{"id":164657,"date":"2019-11-01T12:00:51","date_gmt":"2019-11-01T11:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=164657"},"modified":"2019-11-01T12:01:25","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T11:01:25","slug":"epl-michael-owen-predicts-watford-vs-chelsea-arsenal-vs-wolves-bournemouth-vs-man-utd-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=164657","title":{"rendered":"EPL: Michael Owen predicts Watford vs Chelsea, Arsenal vs Wolves, Bournemouth vs Man Utd, others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/arewa.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Europa-League-Michael-Owen-blasts-two-Man-Utd-players-after-1-0-win-over-Astana.jpeg\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">Former Manchester United and Liverpool striker, Michael Owen, has predicted some of this weekend\u2019s English Premier League, EPL, fixtures.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea will take on Watford following a 4-2 victory over Burnley in their last Premier League encounter.<\/p>\n<p>Man United will tackle Bournemouth in an away Premier League fixture on Saturday, while Arsenal will take on Wolves at Emirates Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with Betfair, Owen gave his predictions.<\/p>\n<p>Bournemouth vs Man United: \u201cUnited have built on their hard-earned point against Liverpool with, at the time of writing, back-to-back away wins against Partisan Belgrade in the Europa League and Norwich City in the Premier League although they also face a severe test of their mini-revival at Stamford Bridge in the League Cup on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFour away games in nine games is likely to take its toll, however, and I think Ole Gunnar Solskjaer\u2019s side will have to settle for a point in Saturday\u2019s early kick-off at the Vitality Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBournemouth have failed to score in their last three league games, but I expect it to be honours even on the south coast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal vs Wolves: \u201cArsenal threw away a two-goal lead for the second time this season in the Premier League \u2013 also at Vicarage Road \u2013 when they were held 2-2 by Crystal Palace at the weekend and the Gunners continue to ship too many goals for a side looking to break into the top four.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWolves travelled to Villa Park in the League Cup midweek unbeaten in nine games in all competitions, but whatever the outcome of that midlands derby I believe the Gunners will take all three points from what is likely to be a nervous Emirates Stadium.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watford vs Chelsea: \u201cWatford remain the only side without a league win so far this season and the Hornets have not won in their last nine home league games. It is hard to make a case for the hosts when inform Chelsea are the visitors to Vicarage Road on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the time of writing \u2013 before the midweek League Cup tie with Manchester United \u2013 Frank Lampard\u2019s side have won their last seven games in all competitions and have won their last four on the road in the league \u2013 scoring at least three times in the process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChelsea shipped two late goals at Turf Moor last weekend which will have frustrated Lampard, but they are a side full of confidence and goals at present.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aston Villa vs Liverpool: \u201cVilla were no match for champions Manchester City at the Etihad at the weekend, and I don\u2019t think they will be able to prevent the league leaders from taking another valuable three points.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t see past another win for the Reds in what promises to be a terrific occasion at Villa Park.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Manchester United and Liverpool striker, Michael Owen, has predicted some of this weekend\u2019s English Premier League, EPL, fixtures. Chelsea will take on Watford following a 4-2 victory over Burnley in their last Premier League encounter. Man United will tackle Bournemouth in an away Premier League fixture on Saturday, while Arsenal will take on Wolves [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":153825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[2658,1397,3367],"class_list":["post-164657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-a","tag-chelsea","tag-liverpool"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=164657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/153825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=164657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=164657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=164657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}