SOCCER: English Premier League 2nd Update

This week is going to be quite interesting for English soccer fans. We have Chelsea v. Aston Villa, Man. United v. Blackburn, Arsenal v. Sunderland, and Liverpool v. Man. City.

The most interesting game out of the four will be Chelsea v. Aston Villa for a couple of reasons. As you all know from my previous post, Chelsea's ex-manager was relieved from his duties prematurely and Roman Abramovich, owner oof Chelsea, signed Guus Hiddink as the new and temporary manager of the Blues. Guus Hiddink headed the Russian International team in the Euro Cup and is quite an experienced and hardcore manager in my opinion. So, this weeks game will display his unique tactic. Hopefully, its wha it takes to get Chelsea back on their feet again. Second, Aston Villa is in third place, while Chelsea trails right behind them in fourth. So, the winner of this game will determine who will advance.

Stay tuned for more soccer. If you reside in the United States, the most interesting games of the Premier League are being broadcasted on Fox Soccer Channel and Setanta Sports. If you do not have neither channel, I suggest you watch them live on your PC.

As of Feb. 20th, 2009:

Man Utd	25	59
Liverpool	25	54
Aston Villa	25	51
Chelsea	25	49
Arsenal	25	44
Everton	25	40
Wigan Athletic	25	34
West Ham Utd	25	33
Man City	25	31
Fulham	24	30
Sunderland	25	30
Hull City	25	29
Newcastle	25	27
Bolton	25	27
Portsmouth	25	27
Tottenham	25	25
Stoke City	25	24
Blackburn	24	23
Middlesbrough	25	22
WBA	25	22

SOCCER: Premier League Update 1

2008/2009 English Premiership
			Overall							Home						Away
			GP	W	D	L	GS	GA		W	D	L	GS	GA		W	D	L	GS	GA		GD	P
1		Manchester United	24	17	5	2	41	10		10	1	0	25	4		7	4	2	16	6		31	56
2		Liverpool	25	15	9	1	42	17		7	5	0	19	7		8	4	1	23	10		25	54
3		Aston Villa	25	15	6	4	40	24		5	6	1	18	12		10	0	3	22	12		16	51
4		Chelsea	25	14	7	4	44	15		6	5	2	21	7		8	2	2	23	8		29	49
5		Arsenal	25	12	8	5	38	25		7	3	2	18	11		5	5	3	20	14		13	44
6		Everton	25	11	7	7	34	28		4	5	4	18	16		7	2	3	16	12		6	40
7		Wigan Athletic	25	9	7	9	26	24		6	4	3	13	11		3	3	6	13	13		2	34
8		West Ham United	25	9	6	10	31	32		6	1	6	18	17		3	5	4	13	15		-1	33
9		Manchester City	24	9	4	11	42	32		8	0	5	28	12		1	4	6	14	20		10	31
10		Fulham	23	7	9	7	22	19		7	3	1	19	9		0	6	6	3	10		3	30
11		Sunderland	25	8	6	11	27	33		5	2	6	15	15		3	4	5	12	18		-6	30
12		Hull City	25	7	8	10	31	46		3	3	6	13	25		4	5	4	18	21		-15	29
13		Newcastle United	25	6	9	10	33	42		4	5	3	19	20		2	4	7	14	22		-9	27
14		Bolton Wanderers	25	8	3	14	27	37		4	2	6	11	14		4	1	8	16	23		-10	27
15		Tottenham Hotspur	25	6	7	12	26	31		4	5	4	11	9		2	2	8	15	22		-5	25
16		Portsmouth	24	6	6	12	25	41		4	2	6	16	21		2	4	6	9	20		-16	24
17		Stoke City	25	6	6	13	21	40		6	3	3	13	11		0	3	10	8	29		-19	24
18		Blackburn Rovers	24	5	8	11	27	40		3	4	6	15	21		2	4	5	12	19		-13	23
19		Middlesbrough	25	5	7	13	18	36		3	5	4	10	15		2	2	9	8	21		-18	22
20		West Bromwich Albion	25	6	4	15	24	47		5	2	6	18	24		1	2	9	6	23		-23	22

Provided by ESPN Soccernet.com

Now that Chelsea's hopes for winning the Premiership this year have diminished, my only concern is who will be able to prevent Manchester United from obtaining the cup again. Since Liverpool is my secondary weapon, my dream may be accomplished through their efforts.

With Manchester United one game behind and with 56 points to their name, does Liverpool have a chance to capitalize off their rival's mistakes? Now, with Steven Gerrard injured, do any of you believe that Liverpool can discover what it takes to win the cup this year?

Manchester United will be playing Fulham on Wednesday (Feb. 18th) and the Blackburn Rovers on the 21st of February, and Liverpool will be up against Manchester City on Sunday the 22nd of Feb. Another game to watch would be Aston Villa v. Chelsea on the 21st of Feb. Chelsea and Aston Villa will be battling each other throughout the remainder of the tournament in order to determine who will finish 3rd and 4th.

For more information on the Premier League visit their website here