Manchester City v Liverpool
Manchester City v Liverpool
Welcome to our new section - Premier League Predictions! We've moved our regular football prediction section from our weekly podcast to its own section on the Premier Skills English website. This means that every Monday we will have a new prediction for you to make. This is also a page for you to discuss all the upcoming Premier League matches. This weekend sees some big matches in the Premier League and we want you to discuss all the matches in the comments section below.
Transcript
Jack: Hi everybody. I’m Jack and we’re here with a little bit of extra football English for you to think about.
Rich: That’s right, Jack. Just a little bit. Hi, everybody. I’m Rich and we’re here with this week’s Premier League Prediction and some football English for you to practise.
Jack: This week we can forget about the FA Cup and concentrate on a massive match in the Premier League.
Rich: That’s right, Jack. On Sunday, Manchester City play Liverpool. Third against fourth and a match that might help decide which teams finish in the Champions League places.
Jack: I think it’s going to be a draw, 1-1. That would be the best result for my team, Arsenal. But what do you think Rich, you’re a Liverpool fan - do you think the Reds will win in Manchester?
Rich: In one word, Jack, yes. I think Liverpool have a great chance of winning against City and I am going to give you three different reasons. The first reason is that City have a difficult Champions League match on Wednesday. Liverpool don’t play so they will be rested and relaxed for the match on Sunday. Reason number two is that City haven’t been great at home. They could only draw with Stoke and Spurs recently and they lost to Chelsea. And reason number three is that Liverpool play better against good teams. In head to head matches between the top six teams in the Premier League, Liverpool are first and haven’t lost to any of their closest rivals this season. So, for these three reasons, my final score prediction is Manchester City 1-2 Liverpool.
Jack: You heard it here first - a win for Liverpool. If you want to make your prediction, take a look at the vote below and choose your winner and the final score.
Rich: Let’s look at a bit of football English now. I said before that: ‘City haven’t been great at home’. We use the preposition ‘at’ to say a team is playing in its own stadium. City are at home against Liverpool.
Jack: But Liverpool aren’t at home. Liverpool are away from home. When a team is not playing in its own stadium we use the word ‘away’ and the preposition ‘from’. Liverpool are playing away from home next Sunday.
Rich: Why are teams generally better at home than away from home? It’s a question that I have thought about a lot and I still don’t think I understand it. Let us know what you think in the comments section below.
Jack: And remember to discuss the rest of this week’s football fixtures in the comments section. There are some other big matches this weekend, too.
Rich: Bye for now and enjoy your football.
Matchweek 29 - Premier League Fixtures
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West Brom |
12:30 |
Arsenal |
The Hawthorns, West Bromwich |
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Crystal Palace |
15:00 |
Watford |
Selhurst Park, London |
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Everton |
15:00 |
Hull |
Goodison Park, Liverpool |
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Stoke City |
15:00 |
Chelsea |
bet365 Stadium, Stoke |
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Sunderland |
15:00 |
Burnley |
Stadium of Light, Sunderland |
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West Ham |
15:00 |
Leicester City |
London Stadium, London |
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Bournemouth |
17:30 |
Swansea City |
Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth |
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Middlesbrough |
12:30 |
Man Utd |
The Riverside, Middlesbrough |
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Spurs |
14:15 |
Southampton |
White Hart Lane, London |
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Man City |
16:30 |
Liverpool |
Etihad Stadium, Manchester |
The Big Match
The biggest match this weekend is Manchester City against Liverpool. It's third against fourth in the Premier League and it's all about the race for Champions League places. Have a listen to what Rich and Jack think and then make your prediction.
Form
Matchweek 29 - Man City v Liverpool
Last week's featured match was the FA Cup quarter-final. You can see in the table below that Rich is still ahead in our prediction league. He's predicted an away win for Liverpool this week! Is that a mistake? Maybe it's time for Jack and our listeners to start and catch him up? Remember, it's one point for the correct result and two additional points for the correct score. The big match this week is Man City v Liverpool. Can you predict the right score?
Prediction League
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Chelsea v Man Utd (FA Cup) |
Total Points | Man City v Liverpool | |
| Rich | 1 | 23 | 1-2 |
| Podcast Listeners | 1 | 18 | ? |
| Jack | 0 | 11 | 1-1 |
Make your prediction now!
What do you think?
This is the place to discuss all this week's football. Do you think Manchester City will win or Liverpool?
Which teams will finish in the top four? Which match are you going to watch this weekend?
Why, in general, do teams play better at home than away from home?
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Comments
24/11/2022
points
Because they have more fans there to support them.
24/11/2022 11:01
Liverpool
759
Because they have more fans there to support them.
11/07/2017
points
I think it will be a draw.
11/07/2017 21:02
Liverpool
3705
I think it will be a draw.
18/03/2017
points
This weekend I'm watching East Midlands derby, then Hammers at home and on Sunday match coverage from Etihad. Top 4 as it is at the moment. I would like to find some matchday programmes from the lower english leagues for reading but I'm not sure where to find it.
18/03/2017 14:59
Arsenal
3557
This weekend I'm watching East Midlands derby, then Hammers at home and on Sunday match coverage from Etihad. Top 4 as it is at the moment. I would like to find some matchday programmes from the lower english leagues for reading but I'm not sure where to find it.
20/03/2017
points
Hi Aragorn1986
You chose three exciting matches to watch last weekend!
A good place to start looking for match programmes is here http://football-programmes.net/ You can search by club and by season, there are all the lower league teams in England and across Europe, too. You can also get programmes from international matches :) http://football-programmes.net/search_results.php?team=Montenegro
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
20/03/2017 11:24
Liverpool
594
Hi Aragorn1986
You chose three exciting matches to watch last weekend!
A good place to start looking for match programmes is here http://football-programmes.net/ You can search by club and by season, there are all the lower league teams in England and across Europe, too. You can also get programmes from international matches :) http://football-programmes.net/search_results.php?team=Montenegro
Rich - The Premier Skills English Team
15/03/2017
points
A draw will be my bet for this match.
After this journey Chelsea, Spurs, City and Liverpool will at the top of the table.
This weekend I will try to see on TV the fourth step of Shakespeare run as manager. It is an away match for the first time for him as Leicester manager.
15/03/2017 11:55
Manchester City
3988
A draw will be my bet for this match.
After this journey Chelsea, Spurs, City and Liverpool will at the top of the table.
This weekend I will try to see on TV the fourth step of Shakespeare run as manager. It is an away match for the first time for him as Leicester manager.
20/03/2017
points
Good prediction, Elghoul! Another good result for Shakespeare's Leicester, too!
20/03/2017 11:27
Liverpool
594
Good prediction, Elghoul! Another good result for Shakespeare's Leicester, too!
15/03/2017
points
I think the top four will be Chelsea, Manchester City, Tottenham and Liverpool.
15/03/2017 06:08
Manchester United
4768
I think the top four will be Chelsea, Manchester City, Tottenham and Liverpool.
14/03/2017
points
In my point of view, City will win at home, but without clean sheet. I'm going to give three opposite to Rich's ones reasons why City deserves to success in the closest English showdown.
First of all, City is unbeaten in 11 matches in a row and the last defeat was two months ago in the home match against Everton. In spite of the draw against Stoke, don't forget about the incredible win against Monaco at home.
Moreover, if City doesn't slop out of the Champions League, the team will take heart from that success and won't let Liverpool to pull them back down to earth.
Finally, the City's defense seems to be more reliable and even tempered during the last several matches, so it will take lots of efforts for LIvepool to score.
Hopefully everyone who is going to see the game will relish it a lot.
14/03/2017 16:17
Manchester City
989
In my point of view, City will win at home, but without clean sheet. I'm going to give three opposite to Rich's ones reasons why City deserves to success in the closest English showdown.
First of all, City is unbeaten in 11 matches in a row and the last defeat was two months ago in the home match against Everton. In spite of the draw against Stoke, don't forget about the incredible win against Monaco at home.
Moreover, if City doesn't slop out of the Champions League, the team will take heart from that success and won't let Liverpool to pull them back down to earth.
Finally, the City's defense seems to be more reliable and even tempered during the last several matches, so it will take lots of efforts for LIvepool to score.
Hopefully everyone who is going to see the game will relish it a lot.
20/03/2017
points
A draw. A fair result? In my opinion, it probably was but I think Liverpool should have won. The chance Lallana had in the second half should have been the winner!
20/03/2017 11:26
Liverpool
594
A draw. A fair result? In my opinion, it probably was but I think Liverpool should have won. The chance Lallana had in the second half should have been the winner!
14/03/2017
points
Manchester City 2-0 Liverpool
14/03/2017 06:08
Manchester United
4768
Manchester City 2-0 Liverpool