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Premiership Double Chance Tips

West Ham’s dreadful record on Merseyside continued last weekend as they went down 2-1 to Everton at Goodison Park, making it ten seasons now since they claimed a win away to The Toffees. Circumstances seemed to conspire against The Hammers in this fixture as their four key players – Valencia, Sakho, Downing and Song – all pulled up injured in training the day before the game. Sam Allardyce now has his influential midfielder, Mark Noble, sidelined too, after he picked up a knock from Everton’s James McCarthy in what was a lively and full blooded Premier League encounter.

Allardyce’s former club, Newcastle, are coming to town this Saturday afternoon when the two teams meet at Upton Park. The Magpies are arriving in East London on the back of five straight League wins which have propelled them up to 5th place after languishing in the bottom half of the table for the first quarter of the campaign.

Alan Pardew’s tenure as Toon Army Boss was in serious jeopardy before this unexpected run of results, but the second longest serving manager in the Premier League now has a chance to put one over on his old club, West Ham, once again. The Geordie faithful have seen their team come away from Upton Park with two wins and a draw in the past three seasons, and with West Ham’s injury concerns I can see them maintaining their good form this Saturday.

The Magpies newly found resolve has seen them keep three consecutive clean sheets, and I can see them picking up at least a point here – go for a medium to large stake on Double Chance – Newcastle at 1.75 Euro odds or 3/4 UK.

Under fire Liverpool manager, Brendan Rodgers, has seen his team capitulate in recent weeks, sliding down to 12th position in the League by losing three matches on the spin.

Rodgers admitted himself that his job is under threat after the 3-1 defeat to Crystal Palace on Sunday, in which The Mighty Reds’ frailties in defence were once again cruelly exposed.

Dejan Lovren has not been the commanding £20m centre-back that Liverpool expected him to be when they signed him from Southampton this Summer, and so Rodgers has had real difficulty constructing a solid defence, something which was masked over last season by Liverpool’s attacking verve and the 50+ goal partnership of Suarez and Sturridge.

The absence of these players and the addition of sub-standard ones e.g. Mario Balotelli, has completely transformed Liverpool’s style of play. The high pressing and attacking movement and spirit has vanished, and so has the confidence to go out and win games.

Stoke City have enjoyed some fine moments at Anfield since their promotion to the Premier League, and in the previous three seasons they’ve only conceded one goal away to Liverpool which came in last years 1-0 win at the hands of Daniel Sturridge.

With the England striker still sidelined till January, I’d expect the Red’s to continue their poor form in front of goal (1 shot on target in the game against Palace) and back Stoke to get a result here on Saturday afternoon.

In the two seasons before last, The Potters came to Anfield and fought hard for a 0-0 draw on both occasions, and I can see a similar outcome in this game as Mark Hughes’ men look to bounce back from a disappointing home loss to Burnley last Saturday.

Go for a medium stake on Double Chance – Stoke City at 2.3 Euro odds or 13/10 UK.

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