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ESPNsoccernet: England

Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Premier Showdown - Jan 27-28

Dale and Tommy shared the spoils the last time Showdown was in full effect. It's all starting to bunch up and with two quickfire rounds in a couple of days anything could happen!

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Joining us for the midweek round is Earven Frederick.

Eavern tells us: "I'm from St Lucia and a die hard Chelsea fan. I work as a police officer and I'm 22 years old. I still think the Premiere League has another twist to take and Chelsea will be victorious in the end!"

We're going to be on our best behaviour. And up Straussy and the boys!

Let's play...

Soccernet's Premier League Editor, Dale Johnson, and ESPNsoccernet Press Pass pundit Tommy Smyth take up the test.

They, along with the challenger, cast their eyes over weekend's top flight fixtures in England and predict how they think each game will turn out.

Points are then awarded as follows:
• Three points for a correct result and scoreline
• One point for a correct result

After the weekend's scores are in and the result has been worked out, the winning pundit receives three points for their season's total. Should the challenger win, the total is added to the 'Rest of the World's' tally. In the case of a draw, the points are shared between those level on points.

	Dale's prediction	Tommy says	Eavern's pick	Result
Sunderland v Fulham	1 - 1	2 - 1	2 - 1	1 - 0
West Brom v Manchester Utd	0 - 2	0 - 3	0 - 2	0 - 5
Portsmouth v Aston Villa	0 - 2	1 - 2	1 - 1	0 - 1
Tottenham v Stoke City	2 - 0	2 - 1	3 - 1	3 - 1
Wigan Athletic v Liverpool	0 - 1	1 - 3	1 - 1	1 - 1
Chelsea v Middlesbrough	1 - 0	2 - 0	3 - 0	2 - 0
Manchester City v Newcastle	4 - 0	2 - 1	2 - 2	2 - 1
West Ham United v Hull City	1 - 2	1 - 1	2 - 1	2 - 0
Everton v Arsenal	1 - 1	2 - 2	2 - 3	1 - 1
Blackburn v Bolton Wanderers	2 - 0	2 - 0	2 - 1	2 - 2
POINTS TOTAL >>>	8	11	10

Tommy sneaks yet another victory in a high-scoring round and his amazing form means he is now only one win behind the ROTW. This could get very interesting going into February!

Table After Round 23
Dale: 27
Rest of the World: 22.5
Tommy: 19.5

Best week's total of season: 14, Dale Johnson

So do you think you can beat the best of the best? Now is your chance to find out!

Send us your picks for the weekend's fixtures, along with your name and a few details about yourself. We'll select one person each week to take on our experts for the right to be crowned the weekly winner!

Then log on to Soccernet on Monday morning to find out who's taken the points.

Submit your entry for Premier Showdown:

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Entry:	Stoke City v Manchester City Middlesbrough v Blackburn Arsenal v West Ham United Aston Villa v Wigan Bolton Wanderers v Tottenham Fulham v Portsmouth Hull City v West Brom Man United v Everton Newcastle v Sunderland Liverpool v Chelsea Remember, tell us a bit about yourself - who you support, your job, your age etc... You stand a better chance of being selected from the hundreds of entries we receive!