"Mick McCarthy's beleaguered Wolverhampton Wanderers side host Bolton Wanderers this coming Saturday for an English Premier League clash at Molineaux. With his team sitting in second last position in the league, McCarthy knows his team have to start producing results or else face a desperate relegation battle after the Christmas period."

"Last Saturday Wigan entertained in form Sunderland in a Premier League game that was open to any result. At the end of the day it was the home side that put a dent into Sunderland's great recent streak by running out 1-0 winners, thanks to a goal from Rodallega in the 76th minute. It was a much needed victory for the Wigan Athletic management, players and fans, coming hot on the heels of that devastating 9-1 away defeat to high flying Tottenham the game before."

"Alex Ferguson takes his Manchester United team to Upton park this coming Saturday as they look to continue their pursuit of Chelsea at the top of the English Premier League. West ham's Gianfranco Zola will be hoping, for his part, that his team can build on their 5-3 win at home to Burnley last weekend."

Aston Villa vs Hull City, Aston Villa vs Hull City Live, Aston Villa vs Hull City Live Streaming, EPL, Hull City vs Aston Villa, Live Football Streaming, Live Soccer, Live Soccer Streaming"Martin O'Neil's Aston Villa side had the chance to put a marker down in their quest of breaking into the top four in the English Premier League last time out when they faced Harry Redknapp's high flying Tottenham side at Villa Park, but at the end of the game they could only settle with a 1-1 draw."

"Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is still not conceding the title, despite his team being thumped 3-0 at home by Chelsea last Sunday. A result which put the Gunners eleven points behind their London rivals, albeit with a game in hand. The team are back at the Emirates again on Saturday, this time for a Premier League fixture against Tony Pullis' Stoke City team."

"Avraam Grant had the unfortunate experience of facing Manchester United in his first game in charge of Portsmouth last weekend. Needless to say he wasn't in the job long enough to make any difference for Saturday's proceedings - and it showed. His team were outfought and outclassed by a rampant Man Utd side who shipped for goals past the hapless Pompey keeper in Portsmouth's own backyard."

"Wigan Athletic aim to bounce back from their 9-1 mauling at Tottenham Hotspur as they host former manager Steve Bruce and his Sunderland side who have lost four out of five on the road."

"After five defeats and a draw on the road, Burnley go in search of their first away win in the Barclays Premier League as they visit a West Ham United side who have won only once at home this season."

"Bottom club Portsmouth could hardly have got a tougher fixture for their first match wil Avram Grant at the helm as they host the champions who are bidding to avoid a third successive defeat on the road."

Both Villa and Spurs are enjoying a great season so far and with both having British managers it is refreshing to see them battling in the upper echelons of the league table. Both teams, though, had rather conflicting fortunes in their last games this past weekend. Whereas Villa were lucky to scrape a point away to Burnley, Spurs absolutely annihilated Wigan Athletic at White Hart Lane....

Manchester City boss is at a loss to explain his team's recent run of consecutive draws in the EPL. Last weekend they travelled to Anfield to face a Liverpool team that has been going through the mill lately with some rather bad results of their own. Despite the Reds taking the lead in the game with a goal from central defender Martin Skrtel, City hit back with two goals from Adebayor and Ireland in the 69th and 76th minutes respectively. The lead, though, lasted barely a minute as Yossi Benayoun scrambled in an equaliser for the home team....

Roy Hodgson's Fulham side travelled to St. Andrews last weekend to face Alex McLeish's Birmingham City. The 1-0 defeat they suffered was hardly surprising seeing as they have only won once away from home all season, and that was on the opening day at bottom placed Portsmouth. The team are currently sitting in twelfth position in the EPL table and they have fifteen points to their name....

Blackburn Rovers go into their home match against Stoke City at the weekend knowing that they will be without their manager Sam Allardyce for a few games due to the heart operation Allardyce will have this week. On the back of this news, his players are sure to give it their all in the game against Stoke so as to give their manager a much needed tonic as he recovers....

The places in the UEFA Champions League knockout rounds are beyond the reach of both APOEL FC and Club Atlético de Madrid but there is still much to play for as the teams meet in Nicosia with a ticket to the UEFA Europa League at stake. * Atlético will hope that a hitherto disappointing Group D campaign will flare belatedly into life over their remaining two games to maintain their slender lead over the Cyprus club. They regained some confidence in a 2-2 draw with Chelsea FC on Matchday 4. Sergio Agüero's second goal of the game, a fine free-kick in added time, earned the Spanish side, under new coach Quique Sánchez Flores, only their second point of the campaign....

All four teams remain in contention for the qualifying places in UEFA Champions League Group C but the edge is with leaders AC Milan and they will be looking to extend their advantage over Olympique de Marseille, who are a point behind them in third place.

Group A leaders Bordeaux made sure of their continued involvement in the UEFA Champions League in the new year by winning at FC Bayern München last time out and Juventus will join them provided they at least match Bayern's result at home to Maccabi Haifa FC.

After home-and-away defeats by FC Girondins de Bordeaux, Louis van Gaal's men have slipped to third in Group A - four points behind second-placed Juventus. All they can do now is defeat Haifa and hope that Juventus fail to beat Bordeaux in the other group game in France.

From domestic football to European action, the excitement keeps growing. This coming Wednesday, Real Madrid will play hosts to Switzerland's FC Zurich in match-day 5 of the Champions League.

With FC Porto and Chelsea FC having booked their places in the UEFA Champions League first knockout round with two games to spare, the race is on for first place in Group D. The home team will also be intent on revenge for their 1-0 away defeat on Matchday 1, and for their elimination at the hands of the English side three years ago.

Manchester United FC will look to cement their position at the top of Group B when they welcome Beşiktaş JK to Old Trafford on Matchday 5. The English champions booked their place in the last 16 when they fought back to draw 3-3 with PFC CSKA Moskva last time out and, with a three-point lead over...