Match week 21 English Premiership League ,second set matches continues today , Sunday , January 21st, 2024.

Bramall Lane in Sheffield is the battle ground when Shelfield United hosts , Westham in today’s opening match of the second set of matches of Match Week 21.

Having suffered contrasting results against lower-league opposition in the FA Cup, Sheffield United and West Ham United .
The Blades ran out comfortable 4-0 winners over Gillingham in their recent knockout tie, while the Hammers were eliminated at the first hurdle owing to a 1-0 loss to Bristol City..

Premier League Joy retuned to Bramall lane when Manager Chris Wilder single handedly master minded the a 1-0 win against Brentford as they have acquired just 1 point from a possible 12 , in subsequent fixtures with Chelsea , Aston Villa, Luton Town and Manchester United .

Blades only managed a paltry three goals across those 360 minutes of football, but they bettered that tally in a quarter of the time during their FA Cup third-round affair with Gillingham, who were subjected to a four-goal humbling at the Priestfield Stadium on January 6..
That cup triumph was a welcome distraction from their increasingly dire Premier League situation., Seating at the 20th position and relegation bound too .
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Their recent loss to Man City at the Etihad , though already down , leaves Wilder s men at rhe bottom of the standing.

Westham on the other hand have been consigned to the Epl and the Europa League respectively after fluffing their chances at the FA Cup , With their massive four game unbeaten run in the English top flight to protect and a solid streak of form, which keeps the Hammers in the 6th position on the Epl table , they look a bit settled for now . The big four teams have failed to break David Moyes back line in the EPL matches .

Head to head also favours the visitors to Bramall Lane this afternoon , Westham , from 9 matches , they won 4 with 2 draws , against the Blades 3 wins .

History is also on the Hammers’ side too, as this weekend’s visitors to Bramall Lane are on an 11-game Premier League winning streak against theBlades in the 20th place, having earlier beaten Sheffield United 2-0 in September for their third successive victory over Wilder’s side, coincidentally keeping clean sheets on all three occasions.

Predictions (X2 or Over 1.5 goals .).

The Vitality Stadium in Bouremounth , will be on fire this afternoon when the English Premiership ball Jugglers welcomes the league leaders and likely winners of this EPL title , Liverpool .
Both teams have had an impressive fine form lately .

With 10 wins against Bouremounth ‘s 2, Liverpool stands a better chance of we must use the head to head count , but the absence of Sallah on AFCON may not favour the Reds in today’s encounter , but a replacement is likey , Elliot who have been playing from the bench in his last 14 games out of 16 in the EPL .Sallah s absence away to AFCON as well as his injury ehen limped off againt Ghana in their 2-2 draw . Elliot stands a chance to proof booker makers wrong today especially with his blind sizzler of a short that got the winner against Crystal Palace
Liverpool seating pretty on the first position in the EPL , while Bouremouth on the 12th , but I jury list may worry Liverpool today with the absence of Trent Alexander Arnold and Dominic Szabolai , the Reds may have a rough patch in all the departments of the game against high scroing Bouremounth .

For Bouremounth who has been in fine form in the league , they may need extra terrestrial effort to stop a highly determined Liverpool

After speculation over Iraola’s future at Bournemouth, the former Rayo Vallecano head coach has turned his new side’s fortunes around. A 3-1 defeat against Spurs at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in their last league outing should only serve as a minor blemish on an otherwise impressive festive period, having triumphed in four straight league games – against Crystal Palace, Manchester United, Nottingham Forest and Fulham – before that.
A 3-2 comeback victory against Championship side QPR in the FA Cup third round will only add momentum to the impressive Bournemouth charge after Marcus Tavernier, Kieffer Moore and Justin Kluivert inspired a noteworthy second-half turnaround at Loftus Road.

Bouremounth also has injury as well as absence of some key player away to AFCON, ,Abtionine Semenayo and Dango Quattara for Burkina Faso, while Ryan Fredrick’s , Lyllod Kelly , Hamed Traore and Tyler Adams are out injured , while key center back , Marcos Senes is suspended , though Milos Kerkez welcome back after ankle injury may give them a life line in the absence of none .

Time – 17. 30 (CAT).

Predictions – Liverpool to score first ,-Yes Bouremounth to score -Yes .
Over 1.5 goals . 1-2 or 1-3 .

Happy Sunday and happy Viewing .

@UcheFreetups . (2024 C).