Barclay's Premier League Matchday 38 Fixtures and Preview

With 37 matchdays in the book, the Premier League Championship boils down to the very last matchday.  It is Manchester City's to lose.  With an eight goal lead over its rival Manchester United, all City needs to do is win.  United is not likely to make up the eight goal deficit.  All eyes will be focused on Manchester City to see if 18th place Queens Park Rangers can be the spoiler.   Meanwhile Manchester United plays at the Stadium of the Light in Sunderland.  Sir Alex Ferguson will push his squad to win, hoping for a draw or defeat of the City rival.

Chelsea, which has defeated Liverpool in the FA final, just to be rolled over in the Matchday 37 Premier League match 4-1 can only get a Champions League berth next year by defeating FC Bayern on May 19th in the Champions League final in Munich.  With nothing left to lose in the Premier league, expect some experiments in the Chelsea line up. 

Arsenal is at West Brom this weekend hoping to maintain its third place, while Tottenham just trailing with one point hosts Fulham at White Hart Lane.  Newcastle is at Goodison Park.  Only one point separates Newcastle and Tottenham. 

Soccer is a game of surprises.  Nothing can be taken for granted, even for Barclays final matchday.  City and United fans will sit on the edges of their seats and do some nail biting for 90 minutes of the final matchday.  This is how a season should end. 



MATCHDAY 38

13TH MAY


CHELSEA vs BLACKBURN                                Stamford Bridge, London
EVERTON vs NEWCASTLE                                Goodison Park, Liverpool
MANCHESTER CITY vs Q.P.R.                           Etihad Stadium, Manchester
NORWICH CITY vs ASTON VILLA                   Carrow Road, Norwich
STOKE CITY vs BOLTON                                   Britannia Stadium, Stoke on Trent
SUNDERLAND vs MANCHESTER UNITED    Stadium of the Light, Sunderland
SWANSEA CITYvs LIVERPOOL                        Liberty Stadium, Swansea
TOTTENHAM vs FULHAM                                White Hart Lane, London
W.B.A. vs ARSENAL                                           The Hawthorns, West Bromwich
WIGAN Wigan vs WOLVES                                DW Stadium, Wigan

                                                       GP     W     D     L    GF   GA   GD  Pts  
 1     MANCHESTER CITY           37     27      5     5      90     27    63    86
2     MANCHESTER UNITED      37     27      5      5     88     33     55    86
3     ARSENAL F.C.                       37      20      7     10    71     47     24    67
4     TOTTENHAM HOTSPURS   37      19      9      9     64     41     23    66
5     NEWCASTLE UNITED         37      19      8     10    55     48       7    65
6     CHELSEA F.C.                        37     17     10     10    63     45     18    61
7     EVERTON F.C.                        37     14     11     12    47     39      8     53
8     FULHAM F.C.                          37     14     10     13   48     49     -1     52
9     LIVERPOOL F.C.                     37     14     10     13   47     39      8     52
10     W.B.A.                                     37    13       7     17    42     49    -7     46
11     SUNDERLAND F.C.               37     11    12     14    45     45     0     45
12     STOKE CITY                          37     11     12     14    34     50  -16    44
13    SWANSEA CITY                     37     11     11     15    43     51   -8     44
14     NORWICH CITY                    37     11     11     15     50    66  -16    44
 16     WIGAN ATHLETIC                37    10    10     17      39    60  -13    40
15     ASTON VILLA                       37      7      17     13     37    51  -14    38
17     BOLTON WANDERERS         37    11      4      22      45    75  -30    37
18     Q.P.R.                                        37     9       8      20      40    63  -13    35
19     BLACKBURN ROVERS         37      8      7      22      43    76 -27     31
20     WOLVERHAMPTON              37      5    10      22      38    79  -31    25