Early I know but plans for tomorrow may keep me away from the internet.
24 AUGUST 2018
THE CHAMPIONSHIP
19:45 Middlesbrough 1-0 West Bromwich Albion Sky
25 AUGUST 2018
THE PREMIER LEAGUE
12:30 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-1 Manchester City Sky
15:00 AFC Bournemouth 2-2 Everton
15:00 Arsenal 3-1 West Ham United
15:00 Huddersfield Town 0-0 Cardiff City
15:00 Southampton 1-2 Leicester City
17:30 Liverpool 1-0 Brighton & Hove Albion BT
THE CHAMPIONSHIP
15:00 Aston Villa 1-1 Reading
15:00 Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Brentford
15:00 Bolton Wanderers 0-3 Sheffield United
15:00 Derby County 2-0 Preston North End
15:00 Norwich City 0-3 Leeds United
15:00 Queens Park Rangers 1-0 Wigan Athletic
15:00 Sheffield Wednesday 2-1 Ipswich Town
15:00 Stoke City 2-0 Hull City
15:00 Swansea City 0-1 Bristol City
17:30 Nottingham Forest 2-2 Birmingham City Sky
LEAGUE ONE
15:00 AFC Wimbledon 1-2 mackems
26 AUGUST 2018
THE PREMIER LEAGUE
13:30 Watford 2-1 Crystal Palace Sky
16:00 Fulham 3-2 Burnley
16:00 NEWCASTLE UNITED 1-2 Chelsea Sky
THE CHAMPIONSHIP
12:30 Rotherham United 1-0 Millwall
27 AUGUST 2018
THE PREMIER LEAGUE
20:00 Manchester United 0-3 Tottenham Hotspur Sky
So, after two games no fewer than six teams have maximum points, four teams have no points at all and one team has yet to score whilst Joselu is The Toons' top scorer.
By my reckoning The Toon will not be in the bottom three when they kick-off against Chelsea on Sunday evening but, lose that game and we could find ourselves on the bottom rung of the ladder.
In the lunchtime kick-off last seasons Championship winners and big spenders Wolverhampton Wanderers take on last seasons Premier League winners and record breakers, Manchester City, whose early form indicates that more records are likely to be broken this season by Peps' men. AFC Bournemouth, another of those teams with maximum points, entertain Everton whilst two of the winless teams clash at The Emirates in what could be described as a pointless London derby! Rock bottom Huddersfield Town are up against Cardiff City who are the only team yet to register a goal and, indeed, have had only two shots on target in their first two games back in the big time so The Terriers will be fancying their chances to pick up their first point of the season from this game. In the last of the 3 o'clock kick-offs Leicester City are the visitors to St Mary's Stadium whilst the teatime game sees title hopefuls Liverpool take on Brighton & Hove Albion who, themselves, had a fine win over Manchester United last weekend.
Sunday sees Watford, currently in a Champions League place, are at home to Crystal Palace whose one game winning run came to an end last weekend and Fulham will be hoping to pick up their first points of the season against a Burnley side who could well be suffering from a Europa League hangover having played in Greece on Thursday night. Our own heroes once again play live in front of a TV audience of millions when Chelsea are the visitors to SJP and hopefully they will put on a much better performance than the dross served up for the cameras last weekend. The final game of the weekend has an under fire Jose Mourinho and his under performing Red Devils taking on Tottenham Hotspur and another defeat for the men in red will be hard to bear for the Old Trafford faithful!
In League One the mackems will be hoping to continue their impressive start to the season when they visit The Cherry Red Records Stadium for their clash with AFC Wimbledon.
As always thanks for reading and enjoy your weekend.
