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Manchester City v Liverpool

Manchester City v Liverpool

Welcome to our new section - Premier League Predictions! We've moved our regular football prediction section from our weekly podcast to its own section on the Premier Skills English website. This means that every Monday we will have a new prediction for you to make. This is also a page for you to discuss all the upcoming Premier League matches. This weekend sees some big matches in the Premier League and we want you to discuss all the matches in the comments section below.

Transcript

If the listening was a bit difficult, you can listen again and read the transcript at the same time.

 

Jack: Hi everybody. I’m Jack and we’re here with a little bit of extra football English for you to think about.

Rich: That’s right, Jack. Just a little bit. Hi, everybody. I’m Rich and we’re here with this week’s Premier League Prediction and some football English for you to practise.

Jack: This week we can forget about the FA Cup and concentrate on a massive match in the Premier League.

Rich: That’s right, Jack. On Sunday, Manchester City play Liverpool. Third against fourth and a match that might help decide which teams finish in the Champions League places.

Jack: I think it’s going to be a draw, 1-1. That would be the best result for my team, Arsenal. But what do you think Rich, you’re a Liverpool fan - do you think the Reds will win in Manchester?

Rich: In one word, Jack, yes. I think Liverpool have a great chance of winning against City and I am going to give you three different reasons. The first reason is that City have a difficult Champions League match on Wednesday. Liverpool don’t play so they will be rested and relaxed for the match on Sunday. Reason number two is that City haven’t been great at home. They could only draw with Stoke and Spurs recently and they lost to Chelsea. And reason number three is that Liverpool play better against good teams. In head to head matches between the top six teams in the Premier League, Liverpool are first and haven’t lost to any of their closest rivals this season. So, for these three reasons, my final score prediction is Manchester City 1-2 Liverpool.

Jack: You heard it here first - a win for Liverpool. If you want to make your prediction, take a look at the vote below and choose your winner and the final score.

Rich: Let’s look at a bit of football English now. I said before that: ‘City haven’t been great at home’. We use the preposition ‘at’ to say a team is playing in its own stadium. City are at home against Liverpool.

Jack: But Liverpool aren’t at home. Liverpool are away from home. When a team is not playing in its own stadium we use the word ‘away’ and the preposition ‘from’. Liverpool are playing away from home next Sunday.

Rich: Why are teams generally better at home than away from home? It’s a question that I have thought about a lot and I still don’t think I understand it. Let us know what you think in the comments section below.

Jack: And remember to discuss the rest of this week’s football fixtures in the comments section. There are some other big matches this weekend, too.

Rich: Bye for now and enjoy your football.

Matchweek 29 - Premier League Fixtures

Saturday 18 March 2017

West Brom

12:30

Arsenal

The Hawthorns, West Bromwich

Crystal Palace

15:00

Watford

Selhurst Park, London

Everton

15:00

Hull

Goodison Park, Liverpool

Stoke City

15:00

Chelsea

bet365 Stadium, Stoke

Sunderland

15:00

Burnley

Stadium of Light, Sunderland

West Ham

15:00

Leicester City

London Stadium, London

Bournemouth

17:30

Swansea City

Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth

 

Sunday 19 March 2017

Middlesbrough

12:30

Man Utd

The Riverside, Middlesbrough

Spurs

14:15

Southampton

White Hart Lane, London

Man City

16:30

Liverpool

Etihad Stadium, Manchester

The Big Match

The biggest match this weekend is Manchester City against Liverpool. It's third against fourth in the Premier League and it's all about the race for Champions League places. Have a listen to what Rich and Jack think and then make your prediction.

Form

Matchweek 29 - Man City v Liverpool

Last week's featured match was the FA Cup quarter-final. You can see in the table below that Rich is still ahead in our prediction league. He's predicted an away win for Liverpool this week! Is that a mistake? Maybe it's time for Jack and our listeners to start and catch him up? Remember, it's one point for the correct result and two additional points for the correct score. The big match this week is Man City v Liverpool. Can you predict the right score?

Prediction League

 

Chelsea v Man Utd (FA Cup)

Total Points Man City v Liverpool
Rich 1 23 1-2
Podcast Listeners 1 18 ?
Jack 0 11 1-1

Make your prediction now!

What do you think?

This is the place to discuss all this week's football. Do you think Manchester City will win or Liverpool?

Which teams will finish in the top four? Which match are you going to watch this weekend?

Why, in general, do teams play better at home than away from home?

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Comments

Rath6180's picture
Rath6180
24/11/2022
GB
759
points

Because they have more fans there to support them.


Rath6180's picture
Rath6180
24/11/2022 11:01
United Kingdom
Liverpool
759

Because they have more fans there to support them.

assemjuve's picture
assemjuve
11/07/2017
PS
3705
points

I think it will be a draw.


assemjuve's picture
assemjuve
11/07/2017 21:02
Palestinian Territory
Liverpool
3705

I think it will be a draw.

aragorn1986's picture
aragorn1986
18/03/2017
ME
3557
points

This weekend I'm watching East Midlands derby, then Hammers at home and on Sunday match coverage from Etihad. Top 4 as it is at the moment. I would like to find some matchday programmes from the lower english leagues for reading but I'm not sure where to find it.


aragorn1986's picture
aragorn1986
18/03/2017 14:59
Montenegro
Arsenal
3557

This weekend I'm watching East Midlands derby, then Hammers at home and on Sunday match coverage from Etihad. Top 4 as it is at the moment. I would like to find some matchday programmes from the lower english leagues for reading but I'm not sure where to find it.

Rich's picture
Rich
20/03/2017
ES
594
points

Hi Aragorn1986

You chose three exciting matches to watch last weekend!

A good place to start looking for match programmes is here http://football-programmes.net/ You can search by club and by season, there are all the lower league teams in England and across Europe, too. You can also get programmes from international matches :) http://football-programmes.net/search_results.php?team=Montenegro

Rich - The Premier Skills English Team


Rich's picture
Rich
20/03/2017 11:24
Spain
Liverpool
594

Hi Aragorn1986

You chose three exciting matches to watch last weekend!

A good place to start looking for match programmes is here http://football-programmes.net/ You can search by club and by season, there are all the lower league teams in England and across Europe, too. You can also get programmes from international matches :) http://football-programmes.net/search_results.php?team=Montenegro

Rich - The Premier Skills English Team

elghoul's picture
elghoul
15/03/2017
DZ
3988
points

A draw will be my bet for this match.

After this journey Chelsea, Spurs, City and Liverpool will at the top of the table.

This weekend I will try to see on TV the fourth step of Shakespeare run as manager. It is an away match for the first time for him as Leicester manager.


elghoul's picture
elghoul
15/03/2017 11:55
Algeria
Manchester City
3988

A draw will be my bet for this match.

After this journey Chelsea, Spurs, City and Liverpool will at the top of the table.

This weekend I will try to see on TV the fourth step of Shakespeare run as manager. It is an away match for the first time for him as Leicester manager.

Rich's picture
Rich
20/03/2017
ES
594
points

Good prediction, Elghoul! Another good result for Shakespeare's Leicester, too!


Rich's picture
Rich
20/03/2017 11:27
Spain
Liverpool
594

Good prediction, Elghoul! Another good result for Shakespeare's Leicester, too!

kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
15/03/2017
GH
4779
points

I think the top four will be Chelsea, Manchester City, Tottenham and Liverpool.


kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
15/03/2017 06:08
Ghana
Manchester United
4779

I think the top four will be Chelsea, Manchester City, Tottenham and Liverpool.

shobonenok's picture
shobonenok
14/03/2017
RU
989
points

In my point of view, City will win at home, but without clean sheet. I'm going to give three opposite to Rich's ones reasons why City deserves to success in the closest English showdown.
First of all, City is unbeaten in 11 matches in a row and the last defeat was two months ago in the home match against Everton. In spite of the draw against Stoke, don't forget about the incredible win against Monaco at home.
Moreover, if City doesn't slop out of the Champions League, the team will take heart from that success and won't let Liverpool to pull them back down to earth.
Finally, the City's defense seems to be more reliable and even tempered during the last several matches, so it will take lots of efforts for LIvepool to score.
Hopefully everyone who is going to see the game will relish it a lot.


shobonenok's picture
shobonenok
14/03/2017 16:17
Russia
Manchester City
989

In my point of view, City will win at home, but without clean sheet. I'm going to give three opposite to Rich's ones reasons why City deserves to success in the closest English showdown.
First of all, City is unbeaten in 11 matches in a row and the last defeat was two months ago in the home match against Everton. In spite of the draw against Stoke, don't forget about the incredible win against Monaco at home.
Moreover, if City doesn't slop out of the Champions League, the team will take heart from that success and won't let Liverpool to pull them back down to earth.
Finally, the City's defense seems to be more reliable and even tempered during the last several matches, so it will take lots of efforts for LIvepool to score.
Hopefully everyone who is going to see the game will relish it a lot.

Rich's picture
Rich
20/03/2017
ES
594
points

A draw. A fair result? In my opinion, it probably was but I think Liverpool should have won. The chance Lallana had in the second half should have been the winner!


Rich's picture
Rich
20/03/2017 11:26
Spain
Liverpool
594

A draw. A fair result? In my opinion, it probably was but I think Liverpool should have won. The chance Lallana had in the second half should have been the winner!

kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
14/03/2017
GH
4779
points

Manchester City 2-0 Liverpool


kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
14/03/2017 06:08
Ghana
Manchester United
4779

Manchester City 2-0 Liverpool

Leaderboard

Top Scorers
RankNameScore
1Alex_from_Ukraine6577
2mobeckham6539
3hsn5558
4wsanta5086
5kwesimanifest4779
6Liubomyr4417
7elghoul3988
8assemjuve3705
9aragorn19863557
10Gergő Nagy3396
Country ranking
RankNameScore
1Colombia74670
2Ukraine33869
3Spain29476
4Serbia27426
5Brazil23472
6Albania20578
7Vietnam20455
8Turkey20109
9Macedonia19074
10Bosnia and Herzegovina16333
Club ranking
RankNameScore
1Manchester United146812
2Liverpool111387
3Chelsea90227
4Arsenal86350
5Manchester City58845
6Tottenham Hotspur19474
7Newcastle United10625
8West Ham United7671
9AFC Bournemouth4915
10Crystal Palace4539

Level

2
Average: 2 (1 vote)

Goals

Use your football knowledge to predict the correct winner.

Use your football English to discuss this week's big football matches.