PREMIERSHIP FOOTBALL
The clash of the weekend will be at St. James' Park as Newcastle United aim to pick up their first Premiership win in four games when they welcome fifth placed Liverpool.
Liverpool who are six points behind table toppers Arsenal can not afford to drop points as they aim to challenge for the one trophy which has escaped them for almost two decades now.
If the Toon Army are to be celebrating on Saturday evening then they will have to sort out their defence. In their last home game Newcastle went down by 4 goals to 1 to Portsmouth.
Fernando Torres is expected to be back in the Liverpool starting line up having overcome a recurring muscle injury.
The Spaniah hitman showed how important he is to the Red's cause this season when he came off the bench to score a vital goal against Fulham in Liverpool's last Premeirship game.
Elsewhere in the Premiership this weekend there appears to be a number of mis-matches as the inform giants face up to the out of form minnows.
At the Emirates table toppers Arsenal will be expecting to entertain and impress as they welcome a Wigan side reeling on the ropes.
Manchester United travel to the Reebok stadium where they will take on third from bottom Bolton Wanderers. Gary Megson's Bolton have drawn five of their last six games in all competitions and a point is realistically the best his underfire squad can hope for from this clash.
United will be without defender Nemanja Vidic for the clash as the 26 year old will be playing for Serbia in a rescheduled Euro 2008 qualifier against Kazakhstan on Saturday.
Wayne Rooney will be watching from the sidelines as he continues to recover from an ankle injury he picked up in training at the start of November.
Fouth placed Chelsea also have a tie they will be expected to win this week when they travel to bottom of the table Deby County.
The Rams have picked up points from four of their six home games in the Premiership this season but with Chelsea fuming after dropping points at home to Everton in their last game it should be a comfortable three points for the Londoners in the East Midlands.
With sports buffs leafing through the record books Man City will be aiming to make it eight wins out of eight at Eastlands when they welcome Reading to Manchester.
The Royals have only picked up one point on their travels this season so Sven's men should have no problem keeping their excellent home record going.
This weekend's Premiership Fixtures (and Getminted sports Predictions)
Saturday - November 24th
Arsenal v Wigan (Prediction 3-0)
Birmingham v Portsmouth (Prediction 1-3)
Bolton v Man United (Prediction 0-2)
Derby County v Chelsea (Prediction 0-1)
Everton v Sunderland (Prediction 1-1)
Man City v Reading (Prediction 4-1)
Middlesbrough v Aston Villa (Prediction 2-1)
Newcastle v Liverpool (Prediction 1-2)
Sunday - November 25th
Fulham v Blackburn Rovers ( Prediction 2-2)
West Ham v Tottenham (Prediction 1-2)
