ScorelineSavvy

Dear Football Lovers.

1. Premier League season begins with champions vs. champions: Manchester City vs. Burnley at Turf Moor. Maybe one day, this would be a cup game as well. But of they do that they may also decide to make it a tray. I think they should make it a spoon instead.
2. Manchester City, led by Pep Guardiola, aims to defend their title. Yes, they already stand as favorites to lift the EPL trophy again. Thanks to the insatiable force behind the team.
3. Burnley, managed by Vincent Kompany, presents the first challenge to City’s title defense. He knows what to expect as they welcome his former club. He knows what to do. Yet that is not enough.
4. The Manchester City which achieved a treble-winning season in 2022-23, understands that they fail, if this game doesn’t end in the home team collecting at least a 5-goal deficit.
5. Haaland is already angry. His 1st hat trick could easily happen in this very first game.
6. Sustaining excellence and scaling new heights is the challenge. He is not going to be the hier to the Messi/Ronaldo throne without such aggressive ‘career maintenance’.
7. Meanwhile, I hope you saw my correct score prediction already? 5–1.
8. 5 goals so that competing rivals planning to challenge City’s dominance this season will wake up from their dreams.
9. Pre-season defeats to Atletico Madrid and Arsenal in Community Shield is quite in order. Thats how City roll. They lose that and go all the way to win the most important.
10. What has changed for Man City? Signings include Gvardiol and Kovacic, departures include Gundogan and Mahrez. Nothing has changed.
11. Yeah, we remember that this Burnley transformed under Kompany’s management, secured Championship title in style. The only problem here is they are starting with Manchester City.
12. Then they would naturally be facing the usual challenges in stepping up to Premier League level. Perhaps, it’s a good thing that they are starting with one of the toughest teams to beat.
13. They also managed to have their squad strengthened with several signings to match higher quality. And I am too sure they will not go back tp where they came from. At least not this season.
14. Their decent pre-season form with victories and draws against various teams shows they are not resting on their laurels.
15. If you stake N1m on Burnley to win. And it comes to fruition. You will be N8m richer. On a draw, you will be N4.6m richer. May you not be tempted by the devils of the game. Say, amen.
16. Recent encounters between the teams show City’s dominance. Thats why you will only be N330k richer if you stake N1m. WARNING: Do this if only if you can afford to lose N1m. Thats the first rule of football staking.
17. Burnley are determined to put up a strong fight under floodlights. They are like Labour Party. They have the audacity. But…
18. Electric atmosphere expected at Turf Moor for the season opener. That grammar means you will enjoy this game. It wont be boring. It won’t be like that game that was 1—0 until after 100 minutes before another goal came. Well that is not to suggest that the game between City and Arsenal was boring.
19. Manchester City’s overall quality likely to be the deciding factor. That grammar in Pidgin English means, “Haaland Dey Vex”.
20. Anticipated outcome: Burnley 1-5 Manchester City. City to begin title defense with a win.

Your Vexing Haaland spotter
Ediale

ForTheCulture

PS: Seriously, if you have a N100k that you are not using. You can use it to win another N33k you may not also use until we meet again on another episode of Scoreline Savvy.