Week 23 of the English Premier League kicks off tomorrow morning, we briefly preview this midweek round and give our tips and best bets below.

The FA Cup fourth round dominated the weekend and we now get back into the English Premier League with 2 rounds within the space of a few days. Both Manchester clubs have now been eliminated from all cup competitions so I feel sorry for the clubs chasing them in the English Premier League. They will find it tough chasing the pacesetters now that they only have the one competition to focus on.

English Premier League – Tuesday Matches

This week Manchester City travel to Goodison Park to take on Everton, and Manchester United take on Stoke City at Old Trafford. These will be tricky fixtures for the Manchester Clubs, Everton away is never easy and Stoke City will want to bounce back at home after 3 matches without a win.

Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham are also in action on Tuesday (Wednesday morning our time). They will all be looking to make ground on the top 2 as well as push their claims for a top 4 spot. Chelsea travel to Swansea City, their last home game saw a shock 3-2 win over Arsenal. Chelsea’s last away game was a 0-0 draw with Norwich City in a game that deserved at least a couple of goals.

Liverpool are on a roll in the cup competitions after knocking out both Manchester Clubs in the Carling Cup and also knocking United out of the FA Cup on the weekend. They haven’t fared as well in the English Premier League though, their last match a 3-1 loss to Bolton Wanderers.

Tottenham are without a win in their last two matches and they host bottom club Wigan Athletic. They’ll be looking to bounce back and consolidate their position in the top 3. They do have manager Harry Redknapp’s court situation which must be messing with their preparations though, he could be in deep trouble!

English Premier League – Wednesday Matches

Ther only side in the top 6 in action on Wednesday (Thursday morning our time) is Arsenal. They are fresh off a 3-2 comeback win over Aston Villa in the FA Cup but last time out in the English Premier League they suffered a 3-2 loss at the hands of Swansea City. They may have turned a corner with that come from behind win though and they are still alive in 3 competitions despite their poor season so far.

Aston Villa were shell shocked to say the least after that loss to Arsenal. They led 2-0 at half time and looked destined for the 5th round of the FA Cup. They will need to pick themselves back up for home game against QPR, who smashed Wigan 3-1 in their last outing in the premier league.

Newcastle United have moved themselves up to 6th place on the EPL table thanks to Liverpool’s poor form. They take on Blackburn Rovers away from home and will be looking to move into 5th at Arsenal’s expense this time. Blackburn have once again dropped into the relegation spots and will find it difficult to move themselves out of there. They have been in better form though with a win over Fulham and draw against Everton in their last to English Premier League matches.

Fulham, they host West Brom at Craven Cottage following their 5-2 thrashing of Newcastle at the same ground last week. They will look to continue that but West Brom have a decent away record so this won’t be easy.

The alst match of the midweek English Premier League fixtures sees Sunderland host Norwich City at the Stadium of Light. Martin O’Neill has done wonders with this Sunderland side, they’ve moved up into the top half of the table after battling relegation earlier in the season. Norwich are in decent form though with a 0-0 draw against Chelsea and a 2-1 away over West Brom making up their last two matches.

sportsbanter.com.au Tips:

Swansea City v Chelsea – #scfcvcfc – Chelsea
Tottenham v Wigan – #thfcvwigan – Tottenham
Wolverhampton v Liverpool – #wolvesvlfc – Draw
Everton v Manchester City – #efcvmcfc – Man City
Manchester United v Stoke – #mufcvstoke – Man Utd
Aston Villa v QPR – #avfcvqpr – Draw
Blackburn v Newcastle – #brfcvnufc – Draw
Bolton v Arsenal – #bwfcvafc – Arsenal
Fulham v West Brom – #ffcvwba – Fulham
Sunderland v Norwich – #sfcvncfc – Sunderland

Banter’s Best Bets – Multibet

Swansea City v Chelsea – Total Game Score Under +2.5 @ $1.83
Tottenham v Wigan – Total Game Score Over +2.5 @ $1.56
Wolverhampton v Liverpool – Wolves +0.5 @ $2.10
Everton v Manchester City – Man City +0.5 @ $1.23
Manchester United v Stoke – Total Game Score Over +2.5 @ $1.60
Aston Villa v QPR – QPR +0.5 @ $2.00
Blackburn v Newcastle – Draw @ $3.30
Bolton v Arsenal – Arsenal @ $1.65
Fulham v West Brom – Fulham +0.5 @ $1.21
Sunderland v Norwich – Total Game Score Under +2.5 @ $1.88

Multibet odds – $292.27