This Weekend's Fixtures & Midweek Fixtures (18/19/21/22/23/29 Jan).

[Özim]

Generally the good teams are lucky and the poorer teams are unlucky, the reason being is they make things happen, even if they have a bad decision they score enough goals for it to make little difference.

When you say we've been denied wins, if we'd played and dominated and scored more goals we'd have won despite the decision, the problem is we're not very good and can only win by the odd goal, Liverpool often win by several goals thus not allowing bad luck to play a factor, yes there's the odd anomaly but that's generally the case.

You make your own luck and because poorer teams struggle to get goals and results, errors are more costly.

[Letters]

Hmm. That actually does make some sense, surprisingly.
If you're walloping sides then a refereeing mistake here and there isn't going to make much difference.
If it's a close game then it can do. It does sound like we have been particularly unfortunate in this regard but the fact that we aren't much good leaves us vulnerable to mistakes costing us points.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Aston Villa: Reina, Konsa, Mings, Hause, Guilbert, Drinkwater, Nakamba, Targett, Trezeguet, El Ghazi, Grealish.
Subs: Chester, Douglas Luiz, Lansbury, Hourihane, Nyland, Elmohamady, Vassilev.

Watford: Foster, Mariappa, Dawson, Cathcart, Masina, Chalobah, Capoue, Pereyra, Doucoure, Deulofeu, Deeney.
Subs: Gomes, Joao Pedro, Gray, Quina, Holebas, Kabasele, Pussetto.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Crystal Palace: Guaita; Kelly, Tomkins, Cahill, Riedewald; J Ayew, Kouyate, McArthur, McCarthy, Zaha; Tosun.
Subs: Hennessey, Ward, Dann, McGregor, Meyer, Wickham, Pierrick.

Southampton: McCarthy; Cedric, Vestergaard, Stephens, Bertrand; Armstrong, Ward-Prowse, Hojbjerg, Redmond; Long, Obafemi.
Subs: Gunn, Yoshida, Romeu, Boufal, Djenepo, Ings, Adams.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Sheffield United: Henderson, Baldock, Basham, Egan, O’Connell, Stevens, Norwood, Besic, Fleck, McBurnie, Sharp.
Subs: Verrips, Jagielka, Kieron Freeman, Osborn, Lundstram, Robinson, Mousset.

Man City: Ederson, Walker, Laporte, Otamendi, Zinchenko, Rodri, De Bruyne, Fernandinho, Mahrez, Jesus, Sterling.
Subs: Bravo, Cancelo, Garcia, Gundogan, Bernardo Silva, Foden, Aguero.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Bournemouth: Ramsdale, Smith, Francis, Ake, Rico, Wilson, Lerma, Billing, Fraser, Solanke, Wilson.
Subs: Boruc, Gosling, Surman, L. Cook, Simpson, Kelly, Surridge.

Brighton: Ryan, Dunk, Stephens, Maupay, Gross, Webster, Jahanbakhsh, Mooy, Propper, Bernardo, Alzate.
Subs: Button, Duffy, Trossard, Murray, March, Schelotto, Connolly.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Everton: Pickford, Sidibie, Digne, Mina, Holgate, Schneiderlin, Delph, Bernard, Walcott, Kean, Calvert-Lewin
Subs: Lossl, Baines, Keane, Coleman, Davies, Niasse, Gordon.

Newcastle: Dubravka, Fernandez, Lascelles, Clark, Ritchie, Hayden, S.Longstaff, M.Longstaff, Atsu, Almiron, Joelinton
Subs: Darlow, Schar, Shelvey, Krafth, Lejeune, Gibson, Allan.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Palace 0-1 Southampton, Redmond.

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Everton 1-0 Newcastle, Kean.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Henderson saves a pelanty from Jesus.

Daft that Pep is resting Aguero after 5 in his last two games.