Saturday 17th October 2009 – Barclays Premier League, Spanish La Liga, Turkish Super Lig , Italian Serie A, and French Ligue 1 matches
Aston Villa vs Chelsea Saturday 17th October 2009 – Barclays Premier League
Kick off, 13:45
Watch Aston Villa vs Chelsea Live Stream Online Free — Chelsea is top of the league, and has a minor advantage as they take on Aston Villa tomorrow. Blues side make a flying start to the season, winning 10 of their 11 matches in all competitions.
But Villa are unbeaten in their last five home matches in league and cup, winning four.
When the sides last met in February, Martin O’Neill’s men were above the Stamford Bridge side but Nicolas Anelka’s goal gave Chelsea their first win at Villa Park for 10 years and proved a turning point in the campaign for both clubs.
Frank Lampard has seemed to of lost his goalscoring touch, however Chelsea still have the likes of Florent Malouda, Michael Ballack and comeback star Joe Cole who can bang them in for the Blues.
Watch Aston Villa vs Chelsea live online here.
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Arsenal vs Birmingham City Saturday 17th October 2009 – Barclays Premier League
Kick off, 16:00
Watch Arsenal vs Birmingham City Live Stream Online Free — Arsenal welcome Birmingham to the Emirates Stadium on Saturday with a full head of steam. The Londoners have won their previous three Premier League matches by the combined total of 11-2.
The Gunners are aiming to maintain their scoring streak after hitting 14 goals in three home matches.Arsene Wenger’s side have scored four or more in their last four fixtures at the Emirates but have never scored four or more in five successive top flight matches. Birmingham have not won at Arsenal since 1957 and have lost four of their last five Barclays Premier League fixtures.
While upsets are always a threat, it’s hard to imagine Birmingham will really trouble Arsenal given their lack of attacking prowess.
Still, Birmingham rarely lose by large margins and have a tendency to make tight games of contests which would seem lopsided at first glance.
Watch Arsenal vs Birmingham City live online here.
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Manchester United vs Bolton Wanderers Saturday 17th October 2009 – Barclays Premier League
Kick off, 16:00
Watch Manchester United vs Bolton Wanderers Live Stream Online Free — Rooney will face a race against time to play for Manchester United as he recovers from a calf injury sustained in England’s 1-0 defeat against Ukraine on Saturday.Manchester United will be keen to keep up the pressure on Chelsea.
The Red Devils have won eight of their last nine Premier League meetings with Bolton who won at Old Trafford two seasons in 2001/02 and 2002/03 but have since lost on their last six visits.
Sir Alex Ferguson’s men are unbeaten in nine in all competitions, winning eight of those matches. However they will be without ace striker Wayne Rooney with a calf injury. Bolton are unbeaten in five in all competitions but have kept just three clean sheets in their last 33 Barclays Premier League outings.
Last season’s meeting between these sides at Old Trafford ended in a 2-0 United victory, and the reverse fixture also saw the Red Devils triumph, this time by a scoreline of 1-0.
Whether Wayne Rooney plays or not, Ferguson should have enough firepower at his disposal to deal with a feisty Bolton side.
Watch Manchester United v Bolton live online here.
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Portsmouth FC vs Tottenham Hotspur Saturday 17th October 2009 – Barclays Premier League
Kick off, 16:00
Watch Portsmouth FC vs Tottenham Hotspur Live Stream Online Free — All eyes will be on Spurs manager Harry Redknapp as he returns to Portsmouth for the first time since leaving Fratton Park for White Hart Lane a year ago.
Tottenham have scored 19 goals in six away matches this season and former Pompey strikers Jermain Defoe and Peter Crouch will be keen to add to that tally against their old club who remain bottom despite gaining their first win of the campaign at Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Both scored in last season’s corresponding fixture – to give the south coast club a 2-0 win, their only success in their last nine meetings with the north London club who have kept just one clean sheet in their last 15 away matches.
Watch Portsmouth FC vs Tottenham Hotspur live online here.
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Sunderland vs Liverpool Saturday 17th October 2009 – Barclays Premier League
Kick off, 16:00
Watch Sunderland vs Liverpool Live Stream Online Free — Liverpool will be without captain Steven Gerrard who has a groin injury more serious than originally thought. Rafa Benitez will have a limited roster as South Americans Javier Mascherano and Lucas Leiva will return from South American unlikely to be fit for the full match. The club is currently six points back of league leaders Chelsea and four back of Manchester United. Liverpool will have their leading scorer, Fernando Torres, who leads the EPL with 8 goals.
Sunderland have few injury concerns and have enjoyed early season success under manager Steve Bruce. They currently are in the top half of the table with 13 points and led by the consistent scoring of Darren Bent (7 goals). Bent has been a nice addition to Sunderland and teamed well with forward Kenwyne Jones. Bruce has the club playing with confidence.
Liverpool hasn’t made the best of starts to the Premier League season. Benitez and his players are currently 6th in the table, and they have the potential of dropping out of the top four. Will Liverpool be able to find their form on the road without Gerrard? Can Sunderland keep their strong start going with a win at home?
Watch Sunderland vs Liverpool live online here.
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Everton FC vs Wolverhampton Wanderers Saturday 17th October 2009 – Barclays Premier League
Kick off, 16:00
Watch Everton FC vs Wolverhampton Wanderers Live Stream Online Free — Wolverhampton Wanderers will look to stem a run of three successive away defeats as they visit Everton.
They have not won at Goodison Park since September 1979. However they did win their last Premier League meeting with Everton 2-1 in May 2004 when Carl Cort scored an 84th-minute winner
The Merseysiders are unbeaten in six matches and can call upon Marouane Fellaini after FIFA rejected the Belgian FA’s request to invoke a five-day ban. The midfielder is available despite pulling out of Belgium’s defeat against Estonia to have a wisdom tooth removed.
Watch Everton FC vs Wolverhampton Wanderers live online here.
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Stoke City vs West Ham Saturday 17th October 2009 – Barclays Premier League
Kick off, 16:00
Watch Stoke City vs West Ham Live Stream Online Free — Gianfranco Zola’s side have made their worst ever start to a Premier League campaign and have not won in the league since the opening day of the season.
However the Hammers have won seven of the last eight meetings in all competitions with Stoke, including the last five in a row.
They are one of only four visiting sides to win at the Britannia Stadium in the Barclays Premier League and Stoke will be keen re-assert their dominance on their own ground following successive home defeats by Chelsea and Manchester United.
Watch Stoke City vs West Ham live online here.
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Juventus vs AC Fiorentina Saturday 17th October 2009 – Italian Serie A
Kick off, 18:00
Watch Juventus vs AC Fiorentina Live Stream Online Free — Juventus haven’t won a game in several weeks and are desperately searching for the form that their talented squad and pre-season expectations demanded. They face in-form Fiorentina, who beat Liverpool in the Champions League recently, and will be hoping that home advantage counts in their favor.
Juventus won one of the two matches against Fiorentina last season, with the meeting at the Stadio Olimpico ending 1-0 in Juve’s favour, whilst the reverse fixture ended 1-1.
While Fiorentina are a strong club, expect Juventus to bounce back with a solid performance after a few weeks off.
Watch Juventus vs AC Fiorentina live online here.
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Real Madrid vs Real Valladolid Saturday 17th October 2009 – Spanish La Liga
Kick off, 20:00
Watch Real Madrid vs Real Valladolid Live Stream Online Free — Real Madrid will be eager to quash the notion that they cannot win without Cristiano Ronaldo this Saturday, while Valladolid have somewhat expectedly struggled in the opening matches of the 2009/10 campaign. Real Madrid will hope to bounce back from their away defeat to Sevilla while Valladolid will be hoping that this doesn’t turn into a thrashing.
Ronaldo has already tallied five goals for the club in five games before missing Real’s sixth match against Sevilla, a match Los Blancos incidentally lost.
Looking to bounce back from their first defeat of the season, Pellegrini will have a number of other stars in his squad that he can turn to in the absence of Ronaldo for this fixture.
Kaká, could take on the playmaker role while Ronaldo is sidelined. The classy Brazilian would easily be the go-to-guy for most clubs, but has somewhat fallen into the shadows of Ronaldo since his transfer from Milan.
Valladolid have somewhat expectedly struggled in the opening matches of the 2009/10 campaign.
Mendilibar will know the task of coming to the Bernabeu and taking anything from this match is slim, although if he can motivate his team to put in a good performance, it could bode well for upcoming fixtures.
Watch Real Madrid vs Real Valladolid live online here.
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Genoa vs Inter Milan Saturday 17th October 2009 – Italian Serie A
Kick off, 20:45
Watch Genoa vs Inter Milan Live Stream Online Free — Diego Milito is likely miss the opportunity to face his former club as Inter Milan travel to Genoa for Saturday night’s match.
Milito’s attempted comeback against Udinese was short-lived (25 minutes to be exact) and it is feared that the Argentine will be sidelined for an additional two weeks with a muscle strain, and miss this match.
Genoa have picked up where they left off last season and are continuing to play the football that so nearly rewarded them with a Champions League birth.
Genoa’s recent 3-1 victory away over Bologna, despite being down to ten men for nearly all of the second half, is the latest in a run of positive results for the club.
The two teams met three times last season. The league match at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza ended in a 0-0 draw, whilst Inter won the other two meetings, including a 2-0 win at Genoa.
Inter tend to raise their game against top competition, and in Italy at present, there are not many teams better than Genoa. With a number of great matches taking place this weekend in the Serie A, expect this one to be one of the top encounters.
Watch Genoa vs Inter Milan live online here.
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Valencia v FC Barcelona Saturday 17th October 2009 – Spanish La Liga
Kick off, 22:00
Watch Valencia v FC Barcelona Live Stream Online Free — FC Barcelona looks to remain perfect on La Liga while Valencia looks to move up in the table. Barcelona is currently 6-0-0 on the season and are the early favorites to lift the trophy in May. The Spanish giants have several players on international duty, including Lionel Messi, but many of them have returned early with their nations already qualifying. These included Marquez, Puyol, Keita, Alves, Toure, and Xavi who were back training on Wednesday.
Valencia has several injury concerns ahead of Saturday’s match. Carlos Marchena will be out along with winger Joaquin but striker David Villa is a possibility for the match. Overall, Valencia will have their hands full with Barcelona with or without any of the injuries.
Overall, the two clubs have an even history with 29 wins for both sides, 16 draws, and a five goal difference (119 for Barcelona, 124 for Valencia). Will Barcelona remain perfect or can Valencia repeat a performance from last season at the Mestalla (2-2 draw).
Watch Valencia v FC Barcelona live online here.
