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Predicting the unpredictable – Chelsea v Liverpool, which way will it go?
While the IOC are busy making a rather more important decision in Copenhagen, it’s time again to make fools of ourselves by trying to predict the weekend’s Premier League scores.
There’s no President Obama to help you make your mind up, just gut instinct or my preferred way — the toss of a coin.
Chelsea v Liverpool is the standout game. After all their up and down contests at home and in Europe over recent years it is a tough one to call. That’s exactly why I’m making it this week’s double-pointer, so you’d better study hard.
Their last few results don’t help much in the prediction stakes. The Reds were truly dreadful in the first half of their 2-0 defeat at Fiorentina on Tuesday while Chelsea only beat Apoel Nicosia by one goal having surprisingly lost at Wigan last weekend.
