Paddy’s picks: 2021
Super Sunday has the makings of been a great day of football with West Ham vs Man United and Tottenham Hotspur vs Chelsea
Manchester United have a tough game this weekend as they travel to the Olympic Stadium to take on The Hammers. Man United have plenty of attackers in their squad but Ole Gunnar Solksjaer still doesn’t know his best eleven. As good as Man Utd are going forward they are vulnerable when they loose the ball because they don’t have enough pace in their midfield and this could cost Man Utd points this season especially away from home. Man Utd have a fantastic run away from home but they still find it difficult to beat a packed defence. As bad as they are without the ball they still create enough chances to win a match especially they have a finisher in Cristiano Ronaldo that can score goals for them.
West Ham have started the season well with two wins and two draws. West Ham are strong at set pieces with Craig Dawson and Tomas Soucek who are great headers of a ball. West Ham have a lot of pacey attackers in their team with Benramha and Fornals that could give Fred and Harry Maguire nightmares with their pace. David Moyes has transformed The Hammers over the last few seasons and there is no reason that West Ham can’t finish in the top sic again this season because Moyes has them playing an attractive brand of football. You will be guaranteed goals in this game with West Ham good going forward and with Man Utd been poor at the back. Score prediction West Ham 1 Man Utd 2
The second game on Super Sunday is the North London derby between Spurs and Chelsea.
Tottenham are at a crossroads with getting rid of Jose Mourinho and getting in Nuno Espirito Santo. Spurs have been in the news all Summer with the rumours around Harry Kane but Spurs were able to keep Kane and he needs to kick start his season. Spurs kept three clean sheets in their first three games but conceded three goals last weekend so they need a response this weekend. Spurs will need to shuffle their defenders with Tanganga been suspended and Nuno has a big call to make because Tanganga has been Spurs best defender and they will struggle without him. Spurs will play a similar game plan against Chelsea to the one they played against Man City by conceding possession and try to catch Chelsea on the break with Son and Kane.
Chelsea have started the season strong with ten points from the four games. The difference with The Blues this season is that they have a striker in Romelu Lukaku that will score goals for them. Most of the time Lukaku scores they will win because Chelsea are strong at the back with Thiago Silva, Antonio Ruediger and goalkeeper Edouard Mendy. With Chelsea been the away side they will need to keep the home crowd quiet so it will be interesting in how Chelsea go about this. Chelsea away performance against Liverpool a few weeks ago raised a lot of attention but will they play like that against Spurs or will they be more attacking. A lot of people are talking about Chelsea been title contenders this season and if they were able to get a win against Spurs this weekend this would do a lot for their confidence and believe for the rest of the season especially when they play Liverpool or Man City.
In my opinion Chelsea will be too strong for Spurs this weekend and Lukaku will score two more goals for Chelsea this weekend. Score prediction Spurs 1 Chelsea 3
Sometimes the games on Sunday are a anti climax but hopefully on Sunday evening everyone will be talking about the two great games on Super Sunday. This weekend we will find out a lot of title contenders in Chelsea and Man Utd as they face tough away trips.
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