Daily Observer (Jamaica)

English Premier League – up and running with reborn Chelsea against Liverpool

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they host Crystal Palace at Old Trafford.

The Red Devils are on a quest to close the gap between Liverpool and Manchester City, and they surely want to make a flying start to the season.

It remains to be seen whether Manchester United will challenge for the Premier League title this time around and the jury is out on whether the Red Devils are even banker material for a top-four spot.

United went on an incredible run to finish last season, a 14-game unbeaten trail that catapulted them to third place and a Champions League place when that looked only a piped dream earlier in the season.

History suggests they will make a positive start to the

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Crystal Palace, meanwhile, already have three points on the board after earning a 1-0 win over Southampto­n at home in their first game last weekend.

In contrast to Manchester United, Crystal Palace limped over the line in the EPL, losing seven and drawing one of their final eight games in a dreadful run that saw them end up in 14th place after a brief flirtation with a top-half finish. Palace were just one of five Premier League sides to keep

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a clean sheet on the opening weekend and the only team to do so at home. But things are different on the road for Crystal Palace, they managed to keep just three clean sheets away from home last season and now facing a potentiall­y deadly front line at United, they could be in for a torrid time on Saturday.

Manchester United – have lost just one of their last 17 home games.

Crystal Palace – are unbeaten in their last three

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Chelsea go head-to-head with reigning champions Liverpool at Stamford Bridge on Sunday and Frank Lampard’s men are determined to send out a message of intent.

The Blues have big ambitions for the new season, spending over £200 million in the transfer window so far in an effort to put an end to Liverpool’s and Manchester City’s dominance of the League. Chelsea enjoyed a comfortabl­e 3-1 away at Brighton to kick off their campaign. A result that has raised hopes at Stamford Bridge that they can get much closer to Liverpool this season, having finished 33 points behind the champions last term. Of the top eight in the standing last season, only low-scoring Wolves scored fewer home goals than Chelsea but the arrivals of Timo Werner, Hakiem Ziyech and Kai Havertz should go a long way to solving their scoring problems.

Premier League champions Liverpool got their title defence off to a winning start at home on opening day and will be looking to follow up that victory when they visit Stamford Bridge to face the Blues. The Reds were nervy, error-strewn and disorganis­ed in defence, but were thrilling and electrifyi­ng going forward in a madcap 4-3 win over newly promoted Leeds United at Anfield to make an eye-catching start to their title defence.

If the opening weekend is anything to go by, fans will be in for a treat on Sunday, with Liverpool winning 4-3 and Chelsea winning 3-1, it would suggest that this should be a goal-fest as the last time both teams met on July 22, Liverpool won 5-3 on Merseyside.

Chelsea – have won just one of their last 9 Premier League meetings with Liverpool (D5 L3), beating them 1-0 in May 2018.

Liverpool – are unbeaten in their last five Premier League matches and have seen over 2.5 goals being scored in those five matches.

Both sides – Liverpool have won four of the last five meetings between both sides.

The betting tip. Liverpool win.

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