IN-THE-INBOX: 2-MINS
Enzo’s in the ‘end zone’ at Chelsea. And the Yankee Blues are preparing to throw yet another managerial Hail Mary…
Chelsea owner Todd Boehly is apparently deep in negotiations with his counterpart, Strasbourg’s Todd Boehly, over the contract of their high-flying manager.
As if we needed any more evidence that multi-club ownership is absurd… the manager he’s negotiating with himself over is Liam Rosenior. 😭
3rd January 2025
The Big Facts: City’s consistency ⚖️
The Big Tips: The Toon Toon train 💰
The Big Quote: Angry Eddie 😡
THE BIG FACTS
Pub Ammo
🤝 Spurs went 137 league games without a 0-0 draw before Thursday night’s game with Brentford. Their last goalless draw was against Brentford, when Thomas Frank was the Bees’ manager.
🫳 Chelsea have dropped 15 points from winning positions this season, the same as the entire of last season.
🎱 The current top eight teams in the league are also the eight clubs with the most titles in English football history. Sunderland’s last title came in 1936.
🔝 Arsenal and Man City have both accumulated exactly 292 points over the past 3.5 seasons (133 games).
🍒 Bournemouth’s last win in the Premier League was on 26th October (11 games ago), yet they sit nine points ahead of the relegation places in 15th.
⚖️ At this stage in the season (GW19) over the last four years, Man City have been on 41 (22/23), 42 (23/24), 40 (24/25) and 41 points (current season).
THE BIG TIPS
Castling Palace
2 points | West Ham to have more corners vs Wolves
💭 We have discussed Wolves’ pitiful corner for-and-against previously, and the Hammers’ numbers have been fairly decent of late - despite their lowly position in the tabl.e
Odds ☞ 5/4
4 points | Newcastle to beat Crystal Palace
💭 Toon haven’t got what their performances have deserved all throughout the season so far, and on the data (Eddie Howe has a point! See at the bottom) they should beat a Palace side who have looked tired in recent weeks - having played more games than any side in Europe’s top five leagues.
Odds ☞ 4/6
✍️ SpreadEx for football prices | Tipping Record | GambleAware.org | 18+
THE BIG GRAHAM POLL
THE SOFA SCHEDULE
📺 SATURDAY
12:30—Aston Villa vs Forest | Sky Sports
17:30—Bournemouth vs Arsenal | Sky Sports
📺 SUNDAY
12:30—Leeds vs Man Utd | TNT Sports
15:00—Everton vs Brentford | Sky Sports
15:00—Fulham vs Liverpool | Sky Sports
15:00—Newcastle vs Palace | Sky Sports
15:00—Spurs vs Sunderland | Sky Sports
16:30—Man City vs Chelsea | Sky Sports
“An onslaught? What? Against us? Have you seen the stats of the game?”
