I'm looking at quite a few games over the weekend.
Here are some early leans, and may narrow it all down by tomorrow.
Premiership
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" width="100%"><tbody><tr class="lt"><td bgcolor="#dddddd"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="lt" nowrap="nowrap" width="100%">Aston Villa v Charlton</td><td width="13">
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</td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td><td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">1.75</td><td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">3.40</td><td align="center" nowrap="nowrap">4.75</td></tr></tbody></table>Two teams with two new managers. Villa are flying high at the moment. There's a new chairman, and gifted manager in Martin O'Neill at the club. They've started the season well with a new 4-3-3 formation, playing some very good football. Charlton, in contrast, have yet to really gel as a team. Their new manager Iain Dowie is a great motivator, but I'm unsure about his tactical knowledge. There have been a lot of new signings at Charlton, one of whom is striker Hasselbaink who will form a great partnership with Darren Bent up front. They've got two good strikers but the problem is there is not enough creativity within the team to create chances for them. Dowie has tried to address this issue by playing Dennis Rommedahl in a free role behind the strikers, but Rommedahl just isn't that good. Too many tactical changes, and the lack of a settled first team is going to cost Charlton particularly against a very strong, organised, and confident team such as Villa.
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="1" width="100%"><tbody><tr class="lt"><td bgcolor="#cccccc"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="lt" nowrap="nowrap" width="100%">Liverpool v Tottenham</td><td width="13">
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</td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td><td align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" nowrap="nowrap">1.60</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" nowrap="nowrap">3.65</td><td align="center" bgcolor="#efefef" nowrap="nowrap">5.50</td></tr></tbody></table>Liverpool are a very strong home team. They are getting tagged as notorious slow starters under Rafa Benitez, but after a decent win against Newcastle, their season is just starting. Tottenham have been dreadful. The sale of their midfielder Michael Carrick has really unsettled the midfield. To put it bluntly, I think their midfield is crap. They've got a great player in Zokora, but he has just been signed and still has to settle into the squad. Jermaine Jenas is probably the most anonymous player in the world. You'd struggle to realise he's on the pitch half the time. Spurs have yet to find a solution their left side midfield problem, so end up playing Davids there who tends to run about like a headless chicken nowadays. The only two players who will truly create opportunities are right winger Aaron Lennon and striker Robbie Keane. Lennon is injured. So, the responsibility falls to Keane to start creating chances. It's too much of a task for an unsettled Spurs side with a poor midfield, in such poor form, to take the points against a Liverpool side whose greatest asset is their midfield strength. Liverpool for the win.
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