Chelsea and Manchester City will be looking to continue scoring points, Fulham will be looking to climb up the table and Liverpool and Nottingham Forest will go head to head in a match between two Premier League contenders.
After a round of FA Cup, the Premier League teams return to action in the English top flight today, where we will have very interesting games of teams that seek to remain in the top positions in England.
Chelsea and City seek to assert their greatness
Starting at 1:30 p.m., Mexico Central Time, Chelsea, currently fourth in the table, will have a difficult task when they face Bournemouth, a team that is in seventh place, two points away from being able to climb to fifth place.
Although Chelsea has its home advantage, they will have to be very wary of their opponents, as Bournemouth knows very well what it is like to face a big team in England this season, having wins against Arsenal, Tottenham and the two Manchester teams, having only two defeats, against Liverpool and Chelsea in the first half of the Premier League, so we can expect a very interesting game to watch at Stamford Bridge.
At the same time, Manchester City will visit Brentford, a team that occupies the middle of the table and that City needs to win to continue its recovery from the bad streak at the end of the year that made them fall to the places outside European competition, so the “Cityzens” will have to repeat what they did in the first game of this season against the “Bees”, when they won 2-1.
Another game at 1:30 p.m. is Fulham vs. West Ham, where the “Cottagers” will be looking for points to try to get to the edge of the European places, since with their current ninth place, they have the possibility of reaching the seventh position. Meanwhile, the “Hammers” are closer to the relegation places than to fight to get into the first places, so they cannot let points go either.
Liverpool vs Forest, the highlight of the day
But, although these first three matches attract attention, the most interesting clash of the day will be at 2:00 p.m., Central Mexican time, when Liverpool, the leader of the competition, visits Nottingham Forest, third in the competition, with the same points as Arsenal, but with a lower goal difference.
Nottingham are having an excellent season, being on a par with the English giants and showing great soccer in their matches, where, in addition, Forest have handed Liverpool their only defeat so far this season, when on September 14 last year, they beat the Reds by the minimum; since then, Liverpool have not lost again in the league.
This is a direct confrontation between two contenders to win the Premier League, where victory is fundamental for both, making this game the must-see of the day.
