Minggu, 11 Mei, menjadi pertaruhan nasib. Hanya tiga tim yang sudah tidak mungkin beranjak dari posisinya saat ini. Arsenal dan Liverpool di posisi ketiga dan keempat sudah memastikan tiket Liga Champions. Satu lagi nasib yang tidak bisa ditolak ada di tangan Derby County yang menghuni dasar klasemen.
Selebihnya, 17 tim mempertaruhkan ambisi dan poin yang bisa mengatrol atau mengamankan posisi masing-masing. Maklum, selisih satu tingkat saja bisa mengubah uang cash yang masuk ke dalam kas. Gelar juara dipertaruhkan Manchester United dan Chelsea. Satu tempat ke Piala UEFA masih labil. Dan tiga tim berpeluang mengikuti jejak Derby tergusur dari
premiership.
MU berusaha mempertahankan gelar di JJB Stadium, markas Wigan Athletic. Materi pemain jelas
The Red Devils unggul mutlak. Seluruh pemain terbaik bisa ditampilkan Sir Alex Ferguson. Terkecuali mungkin Wayne Rooney. Terganggu cedera panggul, Rooney sepertinya akan disimpan demi partai final Liga Champions, juga menghadapi Chelsea, di Moskow, Rusia.
Demikian halnya rekor pertemuan. MU begitu superior dengan enam kali meraih kemenangan sejak Wigan promosi di musim 2005-06. Sebanyak 20 gol dilesakkan MU, berbanding tiga saja yang dijaringkan
The Latics. Aman dari jerat degradasi dan unsur kedekatan Steve Bruce dengan kubu MU, tidak diambil pusing oleh manajer Wigan tersebut. Atas dasar
fairplay dan peluang naik ke posisi 12 dipegang oleh Bruce.
Hanya bermain seri, maka MU bersiap saja kehilangan gelar. Pasalnya, Chelsea yang memiliki poin sama, memiliki jaminan kemenangan lebih besar.
The Blues yang sedang pada grafik menanjak di atas kertas akan menang mudah dari Bolton Wanderers karena bermain di Stamford Bridge.
Untuk tiket ke Piala UEFA, Everton bersaing ketat dengan Aston Villa. Everton memiliki kans lebih besar dari rivalnya.
The Toffees diprediksi bakal memetik kemenangan atas Newcastle United di Goodison Park. Sementara Villa bertandang ke kandang West Ham United.
The Hammers butuh poin penuh demi menjaga peringkat 10 dari ancaman Tottenham Hotspur.
Tidak kalah sengit adalah pertaruhan kesempatan untuk tetap bertahan di premiership. Fulham, Reading dan Birmingham City bersaing menghindar dari dua posisi dari dasar. Birmingham di posisi 19 berharap dukungan fans bisa membakar semangat James McFadden dkk meraup poin penuh dari Blackburn Rovers. Fulham yang berada di zona aman belum tentu selamat karena Portsmouth berpotensi lompat dua tingkat. Reading yang berposisi di antara kedua rivalnya justru memiliki kans besar mengoleksi poin sempurna dari Derby.
Materi pemain boleh unggul, statistik bisa berbicara dan faktor lain bisa menjadi alasan tapi di atas itu semua: 'bola itu bundar'! Pada kenyataannya hasil akhir siapa yang tahu?
PREDIKSI PELUANG
| HOME | Peluang* | AWAY |
| Derby County | 32% | 33% | 35% | Reading |
| West Ham United | 33% | 36% | 31% | Aston Villa |
| Tottenham | 33% | 34% | 33% | Liverpool |
| Sunderland | 32% | 33% | 35% | Arsenal |
| Portsmouth | 38% | 32% | 30% | Fulham |
| Wigan Athletic | 32% | 32% | 36% | Man United |
| Chelsea | 44% | 32% | 24% | Bolton |
| Birmingham City | 32% | 32% | 36% | Blackburn |
| Middlesbrough | 33% | 35% | 32% | Manchester City |
| Everton | 41% | 34% | 25% | Newcastle |
KLASEMEN
| OVERALL | HOME | AWAY |
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| GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | W | D | L | GS | GA | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | P |
1. | MU | 37 | 26 | 6 | 5 | 78 | 22 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 47 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 15 | 56 | 84 |
2. | CHE | 37 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 64 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 13 | 39 | 84 |
3. | ARS | 37 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 73 | 31 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 37 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 20 | 42 | 80 |
4. | LIV | 37 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 65 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 43 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 37 | 73 |
5. | EVE | 37 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 52 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 16 | 20 | 62 |
6. | AST | 37 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 69 | 49 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 22 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 35 | 27 | 20 | 59 |
7. | BLA | 37 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 49 | 44 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 25 | 5 | 58 |
8. | PORT | 37 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 48 | 39 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 57 |
9. | MANC | 37 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 44 | 45 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 25 | -1 | 55 |
10. | WHU | 37 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 40 | 48 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 26 | -8 | 48 |
11. | TOT | 37 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 66 | 59 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 46 | 32 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 27 | 7 | 46 |
12. | NEW | 37 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 44 | 62 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 36 | -18 | 43 |
13. | WIG | 37 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 34 | 49 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 34 | -15 | 40 |
14. | MID | 37 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 35 | 52 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 30 | -17 | 39 |
15. | SUN | 37 | 11 | 6 | 20 | 36 | 58 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 38 | -22 | 39 |
16. | BOL | 37 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 35 | 53 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 35 | -18 | 36 |
17. | FUL | 37 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 37 | 60 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 29 | -23 | 33 |
18. | RED | 37 | 9 | 6 | 22 | 37 | 66 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 41 | -29 | 33 |
19. | BIR | 37 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 42 | 61 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 39 | -19 | 32 |
20. | DER | 37 | 1 | 8 | 28 | 20 | 85 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 39 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 46 | -65 | 11 |
GP: Games Played
P: Points
W: Wins
D: Draws
L: Losses
| GS: Goals Scored
GA: Goals Against
GD: Goal Difference |
TOP SKOR
| NAMA | TEAM | GOL |
1. | Cristiano Ronaldo Santos Aveiro | Manchester United | 30 |
2. | Emmanuel Adebayor | Arsenal | 24 |
3. | Fernando Torres | Liverpool | 23 |
4. | Roque Santa Cruz | Blackburn Rovers | 19 |
5. | Dimitar Berbatov | Tottenham Hotspur | 15 |
6. | Robbie Keane | Tottenham Hotspur | 15 |
7. | Benjani Mwaruwari | Manchester City | 15 |
8. | Carlos Alberto Tevez | Manchester United | 14 |
9. | Aiyegbeni Yakubu | Everton | 13 |
10. | John Carew | Aston Villa | 13 |
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11. | Wayne Rooney | Manchester United | 12 |
12. | Jermain Defoe | Portsmouth | 12 |
13. | Gabriel Agbonlahor | Aston Villa | 11 |
14. | Steven Gerrard | Liverpool | 11 |
15. | Nicolas Anelka | Chelsea | 11 |
16. | Frank Lampard | Chelsea | 10 |
17. | Michael Owen | Newcastle United | 10 |
18. | Mikael Forssell | Birmingham City | 9 |
19. | Dave Kitson | Reading | 9 |
20. | Dean Ashton | West Ham United | 9 |
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21. | Obafemi Martins | Newcastle United | 9 |
22. | Benni McCarthy | Blackburn Rovers | 8 |
23. | Tuncay Sanli | Middlesbrough | 8 |
24. | Didier Drogba | Chelsea | 8 |
25. | Gareth Barry | Aston Villa | 8 |
26. | Danny Murphy | Fulham | 8 |
27. | Kenwyne Jones | Sunderland | 7 |
28. | Joe Cole | Chelsea | 7 |
29. | Francesc Fabregas Soler | Arsenal | 7 |
30. | Tim Cahill | Everton | 7 |
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31. | Ashley Young | Aston Villa | 7 |
32. | Stewart Downing | Middlesbrough | 7 |
33. | Joleon Lescott | Everton | 7 |
34. | Salomon Kalou | Chelsea | 7 |
35. | Marcus Bent | Wigan Athletic | 7 |
36. | Michael Ballack | Chelsea | 7 |
37. | Mark Viduka | Newcastle United | 7 |
38. | Robin Van Persie | Arsenal | 7 |
39. | Clint Dempsey | Fulham | 6 |
40. | Michael Essien | Chelsea | 6 |
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41. | Darren Bent | Tottenham Hotspur | 6 |
42. | Michael Chopra | Sunderland | 6 |
43. | Darius Vassell | Manchester City | 6 |
44. | David Bentley | Blackburn Rovers | 6 |
45. | Andrew Johnson | Everton | 6 |
46. | Elano Blumer | Manchester City | 6 |
47. | Tomas Rosicky | Arsenal | 6 |
48. | Martin Laursen | Aston Villa | 6 |
49. | James McFadden | Birmingham City | 6 |
50. | Kevin Doyle | Reading | 5 |
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51. | Diomansy Kamara | Fulham | 5 |
52. | James Harper | Reading | 5 |
53. | Nicklas Bendtner | Arsenal | 5 |
54. | Peter Crouch | Liverpool | 5 |
55. | Cameron Zishan Jerome | Birmingham City | 5 |
56. | Marlon Harewood | Aston Villa | 5 |
57. | Louis Saha | Manchester United | 5 |
58. | Kevin Nolan | Bolton Wanderers | 5 |
59. | Martin Petrov | Manchester City | 5 |
60. | John Utaka | Portsmouth | 5 |
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61. | Olivier Kapo | Birmingham City | 5 |
62. | Yossi Benayoun | Liverpool | 4 |
63. | David Jonathan Healy | Fulham | 4 |
64. | Sebastian Larsson | Birmingham City | 4 |
65. | Shaun Maloney | Aston Villa | 4 |
66. | Emile Heskey | Wigan Athletic | 4 |
67. | Mauro Matias Zarate | Birmingham City | 4 |
68. | Jeremie Aliadiere | Middlesbrough | 4 |
69. | Stephen Hunt | Reading | 4 |
70. | Andriy Voronin | Liverpool | 4 |
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71. | El-Hadji Diouf | Bolton Wanderers | 4 |
72. | Kenny Miller | Derby County | 4 |
73. | Sulley Ali Muntari | Portsmouth | 4 |
74. | Simon Davies | Fulham | 4 |
75. | Carlton Cole | West Ham United | 4 |
76. | Leon Osman | Everton | 4 |
77. | William Gallas | Arsenal | 4 |
78. | Paul Scharner | Wigan Athletic | 4 |
79. | Brian McBride | Fulham | 4 |
80. | Jermaine Jenas | Tottenham Hotspur | 4 |
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81. | Steed Malbranque | Tottenham Hotspur | 4 |
82. | Lee Bowyer | West Ham United | 4 |
83. | Ahmed Mido Hossam | Tottenham Hotspur | 4 |
84. | Andriy Shevchenko | Chelsea | 4 |
85. | Stephen Ireland | Manchester City | 4 |
86. | Eduardo Alves da Silva | Arsenal | 4 |
87. | Niko Kranjcar | Portsmouth | 4 |
88. | Ryan Babel | Liverpool | 4 |
89. | Antoine Sibierski | Wigan Athletic | 4 |
90. | Nwankwo Kanu | Portsmouth | 4 |
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91. | Andre Bikey | Reading | 3 |
92. | Nicky Butt | Newcastle United | 3 |
93. | David Wheater | Middlesbrough | 3 |
94. | Matthew Etherington | West Ham United | 3 |
95. | Nolberto Solano | West Ham United | 3 |
96. | Hermann Hreidarsson | Portsmouth | 3 |
97. | Mark Noble | West Ham United | 3 |
98. | Gary McSheffrey | Birmingham City | 3 |
99. | Matthew Taylor | Bolton Wanderers | 3 |
100. | Luis Antonio Valencia | Wigan Athletic | 3 |
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101. | Kieran Richardson | Sunderland | 3 |
102. | Kevin Davies | Bolton Wanderers | 3 |
103. | Matt Derbyshire | Blackburn Rovers | 3 |
104. | Luis Carlos Almeida da Cunha | Manchester United | 3 |
105. | Ryan Taylor | Wigan Athletic | 3 |
106. | Dirk Kuijt | Liverpool | 3 |
107. | Younes Kaboul | Tottenham Hotspur | 3 |
108. | Afonso Alves Martins Jr | Middlesbrough | 3 |
109. | Jason Roberts | Blackburn Rovers | 3 |
110. | Shane Long | Reading | 3 |
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111. | Danny Higginbotham | Sunderland | 3 |
112. | Geovanni Deiberson Mauricio | Manchester City | 3 |
113. | Nicky Shorey | Reading | 3 |
114. | Mathieu Flamini | Arsenal | 3 |
115. | Daryl Murphy | Sunderland | 3 |
116. | Emanuel Alejandro Villa | Derby County | 3 |
117. | Morten Gamst Pedersen | Blackburn Rovers | 3 |
118. | Craig Gardner | Aston Villa | 3 |
119. | Theo Walcott | Arsenal | 3 |
120. | Tom Huddlestone | Tottenham Hotspur | 3 |
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121. | Matthew Oakley | Derby County | 3 |
122. | Charles N\'Zogbia | Newcastle United | 3 |
123. | Shaun Wright-Phillips | Chelsea | 2 |
124. | Julio Arca | Middlesbrough | 2 |
125. | Zat Knight | Aston Villa | 2 |
126. | Steven Pienaar | Everton | 2 |
127. | Lassana Diarra | Portsmouth | 2 |
128. | Geremi Njitap | Newcastle United | 2 |
129. | Liam Rosenior | Reading | 2 |
130. | Emile Mpenza | Manchester City | 2 |
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131. | Garry O\'Connor | Birmingham City | 2 |
132. | Gelson Fernandes | Manchester City | 2 |
133. | Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa | Chelsea | 2 |
134. | Heidar Helguson | Bolton Wanderers | 2 |
135. | Ryan Giggs | Manchester United | 2 |
136. | Xabi Alonso | Liverpool | 2 |
137. | Florent Malouda | Chelsea | 2 |
138. | Tugay Kerimoglu | Blackburn Rovers | 2 |
139. | Phillipe Senderos | Arsenal | 2 |
140. | Pascal Chimbonda | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 |
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141. | Titus Bramble | Wigan Athletic | 2 |
142. | Juliano Haus Belletti | Chelsea | 2 |
143. | Ross Wallace | Sunderland | 2 |
144. | Alexander Hleb | Arsenal | 2 |
145. | Owen Hargreaves | Manchester United | 2 |
146. | Claudio Pizarro | Chelsea | 2 |
147. | James Michael McEveley | Derby County | 2 |
148. | Habib Kolo Toure | Arsenal | 2 |
149. | Alexey Smertin | Fulham | 2 |
150. | Erik Nevland | Fulham | 2 |
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151. | Jermaine Pennant | Liverpool | 2 |
152. | Ivar Ingimarsson | Reading | 2 |
153. | Christopher Samba | Blackburn Rovers | 2 |
154. | Glen Johnson | Chelsea | 2 |
155. | Fredrik Ljungberg | West Ham United | 2 |
156. | Jimmy Bullard | Fulham | 2 |
157. | Michael Carrick | Manchester United | 2 |
158. | Stelios Giannakopoulos | Bolton Wanderers | 2 |
159. | Erik Olof Mellberg | Aston Villa | 2 |
160. | Alfe Inge Sebastian Larsson | Birmingham City | 2 |
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161. | Michael Johnson | Manchester City | 2 |
162. | Rio Ferdinand | Manchester United | 2 |
163. | Anton Ferdinand | West Ham United | 2 |
164. | Craig Bellamy | West Ham United | 2 |
165. | James Milner | Newcastle United | 2 |
166. | Gareth Frank Bale | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 |
167. | Aaron Lennon | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 |
168. | Grant Leadbitter | Sunderland | 2 |
169. | David Dunn | Blackburn Rovers | 1 |
170. | Sami Hyypia | Liverpool | 1 |
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171. | Michael Dawson | Tottenham Hotspur | 1 |
172. | David Frank Llyod Jones | Derby County | 1 |
173. | James Vaughan | Everton | 1 |
174. | Alan Stubbs | Derby County | 1 |
175. | Carlos Bocanegra | Fulham | 1 |
176. | Park Ji-Sung | Manchester United | 1 |
177. | Gilberto Da Silva Melo | Tottenham Hotspur | 1 |
178. | Andy Reid | Sunderland | 1 |
179. | Ricardo Alberto Silveura Carvalho | Chelsea | 1 |
180. | Andreas Isaksson | Manchester City | 1 |
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181. | Sean Davis | Portsmouth | 1 |
182. | Stiliyan Petrov | Aston Villa | 1 |
183. | Frederick Sears | West Ham United | 1 |
184. | Phil Neville | Everton | 1 |
185. | George McCartney | West Ham United | 1 |
186. | Jason Koumas | Wigan Athletic | 1 |
187. | Ashley Cole | Chelsea | 1 |
188. | Tamir Cohen | Bolton Wanderers | 1 |
189. | John Terry | Chelsea | 1 |
190. | Gary Speed | Bolton Wanderers | 1 |
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191. | Bacary Sagna | Arsenal | 1 |
192. | Jonathan S. Woodgate | Tottenham Hotspur | 1 |
193. | Anthony Stokes | Sunderland | 1 |
194. | Daniel Sturridge | Manchester City | 1 |
195. | Luke Young | Middlesbrough | 1 |
196. | Nedum Onuoha | Manchester City | 1 |
197. | Marlon King | Wigan Athletic | 1 |
198. | Robert Huth | Middlesbrough | 1 |
199. | Kevin Kilbane | Wigan Athletic | 1 |
200. | Scott Parker | West Ham United | 1 |
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201. | Lewin Nyatanga | Derby County | 1 |
202. | Andy Todd | Derby County | 1 |
203. | Giles Gordon Barnes | Derby County | 1 |
204. | Gavin McCann | Bolton Wanderers | 1 |
205. | Emre Belozoglu | Newcastle United | 1 |
206. | Dean Whitehead | Sunderland | 1 |
207. | Wilfred Bouma | Aston Villa | 1 |
208. | John Stern | Sunderland | 1 |
209. | Stephen Warnock | Blackburn Rovers | 1 |
210. | Steve John Howard | Derby County | 1 |
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211. | Kalifa Cisse | Reading | 1 |
212. | Lee Cattermole | Middlesbrough |
