Match Week 22 of the English Premiership League .

While we have been pre occupied with the AFCON tournament lately , the English Premiership is still on simultaneously with today s mid week matches .

Today s opener , Man City faces Burnley at the Eithad . with a welcome news that star striker , Hallaand who have been out injured for some days is likely start .

Vincent Kompany will return to his former fortress at the Etihad for a tricky test àgainst regning champions , Man City .

City had an edge against Burnley at away at Turf Moor with a 0-3 bashing .
After a winless five games streak against Spurs , City ended their goal drought at the white side , North of London with a slender 1-0 win in the fourth round of the FA Cup. ,courtesy of Nathan Ake s 88th miins strike . was enough to send the Citizens to the FA Cup Fifth round .against Luton by February ending .

Man City certainly have found their rhythm this time having won 9 gàmes out of 10 across all competitions , scoring a total of 28 goals after their loss at Aston Villa in December 6.

Seating pretty at the second position in the league table with same points with the Gunners and fourth placed Aston Villa

Though with a game in hand , Pep Guardiola s men will be confident of a win in Wednesday s encounter , as they have won 16 out of 17 meetings with Burnley , with 12 in a row with a good score of 43-1.

On the other hand , after a disappointing 1-1 draw against fellow bottom placed Luton Town , Burnley have had 19 days to rest before today s match .

Back in the days 5-2 victory against City in 1963 which is now history , Burnley have not won their last 16 top flight outings against the Citizens , away from home . as against City who have won their last 15 out of 16 matxhes against newly promoted sides .

However , Burnley have faired better on the road to the Epl this season , having accummulated 8 points away from home , while no other Premiership side have won more away games over the last seven seasons , against the regning champions than the Clarets . who beat Chelsea in 2017 as well as Liverpool in 2021 respedtively , providing a big boast for the visitors at Etihad , Wednesday .

The winner today either goes up on the ladder or further drops down the lower wrung.

Predictions – 3-1 or Over 1.5 goals .

Tottenham Hotspurs faces struggling Brentford as they hope to keep their hopes alive in the chase for a champions league slot nest season in this mid week EPL Derby match..

With Spurs seating on the pretty on the forth position , and Brentford yet to find it’s feet , after the slower Januray fixture list .

It’s going to be a hotly çontested as the Epl teams battle for European places and Tottenham has little or room for errors , thanks for their November and December slip , Yes 13 points from a possible 18 makes them a bit comfortable lately in the EPL. position .

They host Brentford at Tottenham stadium with the Bees residing occupying the 14th position , 6 points above relegation zone .
They don’t seem to be in dire straits at the moment , but thr margins are razor thin and a prolonged dry spell in the league table may see them in more precarious

For Brentford , their defensive capabilities is suspect since the beginning of this season without a single clean sheet , conceding goals with relative ease , They ve shipped 9 goals in their last three EPL matches and another three goals against Wolves in an FA Cup tie .

While on the other hand , Spurs have scored 15 goals in their last sin games should be able to over come the Bees at the UK s capital in London in a derby match .

Prediction -( Over 2.5 goals or 1X).

Liverpool meets another formidable foe , Chelsea at Anfield today in a heavy weight encounter

Better dubbed clash of rhe titans , Chelsea must find a way to break the jinx against Jirgen Klopp s Liverpool . Over the last 12 meetings , including Klopp s first meeting with Chelsea , Chelsea have only managed a win against the Reds , making their Liverpool their forever **Nightmare ** in the EPL .

Chelsea have also struggled lately , losing five out of six away from home , as rhe hope to push back to European contenetion as rhe seson gradually cokes to an end.

But the picture looks good for the Reds who have not lost at home this season at Mweside and they look forward to give their Manager a final few months before he leaves UK at the end of this season.

Injury list for the two teams is a serious worry as their star players may not be available , including those who went for AFCON tournament , recently booted out like Senegal s Jackson for Chelsea .

Mohammed is out ,
along side Joeal Matip, Kostas Tsimikas , Stefan Bajcetic , but Dominik Szbsozlai , Trent Alex Arniold Andy Rrobertson will l be available , Wednesday . same with Alex Mac Allister who was on bench in the 5-2 pummelling of Norwich in the FA Cup fourth round win .

For the Blues , Christopher Nkunku , Malo Gusto will be available while Levi Colwill is ruled out . Albanian striker , Amando Broja is not likey to start with the recent transfer speculations amid Thursday night deadline .

Today’s encounter is likely to end in a draw if Chelsea do not go to sleep , but with the Reds good hiome record s , the Blues may see another drop on the league with an emphatic win from Liverpool.

Head to head count ended in a draw in their last five meetings .

Total Win – Liverpool 84 , Chelsea -65., with 46 draws for both sides .

Predictions -( 2-1 or 1-1 ).

Uche Freetips .For today’s Games .

1. Man City vs Burnley – W1, 1X or Over 1.5 goals 3-1.

2. Tottenham Vs Brentford – 1X or Over 1.5 goals .

Liverpool vs Chelsea . ( W1, 1X or Over 1.5 goals

Happy Viewing and Happy Mod week Games on the EPL .

Uchefreerips ( 2024 C ).