This week was our annual introduction to the ‘Festive Football Calendar’. This weekend will bring the third game of the week for all of the Premier League teams and it’s the start of a period where teams from the English top flight will play 8 games in just over a month.

Liverpool have cemented their lead at the top of the league with wins over Brighton and local rivals Everton. Leicester City are hot on their heels with seven wins in a row. The league leaders face each other at Leicester’s King Power Stadium on the 26th December in a game that will have a big impact on the title race.

The Manchester Derby is the pick of this weekend’s action.

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Newcastle United v Manchester City, Saturday 30th November 7.30am

In the past ten years, Newcastle United have lost 16 times out of 18 in the league to Manchester City. There was one tie. The one positive for Steve Bruce’s side is that their only victory in that time was in January this year, when a late Matt Ritchie penalty dealt Pep Guardiola’s team a title blow.

City went on to recover, of course, while a lot has changed at St James’ Park in the interim. Bruce has replaced Rafa Benitez, while the other Toon goalscorer that day, Salomon Rondon, has joined his former boss in China.

It’s arguable that the Venezuelan striker’s absence is the most keenly felt. Newcastle have more Premier League points than they did at the same stage last season, but only one team have scored fewer goals.

Rondon’s replacement, Joelinton, has failed to sparkle and has notched just one league goal. Miguel Almiron and Allan Saint-Maximin have yet to get off the mark, not a great return for a combined spend of almost £80 million on the front trio.

We fancy City to make it 17 wins from 19 against Saturday’s hosts and an away win to zero comes in at -110. The visitors haven’t been blowing away teams on the road, with a tally of eight goals from their last four away games. We like the look of a 2-0 City win at +625 with CanPlay.

City will miss the injured Sergio Aguero, but Newcastle certainly won’t. The Argentine has scored a whopping ten goals in his last six league games against The Magpies. In his absence, Gabriel Jesus should step up to the plate and the Brazilian striker is +260 to score first and -140 to net anytime.

Liverpool v Brighton, Saturday 30^th November 10.00am

On paper, this looks like a formality for the league leaders. However, it took a sole Mo Salah strike in both their meetings last season for Liverpool to earn maximum points. Another 1-0 win for Jurgen Klopp’s side on Saturday can be backed at +725, while the Egyptian forward is +300 to net the opener at Anfield and -110 to score anytime.

Brighton certainly gave a better account of themselves in the 2018/19 campaign than in the previous season’s fixtures, when they suffered two four-goal margin defeats to The Reds.  Another Livepool win by four goals or more can be backed at +330 with CanPlay.

However, we fancy something in between. Wednesday’s Champions League draw against Napoli marked the eleventh game in a row in which the league leaders have conceded in. Meanwhile, Graham Potter’s side have scored in five of their last six domestic matches. Both teams to score here is +105 and +150 when combined with a home win.

Six of the Premier League favourites’ last seven league wins were won by a one-goal margin – strangely, the outlier was against Manchester City – and another win by a goal is decent value here at +245. Brighton’s last game on the road ended in a 3-1 defeat at Manchester United and we fancy a similar score-line here at +1075.

The Premier League returns this weekend after a short hiatus for the international break. There are some really interesting games on the fixture list this weekend with José Mourinho making his Tottenham dugout debut and Manchester City playing Chelsea in a top four clash.

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After Champions League action in midweek, the big hitters are back in action with Liverpool hosting Manchester City on Sunday. You can read our preview of that game here.

Matchday 12 begins on Friday night with Norwich City facing Watford. That already has the look of a relegation six-pointer with the teams sitting in the bottom two positions in the table. Another interesting game this weekend sees Leicester host Arsenal on Saturday evening. A win for Leicester will lift them in to second place before Sunday’s showdown. Unai Emery is in the hotseat in the Arsenal dugout and a win is a must for him if he wants to keep his job after the international break.

Here’s our tips for this weekend’s football.

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Liverpool v Manchester City, 11:30AM Sunday 10^th November

You wouldn’t be blamed for expecting a goalfest in Liverpool v Manchester City on Sunday.

If Pep Guardiola’s side continue scoring at the rate they have been in the Premier League, they’ll comfortably top 100 goals come May – overtaking their record haul of 106 two seasons ago. Meanwhile, Liverpool can boast such attacking riches as Mo Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane with the likes of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Gini Wijnaldum increasingly chipping in with important goals.

The Reds are unbeaten in an incredible 28 top flight games home and away, with their last defeat coming at the Etihad in early January.  Of course that run has to come to an end at some stage and who better than their title rivals to inflict it on them?

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After midweek Carabao Cup action the Premier League is back with a full slate of weekend fixtures. Have a read of our tips and predictions for games involving title challengers Liverpool and Manchester City.

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After a less than impressive performance with our three tips last week we’re back again with your CanPlay Premier League treble. Liverpool’s winning streak came to an end last week with a 1-1 draw with Manchester United while Leicester climbed to third with a dramatic win over Burnley.

Southampton and Leicester kick off the weekend on Friday night but Liverpool versus Spurs on Sunday is the highlight of the weekend on Sunday afternoon.

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The Premier League is back. The cliché goes that ‘a week is a long time in soccer’ and that’s never more true when it involves a weekend without Premier League soccer. The international break is over and the players are heading back to their clubs for a full weekend of Premier League action.

We have taken a look ahead to this week’s games to give you three tips for your Premier League treble.

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Brighton V Spurs Saturday October 5th 7:30 am

After a mid-week drubbing by Bayern Munich in the Champions league. Spurs will be looking to rebound at the expense of Brighton.

Rumours of dressing room unrest and conflicts are an unwelcome distraction as Tottenham’s season hasn’t quite gone to plan.

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Liverpool managed to maintain their perfect start to the EPL with a victory away to Chelsea last weekend. Jurgen Klopp’s side dominated the first 55 minutes before a late Chelsea onslaught nearly delivered a draw for Frank Lampard’s young team. That makes it fifteen EPL victories in a row for Liverpool and on current form they could continue that streak for another while yet.

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Liverpool will try to maintain their perfect start to the season with a victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge this weekend. Jurgen Klopp’s men have opened up an early five point gap at the top of the Premier League table and we are tipping them for victory in our first Gameweek 6 prediction.

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