EPL: Michael Owen predicts Man United vs Southampton, Wolves vs Arsenal.
Former Liverpool striker, Michael Owen, has predicted Manchester United to beat Southampton when both teams clash in the Premier League on Tuesday night at Old Trafford.
Owen also predicted Arsenal to play a draw with Wolves tonight at Molineux Stadium.
Providing his predictions, Owen told BetVictor: “Two weeks is a long time in football, just ask Ole Gunnar Solkjaer. One point from their last six is not what the United manager would have targeted following his sides excellent FA Cup win against Liverpool.
“Visitors, Southampton, arrive here after a couple of underwhelming results of their own. Back-to-back defeats in the league mean the Saints have lost a bit of ground in the race for Europe.
“Although he’s had them playing some excellent stuff this season, Ralph Hasenhüttl hasn’t got the biggest of squads, and his players have certainly more miles on the clock than many.
“With that in mind, I think United’s strength in depth should be enough to see them secure the points. Manchester United 2, Southampton 1.”
Commenting on the Wolves vs Arsenal, Owen said, “Arsenal shared the points with Manchester United on Saturday night in a match where neither team could honestly say they deserved all three points.
“That said, Mikel Arteta will be a happy man as his side are now undefeated in seven Premier League matches and have conceded only twice in those fixtures.
“Wolves arrive here amid a patchy run; however, I can’t help casting my mind back to their terrific performance at the Emirates earlier in the season. If they deploy similar tactics here, I think they could have some joy on the counter-attack.
“This could be a cagey affair, so I’m siding with the draw. Wolves 1, Arsenal 1.”
The kick-off time for Man United vs Southampton is 9:15 pm, while that of Wolves vs Arsenal will be 7 pm.
Real Madrid president, Florentino Pérez, has tested positive for COVID-19.
The club made the announcement in a statement via its website on Tuesday afternoon.
This is coming less than two weeks after Real Madrid manager.
Zidane had tested positive for the virus before Real Madrid’s away La Liga 4-1 win against Alaves on January 23.
“Real Madrid CF communicates that our president Florentino Pérez has given a positive result in the COVID-19 tests to which he is subjected periodically, although he does not present any symptoms,” Real Madrid’s statement read.
Perez will now be in isolation in the next couple of days.
Arsenal’s round of 32 Europa League clash with Benfica, could be played as a one-off tie on a neutral ground, under new UEFA rules, the UK Mirror reports.
The two-leg tie is facing difficulties, because of the new COVID-19 rules in the UK that affects arrivals from Portugal.
The rules would require Arsenal players and staff to quarantine for 10 days when they return from the first leg and also stop Benfica from entering the UK for the second leg.
One solution would be for the game to be played at a neutral venue, a scenario UEFA’s competition regulations for the Champions League and Europa League knockout phases permit.
Under rule K.1.8 of the respective competitions’ rule books, it states, “The UEFA administration has the right to assign an alternative venue for any particular match or even to decide that either or both legs of the relevant round to be rescheduled and/or played in a neutral country and/or organized as a single leg.”
