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Premier League Fixtures: Week 18 Schedule, Score Predictions for EPL Matchday
- Updated: December 20, 2016
Premier League leaders Chelsea are in action the day after Christmas, hosting Bournemouth at Stamford Bridge. Arsenal, Manchester City and Liverpool will all hope the Blues are unable to win a 12th match in a row in England’s top flight.
The Gunners will host West Bromwich Albion at the Emirates Stadium at the same time Chelsea are in action. Meanwhile, City will keep a close eye on both games as they get ready to face Hull City in the day’s late game.
Finally, Liverpool will resume their title challenge on December 27 when struggling Stoke City come to Anfield.
Here are the full fixtures, along with schedule details and score predictions:
The pressure is on Arsenal after two straight defeats have left the North London club nine points adrift of Chelsea. Manager Arsene Wenger has seen his team twice blow 1-0 leads and lose away games against Everton then City.
The toughness of Wenger’s squad—the resilience and effort of his players—have been widely questioned since. Sky Sports pundit Gary Neville, speaking on Monday Night Football (h/t Sky Sports), criticised the pace of Arsenal’s performance during the 2-1 defeat to City:
They were walking at 2-1 in a massive game in which they could put pressure on Chelsea. It was walking pace and you never walk on a football pitch.
These aren’t players you would normally say that about, they normally work hard and normally put in a shift. They might not be the mentally strongest players in the world but there was something fundamentally wrong in that second half and you start to look a bit deeper.
Such accusations have commonly been made about Arsenal during the last 12 years without a title. Yet the latest problems may be more about style than substance.
Wenger has encouraged a cagier approach this season, one based on ceding …
