - W-L-L-W-L-L

There have been a lot of talk about what is wrong with Liverpool after their comprehensive home defeat to Real Madrid in the Champions League. That performance had been coming for Liverpool after escaping with some results and they are far from the level that saw them come so close to winning the Premier League title last season.Brendan Rodgers refused to put a time scale on Daniel Sturridge’s comeback during his Thursday afternoon press conference so the England striker could be out for many more weeks with his fresh calf injury. Attacking midfielder Suso is out until December with a groin strain – by which time he might have agreed a deal to move elsewhere such is the confusion surrounding his existence at Anfield. Out of favour centre-back Mamadou Sakho is out for at least another ten days after he confirmed via Facebook that his thigh injury is still hampering his ability to figure for the Reds. Jon Flanagan is the player facing the longest spell out with the young full-back out until at least mid December after his knee operation.

Away - Hull City
Last away matches - D-L-D-L-L-W

Hull City may only have won 1 of their last 7 games in all competitions,but they have been negotiating a tough set of fixtures, but it doesn't get any easier this weekend. They haven't won any of their last 5 away games in all competitions since beating Queens Park Rangers on the opening day and Hull have lost 3 of those games although did have a confidence boosting 2-2 draw at Arsenal last weekend.Steve Bruce has issues of his own to deal with and he travels to Merseyside with five injuries harming his squad. Defender Michael Dawson should be out with an ankle knock whilst goalkeepers Steve Harper and Allan McGregor are missing with arm and shoulder injuries respectively. However, Bruce will miss his creative players the most with Nikica Jelavic (knee) and Robert Snodgrass (knee, season) out for the foreseeable future.

Asian Handicap
Home - (-1.00)
Away - (+1.00)
Pick - Liverpool (-1.00)
Odds - 1.71
Stakes - 8/10
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ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
10/24/2014

Southampton vs Stoke City

Home - Southampton
Last away matches - L-W-W-W-W-L

Southampton are one of five teams in the Premier League with an unblemished record on home soil, and thanks to last weekend’s 8-0 demolition of Sunderland on the south coast, Ronald Koeman’s team remain third in the league table with a goal difference only second to that of league leaders Chelsea. Koeman will prepare his team for the first of two games in quick succession against Stoke, with Wednesday’s trip to the Britannia Stadium in the Capital One Cup also likely to come into his thoughts.With no fresh injury concerns, only James Ward-Prowse, Sam Gallagher and Jay Rodriguez are out for the hosts, who will be searching for their first win over Stoke since returning to the top-flight.In fact all four games home and away between the two teams have ended in stalemate, with 1-1 and 2-2 the results from last season.

Away - Stoke City
Last away matches - L-W-D-W-D-D

Stoke have produced a mixed set of scorelines from their start to this season. Last weekend’s 2-1 victory over Swansea City saw them record back-to-back home successes, after defeats to Aston Villa and Leicester at the Britannia earlier on in the campaign.It’s been a similar tale on their travels too. An impressive win at Manchester City was followed up by a 3-1 defeat to Sunderland on Wearside which has left them with 11 points to show from their opening eight matches.Potters boss Mark Hughes was relieved to secure a win heading into this game, and feels their total return of points to-date is a fair one: “We are up into the top ten now which is a position that we probably feel our performances have warranted for the best part of the season so far,” said the Welshman, who makes another return to the club he spent two years with as a player during the late 1990s.

Asian Handicap
Home - (-1.00)
Away - (+1.00)
Pick - Southampton (-1.00)
Odds - 2.07
Stakes - 9/10