Holy Mid-Week Games Batman!

With parent teacher conferences starting this week, I totally forgot to check when the following games for the week were and found out that all of the games are either today or tomorrow.  So I'm gonna make this one quick.  Hopefully I'll be able to do a little better on my predictions than 40% like last week.  For more information from this past week in the Premier League, click here.

Porter's Picks for Week 9:

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

1. Newcastle vs WBA - With both teams on a loosing streak, I'm gonna have to say that having home advantage will probably help Newcastle take home the win...even though they are 19th place in the league.

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

1. Aston Villa vs Blackburn:  Villa won big last week.  Villa has made it a point to push their way to the top over the last few years.  Look for them to win over Blackburn.
2. Fulham vs Wigan:  Both teams aren't doing so well as of late.  Even with the unbelievable goals of Zaki, Wigan still finds themselves near the bottom.  Fulham has been improving over the last few weeks with a couple of draws.  I think with the home advantage, Fulham can pull this one off just as long as they can shut down Zaki.
3. Hull City vs Chelsea:  Here's the game of the week.  Hull City has beat Arsenal and Chelsea is coming off of a loss against Liverpool (the first loss at home in a long time - they had a 68 game no losses at home streak going on) they'll either be shaken up or looking for someone to take their aggression out on.  But Hull City is like the new mountain that continues to stand tall. And their at home.  Hull City all of the way.
4. Stoke City vs Sunderland:  Even though they'll be away from home, Sunderland can win this one over Stoke City.
5. Arsenal vs Tottenham:  Even though the Hot Spurs just took home their first win of the season under new manager Harry Redknapp, Arsenal at home will be too strong for them to beat.
6. Bolton vs Everton:  After the last two weeks, Everton has been impressive.  They scored first against Arsenal and help Man U to a tie last week.  I'm calling Everton to win this one.
7. Liverpool vs Portsmouth:  Who can stop the unstoppable team of Liverpool?  Defenitely not Portsmouth.
8. Manchester United vs West Ham United: After last weeks terrible effort against Everton, Man U needs this one bad. With West Ham on a three game loosing streak, Man U should win at home.  Let's just pray they don't play as bad as they did last week.
9. Middlesbrough vs Manchester City:  Rhobinho got his first hat trick for Man City last week and Middlesbrough is having a tough time taking home wins.  This will be a good time for Man City to take home an away win.

Agree?  Dissagree?  Don't care? (Even though you should!)